back now with more of today it is a monday morning, 22nd day of october, 2012. have a beautiful fall morning here on rockefeller plaza, a great crowd, lots of smiles, got some birthdays, got some babies, got some anniversaries. >> we have it all. >> a beautiful day. good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker around thousands of his screaming fans. there are some girl scouts behind me. coming up next, jenna bush hager is going to join us for our take three today, the perfect guest, because she is daughter of a president. we will ask her what she thinks about the first ladies debate. >> her mom did terrifically in

it. >> what first ladies debate, you might ask? have to stay tuned and find out about that. absolutely, then joy's healthy bite. that's right. we are going to find out about joy chewing over all your health headlines, including pink's big weight loss after having her baby. and then cashing in on those in-store credit cards and rewards cards. how you should get paid back for your loyalty. >> like the sound of that. first, a check of the day's top stories. natalie morales is at the news deck. >> good morning, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. new details about the wisconsin man accused of opening fire at a spa where his wife worked killing three women and wounding four others. police say 45-year-old radcliffe haughton had slashed his wife's tires earlier this month. she was granted a restraining order against him and haughton was barred from owning a firearm. he was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound inside the salon. the final countdown to election day is und warz the candidates face off in their

third and final debate tonight in boca raton, florida. the vase in a dead heat as a new nbc news/wall street journal poll showed the candidates tied, each with 47% among likely voters. you can watch tonight's debate at 9 eastern time/6 pacific here on nbc. lance armstrong's name is being erased from the record books. this morning, cycling's governing body agreed to strip the american of his seven tour de france titles and ban him for life. they accepted a report from the anti-dope willing agency that accused armstrong and his teams of using a massive doping program to gain an unfair advantage. a funeral will be held friday for former south dakota senator and democratic presidential candidate george mcgovern. he died sunday at a south dakota hospice. the proudly liberal vietnam war opponent lost to richard nixon in 1972. he was 90. new images this morning, former cuban leader fidel

castro, after more than a week of reports that he was gravely ill and near death. the 86-year-old published these photos of himself, including several in which he is seen reading friday's copy of a communist party newspaper. u.s. congressman jesse jackson will soon return to the mayo clinic, according to his father, the reverend jesse jackson. the democratic representative from i will on a medical leave from congress for four months has not yet indicated when he will return, releasing a robocall this weekend, asking his constituents for patience. jackson remains on the november 6th ballot for re-election. the halloween spirit dominated the weekend box office. "paranormal activity 4" debut in the top spot with $30 million in ticket sales. runner up was iran hostage drama "argo" and "hotel transylvania" came in third. firefighters came to the rescue in china when a 4-year-old boy got caught between two walls. he had fallen from his third floor balcony into the gap between the buildings and stuck

there for two hours until rescuers could make a big enough hole to get him out. he got some bumps and bruises but now is doing just type. very lucky little boy. it is 9:04 right now you go to al with a check of the weather. >> amazing story. >> yeah. >> thanks so much. see what we have got going for you. today, the pacific northwest and the west coast really under. they are going to be looking at a lot of heavy rain and mountain snows as well. we have winter weather advisories, winter storm warnings and winter weather watches stretching from central california all the way up into the western montana area. we are talking about snow above 6,000 feet, wind gusts of 40 to 60 miles per hour, even worse as you get higher up. snowfall amounts in the mountains there, we are talking about anywhere from six to 12 inches. locally, could be as much as 18 inches of snow and rain is going to be a big problem. one to three inches of rain from central california all the way >> expecting plenty of sunshine

today. temperatures are warming up. 68272 degrees later today. 80 time for the take three, we share our thoughts on the stories catching attention. joining us today, marm ma lachld no jenna bush hager. >> i thought i would pull a cee-lo and have a cat here. >> grew one cat names. >> grew up with cat names. nothing wrong with that. >> no, no. not at all. everyone did. >> not r did you see the first

lady debate? >> it was excellent. >> you know what, of course, there was no first lady do he bait, they'll to some of the folks jimmy kimmel found. take a look at this. >> who do you think won the debate between ann romney and michelle obama last night? >> i have to say michelle obama. she really did a lot better. her speech was more grafted in. you know , more finely well cut more experience as the president's wife as a political figure in the public limelight. just wasn't lot smoother for her, she is just more experienced at this time. >> who do you think won the debate last night between ann romney and michelle obama? >> definitely ann romney. i think she is very classy and wonderful dlachltd. >> anything she said during the debate in particular? >> no i just like how she looks. >> michelle. >> why do you say that? >> because i love her. >> you think she did a better job? >> yeah, absolutely. i mean, she is amazing. she -- yeah. she connected with people. that's what i felt.

>> was there anything in particular she said that spoke to you? >> no. in general, i just sauer a little bit of it to tell you honestly, i had something else going on, didn't see the whole debate but i sought personality came out you can the connection came out. she seemed more to the ground than ann. >> wow. >> wow. >> should be a first ladies debate. it would be interesting. >> i love that because that's exactly what i would do in third grade. did you see the movie over the weekend and i would say, yes, excellent. >> but these are adults. >> really elaborate. if your' gonna lie, i guess the theory is commit. the guy who is well cut -- >> finely dragrafted. >> this took place on earth two. >> the first lady and mrs. romney have been out a lot, making a lot of the rounds and so maybe people are getting a little confused. >> we are in an overly

politically heated environment now. >> educated. so, there's camera and they say, oh, yeah it was excellent and i love the guy that was just like it was just on in the background. >> but also shows you people believe what they believe and they are on the side they are on the doesn't matter. >> take two. >> all right. take two. this is interesting for the ladies. how women would see their perfect day. now, this is according to a study in the journal of economic psychology, surveyed about 900 women, average age of about 38. and topping the list, of course, getting a full, uninterrupted night of sleep, eight hours of sleep at least. here is the surprising factor, number two on that list, intimate relations, 106 minutes. that's one hour -- >> another 104. >> is this for real? 106 minutes? >> shopping way down. >> that would be every guy's perfect day. >> exercise. >> 106 minutes? >> yes.

>> who are these women? where are the kids on that list? i guess you don't want to spend any time with the kids. >> 68 minutes for exercise? >> al, you're the only guy in the group here. what is your ideal day look like? >> very much like that. >> 106 minutes probably not enough time. >> no i think it is the ability to spend free time, whatever you like to do to have it unincouple berred by your spouse or kids. >> some cases, you need your spouse. >> 106 minutes. >> or not. or a good book and there you go i think it just speaks to our lives, we are just so crazed right now, looking for time. >> 36 minutes working. i need to obviously rethink my workweek. because 36 minutes working is, even on a sunday, when you say you are work a lot more than 36 minutes? >> yeah, probably. >> the message is the more -- variety was most important. the more you do something, even if you really love what you're doing, after some time, just not

the same. >> even the 106 minutes? >> yeah. >> take three. now we have all been out on live shots. i don't think we have ever had anything happen like this. >> i'm scared to see this. >> these are cases -- >> robert doing a live shot at knbc, a cockroach -- >> slow-mo that. >> take a look. here we go. and on his shoulder. whoa. crawling around. the guy never misses a beat. >> okay. could you do that? >> no. >> could you keep talking? >> he must not have felt that. >> think the agoers pointed it out. accident feel it. that is why he was able to keep going. i'm sure he would have jumped out of his shoes. >> that's really bad. >> now you all imagine something happen during a live shot what is the worst, savannah that you -- >> when i was in college, i used to run cameras at the local pbs station. and i fainted live on the air. and so you didn't see any but the camera shot started floating

upward, the woman on tv goes, oh, my god. and that was the craziest thing. >> we need that. >> we actually is a good one from our pal, mark potter. take a look at this one. >> have now been oiled -- oh! oh! >> so i mean this one of my favorites. this reporter -- this weather person. can we rerack it? we jumped out of that for a second. he is doing his weather. he is doing his weather. >> oil. >> oh. >> mark potter? >> worth seeing again. >> and? >> oh, god. oh, my god! >> what is it? >> i love that. >> that would be my reaction. i actually, on a shoot, am allergic to cats, a whole different story. i know. i know.

>> bernadette. >> deep seeded issues. i'm alearnic to cats and i was on the shoot with this little girl and she gave me her farm cat, broke out in a horrible hive, eyes shut and i had to do the entire interview profile with this eye shut closed. >> all right, papa. >> but wait a second. i'm sorry, i need to go back to this. we just did a whole segment about cats. >> my cats have -- >> zyrtek. >> my cat is hypoallergenic. >> that's what he told you. >> when i adopted her. >> here is our bonus. last night, comedy central aired "the night of too many stars" in support of autism. earlier, we showed katy per write a young girl who did a beautiful duet with her. this is another side u this is america comes together, people would you never see together. here we have harvey kitele and carly rae jepsen doing "call me maybe."eitel and carly rae jepsen doing "call me maybe." ♪ don't ask me i will never

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♪ and feel like a green giant. ♪ ho ho ho ♪ green giant this morning on joy's healthy bite, everything from losing baby weight to the truth about chocolate. joy bauer has the latest health headlines. good morning. >> the latest and the greatest. >> start off with good news in the health world, cholesterol levels are going down. >> i love to bring good news a recent study reported in "jama," in the united states, american

adults have lowered their overall cholesterol by about ten points. also, our ldl, that's the bad cholesterol, has significantly drop and our hdl, the good guys, have gone up. while it's true that a lot of people are taking these statin drugs, cholesterol-lowering medication, it's important to point out that these scientists looked at everyone across the board. so people who weren't taking medication as well t is likely because, kudos to us, we are not consuming as much transfat, the toxic stuff. we are also pulling back on the junky refined carbs. and we are smoking less. and it is a good time to remind all adults over 20, you got to know your numbers. get your cholesterols checked at least every five years. >> exercise regularly as well? >> if it's high, exercise regularly, limit that fatty meat. whole milk, dairy products and pour on, shower your body with produce. >> sounds good. now to astudy.

we will loft author of this chocolate boosts brain power but not all chocolate? >> we know the new recipient for the nobel prize of this year. this scientist out of columbia university found there is a strong, powerful correlation between countries that eat the most chocolate and produce the most nobel prize winners. and of course, switzerland is way at the top. and they eat about 26 pounds of chocolate per person per year. so i think americans have to get competitive here. got to -- >> are you encouraging us to eat chocolate? >> i am. >> but -- >> dark chocolate because the brain-boosting compounds called and a half vin floyd most concentrated in dark chocolate. pick dark chocolate that is at least 70% back coo or cocoa, because it is caloric, i want to show you something. for a thin clock late bar about it is about the size of a credit card. >> 26 pounds of chocolate would

be lot. we are talking about just this, right, given quantities? >> feeling a chemistry award for you next year. >> i can definitely do this i do have my little bit of dark chocolate every night. i'm on that study already. >> i love t another great study. shows that people who sit at their desk are actually doing -- putting themselves at a lot of risk to their health. >> this is worrisome. researchers out of the uk found if you sit for prolonged periods of time, talking about people who sit at a desk job or spend a lot of time in the car, natalie, they have doubled the risk for heart disease, diabetes and even death. what's important to point out here is if you have a desk job and you sit all day long and you hit the gym later in the evening regularly, you are still at risk. so i think the big take away here is as much as you exercise already, we have to get up and move during the day. so if you sit at a desk, set your phone alarm for every hour,

get up and just stretch, walk to the bathroom, have a walking meeting if the weather permits, instead of sitting meeting. >> lunch, take a walk. >> east coast/west coast flight international, walk the aisle. >> flight attendants love that last but not least, celebrity health news, pink looks amazing. showing off her post-baby weight. she lost over 50 pounds? >> yes. so she admittingly had gained 55 pounds with her pregnancy. she and had the baby a year and a half ago and what i love most about this story is she shows us that all celebrities don't snap back immediately. she took her time. she did it the right way. it was slow. it was steady. it was sane. and she really embraced a vegetarian-style diet. we know that is good for the environment. good for our body to get so many health perks out of t exercising about a hour a day. i think she looks better now than she ever looked. >> she truly does. that new mama glow. joy bauer, thanks so much. coming up, how to make the

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this morning in "today's" kitchen, what's on the menu? turkey burgers with a pumpkin spice shake. spike mendelssohn is chef and owner of washington, d.c. restaurant, good stuff eateries and on the show "after top chef." good to see you. >> good to see you. >> they give you a hard time. what is up with that? >> they do maybe jealous. >> hating. >> they are hating had. i feel like i'm behaving on the show. pretty good. >> and nobody is going to hate you after this turkey burger. >> yes this turkey burger, great fall recipe. we got a little brown but thor in here, add a little bit of sellry. >> the knock on turkey burgers, they are kind of dry. >> they are. people always ask me, one of the biggest things with turkey burgers they can turn out dry, kind of saw dust sort trick is to add a little bit of love to t all about the love, right? a little bit of pepper. see that? >> what are we making here? >> just adding some flavor, some

apples, some school yip, celery, marinate it buzz this, got some mango and chipotle in here to give it spice. let's turn this thing on, i have used one of these before. go you eat turkey burgers? >> you know, because of the dryness, i -- >> the dryness? >> i'm a little skeptical. >> got to fix now. can you mix that around for me? you know you like cooking with me. >> i do. >> shake it a little bit what you're going to do is cook this down a little bit, let all the flavors develop, get the seasonings and then you are left with this beautiful little mixture here. >> that's nice. >> going to take the turkey, add a bit of lemon juice. >> white turkey meat or dark? >> this is white, you can tell because it is a little bit pale. dark just seems to be a little bit dryer usually. >> interesting, i would have thought it would be the opposite u >> the flavor is a little bit gamier, just slightly you not that big of a difference. just going to add some of this love over here, going to mix it up. just like that.

like this? >> that looks awfully moist. >> it does, right? >> so the thing is like you don't want to get it too wet so they fall apart when you cook in the pan, wet enough, you can see we have some over here so just step over here. >> come on. so, all right, the turkey burgers, cooking, got to be rel really delicate with them, moist, break apart, add delicious carmelized onions on top of these. >> how much on both sides? how long do you cook? >> i think three minutes, turkey, poultry, tough cook it to well done. >> sure. >> not like a big you can keep that nice medium rare and why. add a little brie cheese on top of there. >> nice. >> all right. just melt it. >> you cover it up. >> voila. doesn't that look delicious? nice and melty. >> look at the translucency -- >> that's what i love. >> like screaming. so i got two different buns, a brioche bun, which you can find pretty much anywhere. >> sure. >> but just to switch things up a little bit --

>> hi. >> i got a little bit of cinnamon toast over here just because it is seasonal, i think it complements the brie a little bit. just toast those off. >> yummy. >> try it there. >> sold on the turkey burger? >> well, i'm thinking i'm going to be. >> if you put cheese on it. the onions and all that. >> looking really juicy on the inside. that is great. what is in the shake, spike? >> the shake is a toasted pumpkin marshmallow shake. >> what goes into that? >> simple. take the great seasonal mushrooms you find in the stores, roast them and then we just mix when this a little pumpkin puree, a little bit of milk, blend them up. >> really yummy. >> a great seasonal pear salad. >> spike mendelssohn, thank you so much. "life after top chef" wedges nights at 10. >> coming up, barry manilow. [ male announcer ] connoisseurs of flavor.

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