lot of it. >> these revelations are getting a lot of attention and we're learning now this goes well beyond just the verizon customers and phone data, also includes surveillance of the internet targeting foreign terrorists as well. >> we want to get right to nbc's peter alexander at the white house with more on the story. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. these were some of the most sensitive secrets in counter-terror data collection and one of the programs allowed analysts to actively monitor the internet in real time searching for potentially suspicious e-mails, photos, and documents. sources familiar with the programs confirm to nbc news the national security agency and the fbi are tapping directly into the computer servers of some of the biggest names in the internet. "the washington post" reports they include apple, google and facebook. the secret program's code names, prism and blarney.

some of the companies responded insisting they don't provide any government agency with direct access to their servers. the obama administration defends the practice as a critical tool to protect the country, providing what a senior administration official called "among the most important and valuable intelligence information we collect." sources say it's intended to cover communications that originate outside the u.s. or from the u.s. to a foreign country. administration officials say the program does not allow the targeting of any u.s. citizen or anyone within the uts. u.s.. the revelation follows news of another secret program where under the post-9/11 patriot act the government is compiling an enormous data base of phone records collecting details on every call made in america, not only foreign calls but no names and no listening in. glenn greenwald broke the story. >> there is this massive surveillance that the united states government has built up that has extraordinary implication force how we live as

human beings on the earth and as americans in our country. >> reporter: outrage exploded across twitter. "i'll save you all some time. i'm not a terrorist" said one twitterer. >> we know that, it's important. >> reporter: overnight the director of national intelligence, james clapper, spoke out. he declassified some information about these programs. he defended them as being entirely legal, about the leak, about the internet program, he called it reprehensible and about the phone records program he indicated that the disclosure of that program "threatens potentially long-lasting and irreversible harm to our ability to identify and respond to many threats facing our nation." >> peter alexander, thank you very much. andrea mitchell, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> this gets bigger and bigger. all these phone calls are being

recorded digitally not for content but for origin and destination. now word the government is going into the servers of the large internet companies. how does the government politically speaking make the argument that this is essential to national security and not a dramatic overreach in terms of personal privacy? >> it's difficult, matt, because as peter was pointing out overnight we had a late night close to midnight announcement of declassification from the director of national intelligence. they are scrambling. the administration's supported strongly by leaders in both parties from the intelligence committees arguing the telephone tracking program has broken off plot and broken one terrorist plot inside the united states from taking place. the argument is they've been authorized and reauthorized by a secret court and by congress, it's still shocking to a lot of people the scope of it. none of us experts who supposedly follow all this knew that this involved every single phone call and direct dives into

the internet for content. >> and a couple of elements of bad news for the administration. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" polls show the americans are questions the obama's administration's honesty with the irs, benghazi and the phone taps. "the new york times" says "the administration has now lost all credibility on this issue. mr. obama is proving the truism that the executive branch will use any power it's been given." how much damage has been done? >> it's not just going after the reporters on the leaks going too far. perhaps this narrative would not have been developed quite so strongly, now it does seem that this administration is snooping and even though they argue it's necessary for national security reasons it creates a big problem. back in 2005 on the floor of the

senate, then senator barack obama argued forcefully against at least one of these programs. >> if you think there were investigations into leaks prior to this, wait until you see the investigations coming out of this one. >> already being launched. >> thank you very much. savannah? now to the big storm impacting millions of americans on the east coast this morning. flood warnings and watches stretch from georgia all the way to maine and even though it has weakened some a bit overnight, andrea is causing a lot of problems. nbc's katy tur is in wrightsville beach, north carolina. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. we're feeling rain and heavy winds. the worst of the storm passed through 3:00 a.m.. the heavy winds are contributing to the heavy surf. it doesn't look too terrible at the moment here. andrea has already left her mark. the hurricane season is just seven days old and already this

morning andrea, the first named storm of the year, is wreaking havoc. >> everybody laughed about it in jacksonville because they also act like they're going to come toward us and they don't. >> reporter: they weren't laughing in florida thursday when winds and rain battled jacksonville leaving roads flooded and forcing some to fill sandbags. >> the biggest problem we have is the risk of tornadoes. >> reporter: governor rick scott warned residents to stay safe. at least eight confirmed tornadoes were spun off by andrea, one not far from west palm beach toppled trees, buckled walls and moved a large cargo container. an 85-year-old woman in this house was injured. >> knocked her out of bed, had both her legs program. >> reporter: a close call for the rivera family. >> i grabbed my daughter out of the bedroom, head for the bathroom, the wall came down. >> reporter: this morning, andrea swirling up the east coast, its winds felt up as far

up as the carolinas. the biggest threat today? torrential rainfall. >> grounds are already saturated so any additional rain we're going to get is going to add to the issues we already have. >> reporter: but a little wind and rain wasn't enough to keep everyone grounded. nick walenda braved the elements calling it perfect practice for his grand canyon walk later this month. the wrightsville high school graduation has been postponed. they are expecting more rain and just didn't want to take any chances. >> katy tur, thank you. we want to check on what we can expect from andrea as the day goes on. al is upstairs good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. right now andrea is located 30 miles northeast of savannah, georgia, 45-mile-per-hour winds, it's booking moving no, r northeast at 28 miles per hour. tornado watches until 1:00 p.m., raleigh, north carolina, has a

flood warning in effect. here's the path of the storm, becomes a low pressure system late this afternoon, skirts along the coast south of new york early saturday morning and off the new england coastline by saturday afternoon. for today we have qualified watches, flood watches and flood warnings for parts of the carolinas. tropical storm warnings from georgia to virginia, heavy rain, qualifieding and rainfall amounts up to five inches from charlotte to boston and on into portland with heavy rain and new york city has a qualified warning as far as the office of emergency management, as far as travel is concerned so it's going to be a real soaker but the good news is it's moving fast and it will be out here pretty quickly. matt? >> al, thank you very much. the president begins a crucial two-day summit in california today with china's new leader. it comes in the wake of new information uncovered by nbc news about how president obama's campaign was actually targeted by chinese hackers. nbc's white house correspondent

kristen welker is in san jose with more on that. kristen, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. that's right, cyber attacks will be just one of the thorny issues on the table when president obama meets with president li xinping for the next two days. the asia-pacific region it seems new economic opportunities but this isn't your typical summit. hoping to foster a better relationship with china, president obama will host the country's new president l li xinping at the sunnyland estate in rancho mirage, california. this summit is aimed at fostering an open-ended and wide-ranging dialogue. >> this is an important opportunity for the two leaders to get a better sense of each other. >> reporter: they will also address contentious issues including north korea and cyber security.

u.s. officials say government-backed chinese hackers have stolen billions in intellectual property and now nbc's ikele isikoff reports the 2000 obama mccains were traced back to hackers by china. >> they were against the two american political parties. >> reporter: chinese officials consistently deny any role. another issue the first lady of china, a former pop star known for her fashion sense, will be in attendance today. ♪ but michelle obama will not. foreign policy experts say some in china might see it as a snub, while in the u.s. it sepds a different message. >> she's first and foremost the mother of her two young children who are in their last week of school. >> reporter: white house officials say they were always open with chinese officials that the first lady was not planning to attend this summit. as for president obama he has

been fund raising in the bay area, he will make comments about his health care law, part of his pr push to sell his health care law before headed to rancho mirage for the important summit. matt? >> kristen welker in san jose, california, thanks very much. natalie is back with new details on the wildfire burning out west. >> a destructive wildfire out west now more than 80% contained, however, the blaze in northern los angeles county destrod some 20 homes and 30 other structures as well. the flames tore through 37 square miles. anti-government protests in turkey had the prime minister calling for an end to the demonstrations. citizens have taken to the streets, decrying what they say is the prime minister's autocratic policy. at least three people have died so far in clashes with riot police. in britain this morning, prince philip is in the hospital. he is undergoing a planned exploratory surgery to find the root of his abdominal problems. he will likely spend his 92nd

birthday on monday in the hospital. the doctors say he's extremely fit and healthy despite his age. now we want to head to wall street. cnbc's kayla tausche has the latest from the new york stock exchange. >> they are watching the employment report out this morning, investorsay could move the market for months to come since it shows the number of jobs added in the month of may. jcpenney unveils home goods shops within its stores, some 105 of them will be opening this week, and a scathing courtroom battle over martha stewart's products. they hope home goods will help the company turn itself around. >> kayla tausche at the new york stock exchange thank you. now for an update on the incident we told you about on our plaza thursday, a man who cut himself on the plaza remains under medical care at bellevue hospital in new york, he's been

identified as pak chung mar and expected to make a full recovery. nbc news released a statement "we have strict security protocols in place to protect visitors and to the "today" show and all of those procedures were followed and effective. none of our plaza guests or our nbc staff were harmed." we're grateful to our security teams and nypd who kicked into action quickly and took care of the situation. >> we're veryroud of our security. >> we hope he gets the treatment he needs as well. >> clearly needs. mr. roker is back. we moved lionel richie inside because it's pouring in new york. this isn't tropical storm andrea. >> it's a frontal system approaching going to pick up the moisture and bring heavier rain later today so we still are not out of the woods yet. out west hard to believe natalie alluded to this, big ridge of high pressure out west, look at some of these temperatures, we are talking about 100 degrees in

bakersfield, sacramento, 104. phoenix will get up to 112, excessive heat warnings, temperatures 10 to 20 degrees above normal. you come back here to the east where the jet stream dips down to the south, almost 15 degrees below normal in chicago, new york 65, 60 in bangor, 59 in boston. the rest of the country today we're expecting to see more wet weather down through the gulf. west coast looks spectacular, plenty of sunshine. of course we have the risk of tornadoes and severe weather along the mid-atlantic southeastern atlantic coast as andrea makes its way up. ♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula, ♪ ula ula ula ula al revés, ♪ hago que lo imposible sea posible, ♪ ♪ que todo lo increíble se vuelva visible, ♪ ♪ tres, dos, hola, ula... ♪ aplaudan en la luna. ♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula, ♪ ula ula ula ula al revés, ♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula, ♪ ula ula ula ula al revés, ♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula,

♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula, ♪ ula ula, hagamos ula ula, >> good morning. friday. be a soggy it is a quick moving storm. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> thank you. president vladimir putin made a tv appearance with his rarely seen wife and announced they are divorcing. nbc's michelle kosinski is in our london news room with more. >> hi, savannah, this is the first time vladimir putin and his wife have been seen in public in about a year, just

before their 30th wedding anniversary but they were there to announce they're getting divorced as the russian press claims a young former gymnast has given birth to putin's son. civilized divorce, putin called it, on russian state tv, looking reserved alongside his wife of nearly clthree decades after th went to the ballet together sparking a most uncivilized press frenzy there surrounding why. at the center of it called, years back looking like a supermodel made of rubber as an olympic champion rhythmic gymnast what appears to be superhuman flexibility. these days alina is a poll significance in russia's parliament and a mother to two children allegedly fathered by vladimir putin, under website wearing a suit she says "i'm happy to welcome everybody who

wants to welcome who i am and what i do." >> his private life has been shrouded in mystery, it's basically a taboo to talk about his wife or daughters. >> reporter: putin dismissed allegations of an affair. some reports claim she recently gave birth to his son. in the interview she claimed the boy is her nephew. putin no longer lives with his wife, a former flight attendant whom he has two adult daughters and the comment from the first lady herself, we will forever remain very close and grateful to flood mere that he supports me. rumors of an affair surfaced years ago and the first russian newspaper to report it in 2008 was shortly after shut down. savannah? >> michelle kosinski in london, thank you very much. commentary? >> no. absolutely not. >> silence. >> hold on -- no, no. >> when are we going, in february?

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two dead baby goats were found on the property there. our morningheck on commute, and boy, is it going to be a sloppy one. >> we are tracking a handful of problems around the area. first, in howard county, north on 95 just prior to 100, watch for an accident there. as you travel east on 30 two and old columbia road, we have a crash clearing. southbound 29 at shaker drive, you may see closures and delays due to an accident. in the city, an injury accident. andher crash at greenmount 28th street. in northern parkway and perring parkway, that in a section is completely to flooding. north side is just jammed up from 95 towards the towson region. you will find those jam ups on the west side from reisterstown road. his is a live look at 95.

traffic is crawling from the white marsh area to the 895 split. ava has a check on your forecast. >> temperatures are in the 60s and low 70s at this point, with 72 downtown, and all that rain is building back into the area. we had heavy downpours overnight that are moving into cecil county and passing out been a long 95. all of this rain is coming in from the south with have your pockets all -- along anne arundel county. we will see more heavy rain coming in with andrea and it will be moving -- losing its

♪ 7:30 on a friday morning, june 7th, 2013, it's a wet one up and down the east coast and lionel richie is the man. we're supposed to get an outdoor concert this morning, because of the rain we're moving it indoors. look at him saying hi to the wonderful people standing out there so excited right behind our window right now. >> don't you feel the worse for saying you wouldn't go out there because really i wanted to go, natalie said let's grab umbrellas and get out there and you said no let's let lionel go. >> we are going to get a very intimate concert, we've been listening to him all morning, lionel richie, he also has a big announcement to make. anno"ncement to make. >> i like these. i think that's nice. >> reporter: hillary clinton has been america's first lady. >> it's time we match our words with our actions. >> reporter: a senator from new york and most recently secretary of state. but a new film called "rodman" will focus on hillary rodman's days, fresh out of law school, the year is 1974 when the 6 years old worked on the house inquiry to impeach president nixon. the movie will cover the politics including her role in the waterfeat investigation and the personal, detailing her deepening romance with fellow yale law school graduate bill clinton. >> a lot of the movie is going to delve into their personal relationship, the courtship, the back and forth, the debates that went on in her head over whether she should be with bill clinton.

>> reporter: who will play a young hillary? reports linked some of hollywood's hottest stars to the film including scarlet johansson and reese witherspoon. kerry mulligan is strongly considered for the role, recently appearing in "the great gatsby". >> kerry mulligan is meeting with the director to figure out if she's the right person to play this. the resemblance is uncanny. >> reporter: despite leaving the state department earlier this year, clinton still keeps a busy public schedule. this week alone presenting a lifetime achievement award to oscar de la renta and speaking at the funeral for senator frank lautenberg. while she may be keeping quiet about her plans for the future, filmmakers can count on something americans will always be curious about hillary rodman clinton. >> she's been liked, disliked,

liked, disliked, admired. she's had a great arc in her life and career. >> of course hillary clinton has absolutely nothing to do with the film but having a pie yo pic starring a glamorous hollywood actress isn't too shabby if you're think being running for president. >> we have some friends in hollywood so maybe they're doing her a favor. we'll see. thanks so much. >> the timing of that might be just what creates a lot of controversy. >> convenient for her perhaps. >> what do you think, kerry mulligan. >> the makeup artists are so good. >> i think wanda sykes. >> not that good. >> that would be a bold casting choice. we have a good group of folks all out to see lionel richie. >> the belmont stakes. >> i thought you were doing a scene from "the godfather." >> nothing like that. >> it's raining here for

saturday, rain along the eastern seaboard especially in the morning, slight risk of strong storms in the central plains, sizzling in the rest of the country and sunday, sunday, looking at more rain through the southeast into central florida, rain from the mississippi river valley down into the lower mississippi river valley and the western half of the country going to be sunny and toasty. that's what's going on in the country. here's what's happ >> we are tracking all the moisture coming up north from tropical storm andrea. some heavy rain is >> and that's your latest

weather. back to matt and savannah. now to the secret life of a former navy s.e.a.l., just been revealed and getting a lot of attention. >> in a new memoir chris beck details his transformation to become kristen beck. kate snow has more on the story. >> the u.s. military does not allow transgendered people to serve and women are not allowed to join the elite navy s.e.a.l.s. after his retirement the decorated navy s.e.a.l. went public with what she now describes as a whole new life. for 20 years he was christopher beck, fighting in some of the toughest spots on earth with navy s.e.a.l. team six, the same team that just months after beck's retirement went on to raid osama bin laden's compound. beck survived the notoriously intense training and years in combat with wounds, a purple heart, and bronze star to prove

it, but it turns out the most difficult battle chris would face was with himself. >> no one ever met the real me. >> reporter: christopher is now kristen, and in an interview with cnn's anderson cooper thursday she described what it was like to suppress her true feelings how a father of two, twice married would buy things as victoria's secret for himself. >> there was a lot of guys in there buying stuff for their girlfriends, i'd buy a couple things, bring it home and wear it and then you have to purge because you can't have anything around. >> reporter: in "warrior princess" beck says she was constantly told to be a boy but young christopher wanted to be like his sister saying "please god let me change bodies with hanna. please let me wake up in her body." >> there was part of you who felt if you could become a s.e.a.l. and be in the toughest of the tough that feminine side of you would disappear? >> yes, i could totally make it

go away if i could be at that top level and be, maybe this would go away, maybe i could cure myself. >> reporter: he worried if he told anyone he might be shot and kristen still knows not everyone will understand the decision to undergo hormone therapy and live as a woman. >> i fought for 20 years for life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. i want some happiness. >> in the book, kristen says she went to the va for hormone therapy. she's had laser hair removal and collagen treatment so far and she says reaction to publicly telling her story has been about 50/50. some former s.e.a.l.s fully supporting her but she's heard a lot of bigotry and hatred. >> kate thank you very much. coming up, do you remember this one? we're going to be talking about the best commercials of the year. and from ads to one of the hottest shows on television,

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back at 7:42, do you have a favorite commercial? the associate of independent commercial producers handed out its awards for the best ads of the year. matt miller, president and ceo of the association, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> if there were a word for longest commercial you'd have a lot of contenders. commercials have gotten long. >> the fact that commercials are now being made for multiplatforms gives the creative ability to actually not work in a 15, 30 or 60-second block anymore. >> they've become like little movies these days. best in show as awarded to procter & gamble for a campaign called the best job. >> wake up, baby. ♪

>> this is just a portion of the ad, this one is really all about moms and the hardest job, and what they do in the lives of what turn out to be some olympians. why'd you like it so much? >> it tugs the heart strings. it's beautifully shot, and you know most importantly procter & gamble knows their audience. women are a vast majority of the audience. it connects that really tough job of being a mom but its will brings the olympics in, as you know the olympics has become big business, almost like the super bowl in creating ads specifically designed to work right into that environment. >> our next category, best campaign so a series of ads and directv took the honors. let's look at one of those ads. >> when you have cable and can't record all your shows, you feel unhappy. when you feel unhappy, you go to happy hour. when you go to happy hour, you're up for anything. when you're up for anything, you

head to a turkish bathhouse. when you head to a turkish bathhouse -- >> we get the idea. what's funny is what will happen if you don't get directv, cleverness for sure. >> these campaigns are going on and on, almost like it's become so much part of our culture now as a formula that you're almost waiting to see what happens next, what horrible things will happen to you if you don't have directv. >> volkswagen has had great success, they win one for a teaser ad for the super bowl. let's look. >> i love cats. i just want to hug all of them but i can't. there's a sparkle on my nails. ♪ come on get happy >> this requires drastic measures! >> here they have some anger issues but once they get involved with the volkswagen family, all is peaceful and happy. why does this win? >> this one for a lot of reasons, it's a feel good piece,

the partridge family never hurts as far as the rearrangement, they brought in the social media expertall of these people were big stars on viral sensation, to bring them into this and show them how this song can actually bring them around. >> i liked that one. >> next category the curator's recognition, one that's not a particular category but your audience liked it. let's take a look at it. >> greatness. it's just something we made up. somehow we've come to believe that greatness is a gift -- >> this is the nike ad, we've shown it quite a bit and talked to the young man in this. why do you think this resonated with the judges? >> it's beautiful in so many ways, the cinematographer, an

athlete in all of us, greatness can come out of all of us, nike connecting not just with the typical athlete but the athlete that we can all be to make ourselves better and they're really bringing their brand way out further from the core of what they used to be known for. >> matt, always fun to have you here. love to take a look at those commercials that keep me sitting on the couch even when the commercials come on. >> i like to hear that. >> i know do you, that's right you ha up your alley. still ahead lionel richie on the indoor concert stage. >> but first these messages. la's known definitely for its traffic, congestion, for it's smog. but there are a lot of people that do ride the bus. and now that the busses are running on natural gas, they don't throw out as much pollution to the earth. so i feel good. i feel like i'm doing my part to help out the environment.

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exit, watch for an accident. how to 12 miles per hour as a result. driveound 29 and shaker in howard county, watch for an accident. liberty road and old court road, and as you move into the city, cold spring and greenspring, delays in place due to a crash. the delays are going to be there for a wild, not only on the j.f.x., but the entire beltway on the north side and west side. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. ponding on the roads already from the rain overnight. look at all of this coming in from the south and now moving over richmond and already across maryland. just about everyone is seeing that at this point. tropical storm andrea will be moving northeast and losing tropical characteristics but still bringing moisture. it will move by us this evening and bring that rain and heavy winds. highs from 74 to 78, wins east

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♪ we're bk now at 8:00 on a friday morning, the 7th day of june, 2013, it's a nasty day here up and down the east coast. we have tropical storm andrea heading up here. here in new york we're getting rain from another system. >> this is just a front. >> and as a result of all the bad weather we have had to move our lionel richie concert from outside inside. there's a pretty good crowd

anyway. >> we could bring them in. >> like a tourist line, walk in and out. >> it's okay in the rain with lionel. we're having a little moment here. before the break we asked a trivia question and you know the answer so you don't get to answer. which song was in, "say you, say me" was in out of africa, white nights or the color purple. crowd, do you know? a, b or c. stone silence. >> the answer is b, "white nights." mikhail barishnikov and anthony hines and lionel richie went on to win an oscar. >> i was a nervous wreck. you must understand when you win an oscar, that's serious business. that's about as -- >> grammys that's like everyday for you. >> no. it's not every day, it's not

every day. >> we're going to have lionel in concert in our next half hour inside. we really appreciate you sticking around. >> the guy is amazing. also coming up we're going to talk about this story, gloria mackenzie won $500 million or something in the jackpot. when she was in the store to buy a ticket a woman let her cut in line ahead of her. the woman who let her cut in was at the store to buy tickets for her office pool and some of her co-workers are not so happy about that. we'll hear from one of they will. >> that was a random quick pick. there was no guarantee. >> but they can still be angry. >> i guess so. everybody can be angry about anything. if you had your dvr for "game of thronest" don't listen to this. they called it the red wedding, hit hbo showing huge following. this morning, ryan seacrest catches up with the guy who started it all. >> we have a lot to get to. let's get to the day's top stories. natalie is inside, i'm with our

man lionel here. >> i know, well i had him here rehearsing moments ago. >> bye. >> good morning everyone, in the news this morning the obama administration is defending the secret program that let the national security agency and the fbi tap directly into internet servers to monitor online traffic as part of the war on terror. "the washington post" reports that apple, google and facebook have all been monitored under the programs code named prism and blarney. administration officials though say the program does not allow the targeting of any u.s. citizen or anyone within the u.s.. the revelation follows the disclosure of another secret nsa program to compile records on telephone calls made in america. philadelphia officials have started inspecting hundreds of demolition sites in the wake of wednesday's building collapse that killed at least six people and injured 13. officials say a four-story building that was being demolished collapsed onto a salvation army thrift shop next

door. woman who was buried in the rubble but survived filed the first lawsuit for damages on thursday. with the summer driving season under way, gas prices nationwide have been relatively stable, even dropping in some places but in the midwest, it's a far different story. nbc's john yang is at a gas station on chicago's north side this morning. good morning, john. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. here at this station, $4.79 a gallon, that lower price is if you buy a car wash, too. it's not just chicago, all across the region, gas prices are surging. >> ridiculous. >> reporter: forget sticker shock. >> $4.60, that's a lot. >> reporter: across the midwest it's gas pump shock. >> what's going on? what's happening? >> reporter: in the heartland, the start of the summer vacation season is seeing a price surge, in some places close to record levels. >> that $4 threshold makes you feel like you're being strangled. >> reporter: according to aa, the national average for a gallon of regular is $3.63, but

in four midwestern states the average is more than four bucks. in michigan, $4.23, up 30 cents in just the last week, to the highest in the continental united states. some motorists are trying to cut back. >> instead of driving the kids to school, i walk them. >> reporter: analysts blame tight supplies brought on by problems at refineries in the region including an april explosion and fire at this site, others closed for scheduled maintenance taking longer than expected. >> declining number of refineries mean when a facility goes offline it is larger in size and a bigger deal. >> reporter: it could take several weeks for midwest refineries to get back up and running and prices to fall. nationwide prices are relatively stable and have even dropped in areas of the southeast. >> this summer should not be as bad as last year. the national average should hold in the mid $3 a gallon range. >> reporter: for now many midwest motorists are frustrated

and fuming at the pump. >> there goes all my vacation money. >> reporter: analysts say as the number of refineries in america shrinks the regional volatility is going to become more common. natalie? >> thanks so much, john. champion swimmer turned actress esther williams is being remembered as hollywood's million-dollar mermaid the star of blockbuster, aquatic musicals and world war ii pinups died. esther williams was 91 years old. a san diego woman suffered minor injuries thursday when she drove her suv into a neighbor's swimming pool. the 67-year-old crashed through her own garage wall and two fences before plunging into the pool. neighbor said the driver may have hit the gas pedal instead of the break. it is 8:06 with al with a check of the weather. >> thankfully nobody really hurt. earlier we said the schools in

wilmington, north carolina, are closed. you got to go to school, kids, school is not closed so you can't use that as an excuse. maybe you get there a little bit late. let's show you what we've got as far as today, this is the latest on andrea, 45-mile-per-hour winds, it is moving northeast at 28 miles per hour. tornado watch along the outer banks until 1:00 this afternoon and here's the path moving along the coast by late tonight on into early saturday morning, it's off the new york, long island coast and heads toward the canadian maritimes. here's what we can expect farce the flash flood watches and flood watches and warnings into new england, rainfall amounts three to five inches of rain >> good morning.h as portland, friday. be a soggy

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hot online and trending on huffington post the nsa story we've been telling you about the growing controversy over the government's surveillance on phone calls and internet actiftsz as well and in the wake of the revelations, huff post created this photo a provocative one combines the images of president's george b. bush and barack obama. critics say the spying is similar to tactics the president adopted, president bush pack ticks that senator obama criticized in 2007. i think we are at the beginning of discussion and debate around this issue. i know one difference that the obama administration officials point out is that now unlike in the earlier surveillance program there is court oversight, this fisa court issing looing into it. others say the court is not giving the scrutiny it should to some of these orders so i think it will be a controversial issue. >> it is a good looking man. >> the combo, yes. trending on msn a frank

admission from the governor of massachusetts during a speech about the intense manhunt following the boston marathon bombings, deval patrick admitted he got quite drunk the day after the suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev was finally caught. the governor figured he'd limit the complaints about the unprecedented on the lockdown he imposed on the state for nearly 16 hours during the manhunt so he blew off a little steam and i don't think anybody is going to blame him even once. >> also said the president called him and said, devalue, i'm brief, what are you going to do about the city, you can't keep it locked down indefinitely. then he said i know. >> i'm going to get some cheetos. trending on yahoo! walking around with the older version of the iphone, the company is starting a trade-in program this month, going to allow users to swap older models for the iphone 5 according to blamberg. apple has been plagued by shrinking sales and slow growth

so right now at&t offers as much as $200 for working iphones 4s and 4 ss so apple is getting in on it too. >> makes sense. >> finally trending on "usa today," the prancercise craze going big time. last week we introduced you to joanna, exercise guru, unusual way to stay fit. >> we apologize. >> last night at the nba finals a few of the miami heat players got into the act with a pregame warmup, this six-second video posted on vine apparently didn't help much. the heat lost to san antonio, 92-88. >> maybe because of that. >> could be. >> probably. trending on buzzfeed jimmy fallon strikes again, on thursday we showed you how the late night host remixed clips to show brian williams jamming to nothing but a g thing, and leading bri to.

♪ it was a clear black night, a clear black moon ♪ ♪ warren g. was on the street ♪ chilling all along ♪ just hit the east side of the lbc ♪ >> i'd like to know what newscast brian used the word funk. >> i enjoyed that. >> wow, they watch a lot of brian williams over there at "late night." >> and that's what's trending today. here's a question for you, how would you feel if the person buying lottery tickets for your office pool let the eventual winner of the lottery go ahead of her in line? well, there is new fallout this morning tied to that record powerball drawing. here's nbc's mara schiavocampo. >> reporter: call it the cost of kindness, last month 34-year-old mom mindy crandall says she let a little old lady get in front of her in a grocery store line while waiting to buy a quick pick lottery ticket. >> i was just just go ahead,'

not a big deal. >> reporter: actually, it kind of was. this week, crandall says she saw that woman again on tv claiming the prize for the single billingest lottery payout in history. 84-year-old gloria mackenzie won a whopping $590 million. >> the joke was watch it will probably be the lady that went in front of you. >> reporter: but not everyone is laughing. one of crandall's co-workers says she was supposed to be buying an office pool lottery ticket. >> i wish things had went the other way, no good deed goes unpunished. >> reporter: in a statement mackenzie publicly acknowledged crandall's politeness but with a lump sum payout of almost $371 million, some are saying crandall deserves more than just a thank you. >> i would give somebody money that let me go ahead of them. >> we certainly hope she gives them a little bit of money, that would be nice. >> reporter: but experts say even if crandall had stood her ground in line, she still might not have won. >> timing had changed.

that combination of numbers wouldn't have come up. most likely it would have been some other combination of numbers. everything would have had to be exactly the same to the millisecond. >> reporter: and while scandal may not be any richer, she still has something money can't buy. >> eh, luck of the draw. >> reporter: a sense of humor. for "today," mara schiavocampo, nbc news, new york. >> all right, let's get the take of philip galanis the social cues advice columnist for "the new york times." >> good morning. >> lots of lottery questions. how about the attitude of mindy who says i'm not entitled to this money, eyement' not bitter at all. >> how about that? she deserves on award for a performance so gracious but every human being in the world knows she could not possibly mean in the bottom of her heart. good manners is sometimes saying and doing the thing you don't really feel like doing. >> everyone wants this little old lady grandma to give some money to her but she's not obligated to do so, correct?

>> absolutely not. we do not invoice for common courtesy, holding doors for people and please go ahead, ma'am. now would it be heartwarming and sweet if the old woman did throw some bucks mindy's way? yes, but zero obligation. >> the fact is even though her co-workers may be upset, it's a quick pick, random, thousands and thousands of lottery tickets, maybe hundreds of thousands are done within seconds there's no guarantee they would have gotten the numbers. >> the nerd answer from al, absolutely right but you know, i'm getting a lot of questions at my column, companies are now asking employees not to do these pools on company e-mail, company time. >> because they can create problems. we have a guy here we'll call him howie the magician because he makes her $20 bills disappear over the years. >> oh! wow! whoa! no good deed goes unpunished.

>> i thought howie has done a tough job. you'd love him if we won and raise your eyebrows when we lose. >> absolutely. you know something? there are people maybe like howie that you could give your life savings to and it would be fine on a handshake and people you need to contract with to do a $5 transaction with so how well do you really know your colleagues and with hundreds and millions of dollars are at stake? >> that's true. >> philip, thank you so much. >> thank you. there is no debating the popularity of "game of thrones." fans are gearing up for this weekend's season finale, still shocked on what happened on last week's episode. spoiler alert don't watch if you don't know. ryan seacrest sat down with the author of the series. >> reporter: far from the fierce family drama, dragons, death and destruction of the seven kingdoms i met one george martin, the author behind "game of thrones" at a cast until

hollywood, a decidedly more tranquil setting than the warring lands of westeros. it's been about a week since it aired and fans are surprised, shocked, emotionally reacting to this blood bath to the red wedding. were you surprised by the reaction? >> i can respect where they're coming from. i want to go for a really strong emotion. i want you to be involved. i want characters who are so real to you that when they die it's like your mother died or your dog got run over by a truck, that you really do feel it profoundly. >> explain creating a character that's beloved and then killing that character off. >> i want my readers or the viewers in the case of a television show to feel the danger, to feel they don't know what's going to happen next. they don't know who is going to live or who is going to die. >> do you think that's what sets you apart, the fact that nobody is safe. >> yes. >> whether they're good or evil? >> yes, i think it does. >> martin had written for

television before but found it limiting. >> i'm going to do something as big as my imagination. i'm going to write the series of books, they're never going to be filmed, i'm never going to have to worry about a budget or a shooting time and of course the irony is -- >> you're back on tv. >> yes. >> what is it like for you? you don't write every episode. others write the episodes. you write maybe one per season. what's it like having other people writing the characters you created? >> it is nervous making when you let someone else adapt your work because you don't know what they're going to do with it, what changes they're going to make and it's a little like, i don't know, sending your child off to a school, how will they treat him in a school. >> george, the characters there are some over 1,000 characters created. how do you keep them straight and on track in yourmind? >> with increasing difficulty. these characters are so real to me that i, i do know them.

i do keep them straight in my head. i sort of forget real people like ten minutes after i meet them. >> you won't be away forever and winter is coming. >> winter is coming and so is martin's next book. some of the fans get anxious. sometimes i see them posting, hurry up blogs and wanting to you speed things up. what do you say to them? >> well, i tell them to be patient. if i knocked it out at the rate of a book a year it would not be this serious. it would be something else that i'm not interested in doing. >> sunday's episode a brief pause in a story that has no ending, just yet. for "today," ryan seacrest, los angeles. >> if you submitted a question for george martin on twitter, head to today.com and get some answers. you like games of chance? >> yes. >> one of the classics is now gaining popularity with a younger generation. today's jenna wolfe has her finger on the pulse as always. good morning. >> this was fun. we're talking about bingo,

bingo, a game which traditionally requires a calm setting a lazy night. our grandparents knew it well. lately the old school game is attracting a new audience and school audience and happening across the country. remember bingo, five letters, 25 numbers, randomly arranged, get any five across, down or diagonal and -- >> bingo! bingo! >> reporter: if you thought that ended when you outgrew trips to your grandparents, think again. >> bingo! >> oh! >> you got to get here really early, fills up real fast. >> reporter: at houston's lodge 88, the line starts to form before 5:00 p.m.. instead of heading to happy hour thursday night, these young urbanites line up, get stamped and put their game faces on, literally. >> so we want to win. >> reporter: the weekly bingo event draws hundreds and 75% of the players are under the age of 40.

>> it's loud, it's fun. >> it's just a cheap thursday night. >> reporter: why the sudden resurgence in i22 and n14? because bingo is getting a facelift, attracting a younger generation of players. there's cosmic bingo, rebel bingo and this far in atlanta -- >> it's not just b22, it might be hit a song. >> reporter: substituting pop culture for standard numbers and letters. >> we try to be on the cutting edge of events. >> reporter: it's funny you use the words cutting edge and bingo in the same sentence. >> most people think of it as the old school. it's more crowd interactive, we encourage people to sing, dance. ♪ you sit light there and how i became the prince of the town called bel air ♪ >> reporter: seems to be working. how many times since you full on sat down and played bingo.

>> monday. >> reporter: once a week dozens of 20 and 30 somethings packing here at diesel's filling station to get their bingo on. show of hands, who thought they'd come into a bar and play bingo? >> i thought another good 30 years before that. >> reporter: while old skilled bingo was more luck than skill this requires a little more thinking. and as the night goes on, so do the good times. and while there's no real strategy. ♪ on this night, i was blessed with some good old bingo luck. bingo! sorry, i got really excited. that was pure and that was real and that was completely simultaneously. ♪ so was that. >> lionel richie bingo. >> yes. >> n24 right there. >> lionel. now do it. now.

>> lionel's coming up after your local news. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is sarah caldwell. still have over, we plenty of accidents around the area and delays. let's get you up to date as you 295, shutsouthbound down at the fort meade exit. already down to 13 miles per hour. avoid it by either taking 95 or 97 as your alternate. on guilford.f.x. avenue, accident taking up the left lane. he lays back to ruxton, doesn't

look like it is taking up traffic that far. southbound 90 five past white marsh, dealing with an accident in the right lane. this is what it looks like in traffic leading up to the white marsh area. eastbound 32 and crain highway, watch for an accident. another one of cold spring and greenspring. 15 miles per hour on the northwest corner of the beltway from reisterstown road all the way down. one more accident of november 26 and old court road. -- at 326 and old court road. over're seeing the rain the metro area and some of it is picking up in intensity around anne arundel county towards d.c. there's plenty more rain on the way with tropical storm andrea making her way up. it is on land so it will be weakening through the day but it will bring a whole lot of rain through baltimore. three to five inches just by tonight.

74 to 78 your temperature range with the winds 28 miles per hour come and maybe stronger than that across the eastern shore. we quickly clear things out with in only 20% chance of a shower tomorrow and 86 on sunday. >> back with another update at

♪ oh what a feeling when we're dancing on the ceiling ♪ 8:30 on this friday morning, 7th of june, 2013. we have a plaza packed full of lionel richie fans ready to sing and dance, they are ready to party all night long and just one problem, our toyota summer concert series will take place indoors this morning because we're having a little weather.

>> and for the safety of the crew and musicians, we have a lot of electrical cables running we decided to go inside. >> lionel wanted to perform out here. >> he's been out here with everybody, too. >> he was here last year. >> yes. >> put on a fantastic concert. were you here that day? >> i was not here. >> i think you were. ♪ hey, jam ba jam ba ♪ whoa yeah >> i wasn't singing. >> that was mike seventh grade dream sequence for me. >> yeah, it was you. you should be proud of it. >> jam ba jam ba. i think it means we're having a good time. >> music fans should be here all summer long. next week adam levine and the guys from maroon 5 will be here next friday and then two weeks from today the young country music sensation hunter hayes

gets his turn on stage and june 28th it's philip phillips, season 11 winner of "american idol." . >> all of these ladies are going ooh. >> i love the "once, twice, three times a lady" t-shirts. well done. >> "unce, twice, three times a maiden." check of the weather, tomorrow a lot of wet weather in new england, some rain still hanging around due to a cold front along the southeast and atlantic coast. risk of strong storms from texas into the central plains, sizzling in the western third of the country. sunday, sunday, that front will continue to cause problems for the southeast and on into central florida, more rain into upper mississippi valley into the lower mississippi valley >> we are tracking all the

moisture coming up north from tropical storm andrea. some heavy rain is >> that's your latest weather. uncle willard is decamped from florida and's back in our nation's capital. uncle willie? >> you son of a glad, i'm glad you could join us. it's a quick bit but means a lot to everybody. essie do we like essie, yes, sir. she's from lake worth, florida. she's 100 years old. bill duncan next on the list from redwood city, california, 100 years old today, a wonderful

fellow who loves sports. he watches everything on television that he can see that's sports. i like golf, a slow game, it's nice. frances, ah when frances dances with me, frances shool roy and wooster, ohio, not worcester, massachusetts, 100 years old today, giving person, can't do enough for people, always being nice to people. fred click, i love the name, he is from mt. carmel, tennessee, 100 years old today, nascar, crazy about nascar. bootlegers in carolina, that's a true people, we don't make that up, that's true it is. anyway he loves nascar. jeralean talley and she is from inkster, michigan, 114 and she can still bait the hook herself. loves to fish. i mean she goes fishing and she always catches something.

some people have that knack. walter walter, lead me to the altar. walter andrews, and he is from ambler, pennsylvania, 101 years old today. he writes diaries and keeps all sorts of records. that's it, thank you. now back to new york. >> willard, thank you very much. i feel bad for these people, there was a time where you had the best seat in the house. so what we'll do here we'll make it so you still have the best seat in the house. there you go. coming up, lionel richie live in concert, but inside, first this is "today" on nbc.

>> announcer: the toyia ta concert series on today brought to you by toyota. >> he became a pop superstar in the 1980s and he is still shining bright today despite the rain. lionel richie, take it away.

♪ come on ♪ ♪ stuck on you ♪ i've got this feeling down deep in my soul that i just can't lose ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way ♪ needed a friend ♪ and the way i feel now i guess i'll be with you 'til the end ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way ♪ mighty glad you stayed ♪ mighty, mighty glad you stayed, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ stuck on you ♪ been a fool too long i guess it's time for me to come on home ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ so hard to see that a woman like you could wait around for me man like me ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way ♪ mighty glad you stayed ♪ mighty, mighty glad you stayed, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ oh i'm leaving on that midnight train tomorrow and i know just where i'm going ♪ ♪ i've packed up my troubles and i've thrown them all away, yeah,

yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ cause this time little darling i'm comin' to stay ♪ ♪ i'm stuck on you ♪ i've got this feeling down deep in my soul that i just can't lose ♪ ♪ guess i'm on my way ♪ it's so hard to see that a woman like you could wait around for a man like me ♪ ♪ yes i'm on my way ♪ mighty glad you stayed ♪ mighty, mighty glad you stayed ♪ ♪ i'm mighty glad y'all stayed

around y'all, oh, yeah ♪ >> lionel richie, where else would we be? more music from lionel, but first this is "today" on nbc.

. lionel richie a five-time grammy winner, selling more than 100 million albums worldwide. >> this morning right here he's announcing on "today" he's set to launch his first major u.s. tour in almost a decade. that is good news, lionel. nice to see you. >> great to see you guys and it's overdue. >> i'm thinking if this is any indication that you've got all these people lined up in the pourg rain, you're going to do pretty well on tour. are you excited about it? >> i have to tell you i've missed being in america. i've been around the world many, many times and people keep asking me when are you coming to america, the answer is, what's that movie, i'm coming to america. >> you have another great line

what are you going to sing to them tonight? >> i say basically everything karaoke style. it's going to be one big karaoke time and truthfully it's everything, everything they grew up with. you're going to find out three things when you leave me, where you were, what you were doing and who you were doing it with. >> and everybody not only knows the chorus to these songs they know every word of these songs. >> do you know how much pressure that is. >> because if you forget them. >> it's always the lady on the front row that says that's not how it goes. they know it religiously. these were songs they were married on, engaged so it's one big night of reminiscing and on the other hand i'm telling you what's happening now to me, to my amazement, the kids, when i say kids, the 19 to 25-year-olds are sitting there going oh my god, my brother played this record every day, or my mother. so we're getting it. >> we were happy to have your daughter here this week and we told her you were going to be here friday and she wanted to leave a little message for you.. >> oh, no. oh, god. >> good luck on the show, dad.

i know you're going to do great. try not to talk too much because it's embarrassing. >> your girl. >> you know, you know -- that's about as close to lucille ball as i could get. i mean having nick in the family has never been a dull moment and if it's ever a possibility of what could she do to just completely take my sexy out of the park, she could wipe my sexy out. >> i don't think that's possible. >> thank you. >> you're going to prove it right now going to sing what? >> i'm going to do "hello." believe it or not. >> ladies and gentlemen, lionel richie. ♪ ♪ i've been alone with you

inside my mind ♪ ♪ and in my dreams i've kissed your lips a thousand times ♪ ♪ i sometimes see you pass outside my door ♪ ♪ hello, is it me you're looking for ♪ ♪ i can see it in your eyes, i can see it in your smile ♪ ♪ you're all i've ever wanted and my arms are open wide ♪ ♪ cause you know just what to say, and you know just what to do ♪ ♪ and i want to tell you so much, i love you ♪

♪ i love you ♪ i long to see the sunlight in your hair and tell you time and time again how much i care ♪ ♪ sometimes i feel my heart will overflow ♪ ♪ hello, i've just got to let you know ♪ ♪ cause i wonder where you are and i wonder what you do ♪ ♪ are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you ♪ ♪ tell me how to win your heart for i haven't got a clue ♪ ♪ will you bet me start by

saying, i love you ♪ ♪ i love you >> chucky, play it for me now. ♪ ♪ hello, i've just got to let you know ♪ ♪ cause i wonder where you are and i wonder what you do ♪ ♪ are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you?

♪ tell me how to win your heart for i haven't got a clue ♪ ♪ but let me start by saying i love you ♪ ♪ i love you, i love you [ cheers and applause ] >> lionel richie. back with more music on a friday morning but first this is "today" on nbc.

we are delighted to have lionel richie back in our summer concert stage, even if today we had to move inside. so here he is with one of his biggest hits, once again lionel richie. >> ahh, love it, come on, chuck, let's do this thing. ♪ ♪ are you ready out there? ♪ nah, nah, nah, nah, whoa, whoa, yeah ♪ ♪ nah, nah, nah, nah, nah whoa-oh-oh ♪

♪ well, my friends the time has come to raise the roof and have some fun ♪ ♪ throw away the work to be done >> get ready. ♪ let the music play on, play on, play on ♪ ♪ everybody sing everybody dance lose yourself in wild romance ♪ ♪ we're going to party karamu ♪ ♪ fiesta forever come on and sing along ♪ ♪ we're going to party karamu ♪ ♪ fiesta forever come on and sing along ♪ >> everybody! ♪ all night long ♪ all night ♪ all night all night long all night long ♪ ♪ all night ♪ all night all night long ♪ ♪ all night >> wait a minute right there. huh!

♪ people dancing all in the streets, see the rhythm all in their feet ♪ ♪ life is good wild and sweet ♪ let the music play on, play on, play on ♪ ♪ feel it in your heart and feel it in your soul ♪ ♪ let the music take control ♪ ♪ we're going to party lively, fiesta, forever ♪ ♪ come along and sing along ♪ ♪ we're going to lively, fiesta, forever ♪ ♪ come on and sing my song ♪ everybody! ♪ all night long ♪ all night ♪ all night all night long all night long ♪ ♪ all night ♪ all night all night long ♪ ♪ yo, yeah ♪ once you get started

you can't sit down ♪ ♪ yeah, come join the fun it's a merry go round ♪ i worry about you. ♪ people are dancing their troubles away ♪ are you ready? let's dance. ♪ come join our party see how we play ♪ y'all come on! come on, everybody. come on! ♪ eh-jumbo jumbo ♪ we can party oh we go ♪ oh, jumbo-l.a., yeah, jumbo jumbo ♪ ♪ whoa, yes, we're going to have a party ♪ come on now! ♪ all night long ♪ all night ♪ all night

all night long ♪ ♪ all night ♪ all night all night long ♪ ♪ all night ♪ all night all night long ♪ ♪ all night ♪ yeah ♪ all night ♪ everyone you meet they're jamming in the streets all night long ♪ ♪ yeah i said everyone you meet ♪ ♪ they're jamming in the streets all night long ♪ everybody come on and dance. ♪ feel good, feel good ♪ yeah, do it, do it, do it ♪ whoa, yeah, all night long ♪ all night, all night, all night long, yeah ♪ ♪ all night long, all night all

night long ♪ ♪ right here, i say -- thank you very much, everybody. see you on tour! i love you! >> thank you very much, the u.s. tour coming soon. we love you. thank you for making our dreams come true. we're back with a lot more on a friday morning but first, check of your local news and weather. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the maryland state corrections officer says he is open to the idea of having an independent monti and his the detention center instead of the

corrections department. he said there appeared to be conflicts with running the

>> plenty of rain in the forecast today as andrea makes her way through the coast. we expected to pass by later this afternoon. some of them could reduce localized flooding. highs from 74 to 78. it turns out to be a decent weekend.

♪ wings are made to fly ♪ ♪ and we won't let nobody bring them down ♪ welcome to "today" on this friday morning, june the 7th, 2013. still a little rainy outside but man was there a party in here. >> where were you, mr. willie geist? >> you no he what my problem is? >> what's your problem? >> ran across the street. run across 49th street and i walk in and there's a conga line i missed. >> best karaoke party. >> good news is he is going to be back at the end of our show to do another -- >> a live song? >> a live song. >> i don't know if i'll recover as part of the backup singers.

we were all a little off key. >> they road us down and road him up. way to go. >> so much fun, oh my gosh, he has been entertaining us all morning long even playing during the commercial breaks. >> he's been out with the crowd. he wanted to perform but it was a safety issue, a lot of folks stuck around and we're grateful for that. >> so excited he'll be on tour in the u.s. and working on new music as we speak so we have a lot to look forward to. >> we have a "today" show trip out there. >> absolutely. you know it's been 30 years since "all night long" and still every time i turn it up. >> "dancing on the ceiling." >>o question, 1983, "all night long." let's get into our take three. i want to know what you think about this one, smiling in moderation. so there's this study from a german university published today that says women who smile at work may struggle to advance because they're viewed as