good morning. cleaning house? new resignations expected as early as today in the wake of the prostitution scandal that's rocked the secret service as the first photos emerge of a woman who some say is at the center of the investigation. scary strike. new video this morning of birds striking a delta jet during takeoff, forcing the crew to make an emergency landing. we'll hear from the passenger who captured that terrifying moment. and the hangover part three. a night of parties leads a group of friends to a sea world park, where they swam with dolphins and woke up with a penguin in their room. >> i can't believe i have a penguin in my apartment. >> they recorded their wild adventure, which made it easy for police to track them down. now they're sober, and in a lot of trouble "today," friday, now they're sober, and in a lot of trouble "today," friday, april 20th, 2012.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. ann will be back on monday. u.s. investigators are now trying to track down those colombian women involved in the escalating prostitution scandal there. >> we're also now learning the names of two of the secret service agents who've already lost their jobs. one of them was on sarah palin's security detail during the 2008 presidential campaign. we're going to tell you why she is upset about a photo of her that he apparently posted on his facebook page. we'll have more on that straight ahead. >> also ahead, there are new clues in a yearly 33-year-old mystery. the disappearance of a new york city boy named etan patz helped

fuel the movement to publicize missing children cases. now investigators are knocking down walls and digging up a concrete basement in downtown new york. why? we will get the latest in a live report. and they were the women who changed an industry. the supermodels of the 1980s who made fashion sexy, very popular and very profitable. so where are they how? we'll catch up with some of these most recognizable supermodels and talk about the pressures that are now on today's young models. >> and then get your calendars out and start planning your trip to new york city because later this morning, we're going to give you really good reasons to come. we will reveal the lineup for our summer concert series. just you wait till you hear the names who are ready to rock our plaza. >> we've got some great bands on that list. but we begin with the widening investigation into that prostitution scandal involving members of the secret service. nbc's mark potter is in cartagena, colombia. mark, good morning to you. >> and good morning, matt.

officials say investigators have finished questioning maids and other workers at the hotel behind me, where the scandal unfolded. and are now trying to find the prostitutes allegedly hired by members of the president's advance security team. facebook pictures have now been published in news reports that say she is one of the women that investigators are hoping to talk to. but because there is no official confirmation of that, nbc news is blurring her face. though information is sparse, some cartagena locals are talking. cartagena cab driver juan pena says he is, quote, pretty sure she is one of two women who were together in his car a week ago, after he was called to the hotel caribe to pick them up as they were being escorted out of the building. neighbors in the area where pena is saying he dropped her off confirmed the woman in the photo does live there. pena says the woman, whose name we are not revealing, told him she'd had sex for money at the hotel with a man who said he worked on president obama's security detail. then argued with him over the

price. she said she wanted $250. but the man only gave her $50 and shooed her out of his room. pena says the woman told him she pounded on the door and created a scene in the hallway, attracting hotel security, and the police. a u.s. official has told nbc news the scandal exploded after a prostitute who claims she was shared by two agents got in a heated dispute over how much she should be paid. representative peter king is regularly briefed on the investigation. >> right now, they're trying to locate the 11 women. they have the names, toy have faces, they have addresses. >> reporter: two sources with knowledge of the investigation have identified two of the agents who are separating from the agency in the wake of the scandal as 48-year-old david randall chaney and greg stokes, both high level managers based in washington. nbc news spoke with attorney lawrence berger, who confirms he is representing both men. berger said he couldn't comment on why chaney was employing counsel, but he said stokes is

going to vigorously defend himself in the administrative process that is available. berger said he still considers both men to be part of the secret service, and suggests they are leaving voluntarily, but not under good circumstances. and he pointedly said, whoever is leaking the names from inside the secret service is probably breaking the law. and speaking of facebook, it turns out that one of those agents now separating from the secret service, david chaney, actually guarded sarah palin during the 2008 presidential campaign. he posted a photo on facebook, and wrote this comment, i was really checking her out, if you know what i mean. last night on fox news, sarah palin herself responded and said, bodyguard, you're fired. matt? >> mark potter in colombia this morning on the story. it's five minutes after the hour. now here's savannah. >> thanks. now to the presidential race and what is already shaping up to be a very tight election. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows president

obama with a lead over mitt romney, but there are some bright spots for the likely republican challenger. let's get to david gregory, moderator of "meet the press," and chuck todd, nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent. guys, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> chuck, let's start with the top line on this poll. the president is up by six points. but i know our pollsters are saying this has all the indications of a very tight campaign. >> well, it does, when you look at it. and yet the president's lead is thanks to largely, among women, among hispanics, and among pure independents, which, of course, for romney means he's got to close the gap in two of those three areas. one of the reasons it looks like 2004, when you look at the president's job rating it sits at 49-46. it is almost identical to where geor w. bush was in 2004 at this same time. he was sitting at 50-46. so you really sort of see that yes, the president is in historically okay shape, but you know what? the republicans are right there. >> and chuck, if you look at the front page of "the new york times" today, you'll see an issue that is dogging this

president, fears rise that the economy -- economic recovery may falter in the spring. our poll really shows that's a weak area for this president. >> it is. we tested 13 different characteristics between obama and romney, and the president cleaned romney's clock on all of the personal characteristics, likability, caring about average people, connecting to the middle class. romney only won two areas. it was having new ideas for the economy, and changing business as usual in washington. and if you're romney, if you only could win two areas you would take those two, savannah. >> david, we're starting to see these economic messages kind of gel with each candidate. the president talking about fairness, mitt romney talking about economic freedom, and we heard the president yesterday say, i wasn't born with a silver spoon in my mouth. you think this is a veiled attack on mitt romney? and is it good strategy? >> it sure seems like it's an attack on romney. i think chuck mentioned 2004. one of the hall marks of that campaign that we covered was then incumbent president bush was that he really built up the contrast against senator john

kerry and made it about kerry's inefficiencies, or all of his negatives when it comes to fighting the war on terrorism. i see the same thing here, with the president trying to make rid romney as out of touch as somebody who can't connect with voters, and who can't do anything to actually help the middle class. i think this poll also shows, however, that when the president talks about fairness, when he talks about defending the middle class, that works with voters. when he talks about this class warfare idea that the rich aren't doing enough and that the rules aren't the same, that doesn't do as well with voters. so you might see them trimming their message on that score. >> and david, chuck mentioned it, our poll really shows this likability gap for mitt romney. the president doing strongly with the personal characteristics. do you think that affects the way mitt romney runs? we did hear him sometimes on the trail saying things like the president's a nice guy but he just doesn't know what he's doing on the economy? >> i think that governor romney understands that a lot of americans like this president. they like him to succeed but they have problems with his policies. they have problems with the role

of government, and they certainly don't like the way the economy is sorting out for them. so i think governor romney wants to keep up the attack there. i think it was senator obama who said you're likable enough. i think knit romney's going to make attempts to try to connect better with voters, but he wants to be the guy who "a," has better ideas on the economy and can change the business as usual in washington. for an incumbent president that's still a big overhang right now. americans are pessimistic. they don't think washington works very well. and there's a big appetite for somebody who could actually explain to them how you break through this. >> all right. david gregory, chuck todd. thank you so much. let us swing over now to the news desk. natalie is standing by with a look at all the top stories. >> good morning, matt and savannah. new clues today in the 1979 disappearance of a new york city boy. investigators are now searching a basement in manhattan on the block where 6-year-old etan patz vanished nearly 33 years ago. wnbc's katherine craig is in downtown manhattan with more. good morning. >> natalie, good morning.

along with fbi and the new york city police department, you also have archaeologists, with the medical examiner's office taking part in this search, the basement in the building that investigators are focused on is just right over there on the other side of that police truck. the work has been described as laborious, delicate, painstaking, and it will take days. digging began last night, and it actually resumes in about two hours from now. nothing has ever turned up in this case, ever since 6-year-old etan patz disappeared in 1979, while making a short walk from home to the school bus stop. investigators will dig up the basement and break apart drywall looking for any sign of the little boy. investigators have interviewed a new person of interest. a former handyman whose workshop was in the basement. researchers interviewed him, talked to him, and he knew etan. we want to show you what's going on here. a huge area is blocked off in this neighborhood. fbi agents showed up just a

little while ago, nypd officers have been here for awhile now, etan's mom and dad, they're still in this area, they still live on the street just a block away. they and everybody else waiting to find out if anything will come of the search. natalie? >> all right. perhaps some closure now 33 years later. katherine craig, thank you. the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed unarmed teen trayvon martin appears in a florida courtroom today. george zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the shooting that he says was self-defense. his attorneys will ask that he be granted bail today. officials believe all four u.s. troops on board a military helicopter in afghanistan were killed when the chopper crashed on thursday in that country's helmand province. initial reports indicate that poor weather may have caused the crash. a bird flying into a plane's right side engine shortly after takeoff forced a jetliner to make an emergency landing in new york. take a look at this cell phone video taken by passenger grant cordone. it shows birds flying into the

engine. it rattled the flight. he filmed his version of this ordeal. >> plane shook, i felt we were coming down, i choked from the video, and closed it. and went to grab my phone to see if i had reception because i was really calling my wife to say, hey, this might be my last flight. i was that scared. >> the delta flight to los angeles was carrying 179 people and the pilot managed to land the plane safely at jfk airport. they definitely needed a bigger boat. two mexican fishermen couldn't believe what they caught in their net. that right there is a 2,000 pound great white shark. lucky for them, it was already dead when they found it. another boat towed them back to shore and it took 50 bystanders to get the shark onto the docks. the good news, the shark apparently fed the whole town. that is a huge, huge shark. 7:12 right now. you're up to date. turn it back over to matt, savannah and al. >> that was the boat behind

them? that little row boat? >> that was a dinghy. >> like the old man and the sea. >> bigger boat, bigger fishing pole. >> natalie, thank you. >> good news for everybody but the shark. >> you're back from a quick trip to new orleans. >> we had a great time down there. unfortunately we're going to look at wet weather along the east coast however we do need it. a big storm getting itself together in the gulf, it will mean rain today for new orleans and the gulf as it makes its way up the coast, it stays right along the coast, hugging it, and that's going to bring a lot of rain. the good news is we need that rain. it's going to be cold enough on sunday that we may see snow interior sections of pennsylvania and new york. rain fall amounts, anywhere from 3 to 6 inches. some areas could pick up locally up to 7 inches of rain over the weekend. >> it looks like we will close out the work week with some nice weather. it is a little chilly it right

now. high temperatures will climb into the 70's with a mix >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. just over a decade ago u.s. health officials believed that measles would be eradicated. but, according to a new report from the centers for disease control, infections are back and the numbers are growing. dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. nancy, good morning to you. 2011 was the worst year for infections of measles in the last 15 years. 222 cases in the united states. why do people need to take those numbers seriously? >> well, they need to take them seriously, matt, because of precisely what behind me. i'm at heathrow where 190,000

people travel here every day, and those people now travel all over the world. exposed to measles. and when it comes to the united states, and they come into contact with children who have not been immunized or are partially immunized they could easily carry measles, and that's why you're seeing the uptick in the united states. >> it's not just people coming to the united states infected with measles, it's the americans who travel abroad, as well, with their families? >> it is. and if you haven't had measles, if you're partially immunized, if you're carrying a child under the age of 6 months who hasn't had their shots, it's easy to pick up measles. even in western europe. we tend to think this only happens in underdeveloped countries, not true. and the symptoms can at first mimic just a real little cold, fever, runny nose. but then that rash, that goes all over the body. what concerns people is that once you're diagnosed with measles, it's a serious illness, and children can die. we're also seeing hot pockets in the united states, oregon,

washington, northern california, vermont, where parents have feared the safetyness of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine and they have not vaccinated or undervaccinated their children. so health officials are saying, look, if you have been born after 1957, get a booster as an adult, make sure your children are vaccinated. this is not an infection to take lightly. >> all right, dr. nancy snyderman at heathrow airport in london for us this morning. nancy, thank you very much. it's 16 minutes after the hour. once again here's savannah. >> matt, thank you. a california woman is being held on $3 million bail this morning charged with the murder of the wife of a camp pendleton marine. it's a case riddled with loose ends and unanswered questions. nbc's mike taibbi is in santee, california. mike, good morning. >> good morning, savannah. yeah the bail is that high because the suspect, 27-year-old jessica lopez, is considered a flight risk. and also a risk to herself, after what police tell me was a half-hearted suicide attempt just before she was arrested.

in the meantime, they came up with a whole story about how and why brittany dawn killgore was murdered. there were happy scenes on that july day two summers ago. a couple of missouri youngsters, barely 20, he a marine, she the marine's pretty bride, laughing and celebrating before heading off to wherever the military life would take them. marine camp pendleton was the latest home. but on april 10th, brittany killgore filed for divorce from her husband corey, now a lance corporal and seven months into his deployment in afghanistan, citing irreconcilable differences. three days later she was reported missing. last seen wearing a dark purple evening gown, and heading to san diego's gaslamp district. and earlier this week, searchers found her body near lake skinner north of camp pendleton. >> she has been declared dead, a victim of homicidal violence, and that's the only information i can provide to you with respect to details of the murder

of brittany killgore at this time. >> reporter: which leaves so many unanswered questions. starting with her connection to her alleged killer jessica lopez, who pled not guilty thursday to a first degree murder charge. the judge ordered the courtroom images of any suspects to be obscured. and what's the connection between either or both women to another camp pendleton marine, a married staff sergeant named louis perez who pled not guilty to an earlier charge and illegally possessing a stolen assault weapon. his bail was set at an unusually high half million dollars for one reason. >> it was articulated in court that he is a person of interest in an ongoing homicide investigation. >> reporter: the homicide of brittany killgore. investigators have searched the home allegedly shared by jessica lopez and sergeant perez, not far from the killgore home. and continue to question neighbors about reports of unsavory parties at this house. in the meantime, corey killgore is on the way home from afghanistan to try and sort out this tragic mess.

and the stew of rumors and unconfirmed reports led brittany killgore's father to plead for compassion. >> please leave my daughter in peace. she does not deserve to be a victim of lies and innuendo any more than she deserved to be murdered. >> officials are being very tight-lipped about this case, as you heard. homicidal violence is the closest they've come to providing even a preliminary cause of death. this isn't a military marriage that cracked under the strain of multiple deployments. but it is a murder mystery. life in the military a tragic strand from beginning to end. >> mike taibbi, thank you. once again here's matt. >> all right, savannah, thanks. now a rare and revealing look inside the country of north korea. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has just returned from a lengthy trip there. richard, good to see you. welcome back to new york. >> thanks. it was two weeks, and this is a difficult country to report from. it's not like the north koreans just open the doors and tell people to come in. we were flanked by government minders, we had to wear these

gestapoesque arm bands identifying ourselves as journalists, but it nonetheless was a look inside this very closed country. the parade, hundreds of thousands of troops goose-stepping to show loyalty to their absolute leader. but in pyongyang, reunification park we found people dancing to their own rhythm. it wasn't choreographed, just a look at something so rarely seen here. normal life. pyongyang is north korea's showcase capital. the money all goes here. there's 105-story hotel. but it was never finished. the streets are immaculately clean and wide. kim il-sung and his successor and son kim jong-il are worshipped in this, the world's last solid estate. the cult of personality was all around us during our two-week visit. this is the bookstore in the hotel where journalists are staying and if you're looking

for some light reading, this probably isn't the place to come. all of the books are either by kim jong-il or his father kim il-sung, or about the two men. they're in multiple languages, and if i have a question i can just pick this one up. answers to the questions raised by foreign journalists. volume four. oh, yeah, there's a bowling alley in the hotel, too. but it was closed. our every move in north korea was subject to government minders. they showed us the north korea the government wants the world to see. like the olympic sized pool at pyongyang's best university. where the elite play and work out. and its library, with students in suits and ties, computers for everyone. but when i asked a computer science student what he knew about social media, he was stumped. are you on facebook? after a conversation with the minder, it was clear the computer science student had never heard of facebook. perhaps most revealing of all

was this train trip we took through the countryside. many north koreans outside pyongyang are starving. it's easy to see why. the fields looked lifeless. north korea is a secretive and closed society. free thinking isn't encouraged here. but maybe north korea is opening up, or maybe it just wants the world to understand it a little better. one of the most distinct memories i have from this trip is a 16-year-old school girl, high school student, and she was in a shop buying a pair of glasses. there are very shoe shops there and i asked her how she starts her day. we've all done chores in school. this girl starts her school day, every day, by polishing a portrait of the country's founder and then sitting down in homage to the leader and that's the way it works in north korea. they call it the personality that is pervasive. >> little different than we do things here. richard engel, thanks very much.

fascinating look inside. still to come, imagine living for years with a dark secret. we'll meet a woman who said her husband admitted he was a murderer. so what finally made her turn him in? she'll share her story in a live interview. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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it helps satisfy your hunger longer. [ telephone rings ] satisfaction. what will you gain when you lose? >> live look over pimlico. at fundraiser happening on the infield there. good evening -- good evening? i am on the second half of my day. good morning, i am stan stovall. after 20 years, a tip leads howard county police to an arrest in the cold case disappearance of christine jarrett. she was last seen in elkridge in 1991, and her husband robert had always been considered a

suspect detectives found what they believed to be christine's body in a shed at their home. robert has been charged with murder. >> if you know accidents to add to the list. on 79 fought -- a few new accidents to add to the list. on southbound 795, delays forming prior to the accident scene. fire department activity with more problems to get to. in columbia, patuxent parkway. in the northbound side, 100, watch for a vehicle fire. one more problem of no -- crash being cleared in essex. coldspring lane, one way for mrs. southbound traffic. -- going away from us is southbound traffic. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11.

>> so far i.t. has a pretty good start for us. a little bit of fog in some neighborhoods. temperatures on the chilly side. 48 in parkton. 40 degrees in rising sun. 46 at the airport. humidity, 93%. most of the fog is starting to burn off. going to turn out to be a nice day. need a jacket la

♪ >> that was a wild scene around here last month when the hit boy band one direction and their fans took over rockefeller plaza, and we have a jam packed lineup of great acts ready to do the same thing this coming summer. coming up we'll unveil our summer concert series lineup for the very first time. 7:30 now on a friday morning. it's april 20th, 2012. i'm matt lauer alongside savannah guthrie. by the way, if you widen up, amy robach is joining us as well. this is what can happen when one of these highlighters explodes. you can end up with a fashion statement here. >> well, i think we complement each other. we're two rays of sunshine. >> we're color coordinating with our mugs.

>> very nice. >> and we're going to go direct some traffic after this. >> will you explain. >> we're so happy you're here. >> also ahead you can teach the kids about the dangers of drinking and dpriefing, same with texting, but are they really listening to you? wait until you see natalie's hidden camera report on what can happen when you're not with your kid. >> is it a case of extreme parenting? one mom's new children's book preaching a vegan diet for kids. it's causing a stir with a controversial images and messages in that book. coming up we're going to hear from the author. >> all right. also ahead, have you ever had a really wild and crazy night? >> never. >> not like the one you're about to tell us about. >> because i think i can top the story. a group of friends in big trouble with police after they broke into a sea world park during a night of heavy drinking. they swam in the dolphin tank and even stole a penguin, and of course, they were good enough to record it all on camera. we're going to show you the tape coming up. >> on a more serious topic, we begin with the woman who turned in her own husband for murder. we're going to talk to her in a

moment. but first "today" national correspondent amy robach has her story. amy, it's quite a story. >> it is, matt. good morning. it's a remarkable one of courage and survival. bernadette sugrim says she lived in fear for more than a decade, keeping her husband's deadly secret in fear of her own life and that's when something happened that changed everything. bernadette hyde was just 17, growing up in new york state, when she met brian sugrim. they became lovers and confidants, until one day he shared a disturbing secret. >> he came to me one day and said, i did something really bad. i'm such a terrible person. i killed somebody. >> reporter: but back then she thought she could save him from his past. so they married in 1997, and moved to michigan, raising two young children. >> that was a happy time for us. >> reporter: over time, that dark side of brian she had tried to ignore began to come out, as he became abusive, and one day came home with another secret.

>> he told me, i killed someone. i killed a woman. >> reporter: her name was lindsay gibson. she'd been found stabbed in an empty field. now bernadette worried she could be brian's next victim, especially after he made this threat. >> you do not tell anybody. and if you ever do, i will kill you. >> reporter: but a day of reckoning came last may. bernadette arrived home to a horrific scene. brian was beating their 11-year-old daughter skye. >> he was going to kill me. >> reporter: fearing for her life, skye escaped and had neighbors call 911. police arrested brian. >> in that moment, you know that this is the one chance you have to do something. >> reporter: so she seized the moment, and revealed brian's secret. bernadette's statement enabled prosecutors to charge him with first degree murder, and she

became the state's key witness at his trial. >> did you live with some deep, dark secrets for a long time? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: it took a jury six hours to reach a verdict in february. >> guilty of first degree premeditated murder. >> reporter: brian sugrim didn't testify at trial, but last week, before his sentencing, he did sit down with "dateline" for an exclusive interview. >> did you come here to get footage of the monster or did you actually want to get the truth? >> reporter: did you kill lindsay gibson. >> no. >> reporter: have you ever killed anyone? >> yes. >> reporter: who have you killed? >> like i'm going to sit here and tell you that. >> reporter: last week, a michigan judge sentenced brian sugrim to life in prison with no possibility of parole for the murder of lindsay gibson. the other murder he told bernadette about, that was in upstate new york. that case has been reopened but so far brian has not been charged. matt? >> all right, amy robach, thank

you very much. bernadette sugrim is with us now along with her two children, skye and christopher. good morning to all of you. nice to have you here. bernadette, you know there are people sitting at home right now going over the first part of this story. you're not yet married to this man, brian, and he comes to you and says i have a secret, i killed somebody. and people are going to say, how could you have gone through with it and married him? >> well, as i told everybody else, it's -- i was very young. very young. and i was in love. i didn't see anything else at the time. i just knew that i was in love with this person and i wanted to be with him, and he made all these promises about how good our life was going to be together. >> reporter: was life good in the very beginning of your marriage? or did the fear start almost immediately? >> no. it was very good. in the beginning of the marriage. probably after about two months is when i got the first taste of fear from him. >> and he comes back to you at a later point in your marriage and

he says, okay, i've killed someone else, it's happened again, and if you tell anyone, i will kill you. and people are wondering, were there no opportunities to pick up and grab what was dear to you and get to the police? >> absolutely there were many opportunities. but i was terrified. he told me if i ever left he would kill me. and if he didn't kill me, he would kill my family. he would find every one of them. and in fear of that, of just the people i love, i didn't say anything or go anywhere. >> you slept with a loaded gun? >> absolutely. >> under your pillow. you wrote a letter to a friend and said, look, don't open this letter, keep it in a safe place, and it was explaining that he probably would have killed you if something bad had happened to you. >> absolutely. i wrote that letter probably about six weeks before the incident with my daughter happened. >> skye, the incident with your daughter, that involves you. your dad was beating you pretty

terribly. >> yes. >> and you escaped and got to call police. was it hard to do that? >> that's kind of hard to say. i mean, i don't -- it wasn't hard to call the police or anything. it was -- it was more -- it was more after everything, like that night, and just things setting in, realizing what was going on. but like in the moment, when i ran to my neighbor's house, i ran as fast as i could, and it wasn't fast. i don't really remember a lot of it. it was really just a fast blur. >> bernadette, the idea that you witness your husband beating your daughter, that becomes the final straw for you. and you decided to go to police. you ended up testifying at trial against your husband, and although your husband said that you had suffered brain damage following a heart attack, and that you were basically lying. were you scared to death that he

was going to be acquitted, and then you were going to have to live with the fear of having him on the street? >> absolutely. i was frightened the whole time. i was, you know, in doubt what the outcome would be. terrified that we would have to pick up and move and change our whole lives, our names, and you know, have to run from him for the rest of our life. we had a very good police force. >> he's still -- he's obviously in prison right now. what's your life like today? >> it's much better. a lot less anxiety and a lot less stress. honestly, we're just living one day at a time. enjoying it. >> is there a takeaway message? something you'd like to tell other women who may be in maybe not the exact situation, but a similar situation? >> absolutely. the biggest message i want to get out to other women in the same situation is, don't let it

terrorize you. that's what it did for me for many years. and you know, i regret that i wasn't able to do something sooner. >> bernadette, skye, christopher, thanks for being here this morning. i appreciate it. you can see more of this story tonight on "dateline" at 10:00, 9:00 central, right here on nbc. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by new move free ultra. >> wow, look at this. we've got this new high tech mike play. it's got that there. got that there. look at that video. and it's got that there. that's pretty cool. wow. i could look at this all day. oh, but let's do the weather, show you what's happening. we've got a risk of severe storms brownsville to youthen. isolated thunderstorms possible. risk of a major tornado, too, as that front pushing through we're going to be looking at rain, heavy showers and thunderstorms firing up from houston into st.

louis. rain fall 1 to 2 inches from corpus christi on up into little rock. >> good morning. it will be a beautiful friday. by this afternoon, the temperatures will climb into the 70's. >> and we've got the daughter of the weather guy at 11 atlanta. what's your name? >> claire. >> what's your dad? >> chris. >> is that mom back there? >> it is. >> say hi, dad. >> hi, dad. >> all right. matt? all right al, thank you very much. up next, do you think your teenager would ever get into a car with a driver who appears to be drunk? or text behind the wheel?

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drunk? well, we gave some parents the opportunity to watch their kids in action. and when the rubber met the road, some were stunned by what they saw. with the help of a special camera, called a driver cam, we've been following this teen, mitch, to see what he's been up to behind the wheel. in this case, he knows the camera is there, and will record any risky driving maneuvers. like these scary scenes collected by drive cam. here a teen, busy texting, swerves off the road and takes out a mailbox. or like this girl, so dangerously distracted by her phone, that she runs off the road. luckily, no one was seriously hurt. so how did mitch do? four months ago he told us he doesn't use his phone while driving. >> if i feel my phone vibrate in

my pocket i just wait. >> reporter: he told his dad the same thing. do you think he's answering his phone, maybe texting? >> we believe that he's not doing that because he's telling us he's not doing that. >> reporter: let's find out. a few times it's not his phone that's the distraction. it's his female passenger. watch here as mitch goes into a turn. his passengers are not only not wearing shirts, no one is wearing seat belts. >> [ bleep ] you guys. >> reporter: but does he ever pull out his cell phone? here it is. pressed against his ear, and does a one-handed u-turn across double yellow lines. >> this is probably illegal. >> oh! >> reporter: but the most disturbing event comes at 3:00 in the afternoon. he falls asleep behind the wheel. >> that could have been a head-on, it could have been the

end of our kid. >> reporter: and the testing continues, this time to see if the kids will get in a car with someone they think is drunk. joe is just acting the part. >> you're drunk like actually? >> oh, my god. >> reporter: johnny, jordan and christina have just been told they'll be getting a ride from him. their parents, who have all predicted their kids won't go with him, stare at the monitors. they all get up, but christina and jordan are reluctant to go. >> i don't think -- >> i don't think he should be driving. >> reporter: with hearts racing, their parents wait to see what will happen next. >> he's getting in the car. oh, boy. >> yikes. >> reporter: we tell the group to come back to the school, where their parents are waiting to greet them. >> why did you get in that car? >> buddy, don't ever do that again. >> i won't. >> it's okay. it's okay. next time. >> it was eye-opening for these

parents. they thought they'd done enough to teach their kids how to be safe but what they didn't factor in was the power of peer pressure. and we have lots of parenting advice and we test many more teens in our report. and sometimes, savannah, you'll be happy to know the parents are pleasantly surprised by the results. >> but it's so emotional when it goes the other way. what is the take away for parents? >> the biggest thing that we got out of doing this series is parents have to be great role models. if you yourself are texting or driving or answering phone calls while you're driving or if you're drinking and getting in a car and your kids see that, they see your behavior as acceptable behavior. also if you tell your kids, call me, if you get in a situation, you need to be picked up, no questions asked, i'll come get you, then make sure you live by that rule. otherwise your kids aren't going to trust you. >> parents would much rather get that call. >> absolutely. >> natalie, thank you so much. you can see more on this special "dateline" sunday at 7:00, 6:00 central time right here on nbc. still ahead the real life hangover. friends wake up with a penguin in their hotel room and no

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accident off to the shoulder is still impacting your ability to exit owings mills boulevard. we will switch over to the harford road area. very heavy beating up towards the harrisburg expressway great coming towards us, inner loop towards 95. >> we are off to a quiet start, with a bang-wise. things will change over the weekend. still a little bit of fog in some neighborhoods. still in the 40's in northern suburbs. 47 in taneytown. forecast for today, beautiful afternoon. high temperatures between 70 and 75. he probably won't need the jacket that are on. scattered thunderstorms possible later on today good best chance will be sunday and monday morning as the nor'easter rolls off of the coast. it will be breezy and chilly. high temperatures only in the 50's on sunday and monday. as we head into the middle of

next week, it will start to quiet down. just a slight chance for rainshowers on wednesday.

8:00 now on a friday morning. it is the 20th day of april, 2012. and it's a picture perfect morning here in new york city. we've got bright, sunny skies. the temperature is already 53 degrees. and going up a little later in the day. these nice people are up and visiting new york. i'm matt lauer, out on the plaza along with savannah guthrie who is in while ann is taking one more day of vacation. she's back monday. and al roker. and coming up we're going to unveil our blockbuster lineup for the summer concert series. >> and the audience and i are going to find out together. >> big, big news. >> also ahead, they were really

the ideals of beauty back in the 1980s. the very first supermodels. well, we're going to catch up with three of the women who really changed the industry and we'll talk about how the perception of beauty has changed over the year. i know you both have the old cheryl tiegs poster hanging in your dorm room? >> we had lots of posters, probably. >> let's move along. there's a new children's book that's really causing some controversy. encouraging veganism in kids, with very adult topics like animal testing. is this the right message to be sending to kids? is a vegan diet at such a young age too restrictive? we're going to get into that and hear from the author, as well. coming up. >> all right. but first let's go inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk. she's got a check of all the top stories. . >> good morning, to you. new res ignitions are expected in the secret service over the prostitution scandal. u.s. investigators are now trying to find the women allegedly hired by members of president obama's advance security team in colombia.

facebook pictures have now surfaced that may show one of the women involved. nbc news is blurring her face because there is no official confirmation. and in a facebook post from 2009, one secret service official implicated in the scandal joked that when he was assigned to protect former vice presidential candidate sarah palin, he was, quote, really checking her out. president obama has a six-point lead over presumptive republican candidate mitt romney in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. but the poll also shows that the president's biggest weakness, the economy, is romney's strong point. a body found tuesday near camp pendleton in california has been identified as that of the estranged wife of a u.s. marine serving in afghanistan. investigators will only say that 22-year-old brittany killgore was the victim of homicidal violence. they did not reveal her connection to suspect jessica lopez, who pleaded not guilty thursday to the murder. the judge ordered all courtroom images of any suspects to be obscured. officials say a marine staff

sergeant being held on a weapons charge remains a person of interest in the case. princess cruises said thursday that passenger reports of a fishing vessel in distress allegedly ignored by crew members apparently never made it to the captain or the officer on duty. two of the panamanian fishermen eventually died and the third was found alive in march after being stranded at sea for nearly a month. and now for a look at what is trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online. the band, and its drummer and vocalist helm are both top google searches. he died from throat cancer at the age of 71. the band's hits included the wake and the night they drove old dixy down. singer sheryl crow tweeted i'm truly saddened about the news. starbucks announced in a blog post on thursday that it is dropping the beetle juice. an online petition had urged the coffee schan to stop using a red dye made from crushed bugs in

its strawberry drinks. ew. and the high school pals known as double take have gone viral with their video for hot problems. it's being compared to rebecca black's two,000 eleven single friday, widely ridiculed as one of the worst music videos of all time. ♪ ♪ we're hot hot hot hot >> hot problems already has about 1.5 million youtube hits, so i guess it's working for them. 8:04 right now. let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> all right. thank you so much, natalie. got a whole bunch of friends hanging out waiting to hear -- who do you think is going to be in our concert series? who would you like to see? >> justin bieber. >> oh. well, you stick around. we may make you happy. let's see what we've got for you, as far as your forecast. las vegas, nevada. nbc news 3, sunny, hot, 89

degrees. as we look around the country, not quite as hot here in the northeast. 50s and 60s in new england. 70s along the east coast. 80s down through the gulf. 80s and 90s through the southwest, with 50s through the upper midwest. morning showers there. look for some rain in the interior sections of the pacific northwest. slight risk of strong storms down in southern texas. wet weather into the mississippi and upper ohio river valleys and lots of sunshine along the east coast with some hit or miss showers. >> it looks like we will close out the work week with some nice weather. it is a little chilly it right now. high temperatures will climb into the 70's with a mix

>> all right. >> thank you, al, for the weather. of course, summer is just around the corner on rockefeller plaza. >> that can only mean one thing it's time for the return of our summer concert series. take a look at an impressive lineup. >> three words. >> summer. >> music. >> today. >> toyota summer concert series is back. and it all begins may 18th with usher. live. >> i can't wait to heat up the plaza on the "today" show. >> then -- >> so get ready. >> oh, yeah, pitbull. plus we'll see the band peri. >> this is your special invitation to the party. >> chris brown. >> this summer will be the hottest year. >> and justin bieber. >> we've got a few friends stopping by. >> friends like kenny chesney. >> there's no better way to wake up. >> and coming this summer, maroon 5. >> man, popular. >> flo rida, the zack brown

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became instantly recognizable. beautiful and iconic. from glossy magazine covers to high fashion runways, these familiar faces of the '80s were quite simply the original supermodels. they defined an era. many were known by one name, and one name only. brooke, cheryl, christy, carol, kelly. >> beauty times 100. everything is amplified about these girls. they were tall. they were voluptuous. they were larger than life. >> reporter: in the age before gloss their pictures were slashed across magazines. sports illustrated launched many a career with the groundbreaking swimsuit issue. but it evolved that's famous faces became brand names and ended up selling more than clothes. supermodels like kathy ireland

leveraged their brand. and of course, there were the commercials. and music videos. with each camera click, their popularity grew. rivalling even some of the biggest names in hollywood. >> people wanted to know everything about them. who they were dating. where they came from. >> reporter: all the attention delivered big paychecks and sometimes even bigger egos. who could forget linda evangelista's infamous quote, we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day. it all paved the way for the cover models of today, just l, barbara, miranda kerr, and brooklyn decker. a new generation on a runway of fame made possible by the supermodels of the '80s. so where are these famous faces now? it may not be the cover of vogue but most are still in the spotlight whether it be running their own business, on television, and many are involved in charitable causes.

>> three of those supermodels of the '80s are with us now. we've got alana davis, kelly enberg and kim alexis. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> needless to say you are still beautiful. let's take a look back. i mean when we hear that term supermodel, i wonder, do we even have supermodels anymore? is that an extinct term? what do you think, kelly? >> well, i think there are more actresses that are doing the fashion, the beauty ads and stuff like that. you see them on the covers of all the magazines now. so i don't know. i mean, there's not that many models now. i mean, there's a few. but you know, in our day we were on all the covers. >> i think to be a supermodel you first had to be a model. and i think people are jumping and missing that stage. so you had to be a model and you had to be multifaceted. and there's not a lot of ways for a model to be multifaceted because the actresses took the covers. >> right. and i think, though, the difference between the people who -- the girls who have achieved that supermodel status now have branded themselves. and i think that's something

very different that wasn't done in the '80s. like now they're actual brands and they have businesses and enterprises and that's different. >> what was it like back then, we loved the report from linda evangelista, we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day. was it really like that? >> well, we dnt didn't say that. >> not for us. >> way worked really hard, too. we did covers and cover girl or whatever, but we also did all kinds of catalogs. >> and lest people think it's just about your beauty, which you obviously have in abundance, what makes a good model? >> i think somebody who is really good at business administration. i mean, you know, you can't -- you're beautiful, it's a product though. you have to be able to follow up on your agents, and be on time for jobs, and you know, establish yourself as a reputation of being, you know, on time professional, and you know, like any other business. >> a lot has changed in this business. kelly one thing you said, really interested me. you said there's so much retouching now that that ideal of beauty is even more

unattainable. >> absolutely. i think with digital cameras and stuff. we just got hand retouched the covers and they didn't really retouch the editorial. today i think they retouch everything. >> and that puts pressure on you more? >> that puts pressure on women in general who watch us who think that we're perfect and they're not and they're never going to be that way. we don't want people to feel that way. rereally, you know, the body image and worrying about being perfect. nobody's perfect. we don't feel we're perfect. >> you're all in your 40s and 50s now. >> grandmother. >> and you're a grandmother. you make it look so good. what are your secrets to staying so healthy and so fit and looking so good? >> for me, i think it's really just having a very full life. you know, i work, i have a foundation that delivers bottled water to the american homeless. i am waters foundation. and i have a family. and it's full and it's balanced, and you know, and then of course, exercise and not too many cookies. >> you all have kids, too. would you want your kids to go

into this industry? >> i have a son who is looking into it now, bobby. he's 22. and i had my older son when he was 19, he went down to miami and tried and said it's not for me. >> my daughter ruby did a little modeling. she's a singer. >> looking back what do we think now about the '80s fashions? >> oh, the shoulder pads -- >> they're going to come back in then, you know. >> i like it. >> those shoulder pads -- >> big linebackers. >> we were all in it together. thank you so much. good to see you. >> thank you. >> coming up next, the new children's book promoting veganism that has some parents crying foul. we'll hear from the author right after this. hush little bunny don't say a word. we used to be enemies, but that's absurd. a nibble on your ear used to keep me up all night. now our relationship can be nice and bright. yes, my chocolate friend, our struggle's thru. when i bite your head off, i'll still love you. now i have truvia and i've been set free.

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amy robach is back with details on that. amy, good morning. >> matt, good morning to you. a soon-to-be released children's book on raising your child a vegan is making waves. the book entitled "vegan is love" has some pretty graphic images and some say its content is not for kids. with its cute pictures and lovable characters, "vegan is love" certainly looks like your typical children's book. but its core message of raising children on a strictly vegan diet is sparking controversy. >> my goal is not to scare any child. in my experience, i never have. >> reporter: 29-year-old ruby ross is an author. an activist. and step mommy to 7-year-old akira who she's raising a vegan. simply put, no animal products, no milk, no cheese, no eggs, no meat, no fish, no kidding. >> my favorite food is kale.

>> reporter: so while akira's classmates snack on sweet sweets at school events, she always has to ask first. >> she's brought a lollipop before and asked if it was vegan. i said i don't know, but it's up to you if you want to eat it. and she gave it away. >> reporter: the book covers what some consider to be adult topics. like animal testing and mistreatment. but it's the strongly written take on veganism that has some screaming foul. she writes all animals raised for meat and dairy are captured and killed in the end. their deaths are violent and sad. as vegans we do not bring the pain and suffering of any animal into our happy, health bodies. >> if it's too scary to talk about, the reality of where those pieces of meat come from, then it's certainly too scary to eat. >> reporter: according to the academy of nutrition and dietetics, well-planned vegetarian diets are appropriate for individuals during all

stages of the life cycle. but some experts urge caution, saying it's easier for vegan kids to miss out on essential nutrients. >> it's critical to be responsible there and make sure that the child is getting a variety of vegetables, sources of protein, and a variety of fruits and vegetables. >> reporter: this trend comes on the heels of strange feeding techniques practiced by some hollywood moms. actress and well-known vegan alicia silverstone recently posted this video of her son, bear blue, sucking prechewed food out of her mouth. and former blossom star and big bang theory actress mayim raised some eyebrows when she revealed she still breast-feeds her 3 1/2-year-old son. the book hits shelves on april 24th. the meat industry and parents might take issue with some of her views. >> thank you very much. heidi is a nutritionle, jennifer hart steen is a child psychologist.

ladies good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let's start with you. what's your take on this? >> from a nutritional standpoint it is true that at any stage of life you can be a healthy vegan. you have to be careful with b-12. you might have to supplement with that. there are certain nutrients, essential fatty acids. iron getting enough protein. yes. you can do it. you have to be very conscientious, however. my objection with this is the scare tactic, is age appropriate. usually, if that's your belief system you can share that within your home and you can model it by the foods you serve. but teaching kids to fear food is not typically a very healthy way to approach it. >> that takes us from nutrition into the child psychologies asecretary. do you agree with heidi? >> i absolutely agree with heidi. the fact that there's so much fear presented in the book and if you would just give it to a child as a children's book they don't understand it. so now they're just going to be afraid. they may choose to eat this way and actually become malnourished as a result.

and fear doesn't really teach the appropriate intervention. you can lead your child in this lifestyle and give the information in an age appropriate way over time so that they really can understand it and decide if they want to continue to embrace that. >> one illustration addresses the idea of animal testing and shows a graphic picture of wounded animals. so that you think, kids have enough to worry about, is that what you're saying, without making them worry about where they're getting their food? >> absolutely. i think why do we have to scare them, which could create eating disordered behavior. >> i think guilt and fear is not a good place to come especially with such a peaceful message. so i see and this is where our fields are so interlocked. although i'm here to talk about the nutritional adequacy i also see kids who are very anxious and very fearful and adults about making the right and wrong decision around food. >> back to you for a second. this idea -- the book is called "vegan is love." are we to then conclude or children conclude that if you're not a vegan, it's about hate? or you're not someone who loves? >> or you don't get to feel

love. or you're clearly creating hate or bad feelings amongst everybody else, if you're not that. and i do think that it's a very strong and powerful title that kids can interpret in their, not fully developed way, which is going to be problematic. >> i don't think -- >> go ahead. >> i don't think it's just kids. i think it's parents who are very successful and doing the right thing for their kids. there are people who truly believe in this and it's a lifestyle. >> it's a life saving lifestyle for a lot of people. bill clinton is one of the most famous vegans or vegan converts right now. a man who suffered from heart disease. >> but it's not coming from a spiritual place. now the reality is, you can go that way or you can be a flexitarian where you are plant based but include minimal amounts of animal product that really advance your nutritional status. >> all right. thank you both. appreciate it. we'll be back with cooking in our kitchen after your local news.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> busy rush this morning. things are starting to taper off in some areas. we have an accident in westminster and market street to watch for. southbound 795 approaching owings mills, things are moving a little bit better. 26 miles per hour. heavy delays leading to an accident blocking 1 southbound lane. if you want to take that as an alternate, you are through the construction of the zone.

here is what looks like on 795. here is 83 and j.f.x. and coldspring lane. john collins joins us with a look at the forecast. >> hazy sunshine this morning. there has been patchy fog around. cold front to the west. when this system comes in, it will come through. we will increase our rain chance is considerably. right now, plenty of sunshine. humidity is up. barometer will start to fall later on. our temperatures today to rise into the low seventies for highs. ocean city, it may be stuck in the 60's all day long. mostly sunny, pleasant, 70 to 75

ft. high. by sunday, only in the 50's for highs. >> another update at 8:56. hey, what do you think "artisan" means? it's latin. for what? really, really good bagels. dunkin's new artisan bagels are as authentic as it gets. soft, chewy, and delicious. grab one today.

8:30 now on a friday morning. april 20th 2012. we could not ask for a nicer start to the day. we've got a great crowd just starting their weekend with us here in new york city. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie here while ann is taking one more day off. al roker is here, as well, as is natalie morales, and in just a couple of minutes i'm going to go sprinting into the studio, three words.

dame judi dench. i love her. she's fantastic. she's got a brand-new comedy moving coming out. and also she's in the midst of shooting i think it's her seventh time as playing "m" in one of the bond movies. we'll talk to dame judi dench. >> she's the best. really is. also, ahead, dinner made easy with the help of top chef padmille lacsmy. she's going to tell us how to make she different dishes. >> and our bow to wow dogs all in the need of loving homes. maybe there's one there for you. >> and we'll have big shows next week. on monday, a major announcement from bill and giuliana rancic. they have an announcement that i think going to put a smile on a lot of people's faces. i'm just going to leave it at that. and also --

>> then on tuesday rosie o'donnell is going to be here live. she will take part in "today's professionals." we know she's going to spice things up. be watching that. and al, let's get a check of the weather. >> let's see what we've got for you. starting with today. saturday for the weekend. heavy rain begins making its way up the eastern seaboard. a real soaker, sizzling to warm weather for the western third of the country. showers in the upper mississippi river valley. sunday, look for more heavy rain from the mid-atlantic into the northeast of new england, where we're going to be looking at anywhere from three to four inches of rain locally. could be as much as seven inches, the western half of the country, mild to sizzling, with plenty of sunshine. >> good morning. it will be a beautiful friday. by this afternoon, the temperatures will climb into the 70's.

>> that's your latest weather. don't forget you can always check your weather on the weather channel or weather.com. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. we've heard about businesses outsourcing jobs but what about outsourcing your own retirement? the new movie "the best exotic marigold hotel" follows a group of british retirees who decide to spend their golden years in india. it stars dame judi dench. it's great to have you back. good morning. nice to see you. >> love to be here. >> i love the premise of this. not only are the reviews great, and i've read a lot of them, but i do think it's a funny premise especially since most people don't know a lot of india. >> i know. i said to my local cinemaeers in the country that if i stood outside with a form saying sign up for india now, quite a lot of

people would have signed up to go. >> your character is evelyn. >> yes. >> and she's recently widowed and as the movie begins she is on one of those phone lines to one of those technical support lines in india, trying to get some stuff working with her wireless system. does she handle it any better than i handled it in the past? >> she handled it a great deal better than i would, i must say. >> she decides to pick up and move to india. what draws her there? >> well, they just said come and spend the ougautumn of your yea in this hotel and she and maggie smith and bill and i and tom wilkinson and i all go off, unknown to each other, to find out what this life might be. >> and you shoot much of this movie in india. it would be very hard to do it in london or here in the states, and you've said about the experience of being there that it is not very hard to act when you're there. what was it like?

>> we were there for 9 1/2 weeks. and within about a day and a half i was bewitched by the country. and the people. we, of course, were very -- we were very kept in wonderful hotel. things like that. >> but you got to see some of the other parts of the country. >> yes, we did. but the charm of the people, the beauty of the people, and their country, of course, was something i had never really imagined properly. and i'd never particularly wanted to go to india but i can't wait to get back. >> i mention that it's getting very good reviews. this one from the daily mail. we're used to depressing news stories about old people being treated with disrespect so it's a treat to see a feel-good movie in which elderly heroes triumph over adversity and their own pessimistic expectations. it has the added attraction of a superb british cast headed by the incomparable judi dench and i thought this line from one of the reviews was funny.

ever want to see your favorite british actors with a tan? well, now you can. it is a great cast, too, isn't it? >> it is. and and i've worked with everybody before. i haven't worked with tina, but i worked with all british actors. we'd all worked together. so it was like a traveling theater company. >> you're so busy. i know that you're also shooting the new bond movie, "sky fall". >> i've just finished. >> so can we get a couple of rumors and either lay them to rest or give them more credibility. one is that this movie is going to deal a lot more with your character of "m." she's going to have a more prominent role. >> i can say yes to that. >> yeah? any hints as to why it's more prominent? >> no. >> no. >> okay -- >> otherwise i'm fired from mi-6 straight away. >> it's interesting you'd say you'd be fired from mi-6, because the other rumor is that this will be your last bond movie. >> right. >> right is not the appropriate

answer there. >> that's all i can possibly say. >> no? >> not allowed to say anything else. >> i would hate to see that if it's your last one. you know you're one of the reasons i love those movies. you really are. is it a blast to shoot them? >> yes, it is. and you learn. i mean you learn wonderful new things all the time. and i was mostly in pine wood and one day in scotland which was glorious but brief and so i have got out with a couple of them. i did get to panama, and nassau at one time. but not with this one. but we had a glorious time doing it. >> well, i have a glorious time watching them. i love you in them and i can't wait to see new this new comedy. it's a pleasure. >> thank you. >> the best exotic marigold hotel opens on may 4th. check itout. up next, top chef padma lakshmi turns one set of ingredients into three great dishes. we'll get to that. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now at 8:39. this morning on "today's kitchen," what's on the menu, one set of ingredients makes three great meals. padma lakshmi is the host of bravo's top chef. you're on hiatus and you want to be in the kitchen? >> i love being in the kitchen. you know, i have plenty to do. i have a culinary company, so we make spices. >> and a little girl? >> yeah. >> you're busy. >> and i'm very busy. >> the ingredients that we're going to use for these three dishes, very simple and also very healthy. >> very healthy. i'm using four ingredients. cucumber, english cucumber, nonfat plain yogurt, some sea salt, and some fresh mint. >> okay. >> and basically you're going to make a chilled cucumber soup. >> great for summer. >> great for summer, and great if you're trying to get ready for summer and lean out. this is a handful of fresh mint

leaves. a little bit of salt. some cue couple brer and some yogurt. >> okay. >> and all you do is whiz that. >> gotta kind of shake that around a little bit. >> and when it's done it's going to look like this. >> do you serve it very cold or room temperature? >> i serve it chilled. you know what i also do? i keep a pitcher of that in my fridge so that before i go out to a fancy dinner i drink a cup of it, so i'm less -- >> you eat less? >> i eat less. that's pure protein. no fat. >> how long does that last? >> four or five days. so you take the same stuff, you don't do it in a blender, you shred the cucumber and then you mix it all up, and you chop the mint, and then you put it -- you strain it through this cheese cloth? >> why the cheese cloth? >> because it gets rid of all the water. cucumber has a lot of water. nonfat yogurt can have water, too. so you just strain it. you can also use a really fine

mesh sieve. and once you do that you're going to coach some salmon. >> what's in the coaching? >> two parts water, one part white wine, lemon slices, fresh dill, peppercorns and salt. >> could you use other kinds of fish? >> you could use other kinds of fish. you want a thicker fillet so that it holds up in the water. and you want to do that also, you can do it with tarragon, rosemary, whatever herbs you have, just throw them in the water and coach them. you want the water to come halfway up. and you close this. that's poaching. it's going to finish poaching in like five, six minutes. when it coaches it looks like that. you just plate it. you take that sauce that we strained from over there, and you just do it like that. it's very healthy. now i made -- >> delicious. >> i made it very simple. but you can add other things like serrano chilies or crushed red dry chili flakes.

you can add chives or scallions. this is a middle eastern powder made out of thyme, sum ack -- >> do you taste it plain or something you can mix in? >> it's yummy. you can add italian seasoning, herbs deprovence. something to intensify the flavor. you're going to use that a third way as a dip for chips. >> there goes the healthy side. >> there you go. >> but you could also use carrots and other cruditeses. or baked thins or something. >> let's go back to one thing. you mentioned these are english cucumbers. any difference? >> you can use a regular cucumbers. here's why i like english, it has less seeds and less moisture. so if you're making it ooze a sauce it's better. if you use the regular cucumber just make sure you take the seeds out. >> okay. >> just cut it lengthwise and remove the seeds with your knife. >> could not be more simple. thank you very much. >> it's so simple and so easy.

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♪ "today's" bow to wow is brought to you by pet armor. today's number one vet recommended ingredient for flea and tick protection. >> back now from bow to you would where we take shelter dogs, clean them up and find them new homes. "today's" animal advocate jill rappaport -- i'm having a rough time with it. i'm still so excited about these dogs. >> we still have 100% success record. and celebrating our fourth anniversary. we want to keep this record going. today as always, we have a great group of pooches, with a little

meow to wow in the mix. this is baby biscuit. he's only 4 months old. >> here's a yorkshire terrier mix. >> oh, he's so sweet. >> very sweet. still a puppy. he's got a lot to learn. >> but extremely mellow and gentle considering he is a puppy. >> scooter is an armful. he is a big beagle. a year and a half old. darling dogs. very curious. a lot of energy, but feel good in our arms. would be a great couch potato. >> very playful. very energetic. >> you've got the moves. ♪ i've got the moves >> this is a first. a very rare briere, irish wolf hound? hi, mookie. >> mookie is 2 1/2 years old. somebody abandoned him. >> and that explains why he's a little thin.

but irish wolf hounds, they can really chow down. give him time. he'll gain the weight. he's a good boy. yes, he's a good boy. >> and we're here with richard from animal care. let's get to our first pooch. this is one lucky dog. literally. >> royal treatment. let's take a look at biscuit. tell us about biscuit. >> well, biscuit, 4 months old. he just loves to be held in your arms. but when he walks down he's the happiest dog, his tail is wagging, his butt is going. he's a super happy dog. he's going to be eepsly trained. >> and dame judi said she wants to take all of them home. >> what do you think? >> he's great. biscuit is great. >> how big will biscuit get? >> not much bigger than that. >> oh, i don't know. >> he's adorable. >> biscuit has found a friend. thank you so much. >> what an honor.

>> oh, so wonderful. >> thank you so much. >> thank you. >> we want to bring out our next little dancing beagle, we have scooter the beagle still talking about his big dance party with jill rappaport. he's escorted by supermodel alana davis. >> scooter just loves to go up to people and say hello and be held by them. and just craves, craves, craves the affection and the attention. >> all right you're coming home with me. >> how old is scooter? >> he's a year -- 2 years old. >> he likes his tummy to be rubbed. >> he loves it. >> he's got the movies. >> whoa! >> okay, next we have mooki who is an irish wolf hound. >> irish wolf hound mix. >> now kim alexis is good enough to manage this dog. >> he's a big dog. he's a strong dog. he's going to need time to exercise and to play. he gets along well with other dogs. he's been around teenagers so he's really been an all-around

great dog. >> he's okay with little kids? >> little kids but not too small just because of his size he might bump into them inadvertently. so just, if there are small kids make sure they're supervised around him. but he's so gentle. >> he's really loving. >> two rescue cats? >> a chocolate lab. >> thank you so much. >> and lastly we have a me yo to wow today. this little kitty cat. >> oh, tell us about portia. >> portia is, i tell you considering everything taet going on, has just been so mellow, so sweet. on the other hand he's very playful. very curious. typical kitten. but he's been absolutely great out here with all that's going on. >> how much training to you have to do? >> not a lot of training. the litter box they'll pick up pretty quickly. >> the kitty sat situation is more dire than even the dogs. >> one more time, we've got scooter, we've got biscuit,

mooki. thank you. >> my loyal walkers. >> i don't think -- >> thank you so much. >> of course we're going to remind everybody if you want to learn how to adopt the animals we'll tell you how on today.com. first this is "today" on nbc.

the creators of the hangover

movies are looking for ideas for part three they may want to talk to three guys in australia. >> the only thing their story is missing is probably mike tyson. unfortunately three young men charged with trespassing, theft and unlawfully keeping a protected animal after a night of partying, ended with a penguin in their hotel room. >> i can't believe i have a penguin in my apartment. >> you know you've had a rough night when you wake up with one of these little guys in your room. >> you stole a penguin. >> this penguin named dirk seems as dazed and confused as the blokes who admit they stole him from sea world in australia after a night of heavy drinking. >> it was just a prank which went way too far. >> the three mates were on holiday and out for a night on the town when they snuck into seaworld after hours and with video rolling topped off their night by taking a dip with dolphins. >> oh, look at them. look how big they are. >> after a few laps swimming with the dolphins -- >> what's the next exhibit?

>> it was on to the penguin exhibit. >> the penguins. >> that's where dirk got snatched. the next morning, his abductors admit they weren't quite sure how he ended up inside their hotel room. >> i'm still a bit fuzzy about the whole thing >> sound familiar? >> there were nights the four of us will never forget. >> fans of the hangover movies know that a wild animal in your room is a comedy staple of the morning after. but this real-life hangover part three almost had a very unhappy ending when its kidnappers realized there was a manhunt for the purloined penguin they panicked and ended up dumping dirk in shark infested waters. a couple walking nearby heard slashing and spotted zirk skroombleing out of the water. he ended up getting chased by a dog before he was rescued. >> as i said we're more concerned about getting dirk back than anything else at the time. >> reporter: the three men gave the video of their exploits to an australian tv station, which

then turned it over to the police. the guys face a court hearing next month. >> seaworld, searching for dirk. >> reporter: as for dirk he's been reunited with his life partner peaches the penguin at sea world. no word if she's upset about dirk's night out on the town or his tattoo. seaworld officials say these guys are lucky they ended up in the dolphin tank. the park's almost home to one of the most impressive shark tanks in the world. >> who would do that? >> three idiots. >> three drunk idiots. >> it's crazy. >> and they filmed everything and gave it to an australian tv station. something tells me, maybe they had a little publicity stunt in mind. >> yeah, yeah. >> i'm sure they'll enjoy time in jail. >> that was a dramatic retelling you gave us. >> thank you very much. >> the voiceovers were really quite moving. >> we were on the edge of our seat here. we were like, what happens next? >> the guy who announces the film. coming soon. >> that's right. this time, it's personal. >> i can't believe i lost a

tooth. >> we're going to have me of "today" on a friday morning. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. an elkridge man is behind bars, charged with first- and second- degree murder and a 21-year-old murder case. robert jarrett was always considered a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, christina.

earlier this week, police searched his home when they discovered what they believed t?

>> we had a little light fog, but the sun is breaking through. mostly sunny day. 70 to 75 for the high.