eighth mess. it would likely by shifting the fight. another looming battle next month over the nation's br rowing limit. >> peter alexander, thanks, so much. >>let turn to david gregory, moderator of "meet the press." i don't know if you heard this before, we are days away from a government shutdown. lawmakers always seem to avoid it? >>. >> washington seems to engage in the same destructive behavior every couple years. most of the heat is on this from the public. i thil city it's possible you could have a shutdown for couple day, two, three, days, depending on when the senate vote on their

version of this bill t. house has to make a decision, do they want to have another fight over obamacare over defunding this or shift the fight as peter said over to a separate matterst. that whether or not they will raise the debt ceiling. there that may try to delay the obamacare. >> me ask you about that the raeshry says we will raise the debt limit s. that a real crisis point? >> i think it's a crisis point we know the economic shock the world and certainly the u.s. economy would feel if they were to take that step. that's why nobody messes with this and they raise the ceiling. most americans don't support doing that. the president says he wouldn't even talk about any negotiation over raising the debt ceiling because this congress paying, it feels like they've already appropriatated. here again, house republican,

the leadership think it's a more palatable fight. can we delay it? why not delay more of it? my big question, what does that get you in the end? what's the real end game here? the law is still the law. it's been upheld by the supreme court. it's going to have its effect positive and negative as we move forward over the next few years. >> david gregory, much more on "meet the press." we will be focusing a lot more on this new health care laws, it's increase on you across the platform of nbc news. >> we certainly will be. we also have details on last week's shooting at the naval yard in washington, d.c. under surveillance has now emerged showing the gunman inside the facility. justice correspondent pete williams has the latest on. matt, good morning, ten days after the shooting spree, employees who work in the building where it happened are still not allowed back in. evidence seems to continue working, but we have a clearer picture of what happened and why.

the fbi says family members of the victims were notified before the materials you are about to see were released. the fbi released under surveillance video of aaron alexis ultimately hiding in the building. >> there is evidence he prepared to die as the inevitable consequence of hissing as. >> reporter: he emerges from a restroom on the 4th floor, holding the shotgun low, looking into office doors. another view shows him coming down a stairway. investigators say he shot on three floors. a final video shows him hiding behind the corner at the other end of the hallway. when the fbi discovered his shot guns, they discovered he had shot it down, scratching into the barrel and the torment. on the bid of the gun, not what

you all say, better off this way and my elf weapon t. search of a backpack, he recently wrote, ultralow frequency attack is what i have been subject to the last three months and to be perfectly honest, that is what has driven me to this. >> alexis held a delusional belief he was being controlled and influenced by extremely low frequency or elf, electronic weapons. >> reporter: conspiracy theorists believed it could be used for mind control t. fbi says there was no evidence alexis was targeting anyone in particular or any work place dispute set him off. >> all right. pete williams, thanks, very much. also, new developments on that ken you mall this morning. >> yes, u.s. officials are telling americans to be aware of

potential terrorist attacks when traveling abroad. it comes after an attack in a shopping mall in kenya that left at least 67 people dead. islamist terrorist groups may be planning new attacks against western targets, but they say they are not aware of any specific threats. rescuers are helping thousands after an earthquake. t it struck a remote area of south pakistan tuesday a. pakistani official said more than 300 people were killed. police in los angeles just took a suspect into custody after six string of fires. six trash cannes were set on fire, one spread to an l.a. business. it was a commuter's nightmare wednesday for tens of thousands in the northeast. metro north the second busiest commuter railroad was brought to a halt. a feeder cable fashlgsd leaving

passengers traveling between new york city and connecticut scrambling to find other ways to work. some trains are still running. the problem, though, may take up to three weeks. now to wall street, what is moving the market. cnbc's courtney reagan joins us with smartphones. >> good morning to you, natalie. if you are hoping to pop into the local mobile store to get that new blackberry, you are out of luck. blackberry has decided to stop selling those models bus of the drastically fallen consumer sales. if you are hoping to take the new tesla for a spin, hertz added the plug-in model s to its fleet in san francisco and los angeles. lit run you $500 a day for the signature model and 49 cents a mile after the first 75. natalie. >> $500 a day. that's lot. thank you so much. one wrong turn was a blessing in disguise for a connecticut

runner. halfway through, apparently she missed the turnoff and noticed she was the front runner in the women's category so she kept on going. she ended up winning at 3 hours 11 minutes. she also qualified for the baunl marathon. good for her. >> wonderful. and an airplane video was taken at an air bass in antarctica. take a look at the approaching plane there, a c-130 hercules. the argument tinnian pilot does a fly by a few feet over the heads of people oh, it's apparently called flat pagd. >> or terrifying. >> or terrifying. some pilots say it is reckless. i'm apaysed that no one moved on the ground. stood there and watched. >> frozen in fear. >> i'm happy you reported that story about that commuter nightmare on the east coast. you know who is happy? bob yeager.

he was two hours late. you were actually telling the truth. >> i was. >> exactly. >> we believe you now. mr. roker is here with a check of the weather. >> carson daly called, they want their jack back. we got some big changes as far as our temperatures are concerned. look at this we got really cool conditions out west. that's where the jet stream gets way down to the south. then here in the mid-west, it goes way up to the north. out west today, billings, 22 degrees below normal at 52. las vegas, 76 degrees. that's 17 degrees below normal. in fact, it's kind of crazy. minnesota, minneapolis will get up to 84 degrees, that's warmer than in las vegas. dallas will see a high of 95. 10 degrees above normal. showers and snowflakes making their way up to the northern plains. beautiful weather in the northeast and fog in central kentucky. lock for showers and thunderstorms in miami.

>> good morning.rees. a few more clouds hanging around today. we do not expect any precipitation. a mix of clouds and

. >> and that's your latest weather, savannah. >> al, can you make a remark about someone's jacket when someone over there. >> ed mcmann. >> i thought you were saying carson daly. >> if you are supposed to diss somebody about a joke, you should get it. >> i didn't hear it. don't look at me like that. now one of the most remarkable comebacks in history. the team of oracle, usa, is celebrating america's cup sailing race after facing seemingly insurmountable odds. mike, ghorm to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. how are you? in terms of the comebacks, you have to go to the 2004 red sox that dug themselves out of an 0-3 hole. on the way, they reversed the

curse of the world series. in this case, larry ellison's oracle team, steamingly dead in the water, an acintronishing eight straight wins to hold onto the cup. halfway through, the winner take all 19th race, oracle took the load over new zealand and never gave it up, winning by a comfortable 44 seconds. >> america's cup will stay in america. >> vindication for oracle ceo larry ellison the billionaire whose rebate for america's cup led to these 13 story high airborne gazelles that can fly at 50 miles an hour but are fragile and breath taking and dangerous. julian guthrie's book is a profile of a mag nate and sportsman, given i driven more by the need to win than the desire to publicize his own event or company. >> his focus was on figuring out a way, healthy, to get this team to be victorious. >> there were fans excited about

the new race fornlths in sight of land. >> just the other day, they tapped each other, it's like nascar in the water with no breakbrakes. >> reporter: america's cups with a rich man's sport. in the same format, still so. still the lines grew as the epic comeback gained steam. >> i think this regatta, again, it was the most magnificent spectacle i've ever seen on the water. >> reporter: these racers are a world away from the graceful j boats from the early 20th century, gary johnson, veteran, said it came down to two boats on a windy day trying to be first around the track. >> i don't think things changed at all. >> reporter: no change at the top of the sailing world, either. well, after the race, ellison said he heard from one challenger for the next go-around. he expects it to be more challenges. this time, they were only

willing and able to to ante up. these things cost a few dollars. >> 500, mike, thank you, meanwhile, $500 million to meld this effort to retain the cup and to win it and retain it. >> pretty amazing, wow! >> meanwhile, i was in newport, rhode island in 1983 when america lost the america's cup in 133 years. that was jaw dropping this is a whole lot better. we are joined, by the way, by members of oracle team usa, guys, good morning, congratulations. >> all right. thanks, guys, good morning. >> just raise your hands, how many have you been to sleep since winning and retaining the america's cup? >> yeah, i didn't think so. so we'll tread lightly here him talk to me, words like epic, impossible, historic are being used to describe this victory,

how do you guys describe it? skipper. >> look, it was one hell of a comeback. this is one hell of a time. we have worked for a lot of years now. we are fighting a lot of adversity in the past. i feel it prepared us for this. man, we knew it was going to be a fight on the water. we never knew it was going to be these epic proportions. one heck of a comeback from the guys. >> you staked every race for eight straight races. all the articles i read say changes were made to this boat after i think about the 8th or 9th race. in layman's terms, because we won't understand the technicalities. in layman's terms, what did you change to make that boat so much faster? >> well, it's like formula one. you make small changes. it's all about developing the boat. i think psychologically this team the people involved in this team, seem to do better when

they're at that super higher situation at match point when they're facing the barrel of the gun, we just refuse to die. we just refuse to go away. >> we look at the boat, jimmy the rest of you guys, it is not the boat i watched in newport, 1983. most people don't recognize this, have we crossed the line? is there no going back to those older boats? >> well, yeah, it's the flintstone generation. this isn't your grandfather's america's cup. this is like the x games on water. man, these boats are very, very physical. a lot of risk. this is reward. standing on san francisco bay does not get any better than that. >> when it comes down to it, you did the nearly impossible. guys, once again from all of us, congratulations, well done. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> cool. >> so exciting. we just had one question. how did they get the giant

american flag. >> we had to do it. >> just let it hang there. >> speaking of technology. >> mcmann called. >> i know, this is going down with me today. i thought i'd help you out, savannah. >> they keep moving the 1st down line on the football field. >> it's an amazing sport. >> i am amazed by that. >> it is throwback thursday. we want to check in with carson. good morning to you. >> that wasn't real? >> don't spoil it for me. congratulations to the guys. good morning, it is throwback thursday. we were inspired by the story this week that volkswagon is going to discontinue the production of that classic vw van. this is the actual scoopy doo mystery machine. by the end of the year, it will no longer be in production. what was your first car? we'd love to know yours. so let us know. i'll match some of these beauties with some of our hosts here on the show. let us know now. also, i'm having a little

breakfast in the orange room, you'd like to come in, join me, let me know, treat me. i will go outside. i will bring you in. i will have a bagel. tell me about your first car. it will be fun, let us know. back to you. >> i like how you said, you were driving that hippy bus. if you were driving around, you don't remember. >> i was tweeting you. i would like breakfast, a croissant. maybe a crumpet. why didn't she file charges? george zimmerman's wife speaks out in an exclusive live interview. having to remember complicated passwords? those days may soon be over. we'll tell you why. first this is "today" on nbc.

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>> good morning. i am stan stovall. the baltimore county department is changing firearms and moan trade will wholesaler. they admit the move would've a safe the county several hundred thousand dollars but have opted police them to other departments. this is the best option to make sure that the old weapons don't end up in the wrong hands. time for a check of the morning commute with sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> we've had a lot of issues. still looking at a bit of a delay prior to the beltway but all lanes are open. take 140 as your alternate. eastbound i-70, tapping the brakes. marriottsville, although it towards the beltway. west side, not bad.

look at the north side, 25 minutes through that stretch on 95 towards the 83 plus. -- towards the 83's. eastbound 32 past i-95, we have an accident there. and north haven street. admiral cochrane drive, an accident. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. over to you, tony. keeps theover temperatures are. today, upper 40s and low 50s. a little bit warmer. 54 the airport, 52 in parkton. you might want to take a light jacket and sweater. to buttress rebound nicely. -- temperatures rebound nicely. not a change going into the weekend. should be a dry day tomorrow. we could start with clouds and fog saturday morning. it should stay dry. temperatures in the low 70s.

as for rain will be on monday and tuesday, with a week front coming

>> we are back now 7:30. the 26th day of september, 2013.

coming back with a look at the people out in our closet just behind us on what promises to be a pretty morning here in the northeast. hopefully tonight where you are waking up as well. >> here's what's making news this morning. president obama is headed to a community college in maryland today to promote his health care law. >> two new videos shows the navy heater is inside the facility during the attack. >> we heard from guys oracle usa riding high after pulling off agremarkable wins in a row to capture and hold onto the america's cup. and just ahead this morning, a valuable life lesson for a group of teenagers. we will introduce you to a high school football coach who suspended his team for showing a lack of character off the field. >> all right, that's interesting. first, more than a year after shelly zimmerman stood by her husband george as we waited to stand by for the trial of the

shooting death of trayvon martin. following his acquittal, she filed for divorce. we will talk to shelly zimmerman exclusively in a moment. first, kerry sanders looks back at the zimmerman case and the marriage in the public eye. >> reporter: shelly zimmerman stood by her husband george in the shooting death of trayvon martin. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: in july, george zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder charges and less than two months after the charges, shelly filed for divorce. saying in the document the marriage between the parties is irretrievably broken. the dispute spilled into the public eye at shelly zimmerman's father's house. >> i don't know what he's capable of. i'm really scared. >> reporter: after the call, police rushed to the home and briefly detained george zimmerman. >> get on your knees, cross your

feet, according to a report, shelly told them george punched her father in the nose and smashed her ipad. george said shelly's father was the aggressor and shelly hit george with the ipad. no charges were filed, no guns were found. at a news conference shortly after the incident, shelly zimmerman barely spoke. >> no, she's not feeling that great. >> reporter: her lawyer telling reporters, shelly zimmerman just wants to move on with her life. nbc news, ami. >> we want to mention that george zimmerman sued nbc for deafmation. the company strongly denies his allegation. shelly zimmerman is here with her attorney. we reached out to george zimmerman's representatives for statements. they said they were not interested in commenting. shelly, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i want to start, i i don't want to dwell with it. i want to start with that and in few weeks ago. you said he had his hand on a gun, he was threatening you. you said he was going to shoot

you when you called 911, that he continually had his hand on that gun. as you know, police say they never confiscated a gun. they never even laid eyes on a gun. do you stand by your story completely? >> absolutely. i absolutely stand by my story. >> you saw a gun, you saw him place his hand on a gun? you had visual contact or confirmation he had a gun and was threatening you with it. >> i did not see a gun, but i saw. i know my husband. i saw him in a stance and a look in his eyes that i have never seen before. his shirt was halfway unbuttoned and he was putting nice hand in his shirt and saying please step closer, pleads step closer, so i think that logically i assumed he had a gun on him. >> you also said to that 911 operator, i don't know what he's capable of. and those words struck me, shelly. i don't know what he's capable of. they're inflammatorytory words

considering your husband was just acquitted on murder charges were were they used intentionally to raise questions? to raise doubts about not only his behavior during this altercation but perhaps his behavior on the night that trayvon martin was shot? >> no, they weren't intentional. i really don't know what he is capable of. this person that i am married to that i'm divorcing, i've kind of realized now that i don't know him and i really don't know what he is capable o. i saw a look in his eyes that i have never seen before that day. >> few don't know what he is capable of. you say he threatened you with a gun. he punched your father in the nose, why dun press charges? >> in hooivendsight, i should have, i really regret that. but i'm on probation and the officers made it very clear that day that if i press charges, we were all going to go to jail and i would have been the only one to stay there. >> you mentioned you were on

probation. you are going through divorce, my experience over the years tells me that when emotion run high, there are three stories, there is his story, her story and the truth which is somewhere in the middle. but you also pled guilty to perjury charges, based on something you said in a bail hearing for george zimmerman. it was clearly untrue. do you have credibility issues as you sit here this morning? >> i think i do have credibility issues and i own that. and i'm a grown woman and i made a mistake and i i don't know e own that. but the truth is the truth and i want to always forever more tell the truth. that's why i'm here. >> you stood by him through this entire trial. i cried when he was acquitted. i would imagine those were tears of joy. >> they were. >> a short time later you filed for divorce. are you telling me he's changed that dramatically since the trial that forced you to do that? >> yes, we have. >> in what way? >> he just kind of treated me

like i was disposable. >> you mean after standing by him? >> yes, after standing by him. he kind of left and i guess kind of went on a victory tour without me and i thought that i was living a life with him and that we were going to kind of rebuild after all of this and he had other plans for me. >> through owl after this, with all you are now going through, i mean, with the divorce and this altercation, has it changed your perspective at all on what he's told you what happened the night that trayvon martin was shot and killed? do you still believe the story that we have all heard from him? >> i'm conflicted on that. i believe the evidence, but this revelation in my life has really helped me to take the minders off and start to see things. >> let me make sure i understand. so you now doubt his innocence, at least the fact that he was acting on self-defense on the

notice that trayvon martin was killed? >> i think anyone would doubt that innocence because i don't know the person that i have been married to. >> that's a dramatic change. i mean, you didn't seem to doubt his innocence during the entire trial. you stood right there by his side. you went into hiding with him. you faced death threats with him. you lied under oath for him. and now you are saying you have doubts? >> i have doubts. but i also believe the evidence. >> one of the jurors in this case, i think it was juror '0329 said george zimmerman got away from murder but you can't get away from god. in your opinion, did the justice system work here? >> i think so. i respect the jury's decision. they saw more evidence than i've seen. >> and can you look me in the eye and tell me that you don't believe your husband profiled trayvon martin? >> yes, he did not profile

trayvon martin. >> so had trayvon martin been white, you think the night would have ended in the same tragic fashion? >> yes, i do. >> where do you do from here, shelly? >> focusing on myself. i lost 40 pounds since the trial. really taking care of myself, moving forward with my life. >> have you been able to file papers for the divorce? >> the zwors filed, we have not served. >> do you know where he is? >> no. >> you have had no altercation since that incident? >> yes. >> we will keep that it way? >> yes, we will. >> shelly, thanks. thank you very much as well. let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> as we look at the tropics, there's nothing going on. i mean, it is quiet and it's going to stay that way for a while, what we see, and, in

fact, when you look at the records, the fewest number of atlantic hurricanes was 2, back in 1982. well, guess what, this season, 2013, we've only had two hurricanes and, of course, none making it on shore on the united states. so we'll see how long that continues. don't forget, sandy happened in october. that's w >> good morning. it is another cool start on this thursday. it will be in the low to mid 70's. you will >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks very much.

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>> this is the wbal tv 11 news in baltimore. >> time for a check of the

morning commute. here is sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> finally looking better. problems on 795 and the west side of the beltway. speeds are back to normal. 16 miles per hour. 16-minute travel time on the west side. 30 minutes on that stretch from 95 towards the 83's. holding onto delays from west friendship towards 29. here is what it looks like at harford road. in the area of 295. there is an accident coming in. effective traffic lights. the careful along bosley avenue and townsend. delays still in place out of the white marsh area to the 895 split. >> cloud cover this morning. we don't expect rain. it is not is chilly this morning

as yesterday. 48 in taneytown, 52 in parkton. 51 in jarrettsville. , 63 degreesall downtown. it should turn out to be a decent day. temperatures making into the low to mid 70s is afternoon. is 74. high we should be right in that neighborhood. sunset before 7:00. going into the weekend, i was the -- the weather should stay quiet. sunny skies expected tomorrow. high near 73. east, northeast winds over the weekend. .e could see the clouds and fog it should break up in the afternoon.

it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, a high school football coach benches the

entire team to teach them a valuable lesson. >> it really brought us back down to earth. a global fashion icon, her billion dollar empire and battle with her ex over her brand and the way to a man's heart, one woman's road to an engagement ring paved with 300 sandwiches. today, thursday, september 26th, 20 2013. >> we're in san diego the city that never sleeps. >> we love "today." >>. >> we love al roker. >> how are you? >> hi, natalie. >> happy birthday to me, i waited 44 years to meet matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone, welcome back to "today."

i'm savannah guthrie, coming up in the next few minutes, we will get into a subject that sometimes is controversial. should women breast-feed in public? >> i this i that some people are uncomfortable seeing it. it's never made me uncomfortable. >> there is a way you can do it. i walk right by. i don't notice it. thes what we are exploding with our new mom jenna bush. sheing to to the streets of new york city along with a political girl and hidden camera. always trouble when you give jenna wolf a camera. >> natalie is over at the us now desk, good morning again. >> good morning to you guys, once again as well. the fbi released chilling under surveillance video of a gunman stalking the hallways. nbc justice correspondent pete williams joins us from washington with more. pete, good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. this is video taken inside the building where the shooting happened. it shows any alexis emerging

from a 4th floor restroom, holding the gun low, looking into office doors n. another view, he comes down a stairway. investigators say he shot at victims on three floors. in a final video, he is shown hiding behind a corner as people scramble. he had scratched into the barrel of the gun end to the torment. not what you all say, better off this way my elf. the fbi says he was mentally disturbed, thinking he was controlled by extremely low radio waves. >> pete williams, thanks, so much. the estranged wife of george zimmerman, matt asked if she had doubts when he shot unarmed teenager trayvon martin even though he was acquitted. here's what she had to say. >> i think anyone would doubt that innocence because i don't know the person that i have been married to. >> shelly zimmerman filed her

divorce less than two months after her husband's acquittal t. private dispute spilled no the proift eye when shelly called police during a domestic dispute. a passenger plane on way t the u.k. was left on auto pilot while both pilots slept last month. the information was just revealed. the civil aviation authority has not announced which airline was involved. apparently the pilots agreed to take turns taking short naps. at one point, one of the pilots woke up to discover they were both sloping. a caa official says he does not expect the poilts will face serious disciplinary action. a high school coach in utah benched his entire team, not because he lost on the field, it was because he said they had lost their way. this morning it looked like some will get to play on friday. they had to earn it. >> reporter: the union high school cougars are wearing the

black and gold again. >> we've cleaned up our act. >> this week, players moved from the gridiron to gardening and window washing. part of their new play b.c. to get back in the game after 50 players were benched, their coaches were fed up with the performance of some off the field, poor grades, poor attendance. last week, coaches learned some players may have been involved in cyberbullying. >> we felt like the respect level for our students and to the teachers and things weren't where we wanted that to be. >> players were told to turn over their jerseys. they did, some with tears in their eyes. >> i was definitely sad because i love playing. >> reporter: they were given a letter from the coaching staff with a list of requirements they wanted to fin fish they wanted to ply again, keep their grades up, complete a character education class and do community service. during a team meeting wednesday night, most of the players got their jerseys back.

ten did not because they failed to neat requirements. tough love that even parents say was welcome. >> you are held to a higher standard and your behavior better be up to snuff. >> it really brought us back down to earth. i think it got people to do what they noded to do. >> reporter: for "today," nbc news, roosevelt, utah. >> a good message there. it's 8:05 there. let's go outside, get a check of the weather with al. >> mr. lauer, come on in, this lady has waited 44 years to meet you. >> oh, it's going to be so disappointing. how are you? nice to see you. happy birthday. >> there you go. >> thank you for coming. >> that's right. thank you very much. >> you can make a dream come true. it's what we do. let's show you what we go. pick city of the day. houston, texas. houston, we do not have a problem with this forecast. we show you, we are locking at sunny skies, 93.

cools down saturday. cools down. not a lot going on, on the radar. we got wet weather in florida that, will dry out. we are looking at showers making their way through the montana area. we are looking at snow in the upper elevations, wyoming into >> good morning. a few more clouds hanging around today. we do not expect any precipitation. a mix of clouds and . >> and that your latest weather in there mr. roker, within we come back, straight ahead, that dancing dynamo, prince charles,

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more life happens here. >> we are back now 8:11, what's trending today. we start with a question trending from the new york times. how much cheese do you guys eat? >> i'm god for 8 pounds a day. >> a day does not go by without cheese. >> you are not going to be surprised at all by what i have

to tell you. that's right. apparently the average american eats cheese. let's spread it out. >> it is not 2,000 pounds, it's 23 pounds, though, per person. >> another day in my career. how are you? >> listen to this. >> you will have -- >> do you have the baby bel? >> anybody else? >> carson. >> apparently, americans used to eat 8 pounds a year, now it's 23 pounds a year. >> that's right. the figures are from the centers of the science of american's interest. americans, peter, basically, have turned it from a kind of snackfood into a staple in our diets. that's not a food thing. >> that much cheese? >> just a little hint. >> i got to make the most of it. >> baby bon-bel. >> okay. look at the swiss, there is 30.

>> exactly. >> the amazing thing is he is here for no other reason. >> peter brings the cheese. >> thank you. trending on "today.com," the royals may be glamorous, privileged. they are like us in one way, they also like to get up and dance, look no further than chris williams and kate and who could forget prince harry busting a move, if you can call it that. you know who we have to thank, apparently for these moves. in a new interview, prince charles says he son has inherited his ability to bust a move. charles may be right, princess don't na, though, was no slouch either, who could forget her dance moves, back in 1985. >> who could forget charles' dance hands? that's a move, all right. >> as we mentioned earlier,

volkswagon's decision to discontinue their van has inspired us to feature cars on this throwback thursday. the tweets came in, no pun intend, fast and furious. >> i'll start with mine, 1990, white forbe probe. i tinted the windows. somehow my parents let me get a personalized plate white ice. don't tease me about that. what was i thinking? my mom was like, are you a drug dealer? what are you doing? >> no, i'm a golfer, i don't know what i'm thinking. >> is it a play on vanilla ice? >> it's embarrassing. >> first of all, 1990, you are killing us. >> mine was a 1964 volkswagon beetle. it was cool, i bought it for $250. i drove it two years sold it for $150. >> could you see the road, did it go right through? >> a flintstone car. >> mine was a used 1984 mazda glc, within i was a senior in

high school, 1989, i had on my plate, it said cheese loverment no, i could have. >> that's impressive. >> i had a 1982 blue toyota tercel with no power steering. >> oh. >> it was horrible. yeah. >> al. >> i had a '63 black dodge dart with a push button automatic transmission. >> oh, who you. >> i had got fourteen my next door neighbor. i mowed his lawn. he gave it to me. >> that's nice. >> he gave me a car. he said, it was on blocks in the driveway. he said, you and your dad can start the dart, you can have it. >> well done. >> that's what's trending today and back then, too. coming up, new mom, jenna wolf uses a hidden camera to explore the world of breast-feeding in public. first, an entrepreneur with global clothings and accessories. first a look at how she has spun

fashion goals. >> it's the double t medallion that has women screaming. whether it's the clothing the jewelry or those iconic ballet flats you love, tory burch has more affordable prices. a multi-billion dollar brand cooked up ten years ago in the kitchen burch shared with her then husband chris burch. it opened and ten months later on an episode of oprah hit the big time with the midas touch there new york style center tory burch is hailed as the next ting in fashion. >> the next day, she had 8 million hits online. travel hit at home. burch and her husband divorced, maintaining respectful relationship for the three sons and the company they shared together. >> that is until 2011 when chris launched his own brand with a

similar aesthetics. it sparked lawsuits. tory's company calls it a knockoff, chris claims claimed the two didn't compete, giving significantly lower prices. the two eventually settled out of course. since then, there has only been good news for burch, making world's billionaire's list, launching a line this month to rave reviews. now a staple of any successful designer brand, her very own fragrance and tory burch is with us now. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> let's let that soak in a moment. self-made billionaire. can you believe that? >> no, i really can't. you know what, we have worked so hard, our company will be ten years in february. we have a great brand. >> you had a billion dar company in less than ten years. are you the first to say you didn't start out with design experience, this was inspiration. a lot of women are watching

this. they want to know how you did it? >> i definitely learned on the job, i would say, if have you an idea, a unique idea, it's a lot of work, but you can do it. >> you have expanded left and right. do you ever look at it and think, okay, what is too big? you don't want it to get out of your control, are you so much a part of what makes the prand special. >> we think of it every time. every store we open. it's a lot of thought we're strategic. we've had so much rapid growth. it's been measured. >> there have been highs and lows. we mentioned you had a legal battle with your ex-husband over his, really, did you hear about that? i guess the question is, i know you've settled it now. have you really moved on from it? are you two in a place where you are back to getting along and being respectful and this is behind you? >> we really have. i never wanted a legal battle. so from the beginning, i always wanted to settle. we have six kids that we love and it's really behind us. it really is. we talk.

we talk about the. he has his own businesses now. >> so there is no hard feelings, you don't look at the success of c wonder and say gosh, that's a knockoff or a ripoff. >> i always wanted chris to be a success. that was never a part of the conversation. >> you had an unconventional path for a designer. i have to show a picture of you as a little girl. you kind of had the tory burch being then. you had a hand bag, let's show the picture of you coming up. i thought to myself, you never had one of those gotm phases, did you? >> maybe number i never had the goth fachltz i wore a lot of grateful dead tee-shirt. it was preppy. i always had a different kind of style. >> tell me about the from gravenlts it is a rite of passage. you know you are big when you have a fragrance, was it fun? >> estee was fun. it was a five-year conversation

with them. learn d.c. science of what goes into a fragrance. >> can i try it? >> i hope you do. >> what did you use in it? >> we started with bessey bear a big fragrance my father wore. then we put sandalwood, man da rir -- mandarine. >> in your spring runway, there can be no greater ambition to bring back the fannie pack. >> we don't call it that. >> when you think of, this is a new passion. it's time has come what is old is new again. >> as soon as my mother saw it, we said the belt bag. >> it sounds much better. >> tory, thank you for your success. it's great to have you here. >> thank you very much. this morning on born today, we are talking about breast-feeding. we asked "today" correspondent and new mom jenna wolf to tackle the issues. good morning, nice to see you.

>> noise to see you, yes, we asked our viewers on today.com how they feel about breast-feeding in public. nearly 10,000 responded, 38 said they felt it was a non-issue. 9% said they felt empowered. the same percentage felt embr rased as well. i didded to see where i fall into that percentage and check it out myself. >> it's a relatively modern dilemma in the course of motherly events the breast vs. bottle debates. when my daughter harper was born, i chose to breast-feed. as many can attest, the decision comes with both rewards and challenges. >> i say breast-feeding, first word that pops into your head? >> connection. >> connection. >> the closeness. >> difficu. >> nurtureing. >> i say nurtureing, too. >> and breast-feeding, but what i discovered was that it wasn't failure for me. i knew that i wasn't good at getting him to latch on and it was just, it was stressful.

>> reporter: stressful and at tis awkward when a baby's tummy clock doesn't match up with mommy's busy day. breast-feeding in public has long been a matter of debate. to test the climate in 2013, i set out with a hidden camera and one hungry baby. first stop the plaza hotel. next stop famous toy haven fao schwartz. >> within i first started and took it out, i felt like i was doing something wrong, you feel ashamed and embarrassed. but the more you do it, the more comfortable you feel. >> i even went to a fancy department store. >> can you balance the screaming and the fussiness with how comfortable you feel breast-feeding in public and one always wins out. i want to bring my whole mommy and me class here. >> for some moms, the challenges can take their tolls. according to cdc, 77% of women

in the united states begin breast-feeding their babies, but by three months, this number drops to 38% and at six months, only 16% of bebs are consumeing breast milk alone. >> breast-feeding was the most natural and healthiest thing i can do for the my kids. >> campaigns like this one launched by the department of health and human services are aimed at getting more women to stick with it. but what about women who simply can't breast feerksd like suzanne barsten, whose baby was allergic to breast milk. >> i have every breast-feeding problem under the sun. >> she says she felt alienated after she started bottle feeding her kid's formula. >> it made me feel like i had failed. in my one job as a mom i had failed. >> realizing moms like her kneeled support, suzanne created a campaign for all women, no matter how they choose to feed their kids. still, there are those moments that can make natural feel unnatural. while harper was quietly having

lunch at the apple store in midtown manhattan, i was approached by a store employee. >> do you want to go somewhere in private? >> i'm okay. is it okay i'm here? >> we use this for our customers. >> i agreed to move, while i never encountered problems in public, sometimes other moms do. >> i was asked to stop in a bank for seone to come over and asked to say, can you not do that here? it felt, i felt uncomfortable. >> before i had a child, i had no idea that breast-feeding could be such an emotional topic. if i learned anything so far, it's that while it's not always easy, most of us moms are just doing our best. >> the best thing can you do for your baby and your most important job as a mom or a parent is feed them with love and don't let the noise from society get in the way of your relationship with your child.

>> incredibly well said. harper and i made it five weeks so far. this is a very important topic to me. i want to come back and touk about it. >> it's important to a lot of people. >> it's important to you, obviously. >> savannah, we missed you. >> these beautiful moments. that's our jenna. >> that's why i'm still on maternity leave. >> take another fews. nice to see you, jenna. coming up, would you make 300 sandwiches for your boyfriend just to get a ring? >> we will meet a woman that is doing just that. we will hear about that. hear about the reaction when she announced that strategy to the world. first on a thursday morning, check with your local news and weather. >> this is the wbal tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara.

here is sarah caldwell. >> a lot better than it was earlier this morning. 795 looks a lot better. 60 miles per hour from the owings mills area. we had delays earlier due to an earlier accident. 20 two minutes on average at the north side stretch from 95 towards the 83's. i-70 rolling onto eastbound delays from marriottsville towards 29. north side looks heavy at par 4 to -- at harford. route 22 and 543, as you head out in the churchville area, that is where we have an accident. 25 miles per hour as you tap the brakes from white marsh towards the 895 split. fixed inlike we may be towson and bosley. over to you, tony. >> you're watching a weak little system pass by in virginia.

plenty of sunshine breaking through the clouds. it will help to keep the temperatures up a little bit. might want to take a light jacket with you. 57 at the airport, 53 in parkton. 54 degrees in westminster. a mixture of clouds and sunshine. 74 this afternoon. that is average for this time of year. sunset is that 6:57. saturday and sunday, we will set up an eastman. we will probably see some low clouds and fog in the morning. it will break up in the afternoon and stay dry. for rain on monday. -- next chance for rain on monday. >> update 8:56.

>> it's 8:00. oh, it's 8:30 on a dhurs on this 26th day of september, 2013. we have a shot of people at rockefeller plaza. let's go with it. i got to tell you this lady got upset. >> i was going to say. >> what are you screaming for? >> we love the "today" show. >> it was matt. she was screaming for matt. >> i know her. >> give her one more. >> no. >> what would do you for love? >> did youay something?

>> i am losing my haefrg. >> they want you to keep it down. coming up, we had a very interesting story a. woman on a mission. her boyfriend loves sandwiches. she decided to make him one. then he told her, you have just 300 sandwiches short of an engagement ring. she took him up on it coming up. also, earlier this woke, we took you inside the hospital that women gave birth. coming up, some women are choosing to stay home and have their babies at home. >> with a chill in the air, it's time to get our gardens ready for fall. we will get timely fuse. >> wow. >> don't let me touch that. >> right now, can we bring in carson's cheese buddy one more time? one of the stars of nbc. it's good to see you. >> it's good to see you. >> full season pickup.

that's a good deal. >> very happy about it at the border. >> very nice. >> it's a nice time, not only are you in the next season, one of the top story lines from last season, chance lor and the family had gone away. >> yes. >> i know it's drama, but just to have a heavy story line like that? >> you were smiling when you said cancer. >> it is a relief to have that story line. a different tone to the beginning of this season. >> one thing for parents, it is so real. perhaps, it's a part of the reason it took a while for viewers to sort of catch onto it. >> yeah, the strength is in its relatability. there is a great believability about the show. if you tune in, you will be tuneing into problems you face in your own relationship or family. if you don't watch your marriage, your relationships with your children are doomed. >> there is a lot of great actors on the show, you are tv kids, when you are not shooting,

do you miss them? >> i do miss them, our oldest daughter has gone to columbia. she left the show. it's fascinating to see the young talent show up on the show. >> congratulations. this season premiers tonight on nbc. >> family night. >> "parenthood." >> we got some nice folks out here. a high green apple service day. what is going on? >> we are gathering sol tears all over the world for this saturday. you can find a project in your neck of the world of my green apple.org. >> and we have awareness of mesothelioma. >> it is deadly and go to cure mesa.org to get the latest information on it. >> good stuff. thank you. let's check more weather. we'll show you for our weekend ahead, friday, we got rain in

the plains, wet weather in the pacific northwest. a slight risk of storms in oklahoma. on saturday, beautiful little eastern third of the country, wet weather and windy in the pacific northwest. rain makes its way into the mid-plains, sunny, warm in the southwest. sunday, sunday! again another nice day in the weekend. warm to mild conditions. more rain in the pacific northwest. showers stretching from the central great lakes all the way back down intoow >> good morning. it is another cool start on this thursday. it will be in the low to mid 70's. you will

>> that's your latest weather. don't forget, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. now, let's head down to washington, d.c. and say hello to willard scott. . >> it's a nice little day out on the river, baib maybe in a row boat, balloons, happy birthday. take a look.

>> all right. willard, i'll take it. martha stewart will help you get your garden ready for fall. up next, one woman's controversial quest to get her boyfriend to marry herbie making him 300 sandwiches. first, this is "today" on nbc.

. >> they say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach. we have new evidence this morning. >> they have been dating two years when stephanie made eric a home-made sandwich. it must have been good. he joked, you are 300 sandwiches away from an engagement ring.

>> the senior from the new york post, she got cooking, progressing, she decided to make those 300 sandwiches. she wrote about this journey in an article that has drawn a lot of reaction. good to see you. >> is this real? are you really making sandwiches in pursuit of an engagement ring? >> yes, that was the goal, 300 sandwiches, right? what i have learned is the journey is more important. with every sandwich, we learn more about each office. we have fun and made a lot of great meals. >> you have made 176 sandwiches? >> you share stories and lessons of the journey. a lot of people have reacted. some is positive. they like those stories. >> yes. >> some people said, whoa, this young lady is sending feminism back. she is becoming a stepford wife. she is doing what this guy wants to get a ring. how do you react? >> first of all, he does most of the cooking in our house. if he wasn't the kind of guy that wasn't worth one sandwich,

i wouldn't make 300 sandwiches. first, it was a joke, come on, it's supposed to be light hearted. >> do you feel you have learned something larger about taking the time, doing something that pleads your meat, pouring your heart into something as simple as a sandwich. some look complicated. >> i have. i learned the impact of doing one small nice thing for someone else. yet, this is adding up to a lot of small nice things. it really does make a relationship. >> your sandwich 176. it started with a simple turkey and swiss. some are so --let get eric in here, come in here. you are the man of the hour. most importantly, do you have a fate of the 176 so far? >> oh, definitely the prime rib is my absolute favorite. >> that's this one here. >> a bagget? >> okay. >> do you take suggestions or whatever sandwich comes my way? >> it's a collaborative process. i leave work, we will go to the

grocery store and see what's fresh. >> here's the real question. are you going to step up to the plate, eric, so to speak, when she gets to sandwich 300, is there going to be a ring in your hand? are you going down on one knee? >> oh, of course, yes. >> are you going to actually make her get to 300? don't you think she's demonstrated commitment here with 175. >> i would have married her with only one sandwich. >> had you only known that, you would have saved a lot of time and merge. >> it's fun. by the way, it looks good. >> precongratulations, you seem determined i think you will get to sandwich 300. stephanie, eric, thank you. >> coming up, jennifer hager looks at why more people are choosing to have their families at home. choosing to have their families at home. this is

when you're struggling with your mortgage, your home feels like a burden.

. >> we are back at 8:45, a look

at what is popping in pregnancy trends, yes, there are pregnancy trends, meanwhile, "today" correspondent jennifer hager has more. >> good morning, guys. in today's culture, it is no surprise parents are following along. in "today's" mom survey, more than 50% posted a picture of the newborn after hours of delivery. the one trend that popped out is a little out of step in our high-tech society. from gender reveal parties to live tweeting labor, parents are tweeting towards total exposure. yet, one trend seems to be a throwback to a time when hashtag as a boy wasn't a part of our vocabulary. it's a choice many well known women have made, including singer/songwriter philanthropist elan is morriset. >> i didn't imagine myself have been the birth experience in the

hospital. >> on christmas day 2010, she and her husband with the help of a mid-wife welcomed their son into their home literally. throughout her labor, morriset battled her pain. >> the experience was beyond pain. it was a transenddental experience. i just went into a whole other world and basically had to be the little soldier that i am and really focus on this new beautiful creature coming out of me. >> reporter: she cautions while it was the right decision for her and her family, the experience may not be right for everyone. >> i think once people know it's quite possible to have a really amazing home birth, in my case, i have no regretz and would do it again. in the same breath, it was not the easiest experience of my life. i think having it be an option, it's really exciting. >> it's an option that more moms to be are choosing. while still less than 1% of the

total births in the u.s., that percentage has doubled over the past decade. >> being a part of that really intimate moment is, it's life changing. >> mid-wife lori walker has been doing this nearly 30 years. she is caught, her term, not our, almost 1,900 bebs. >> this option is meant a for women low risk. >> reporter: mid-wives raeg regulated state by state are determined to deliver babies and care for mother, but cannot perform surgeries like a c-section. >> we don't wait for a disaster to occur. if we see this is no longer an acceptable safe narrio, we will leave. we don't believe in out of hospital births at all costs. that would be irresponsible. >> reporter: some caution home births a still risky. a kornell study the largest to date, find babies born at home versus a hospital are strongly associated with worse outcomes. >> we should troy to do the most

possible that we can to satisfy the patient's desire to have a natural corporate. however, we should try to do it in a setting where if god forbid something goes wrong the le sources are quickly available. >> reporter: understanding the pros and cons of a home birth, they still opened to deliver their first baby emma at home. >> as soon as i decide i wanted a natural birth, i did not want any unnecessary medical intervention that you'd be exposed to in the hospital. >> you were more frightened about giving birth in a hospital. >> i wanted to experience it in a very calm, loving and respectful way at home. i was opened to the possibility if we needed medical intervention, we could to that. >> your new baby will be born here. do you think it will fell more like a home? >> oh, yeah, i think it makes it a much more special place. >> and just 15 hours after i sat down with sandy and mark, they

safely welcomed little noah xavier into their family, bringing an enormous amount of love into their home. sandy says noah is fantastic. he is health years gaining weight. his big sister is getting used to him being around, it is important to note home births aren't always bearing the cost of insurance. you can get more on "today.com. i thought about doing a studio birth. so did our executives. someone said, you want another studio birth? today there is a home birth. but my husband said no. >> smart guy. >> a lot of people are doing it, actually. >> it is, it's interesting. you get the sense you want to have your baby in a place that you feel comfortable. >> speaking of babies, i believe we have a jenna bush picture from back in the day. >> oh. that was a surprise. i thought you were going to say mila. she is the cutest baby in the world. >> she is, you have been

overtaken now. >> that baby is okay. >> pretty cute. >> thank you. jenna, up next, martha stewart shares her secrets for the perfect fall garden. first, this is today on nbc. .

>> this morning on "today" temperatures are dropping, it's a food time the take care of your yard and do a little planting. martha stewart is here with ideas to spruce up, prudence, plant, from the october issue of "martha stewart living." >> the leaves are changing, they're falling off the trees. >> it's perfect. >> there are lots of hints and tips, a big drop cloth, can you pick it up easily, put it into the composite. >> this is great. >> it's light weight, so you can fill that and drag it over to the compost. >> simple good will. use the rake. >> that is very good for weeds. it aerates the grass and picks up the leaves at the right time. pruneing, it's time to prune your boxwood, your shrubs. these are great long-handled prunersch sharp. you can snip off. >> how do you know you haven't pruned too much? >> it looks ugly.

within it gets down to the stub, you have gone too far. >> i take off the protrudeing growth and not using the sheers. >> but when you have a plant like this, it's got flowers that are way past their prime, what do do you with those? >> take out your handy sheer, check this off. this is a perrenial. it will come back next year. make sure that goes into the compost, too. you will make a much nicer looking plant. i should get a couple of these off. it guess very quickly. pruneing is so much funnel. >> you put up with that lock, it will pay dividends in the spring. >> you bet. this is another boxwood that you can make this into a nicer looking shrub by careful pruneing. >> you see, i like this look than when they get all leggy. >> leggy doesn't look so good. >> help me plant the bulbs, what are the rules? >> i did an article, usually you

use a bulb planter. you dig little holes everywhere in your grass or garden. it's so time consumeing and exhausting. i dig out a whole area or find a hollow in the ground. >> or a trench. >> and amend the soil, put in bone meal. >> why bone meal? >> lime, it helps the bulbs grow. special first time lizers now for bulbs. once your soil is all amended, then you put this, put your bulbs in the ground. >> the round side down. >> the roots down. make sure you find root. so many people put it this way, it makes it hard for the bulbs to go. put them in nicely spaced. then cover the whole garden with soil. >> you want to do this about how far in advance of the first frost? >> no, you can do it after the frost. >> you can? >> oh, sure. planting bulbs. you can do that up until december.

can do it in january. >> let's get color. talk to me about here? these are planters. there is all kind of the plaernts. pots, beautiful boxes. why not bring the fall color into like your front yard, on your front porch, wherever you want to have a nice planter. so this is called a toutour. they come in different shapes. can you find them in the garden center. this is a fall grass. you can put gourds in there. plant colorful perrenials. >> that willing will nice. isn't that a pretty color? this is a fois kind of grass. all of that will look very, very nice outside. >> it's perfect. >> you can use it on a tabletop. if have you tables on your porch and you want to boutfy it.

>> this is wbal-tv 11 news in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. starting this december you can make a weekend trip to washington, d.c. on the marc train. "the washington post," weekend service is set to begin december 7. tickets will be seven dollars each way, the same prices during the week.

>> another nice day today. plenty of sunshine breaking through. after a cool start this morning, we will make it into the low to

mid 70s this afternoon. mostly sunny tomorrow. could be some low clouds and fog hanging out on saturday and sunday morning, but it will clear up in the afternoon and stay dry this weekend.

. >> welcome to "today" on this thursday morning, september 26th, 2013. our guests all week long "america's got talent" spice girl mel b. mel b is killing a jumper this morning. >> can we see the whole thing? >> this is fashion right now. very on trend. we love it. looks good on it. >> we have to do a bit naughty with the red vibes. >> naughty. >> we love when you bring the naughty. >> they are spikes. watch it. >> my gosh. >> you saw that movie. >> you are terrifying. terrifying. we love it. >> why don't you get mel b to do our themes. >> we were saying the new theme by mel b. >> i would do that in a heartboat. >> that would be the end of it. hey. >> yesterday we played bono's impersonation of bill clinton. >> yeah. >> in case you missed it.

bono doing bill. >> when i first met bono, he walked into the oval office and actually i thought it was a member of his own road crew. he wasn't really dressed right. actually, i felt like the rockstar on that occasion. i. >> i must be really easy to make fun of there so bill clinton had to get his. so last night, he was on cnn. he did his impersonation of bono. >> take a look. >> well, i'm irish, you know and we irish, we can imitate anybody. but the way i see it, i have been singing so long and loud at these concerts, that i'm hoarse, so i have to be careful of my voice. that's why all the charities only have three letter names.

>> the shades. the bono shades. >> the mannerisms down. >> do you really know what bono sounds like? >> irish. irish. >> bono. >> yeah. >> can we talk about bono sunglasses the shades, those. >> he always wears them. >> those particular shades. >> we node to update his shades. >> i like them. that's his look, come on. >> right there. we can do better. >> it locks like he's about to go to woodshop. >> that's what it is. >> hey, bono, can you make me a birdhouse? it's a nice collection. >> you put your things on it. protective eye wear. >> i love. >> you can't mess with bono. >> he needs nothing. nothing. >> he's got a skilled drill. he's ready to go. >> don't make fun of the -- >> fantastic. >> put bono in that jumpsuit. >> all right.

now here's the story that i have to confess, i don't quite understand. this is wal-mart has pulled a costume, a halloween costume. >> for kids, for todd lers. i think it's just because of the name. a small -- naughty leopard. for your 2t toddler. >> it doesn't look like a leopard. >> that's the real story. that's no leopard. >> it doesn't look inappropriate. it's no crop top. >> it's the name naughty help leopard. >> it's neither naughty or leopard. >> no. >> the control room is saying there is something in the ruffles that looks like a ruffles. >> the socks maybe? >> little spots up top. >> around the neck the pink. >> you can see the spots. >> ballerina leopard. >> a bad costume. >> they pulled it in the thing is, it's no longer available. >> thank