>> we're back with more off "today" monday morning 13th day of august, 2012. we just had great music from the fray on the plaza kicking off music. we'll talk to the guys in the band in a couple minutes.

i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> big news in the entertainment world. jennifer aniston got engaged after dating her boyfriend for more than a year. he popped the question, she said yes. we've got the details and get all up in their business. >> get all up in their grill. who is going to be the next mark zuckerberg. there's a new show sets out with tech visionaries. only 20 get a chance to make dreams a reality. we're going to meet one of the impressive entrepreneurs coming up and two impressive junk olympians, cullen jones and katie ledecky will be joining us as well. they will be hanging around to help us out during the next hour. >> all right. first let's say hi to the folks from the fray. guys, welcome back. it's great to have you here. >> nice shoes. >> somebody has been dipping into the olympic swag bag. where did you come up with these

things? >> called a friend at nike. just need to play a little faster on the "today" show. >> that's cool. how are you guys doing? you're on tour with kelly clarkson as savannah mentioned. how is it going? >> really well. >> how did that come about? >> we did a christmas show in december in chicago. we were working out chestnuts and we were like, dude, kelly should totally sing on this. >> you guys have been together ten years. you started the band in denver. a band is like a relationship. are you pretty proud of yourself you've lasted 10 years. >> we've been through a lot of therapy. >> what do you do in ten years, a gift? >> silver, paper? >> i don't know what ten is. it's therapy, the therapy gift. >> aluminum. >> a watch. >> you know what it is, it's bright colored shoes. congratulations. >> can we also mentioned since

you're from the denver area, we know the shooting in aurora hit close to home and you want to make sure people don't forget that. >> we're all sort of reeling from that still. we reached out to the governor and asked them what we could do. there's an organization called giving first.org so we're donating the royalties of that song we played before to help out and trying to get other folks, too. that'she big thing. >> guys, always good to have you here. appreciate it. come back soon. >> thanks. >> go inside, natalie with a check of the headlines. natalie. >> thanks, matt, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney and his newly minted running mate paul ryan are looking to divide and conquer today. romney heads to florida and ohio as ryan travels to iowa after the two campaign together over the weekend. while ryan is bringing some much needed buzz to the romney campaign, romney is distancing himself from some of ryan's more austere economic policies.

meantime president obama spent the weekend at fundraisers at his chicago home calling ryan a, quote, ideological leader of congressional republicans. the olympic flame has been extinguished and the torch has been passed onto rio as the london games came to a star-studded close sunday night. if the spice girls reunion wasn't enough u.s. came out on top with the most medals. as for great britain, their finest olympic performance in more than a century. chad johnson formerly known as chad ochocinco out of a job. the miami dolphins dropped the receiver a day after his arrest in the domestic battery arrest of his wife. he's accused of head butting his wife sending her to the hospital with a head laceration. he was released on a $2500 bond sunday barely a month after he married in a lavish caribbean ceremony. and it is official, jennifer aniston, actress screen writer

justin theroux are engaged. seven years after her split with brad pitt, the 43-year-old actress will walk down the aisle again. for theroux's 41st birthday, aniston accepted his proposal. we'll have much more on this coming up shortly. the first large national study on the impact of anti-junk food laws finds they might actually help curb childhood obesity. researchers found in states where unhealthy snacks and drinks are restricted in schools, children gained less weight from 5th through 8th grades. children who were overweight or obese in 5th grade were more likely to reach a healthy weight by the 8th grade. bornee replaced batman, the bourn legacy took over the top spot with $40 million in ticket sales. political comedy "the campaign" debuted in second and "the dark knight rises" fell to third place. a fisherman trying to shoot a peaceful scenic video off the

ocean off the coast of british columbia was very rudely interrupted, a humpback whale had to get in on the action. perfect timing for the voographer. that's a perfect shot. six minutes past the hour. back to al with a check of the weather. >> what's a word for cheese. we have katie ledecky and cullen jones helping us with the weather. let's go to the map. a risk of strong storms from evansville indiana, tornado, damaging winds, mostly a lot of heavy rain. look at it already firing up. looking at heavy thunderstorms down through paducah, little rock, all the way up into central and northern indiana making its way into ohio. rainfall amounts anywhere from three to five inches. generally about one to two >> good morning.

the humidity will be in the comfortable range. a mixture of sun and clouds. . >> all right. that's your latest weather. no pressure, cullen. she did great. >> she did. >> okay. >> that's your weather. back to you, natalie. >> well done, cullen. thanks so much. more now on the news that has hollywood buzzing. jennifer aniston getting ready to tie the knot again. this time with fellow actor justin theroux. >> i do. >> a real wedding in the works for jennifer aniston, the star of friends who everyone came to know as rachel. for aniston's boyfriend justin

theroux, birthday of a lifetime. the couple were celebrating his birthday friday night when aniston accepted his proposal. he called it an extraordinary gift. >> fans will be breathing a sigh of relief, probably opening champagne themselves. they have been waiting for their friend, jennifer aniston, to find mr. right. >> you can really get trapped -- >> reporter: aniston and theroux started dating a year ago making the comedy "wanderlust." this will be aniston second marriage and theroux's first. she famously married pitt and the couple spent years on the a list. aniston got as much attention for the marriage as the breakup. the couple split in 2005 when pitt became involved with angelina jolie. trio became fodder for tabloid for years. while pitt moved on very publicly, to many it seemed like aniston could not.

>> america has been worried about jenn. they felt she got jilted by brad pitt when he left her and became involved with angelina jolie. >> despite the jilted lover persona that plagued aniston, she was in several high-profile romances following her break up with pitt with vince vaughn and john mayer. when those relationships didn't last, it created a lingering question, would jenn ever marry again. >> when she met justin theroux and they came out as a couple after they filmed "wanderlust" together, i think people really thought he could be the one. they want her to find happiness. and now it looks like she has. and bonnie fuller is the executive editor of hollywoodlife.com. in los angeles, jason kennedy, a reporter for e!. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you. tell me what we're able to find out about this proposal. >> we don't know a lot. these are two private people. i remember the first time i met

justin theroux i couldn't get him to say jennifer aniston's name in the interview. they have a mutual agreement, mutual understanding they are going to keep their private life private. having said that, we know it was this past friday, his 41st birthday. he flew to wilmington, north carolina where she's doing a movie now. the most important part, natalie, she said yes. >> exactly. justin theroux may not be a name a lot of people are familiar with besides being in that movie "wanderlust" with jennifer aniston. what else has he done and who is he. >> when they first started dating, everyone was saying who is this guy. he's successful in the industry, a successful screen writer, did screen play for tropic thunder, "iron man 2," rock of ages. as an actor, american psycho, mulholland drive, most recently "wanderlust." there was a misconception they met on the set of wanderlust. they have known each other for many many years.

if you saw the movie, you could see sparks were flying. the chemistry was undeniable. >> bonnie, you talked about in the piece about how happy fans must be for jennifer aniston. how is it for the fans? what are they saying about this marriage to happen? >> they are saying hurray. they are so happy that their best friend has finally met a man who can be her match again. now, the speculation is going to begin quick. when will the wedding be, what will she wear, what will the gown be and are they going to have a baby. >> a lot of people thinking is she going to get married first or angelina and brad beat her. you can't bring this marriage up without thinking angelina jolie and brad pitt as well. >> it's funny coincidentally there were a lot of rumors there was going to be a wedding between brangelina this weekend. instead no wedding but an engagement for jenn. so there will be, in the fans' mind, a race to the altar. >> jassin you talked about justin theroux, you interviewed him.

what is he like about a person. you said he's very private. what do you know about him? >> really, really nice. a generous guy, charming guy. i enjoyed his company. i asked him specifically you're entering into a new phase where your relationship is going to be everywhere, it already is everywhere. he told me something very interesting. it feels like there's another me, another him living out there in the media right now. this is a big adjustment for him. >> certainly going to be finding out a lot more about the two of them. bonnie, jason, appreciate it. >> thanks, natalie. coming up next, what were you doing when you were 20? we're going to show you budding entrepreneurs making their dreams a reality. later on how to pull off the hottest trends in fall fashion but first these messages. le! lawn clippings! a mattress. a sausage link. mermaid. honey!? driftwood. come on, you gotta help us out here a little. [ male announcer ] febreze eliminates odors and leaves carpets fresh. ♪

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meantime just ahead this morning still from printed pants to leather leggings, there are some tricky trends you'll be seeing in stores for fall. we'll show you how to wear them so they don't wear you. >> why are you laughing? >> tricky trends. >> you're just happy you don't have to try it. >> al doesn't have to worry about that. >> if you can't stand the heat, get into the kitchen. sweet and smoky barbecue flavor. katie ledecky sticking around. i hope she likes to cook. >> i hope she doesn't get her medal in the sauce. >> detective nick burkheart, descendant of the brothers grimm who can see and fight evil creatures but lives among us. last season he learned his mother who we thought was actually dead is still alive. season two upon us. a lot of surprises? >> a lot of surprises. i meet my mom. i don't really like her because she pretended to be dead for a long time.

>> some mom issues. >> you have to work through that in therapy. >> exactly. years of therapy. that's season three. and then, yeah, just a lot of surprises. my girlfriend is in a coma right now. >> i guess a cat scratched her or enchanted cat. >> an enchanted cat scratched her and she's kind of gone under. hopefully she wakes up but we'll kind of find out. >> the great thing about this, the show doesn't look like anything else. the location. >> we shoot this in portland. all of the fairy tales were set in the black forest in germany. the forest in portland is perfect for this. this rain forest dripping with moss. it's beautiful. >> some kind of describe this show as a crime show, fairy tale matchup. >> i've heard "law & order" special fairy tales. i didn't coin that so i can't take it. it's similar to that.

i play a cop who finds out he's a descendant of the grim brothers. he can see monsters. they mate me and try to kill the grimms. a lonely existence. more to talk about in therapy. >> good luck to that. grab a couch here, we don't charge. the season premier of "grimm" airs at 10:00, 9:00 central. >> thank you s >> good morning. there is a little bit of cloud cover in some areas. partly to mostly sunny.

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we're not talking belly baring. >> people think crop top and think bared mid rift. it's the length of the short. it's from forever 21, under 20 bucks. the key to pulling it off is material. you don't want a structured crop top but with movement and flowy. the bottom is key. you want to pair crop top with a high wasted bottom, a pair of shorts, pants or high-wasted pencil skirt. it looks really, really beautiful. i think she looks fabulous. pops of color makes it punchy. >> it looks fantastic on her. she's got the body for it. >> she does. >> claudia, thanks so much. looks gorgeous. next the printed pant trend. >> yes. >> this is something we saw spring and summer so continuing into the fall as we see on gina. >> absolutely. you saw a lot of printed denim, maybe feel young, maybe more age appropriate for your daughter. if you want to pull off printed

pants look for a trouser style like this, j. crew. $88. if you're new to prints, start with classic color combinations, black and white. basic and simple. when you pair it with a great sweater, necklaces and bold pop of color of the shoe, the look is anything but boring. i think she looks fantastic in this. if you feel at vedventurous may printed top. next leather. >> leather. >> leather leggings. that's a look you're seeing everywhere, especially colored leather. >> typically you think of leather as kind of rock stars on stage but now you're seeing leather as a basic. everyone has their favorite pair of black stretchy cotton legsings. why not trade in the fall for something with way more style, these are $34.95. they are edgy so balance with

feminine pieces, a t-shirt, blazer. it helps add a lady like quality to your leather so you don't feel like a rock star on stage like milk jagger. a great pulled together look. a leopard flat. i love my leopard and leather. >> i think the key is a longer shirt. >> when you're wearing leggings, you want it to cover midsection and butt. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> last tricky trend, ankle straps. >> ankle straps. >> a lot of women may not know this. ankle straps a shorter leg or heavier, maybe afraid to wear. >> absolutely, with good reason. if you're shorter and have short legs you don't want to cut anything off. when you're doing the ankle strap trend, huge for the fall, look for an ankle strap that's really thin. this is from nine west. it's really delicate, a quarter inch wide. you want to avoid chunky ankle straps. you want to pair with skirts and

dresses so you can show off detail. i actually was talking to a famous shoe designer. he told me when you wear ankle straps you want it to delicately drape not choke. think of the difference between that visual. abbey looks fantastic. i love the idea of color blocking also going into fall a huge trend. she looks absolutely fantastic. >> let's bring all our models out for the last look wearing the trends so well. not so tricky when you put them together. thanks so much. up next, summer barbecuing indoors with mouth watering ribs right after this. here's my morning routine. gotta start the day off right. wardrobe. cute. then new activia breakfast blend. a great way to help start the day. mmm... creamy lowfat yogurt with grains in yummy breakfast flavors, like apple cinnamon. its hearty, with twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt and helps regulate your digestive system. our morning routines are important, aren't they?

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it's too hot, you don't want to fire up the grill. >> for me i live in new york city. i don't have access to the grill. that's what's driven by love for indoor barbecue, finding a way for smoke flavors without the outdoor grill. >> you like grilling. >> i like it. >> you like ribs. find out what kind of ribs. >> spare ribs. really, really great for nice easy cooking at home. i'm a big fan of making your own rub. >> okay. >> every great rub starts with a base of sugar and salt. brown sugar, salt. a few more unique ingredients. cumin, smoked paprika, that smokeness. th smokiness. you want to helm help me? >> sure. >> we shouldn't be surprised. >> both sides. >> both sides. >> you take the membrane off the back? >> i usually ask the butcher to

do it. it makes a difference. i highly recommend it. if you can put your butcher to work, by all means. these go into the oven, all those smoky flavors. a nice big foil pact. >> a big pork hobo pack. >> absolutely. >> these will go 275 for two to two and a half hours. >> in other words, katie, you could do these and go work out. you're swimming while they are cooking. >> take a look at this. you can see how the rub has permeated the meat, looks amazing. at this point a homemade barbecue sauce. >> do that while you're cooking. >> absolutely. we started with molasses in a pan here. i'll let katie add this. accumulated juices from my ribs going in the oven. applesi appleci apple cider.

these are all from your pantry. you want to stir this, katie. this is grated garlic. i'm a huge fan of grating garlic on a micro plane before the sauce. this is a tablespoon of the rub so it allows the flavors to play well with one another. we'll let this reduce, thicken up. then we'll throw our ribs on an indoor cast iron grill. this looking great, a nice char. we're going to slather these ribs with this homemade barbecue sauce. a lot of people are in the camp of either using a rub or a sauce. >> you like to do both. >> i like to do both. >> more is more. >> more is more. these are going to char beautifully, obtaining smoky flavors. >> if you had a wagner power painter. >> there's something therapeutic about brushing it on. >> head to the back. you have sides here.

>> a nice corn salad. same thing with the corn, charred it on the grill. add this, basil vinegarette, fresh basil, apple cider, garlic, pantry staples. >> toss that. >> toss that. >> baked beans, also fantastic. you can make them in a dutch oven or crockpot. my trick using an applewood smoked bacon to implement smoky flavors. this is as eas barbecue gets and it all happens indoors. >> are you going to try this. >> are you going for a rib, katie? >> sure. >> if you're going for a rib, i'm going, too. here we go. >> luckily i got the small one. >> petite. >> that you so much. up next, more music from the fray. but first this is "today" on nbc. ♪

>> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> our special guest, katie ledecky. >> great job. >> we would have you back but you've got school starting. >> the 27th. >> you've outdone yourself, swim for a gold medal and make ribs and this delicious salad. >> very impressed. >> it is impressive. you've got your required reading list done. >> i'm working on it. almost done. >> summer concerts kicked off with a grammy nominated band, the fray. >> they are currently on tour promoting their latest album, scars and stories. >> here they are. ♪ ♪ we're on an open-bed truck on the highway ♪

♪ rain is coming down and we're on the run ♪ ♪ think i can feel the breath in your body ♪ ♪ we gotta keep on running till we see the sun ♪ ♪ oh, you gotta fire and it's burnin' in the rain ♪ ♪ thought that it went out ♪ ♪ but it's burnin' just the same ♪ ♪ and you don't look back not for anything ♪ ♪ 'cause love someone love them all the same ♪ ♪ if you love someone love them all the same ♪ ♪ oh, i feel your heartbeat and oh, you're comin' around ♪ ♪ comin' around comin' around ♪ ♪ if you can love somebody love them all the same ♪ ♪ you gotta love somebody love them all the same ♪ ♪ i'm singing, oh i'm feeling your heartbeat ♪ ♪ i'm tryin' to put it all back together ♪

♪ i've got a story and i'm tryin' to tell it right ♪ ♪ i've got the kerosene and the desire ♪ ♪ i'm trying to start a flame in the heart of the night ♪ ♪ oh, you gotta fire and it's burnin' in the rain ♪ ♪ thought that it went out ♪ ♪ but it's burnin' just the same ♪ ♪ and you don't look back not for anything ♪ ♪ 'cause love someone love them all the same ♪ ♪ if you love someone love them all the same ♪ ♪ oh, i feel your heartbeat and oh, you're comin' around ♪ ♪ comin' around comin' around ♪ ♪ if you can love somebody love them all the same ♪ ♪ you gotta love somebody love them all the same ♪ ♪ i'm singing, oh i'm feeling your heartbeat ♪

♪ i know the memories rushing into mind ♪ ♪ i want to kiss your scars tonight ♪ ♪ i'm laying here 'cause you've gotta try ♪ ♪ you've gotta let me in let me in ♪ ♪ oh, i feel your heartbeat and oh, you're comin' around ♪ ♪ comin' around comin' around ♪ ♪ you love somebody you gotta ♪ ♪ you gotta love somebody you gotta ♪ ♪ i'm singing oh, i feel your heartbeat ♪ ♪ all your heartbeat

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