sing it loud! ♪ you love all your life ♪ you love all your life [ cheering ] >> thank you! we are back now with more of "today" on a friday morning. it's the first day of june, 2012. you've been listening to the music of the band perry as has this huge crowd out on the plaza

this morning under perfect skies. it is a beautiful day for music. by the way, we just wanted to take another second to talk to kimberly, neil, and reid, and say you guys are not only touring and have a lot going on but i want to mention you are also very involved in a charity called out number hunger. >> one of our favorite things about playing music on stage is the opportunity that we have to really shed some light in some dark places and we've had the opportunity to visit our local nashville food bank about a month ago and our eyes were truly opened to the problem that hunger is for so many americans. you can go on over to hunger.com and check it out. they've got great programs and everybody can get involved on td local level. >> that is what is great. this program is focused toward helping out where you are, your small town. it doesn't matter if it's a big city or small town. they'll help you out wherever you need the help. >> good for you guys. that is nice. also thank you so much for getting up early on a friday. >> thanks for having us here. >> the band perry, folks.

[ applause ] >> we'll have one more song later this hour. meantime we have a lot plor to talk about this morning. >> from the best and worst dressed cities, actually the whole city is getting dressed, to why elvis's grave is up for auction. we'll hear about the hottest headlines and everything that is cutting edge. >> all right. also ahead, married ladies, have you ever wondered, could i still fit into my wedding dress if i tried? well, we have some very brave women who took that challenge. we'll show you the results coming up. >> i've asked that question. >> have you ever tried it? >> i have never tried it. we'll find out. >> let's get inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk with the headlines. good morning to you once again. lack luster jobs numbers out this morning show u.s. employers created just 69,000 jobs in may. that is the fewest jobs in a year and the unemployment rate ticked up to 8.2%. this is the first increase in the unemployment rate in 11 months. today's labor department report could fan fears that the

economic recovery is stalling. a source in federal law enforcement says it appears unlikely that the government will retry former presidential candidate john edwards on campaign fraud charges. the jury acquitted edwards thursday on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions but dead locked on five other counts and the judge declared a mistrial. justin bieber continues running into problems with glass. the pop star tells tchlz mz he into a wall of glass and knocked himself out during a promotional tour thursday in paris. he has also whacked his head on a revolving glass door in the past. madonna is back on tour for the first time in three years and fans are blogging that she hasn't lost a step. the material girl kicked off her new mdna world tour last night in israel. fans say the concert was unbelievable. 15 couples from china tied the knot thursday during a mass wedding at a fairy tale castle in southern germany. the bavarian castle is one of the most popular in europe

largely because of its beauty. and the marathon man of tennis, you can call him that again. american john isner gave it his all on thursday at the french open but it wasn't enough to defeat paul mattu of france in a nearly six-hour match. the 76-game saga set a french open saga for the most games played two years ago at wimbledon. isner won the longest pro match ever at just over 11 hours. and a full dress rehearsal for queen elizabeth's diamond jubilee procession took place just after dawn today in london. the rehearsal was a chance to see what will happen in central london next tuesday afternoon. the full state procession will feature about 2,000 members of the armed forces. matt and meredith will cover that as well. a 7-year-old boy was a real show stopper at a school talent show in oklahoma. he put on his best suit, his best glove, then danced, dazzled the crowd, dancing to michael jackson's "smooth criminal" and some of his amazed family

members said they had no idea he had it in him. wow. that is an unbelievable display. four minutes past the hour right now. back out to al for a check of the weather. >> there is an "america's got talent" kid right there. >> amazing. >> wow. you guys like perry? did you have a good time? yeah. fantastic. let's see what we've got. less than fantastic weather to show nu the mid-atlantic states as we look from charleston up to pittsburgh, washington, d.c., threat of some strong storms. can't rule out tornadoes. you can see on the radar that rain heads down to miami. they have been getting socked in southern florida. we'll have more heavy rain, 2 to 3 inches again today and the heavy rain goes all the way up the coast from charleston into new york city and back as far west as pittsburgh and buffalo nywhere from 1 to 4 inches of 4 >> good morning, everyone. some severe weather is possible late this afternoon and this evening, but this morning just some scattered light rain showers and maybe sunshine in the middle of the day.

lit turn more humid with the high temperature near 81. that's your latest weather. savannah? >> thanks. it has been nearly a year since 20-year-old indiana university student loren speier disappeared. she was last seen june 3rd, 2011, after a night out with some friends. on thursday the bloomington police department said it has investigated more than 2500 tips and this is still an active case. rob and charlene speier are loren's parents and rebecca is her older sister. good morning to all of you. good to see you. >> good morning. >> thank you for being here. >> thanks for having us. >> hard to imagine that a year has passed and no word on what happened to loren. i guess the first question is, charlene, i'll start with you,

how are you guys doing? how is the family holding up? >> well, i think we're, you know, committed and we're driven and, you know, we just go through every day thinking about what we can do to make a difference and what we can do to try to get closer to finding loren. >> rebecca, this is one of the first times you've spoken out. i can only imagine it's very heart wrenching. what made you want to talk about this now? >> well, we've been dealing with it together every day and the year is upon us. we could have never imagined still a year later not having the answers that we so desperately want. but every day we're just trying to stay together and we're leaning on each other and just doing the best we can. >> rob, for those who aren't as familiar with what happened here, just remind everybody what we do know about the case.

loren was out, she was a college student. she was out at a bar until about 3:00. then what do we know about what happened? >> there's been a lot published about the events of the evening. what we do know is that loren was with some people. she was out at a bar, was drinking at the bar, left, and went back to her apartment. for some reason never made it to her apartment. and ended up going back to someone else's apartment. she was reportedly last seen leaving an apartment on 11th street in bloomington, indiana. so what we do know is that the people that were with her that night really did nothing to help her. and that's, you know, part of the tragedy here is that we believe that the events would have been completely different had somebody reached out, called

for help, taken her to a hospital, taken some kind of action. >> and at a minimum you feel her friends let her down. here she had been drinking and was in no position to be walking home alone. is that how you feel, charlene? >> exactly. i mean, i think that we're aware of the fact that loren was not in great shape and the idea that loren was on the floor of her apartment building and steps away from her apartment and she could have been taken home and was not is unconscionable. >> do you feel that those around her have been forthcoming and helpful to police in their investigation? >> well, look at it this way. the -- in the days after -- immediately after loren's disappearance, the people that were with her or had some knowledge about the events of the evening did speak to police but, yet, shortly thereafter everyone lawyered up.

the lines of communication became either nonexistent or severely limited and to this day many of those people, most of those people have not taken police polygraphs, which is what we've asked for from the beginning, given the fact that we don't know exactly what happened to loren. having information from people helps us narrow down the possibilities. >> and the police have said that this is a, quote, very active investigation. have they given you any hint, charlene, about what they're working on, where they think the leads are going? >> we are in constant communication with the bloomington police department but they do not share any of the specific investigative information which they have. >> i want to ask you a question that to be honest is hard to ask. do you have hope that she still could be found alive? >> you know, you always have

hope but after a year i don't think it's likely. >> you have to be realistic. as parents, you know, you just think about yourself. you have children or you have a loved one. if they were to just disappear and be out of your life, it's 'n extremely, indescribable position to be in. you always have that small element of hope but as time goes by of course you become more and more realistic about the possibility of her being alive and, of course, that would take a certain set of circumstances to have happened that night, so we just don't know. >> i know you do want answers and you certainly deserve those. thank you for coming here and sharing your story and helping us keep focused on her case. >> thank you. >> we appreciate it. >> there is something i can say. you know, there was a segment on preceding us about teenagers and

communicating. it's critical. i can tell you that in our case either charlene or i spoke to loren every single day. we had the communication. but there is just so much that you can do. hopefully the kids make the right choices. i think it's clear that in this country under age drinking is rampant. it goes to the high school level. it goes to the college level. you go to any of these college towns and you will find under age drinking going on in these bars, including kill roys where loren was the night that she disappeared. so it's a big problem in this country and i think if other states like indiana pass this life line law which allows people who are with someone who needs help to contact police, take them to a hospital, and not to be subject to prosecution, those are the kinds of things that we need to do in addition

to communicating to try to make things better. >> absolutely. to shine a light on those issues. rob, charlene, rebecca, thank you again for being here. if you have any information on loren's whereabouts you are asked to contact the bloomington police department at 812-339-4477. and for more information, you can visit find loren.com. we will be back with more right after this. [ female announcer ] letting her home be turned into a training facility? ♪ this olympian's mom has been doing it for years. she's got bounty. in this lab demo, one sheet of new bounty leaves this surface cleaner than two sheets of the leading ordinary brand. bounty has trap and lock technology to soak up big spills and lock them in. let the spills begin. p&g. proud sponsor of the olympic games.

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from water cooler gossip to what is trending on social media we all want to be in the know. what is the hottest headline? alice, good to see you. >> great to see you guys. >> trending hash tags. the result of a typo. >> yes. and you know the internet has a wild and wonderful place but it is a place of scrutiny. mitt romney was developing a photo sharing and misspelled, or one of his app designers misspelled the word america and spelled it amercia. this led to a hash tag that pinged around the internet with great lightning speed.

it is of course not mitt romney's fault. but it is a funny joke and indeed gives rise to a lot of jokes about mitt romney being president of tay united states. it could happen to any of us. >> what did colbert have? >> i believe something about mitt romney, 2102. a great campaign for president. stephen colbert always has the best. >> yes. >> moving on to what's hot on the web as well, there is a new site called politi whoops, all those tweets or whatever that have been deleted live on forever. >> every politician's nightmare. basically politwoops brings up deleted tweets from the state level to the presidential level. both mitt romney and barack obama have deleted tweets. this is my greatest nightmare. i just deleted a tweet because i spelled the word unemployed incorrectly. some are just bad links but some are questionable tweets that

shouldn't have been retweeted from a political account. >> a good resource. twitter we know makes for strange bed fellows sometimes. tell us about the interaction between two unlikely folks on twitter this week. >> this is really the equivalent, i think this is the internet analog of henry kissinger inviting kanye west over for lunch. basically what happened is drake, who is a hip hop r & b sensation tweeted out the first million is the hardest to make. t. boone pickens, a very wealthy businessman retweeted and said actually the first billion is a lot harder. this led to a little back and forth. the internet is a place where a wind energy proponent multi-millionaire megabucks guy like t. boone pickens is somehow following drake which is again -- >> i love that. t. boone pickens. that's huge. who knew? >> he leaves no stone untouched. >> i wish slim pickens were still here. and then everyone is waiting for the release of the new iphone.

it appears some pictures got leaked yes. anything related to apple creates a sensation and a frenzy. these are we must say unconfirmed photos of the iphone 5 but of course they set off a frenzy online. it is from 9:00 to 5:00 back and it shows the back and the front of what may be the iphone 5 which has a much bigger metallic back. there are other features i think, a new ear phone dock, a smaller dock for plugging it in. it looks to be thinner. >> more rubber and chrome. >> exactly. it is the blade run version of the iphone 4. >> using liquid metal? >> you'll have to ask them about that. no doubt it has set off a lot of speculation about what the other features may be. can it cook me dinner? >> it doesn't love you back. that's next. really quickly another one causing web traffic apparently elvis's grave up for auction. we reported this. >> wow. >> the bidding starts at a

hundred thousand but the question is, is elvis even really dead? that is the thing you got to speculate. >> hum. >> you can buy the crypt and in fact not only own it but get a chance to be buried in it when your time comes. >> the guy who has everything. >> indeed. >> all right. thank you so much. "now" weekdays at noon on msnbc. coming up three women who took the challenge okay? can they get back into their wedding dresses decades later? we'll see. but first these messages. this child is taking a test. all he has to do to pass... is have a better night. which means helping put bedwetting frustrations... midnight sheet changes... and mommy wake up calls. to bed. introducing new goodnites bed mats. if your child is bedwetting, take the goodnites better night test. just place, peel, and protect. and see how goodnites bed mats can help.

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♪ there is nothing i fear >> that is of course the one and only celine dion who was forced to cancel her las vegas show for more than a month because of problems with her voice. now she is planning to go back on stage and will share a song with us never heard before right from the recording studio. so our conversation will be monday on "today." really fun to catch up with her. she looks great, sounds great. people really love her. i just love her voice. speaking of great voices we've had many here in rock center and this morning as part of the summer concert series we have the country combo the band perry. they rocked our stage, and we

have one more song from them coming up. also if you think there is no way you'd ever get back to your wedding weight we'll show you three women who took on the challenge to get back into their dress and won. they'll show off the amazing results. i should mention we were doing our little national history bee test. it airs tonight on the history channel at 8:00. just wanted to get that in. >> you'll be more impressed with the kids. >> much more. >> for sure. then on today's real estate barbara corcoran went bargain hunting looking for homes under $200,000 and she found some real gems from a charming victorian to a ranch style property in texas. first we want to say hi to jenna wolf and lester holt here with a preview of what's coming up this weekend. >> hi. >> we'll be following up what you guys have been doing covering the queen's diamond jubilee across the pond from horse racing to a floating pageant on the river thames. the whole nation celebrates queen elizabeth's 60 years on

the throne. then we're going to go behind the lens of "national geographic" magazine with photographer amy griffith one the first female photographers ever hired by the magazine. she'll share some amazing stories behind her favorite photographs and she'll attempt to turn me into a shutter bug. from justin bieber to jessica simpson we'll tackle all the celebrity buzz from this week. all that and more when we see you this weekend on "today." go ahead. >> please? >> go ahead. >> wow. >> breakfast. >> i also want to mention that "dateline" is airing tonight at a new time, 9:00, 8:00 central here on nbc. >> what was so important? >> i forgot. the shoes right? >> our shoes. >> yes. >> you and savannah. >> we could not decide what to do. >> that is a bigger deal than "dateline"? >> no. nothing is bigger than your shameless plug. that was fantastic. >> we'll see this on rock

center. hey, let's show you what's happening as far as your weekend is concerned. for tomorrow, we're going to be expecting plenty of heat. gulf coast into texas and the southwest. rain in the pacific northwest. heavy rain in new england with some morning showers. then on sunday more heavy rain in new england. more rain down in florida. some showers continue in the pacific northwest. sizzling conditions through the gulf coast into the southwest. t >> good morning, everyone. it could turn out to be an active weather day. possible thunderstorms late this evening. high in the low 80's. >> that's your latest weather.

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>> good morning. >> good to have you here. what was the idea behind this? we all say oh, the wedding dress. why the wedding dress as the goal for these women? >> we liked the symbolism of the wedding dress because really your wedding is for many women the last time that you put your health and your well being first. it's when you said, you know, i'm going to spend a few months just really focusing on myself. so we really loved bringing in the symbolism of the dress to say make yourself a priority, make your health a priority. >> such a good message. let's look at some of the women. i believe there were 12 women. let's start off with 42-year-old lisa barksdale a mother of two daughters and take a look at her picture before the challenge. this was her there. couldn't get into that wedding dress. and let's bring lisa on out now. come on out you lovely thing. look at you in that wedding dress. >> gorgeous. >> you look absolutely gorgeous. it fits perfectly. just right. how much did you lose? >> about 38 pounds. >> how did you do it? >> a lot of exercise, watching

what i eat, journaling, and just staying committed. >> why did you really want to get back into that dress? >> because it was a time when i was marrying my best friend and i wanted to relive that moment. and slipping it on was just magical. >> good for you. you look amazing. >> thank you. >> enjoy it. >> thank you. >> keep it going. all right. thank you. okay. our next is a new mommy, european transplant, alissa, and here what is she looked like before. this was the wedding dress she was trying to get into. and it's a nice, slim one. so come on out, lisa. wow. that is a gorgeous dress. >> thank you. >> beautiful. >> she is gorgeous. >> you look amazing. how did do you it? >> just basically portion control and really starting to get more active and concentrating on myself. you know, being a new mom your whole focus is the new baby and you tend to kind of let things slide for yourself. so it was just lovely to have that focus again. >> so you're back to your premommy weight. >> i am. yes. but i feel a bit healthier i think because you're actually more active now, in the gym and

it's just been really good and i want to thank "redbook." it was great to have somebody reaching out and offer that help. >> good incentive. you know you're going to be in a photo shoot, too. >> lisa, thank you. finally our last transformation we have a mother of three daughters and here is what she looked like before and that was a wedding dress she wanted to get back into. come on out, girl. amazing. that is such -- all these dresses are beautiful too. >> i know. >> i think mine is yellow by now. you look great. how much did you lose? >> 21 pounds. how did do you this? >> hard work. a lot of dedication and commitment. portion control was a major thing for me. so i really had to work on my portions and exercise. >> a lot of support at home. i understand your husband lost some weight, too. >> yes. he lost 22 pounds as well. so we joined in together and it's been a wonderful time. >> i know he's here, right? >> he is here. >> taking a picture right back over there. 22 pounds. very good.

good job. congrats to all of you guys. you look great. a really great magazine issue. thanks so much. i know the readers have been overjoyed by this one. >> yes. >> that's great. all right. coming up next a real estate reality check what you can get for under $200,000 right after this. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! my bowl, my spoons! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios has whole grain and 110 delicious calories. looking good never tasted so good. ...more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios

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colonial. our real estate expert barbara corcoran is here with some real bargains. good to see you. >> good morning, al. all under 200. >> first off we have a traditional colonial that's found in the village of montgomery, illinois. $165,000. >> you bet. everyone loves a traditional colonial house. they're always the highest priced houses on any block. this one has a nice front porch and it's still only $165,000. that is a really cheap price. neat as a pin with nice black shutters and a big, green back yard. it's surrounded by a privacy fence. the living room gets plenty of natural light. don't be fooled by the dark drapes. they pull your eye in but that is a nice, sunny room from top to bottom. >> very pretty but the black doesn't make the room look bright. the open dining room is defined by the barely there door frame and feels extra spacious thanks to the nine-foot ceilings. that is a lovely, modern room. the kitchen has 42-inch wood cabinets and everybody knows you don't use the top shelf.

i don't think we lost the kitchen. a wrap around counter. the master bedroom has dove gray walls, ceiling fan, and extra large windows. there is the kitchen. >> only 40 miles outside of chicago. >> very convenient for a family. >> let's head to harvest, alabama. you found a house there asking $190,000. >> this is a lovely house. the cost of living in harvest is 3.5% lower than the national average and this full brick house has a great bargain at only 190. the taxes are an unbelievable $560 a year. not a month a year. >> that's it? wow. >> out back a simple patio, almost a virtual football field. it's a lawn mower's delight if you like to mow lawn. >> a playground back there. >> the big living room has 12-inch ceilings and an elegant fireplace flanked by two tall arched windows. the open dining room is a very, very pretty room with hardwood floors and three big windows filling one entire wall. the kitchen looks i think a bit tired because of the wood cabinets and the tin look back

splash but you can easily fix that with a can of paint. >> i like the next house name. observatory hill, pennsylvania and the house is 185,000. >> this is a pretty, pretty spot in pennsylvania, a hip neighborhood loaded up with these kinds of old, historic homes. this is an early 20th century brick victorian. it's a great example of the local architecture. it has an interior full of original detailed woodwork, molding, nooks and crannies. it has only one bath but you can find a spot to put one more. it is needed to improve the value. hardwood floors, antique fixtures, seven decorative fireplaces from the days when they didn't have heat. the family kitchen has original wood cabinetry, and -- >> look at the stove. >> it's lovely and that is a new stove just made to look old. they really kept the tone of the house intact. >> oh, wow. the dining room has old pocket doors, period wall paper, enough room for a full dining set. you see there and a game table on the side. the master bedroom of course has

one of the wood burning fireplaces. it has heavy wood doors, extra deep window sills and is so old fashioned i think if you were sleeping there you'd have to put on a granny night gown and a little cap and jump into that bed. >> i do have those. they have a wood burning microwave oven. for those looking for something a little main stream let's go to dallas, texas. $159,000. >> yes. this is a classic ranch house. a lot of people like this one floor living. it has a creek in the back yard. it's situated in the very hip and laid back east dallas area. there is a brand new deck out back, a smart improvement. almost doubles the living space and also increases the value of the home. >> nice. >> the living room had blonde wood floors and a huge picture window that runs the full length of the room. the kitchen is light and bright with updated white cabinets, a breakfast bar, and deep crown molding. the master bedroom has wood floors, crown molding again and is a very sunny room with a cross above the bed. they must have a lot of children in that house. there is also a big office space. gleaming wood floors and the green walls ought to keep the money coming in. what a nice house.

>> is that an old saying, green walls -- >> no. i just made it up. >> wow. barbara, thank you so much. we've got one more song from the multi platinum countryo the band perry but first this is "today" on nbc.

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