welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, february the 21st, 2013. inside studio 1a, i'm willie geist with al roker and natalie morales and tv host, a model, christie. >> thank you for having me. >> can i apologize for shattering your dream and what we're staring at here. we will get to that in a second. men's man cans with things on there i'm not -- >> mantihose. >> al wanted me to ask you, apparently you were in some magazine last week.

we have a photograph, "sports illustrated," is that what you were telling me? >> i had been thinking "field and stream." this one was good, too. >> in the waders. >> don't act like this is your first time seeing it, al. >> that was easter island? >> easter island, yes. i never dreamed of going there. you have footage, too. >> we have it all. >> oh, my. it's crazy. i shot with david burton, amazing and so crazy and comfortable. >> how uncomfortable? >> razor blades on your bum bum. it was very painful. >> that's a rap song. >> it was a great wrap name. >> it's your fourth "sports illustrated" swimsuit issue. do you ever feel more comfortable in your own skin? >> every single year it gets easier. every single year it gets easier to sit here. i came last year for the issue as well. it gets better every year, you're just more comfortable. i'm 27 now. a lot of girls start when

they're 18. i can't imagine how nervous i would have been when i was 18. >> congratulations. you're engaged to be married. >> i am. >> your fiance is over there. >> a legend over there. funny, looks like he's getting ready for a wedding standing over there at that long wedding table. >> you might talk to colin. >> this is a question you hate being asked. i will ask you any way. do we have any idea when this alleged wedding will take place? >> alleged wedding? >> they have been engaged for decades. >> he has an album coming out and we will do that and work on it. we're not the easiest people to work with as a planner, having a great time with this. >> you should hire colin cowen. he will be here. >> i didn't realize, you're like a big cook, a foody and you have a show on the cooking dhanl, right? how did you get into that? >> on thursday night. i started a food blog, had so much fun with it, a hobby. god, that's it, too. >> what's the idea of the show.

>> you seem very surprised we actually have video. there were people filming you. >> almost like a tv show. this is a radio person. come on, we have pictures, we have video. >> you guys are pros. >> what's the idea on the cooking show? >> basically following along what i normally do on the blog. we travel so much and i'm trying to find anywhere i can to come. this follows one of our wedding tastings at a place called blackberry farms. >> you're having wedding tastings. >> it's going to happen. give it time. >> and take one this morning is why women talk more than men. apparently there's proof. >> really? >> i actually reject the premise. i know a lot of guys who are motor mouths. >> david gregory. >> i didn't want to use name but since you bring it up. there is proof women talk three times more than men, biological research from maryland published.

>> as i keep talking over david -- >> no -- >> there it is. foxp2, a protein in the female brain. >> isn't that a cable channel? >> yes. do you guys agree with this, natalie, cissy? do women talk more than men? >> thmen talk 7 thousand they tk 10,000 words a day. >> he buys it. that's not fair because john talks way less than any normal man as well. >> i don't know that's true. i'm constantly hearing, why don't you talk more? why don't you say more. >> the story of my life, al. >> when we get home, we don't talk. >> your wife says that to you, why don't you talk more. >> you talk all day but when you come home do you not want to veg out, your excuse? >> i have my days. there are days you feel like you really need to vent and you come home and you want to vent with

any and everyone who will listen to you and other days, kind of like, ah. >> we have more to talk about, more exciting news. there's more gossip. >> guys don't do that. you talk about football when you talk, right? >> that's an ugly stereotype. how dare you objectify or whatever it is. >> when you're hanging out with the guys, are you talking about i had a very frustrating day. >> the guys i hang out with we talk about cooking and restaurants. >> the guys i hang out with talk about mantihose. a strange group. and talking about twitter. you are a terrific twitter. we have one today. oh, shut-up about your deviated septum. you got a nose job. who cares? are we talking about anybody in particular there or general statement. >> when i tweet i don't imagine these will ends up on the

"today" show. i think of these as more private for any reason. >> nobody's reading your tweets. >> it's a fun outlet. i think i talk more there speaking of the talking thing than i dine real life. >> you're a very funny tweeter. >> thank you. >> the university of vermont has this study. they looked at 10 million tweets to look at where the country's happiest and saddest twitter users live. they looked for words like happy, local, and hate and others. any idea where this is the happiest? >> you don't have to guess. >> napa, california. san clemente. interesting. >> i had an ex-boyfriend in san clemente. i wasn't happy there. >> did you know this, john? had you heard this before? no about this? >> i will make her happy. >> there you go. >> #happy. happiest states are hawaii, main and nevada.

>> nevada is surprising. >> a lot of marriages there. >> that's true. >> when they're in nevada and then it's not so happy. >> and then go back to the saddest states and saddest cities? . a couple in texas, beaumont, texas and albany, georgia, southwest. >> surprised. these people from nevada are returning to texas. >> broken divorce. >> the saddest states, louisiana, mississippi and maryland. maybe they're sad in maryland because everybody pays attention to washington and not maryland. >> okay. inferiority complex. our take three now is the aforementioned mantihose. i apologize for this, don't understand this. we had the man purse by david gregory. >> what would it take to get you in a pair of these? >> what is the point? >> it's not like a spanx, a fashion item you put on under your pants. i guess you can cuff your jeans and show skull and bones.

>> did we run out of socks? >> look at em melio. >> he's a model for gosh sakes. >> he has them rolled way up. >> i guess the only way men can do it with pants. >> john, would you wear this? >> no. >> not for a minute. >> and harry dreadlocks hair underneath that mantihose. >> you can get them in crosswords and checkerboard. >> they sell for $40. >> that's even more ridiculous. >> would you buy them for any? >> i don't see the occasion when you wear it. >> there are people that would wear these, rockers. >> they're sort of heavy duty, you know what i mean. not like a pantyhose. it won't run on you. >> they are heavy duty. for the man on the go. >> give these to mr. legend. >> then you have to shave your legs to get them on. come on. >> a big seller was the spanx for men. they did very well.

>> man spanx. >> i can see that. >> some people -- >> underneath a t-shirt, what do you need spanx for. >> you know, when you have little love handles. >> but for men? >> yes. keep things in place. >> are you wearing some? >> let's get the mantihose on. >> i'm wearing a bro right now. >> i love the bro from "seinfeld." >> we will have a lot more crwi chrissy in a moment. first the headlines. 30 million americans are in this path of a major winter storm that brought snow and high winds to southern arizona on thursday and forced the first suspension of match play of world golf championships. heavy snow causing dangerous whiteout conditions in kansas and nebraska and hundreds of flights have been cancelled already. a stunning bail hearing for oscar pistorius. prosecutors reveal the lead ves investigator in the case against

pistorius is a police shooting in 2011. nike said today it has suspended its contract with pistorius who is accused of gunning down his girlfriend on valentine's day. a guilty plea from former congressman jesse jackson junior. the illinois democrat waived his right to trial admitting in court he used some $750,000 in campaign funds for personal use. his wife also pleaded guilty. jackson will be sentenced in june and faces up to 57 months in prison and a fine. his wife faces up to two years in prison and a fine. disgraced cyclist lance armstrong will not be testifying under oath for the u.s. anti-doping agency, the group that stripped him of his seven tour de france titles for using performance enhancing drugs. wednesday was the deadline for armstrong to cooperate with the u.s. ada, the only way he could reduce his life-long ban from competitive sports. the cyclist however refused. the case for same sex

marriages could get a major boost from the president. the obama administration may urge the supreme court to overturn california's ban on gay marriage. the commander in chief has until the end of the month to intervene in the case. this nithcy trick shot had jaws dropping at a major tennis tournaments in kuwait. just when it looked like a shot was out of reach, he reached behind his back for that braisibraislazing return, see it in slow motion. his stunned opponent could do nothing but applaud. give it up for him. >> any expert in basement sports can appreciate that. >> you like that? >> i like a good game of ping-pong. we have a huge storm. this one of will affect a lot of 0 folks. three ingredients, bigelow pressu pressure -- big low pressure and arctic air in the west, ice

storm warnings and winter weather warnings over 20 states, a risk of strong storms through the southern gulf. snowfall amounts up to 18 inches of snow along the border in nebraska and kansas, 6-9 inches of snow and rainfall amounts to the south over the next 72 hours. first, ice amounts a half-inch to inch in columbus back to texas. the rainfall over the next 72 hours from the panhandle of florida into central georgia, we're talking 5-7 inches of rain, sure to cause some flooding over the weekend. that's what's >> good morning. we didn't expect any precipitation. a mixture of sun and clouds.

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and my friends. i went with the german chocolate cake because my last name is germ german, geist. when you break it down, i'm german, french, english, irish, i'm norwegian. it's not quite clear what i am. like a lot of americans, i'm a little bit of a mutt. i've just received word the german chocolate cake, like me, is not really german. i think there's something about the homemade birthday cake because my wife, on my daughter's first birthday, started a tradition, where she takes a full cake and cuts the number of the birthday out of it. the first is number 1, i have the number 2 cake and 3 cake and just through those images the cake tradition lives on. funny how a piece of food can bring you back to such a good and happy place. it does every year, still, at my advanced age. here to make her version is our

chef of "bake it like you mean it." and chrissy is here as well. can i be honest, the german chocolate cake is not even german. >> not even remotely. from texas. >> my childhood, i thought it was from my geist heritage. >> i'm assuming a guy named german was german. it is like german and you can still pretend it's german. >> you will make a twist, a more sophisticated version? >> it is. this is a true german cake, my mother's favorite. they're called a german name and i called it after my mother, helga. couldn't be more german than that. >> you're fluent in german. >> how do you say no? >> nin. >> nin, nothing.

what do we do here? >> first, we have the batter incredibly easy. you have almond tasting butter and eggs and sugar and flower and spices. i like to add a little ginger to make it spicy and cinnamon. you don't have to. it won't change the batter. the important part is you divide it evenly among three. >> why do you do that? >> because we will mix stuff in two. to one we add cocoa powder and black currant jam, which is very very german. you can mix it up. feel free to add whatever you like. >> all you. i will get in on it. >> we will divide the batter, divide the batter. we will put it on the sheet pan as well as you can, because it can run over a little bit. >> you want three separate sections? >> three separate sections. you don't have to be perfect because you can trim it as you go along? >> if you're not a baker, can you mess this up? >> no. you bake and no one will know and you eat it and no one will

ever know. we have one that is going to be plain. the batter is relatively thick. you can smooth it out and know you will have a nice barrier, if it's too runny, refrigerator it 10 minutes. >> go in here? >> easy-peasy. you can bake it until it is firm and springs back to the touch and here we have the cake. >> beautiful. >> what you will do then. this is one of the simplest cakes because it doesn't require simp fancy frosting on the inside. you boil the sugar until it is melted. if you accidentally overcooked your cake, no worries. isn't that simple? then you start stacking with a little more courant jelly and you stack that stack. we would put a piece of mar marshpand on the top and treat it with gonash. >> you stack them up.

>> and you cut them up like they are here or slices, one, two, three, four, for or kids' birthday cake. there you go. >> chrissy, i will get you one. thank you so much. now, i feel actually german, not texas german. >> you are always a german to me. >> thank you. >> with a name like geist. >> right. how can i not be. >> you cannot be. >> thank you so much. great to see you. coming up, your wedding with great to see you. c[ male announcer ]ding with this is bob, a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> it is going to be a chilly day, but we don't expect snow. skies as we head into the afternoon. average high is 46. in the afternoon and evening, we will see a mixture of rain and snow develop.

the post at service is launching its own line of clothing and accessories. one size em bar rasz all. it will be fantastic. >> the u.s. postal service is launching a clothing line. they will sell post office clothes. it makes sense. every time i walk into the post office, man, it's like a european fashion show in here. where can i get some of that stuff? >> don't knock it. i bet you that is going to be a hotline. >> you're right. cool, ironic, trendy. >> yeah. look at my hat. >> i'm willie geist inside studio 1a with natalie and

chris chrissy. you have a vh1 show. >> it comes out in may, called model employee. what else could go wrong? >> you had me at 8 girls in a house. look forward to that in may. meanwhile coming up this morning, a great program that helps veterans find jobs at the same time, makes our schools safer. we'll tell you about that. >> and party planner to the stars, colin cowie on a budget. and custom tools, a wirelro and wireless shower speaker. slight risk of storms in the central gulf and wet weather in this mid-atlantic, icy conditions through the ohio river valley. looking for snow in the great lakes, rain in the pacific northwest. as we look at saturday, could be looking at a wet weather in the

northeast and leftover snow in new england, more snow in the rockies, wet weather pacific northwest, cold in the plains and mild in texas and gulf coast >> good morning. temperatures today will be below average. we will make it into the upper 40's. we will see mostly sunny skies and that's your latest weather. natal natalie. >> al, thank you. if you're planning to walk down the aisle but short on ideide ideas and money, look no further than celebrity colin cowie.

his latest, a wedding keepsake organizer. a gorgeous book, absolutely stunning. it's to put together a wedding but have something you can cherish afterwards. a lot of people that plan, the bride doing all the work? >> not any more. 50/50, shared responsibility. >> it should be anyway. hear that, john? 50/50. >> the most important thing is to be organized and why i created a planner that keeps you organized. >> what are some of the mistakes people make? chrissy is planning her own wedding now. >> be organized and dream and come with a plan and then you have the big picture, it guides you on decisions along the way. >> you showed us ways to create a memorable event taking us to a whole new level. you're showing us ways to dress up. this is the venue where you're

getting married. every bride wants a bigger budget than she has. how to create great things. >> this is ann arbor where you're exchanging your vows. and you kcan make wishes on ribbons. and all the wishes are attached very easily to the arbor while they get married. >> it makes it very personal. >> makes it very personal and collect these ribbons and if they hit a bumpy patch they can read these ribbons. this is easy to do. make ancision and put the ribbon in there. >> this is not hard? >> no. these are easy ways to do this and done in advance. >> i was definitely planning my outfit according to the theme. >> we look like christmas here. >> i know. >> looks like a very glamorous table but if you break it down

great ideas. this is a candelabra and we spray painted it green and makes them more modern and put matching green kalcandles in th. i love this idea. these are what we found at the builder's emporium, a dollar and a quarter apiece but make it glamorous as well. we covered our glass vases in crocodile wall paper and the napkin ring and we created personalized cards as well, the name on the front and menu itself. >> it can save money these things that can cost you a lot. >> pay $30 for one of these and this is made at your home printer and a couple crystals. >> people will want to keep it, too. gorgeous. >> and emerald is the big fashion color of the year. i love the idea of working with the gray as our base color.

>> what other colors -- >> good for me. >> what other colors are great this season? >> purple is a great color. i love emerald green, chrissy and winter colors. >> you will show us how you made those cards and menus. >> every wedding starts with an invitation. we love an invitation with lining. this is the easiest things to do. >> people spend thousands of dollars sometimes on invitations. >> put the liner in yourself. >> get your bridesmaids to come over and girlfriends. >> a glass of wine. >> my gosh, heaven. >> the menu card. >> i love this. a gift. >> this is a gift. >> and the mac car roans and you have yourself a wonderful party. >> that's wonderful. >> thank you, colin cowie. coming up next, becoming teachers and making a

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schools are getting a safer environment. good to see you. >> this is a cool story. called troops to teachers. a department of defense program that helps qualified service members start a new career as teachers in public schools. at one middle school in philadelphia where the school was in a lot of ways like a battlefield, it has made a huge difference. in east philly, john paul jones middle school had a reputation. >> it used to be on lockdown. >> reporter: captured on a cell phone at a nearby middle school common here, too. mold, fleas and rats ravaged the library so badly school officials had to throw away thousands of books. >> when i first came, i was pretty nervous. i thought it was going to be a little scary. >> reporter: the nickname came before the bars on the windows and doors, "jones jail." last september, eighth grader travon williams says something happened. >> this became a whole new

school. >> reporter: school district officials turned it into a charter school, gave it a new name and face lift and then called in the military. >> we needed to have people who are good role models and believe in education and development and people that had a commitment to america and who else but veterans? >> i enlisted when i was 17. my parents signed for me. >> reporter: patrick's father is a vietnam vet and a purple heart recipient. his older brother is a marine. since service was in his blood, he joined the army reserves 12 years ago. when he finished a tour in kuwait in 2011 and couldn't find a job, he turned to another passion. >> i used to be very good with my younger nephews and my cousins, so my parents just used to say, you should be a teacher. >> reporter: a defense department program called troops to teachers helped the sergeant go from running a military supply office to go to teaching

fifth grade math and science. through the program service members get help finding teacher certification programs and money to pay for the classes and then more support to land a job. all that helped get the sergeant in the classroom but his military training made sure he was ready. >> the military puts you in stressful situations and they ask you to be a leader during stressful situations. so when you're placed in a classroom, there's not many more situations that can be more stressful. >> reporter: when students get out of hand, he calls in reinforcements. >> i just calmly step back and let them calm down and i call one of our engagement coaches. >> reporter: andy patrolled bases in the army reserves for eight years, dealing with soldiers prepared her for students most days. can put up with a lot. there's been a time at the cafeteria table i had to settle everybody down.

i'm not going to say it's all sunshine and roses. >> reporter: she is here under a new program for teachers training to be teachers or school counselors called "at ease" they're part security guards, part mentors. >> i talk to them, i have to be their older brother. >> we have a students that need a lot of attention and a lot of support. but they have come such a long way. >> reporter: servicemen and women, some of whom left the battlefield, now fighting to turn around the school and give students a chance at success. >> i want to be the president of the united states or an s.w.a.t. team member. i want to go to combat. >> the majority of students at the academy were three to four years behind academically. there's still a lot of work to be done. thanks to the veterans' program organizers tell us students have more confidence now and are fully expecting large gains in student achievement. >> hard to conceive of a better program helping the schools and

veterans. thanks so much. >> thank you. coming up, new tech products. some cool and some kind of strange. we'll let you see them right after this. miss, this seat's available.

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>> this is your pet robot, awesome. i call this the ultimate app accessory. put your ipad touch inside the doc and create these different expressions. he's super fast and can play games. you can control him wirelessly. not only is he super cute. >> let him go a little bit. we heard you can put grandma in there theoretically from countries away and the kids can visit grandma via a robot. >> and i heard you can spy on people. >> a little noisy but -- >> take it to a dark place. >> how about the shower head speaker? >> i hunt down gadgets. this is one of my favorite gadgets in the last few months. a blue tooth shower head. 75% of americans actually take their phone in the shower. >> hold on. what? >> tai tahey take it in the bat. i know you're playing apps on

the toilet. one touch button, turn the sucker on, it will connect from your smartphone and you can play tunes in your shower head. >> really? do you use it? quality is good? >> quality is good. >> let's test this out. >> this one is all you. >> this is my favorite thing, marshmallow and fire, combine the two. it's super cute from a bakery in new york. here's how you fire it up. you have this mini creme brulee torch. you click and create your mini creme brulee. >> that's how i do it. >> i almost lost my eyebrows. >> didn't know it was so dangerous on the "today" show. do you burn? >> we need that charred top. >> absolutely. >> doesn't that smell good? >> and still burning. be careful. >> there you go. >> we will customize some

chocolate. >> customizing your very own chocolate bar. this starts at five bucks. this is chocomise.com. they go from gold flakes to pop rocks to gummy bears, graham crackers, cinnamon toast crunch. you can say, i'm sorry, happy anniversary. nice option. >> how does that work? punch them into the bottom? >> yeah. you pick all your ingredients online. milk chocolate and white chocolate to choose from. >> you design your own label? >> yes. lots of options. >> how about a good cup of coffee. >> this is like your own mini brew. fill the top of the line. put in your own scoop of coffee, like having your own french press. fill it to the top and push it down and you don't need a coffee maker. >> romo is stealing our thunder here. >> he's allowed over. >> you all right? are you okay? >> the segment's reached an a

all-time low. >> can we get a towel for katie here? >> john legend is the only one in this studio with a towel. oh, some mantihose! i knew these would come in handy. the mantihose, finally we found the reason. >> is that your excuse for not wearing them now? they're covered in coffee. you still have to wear them, you know. oh, god. >> this is not getting you off the hook. >> moving on, flip clips, hold this. this is cool. if you have a video on your smartphone, you can create your very own flip book. if you remember these when you were little, you can create your own animation. this is you guys skiing. nice auction for 50 bucks. >> me and natalie skiing. >> my gosh. no slope at all. >> it was a neat one. >> very different, unique type of gift.

this is from instagram and people take thousands of pictures and food, too. you can create stickers and squares and mini books. these mini books are magnets to each other. >> the corffee cup and as we go to break, put on the windshield wiper glasses. this is a volunteer basis. windshield wipers. learn more about these gadgets at today.com.