spied on world leaders at two london summit in 2009. one of them targeted the then russian president. protestors outside the u.s. kons lit in hong kong were demonstrating in support of snowden, the acknowledged nsa leaker. >> i think a great person is willing to expose this. >> reporter: china is encouraging support for snowden ever since he told a chinese newspaper last week that the u.s. hacked into computers there for years. on fox, dick chaney who helped institute it and congress rejected the surveillance program. >> i think he's a traitor and committed crimes by violating agreements begin the position he had. >> reporter: snowden is still believed to be in hong kong although the white house can't find him. >> i don't know where he is right now. >> reporter: the debate of the secret programs escalates.

>> it's important that the american people know what's being done in their name. >> it is protecting the united states from terrorists attacks. >> reporter: lawmakers want more privacy protection. >> once the fbi gets the information then the question is who can look at it, what can you do with information? >> reporter: while the administration assesses the damage, this warning from former cia and nsa chief. what i fare they learn is not what we're about to do but they learn what we're not allowed to do and they learn the limits of the program. >> there are unconfirmed reports that edward snowden has applied for asylum. also british officials say they haven't seen enough of the new documents to comment one way or another. it would not be surprising, nbc news reports years ago that the clinton administration eves dropped in miami and he would not stay at the summit retreat

not knowing who would be listening in. thank you. let's bring in nbc's chief white house correspondence chuck todd. this would add awkwardness if not tension as these leaders converge in the uk amid allegations that there was spying during the g-20 in 2009. >> there will be real tension and we'll get to that in a minute but in talking to senior administration officials about this, they have their oh, nothing to see here and they're shocked that that's going on between countries. countries do this to each other all the time. this is what happens at summits, this is what happens at negotiations. but that said, given what has happened and these summits, particularly the 1-on-1 relation ships between leaders are about trust so to add a level of distrust, particularly between the russians and there's a light

hearted story about putin stealing a super bowl ring but i'm sure he won't be happy to hear the u.s. was involved in eaves dropping on his predecessor. >> they talk about syria and that has to be some of the primary work of the summit as they go on these couple of days. >> it is. the dominant issue of the summit will be syria. it's a g- 8 but it's really a g-7 and 1. it will have a cold war atmosphere when president obama and putin have their 1-on-1 because they have a big disagreement over what to do about syria. >> reporter: after touching down, the president's first order of business, a sech to a mostly younger audience for north ireland's future. >> every single one of you possess something your generation before you did not. that's an example to follow. when those that took a chance on

peace got started they didn't have a successful model to emulate. they didn't know how it would work. >> reporter: but the real focus of the quick trip is the g-8 summit as the u.s. and most of it's western allies try to prop up the country's two year civil war. tensions could run high between g-7 and russia as putin stuck by syria's leader. he met with david cameron and his comments after that meeting may foreshadow a cold war-like exchange over syria when they meet later today. >> supply weapons to the government in regards of who has the blood of the children and peaceful citizens of syria, i believe you will not deny that the hands are on both of the parties.

president obama is a reluctant supporter of arming the opposition and getting plenty of heat from congress. >> this is about whether or not we exert american leadership with our allies abroad both in the gulf region and in europe. >> last year he was isolated. he had very few friends. he was hanging by a thread. this year he is entrenched hezbollah, iran and russia. >> the economy is taking a rare backseat at the summit. partly a reflection of the slow and steady recovery but how they pay taxes to the big 8 countries is likely to be a big issue. matt. thank you. something else expected to get attention the results of iran's election. a moderate cleric is replacing

mahmoud ahmadinejad. he won overwhelmingly, what do we know about him? >> he's been backed heavily by the reformist but he's not a reformist. on the inner circle of the conservative rulers of iran. he has a good relationship with the supreme leader and the reformists that came out heavily backing him. if it wasn't for the country's leading reformist he wouldn't have become president. >> when you think of the list of things the united states and iran disagree on. the nuclear program is one of the things that jumps out. how might this new president impact the direction of that program, if at all. >> well, he was chief nuclear negotiator during the late 90s, early 2000 and that's when they saw a suspension of uranium enrichment. he came under heavy criticism for that. it will be interesting to see what course he takes the nuclear

program in. since he left power and ahmadinejad came into power they took a much harder line on the nuclear program. we'll have to see if he tries to reverse that at all or if indeed he can. >> most of the power in iran lies there so is he just a figure head or will he have real power? >> we'll have to see if he can make tangible changes or this is just a softening turn. the supreme leader is the most powerful man in the land, the constitution says the president is the second most powerful man. we'll see easier negotiating part but the ultimate decision lie with the supreme leader and we don't know what he's thinking right now, matt. ali, thank you very much. well, firefighters in colorado are making more progress against the costliest

wild fire in that state's history. david is in colorado springs this morning. david, good morning. >> reporter: good morning savannah. it is 65% contained right now but that doesn't mean the fire is out. they're calling it the blast forest fire and as we learned through the weekend as we toured the area, that's exactly what it looks like. we're talking 20 square miles burned through neighborhoods. more than 500 homes have been burned to the ground here. two people have died and it's very hard for the 1200 crews that are out there and going acre by acre trying to put the fire out. it's burning in the most unusual places right now. not on a hillside, a ridge of fire you would normally see. this is burning underneath the ground and inside the trees -- yes, inside these ponderosa

pines. it's very difficult but they're doing that this morning. thank you very much. >> encouraging news this morning about the health of britain's prince phillip. >> good morning. prince phillip left a london hospital walking out and waving ten days after abdominal surgery. they have said he is making satisfactory progress. the 92-year-old is expected to rest a couple of months. meanwhile, nelson mandela is hospitalized this morning for a condition. he is improving. love and generosity from around the world brought hope and comfort. she says the family is grateful for messages of support that have come in cards, letters and calls texts and tweets and on facebook. incredible scene of devastation this morning, torrential rain and flooding

washed away buildings killing at least 23 people in northern india. dozens more are missing. a landslide nearby buried a bus. tensions are still running high after days of turmoil in turkey. on sunday, police used tear gas and water cannons on demonstrators protesting against the government. more than 400 people were taken into custody. unions are calling for a one day strike. general motors is recalling suvs model years 2006, 2007. a circuit board on the driver's side door could cause a fire. it includes the chevy trailblazer, gmc envoy, saab 97 x and asender. the vehicles should be parked outdoors until they're repaired. now let's head to wall street and what is moving the markets. jackie joins us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

the market is coming off a volatile week and it depends on what ben bernanke says about the state of the economy and whether it's strong enough for the program. it takes place on wednesday. gas prices holding steady at $3.61 a gallon for the national average according to aaa. the good news is we're not seeing prices rise as we approach the peak of the driving season. thank you so much. ms. connecticut is the new ms. usa. she is a 25-year-old accountant. he beat out 51 other women for the title to represent the u.s. at the ms. universe pageant this winter. >> a huge win for justin rhodes sunday. he became the first englishman to win it. sean didn't win but he had the shot of the day for his own personal highlight reel.

he got a hole in one at the u.s. open on the 299-yard 17th hole. that's the way the celebrate that accomplishment. >> good for him. >> mr. roker left the desk and he's acrossed the studio. tell us about the weather, good morning. >> well, i went to best buy this weekend. >> she's a beauty. >> bigger is better. >> yeah. it also shows up the thunderstorms just south of kansas city all the way down to wichita falls. we have severe thunderstorm watches in effect until later this afternoon. slight risk of strong storms down to lubbock, large hail, damaging winds, isolated tornado possible out of this. you can see the storms starting to fire up. they'll fire up through the afternoon into the evening hours causing problems for airport delays from atlanta into savannah as well.

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and that's your latest weather. thanks so much. now to a super bowl ring at the center of international intrigue. he belonged to the owner of the new england patriots and ended up in the hands of russia's president. the question this morning is how did that happen? stephanie has more on that. good morning. >> good morning. this is quite a story. they're made ofold and diamonds with a street value of tens of thousands. robert craft gifted his to the russian president, or did he? it seems odd two grown men disagreig over a ring but this is not an ordinary ring and these are not two ordinary men. the owner of the new england patriots and billionaire business man, vladimir putin, president of russia and self-described outdoors man.

the story starts in 2005 when the patriots won the super bowl. the owner along with the entire team got a ring. not long afterwards he was part of a high profile business concert in st. petersburg russia where the ring exchanged hands. the russian president tried it on and kept it. craft said it was a gift. but now, 8 years later he told a different story to a gala. he said i took out the ring and showed it to putin and he put it on and he goes i can kill someone with this ring. i put my handout and he put it in his pocket and three kgb guys got around him and walked out. according to the new york post he went on to say it was the bush administration that pressured him to call the ring a present for the sake of foreign relationships. bush officials wouldn't comment. he was a patriots fan his entire life. season tickets since '91, bought

the team in '94. >> it means a lot more than the value of the ring and diamonds. you don't want to lose any ring from any championship and each one in it's own way is more important than the other. >> a spokesperson says thursday night's story was meant to be funny. it's a humorous story he retells for laughs. he loves that his ring is there. >> on display for all the russian nfl fans. the u.s. russian relationship in 2005 wasn't strong. it sparked patriots fan clubs in russia. call it football diplomacy. >> what do we think happened? >> i think it's probably the original story, he said go ahead take it. >> he thought he'd get it back. tony blair stole my watch five

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coming up some pictures getting a lot of attention. celebrity chef nigella lawson being photographed choked by her husband. this happened in public and now police are getting involved. we'll be live with the latest in london. >> not only outrage about the fact that he would potentially do something but it doesn't seem that anybody came to her defense in that restaurant. also ahead, ms. utah's interview answer during the ms. usa pageant had people talking. remember the ms. south carolina

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news today and baltimore. >> good morning. i am stan stovall. baltimore county emergency crews are on the scene of a possible carbon monoxide leak in parkville. fire and ems workers respond to a group home at the 2800 block of hillcrest avenue just before midnight. officials say the three employees and for residents of the home were either taken to shock, or to franklin square hospital, at some of found unconscious. a fourth employee became sick after going home and was also taken to the hospital. is being evacuated now and has been on fire crews are investigating.

here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> let's bring you up-to-date on the accident we are tracking the patapsco river bridge. not causing a major back up. we are looking at delays on the west side. outer loop. i-70, that stretches back to 795 towards the west side. getting word of the disabled vehicle on eastbound 140 approaching reece road towards westminster. @milfordd liberty road mill road, all lanes are closed just the westbound direction due to utility work. the ramp from poti street is blocked by ongoing roadwork. 95 towards the fort mchenry, problem free at the moment. 895 checking out ok at the harbor tunnel. rest of the major roadways faring quite well. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> always nice when you can start off the work week without major problems. 68 in randallstown. 69 in columbia.

we'll be even warmer into the afternoon and we have two areas to keep in mind. down to the south and are dealing with showers, added a few a few showers are breaking out your garrett county. these will come towards baltimore through the midday and afternoon. that is why we are including a chance for us had a shower or thunderstorm after 12 p.m. and that goes until about sunset. seven-day forecast shows we're still in the

7:30 on this monday morning. it's the 17th of june 2013 and we have a happy crowd out on rockefeller crowd this morning. a pretty day as we say hey to them in a little bit. i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer and al roker and natalie morales. coming up this morning, the disappearance of madeline mccann. scotland yards launching a new investigation. we'll tell you about it this morning. >> photographs of nigella lawson being choked by her husband at a restaurant. we'll tell you more about it. miss connecticut is now miss usa but what caught the attention of viewers last night, an answer from miss utah. we'll show it to you and talk

about that. >> one of those moments you don't know whether to laugh or hug the contestant because they're in distress. >> we've all been there. >> we certainly have. >> we're not going to make fun. let's begin this half hour with the big squeeze on flights. leg and elbow room gets tighter and tighter. tom could sstello is at reagan international airport. what's the deal. >> reporter: good morning. if you're traveling this summer you'll be interested in this. we're all checking our bags and sometimes to carry on a bag for a soda or snack, even to sit in an emergency exit row, well, now, things are likely to get even a little tighter. those romantic days of yester year flying are gone.

it can feel more like a cattle call. now they're shrinking the leg room. american airlines will likely add more seats to economy seating. >> i don't know how they can cram more seats in the planes. >> reporter: the standard seat has 31 inches of leg room. but standard leg room has shrunk by three inches over the last 10 to 15 years. >> ifact, over the last 50 years the average american is an inch taller, 24 pounds heavier and the airlines are cramming in more seats giving you less and less space. >> reporter: american is only considering what many airlines have already done. installing thinner seats or moving rows closer together. united added six seats to 8319, and southwest added 6 seats to it's 737. spirit airlines uses the maximum number of light weight seats

that the faa allows and they don't recline. a spokesperson says this allows us to offer lower fares and makes us more efficient. >> we need more room for people my height. i'm almost 7 feet tall. >> you can pay for extra leg room. >> just buying a passage on an airplane is what we're getting. on a tin ka k in the sky and from that point on, add up all the fees. >> reporter: yeah we mentioned that flights are flying full these days. if you're flying in july for the summer vacation you're probably going to pay the most because that's when most americans are traveling on vacation but don't forget to eventually calculate in the baggage fees, carry on fees, maybe the soda, everything else that go along to the final trip. it can add a lot to the price of the ticket. back to you. tom, thank you very much. >> that's when you add the

cocktails. >> that's right. now you're in narrower aisle and narrower seats, if you get the center seat, that's going to be a real picnic. >> it's an opportunity for closeness. >> it is. >> it won't cause more fights about the armrest. >> one or two -- both. >> even if you're in the center? >> you pick one, not the other. the center person does not get both armrests. it doesn't mean you get both armrests. >> wow. >> i don't know. >> i think we should put this on our today.com poll. >> i think you get to p your feet up on the chair in front of you. >> if you can do that you're a contortionist. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> all right. but first, this. today's weather is brought to you by jif. choosey moms choose jif.

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keep track of your weather any time you need to go to the weather channel on cable. weather.com online. now a new investigation being launched this morning into the disappearance of madeline mccann. michelle is in london with this story. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: hey savannah. it's been since years since madeline disappeared from her bed in an apartment her family was renting in portugal. there the case went nowhere but today the british government is taking the step of funding it's own administration acknowledging the possibility too that madeline could still be alive. madeline's face is recognizable practically worldwide but no one has been able to say what happened to her. portugal closed the case. but the british government now

is willing to reopen it funding it's own investigation with police here in the hopes of finally solving it. >> they have come up with some leads, some suspects they don't think were investigated properly. >> reporter: two years ago a small group of british investigators were tasked with looking over the portuguese files of the case when madeline's parents said they were thinking on their three sleeping children every half hour while they were at dinner a few hundred yards away. she realized she was gone from her bed. >> my heart lurched as i saw now that behiebd them the window was wide open and the shutters on the outside raised all the way up. nausea, terror, disbelief, fear, icy fear. there's still leads and people to talk to that were never followed up. scotland yard said we are encouraged by the progress we are making and continue to identify potential lines of

inquiry. and the mccanns just before the 6th anniversary of her disappearance in may appeared on british television. >> the search is on going. nothing is slowing down. if anything i feel like it's escalating and again, it's just be vigilant. please still take your posters on holiday and don't forget about that she is still missing. we haven't lost hope. >> reporter: this morning scotland yard tells me that there's still some diplomatic red tape to go through before this can be a full open investigation. they have been working with portuguese authorities and scotland yard said look at other cases. look at the case of cleveland, the three women that were missing for such a long time. madeline today would be ten years old. savannah. michelle, thank you. coming up next, what witnesses describe as a violent and public confrontation between nigella lawson and her husband. the police investigation is now underway. and on trending, man of steel strikes gold at the box office

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attention from the police this morning. >> reporter: good morning. it was captured in a series of disturbing photo. nigella lawson being grabbed by the throat of her husband for almost ten years. >> i'm all for making my life and yours easier. >> she's the glamorous british cook known for her casual approach to food but now she is causing a stir of another kind. splashed across the british newspaper this morning photographs of lawson and her former advertising executive husband charles saatchi in a heated argument at a popular london restaurant. the pictures, some shocking in nature show saatchi grabbing lawson by the neck several times. >> she is the darling of british television community. there's nothing like a photograph capturing an incident like this to make fans sit up and listen on social media. that's exactly what happened in this incident. >> reporter: just as disturbing

to those that have seen the photos is that no one steps in to help. several tweets condemned the alleged conversation. don't know what's worse, charles saatchi publicly assaulting nigella lawson or that not a single person intervened. while others offered words of report like stay strong nigella we love you. they left saatchi's apartment separately following the altercation. she admits they have had their moments. they have even previously been caught on camera arguing in public. lawson has been busy promoting her new book in the uk while preparing for a u.s. tour and is known for the reality show the taste. >> she is the number one tv chef in britain. you can't underestimate how big a star this lady is in the

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want to take you back all the way to 2007 when miss south carolina teen usa gave this now legendary answer during the competition. >> recent polls have shown a fifth of americans can't locate the u.s. on a world map. why do you think this is. >> i personally believe that u.s. americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don't have that and i believe that our education like such as in south africa and iraq and everywhere such as and

i believe that they should -- our education over here in the u.s. should help the u.s. or should help south africa -- >> that's not a great moment. >> it's a lot of pressure. >> sometimes it's hard under all that pressure. so that moment came to mind for a lot of people watching miss usa last night when miss utah was asked about the fact that women make less money than men. >> i think we can relate this back to education and we are continuing to try to strive to figure out how to create jobs right now. that is the biggest problem and i think, especially the men are seen as the leaders of this so we need to try to figure out how to create education so that we can solve this problem, thank you. >> thank you utah. thank you sweetheart.

>> i think we have all drawn a blank. >> especially one of our youtube. >> please don't. >> we have been in that position where we're in the middle of saying something and you kind of go blank and then it's like that hot flash starts in the middle of your back and up the back of your neck which makes matters worse. >> but if you looked like that -- >> it helps a little bit. >> it does help. >> but it also gets you on the today show. >> she did make it to third runner up. >> you want to help them. i have been there when i've hosted that. you want to help them. you want to give them a hug. >> we've all been there. the recycled newspaper and plastic. now a new plan. and kim kardashian's mom opens up about the new baby granddaughter. >> after your local news.

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>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> time for a trick of the morning commute with sarah caldwell. a newre getting word of accident involving an overturned overturned vehicle and the gwynn oak avenue. watch for closures and delays due to the accident. one is coming in from baltimore county towards route 23. as you travel the west side, delays in place on the outer loop from 795 down to edmondson could walther avenue and moravia road, watch for a crash. closure on westbound route 26. liberty road and milford mill road -- that is due to utility work area 14 minutes on the north side stretch. 19 minutes to travel west side outer loop. 95 out of the northeast, showing delay southbound from white marsh down to the 895 split. in the weather department,

things are pretty quiet right now. in thee north this upper 60s at this point. 69 degrees in sykesville. patches of sun. showers are developing and continuing across the lower eastern shore into southern maryland. we have let showers making their way towards garrett county. area is what we have to focus on around baltimore today. scattered showers and storms into the afternoon. high temperatures from 84 to 88. 40% chance for a thunderstorm even tomorrow afternoon. we should see drying weather into the next couple of days. friday does begin our very first day of summer. still a? -- still a question mark. 86 degrees the high temperature. the storm should be far and few between. >>

8:00 now on a monday morning. it's the 17th day of june, 2013. good crowd out on the plaza on a beautiful monday morning here in new york city. temperatures up into the 80s. that's great news for these people who come from far and wide to spend a little time in new york city. we're happy they're here. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and mr. al roker. coming up we'll talk about a study that caught our attention. when does typical sibling rivalry turn into sibling aggression and bullying and what impact does sibling bullying have on the one being bullied. we'll talk about that. and a woman that decided to shave her head with her sister who is suffering from cancer. the woman is a hair stylist and

she says her salon asked her to wear a wig after that so she decided to quit. the salon said that's not how it happened. we'll have the story just ahead. and on a lighter note, super model, business woman, mom of four, heidi klum is mingling with the crowd. we'll get the scoop on america's got talent. >> a world class high fiver by the way. >> look at that. >> later on, what the kardashian family is saying about their new edition. the baby girl born to kim and kanye. but first, natalie is standing by with the headlines. good morning everyone. documents apparently supplied by nsa leaker edward snowden indicate that britain may have spied on foreign delegates at a london summit in 2009. british leaders say they don't have enough information to comment on the report carried in

britain's guardian newspaper. snowden who faces criminal charges is believed to be in hong kong although the white house is unable to locate him. president obama arrived this morning in northern ireland. this morning he addressed young people in belfast telling them they are responsible for their own future and for maintaining peace between protestants and catholics. the president is meeting 1-on-1 with russia, great britain and italy. progress against the raging wild fires in colorado. firefighters got help on sunday as steady rain moved through the area but along with train came lightning and at least one new fire. in the last week colorado's wild fires killed two people and destroyed almost 500 homes. the biggest fire there now is about 65% contained. nelson mandela's wife thanked her husband's supporters worldwide today for their messages of love and support. the 94-year-old former south african president is spending

his 10th day in the hospital for a reoccurring lung infection. he is in serious condition but doctors say they are seeing improvement. in florida, the second week of jury selection is getting underway today at the gorge zimmerman murder trial. the neighborhood watch volunteer pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in the fatal shooting of unarmed teen trayvon martin. jury selection could become more difficult with the judges ruling last week that the panel will be sequestered. changing appetites and economics have given a huge boost to fish farmers. for the first time in history, farmed fish production worldwide topped the global beef output. in addition to dietary factors the rising price of cattle field helped to tip the scales. a florida teen is defending his bold decision to hitch a hide on the back of a 25-on the whale shark. he spotted the shark while fishing in the gulf of mexico and grabbed on to it's finn.

a marine biologist says chris could have disturbed the shark's protective covering. chris didn't realize the shark could have been harmed but insists his ride was a once in a lifetime experience. whale sharks are not dangerous to hums, so they stay. still a freaky looking beast. let's go back outside to matt and savannah. >> what do they say about riding them though? >> not a good idea. >> i saw this sign says my husband looks like al roker. >> wow. what a burden. >> yeah. >> actually i think you look better than me. what's your name. >> tyrone. >> where are you from? >> jacksonville, florida, originally from youngstown, ohio. >> are you available? thanks for coming down. let's see what we got for you as far as your weather is

concerned. monterey, california. got morning fog followed by sunshine. getting up to 60 degrees as we look at the week ahead, below normal temperatures from the mid coast. rainy from the mid-atlantic states through the mid plains. then wet again. cool out west and the latter part of the week it will be warmer than usual here in the northeast on in the central plains. a little on the wet side. as you get in the pla i >> the sun is starting to break out. high temperatures between 84 and

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>> new york's mayor has less than a year in office. he wants to try something else. he wants new yorkers to start separating food items from their garbage for composting. take your food scraps, put them in a container the size of a picnic basket in your home, hold them for a few days and later put them in a dispenser for disposal items or containers on the sidewalk. this is going to be part of a voluntary program at first which will then become a mandatory program and they have tried it with a few pilot programs in new york and the participation was very high. >> the first part i have is won't it smell? >> but you're sealing it. >> does it seal out the rodents because rodents in new york city, they can open anything. >> apparently it's like a

tup,perwear -- not to give a name brand but that type container. >> i've done it in the past. it's good. >> other cities tried this with greatsuccess. seattle and san francisco. >> you're not sending stuff to land fills which is not only good for the environment but saves millions of. >> no questions about it. the college world series opened in omaha, nebraska and it's still a college setting which is why one of the photo taken was raising eyebrows. take a look at the top of the dugout. you'll see this closely. anything wrong with the first word? i love spelling. what is going on, ncaa said it was too late to change it without disrupting the game. it's been fixed. >> i bet they wish they had. >> how do you not notice that. >> is that like an alternate

spelling somewhere vsavannah? >> it's accepted by the greeks. >> trending on google, a super weekend at the box office for "man of steel." how many of you saw it this weekend? >> i saw it. that's not the theme from this current movie, this is a classic. anyway, it earned almost $200 million worldwide. 125 million came domestically. most ever for the month of june. previous record set by toy story 3 which made 110. already 40% over the dark knight which raked in 470 million over sees. i did not see it. i talked to other people that saw it and they all said the same thing. >> could cut 20 minutes off of it. >> there's strong language and -- >> it's a little darker. >> produced by christopher

nolan. >> dean cain will be with kathie lee. >> yeah. >> trending also on yahoo, a sight you don't see every day at the vatican. a blessing of the bikes by pope francis. he's amid a crowd of thousands of motorcyclists blessing them and that are harley davidson. this is the 110th anniversary. apparently the sound of the bike show was so loud it nearly drowned out the lord's prayer as the pope read to the crowd. earlier harley davidson gave him two white classic harleys for the vatican police force. >> i could see him on the road. >> here's the popemobile for you. >> they came for the anniversary but got the blessing. >> exactly. >> the things you had to do, your bucket list thing, one was

learn to ride a harley. one of the most fun segments i've ever done on this show. >> bike weighs a ton. >> that's what is trending today. meanwhile, the resignation of a hair stylist in washington state is making headlines. she claims she was forced to quit after shaving her head in support of her sister who has cancer. >> reporter: just one year separates these sisters but not much else. >> my sister and i have been best friends for as long as i can remember. we have done everything together. >> reporter: even cancer. marissa got her first diagnosis last year, just 23, the chemo claimed her hair. >> the hardest thing is not what i'm going through but it's having to watch the heart break of the ones that i love. >> reporter: melanie had just beaten cervical cancer. to show her love, she shaved her head. >> it meant more than i think

she even knows. >> reporter: two weeks ago, more bad news, marissa's cancer can come back. >> they told her chemo and i found my clippers. >> reporter: but this time a reaction she didn't expect. the salon where she worked said her bald head could make guests uncomfortable and she couldn't market hair products without hair and she had to wear a wig. >> i decided i can't support her 50% of the time. that's not why i did it. >> reporter: she felt she had no choice and re-signed. >> i consider, myself, my sister and every bald woman out there to be strong and beautiful. >> reporter: she posted the letter on facebook. it was liked, shared and eventually picked up by local news. melanie's description of events does not fit their culture or values and they're now investigating to sort out what happened. >> we have no policy that prohibits this and if there was

a violation of any of our policies, then we will take the appropriate action. >> reporter: melanie's job they say is there if she wants it. the sisters say they're focussing on the future. >> when it comes down to it, you have your family and you have your faith. and if you can't stick up for those two things, then what really in this world are we willing to stick up for? >> reporter: a bond they'll now rely on for marissa's battle ahead. let's get perspective on this. star jones is a former prosecutor and representative for the national association of professional women. good morning to you. >> good morning savannah. >> there seems to be a disagreement about exactly what happened here. melanie says she was asked to wear a wig and because of that she re-signed. the salon says -- well, the owners say they're not sure she even got the paperwork. she is free to come back and the job is hers if you want it.

what do you think happened here. >> this is a failure of process and procedure at that particular and salon and not a failure of core values or policy of the company as a whole. the owner said we have supported our team members and i like the fact that they call them team members in all aspects of their community service or their personal lives or families lives. they have actually supported this kind of incident in the past in one of the other salons so i think what happened was the salon manager and then the human resources and or director, they just didn't follow what the normal policy would have been. >> i mean, could an employer legally say to on employee you are not permitted to be bald? in the air salon setting? if it was not sick but voluntary. >> well, if it was sick, we'd have a problem but if there is a

dress code or uniform you need to wear and you know that going into your employment, that's one thing. if you're in the hair salon and it's about being creative and funky and it may generate conversation with the guests or with a client. so i'm not sure that a salon manager can say, well, you know, we want everybody to have long hair, especially if you have a guy cutting hair next to you and that guy is bald. so what is good for the goose is good for the gander. >> interesting discussion to have. star jones, appreciate it. now over to matt. thank you. now our monday medical round up. sibling rivalry and daddy brain. nancy snyder is nbc's chief medical editor. get right to it. new study released overnight on sibling aggression. >> right. >> 32% of children said they were bullied by one of their own siblings so when we talk about bullying, what kinds of behavior are we talking about here? >> this is a landmark study,

it's verbal, physical abuse or taunting. it's also destruction of property. a sibling stealing stuff or wrecking it. over 3500 kids, this is in the journal of pediatrics and it shows while you and i talking about peer bullying, especially in the school setting, family bullying, sibling to sibling can have the same fall out. >> a lot of kids bullied by a sibling are also bullied by peers in school but what stuck out to me in the study is even if they are only bullied at home it can have the same kind of devastating effect emotionally. >> it can even be mild. so, a sibling stealing stuff out of your room, wrecking it, taunting you and they followed kids from 11 months all the way up to 17 and they found that whether mild or severe, the fall out of anxiety, depression, feeling more vulnerable in

school, that mattered. so i would say the parents, if you wouldn't take certain behavior from a neighbor you don't take it from one sibling to another. >> i have three kids and sometimes it drives you crazy to see how they treat each other. rarely physical in my house but it does get emotional and this say great warning to say enough is enough. >> it's a good story. >> thank you very much. >> you bet, matt. a tough topic is being taken up on sesame street for the first time, incarceration and it's impact on kid. erica hill is here with details on that. good morning to you. >> good morning. nice to see you. it may seem like an odd pairing but for kids who better to talk about having a parent behind bars than their friends on sesame street. this weekend some of the famous characters made a very special father's day at one new york jail. for more than 40 years, sesame street has been bringing kids those sunny days but never before inside a jail.

her son hasn't seen his dad in six months. but today, she has made an exception bringing her 2-year-old to visiting day and reuniting her family because those familiar muppets promised a sunny day. it was a chance to spend much needed time with his son. it's tough to find a kid of any age that doesn't connect with the characters of sesame street. over the past few years sesame workshop used that relationship to tackle topics you likely won't find on a saturday morning cartoon. hunger. >> i go with my family to the food pantry. >> reporter: force. >> this is where i live with my mommy. >> reporter: even military deployments. >> daddy has to go away for lots and lots of days. >> reporter: but incarceration is perhaps the most unexpected. meet alex, the first muppet to have a dad in jail. >> i just miss him so much.

>> is it easier for kids to hear these things coming from a muppet? >> coming from a muppet it's almost another child telling their story to children. >> reporter: 1 in 28 children in the u.s. has a parent behind bars. it's more than having a parent deployed but it's talked about less aufb. >> i don't want people to know about my dad. >> reporter: which is why he is talking about it with his friends on sesame street as part of a new tool kit for families and schools. for the folks here where 2-thirds of the inmates are parents, making that connection is essential. >> we want to make sure that the kids understand that what has happened has nothing to do with them. >> reporter: a message they cheerfully share with kids and parents alike.

and alex, the new muppet won't be part of the regular cast. he's only part of that tool kit which is available online. >> tough conversation to have but makes it easier when it's with the friendly little faces. thank you and now over to matt. you may have heard there's one more kardashian to keep up with this morning. kim kardashian and kanye west became proud parents to a baby girl over the weekend. jason kennedy is in los angeles with the details. >> reporter: good morning. the royal baby of the americas was born over the weekend just in time for kanye west to come face to face with his reason for celebrating father's day. kim kardashian and kanye west are waking upmost likely very early as the proud parents of a baby girl. on the red carpet of the daytime emmys chris generkris jenner ta the edition.

>> we're thrilled and she's doing great and beautiful. she also send a happy father's day to kanye through the twitter verse while khloe said i cannot even begin to talk about the miracle of our family. >> they haven't shared any specific details. >> kim had a few bumps in the road during her pregnancy. she settled her divorce to chris humphries during that time and she was also criticized for wardrobe choices. the entire family is happy and excited about the special delivery. kanye west cancelled his appearance on friday night 15 minutes before his scheduled arrival to make sure he was by kim's side. >> reporter: in a recent interview kanye said i would do anything to protecty child or my child's mother, as simple as that. he continued i just don't want to talk to america about my family. this isn't america's baby.

there will be no anonymity for this baby who will be in the spotlight like his famous mom and dad. by the way, i have to say this is a big week for the family with the release of kanye's 6th solo album. it's called yeezus and critics and fans are buzzing about this one. >> a lot of people do love the music. very good. jason kennedy in los angeles. coming up, america's got talent judge heidi klum will stop by. >> look forward to that. a tasty treat anned on wheels. the food truck just named best in america after your local news.

>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. here is sarah caldwell. report for to motorists south on 95 towards the white marsh area. accident is taking up the two right lanes. let's look at traffic meeting up. it is crawling approaching white marsh puts the accident scene. that stretches back to just south of mountain road. inner loop of i-97, we have an accident causing a backup. quinn out past poplar drive, an overturned vehicle being worked on. watch for closures at the intersection. rolling road in baltimore national pike, we have an accident coming in. the outerd out in loop west side, those delays in place as usual. 795 down. 28 miles per hour on average through that stretch.

liberty road and milford mill road, continued closures due to utility work. delays on the west side at north side. 12 minutes to get through that stretch. big problem, 95 out of the northeast, southbound past white marsh, 2 right lanes closed with an accident. a for has a look at the forecast. >> temperatures in the low 70s downtown. we are still seeing a lot of clouds over baltimore. south,look down to our more showers continuing to track to st. mary's county. showers on the pennsylvania line on 60 it into western maryland. this is what will move our way later today. pity scattered. not everyone is going to see them. 80s today.e mid unsettled tomorrow. chance for an afternoon shower or storm. we dry out into the end of the week. joining us. for back with another update at 8:56.

8:30 on a monday morning. the 17th of june, 2013 and a pretty start to the work week this morning in new york city as we wave hello to all of those waving hello this morning. good morning, i'm savannah guthrie along side matt lauer, al roker and natalie morales. >> do you know who is in the studio now? >> someone i love. >> heidi klum is here. she is a super model, four of four and judge on america's got talent. she just passed a milestone in terms of birthdays. we'll talk to her about a few of those things coming up in a few minutes. >> we'll climb aboard a tasty

trend in eating, the food trucks are all the rage now and we'll get a taste of the one just named best in america. i'm told the lobster roll is to die for. >> we'll try it in a few minutes. >> who doesn't love snoopy, charlie brown and the whole peanuts gang? there's a new way to look at them. a man that was giving a blessing to work them into original art and now the peanuts game is in the luve. >> i like the way you say that. meanwhile we're proud of our people this morning. over the weekend the "today" show received a daytime emmy for best directing on a morning talk show and that went to joe michaels and erica levins who was accepting the award. so congratulations. we're proud of you. >> joe had an off the shoulder

number we didn't want to show. >> didn't want to see that. >> how about a check of the weather. let's see what we got. for today a risk of strong storms from texas on into the central plains. beautiful out west. showers in the pacific northwest. wet weather in the mid-atlantic states into the central mississippi rir. that rain spreads into the northeast and new england tomorrow. that risk of storms hangs in there. great weather into the great lakes and the northern plains. wet weather into the interior section of the pacific northwest. gwn through texas gulf coast >> good morning. it is a mild start to the day. after lunch time, a shower could pop-up

you know what would be very appealing right now is to tell you that best place to get your weather, weather channel on cable, weather.com online. now, let's go for a guy we go bananas for, willard scott. it's birthday time at music hall, knoxville, maryland, we're practically in maryland. this was part of maryland once. did you know that? virginia is 100 years old today. crazy about the birds. she loves the baltimore orioles. happy birthday. >> we have joseph white and he is from green field, indiana, 101 years old today. wonderful fellow. makes furniture. really. now there's an art in itself

too. how about that? okay. take a look at evaline multer. she is from johnson city in new york. 100 years old today. bridge. loves her bridge. tranquilino luzano. we wish him a happy birthday. he is 100 today. he is from rowland heights california. he is a happy man who loves people all over the place and a peaceful man. you can't say much about somebody that's peaceful. roberta farris is from wichita falls, texas, i've been there. turns the falls off once. 108 years old today. we wish her a happy birthday. her favorite meal is oatmeal.

mine too. i love irish oatmeal. happy birthday to peter keenan and he is from hilton head, south carolina. what a spot. most people going down there to retire. hilton head, wonderful. 100 years old today. crazy about computers. older people love those computers. they can handle them and good at it and have fun with it. that's it in new york city where they all love each other. willard, thank you so much. coming up next, heidi klum is here to talk about being a judge on "america's got talent" but first, this is "today" on nbc. y"

we're back at 8:37 with super model, entrepreneur and mom of four heidi klum. he has been in the international spotlight for more than 20 years now and she is taking on a brand new challenge as a judge on america's got talent.

take a look. [ music playing ] i loved it. i thought that you were really cool. i loved your confidence and the way you were singing walking around. >> i was confident until you started talking and looking directly at me and now i'm not. your beautiful in person. >> thank you. don forget me. when i come i want to be in the front row. >> i will never forget about you. >> highly klum nice to see you. >> good morning. you were about to go in and start shooting this. how does it meet expectations. >> i love it. i love sitting there. i love sitting there with my judges judging 30 to 40 acts every day. it's amazing because you never know what happens. you never know who is next coming on to your stage. always a surprise. >> it's a diverse panel. the judges are different.

i'll say a name, you tell me the first thing that comes to your mind, howie mandell. >> goofy. >> but he's been there the longest. >> he is a comedian and so funny. he makes me laugh all the time. there's a lot of comedians also that try out on america's got talent so i'm always judging them next to him because he makes me laugh all day and i'm like you're not as good as howie mandell. >> mel b. >> strict but fair. >> howard stern. >> i would say stern. >> stern with you or the contestants. >> he's a lamb behind the scenes but when the red light is on and they're recording he gets quite stern. >> one of the things that's different about this show than other talent shows is children are allowed to participate. you're the mom of four. do you get nervous when you have

to be brutally honest with a child on stage. do you think about what would it will like if your own children were up there. >> of course i kid comes on to the stage and i always root for them and hope they're going to be good. especially when they sing and you're like it's my turn and i have to tell the kid the truth. i have to though. i'm a judge. i can't say they sounded amazing if they didn't but i always think as a parent you also have to be kind of honest with your child's talent and maybe you should think about it if you put them up for something like that. >> we all tell our kids they're great at everything which does them a disservice in the end. >> yeah. >> so you're judging other people's talent. they're standing up there. what is your biggest talent. please demonstrate it right now. can you sing. >> oh goodness. >> your an actress. >> i'm giving you a zoolander look. >> are you dr. evil? >> i couldn't think of anything. >> do you have a talent we don't know. >> probably not.

i was always good at modeling. that worked out for me i guess. >> not too bad. we have someone in the audience, beth, that wants to ask you a question. >> hey beth. >> hi heidi. >> how are you. >> what's your question. >> i was wondering what your best beauty secret is for women over 40. >> i would always say that eating right, exercising, sleeping a lot, drinking a lot of water. i think that is all important, obviously, you know, to keep your hair beautiful, your skin, your nails and your happy smile. >> you just passed that milestone. >> i did. i just turned 40. >> as someone that made a living as a model, did that number freak you out at all. >> not me. but people ask you all the time how do you feel, how has it changed? are you going to go botox. the questions are coming at you all the time. >> will you do things like that? >> i haven't.

i don't know if i will going forward. i don't think i will because i like myself the way i am. yes i have wrinkles around the eyes and my mom says don't talk with your forehead going up and down and that's the way i am. i feel weird if it's all frozen. i'm happy, i'm laughing and nothing moves. so i don't think i'm going to go down that road but who knows. >> and we want to thank beth for her question. heidi good luck. nice to see you again. "america's got talent" is tomorrow night at a special time. 8:00, 7:00 central before the voice's live finale. up next, how the beloved peanuts gang is in the world's most famous museum and the best food truck in america. but first th

hey, what are you drinking? i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin'. medium iced, cream and sugar. dunkin' iced all day long. dunkin' keeps me going. it gives me the boost i need. dunkin' iced keeps me moving and grooving. i run on dunkin'. america runs on dunkin' coffee. back at 8:45, charlie brown, snoopy and the rest of the peanuts gang made us laugh for

more than 50 years and now one artist took the characters to a whole new place, including the louvre. jamie has that story. jamie, good morning. >> good morning, art snobs get ready for the peanuts characters as you have never seen them before. >> reporter: meet california painter tom everhart who has taken the peanuts comic strip and transformed it into this. pop culture has become pop art. colorful, vibrant, unexpected. the paintings are so popular they have been shown in exhibits around the world, even in paris at the louvre and recently in new york city. but everhart admits he never imagined his career would be linked to snoopy and friends. >> it was the last thing i

expected. >> because. >> i had no education in cartooning. even as a child i wasn't interested in cartoons. i was interested in coloring books. >> reporter: in 1980 he met the peanut's creator charles schulz and the two became fast friends. >> we did nothing but drawing lines for hours. thin lines, fat lines. >> is he a good artist? >> phenomenal. >> he became so adept at drawing the characters he did commercial projects for schulz and schulz kept encouraging the artist to explore the comic strip in his own work but the painter wasn't ready. >> you were scared. >> yes. absolutely scared. >> then in 1988 everhart was diagnosed with stage four colon and liver county and he had an aidea. >> i realized what does it

matter if the art world excepts what i'm doing. this is for me. >> reporter: he was intimidated. he would only incorporate iconic things from the strip. first the piano and then woodstocks nest and then lucy's hair do. >> maybe this is the start of something big. >> reporter: one day it happened, a character pigpen, finally slipped on to the canvas. >> what got you over that. >> him. >> he pushed you. >> he kept pushing and pushing. he said come on. >> what are youcared of? >> yes, exactly. >> hundred of paintings later the art still celebrates peanuts but as charles schulz demanded, everhart made the work his own. >> mr. schulz wanted me to create something in his language but with my own thinking and things from my own life. >> some are inspired by rap.

>> o.g. dog stands for original gangster dog. >> reporter: and others inspired by artists like monet. and just as schulz's writing and humor were critical, everhart's titles add his unique twist. >> does this make me look fat. if you look, probably 4 to 500 woodstocks in black and white. >> do you ever worry anymore about what people think? >> no, i don't. i actually enjoy it. >> reporter: and while charles schulz died in 2000, everhart says he is always looking over his shoulder. >> what do you think he would say if he was here? >> he would be smiling. when he came to our studio several times he would say these look like my children. i can't believe i didn't draw these. >> how much do you miss him? >> i miss him every day. >> reporter: and the price tag,

not peanuts guys. some of these paintings go for $150,000. it is a real testament to tom that schulz gave him his blessing to use the characters and if you hurry you can still see the paintings for a couple of more days in soho at the gallery in new york but they are gorgeous. >> you just made one guy very happy. tell them what happened. >> a few years ago there was an auction at our kid's school and i got one for like $500. >> and it's in the landing going up to the kid's room. >> and the code on the alarm at al's house is -- >> wow, good for use. >> put museum glass on it. >> what is in yours? >> it's snoopy but it's very close up and all kinds of geometric shapes around him. >> so cool. >> hey guys, that is why al is this morning doing the snoopy dance. >> you got it. >> jamie, thank you so much.

coming up next, meals on wheels, where to find the untry's best food trucks. we'll try some out ourselves. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back with a hot trending food right now. we're talking about local food trucks. they are extremely popular. the blog, daily meal, is out

with the list of the best food trucks in america. so without further adieu, let's mention from 3 to 2 to 1. number three is the brothers in washington that serve ultimately meals and provide humor while doing so. >> number two, the kogi barbecue truck in los angeles. amazing asian tacos. >> and the number one food truck in america, drum roll, it is the lobster truck and they specialize in lobster rolls and knock, knock, is anybody there. >> come on in. >> good morning to you. >> good morning susan. >> congratulations. are you shocked that you're the number one food truck in america. i was blind sided and thrilled. >> last year you were number 11 and this year number 1. what happened? >> i don't know. maybe the lobsters did something. i have no idea.

>> how hard is it working in a truck? >> it is really hard working in a truck. it is very confined area. you have to be worried about generators and diesel and parking meters and things you don't have to worry about at a restaurant. >> can you come down here. >> absolutely. i have lobster rolls for you guys. >> now we're talking. >> they look great. >> thank you. >> what is special about the way you make lobster rolls as opposed to other people. >> they're all about the lobster. we spend a lot of time in maine getting the best, fresher loster and it's about the bun. we bring our buns down from maine too. >> you butter them and toast them. >> right, we take the buns, you take the buns and melt butter and you put the butter on the bun just like a grilled cheese sandwich is how i tell people to make it. anyone can make a grilled cheese

sandwich you can make a good lobster roll. you put the butter on the bun and grill it like this. but what we do is your broil your lobster and put all of your stuff in here. >> all your kind of stuff. >> you do celery, white wine, thyme, onions, let it boil for about 4 minutes. you put the lobster in and the lid on. let him rest about 8 minutes in there. take him out, you pick him. we have the tail and the claw and the knuckle which is the best part. then you take your lobster meet. i like to leave my claws hole. if you get a huge claw, you cut it up a little bit. we have a homemade mayonnaise we make. it's let me based. >> is that a secret recipe for mayonnaise? >> anyone can make it. >> where are you from.

>> my family is from maine but i'm lived in d.c. >> you're all over the city for the most part. >> we are. we're in washington d.c. and just opened a wonderful store. so we have lobster and lemonade out there at the beach. >> even if you mix this together on a very busy day in the summer, give me an estimate, how many of these would you sell? >> we park our truck and we will sell 3 to 400 lobster rolls in two hours. >> those are $16. they're a quarter pound of fresh maine lobster. >> do you have customers that seek you out. >> absolutely. i have one lady that must be about 75 years old and comes for pickles. >> just get in there. >> you just take the lettuce and put it in the bun and enjoy it. >> the number one food truck in america. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> great having you here. >> we have much more ahead on a monday morning, but first these

messages and your local news. >> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. the trial is slated to begin today for a police officer accused of killing christopher brown in june of last year after the team allegedly through rocks at the front door. he chased the teenager down and the two got into a confrontation at some point brown became unconscious.

>> we are starting out with a few clouds and patches of sun. show some thunderstorms far and few between. we will keep it unsettled tomorrow with only a passing -- has a shower on wednesday. thanks for joining us