good morning. historic win. wisconsin's republican governor becomes the nation's first to survive a recall vote. is it a sign of things to come for president obama? was it rigged? the reigning miss pennsylvania usa resigns claiming sunday's miss usa competition was fixed. pageant officials say it's not true and she has an ax to grind. and she's engaged. 19-year-old miley cyrus is getting married to her boyfriend, according to "people" magazine. we'll tell you what her parents are saying about the big news "today," wednesday, june 6th, are saying about the big news "today," wednesday, june 6th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

and welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> and i'm lester holt, in for matt, who's on assignment. "people" magazine just breaking that news a little while ago about miley cyrus. and congratulations to the happy couple. >> exactly right. it's a big surprise to her fans, and despite her young age, her parents are said to be thrilled. and this news is being broken as we speak. we'll have more details on this coming up a little bit later. and also ahead this morning we have some important news which is about this recall victory for wisconsin's republican governor scott walker. the results will raise his national profile and could have implications on november's presidential race. we're going to get into that as well coming up this morning lester. >> also what appears to be a gruesome new twist on a murder case that triggered an international manhunt, after two packages were delivered to schools. the suspect is now behind bars in berlin, germany, and

extradition proceedings are officially under way. we'll go there live for the latest. we're going to have also this morning the heartbreaking story of a person you may know about. we met him three years ago when he appeared in a documentary called the 650 pound virgin. at the time he had lost more than 400 pounds. well, now he's gained most of it back. and he fears his battle with weight is going to kill him. he's going to share his story in exclusive, and also as you can see, very emotional interview. >> i was surprised to see those pictures. but no one is more disappointed than he is. we'll hear from him shortly. and later jane fonda will be here to tell us about her new movie. >> that's right. it's a really fun movie. look how beautiful she looks as well. we're going to try to get her to share her secrets. meantime, let's begin with this recall election in wisconsin. and the potential impact on the presidential race. nbc's peter alexander is joining us from washington with this story. hey, peter, good morning. >> ann, good morning to you. wisconsin's governor scott walker, as you noted, made history, becoming the first governor to defeat a recall

election. and he did it by a stunning seven points. and wisconsin's battle may rethreat the country's increasingly polarizing political landscape it may also send a message about the mood of voters with exactly five months to go before november's presidential election. >> tonight we tell wisconsin, we tell our country, and we tell people all across the globe that voters really do want leaders who stand up and make the tough decisions. >> reporter: after surviving wisconsin's fiercely contested recall, with a wider than expected win, the state's republican governor, scott walker, vowed to bring both democratic and republican members of the legislature together, in a uniquely wisconsin way. >> and what better way to bring people together than to invite them over for some brats and some burgers, right? >> reporter: the victory earned walker a hero of the tea party movement and a rising star among republicans the right to finish his term. it's also an endorsement of his

effort to vigorously cut state spending, continue his aggressive stance toward unions. his challenger, milwaukee democratic mayor tom barrett had hoped to ride a wave of union support and reverse the governor's policy. >> we are a state that has been deeply divided. and it is up to all of us, our side and their side, to listen. to listen to each other. and to try to do what's right for everyone in this state. >> reporter: but after his remarks, barrett appeared to be slapped by a woman in the crowd. late tuesday, mitt romney praised walker's win, insisting in a statement, voters said no to the tired, liberal ideas of yesterday, and yes to fiscal responsibility and a new direction. suggesting the results will echo beyond the borders of wisconsin. president obama was conspicuously absent throughout the state's campaign. >> i think that the democrats there understand that the president's no-show represents the fact that obama's goose is

cooked. >> reporter: still, exit polls showed a complex picture with many who voted for walker also saying they support president obama. who maintains a narrow advantage over romney in the traditionally democratic state. during a campaign swing through texas, he again attacked the president for being in over his head on the economy. >> kind of surprising to me that the president has chosen as his campaign slogan, forward. forward over a cliff? >> reporter: and analysts say wisconsin's decisive outcome could encourage other governors to get tough with unions. but it may also embolden super pacs to keep spending, get this a record shattering $64 million went into the wisconsin race. a whole lot of it from conservative out-of-state groups that supported walker. that means especially if you live in places like florida, virginia, and ohio, ann, you can get ready to be come barded by a lot more political ads between now and november. >> very interesting. all right, peter alexander, thank you for your reporting. it is now 7:05.

here's lester. >> all right, thanks. human remains mailed to two schools in canada are now being tested to determine if they're connected to a grisly murder there. this, as the suspect in the case waits in a german prison for extradition. following a ten-day international manhunt. nbc's michelle kosinski is in berlin now with the latest for us. michelle, good morning. >> good morning, lester. luka magnotta is here in jail. police say he seems to have been enjoying the attention. now this case may have grown even more stomach-turningly awful, as it has been from the beginning, with two more deliveries of body parts. through the mail. one day after luka magnotta was spotted and arrested at the berlin internet cafe, where police say he was looking at news stories about himself for hours, authorities back in canada tuesday night announced still more grisly discoveries. >> the first package containing what appeared to be a human hand was opened by staff at falls

creek elementary school after 1:00 p.m. today. another package containing what appeared to be a human foot was found by staff at st. george's school later this afternoon. >> reporter: those remains are being tested to see if they are connected to magnotta's case. he now waits in a berlin prison for extradition. accused of viciously murdering, dismember, abusing and possibly cannibalizing june lin, a 33-year-old chinese student he had dated in montreal. he posted video of these crimes online. then mailed some of the victim's body parts to the canadian prime minister's offices and the opposition party. they say he flew to paris, took in the night life, then a bus to berlin. when police caught up with him they say he gave false names, then conceded, you got me. for years magnotta has posted rambling blogs and photos of himself. he auditioned for a reality show. >> it's very difficult -- >> reporter: was interviewed about working in gay porn films and as an escort. >> he wants to keep a spotlight

shining on him, even in the face of this grisly, offense that he's alleged to have committed. that's why he's not fighting extradition. he wants to come back, he wants that attention to continue. >> reporter: last year in london, newspaper reporters confronted magnotta about videos police believe he posted of himself killing animals. they think he then sent them an e-mail saying once you kill and taste blood it's impossible to stop. today investigators are looking at cold cases to see if this man of many faces has more in his past than he's already revealed. investigators say magnotta has been online while he's been on the run and there have been a number of eerie postings that may have been made by magnotta himself. police said he told them he would not challenge extradition to canada, which they're working on as we speak, and could take up to two weeks. lester? >> awful story. michelle kosinski, thank you. once again here's ann. >> all right, lester, thank you. day two of jury selection in the

child sex abuse scandal involving former penn state coach football coach jerry sandusky is being held today. this as we learn about letters that sandusky sent to one of his agoed victims. nbc's national investigative correspondent michelle isikoff is in bellfont, pennsylvania. >> good morning, ann. for more than six months, pennsylvania prosecutors have been methodically building their case. the former penn state coach jerry sandusky repeatedly abused young boys over a 15-year period dating back to the mid 1990s, and they're now prepared to open their case with some dramatic new evidence. but sandusky is aggressively fighting the charges, and as jury selection began here on tuesday, some legal analysts say it could be more difficult for prosecutors to prove their case in court than many initially thought. jerry sandusky arrived in court early tuesday and quickly showed he planned to play an active role in his case. when his lawyer tried to strike one of the jurors on the grounds

her husband had ties to a potential witness sandusky overruled him. i think she would be fair, he said. a source familiar with the evidence tells nbc news that prosecutors plan to open their case by reading what was described as bizarre letters between sandusky and a young man, known as victim 4, he allegedly abused more than 50 times as a minor. the letters will be used to bolster charges by a grand jury that sandusky used guilt and bribery to maintain a relationship with victim 4, giving him nike shoes and other gifts, including money to smoke marijuana. the lawyer for victim 4 says his client is relieved to finally tell his story. >> i think right now, he's extremely anxious in a sense that he wants to put this terrible chapter of his life behind him. but emotionally, it's extremely difficult. >> reporter: but sandusky's lawyer, amendola, has hired private investigators to dig into the accuser's past and plans to attack their

credibility. suggesting some were colluding in hopes of a payday. >> what greater motivation could there be than money? >> reporter: the victims had sought to keep their names from being made public in court, asking through their lawyers that they only be identified by pseudonyms. the judge refused. arguably, any victim of any crime would prefer not to appear in court, not to be subjected to cross-examination, the judge wrote. but we ask citizens to do that every day. and the state's case could be facing other problems. two of the alleged victims have never been found, including the boy who was allegedly seen being abused in a locker room shower more than a decade ago by former assistant coach mike mcqueary. but prosecutors hope the gripping accounts by the alleged victims will sway the jury. >> there are eight witnesses who will come forward and say, this happened to me. now, you could discount one, maybe two of these, but eight people is going to be very hard for the defense to explain. >> giving the large role that penn state and football plays in

this community, many thought it would be difficult to pick a jury. but judge cleland quickly moved through the jury selection process on tuesday, already choosing nine of the twelve jurors, and four alternates needed for the case to proceed. opening statements in which both sides lay out their case are now slated to begin on monday. ann? >> all right. michael isikoff reporting this morning. michael, thank you so much. >> now let's get a check of the mornings's other top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning to you lester and ann. good morning, everyone. u.s. officials are calling the death of al qaeda's top strategist one of the biggest blows to the terror network since the death of osama bin laden last year. nbc's chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has the latest. mik, good morning. >> good morning. natalie, it's certainly the most significant hit against al qaeda's central there in pakistan since bin laden's death. the target was al qaeda's number two in command, abu yahya al libi. he was killed this week in a cia drone attack on his hideout there in pakistan. u.s. officials call al libi one

of al qaeda's most experienced leaders, and, in fact, the top propagandist, issuing a number of videos recently in which he calls for attacks on the u.s. some u.s. officials are actually predicting this could be the death blow for core al qaeda, because there's nobody prepared to step in and take al libi's place. nevertheless, counterterrorism officials warn that larger al qaeda is far from dead. and at the most serious al qaeda threat, terrorist threat against the u.s., comes from al qaeda in yemen. and their master bombmaker, ibrahim al nas irry, who's tried three times now to blow up airliners over america. natalie? >> all right, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon. thank you, jim. senate republicans have knocked down a bill that would have mandated equal pay for women in the workplace. president obama and democratic leaders say people need to know how much they're paid compared to their coworkers. republicans say the bill would put too much of a burden on employers. grammy award winning singer

sheryl crow has revealed that she has a brain tumor but the 50-year-old breast cancer survivor says it is benign. doctors say it's relatively common and many people have them and never know it. crow told a las vegas reporter this week that she'd been worrying about her memory and got an mri, finding the tumor. back in february crow made headlines for flubbing the lyrics to her hit song "soak up the sun." she blamed the mistake on her brain at the time. her representative says there's no cause for alarm and that crow is healthy and happy. and an amazing show last night was the last of its kind for the next 100 years. as the planet venus made a nearly seven-hour transit across the face of the sun. the spectacle was visible on all seven continents, and even astronauts on the international space station looked on. amazing to see. and a little green humor from the first lady on david letterman's late show. michelle obama gave the top ten fun facts about gardening. >> the largest zucchini ever

grown contained a starbucks. later this year, the supreme court will finally rule on tomato versus tomato. with enough care and effort, you can grow your own barack-oli. >> that was good. mrs. obama appeared on the show to help promote her new book about the white house garden. where they probably grow a lot of broccoli. >> that was pretty good. thanks so much. >> sure thing. >> we should mention by the way that today is a big day for natalie. it's her birthday today. >> happy birthday. >> oh, thank you. >> not just any birthday. >> no. unfortunately not just any. >> her 21st! >> well. >> 29 over again. and over again. >> you look great. >> thank you. >> you look great at 29. by the way it looks like matt and al are still celebrating the queen's jubilee because stephanie abrams is in this morning. it's nice to have you here. welcome. >> good to see you guys. we're still going to have those cooler temperatures along the west coast and alonged east

coast, with a dip in our jet stream and the warm temperatures right through the center of the country, and there's a threat for severe weather, portions of >> good morning.owards colorado. the temperatures today will be a little below average. we will make it up to 74. a mixture of sun and clouds. >> all right, stephanie, thanks. now to a war of words between a beauty queen and organizers of the miss usa pageant. pennsylvania's representative is turning in her crown because she claims the competition is rigged. nbc's maura schiavocampo has

details. good morning. >> good morning, lester. sheena monnin claims the results of sunday's pageant were decided before a single contest and took the stage. but pageant officials say her decision isn't about fair play, it's about politics. the rules say one thing. >> the judges now will decide who is most deserving of the crown, based on everything they've experienced tonight. >> reporter: but one miss usa contestant is claiming the pageant's organizers have staged a fraud. >> sheenen monnin, pennsylvania. >> reporter: sheena monnin made the stunning announcement on her facebook page saying a fellow contestant told monnin she accidentally found a list of the top five contestants before sunday's telecast. the backstage claim would have come as a double blow to mennen who had just learned she didn't make the top 16. >> now in random order, here are the judge's top five finalists. >> reporter: and the 27-year-old beauty says the contestant's story proved true when the top five were then announced live on the air.

in explaining her decision on facebook, mennen wrote, quote, in good conscience i can no longer be affiliated in any way with an organization i consider to be fraudulent, lacking in morals, inconsistent and in many ways trashy. but pageant officials are refusing to turn the other cheek. the miss universe organization, which is co-owned by nbc universal and donald trump, has called monnin's claims false and said the real reason she resigned is she disagrees with the recent decision to admit transgender contestants, a move backed by the competition's eventual winner, miss rhode island. and the organization claims to have proof, releasing part of an e-mail say they monnin sent them in which they say she resigns over her disapproval with the transgender policy change. this goes against every moral fiber of my being. i believe in integrity, high moral character, and fair play, none of which are part of this system any longer. on her facebook page, monnin describes her views as

conservative. meanwhile the miss universe organization also says that the contestant who monnin claims saw the alleged top five list has vehemently denied it. lester, ann? >> all right. mara schiavo compo. donald trump is the co-owner of 9 miss universe organization. he's now joining us by telephone. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i guess the question first straight out is, is the miss usa competition fixed, donald? >> it is so ridiculous, the judges who are tremendous people, and as you know, they're supervised by ernst and young and everything is sefrt fayed, they make the choice. and they make the choice very, very strongly and very secretly. and that's what happened in this case. there is no top five. that's impossible, because nobody has any idea who the judges are going to be voting for. you have 15, you have 15 people, and then you have one person that's selected by the audience, by the viewers. we added that this year i believe for the first time. after that the judges make the decision and they bring it down to 10 and then they bring it

down to 5 just like you see on television. and those numbers are all certified by ernst & young. >> donald, it is such a specific accusation, though, that she makes. i know the organization claims this is over the transgender policy, but for her to have this parting shot with such a specific charge, does it bear further investigation? >> well, first of all, the organization doesn't care who the top five are, or the top ten. i mean, what difference does it make? so it doesn't care. and it's really disgraceful that she does it. and what we've authorized today is we're going to bring a lawsuit against this girl. the person that supposedly told her the list, she didn't feel that she was told by another person, that person now totally denies it, and she said there is no list, and i've never seen a list. >> are you saying that you have already done an investigation? >> oh, absolutely, yes. they've done an investigation. i just found out about it. and they just reported to me about five minutes ago. the person that supposedly showed the list totally denies that that ever took place. >> have you met miss monnin before? and if so what were your

impressions? >> i saw her there. my impressions were she didn't have a chance of being in the top 15, not even close. and all this is is a girl who went there, lost, wasn't in the 15, and she's angry at the pageant system. >> in this lawsuit that you say that you're going to file, what are you going to be asking for? >> well, she said some very strong things. she uses the word fraud, that's pretty strong. so we're going to be suing her on that basis. but, again, i did see her for about a second. i never felt she had a chance. and all this is is buyer's remorse. >> all right. well on that note we have to leave it. donald trump, thanks for joining us by telephone. >> thank you very much. >> i'm sure this is not going to be the end of that story. but just ahead this morning here we'll be talking about wedding vows for miley cyrus. the 19-year-old engaged to her boyfriend liam hensworth and we're going to have exclusive details for you. but first, this is "today" on nbc. t ahead, the royal

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we're back now at 7:30 on a wednesday morning. the 6th day of june, 2012 with some good news for miley cyrus. according to "people" magazine, the 19-year-old actress just got engaged to her longtime boyfriend and fellow actor liam helms worth. and given her age the question some people might be asking are how are miley's parents reacting? we'll have the exclusive details right ahead. >> i think they should go with that version -- >> in the meantime, inside studio 1a i'm ann curry alongside lester holt who is joining us because matt's still recovering, i think, from the big jubilee. >> yeah, it was quite a party. also ahead the guys behind the music sharing site napster are out with a new social video

network that they hope will become the next big thing online. one of them, sean parker, is the former president of facebook so we'll have to ask him what he thinks about the problems with the social network's wall street debut, as well. >> then the man who was featured in a documentary called the 650 pound virgin and lost more than 400 pounds, well, now, three years later, he's regained almost all of that weight. he's going to open up in an exclusive and also emotional interview about his struggles, and also what drove him to excessive eating once again. hopefully it will be information that might be revealing in some way. >> then we're going to talk about the royal fashion choices. the queen's diamond jubilee. and just what were prince harry and kate middleton laughing about on the balcony of buckingham palace during the fly-by? >> we'll get to all of that. but we begin this half hour with this news that "people" magazine's reporting exclusively that miley cyrus is engaged. natalie is joining us with details now. hey, natalie, good morning once again. >> good morning again, ann. miley cyrus and liam hemsworth met on the set of a movie three

years ago and now "people" is recording that hemsworth popped the question last week and miley said yes. >> she's your best friend, miley. sooner or later you're going to have to tell her you're hannah montana. >> reporter: she's the 19-year-old daughter of a country singer who parlayed a tv show about a fictional pop star into real-life stardom. ♪ he is the 22-year-old rising star who landed a role in one of this year's biggest box office hits. >> they just want a good show. >> reporter: miley cyrus and liam hemsworth are already known as one of hollywood's youngest power couples. now "people" magazine is reporting they are engaged. the couple tells "people" that hemsworth proposed to cyrus last week in los angeles, with a 3 1/2 carat diamond ring. cyrus met hemsworth on the set of "the last song" in 2009. and did a kissing scene together on the first day of filming. >> kind of sweet, because they

shared miley's first on-screen kiss together. they've been together since she was 16. and you know, they have a very playful relationship. it's very real. very honest. >> reporter: even though miley is still in her teens, "people" reports billy ray cyrus and miley's mom are thrilled about the engagement and already consider liam a part of the family. from oscar parties to public pranks, cyrus and hemsworth have spent their entire relationship in the glare of the hollywood spot light. and those bright lights are about to get even hotter for the australian actor. this summer, hemsworth shares top billing with some of hollywood's biggest action stars, and his character in "the hunger games" will get even more screen time in the sequel coming out next year. >> i think miley has obviously had a good dose of what fame and fortune is like and now it's liam coming into his own. she's very excited about his success and i think they're

going to be good for each other. they're going to definitely keep each other balanced. >> and hemsworth will be busy filming "the hunger games" sequel this summer while cyrus works on her new album so it's probably no surprise that the couple has not set a wedding date just yet. ann? >> all right, natalie. thank you so much. kate coyne is people magazine's assistant managing editor. kate, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's hear it. how did this proposal happen? what do we know? >> well, it was very romantic. and it would seem that there was some thought put into this. this was not a spur of the moment, hey, here's an idea, let's get married, sort of thing. this was a genuine proposal. it was premeditated. it was thought about. and it was something that apparently was very emotional and romantic for the two of them. >> he certainly put some thought into the ring. it's 3.5, what, carat diamond? >> yeah. >> it's got sort of an old hollywood look to it. >> it's a cushion cut diamond, and it's in a gold band setting which is different from the current trend towards platinum and white gold. it's very vintage and art deco in feel. which is interesting because

that is miley's red carpet style. she tends toward a more vintage, retro glam look. >> they've been together for three years? one of hollywood's hottest couples? >> yeah. >> what makes them work, do you think? >> it's interesting because miley's very first kiss with liam was on camera. they in a way had sort of grown up together in the past three years. she's gone from being a very young teen to getting closer and closer to womanhood. she's 19 now. and his career has really taken off from the time that he did that movie. it's only going to get bigger and bigger and they've been by each other's side through most of that. >> you just mention she's only 19. some of us, including me, still think of her as hannah montana. and so, and so, i wonder if you think that's a little young to get married. >> a little young perhaps to get married. they haven't set a wedding date yet. they have been together for three years. the other thing is that miley cyrus at 19 has earned more money and worked longer than most 29-year-olds. so, you know, she's had to grow up very, very fast. and this is just another step in that. >> and her parents are thrilled

about it? >> they are thrilled about it. liam has been a part of their family for awhile now. he's been around. this is not somebody who just showed up out of the woodwork. so, you know, they clearly see that he's a very grounding presence for miley. that he's somebody who shares a lot of her values and they're happy that he's going to be staying around. >> some might say that his asking her now, right as his career is about to take off, may actually have some significance, as well. >> yeah, it's very sweet. because in the first 100 days his character was not as prominent as about to become in the next subsequent film. so his star is about to rocket. the fact that he made this commitment before he became the biggest star in hollywood is still very sweet. >> it is very sweet. fun, sweet, story thanks so much for sharing, some of the details about it with us kate coyne this morning. now let's get a check of the weather from stephanie abrams in for al this morning. >> you guys have to meet ryan. she lost her tooth in new york city. did the tooth fairy come to new york? >> uh-huh, and she brought me a note and inside was $5. >> wow, that's a rich tooth

fairy. you've got to send her my way. let seas have a look at our weather here. showers still throughout florida, and it's going to continue, actually, as we head offer the next couple of days. look how much rain we could see wednesday into thursday. we could see two to three inches of it. otherwise still cool in the northeast and northwest. >> good morning. a mixture of sun and clouds. there is a 30% chance we could see a couple of rain showers. >> lester, over to you. >> stephanie, thanks. now to georgia, where a young college student is facing some very serious charges after being accused of building bombs in her own backyard.

nbc's gabe gutierrez has details. gabe, good morning. >> good morning, lester. her father describes her as daddy's little girl. but a judge has denied her bail. so now she's here, locked up, while her attorney appeals. her facebook page is a study in contrasts. here the 23-year-old student at gainesville state college is all smiles with friends. but outside the classroom, guns, ammo and nonstop adventure. on youtube she posted video of an exploding toilet in the woods. now the young woman is in serious trouble, facing federal charges of building bombs in her backyard. >> it is sad. and it is a little scary. >> reporter: court documents allege savage possessed a destructive device and firearms while being an illegal drug user. both felonies. the documents reveal the investigation started last month, when a person the feds call a concerned citizen snapped this photo of what appears to be

pipe bombs and a grenade at savage's home. last week agents from the fbi and the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms raided the property near cornelia, georgia. savage was arrested and denied bond. her family declined to comment for this story. but her father told local station wsv that his daughter was a church-going college student, not a criminal. >> i think everybody ought to be able to sate on their property, do whatever the heck they want to. >> reporter: still on facebook, savage described herself as an anarchist, writing, quote, i despite all law enforcement and any governing authority. i am not one for selective targeting, but mass destruction. according to court documents, savage admitted to investigators that she had used pot and meth, and told them that manufacturing explosive devices and detonating them for recreation was her hobby. in this rural town, many feel the charges are overblown. >> she was not using good judgment. did it make me scared?

absolutely not. >> i wouldn't say she's a terrorist or nothing like that. >> reporter: others think savage's arrest sets an example. >> explosives, period, you know, i don't understand why you have to be like that. >> reporter: yet her supporters don't understand why the mechanical engineering student is now in the spotlight. why what some consider a private hobby has exploded into a federal investigation. savage's lawyer says she plans to plead not guilty. her next court date has not been set. lester? >> gabe gutierrez in georgia for us this morning. thanks. up next, what does former facebook president sean parker think about the facebook network's falling stock price. we'll ask him and talk to parker and his business partner about their new online venture. [ male announcer ] and now, another newtonism.

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a few weeks ago. >> well, all of us founders, and early employees and investors in the company have historically taken a very long view, and this is evidence of the fact that we haven't really sold much equity at all. i didn't sell anything in the ipo. neither my partners sold -- dustin for instance didn't sell anything. so, you know, we -- we believe very deeply in the long-term vision of the company and the fact that there's a lot of business lines that the company hasn't even opened yet. >> so you weren't surprised by this? >> the company had to trade some point. i mean, whether it was going to happen now or it's going to happen later. now there's regulatory reasons and investors need to get a return. all the early investors had to at some point get their money out. so the company had to go public. and it was -- you know, there's a lot of bad timing involved in it. but at the end of the day, we're just relieved to get it out. >> is this an indictment of social media? you're both starting airtime right now, and some people look

at what's happened to facebook as a sign that maybe these companies aren't quite as valuable, and you're offering moving into a new venture now. >> well, i mean, again, i look at the -- i guess look at the very long-term view that there's a lot of businesses that have to deal with identity and accountability, and market places, and facebook is just starting to get into. and you know, you look at social games that didn't exist a few years ago and that's a huge part of facebook's revenue. >> let's talk about what you guys are up to now, sean fanning. airtime. we already have many ways of doing face-to-face chat on the web. what's different about what you're offering? >> what's great about airtime is now you can do peer-to-peer video as a result of flash. and so we're able to provide you with the ability to talk to your friends without downloading a client, and what's great about the facebook api is that we now have all of this interest data that's online that allows us to connect people together more deeply, and share media. >> this will happen through your facebook logon then? >> so if you have a facebook

account, you can seamlessly, via the web, with no download, chat with any of your friends. but you can also share video with them live. so you have a shared experience of a video of yours, or a video from youtube, where you're not only watching the video, they're watching the video, you're watching their reaction to it. that's never been possible before with your facebook friends. >> you had the big preview yesterday. they had some glitches along the way. thank god you had a bunch of celebrities there to help you with some comedic timing at a good point. are you worried about the technology here? >> the technology has gone great in terms of the live product. the live product hasn't had any glitches or flaws so far. we're crossing our fingers, it's been amazing in terms of the actual product. our production of the event was a little bit rocky. but, you know, to your point, we had some amazing talent that really came through for us, and i have a renewed respect for people who have, you know, great improbability and great comedic timing. >> they got you through some

pretty rough spots. i've got to ask you, chat roulette. we all remember that. was another kind of, you know, peer service, and people would show things that maybe you didn't -- maybe body part that we didn't want to see. what have you done to make this a better experience? and a safer user experience? >> well, myspace preceded facebook, and many, you know, many people have similar kind of concerns about myspace. one of the things we did with facebook was make it a more clean and well-lit environment. we created a different culture. so the first thing is cultural. and the second thing is really technical. i mean we do some pretty elaborate abuse prevention to prevent bad actors from, you know, being bad actors on the system. so far the signals have all been really positive. you know, people that we've encountered on the service as we've been using it, have been -- have been incredible. >> well, it's exciting. it's exciting to the future of the social network. gentlemen, thank you so much for stopping by. >> thanks a lot. >> we should note that nbc news has been a pilot media partner with airtime.

and by the way, savannah guthrie is going to have more with this pair tomorrow night on "rock center with brian williams" at its new day and time, thursday at 10:00, 9:00 central time right here on nbc. we'll learn a lot more about airtime then. up next the royal fashions of the queen's diamond jubilee, and that playful exchange between prince harry and kate on the balcony. right after this. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style.

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so it's an understatement to say the world was captivated over the past few days by the queen's diamond jubilee. of course a lot of people are talking about what the royal family was wearing throughout the celebration. but this morning, the buzz seems to be the warmth exhibited by the family as they stood on that balcony and, and specifically the warmth between kate and harry. >> yeah. at one point they're kind of chatting up, i think it was during the fly pass. this seems like a nice, warm relationship. >> it shows that kate is being warmly welcomed into the family. >> seemed almost to be joking in a way as well. a lot of people talking as well the fly-pass. >> particularly from the pilot's point of view here. >> the video was taken, i think, from the pilot's point of view. i think it's been rarely seen in the united states. there we go. we call it, the english call it a fly-pass. i think we all it a fly-by. >> you wonder what they saw of the balcony from that angle. >> look at the crowds. the crowds of people there. that had to be an amazing sight

for them. >> that's pretty remarkable. >> also they're talking about what everyone was wearing. including what the queen was wearing. i heard that one of her brooches that she wore was something like five, 500 something carats or something, something crazy. >> called the granny chip. >> how many carats? >> 158. >> oh, i'm sorry. i was so wrong. >> 15. >> 158 carats. >> that's a lot. >> and so she wore a beautiful angela kelly outfit. she always matches from head to toe. >> oh. beautiful. >> and the fascinators were fascinating, as well. just ahead a woman who always looks good. >> that's right. we're going to be talking to jane fonda two-time oscar winner. she's always got something great to say. this is the first car that i've been totally in love with

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am lisa robinson. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> still busy on 95 out of harford county. this is due to an earlier accident on the shoulder. northbound 954 approaching the beltway southwest, we have an accident. more than 29, watch for its lesbos approaching baltimore national pike -- watch for slow spots apart in baltimore national bank.

live look atk traffic on 95. that is the pace of things from mountain road towards the beltway northeast. northern avenue, southbound delays developing from northern parkway under 20. over to you, tony. >> things are quiet for us on this wednesday. temperatures are in the 50's. we don't expect rain for the morning commute. unlike yesterday, the winds are calm. we had winds out of the northeast, making it feel cooler. this morning it is not the cas [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] if you high, thin clouds out there buying this morning. 30% chance for rain shower. high temperatures of 74 degrees. we should be out around 81. we will get there in the next couple of days but it will still

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8:00 now on a wednesday morning. the 6th dayf june, 2012. look at our wonderful crowd. a nice size this morning. the sun is out. however the size of this crowd is -- music superstar chris brown will be here for a live concert on friday. we expect a huge turnout. so if you're coming down, take time to get down here early. we're excited about this concert, aren't we, lester? >> i'm not working that day. >> i can promise you a seat out front, up front, lester holt. lester is stopping by this morning because matt's got the morning off. he's on assignment.

he'll be back tomorrow. great, however, to have you here. we've got this breaking, this heart-breaking interview with this man coming up. he, he was once 650 pounds. he lost so much of that weight. >> i'll never forget the image of him breaking out and showing his new look. david smith was featured in a documentary called the 650 pound virgin. he lost more than 400 pounds, and appeared he had turned his life around. but inside david says he was a terrible mess and now he has regained over 300 pounds. he is opening up about his emotional journey in an exclusive interview. >> we look toward to that. also looking forward to hearing from jane fonda, who is in the house. to-time academy award winner is, turned a lot of heads by the way we want to mention at 74 years old at the cannes film festival wearing this amazing dress. and so we're going to be talking to her about that. and also her new movie, and why she calls this stage in her life her third act. we're looking forward to talking to her. >> let's go inside, natalie morales is standing by with another check of the morning's

headlines. >> wisconsin's republican governor survived a hard-fought recall election tuesday. the recall effort was triggered by governor scott walker's testify budget cutting, including an aggressive stance towards state unions. last night, fellow republican mitt romney praised walker's victory as a yes to fiscal responsibility, and a no to liberal ideas offiester day. president obama has stayed out of the wisconsin recall fight. there could be yet another awful twist in the case of a canadian man charged with killing and dismembering a college student. officials say packages mailed to a pair of vancouver schools tuesday contained a human hand and foot. investigators are now looking for links to canadian adult film actor luka magnotta who was arrested monday in germany. he's accused of killing a chinese student in montreal, then sending body parts to canadian political parties. nine jury members were seated tuesday for the child sex

abuse trial of former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky. he's accused of abusing ten boys over a 15-year period. sandusky's attorneys told prospective jurors that defense witnesses may include the wife and son of late penn state coaching legend joe paterno. opening statements are scheduled for monday. a heart-pounding moment caught on tape appears to show a toddler in china dangling by his head four stories above the ground after falling through a balcony and getting stuck in the grate. a brave downstairs neighbor was able to grab the child and hold on until rescuers arrived. the boy is said to be doing fine now. >> unbelievable video there. now for a look at what is trending today our quick roundup of what has you talking online. gawker says it was contacted by a tipster who claims to have hacked into mitt romney's personal hotmail account. the self-described hacker says all it took was a correct guess on the familiar security question, what is your favorite pet.

the alleged breach is reportedly under investigation. singer/song writer john mayer tells rollingstone.com he was humiliated by taylor swift's song dear john which severely dresses down a former lover. swift and mayer were romantically linked before the release. he said it caught him off guard when he was down. he also called dear john an example of cheap songwriting. and as we mentioned earlier people.com is reporting that miley cyrus is engaged. the 19-year-old former hannah montana star has been dating hunger games star liam hemsworth for three years. people says he popped the question last week. cyrus tweeted this morning that life is beautiful. it is 8:04 right now. you're up to date. let's go back outside to stephanie. she's got a check of our weather for us. >> "today's weather" is brought to you by the american cancer society. the official sponsor of birthdays. >> ironically, a couple here dating since eighth grade, just

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it's almost 8:10. this morning on "today's update," the man featured in the tlc documentary "the 650 pound virgin." we first met david smith three years ago, after he lost more than 400 pounds. but now, like millions of americans, he is struggling with his weight once again. nbc's janet shamlian sat down with him for an exclusive interview. >> it was a staggering weight loss. when david smith was on "today" in 2009, he had dropped more than 400 pounds. by his own description, the phoenix man who at one point tipped the scales at 650 pounds, went from dud to stud. >> you confident you can keep the weight off now? >> i sure hope so. >> but it was easier said than done. this is david today. he has regained over 300 of the pounds he worked so very hard to lose.

david, we last saw you three years ago. you'd lost more than 400 pounds. you seem to be doing great. were you? >> i wasn't doing too well. i looked really good on the outside. but inside, i was a terrible mess. >> for awhile david kept up appearances. he made new friends. got a job as a personal trainer at a gym. and he even met his first, and current girlfriend megan. david smith had turned his life around. or so he thought. at your thinnest, when you looked in the mirror, what did you see? >> i saw somebody that didn't know who they were. all my life, i was this monster in my head, and all of a sudden, to be, you know, this good-looking guy, it blew my mind away. i didn't know how to deal with

it. >> despite several painful surgeries, he still had folds of excess skein. unhappy with how he looked, david turned to alcohol and drugs for awhile. and then, turned back to food. >> i'd eat in my car before i'd get home. or, you know, if everybody is out, i'd go and eat something really quick, and then throw it away before they would come home. >> you had to know that as you were tipping the scale the other way again, that with every bite you took you were undoing so much hard work. >> yeah. it was -- it was tough. you know, a lot of people were counting on me to be inspiring. and i didn't want to let anybody down. but i just felt so bad, and i didn't know how to cope.

>> but he couldn't hide his appearance. david was quickly regressing into the man he thought he'd left behind. >> i've gained more than 250 pounds in two years. and with all that extra weight so quickly added to my body, i don't know how i'm still living right now. >> it sounds life threatening. >> it is. it really is. and the way i'm going, i'm not going to live for too much longer. >> is that what you think? >> you know when your body's making a turn for the worst, and i felt it before i went on the 650 pounds, and you know, i'm feeling it again at 500. >> embarrassed by what happened, david, for the most part, disappeared from view. he lost his job, and his close friendship with his trainer chris was frayed. david says he even considered taking his own life.

he does still have megan. but he fears losing her, too. >> her support means the world to me. you know. i love her so much. and i know i've been through a lot. she stayed by my side through everything. >> after hitting rock bottom, at about 535 pounds, david says he has started anew. he's back in the gym, and determined to lose all that weight all over again. he'll use the lessons learned from last time, along with something he didn't have last time. megan. >> he is really, finally ready for it this time. this is the moment i've been waiting for since he started gaining, for him to really want to be healthy again. >> david knows he's not alone in regaining lost weight. and he realizes the road ahead is another long one. this time, though, he feels

certain that change will be for good. >> as much as you've worked on the outside, you have to work on the inside. and if your foundation isn't built up, you're just going to crumble down. unfortunately, i fell down. but i know i can climb back up. >> for "today," janet shamlian, nbc news, phoenix. >> and we are all definitely rooting for him. janet, by the way, asked david what he wants for his future? and he said he's not a selfish person. he just wants a life. we're going to switch gears and coming up next we're going to catch up with legendary actress jane fonda. right after this. [ music plays, record skips ] hi, i'm new ensure clear. clear, huh? my nutritional standards are high. i'm not juice or fancy water, i'm different. i've got nine grams of protein. twist my lid. that's three times more than me! twenty-one vitamins and minerals and zero fat! hmmm. you'll bring a lot to the party.

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that's a powerful scene. a little out of context there. but to give it some context, grace, the woman you play, is this free spirited, artist, living in -- >> thinking woodstock. >> what drew you to want to play her? >> well, it's a movie, you can't tell it from that scene, there's a lot of laughter in there. >> there is a lot of laughter. and also made me cry i want to say. >> i love movies that make you laugh and make you cry and are about universal things and in this particular case about love and forgiveness. and you come out of the movie feeling good. and you know, we can't put enough love and forgiveness out there in the atmosphere. i wanted to do that. especially working with catherine keener and directed by bruce beresford who did tender mercies and driving miss daisy. so it was a really great experience. >> and touches emotions top to bottom. but i understand that you had to actually need some help from catherine keener -- >> i never was a hippie. people thought that's what i was. but keener far more hippie than i. she told me what music to listen

to. and you know, there's a -- i have to say something to jeffrey dean morgan, you know, about how i was at the woodstock festival and my water broke, and she breeched, the baby breeched, keener breeched when -- who was it that played the star spangled banner? i can't remember. >> you mean in the movie? >> no, no, at the woodstock festival. >> hendrix. >> jimi hendrix played the star spangled banner. she brought me the documentary so i could see that. no wonder my water broke. what an amazing experience. so she helped me understand what that was all about. >> the music. >> my character is kind of stuck in 1969, and i've done things that my daughter hasn't forgiven me for and i haven't seen her in 20 years. never met my grandchildren. and suddenly at the beginning of the movie she arrives on my doorstep, and it's about how we deal with each other after all this time as a family. >> it's so powerful, i have to, i really did, i am a softy, but

i cried because of some of these central messages about forgiveness. and how to finally let go of the burden that we feel, the anger we sometimes feel with our own parents. i mean, has this been a theme for you in your own life? >> you think? oh, i wouldn't know anything about that. you know, i had the issue with my father. i kind of, because a lot of people have made a parallel with "on golden pond" where he's the elder and katherine hepburn and i'm the kind of struggling child. now i'm the elder, and trying to make amends with my children. and then, you know, i have a daughter, too, and we've had issues. >> mm-hmm. >> so it's an old story. >> but it's not an old story in the sense that it's a story that's true, a constant for all of us, and one of the other constants is what grace says to her granddaughter at one point. or actually her granddaughter, that's right, at one point -- >> played by elizabeth olson, by the way. >> who does a really great job. and so she talks about how, her, this grand daughter has done something that, that grace doesn't love and she said, talks about how when things don't go

right you don't always know where things are going and things are don't you always have to accept that because that's where the transformation occurs. >> right. it's when you're not, you're kind of in a void and you don't quite know what's happening. and if you're quiet and you pay attention, that is, you know, that's when you get a chance to become a better person, and a stronger person. the movie opens this week. nationwide. it's exciting. and i think it's going to be really good. >> it is a good movie. hopefully it will do really well. this idea of transformation seems like your middle name. you, you keep transforming over and over again. we just saw these pictures of you at the cannes film festival. you wowed everyone yet again. >> and it's funny, because you know, i'm 74. when i was supposed to be glamorous, i wasn't. so it's kind of like -- >> i thought you were glamorous. why would you say that? >> i don't know. >> you didn't embrace glamorous? >> i didn't pay any attention. >> you're just naturally glamorous. >> i work for l'oreal and i was in cannes working for l'oreal. and i'm kind of an ambassador

and we were with alec baldwin. >> you're saying now at your age now to be glamorous you're saying it's a bit of a surprise? >> when you say -- >> well, it's kind of fun. you know i'm old enough so i can say, isn't that interesting? the old broad fooled them again another year. you know. walking down the red carpet. why not? you know, i think it -- it gives women hope to know that you can be older and you can still have a robust, love-filled, kind of interesting sexy life. >> mm-hmm. what has been your secret to that? >> attitude. attitude. you could look young, and you can be perfect in some ways, but if you don't -- you know, that's what the movie says. the importance of having love. and it doesn't have to be a lover. in my case it is. but it's also children. your friends. i mean, my women friends, you know, allow me to sit up straight and have starch in my spine, love a loving social network. it's so important when you get

older. and i think that that's what allows you to radiate things and look attractive. >> do you -- do you think about a bucket list for you? do you think about what's ahead? >> i'm through most of them. yeah, no. when ted turner and i split up i made a bucket list and i've gone through all of scuba diving, and the great barrier reef, hiking to machu picchu. you know, i've done most of them. >> keep going. >> a tv series will be next. >> all right. jane fonda, thank you.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am lisa robinson. let's check in the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> earlier accident in white marsh still causing delays, but they. -- they are improving. we have some fire department activity in the balkan region. outer loop past items 17, watch for crash, and delays leading up to it.

northbound approaching the beltway southwest, accident clearing. southbound 295 just past the beltway. this is what it looks like in the white marsh area. let's take a look as we switch over to the greenspring area. going away from us is. -- is inner loop traffic. >> we are off to a quiet start. this system may produce showers. it has warmed up quickly at the airport. north.n the 50's 56 degrees in taneytown. mixture of sunshine and clouds, just a 30% chance for rain shower. most of you will have a dry de. will warm up nicely going

into the weekend. centreville and senate, mid- 80's, perhaps close to 90. >> thank you for joining us. nke bankunited o'clock 56.

8:30 now on a wednesday morning. the 6th day of june, 2012. right now our crowd, jada pinkett smith is here as part of her new movie "madagascar 3." we're excited to have her with us. she'll talk all about the movie and also her life with her husband, and her famous family

just ahead. meantime, i'm outside also on the plaza along with lester holt and our natalie morales. and you've got a lot more coming up. >> you smell that? >> i do smell it. >> barbecue in the air. we're throwing a barbecue battle here on the plaza, featuring two pit masters, and their best recipes for barbecue brisket. >> hmm. >> can't wait to taste the results. i'll be the judge of that. >> also coming up, jill martin's "steals & deals." she's got once again some incredible deals, discounted prices for you, everything from towels to jewelry to makeup to gifts for father's day. so we'll have that, as well. >> maybe even some gifts for somebody who is celebrating her birthday today. in fact, we want to mention yet again that it's a very important morning this morning around here at the "today" show our own natalie morales -- >> look at that. >> your children wanted to surprise you, natalie. >> oh, my gosh! >> happy birthday.

>> i kept calling the house this morning and nobody was answering the phone. >> no wonder. >> now i know why! hi. >> you're being serenaded. ♪ happy birthday to you >> congratulations, you guys. >> look at this. >> thank you. >> hey, josh -- >> have you been baby sitting? i was looking for you earlier. >> look at this. want to attack the cake? >> no. you don't want to smell it. >> -- >> it's a joke around here. >> we're glad you're sharing your special day with us. >> you guys. >> oh. >> now let's get a check of the weather. we've got stephanie abrams somewhere in this crowd. i know you're hungry for cake, stephanie. >> i am. i'm down here. we have a couple celebrating, i thought i'd get in with the whole madagascar thing it was just too much fun not to, what's been the best part of 59 years? >> all of them. >> oh, that's so sweet.

congratulations on your anniversary. let's have a look at the weather across the country. and we are going to see some showers through texas, the northwest, the northeast, still hot in the middle of the country. tomorrow pretty much the same old song and dance here across the majority of the country. >> good morning. a mixture of sun and clouds. there is a 30% chance we could see a couple of rain showers. >> lester over to you so i can big into some of that birthday cake. >> you're first in line behind me. up next, jada pinkett smith on her family, her marriage and her new movie. first, this is "today" on nbc.

back now at 8:35 with jada pinkett smith, a woman who does it all. from acting to singing, not to mention being a wife and a mother. she played, also, the outgoing hippo gloria in the new animated movie "madagascar 3: europe's most wanted." as her animal gang tries to get back home to new york city. let's take a look. >> oh, no, what do we do? >> all right, everybody, stand back. i've got this. never mind. >> oh, well you only get one chance at a first impression. >> jada pinkett smith, good morning. >> goomorning. >> i can't get over you being a hippo. it just does not compute. >> i have to reach inside to my inner hippo, you know. i really had to reach inside to

play gloria. but it's so much fun. and i love these madagascar movies and i hope we can do a fourth one. the third one is fantastic. >> really? yeah, in fact you've said to me you think it's the best one yet. one critic has said it's not a film, it's a freaky 3-d movie, the kind real people see and enjoy. >> yeah. i mean, the artwork and the painting, and the 3-d is so beautiful. i got to see it in 3-d first in cannes. it was just beautifully, just beautiful the aesthetics are just amazing. >> what's the best reaction you've ever gotten to the fact that you play a hippo? >> you know what? i have to say that gloria and i have a whole new fan base, nursery school kids. you know, when you meet other moms, and you're like, she played gloria in madagascar. the kids are like, oh, really! >> the story is they basically join a circus. >> country. >> and they're trying, as a way, as a ruse to get back to new york city. >> yes. >> and hilarity ensues. it's also kind of a real story about friendship, and being true to each other. >> always.

>> and true to yourself. >> always. and i would have to say even the story between mehlman and i, you have the honey moon phase of your relationship and now this is the phase in which you really have to work on love. and the honeymoon phase kind of fades away. >> mm-hmm. >> and so, i would say that's probably the most interesting part for this, mehlman and gloria story. >> that's right. that is one of the smaller stories within the broader context of the movie. you also are participating in something called red table top which i just heard about. >> yes. red table top. >> which is with your daughter, your mother, your daughter willow and you it's basically where you talk about relationships, your lives, and, and balancing fame, all those kinds of things. why did you decide you wanted to do this on the web? >> you know, we did it for mother's day. and look at my mother. she's so beautiful, isn't she? >> gorgeous. >> she's just amazing. she's my hero. i wanted an opportunity to -- people often ask me, how do you communicate with your family, how do you communicate with your

daughter? and i just felt like for mother's day, with all this technology that we have going on, how people feel like they can understand stories from one little sound bite, you know, the importance of actually sitting down and having an in-depth conversation with the people that you actually care about. and i'm telling you, i thought that i knew my mother and i thought that i knew my daughter. we sat down at that red table and i learn aid lot of things about them both that i did not know. and i was really a beautiful experience. and my daughter got to learn a lot about my mother and i. >> mm-hmm. >> because she didn't know our story. on it was the first time -- >> hopefully it inspires all of us, moms and daughters, to get down and have those kinds of kmpgss and not forget to have them. one of the things you learned from your daughter is something she said about fame that might have surprised you. >> you know it's interesting. it didn't. >> it didn't surprise you? >> that was one part i did know. >> she said basically the one thing she would change about her life is fame. >> yes. >> what was your sense -- >> i think for all of us, fame

can be difficult at times. you know. but she also said that she wouldn't want to change it because it gives her an opportunity to help change the world. right? so it's finding that balance of being able to keep yourself to own yourself, and also be able to give yourself to the public, as well. so you know, you have to learn how to balance it out. and i think all of us as famous people have gone through those transitions. >> yeah, because there's, there's this constant scrutiny, people want to know more about you know your personal life and you've said about that that you know your, your friendship with your husband has been one of the most important parts of your success in hollywood as a marriage. >> you have to be friends. you have to be the best of friends. it's a must. there's -- there's -- for me there's been no other component to the success. i look at my husband and see much more than a husband. much more than a husband. i mean, he's been a best friend. he's been a father. a brother. a psychiatrist.

i mean, you name it. you know, i -- i really look at him as a life partner. you know, because sometimes for us in our relationships, husband can be a very narrow definition. and so he's much broader than that for me. has to be. >> and he does the dishes? >> now that he doesn't do. >> okay, all right. all right. pushed that too far. >> yeah. >> jada pinkett smith. thank you. >> as always. >> i love talking to you. and, and congratulations on your life, we want to mention that "madagascar 3 kp europe's most wanted" opens in theaters on friday. what happens with technology that's supposed to help you make life less frustrating.

we're back at 8:43. we use technology to make our lives easier, right? what happens when those high tech devices get it wrong? >> that's right. and "today" national correspondent jenna wolfe decided to find that out.

jenna, good morning. >> good morning you guys have all experienced this, i have, as well, despite the fact that we are a society anxious to get more done in less time, technology can only do so much. has your gps ever taken you the wrong way? >> yes! >> do your smartphones auto correct? >> yes. >> get it wrong. >> all the time. >> you're going to be answering yes to a lot of these questions. sometimes fancier and faster can just drive you to tears. it's a high def, high fie, wild wi-fi world. but what happens when all this crazy technology takes the occasional day off? >> every time i type in xoxo, it comes up as socks. >> take auto correct. >> i was texting my friend and i said you're my best friend in the whole wide world. what chaim through is while wife worried. >> i'm taping, and it's auto corrected as hammocks. >> designed for the typo prone

oftentimes it sure does get it wrong. >> it turned sec in sex. >> its errors so outrageous there's even a damn you auto correct website. which gets plenty of laughs. >> you get a text from your dad, and it says this, your mom and i are going to divorce next month. and then the person says, what, why? call me, please. and then, i wrote disney, and this phone changed it. we're going to disney. >> people become so tethered to technology that we're relying on it nonstop. >> then there's gps. >> please proceed to the highlighted route. >> the remedy for directionally challenged. gone are the days of the map. it's a gps generation now, but sometimes your gps can run off course. >> left, and then left turn. >> she doesn't know what she's talking about. it's difficult when you've got kids in the back, you're trying

to hear what the woman's saying. she doesn't repeat it. and then you miss the turn and the kids are talking. and then we end up late. it's a little bit stressful. won't be taking that route again. >> and how about siri? >> are you angry with me, siri? >> i can't answer that. >> she's that helpful guide with a rather unpredictable disposition. how much wood would a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? >> don't you have anything better to do? >> and what about those magnetic hotel key swipe cards? >> sitting there at the door, waiting for that green light to go off. >> sure they're convenient. but have you ever noticed that they're always getting demagnetized and you're always getting locked out? >> they tell you don't put it in your wallet, right? but where else are you going to put it? i mean, it's shaped like a credit card. of course i'm going to put it in my wallet. completely -- >> you ever have trouble deciphering those characters designed to secure online

security. >> make it simple. >> typing in those odd combination of letters and numbers just to prove you're human. talk about hard to decipher. >> n-t-r-i-t-n? start over. i-i-v. >> nope. >> let's face it, in the great techie race, faster may not always be better. >> with a lot of audience participation you guys were all in agreement. here's some solid advice from the experts. do not rely solely on technology. we managed to survive on our human instinct for a very, very long time without machines doing all the thinking for us. >> -- google it. >> it might come up -- >> you had a cheering section here. >> yeah. all those things have happened. the one i love is when you're trying -- this happened the other day here at work. the computer wants you to change your pass word at the busiest time of your day and no matter what you put in, you did something wrong. lower case and the number first, then the number second.

>> and then you have to do all of the information all over again. >> why is it that one where they're trying to decode a pass word, why do they make it so funky. >> they want to make sure a computer is not signing up for it. but we're not that smart. i can't see and differentiate some of these letters from numbers. >> you need a pair of secret glasses to decode that. >> also i don't know why it is that the gps gets it wrong. is it because of some satellite, a lot of us don't even know how to use, use a map anymore. >> it has trouble with hills. i've been in san francisco and the hills sometimes and it misses up a quarter mile or two miles. >> it could be you. >> no, no, no. >> there's something wrong with the gps, jenna. >> you ever talk to your gps? >> well here's the thing. we picked five. we had about 20 of them. we picked five of the most annoying. >> you guys like five or six more pieces there. >> i know. >> all right. >> jenna, thank you so much. >> up next, a barbecue battle, no technology involved. live on the plaza.

"today's kitchen" is brought to you by kraft fresh taste. make something amazing. >> this morning on "today's kitchen," a barbecue battle on the plaza. the big apple barbecue block party is being held here in new york city this weekend. and we're getting a jump-start on things with two of the pit masters who will take part in the tenth annual event.

pat martin is from martin's barbecue joint in nashville. myron nixon is from destination america's barbecue pit masters. guys, good morning. great to have you here. >> great to be here. >> what's it like when you all get together at madison square park every year? is it a bit competitive? >> some. i mean, you want to try out the best products so you'll have the longest line. every barbecue pit master wants to have his back patted. >> it's more of a family atmosphere for us. it's not actual barbecue competition. we're just proud to be there. >> all right. i'm proud to have you both here. >> i want to win. >> well i don't know who is going to be -- i guess i'm the judge. you're making a red neck taco. >> i am. i'm going to rub this down with a rub first. the whole brisket. >> is that paprika? >> brown sugar, salt, all rub, apparently a salt and sugar base. you can put on your own ancillary stuff in there. then we're going to move over here. drop our corn bread batter here.

>> it's actually like a pancake. >> just like that. it's natural style. >> right. >> and i'm going to move this guy right here. so, what we like to do is we like to trim this brisket off right here, get some fat off, then we'll come through. slice it through. okay. then we'll usually turn these muscles, see how they go. >> right. >> right here near each other. slice that up real quick. >> nice and thin slice. >> nice and thin slice. i'm going to take these right here. >> you have cooked that for hours and hours, right? >> we cooked this brisket for close to 15 hours. >> this is not a simple snack. >> no, it's not. low and slow. >> coleslaw? >> it is coleslaw. then we're going to use our southern belle barbecue sauce. we drizzle that on. >> i'm going to have to use a fork here. >> yes, please do. >> a fork, and i'm not really the judge of this. i'm just hungry. okay?

oh, man that's good. hmm. i'll be right there. what do you got for us? what do you got for us? >> these are wagon briskets. have more fat content but the thing is you want to add as much flavor as you can. one of the things we like to do, we add our broth, beef broth injection. you go in about every inch, and you inject all over just like this. >> going to make it nice and moist. >> nice and moist. then you come in, you apply, everybody's secret rub. everybody's got the secret rub. >> you're not going to tell us what's in there? >> no, i can't do that. then it goes on the smoker. the one thing we do unique, we take the bottom cap off. this is on both sides. >> you put this over indirect heat? >> indirect heat. >> hours and hours? >> we do about a four hour brisket.

we're going to plate. look at that smoke ring right there. you didn't have that down there, did you? >> i love everybody. anybody that feeds me. >> then you come in, we have it plated here. now we have the natural drippings that come off the brisket. the natural drippings. and you dazzle them with this. you try that. >> and then what do you put -- >> potato salad on the side, right? let me try some of this. >> come on. come on. >> that -- what did you inject in there? >> that is a beef based broth. >> that made all the difference. it's juicy, it's tender. >> you need to be a judge on destination america. >> but i'm loving the tacos, as well. >> don't go down there. don't go down there. >> listen i'm loving you. >> a little bit more.

>> you have 30 seconds here. >> oh, guys. it's a tie. i'm a wimp. i'm a wimp. great to have you both. madison square garden all this weekend. big apple barbecue. thanks for coming by. good luck.

>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am lisa robinson. city police arrest a man after a massive protest in northwest -- massive drug bust in northwest baltimore. police say that the bus had more

than $75,000 of crack cocaine and heroin and a wide range of high-powered weapons. concerned residents

>> it is going to be another unseasonably cool day. high temperatures expected and the dealer-to-mid-70's. it will warm up into the 80s by the weekend. the weekend.