good morning. breaking news. al qaeda releases a video of american hostage warren weinstein, the first since his kidnapping in pakistan last august. this morning, his emotional appeal. "today" exclusive, the woman at the center of the secret service prostitution scandal speaks out in her first american television interview. how did she meet the agents? what happened in that hotel in colombia? is she now trying to cash in on her story? we'll hear from her. and record smasher. "the avengers" came up with the biggest opening weekend ever. more than $200 million. and it's already on its way to becoming one of the top grossing movies of all time "today," becoming one of the top grossing movies of all time "today," monday, may 7th, 2012.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. want to follow this breaking news that he just mentioned. ear going to be talking about this hostage video showing 70-year-old maryland native warren weinstein. he was abducted more than eight months ago when gunmen broke into his home in pakistan where he was working as an adviser. >> the video is less than three minutes long and weinstein addresses president obama directly in it. we do not yet know when or where that tape was made. we're going to get the latest in a live report coming up. >> also there's an alarming turn in the search for a mother and her three daughters. they were abducted in tennessee. two unidentified bodies found in

a home of the lone suspect who is still out on the loose. well now authorities fear that that man may have changed his appearance and perhaps even the appearance of some of those he allegedly abducted. so we'll have the latest on the manhunt coming up this morning. >> then i think it's the big question at john edwards' trial as it enters its third week. will his former mistress, rielle hunter, take the stand? and if she does, will she be testifying for the defense or the prosecution? we'll be talking about that, as well. >> and then a story that really will probably get you thinking. because imagine finding a million dollars in the trash. an arkansas woman says it happened to her when she pulled a winning lottery ticket out of the garbage at a convenience store. she cashed it in. even started spending the winnings. now a judge has declared that that money doesn't belong to her. we're going to talk to her in an exclusive, live interview coming up this morning. >> let us begin on this monday morning with the top headlines. for that we head over to the news desk where natalie is standing by. >> good morning, matt and ann. good morning, everyone. an aide worker kidnapped last summer in pakistan has

resurfaced this morning in a video message released by al qaeda. nbc news cannot verify when or where the video was produced. nbc's foreign correspondent richard engel is here with more. >> good morning. in this video al qaeda is apparently trying to show what good kidnappers they are. this video, which does appear to be genuine, shows warren weinstein sitting in a clean outfit in front of him are large plates of food, and a table stacked with several books. at one stage warren weinstein is even shown eating some of the food. but at the same time, he says, his fate is in president obama's hands. and he makes a direct appeal to the president as a father and says he will be killed unless al qaeda's demands are met. al qaeda wants an end to all drone attacks in afghanistan and pakistan. and a release of its prisoners. >> all right, richard engel following this breaking news for us. thank you, richard. san francisco has elected a new president, ousting incumbent nicolas sarkozy in favor of

socialist francois hollande. the new president-elect is expected to be inaugurated later this month. the change of leadership could rattle world markets as he's promised a new economic course for france saying austerity is no longer inevidental. for more on how those changes in europe could impact our markets we turn to cnbc's courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. good morning to you, courtney. >> hi, good morning, natalie. those election results already weighing on the markets. the real concern is uncertainty. new leadership, or even the lack of definitive leadership, could raise fresh doubts about austerity measures and budget cuts, again raising those concerns about europe's debt crisis. meantime, ceo of berkshire hathaway warren buffett addressing a crowd of 30,000 in omaha this weekend, telling his shareholders his early-stage prostate cancer is a nonevent and he feels terrific. natalie? >> good to hear that. courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. thanks. a rocky beginning on the road to bringing the accused 9/11 masterminds to trial. an arraignment hearing in

guantanamo bay, cuba, this weekend was repeatedly interrupted by khalid shaikh mohammed and his four co-defendants. the suspects refused to answer questions, some shouted, and during breaks laughed amongst themselves as the families of 9/11 victims looked on. another hearing is set for next month, as officials try to advance the case. another reason to celebrate for the hikers who were freed last fall. after serving years in detention in an iranian prison on charges of espionage, sarah shourd and shane bauer were married this weekend in san francisco. they'd become engaged while in prison. bauer had proposed with an engagement ring made out of the threads of his shirt. the third hiker josh fattal served as best man. the couple is now on their honeymoon in an undisclosed location. and the actor best known for his role as the lovably gim doober pyle has died. he was a fixture on the 196os

sitcom playing goober, gomer's cousin. he died in nashville after a breathe illness. andy griffith recalls him as a friend and said he remembers him with, quote, great respect. lindsay was 83. six minutes past the hour. matt, ann, and al, he once has said about himself that i've made america laugh, i'm not the only one, i've contributed something. so, very sweet. >> yeah, it is sweet. and he really did. he made a lot of people happy. >> grew up on that show. loved that show. >> he's still on. >> i know. >> mr. roker with a check of the weather. >> we've got some rough stuff in the midsection of the country. flood advisories, flood warnings up south of chicago all the way down to del rio, texas, with flood watches. risk area as we start to see a system make its way to the east. bringing rain all the way from texas on up into detroit. the risk area stretches from texarkana up to cleveland and extreme western pennsylvania. mainly damaging winds, and a lot of rain. some areas have been picking up two to three inches of rain from western pennsylvania all the way

down to central texas. >> good morning. there is some cloud cover to start the work week. a slight chance we could see a rain shower, 20%. most of the >> and that's your latest weather. matt? >> all right, al, thanks very much. nine members of the u.s. secret service are leaving the agency in the wake of that prostitution scandal, tied to president obama's trip to colombia. this morning, though, we're hearing from the woman at the center of it all. nbc's michelle kosinski sat down with her exclusively in madrid. michelle, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. she's a 24-year-old mom, has

family here. she chose to do this interview, not being paid for it, saying her life's been turned upside down since being exposed as an es sort. and in her version of 9 events she called the secret service men stupid brutes which put extreme partying ahead of the president's security. >> translator: no. they like to show off heir bodies. great bodies. well-defined abs. they like attention, and we colombian women are not used to that. i was surprised that every time he dance with me he lift up his sweater so i could see. >> so they were acting very bold, and sure of themselves? >> translator: they were full of themselves. there was an -- >> were they shy about asking for sex or were they very direct about it? >> translator: very direct. i will say too direct. >> did any of them say that they

had done this before? >> translator: no, but the way they approach it it seems obvious that they were used to doing it, because people that do this for the first time are very shy. >> what if someone said, well, you went to the bar, you tempted these guys. >> translator: no, i'm not to blame for being attractive. they are to blame for leaving their jewelry bond. >> reporter: danya suarez says the three men who approached her and her friend, she assumed they were tourist, were drinking like quote it was water but were still coherent. she said she made it clear that a night with her would cost $800. >> translator: these are very basic words. sex, sexto, cash, money, dinero. i made a sign with my fingers so that he couldn't pretend that he was charging $80 or 80 cents. okay, no problem. let's go.

>> reporter: she says after what she described as normal sex he fell asleep. that she could have gone through or stolen everything in his room, but didn't. and the next morning -- >> translator: he told me to stay. >> he told you to stay longer? >> translator: he told me stay here. stay, my love. >> stay my love. >> translator: i told him no. i told him to give me my money. that i was going home. >> was he angry? >> translator: very angry. very angry. >> she says the man, allegedly a secret service agent, gave her $50, ordered her out, closed the door. police got involved. she says other agents gathered about $250, and she left. >> translator: i think it's fair that they can never have their -- again. >> what do you think of these guys? >> translator: -- >> why do you laugh so much? >> translator: they seem like completely stupid. idi idiots. i don't know how obama had them

in his security force. what dumb men. >> the laughter lasts only until she thinks of her own life and of her 9-year-old son. she says in a way she feels sorry for the men involved but that no one should feel sorry for her. >> translator: i know that it's something shameful and ugly. i don't justify it, but i did it. i kept it a low profile. never again. >> a u.s. official acknowledges that investigators haven't talked to her because she left the country and they couldn't reach her and that the agent she claims to have been with has resigned. she says she has been contacted by a major american publishing house with interest in a book deal, which she says she'd be willing to do and still has plenty more details to tell. matt? >> all right, michelle kosinski in madrid for us this morning. michelle, thank you very much. it's 11 after the hour. here's ann. >> matt, thanks. the presidential race has entered a new phase after president obama officially kicked off his re-election campaign over the weekend.

chuck todd is nbc's chief white house correspondent and political director. he joins us now. chuck, good morning. >> good morning, ann. you know, after months of attempting to officially campaign only a few days or even hours a week, president obama has now gone into full campaign mode with kickoff rallies in the two most important battle ground states, a searing new line of attack on mitt romney and later today the unveiling of his version of a morning in america tv ad that's more like, it's still the middle of the night but sunrise is on the way. >> we're still fired up. we're still ready to go. >> reporter: president obama kicking off a re-election campaign that his team has been building behind the scenes for over a year. >> we've got to move forward. to the future that we imagined in 2008. >> reporter: candidate obama spent as much time going after mitt romney as he did defending his own record. >> he doesn't seem to understand that maximizing profits by whatever means necessary might not always be good for the average american, or for the american economy. >> reporter: but the president's

challenge may be less romney, and more the tepid economic recovery, a theme romney hits constantly. >> this is a sad time in america. when people who want work can't find jobs. half of the kids coming out of college can't find work. or can't find work that's consistent with their -- with their skills. this is a time when america wants to have someone who knows what it takes to create jobs and get people working again. i think it helps to have had a job, to create a job, and i have, and i will. >> reporter: romney believes he only needs to ask one question to win. are you better off now than you were four years ago? it's a powerful message, and it's why the president wants a different question asked. >> the question that will actually make a difference in your life, in the lives of your children, is not just about how we're doing today, but how we'll be doing tomorrow. >> reporter: this, we're not there yet mantra, is an important thread in the president's first major tv ad, debuting later today.

>> instead of losing jobs, we're creating them. we're not there yet. it's still too hard for too many. but we're coming back. >> reporter: meanwhile the current vice president made a little bit of his own news, going farther on gay marriage than his boss. >> i am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women marrying are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties, and quite frankly, i don't see much of a distinction. >> now to the interview, biden's office sent out a statement saying that the vice president was not speaking for the administration, speaking for himself, and just like the president, he's evolving, too, ann. >> all right, chuck todd this morning. chuck, thanks. david gregory is the moderator of "meet the press." david, good morning to you. >> good morning, ann. >> so as we just heard chuck reporting, the -- the romney campaign seems to be thinking if it just asks the question, are you better off now than you were four years ago that it could have a good chance of winning.

but what do you think about the president's response to that, that things are getting better but year not there yet? how is that going to hold up in the face of that powerful message? >> well, it's going to be a contest. because if it is a referendum on the president's leadership it's a problem for the president when you see weak economic recovery. what the president is getting at is who's got the vision? who's got the vision for the future of economic recovery? the message is hang in there, the hole is so big, we're coming out of it, and the more people like the president, and we've seen this in polling that he's likable, the better chance, perhaps, he has to persuade them to stick with him. but, he's got to really try to make romney an unacceptable alternative. and that effort is under way, as well. >> clearly they're trying to frame each other. on the question of romney and and wooing independents, does he have to work really hard now to back track off of some of his positions in the past as he was trying to win the primary, or, or is it enough for him to simply be trying to take down president obama? >> well, what he's going to do is try to build up some of the positive aspects of himself as a candidate. you know in a hard-fought primary campaign, a lot of

negative ads. that negativity washed onto him. and he's got to turn that around, there's a reintroduction going on by romney to the american people about what his experience is, what his attributes are. but you're right, he wants to keep that attention on the president's record, and present himself as a reasonable alternative. not easy to take down an incumbent as they're going for re-election but that's the argument he'll make. >> i want to ask you a little bit about the news that was made on your broadcast on sunday when the vice president talked about gay marriage, said he was absolutely comfortable with gay couples who marry receiving the same civil rights and liberties as heterosexual couples. is this some backtracking it seems by the white house, is it possible that the white house could cause itself some damage in backtracking too much off of this? >> the reality is that the vice president, on the program yesterday, went farther than he's ever gone. he had been opposed to same-sex marriage. the president, in talking about himself, had talked about his views evolving. clearly the vice president's views have evolved.

he, in effect, endorsed same-sex marriage but saying that he doesn't set policy, that would be a decision for the president to make. certainly it's going to be difficult to try to walk that back now. and the reality is for the vice president and the president, there is a widespread expectation that if there is a second obama term, that they will look at same-sex marriage again, and perhaps, the expectation is, come around to fully supporting it, but not before re-election. >> all right, david gregory. always great to talk to you. thanks so much. >> thanks, ann. >> it is now 7:17. once again here's matt. >> all right, ann, thank you. the trial of former presidential candidate john edwards enters its third week today. and so far there has been no sign of his former mistress rielle hunter. nbc's lisa myers is at the courthouse in greensboro, north carolina. hi, lisa. >> hey, matt, good morning. prosecutors say they finished presenting their case against john edwards as early as thursday. the question everyone is buzzing about, will they call rielle hunter?

or will she, instead, testify later for the defense? this private jet belonging to 101-year-old heiress rachelle "bunny" mellon once transported john edwards back and forth to mellon's estate. on sunday that jet landed in greensboro, carrying a key witness, mellon's lawyer alex forger. forger is expected to tell the jury more today about how he discovered $725,000 in checks mellon had secretly written to help edwards with an unspecified personal problem. but which she later learned were used, at least in part, to hide his girlfriend, rielle hunter. though she's not been spotted anywhere near the courthouse, hunter has been a constant presence in the courtroom. thoroughly trashed by most government witnesses. one former campaign aide testified that her website was sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and astrology. >> i do think the government has gone out of its way with its

witnesses to portray miss hunter in an unflattering way. >> reporter: in 2010 oprah winfrey asked hunter about her reputation. >> gold digger, home wrecker. new-age airhead. do you think that you have been unfairly judged? >> yes. i -- i believe it's -- well, it's not accurate. it's not who i am. >> okay. >> i think it's likely that the government will call rielle hunter as the crowning part of their case. >> reporter: but others say hunter is too risky for the prosecution. >> edwards' attorney indicated in a pretrial hearing that he believed her testimony would be consistent with john edwards'. >> reporter: in court, andrew young has testified that it was edwards who asked him to falsely claim paternity of hunter's child. but hunter disputes that. >> and andrew was sitting right directly across from me, and he said, just tell him i'll say it's mine. i'll say it's mine. >> reporter: the government alleges that money used to hide hunter amounted to illegal campaign contributions. which edwards denies.

if hunter is called to the stand, she'll almost certainly be asked about her relationship with edwards today. friends say they spend significant time together parenting quinn, who is now 4, but don't live together. hunter's spokesperson says rielle hunter is looking forward to telling the truth. matt? >> all right, lisa myers in north carolina on this story for us. lisa, thank you very much. it's 20 after. here's ann. >> all right, matt, thank you. a large sinkhole that's opened up in a florida neighborhood and forced at least one family to move out is threatening more homes this morning. nbc's kerry sanders is in wind mere, florida, with more on this story. kerry, good morning. >> well, good morning, ann. sinkholes are not that rare, because they dot the central florida landscape but this one is a little bit different, because it appears to still be growing. now we don't know how deep it is so i've set up a little experiment here. we've got a weight and we've measured the rope out every six

feet, as i toss this out at the water take a look at what was, and what is. what is now a giant hole in the ground was just a few days ago a backyard playground. where sand bill cranes paraded in the afternoon sun. a spot of ceron ter disappeared when the earth began to swallow the yard. >> what's your emergency? >> there's a gigantic hole in my backyard. >> reporter: in that first call to 911, lou went from incredulous curiosity to full-on emergency evacuation. >> everybody out of the house. come on, come on, everybody out of the house. >> reporter: denise was the first to realize something was wrong as the hole took down four 30-foot tall oak trees. >> she woke me up and said lou there's a hole in the backyard, and i -- i told her it's probably a warthog, i don't know why i said warthog. >> i said, no, it is a hole. >> she was shaking. and then when i saw her shaking,

and the panic in her face, we both ran downstairs, and as we ran down, it was collapsing. the ground was collapsing into itself. >> reporter: the family evacuated and emptied their home. just in case the sinkhole continues to grow. which is a very legitimate concern. >> police said it was 1500 feet across and 200 feet deep. >> reporter: in 1981, in nearby winter park, florida, a sinkhole swallowed a car dealership, a public swimming pool, and a portion of the roadway, all in a single day. geologists say these surprise openings are created when florida's sandy soil, on top of clay, which is all supported on a deep earth layer of limestone, faces a sudden and violent collapse. the catastrophic event is off be the result of a dramatic shift in florida's unique underground rivers. in this case experts say one of those rivers likely started to dry up, because of this year's record drought. >> if you lower that water level then all of a sudden you leave space where the ground on top can actually sink down into it, hence the sinkhole.

>> reporter: so there is such a thing as sinkhole insurance, but it's not really a popular thing to people to buy. it's not mandatory. now we've measured this and i've pulled this back out. it's about 30 feet deep. that's assuming our weight didn't actually hit one of the trees that was sucked down into the earth. yes, as you saw at the bottom here because this happened this weekend. this is a cinco de mayo. >> kerry sanders giving us something to smile about. it's nice to see the family also having a sense of humor about this. thanks so much this morning. and still ahead, an ominous turn in the story, a search for a missing mom and her three young daughters, as two bodies are found in the home of the lone suspect. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

just ahead, imagine finding a million dollar lottery ticket in the trash and being told you can't keep the money. we'll meet a woman who had that happen.

>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. three children are in the hospital after being pulled from a burning building. the victims were in serious condition. the fire started around 2:30 sunday morning on lexington street. the children were found in a

closet. no word on what sparked the fire or were the parents were at the time of the fire. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> already some accidents to report. edgewood, willoughby beach road, 95 looks good until you get down to the white marsh area. this will be possibly made worse by the accident on the outer loop. beltway, watch for delays forming. out of philadelphia road, there may be delays. water main break repairs. willow spring, you are going to want to consider don ox road as your alternate. -- dundalk road as your alternate. here's a quick live look at traffic. update on the j.f.x. and the 41st street bridge.

right around coldspring. belair road, we have some delays due to that accident on the outer loop. tony has a check and a forecast. >> so far, the weather is not great, but not bad either. a lot of cloud cover hanging around. southeast winds at 3. 55 in colombia -- columbia. take a flight jacket with you to

supermodel linda evangelista once said that she wouldn't wake up for less than $10,000 a day. well now she's asking for a reported $46,000 a month in child support, from the father of her 5 yield son, who happens to be salma hayek's billionaire husband. more on the record sum at the center of the bitter court battle is coming up this morning. it is now 7:30 on a monday morning, may 7th, 2012. i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer. >> all right. also ahead another very high profile fight over money. this one from arkansas. where a woman found a million dollar lottery ticket in the trash, she then claimed what would be a life-changing prize for most people.

but a judge now says the money isn't hers. even though she has already spent about $200,000 of it. we're going to talk to her about what happens next in an exclusive live interview. and a little later on, cameron diaz will be here. we'll talk to her about her new movie, views on motherhood, and the buzz over her recent haircut. >> that's right. so we begin this half hour with the frantic search for a missing mother and her three young daughters, and the man suspected of abducting them. michelle franzen has details for us. good morning. >> good morning, ann. the family was visiting relatives and friends in tennessee, a place they knew well, when they vanished. authorities also believe the mom and her daughters know the man who allegedly kidnapped them and say they are in extreme danger. a massive manhunt is on for an armed and dangerous suspect police say abducted jo ann bain and her three young daughters. all four disappeared during a family trip to waterville, tennessee, and were last seen april 27th. this weekend, a new twist in

this mysterious case. authorities discovered two bodies more than 250 miles away in mississippi, at a home investigators say is connected to this man, adam mayes. >> we have nothing to confirm that he's here. nothing to confirm that he's not. but we are going to search this area thoroughly. >> reporter: he is the fbi's lone suspect, and described as a person who knew the bain family. >> he has stayed with them as a friend of the family. >> reporter: investigators say mayes fled mississippi when the fbi tried to contact him about the case. authorities say they obtained a search warrant, and uncovered information that led them to believe mayes abducted bain and her daughters. 14-year-old adrienne. 12-year-old alexandria. and 8-year-old kylie yeah. investigators believe mayes may have changed his appearance and the children's hair may have been cut or dyed. the fbi tells nbc news they are not commenting on the identities

of the bodies found at the home, but say they continue to pursue the case, as if all are still alive. >> they're just hoping they can catch up with him. but he does have a good head start. >> reporter: the family had recently moved to arizona and traveled to tennessee, friends say, to take care of business following a relative's death. their disappearance has shocked residents in their former town. >> surprise, because this is kind of a quiet community, nothing ever goes on here. >> reporter: a community that is now doing all it can to help find them. >> all up and down the interstate, the posters up seeing if anybody's seen them. it's sad, because three kids and a mother come up missing and nobody knows where they are. >> reporter: bain's husband, who also traveled to tennessee, first reported her missing and authorities later found bain's car abandoned. at one point the fbi tells me they didn't know if bain had gone with mayes willingly, but now, ann, they say they consider her a victim. >> all right. michelle franzen this morning.

michelle, thank you. and now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by keurig. choose, brew, enjoy. >> and good morning, everybody. we've got kind of a confused superhero, because you've got spider-man there on top and then you've got superman. what's your name? he's a shy super hero. the silent superhero type. good to see you spidey super guy. wants to be an avenger i think. let's check it out, see what we've got for you. for the week ahead it's going to be wet alone the east coast, heavy rain down in southern florida, we've got plenty of sunshine in the plains states, as we get to the midweek period we're expecting to see, again, plenty of dry weather out west with above normal temperatures, wet along the east coast, below normal temperatures, and then as we get to the latter part of the week, the western half of the country warms up, cooler in the east.

>> good morning. there is some cloud cover. you'll probably see some sunshine. variable clouds. 20% >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you very much. now the emotional fight over a lottery ticket worth a million dollars that was thrown in the trash. sharon jones found that ticket, cashed it in, and actually started to spend the winnings. but now that is all on hold. we'll talk to her exclusively in a moment. but first, nbc's janet shamlian is in beebe, arkansas, with the story. janet, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. so if you throw something in the trash, does it still belong to you? that is the million dollar question over a lottery ticket found in the garbage at this

convenience store. a woman named sharon reportedly threw it in the garbage, another woman, also named sharon, found it there. and now the question is, which sharon gets to keep it? as sharon jones sees it, it's simply a case of finders keepers. and for more than a year, she's been a finder. collecting discarded lottery tickets and entering the numbers on a website for a chance at secondary prizes, like magazine subscriptions. she says she always gets the tickets from the store's trash. >> any store i've ever went into, they said nothing because they was in the trash can. other people dug them out of the trash can, too. >> reporter: but when one of the tickets wouldn't enter last summer sharon called her husband to help figure out why. >> he just told me, he said, i think this is a million dollar ticket. and i said, there's no way. no way. i did not believe it at all. >> reporter: a million dollars was theirs. for sharon and william, laid off from his construction job, it felt like a miracle.

$680,000 after taxes. the couple paid off credit cards, gave money to their children, and for themselves, they bought a new truck. >> i mean, you know, i was overwhelmed. because some good fortune had finally came my way. >> reporter: but their joy was short-lived. a clerk at the convenience store where sharon got the ticket sued for the money, saying the trash belonged to her. then another woman, sharon duncan, joined that suit, claiming that she was the buyer, and threw out the $20 scratch-off ticket only after the in-store machine she scanned it in told her it was not a winner. the arkansas lottery commission says the scanner worked properly. >> i'm sure they wanted to make clear that the scan -- the ticket checker scanner did not break. it has never malfunctioned in this case. and testimony was clear that it did not break. >> reporter: so whose money is it? a judge ruled last week in favor of the woman who threw the ticket in the crash, saying she's entitled to the winnings.

sharon jones is devastated. with only $490,000 of the original $680,000 left, she says she could never come up with the rest. and she doesn't feel she should have to for taking something that was thrown away. >> i just didn't think justice was done. because i mean, trash is trash. i couldn't believe that he went that way. >> sharon jones' attorney is planning to appeal. sharon duncan, the convenience store manager and the owner, are all parties to this suit that has now ban warded the money. we reached out to them. they say they have no comment at this time. matt back to you. >> all right, janet shamlian, thank you very much. sharon jones is now with us exclusively along with her attorney jimmy simpson. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> you find out after going through the trash for quite awhile, and putting a lot of other tickets through the paces, that this one is worth a million dollars. just give me your initial reaction when your husband and you found that out. >> we were in shock. i did not believe that it was a million dollar ticket.

>> but that's a life-changing -- >> yes, it is. >> event for you. >> yes, it is. >> did you ever think, sharon, to check with a lawyer before -- when you were going to cash it in, or when you cashed it in, were about to spend it, did you check with an attorney to say, is this going to be considered rightfully mine? >> no, i did not. >> when you turned it in to the lottery, and redeemed it for the cash, did you tell the lottery people that you had found the ticket in the trash? >> no, i didn't, because i didn't know that it had came out of the trash until the following -- after they had done paid me out. >> what do you mean you didn't know it had come out of the trash. hadn't you gone and gotten it in the trash? >> what had happened she got several tickets. handfuls of them. and she keeps lots of tickets, and they enter them for these second chance points. she really didn't know until an investigation was gun, they saw video that this ticket was scanned and came out of the trash. >> all right, so $680,000 after taxes.

so another woman then also named sharon, sues you, claiming to be the original owner of the ticket. and the judge's ruling here basically is that the judge says the woman couldn't have abandoned the lottery ticket because she didn't know its true value. explain that. >> what the judge really found, and we have to respect his opinion, we disagree with it, and that's what the appellate courts are for, but he basically ruled that she abandoned the paper that the ticket is, but that she did not abandon the claim to it, that she gained with her purchase of the $20 ticket. >> and sharon, you grew up, i think, probably like the rest of us with that somewhat childish expression, finders keepers, losers weepers. were you surprised at the judge's ruling? >> i was surprised. but i think that everything will be fine. >> you do? you think you're going to win this on appeal? >> i think i will. >> if you don't, you have already spent $190,000 of the

$680,000. >> yes. >> so what would it mean to you to have to try to find a way to pay that back? by the way, i understand you weren't working at the time. >> no. >> you redeemed the ticket. your husband has since lost his job? >> yes, he's been unemployed now for nearly a year. >> so is there any way in the world you could figure out how to pay that money back? >> no. there's no way that i could figure it out right now. but i'd have to, i guess, if it came down to it, you know. >> is there any compromise that's possible here, mr. simpson? i mean is there a splitting of this ticket? i'm wondering if legal bills alone aren't going to diminish this prize even further. >> i probably don't have time to explain all that. that's not necessarily going to happen. that won't happen. we took this case on a contingency. but what -- where we are at this point, the lottery commission has a lot at stake here. they did an investigation, paid the funds to sharon jones and we feel confident that it will work out. this just happened last tuesday, so we've not really had an opportunity to explore those

options. the judgment itself has not even been entered yet. there are some motions to be filed and things that will -- this is just six days old. there's still a little time left to see how it may play out. >> miss jones, we will follow this story. and good luck to you, whichever way it turns out. >> thank you very much. >> thank you for joining us here in new york. >> thank you, matt. >> mr. simpson, thanks very much. coming up next, the big money at stake in supermodel linda evangelista's child support battle with salma hayek's billionaire husband. we'll talk about that right after this.

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it's all over support for 5-year-old augie. evangelista is asking for big bucks. supermodel linda evangelista is used to cameras flashing. but this is no runway. >> how did it go in court? >> reporter: she has been in manhattan family court for a child support battle with her ex, french billionaire francois-henri pinault, husband of actress salma hayek. >> you've got facing off supermodel, and billionaire, because he comes from a family that is worth $11.5 million. >> reporter: pinault is the ceo of a company that owns big-time fashion brands gucci, and yves saint laurent. he is also the father of evangelis evangelista's 5-year-old son augie, born before pinault married salma hayek. >> we heard, from our insider, that mr. pinault has been reluctant to talk about his son in court because he's very concerned that his son is not seen as a commodity. >> reporter: at the center of the case, how much child support pinault should have to pay. evangelista is reportedly asking for $46,000 a month.

a record in new york state. >> the judge is going to be looking at the standard of care of the other children of the noncustodial parent and analyzing how much this child, augie, is entitled to under that standard of living. >> reporter: pinault also has a 4-year-old daughter, valentina, with salma hayek, who, by many accounts, has been raised in lavish surroundings. pinault reportedly has a $12 million los angeles mansion in the trust in valentina's name. ee langua evangelista known for gracing countless magazines once famously said of supermodels, quote, we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day. >> because you're worth it. evangelista is no stranger to big paydays. up until 2010, she had a lucrative contract with cosmetics giant l'oreal, and an estimated worth of $8 million. the child support will reportedly cover costs of a

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. time for a check of the morning commute. . >> good morning, everyone. we will start in joppa and 152. we have an accident coming in. outer loop prior to belair road, crash taking up the left lane. pulaski highway on the east side, you will be backed up with traffic. low spring is closed at dundalk. but don ox road as your alternate.

-- take on ox road as your alternate. heavy delays on the southbound direction, as you can see. update on some of our cameras, first at pulaski highway bridge east side of the bill is backed up on the outer loop prior to the accident at belair road. left lane is closed. we will keep you posted on those delays. not too bad just south of white marsh towards the beltway. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> so far, a little bit of cloud cover. no precipitation at the present time. 57 and your portrait 53 in parkton. same thing in rising sun. a little bit on the cool side. and variable clouds. 20% chance for a rain shower. most of you will not see rain, but cannot rule out the possibility of a sprinkled it

much better chance on tuesday and wednesday. high temperatures in the mid- 70's both days.

♪ 8:00 now on a monday morning. the 7th day of may, 2012. and it is not often that we welcome the dictator to the plaza here in rockefeller center. but that is the dictator of the country called wadiya. that is admiral general aladeen. >> yes. >> and he is also the star of a new movie, believe it or not. absolutely. some may have heard of the actor sacha baron cohen. just mention that name -- >> winning a number of awards.

>> quite a few bodyguards. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. and by the way, "the dictator" not only a huge name on our plaza. >> that's right. >> he's got cameron diaz in our studio, as well. she's here going to be talking about her new movie, and some other things that will be going on in her life, as well. but before we chat with her -- >> she is spectacular. i love her in everything. >> and you're both wearing the same color. >> i know. so we didn't coordinate. hopefully we won't be clashing too much in our pink. also want to mention as we've been reporting last week marked the one-year anniversary of the navy s.e.a.l. raid of osama bin laden. now a former s.e.a.l., a lone survivor of a taliban attack in afghanistan, is out with a new book highlighting the heroic work of the country's most elite fighting force. so we're interested in talking to him coming up. >> pretty impressive guy. let's go inside, natalie is standing by at the news desk. she's got a check of all the headlines.

>> good morning, matt, ann and al. good morning, everyone. there's intense concern this morning over the fate of an american hostage kidnapped in pakistan. warren weinstein appears in a video released overnight by al qaeda, and says he will be killed if president obama does not meet the group's demands. although nbc news cannot verify where or when the tape was made, it's the first time we've seen or heard from the 70-year-old weinstein since he was kidnapped from his home in lahore, pakistan, last august. the 24-year-old colombian escort at the center of the secret service scandal is speaking out this morning in a "today" exclusive. danya suarez said the agent she met ahead of the presidential visit were, quote, stupid and idiotic. she said she called police after one agent refused to pay the fee they had agreed upon and she says she is not story that some of the secret service members lost their jobs. president obama is debuting the first major tv ad of his re-election campaign today. he officially kicked off his campaign this weekend with rallies in ohio and virginia, where he accused his republican

rival mitt romney of putting profits ahead of people. romney fought back, hammering the president on the economy, and especially the job market. meanwhile, vice president joe biden also made news on "meet the press" this weekend, going further than his boss by saying he would absolutely comfortable with same-sex marriage. the white house later clarified saying biden's comments were not an endorsement of gay marriage but his belief that same-sex couples deserve the same rights and protections of all americans. an autopsy today could provide new clues in the apparent homicide of a worker at churchill downs racetrack. the body of 48-year-old aidan fabian perez was found just hours after the kentucky derby. now our quick roundup of what has you talking online. there is an outpouring of sadness and admiration online for the beastie boys adam yauch who died friday after a long battle with cancer. a cover tribute by cold play this weekend is already going viral.

♪ you got to fight for your rights ♪ >> and that mellow version of one of the loudest anthems already has more than 1.3 million youtube looks. nba legend shaquille o'neal is a hot topic online after receiving his doctoral degree in education saturday. the 7'1" shaq had to get down on one knee for the graduation scarf to be placed around his neck. and eli manning is trending on yahoo and google and winning strong reviews as the host of "saturday night live." also buzzing, sacha baron cohen's appearance as the dictator, torturing film director martin scorsese. take a look. >> speak freely. >> it was good. it was great. it was better than "raging bull." >> hopefully the dictator won't

punish matt like that when he interviews sacha baron cohen later on this morning. it is 8:05 right now. you're up to date. let's go outside to al for a check of your weather. >> well, thank you very much. we've got the ed erps of the band of -- all right. where are you guys located? >> michigan. >> well, thank you. you guys playing in a concert here? >> no. >> you're just hanging out. all right, there you go. they're going to be doing a friday concert for us. can't wait. let's see what we've got for you as far as today's concerned. pick city of the day, wmbf, nbc news partly sunny, warm there in myrtle beach, south carolina. 80 degrees. looking pretty darn good. as can you see we've got some heavy rain from central indiana, northern indiana, all the way back down into texas where we've got a risk of strong storms, western p.a. into louisiana, look for a beautiful weather out west, 72 in seattle today. 73 in los angeles. we've got sunshine here in the northeast. although rain moves in later on this evening.

>> good morning. there is some cloud cover to start the work week. a slight chance we could see a rain shower, 20%. most of the >> what's your name? >> beth. >> nice to see you. and this young lady, 95. what's your name? >> ann. >> ann, thanks for coming. you look terrific. in five years you'll be back on the smucker's jar. okay. matt? >> all right, al, thank you very much. when we come back, cameron diaz is in our studio. she'll talk to ann about her new movie, and some other things going on in here life. but first, these messages. ...98, 99, 100!

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>> i'm not circumcising my baby. well done. well done. front page. >> i was going to tell you. >> why is this such a big deal. >> because i don't think -- and i'm his mother. >> and i'm his father. parenthood is about crops. >> well then promise, evan. >> i have. >> then every relationship has an alpha and a beta. i'm the alpha. >> no i'm the alpha. >> jinx. >> two alphas for sure. cameron diaz, good morning. >> good to see you, ann. >> be honest when you first heard that they were going to make a movie out of a book that basically is about placenta, hemorrhoids, gas, stretch marks, what was your first thought? >> the baking of the bun, right? i thought i didn't know how they were going to do it. so as i read it i realized, you know, rather than, you know, concentrating on the scientific part of pregnancy, they were weaving that into the stories of what the human experience of it. the emotion. what it takes people to decide or not decide, to be surprised

how children come in to different people's lives. you know, it's five different stories. but i think that people can relate to any one of those stories. you know, to make the decision to bring a child into the world, and to do it with someone, there's a lot, there's a lot of questions, a lot of responsibilities. a lot of things you don't think about before that happens. and my character, jules, and evan, matthew morrison, we -- it's a total surprise to us. so -- and we just met each other, really. we're only two months deep in our relationship. so we have to kind of figure out how that works. >> mm-hmm. exactly. and you find out that you're pregnant in a pretty spectacular way, which we won't reveal here. we'll let people see that on the screen. also it must have enticed you to do this movie are the other cast mates, jennifer lopez, dennis quaid, did you actually get to work with -- >> no, we've all sort of just been meeting one another in the hallways for the first time. because we had the film that we

had to do two weeks at a time, each of us got ten days to shoot our stories. so it's sort of like a movie, a little mini movie. so we never were ever on the set with one another. just matt and i were together for our part. >> there's a lot of, i mean, dare i say, body fluids in this movie? did it make you, did it dissuade you from ever actually wanting to become a mother at some time? >> know what? i have so much experience with children. i'm an auntie for 15 years. i have a 15, 12, 11 and 3-year-old currently. and i have plenty of friends who have children. so i've had kids in my life for a long time. so, i know what it takes to -- to -- to, you know, be with children. and i love kids. >> well, i -- what i can't get over is the birthing scene. i mean, i have to say, when i really -- i marvelled at it because it felt so intense. >> it was weird. >> i mean, have you seen a baby being born. >> i've been in the room with three births. my sister's three, all three of them. first a c-section which will change your life.

do not witness that. >> hmm. >> and then the vaginal birth which will change your life, men, do not look at it. be there but just stay behind the curtain. and, yeah, so that was -- i've been in the room and also been, you know, since they were my nieces and nephew, i was very invested in it. the emotion there, you're waiting for the child to come. you want, you know, you're waiting to love this child, and the intensity of that. all the fear, you know, the terror, the excitement, the joy, everything that's present in the room at that moment is just so tangible, it's so beautiful, and we really wanted to bring that to the scene, where here's this couple that has been sort of not on the same page for the pregnancy, really struggling to figure out how this works, but they're partners. they know this is like the moment that it's real, you know. this is where it all becomes very real. and so, we wanted it to be where

they kind of climax -- the climax of their characters where they become that team. and it was so tangible in the room. and matt and i and the gal who was playing the midwife, we were all by the end of the scene we're just kind of holding hands like, we've been through something here. but it was really -- it was really beautiful. and when they brought the baby in for the 14-day-old baby that they brought in for the birth child was like, unbelievable, the energy was so beautiful. >> you can really -- this movie made me cry. i mean it's really, it does have, cause you to ride the waves of all these emotions. >> it does. >> i want to mention you said something really lovely in a magazine article recently, you were, and i think -- i want to ask you about it because i think it's going to be helpful to a lot of people watching, you said, you were talking about feeling bad after a breakup and you said that a friend -- >> well, years ago a friend of mine, this is like probably eight years ago or something, he, you know, i had -- i said something about, you know, the loss -- i was just heartbroken, you know, like a really

heartbroken. he says you shouldn't think of this as a loss, you should think of this as a gain, because the amount of love that you feel, the heartbreak, what is shows is how deeply you're capable of loving. and i thought, wow, that's really a great way to look at it. and it did change things around for me. because i was like, you know what? this actually now, instead of a loss, now i know what my capacity is. and i know that i can build that capacity and have even more to give. so, it turned me, rather than inward it turned me outward to be able to give. >> thank you for the generosity of sharing it with us. by the way i love your hair. >> by the way, i love my hair, too. they've blown it way out of proportion, too. i love my haircut. you know when you have short hair and like a little bit counts, like when it's shorter. my hair was already short and then it kind of just went a little bit shorter. >> yeah. >> and i wasn't prepared for it. but my girlfriend is like the most amazing hairdresser. i love her so much. she did my hair today. thank you very much.

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the round tip brush coats even the tiniest lash. the innovative formula reflects every lash... for a 100% more magnified look. back in two,000 five, navy s.e.a.l. marcus latrell was the lone survivor of a mission in afghanistan when he and three of his members of his team were ambushed by taliban forces. an experience he talked about two years later right here on this show. >> i died on that mountain, too, sir. i mean, i left a part of myself up there. and i think about it every day. >> marcus latrell recovered from serious wounds and resumed his duties in iraq. he writes about his return to the battlefield, and the navy s.e.a.l.'s call of duty in the new book "service: a navy s.e.a.l. at war." marcus, good to see you again. >> you, too, sir. >> i think a lot of people were surprised to know that after that doomed mission in afghanistan, you went back in to the service, despite losing so many friends, and despite

serious wounds, but this time you went to iraq. what was the reason for going back in to -- in to a war zone? >> there was a couple. i mean, just because i had my butt kicked out there, and didn't mean that i needed to stop doing my job. i healed up the best i could and got back on the horse, so to speak and went back over. >> was there any part of it that had to do with revenge? >> revenge is a powerful motivator. i'm not going to lie to you. it definitely helped me overcome fear. and i kept that in the back of my head the whole time, just to push myself. not that i ever acted on it. >> i was going to say, is that a good reason to go back to war? >> no, no, absolutely not. rape, revenge and robbery are the three "rs" we don't mess around with. however, as i said before, the revenge attitude is very powerful. and it just kind of pushed me along. >> you went back to iraq, and this time it was 2006, so it was just before the surge strategy. >> absolutely. >> was put into effect. discuss your -- your time there.

what was it like serving in that country at that time? >> i was in the al anbar in ramadi and it was chaos, kind of like we were talking about earlier, it was chaotic. i thought for a little while that i'd been in over my head, that maybe i shouldn't have gone back. but, after being there for a little while, i realized that it was business as usual, and -- but it was very hard. very difficult. we took a lot of casualties. but we got through it. and did our best to turn that place around. >> if i remember, you wrote the first book about "operation red wing" to pay tribute to the guys you lost during that mission. you -- you write, this book to pay tribute to all the others. >> yes, sir. >> what do you want americans to know about the guys you serve with? >> that their stories of valor and heroism around every corner. i mean everybody who wears the uniform around carries the rifle and goes there and puts it on the line, just the stuff that happens to them is completely

unbelievable and i'm just trying to shed a little light on that from past, present and future. i mean, the story touches on all of that. and that includes the wives back home. >> you do have a chapter in the book called the warrior queens, which we want to make sure we understand exactly what you're talking about. you're talking about the wives and girlfriends who sacrifice so much while they're here, and their loved ones are overseas. >> i believe in my heart absolutely got to be the hardest job in the military is being a spouse of a soldier overseas. i saw it on the time. i wasn't married at the time. but, i had a lot of buddies who were and i saw it. so i just thought that it was time to take out a little credit for what they do back here. >> so much of what the s.e.a.l.s do goes on under the radar. >> absolutely. >> but a year ago in a very highly publicized mission navy s.e.a.l.s killed osama bin laden. and -- and they have been celebrated for that. do you -- were you -- although you were not a part of that mission, were you proud to be a navy s.e.a.l. that day? >> i'm always proud to be a navy s.e.a.l.

there was my greatest accomplishment, and that's about all i can compliment -- you know, talk about that. i -- i am proud of those guys, though, and what they do. >> you think it focused public attention on the difficulty of the missions they face on a daily basis? >> i think it did that, and a little more. i think it brought a lot of undue attention to our community, which we don't need. you know, it's kind of one of those things there's a reason why we exist and a reason why we run under the radar and when you bring attention to something like that you put a lot of people in danger and at risk. so, i could -- it runs both ways. >> i think i got the point. marcus, good to see you again. again the book is "service: a navy s.e.a.l. at war."

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> let's get a check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> not over with yet. delays around de area. joppa, i still in place at 1529 all york road. belair road, left lane closure with an accident. those delays surged back to prior to pulaski highway on the east side. northeast, not too bad past white marsh to the beltway. northbound direction, construction zone, and

southbound delays leading up to the closure in the area southbound. northbound to one of 95 and 100, accident coming in to us. let's give you a live view of traffic. update you with delays leading to the accident on the outer loop prior to belair road. hopefully, they are making progress. 95 and white marsh, southbound traffic looks to be in pretty good shape. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> weather is quiet out there. cloud cover, but no precipitation at. a couple light showers could pop up. 55 in westminster. take a light jacket with you. forecast for today, variable clouds, a little bit of sunshine. high temperatures in the upper

60s and low 70's. much better chance on tuesday and wednesday. then we go in the other direction >> we will have another update at 8:56. ♪ jimmy bond i'm sticky and uncomfortable. try gold bond powder. medicated to protect, absorb, even relieve itching. think bond. gold bond. ♪ this stuff works

8:30 now on a monday morning. the 7th of may, 2012. we want to say hello to a fabulous crowd out here in rockefeller plaza. and the music you're listening to is actually a classic eagles song. >> it is not? >> oh, they're supposed to be running it. oh, there you go. i see. well i hope -- anyway, the reason we wanted to hear that song is because we've got

mr. frey, glen fry here to perform that song for us, one of the founding members of the eagles. you wanted to say something? >> i just want to say that jimmy corrigan did a live, on camera move through the plaza to find us here. >> the sad part is it was a mistake. >> someone must be on break. >> come on, come on. >> there we go. >> nice job. >> also ahead -- >> woo-hoo. >> as we mentioned we have the supreme leader of the country of wadiya. >> uh-oh. >> with us this morning. he has now apparently shot our executive producer. >> and our director. and he is now down in the control room. he looks a little like sacha baron cohen. we're going to be talking to him about -- >> i dare you. >> we will be talking -- >> -- on good morning america. >> you know what he does a lot of in the movie? he does a lot of this. cut, cut, sacha, cut to me.

somebody cut here. a lot of this. >> be careful. >> uh-oh. >> okay. >> breaking loose. no wonder jimmy had a hard time knowing where we were. no wonder he needed to run. he's lost all control. >> let's try to grab some back. >> are you paying too much for your cell phone service? well, we're going to show you all the different plans out there, the one that may be right for you so that you're not spending too much. >> and bravo's andy cohen is here, as well. you may know him from the shows that he brought to life such as desperate housewives, top chef and he takes an interesting look at his own life coming out. >> pretty funny. >> yeah. >> mr. roker, check of the weather? >> all righty. it's a -- if the dictator will allow this, let's show you we've got a risk of strong storms, ohio, all the way back to louisiana. beautiful weather out west. showers in texas with a slight risk there. hit or miss thunderstorms down through florida. then for tomorrow, we've got a wet day here in the northeast. on into new england.

showers move back in to the pacific northwest. risk of some strong storms again in southern texas. much of alaska looking on the wet side tomorrow. >> good morning. there is some cloud cover. you'll probably see some sunshine. variable clouds. 20% >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you so much. by the way, on nbc's hit show "the voice," and we've got nbc's amy robach here to tell us all about it. >> it's season two. it's had a lot of drama this time around. and tonight is the last night of competition with the performers performing solo.

and they'll also be performing with their coaches. it's down to four vying for the title of "the voice." there's chris from team christina. ♪ team cee lo's juliet sims. ♪ nothing >> jermaine paul on team blake. and representing team adam -- ♪ tony luca, the former mouseketeer who co-starred with christina aguilera on the disney show back in the early '90s. >> where's my old mouseketeer buddy. >> but the reunion between old friends has been testy. >> i thought that was, you know, a good performance. i just find you to be very one dimensional. >> i want to ask you about christina. has going on there? >> i would love to have an answer for you. but i don't. years and years and years have gone by, and i -- we lost touch. >> right, right.

>> you know, i was anticipating maybe a little more pleasant exchange between the two of us over the course of the season. >> if this doesn't work you you and adam can start a cover band. >> what do you make of that? >> i'm more confused by it. >> christina was unable to join us when i caught up with the judges but the other three did talk about the sometimes spirited exchanges. is there a showmanship or a nice little rivalry that opens up? >> i'm competitive with myself. but these guys are my homies, i love you guys. >> what do you mean you're competitive with yourself when you say that? that's the most generic piece of crap answer. >> you're right. it was a terrible answer. >> okay. was it a dishonest answer? >> the truth is [ bleep ] these guys. i want to beat the crap out of them every possible night. and if you say it's a competition, absolutely, and they're both going down. >> cee lo often seen on the voice holding a white persian cat named perfect was without

her during our chat. where is perfect right now? >> home. >> blake loves your cat, by the way. he was talking -- >> i love that cat. >> that cat is perfect. >> that cat is the reason that you're sick right now. you're probably allergic to that cat and that's why you're sick. that's why you can't breathe. >> that cat has become the fifth coach. >> that cat has followers on twitter. >> it's the sweetest cat i ever known. >> it's the most bizarre interview i've ever done but yet it's the most entertaining. >> we're like the three most literally different people in the world however we're drawn together and we're friends. >> and you're touching each other right now. >> let go. >> if only we could have shown you the entire interview. >> that showed right there. >> we had to really carefully edit that because let's just say they were very free with their

choice. >> you should put that online. >> it was really funny. who knew they were comedians all three of them. >> fun, thanks so much. by the way want to mention you can catch the final performances of "the voice" tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central time here on nbc. the winner of "the voice" will be crowned tomorrow night. meantime we have the supreme leader of wadiya in our studio, ladies and gentlemen. so stay tuned. this is "today" on nbc.

sacha baron cohen has brought us some strange and even ridiculous characters. people like borat and bruno. now we're getting an up-close look at his latest creator, supreme leader aladeen of the republic of wadiya. an oppressive dictator targeted by the united nations for removal because of crimes against his people.

>> for over four decades the people have lived under the rule of the tyrant who denies them their most basic human rights. >> i am for free press, fair elections and equal rights for women. i can't say that. >> on your mark, get set --. >> supreme leader aladeen, good morning. it's nice to have you here. >> good morning. hello, and death to the west. >> great to have you -- >> by the way, how are your family? >> they're fine. why do you ask? >> correct. how is your wife annette? what is she doing now? >> she's probably watching this interview. >> incorrect. don't worry. don't worry. that's fun. don't worry. don't worry. everything fine. no, i have some of my people do a little bit of research on your

program, and i found out some things, the filipino girl, what is her name? >> the filipino girl? >> the filipino, the -- the -- >> japanese-american woman? >> yes. >> ann curry? >> yes, ann curry. i know that you are having an affair with her. so you are ask me good questions and i will not bring it up when it we are live on the air, okay? okay. you can ask me whatever you want -- why am i looking at the picture of myself in there? what is this? >> we'll take that out, sir. for people who are not familiar -- with the republic of wadiya, what would you like us to know about your country? >> it is 1,300 miles from tel aviv as the scud flies. wadiya -- wadiya is a lovely place. it has a population of 4 million, but obviously that figure changes depending on my mood. >> and how did you become the supreme leader? how did you ascend to power?

>> well, i ascended in tragedy, actually. my mother died in childbirth from strangulation. my father also died from natural causes. he was allergic to bullets. and he was -- and my uncle is going to die in a tragic helicopter crash at about 3:00 this afternoon. and don't worry, you and your family are totally safe. unless i say -- >> we are -- >> don't worry. >> i'm a little tense about it. the hair in the pocket got me. when we -- >> it is not her hair. >> we have learned some things about you. >> it's actually some of yours. look down below, it will look like -- >> and you bring up megan fox. we have learned through your representatives you have had relationships with some high

profile actors and actresses. >> not relationships. just sex activity. >> so megan fox, katy perry. >> yes. >> oprah? >> yes. yes. it is true. true. megan fox now she is pregnant, and she wants to get child support. what does she think that i am the richest man in the world? i'm actually the seventh richest. you know the money don't grow on trees. and all my money is hemorrhaging here. $20 a day for internet, and they call me an international criminal. >> you had a highly publicized incident on the red carpet trying to get into the academy awards not long ago. you spilled some of king jong-il's ashes on our friend ryan seacrest. is there anything you'd like to say to ryan? >> i know firstly that ryan tried to have an attempted coup and take your job away, so having him executed -- but let me say it was not kim jong-il's ashes. kim jong-il's sun is very fat.

in fact he looks so fat he ate his father which is actually what he did. so kim jong-il because kim jong dead and his fat son ate him and he became king jong-yum and 20 hours after that he became kim jong done. that is a small transition of power. >> it's perfect way for me to say, we want to mention that "the dictator" opens across this entire country on wednesday the 16th of may. >> that's right. it will be released, and next wednesday, as for your family, let's see. >> we're back with much more. supreme leader aladeen. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> this is "today" on nbc. >> okay.

back now at 8:46. if you know andy cohen you're probably not surprised to learn

that he was voted most talkative by his high school class. some 20 years later he's the most of his own talk show called "watch what happens live" on bravo. he's also the bravo executive responsible for bringing "top chef" and the housewives franchise to television. now cohen is out with his mem ware called "most talkative: stories from the front lines of pop culture." >> hi, ann. >> this idea that you're the most talkative. in hindsight you called it an achilles heel when you were younger. >> yeah. >> don't you think it's kind of been the best thing? >> it's been great. my mouth has gotten me in so much trouble over the years. and i've detailed every bit of trouble that i've gotten in. in the book, but it's also been my greatest asset. so, you know. i -- i lied to oprah winfrey in order to get an interview when i was at cbs news, and i got caught. on and on, there's detail all of these stories in the book. >> and by the way, the book is hilarious. >> thank you. >> there are lines in it, and it's also incredible honest. >> yeah. >> because you talk about from

being from a very young age loving soap operas. >> yes. >> but also knowing that you were gay. >> yes. >> and struggling to figure out how to come out. and the hardest thing -- >> there i am in curlers. >> look at that. what is that, by the way? why are you wearing curlers? >> my sister and my neighbors dressed me up. yeah. >> but you've been you know, you, you, the hardest thing for you is to figure out how to talk to your mom about it. >> yeah. >> because you were so, so close to her, right? >> yeah, i think everyone's coming-out story who's gone through this process, it's incredibly personal. my, you know, mine was, too. and i share the story of moment of hilarity in that moment was that after i told her i was gay she said, i probably would have hated your wife anyway. which is great. and she may have, actually. so maybe it's a good thing. >> and i'm wondering, you know, because you know, when you were coming out there weren't a lot of gay role models on television. >> yeah. >> now, there, this is, we're in the wake of will and grace, and

has it been easier for people? >> well, i think it's always really hard and i hope that i think with more visiblity of gay people on tv you feel like you know them. so i hope it's okay. >> now you're a big executive. >> yeah. >> you get to be in charge of having these big programs and you're on television yourself now. >> it's true. >> with a talk show. are you having some fun? >> i'm having the best time. this is really a dream come true story, as well. because when i was at an intern at cbs news 24 years ago i think my boss said you know what, don't go try to be on tv because your eyes are crossed. and you're never going to make it on tv. >> your eyes are not crossed. >> i do have a bit of a wandering eye. >> really? >> and so i gave it up, and that began my career, actually, behind the scenes, first at cbs news for ten years, and then -- and then in cable. so it's wild that all these years later i've wound up on the air. it's incredible. i'm living my dream that i dreamed for myself. >> and when you think about it because i'm just trying to

figure out there seems to be a knowledge that you have about what works. you know. the, the housewives series that has been so successful. >> yeah. >> why, why does that work? >> first of all i work with a great team at bravo. we embrace big characters who are different than anybody that you see on tv. who are addictive. who are either great at something, or just great to watch on tv. and, and we know what makes good tv. hopefully. >> well, apparently you do. well, no, you do. congratulations on that, and -- and staying true to yourself, and, and to what you love because obviously it's led you to big success in your life. >> thanks, ann. >> the book is called "most talkative." coming up next, a live performance from the legendary singer song writer glenn frey. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

the "toyota concert series on today," brought to you by toyota. >> six time grammy winner glenn frey earned his place in music history as one of the founding members of the legendary group the eagles. this morning he's here to perform a song from his sixth solo album "after hours" which is a collection of love songs and standards from the '40s and today. ladies and gentlemen, great pride in saying mr. glenn frey.

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don't forget winona ♪ ♪ kingman barstow san bernardino ♪ ♪ get hip to this timely tip go and take that california trip ♪ ♪ get your kicks on route 66 ♪ ♪ ♪ get your kicks on route 66 ♪ ♪ get your kicks on route 66 ♪ ♪ ♪ >> glenn frey. we'll talk to glenn outside in a

moment. but after these messages and your local news. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. city homicide detectives are investigating a deadly shooting in northwest baltimore. officers arrived at coakley avenue around 2:30 sunday afternoon. they found the victim shot in the head. he was taken at the hospital but

did not survive.

>> quiet start this monday. 20% to 30% chance we could see a sprinkle this afternoon. much better chance for rain on tuesday and wednesday. highs in the mid-70's. >> we will have another