let us begin on this mours morning with those plans to remember senator ted kennedy. nbc's andrea mitchell is outside the kennedy cpound in hyannis port. andrea, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. here at t compound the kennedy

family has been standing vigil round the clock at the senator's side since he died. visitors say the mood inside is quiet, spiritual, it's emotional but it's also a celebration of the senator's life. in nantucketsound, a light chip illuminatethe senator's beloved boat "mya" on which he escaped to the sea when he could barely walk or speak. >> as we remember the life and legacy of senator edward moore kennedy. >> reporter: at fenway, a moment of sence from the senator's beloved red sox. tribut poured in all day beginning with the man he all by anointed the political heir to the kennedy dynasty. >> he became not only one of the greatest senators of our time, but one of the most accomplished americans ever to serve our democracy. >> reporter: from across the aisle and political sptrum, policy disagreements were forgotten. >> whenever we found common ground, he would stand up, even against the amendments of his

colleagues and live up to the deal. if he gave his wo, he kept his word. >> reporter: personal friendships remembered. >>or me, i lost my best friend in the senate. just a great friend. >> reporter: ted kennedy's senate partne john kerry, after visitg the family. >> i've been watching him and privileged to work with him now for almost 25 years and learning from him. he's been a great man to work with and i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: now friends and adversaries alike are all wondering who can fill those shoes. >> this is not going to be a ted kenned again. >> reporter: for decades kenne fought hardest for health care. it was h dying wish. >> and guarantee that every american, north, south, east, west, young, old, will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> reporter: but his absence from this summer's debate has cost the democrats. now they've also lost a critical vote. >> it will be interesting now to see if in his absence senator

kennedy can bring democrats and republicans together one final time to get health care reform done. >> reporter: the kennedys want massachusetts lawmakers to honor on of the senar's last wishes and change state law so the governor can quickly appoint a caretaker successor instead of waiting months for a special election to fill the seat. >> i've had conversations just today with the majority leader in the united states senate who is obviously concerned about the promptness with which we fill the vacancy. >> reporter: the next generation of kennedys and shrivers like maria and her broers are deeply engaged in public service. but what autíykykykñ elective six? son patrick, an eight-term congressmafrom rhode island has beenn and out of treatment for substance abuse. nephew joseph served six terms as a massachusetts congressman. of course, caroline kennedy who tried and failed to fill hillary clinton's new york senate seat earlier this morning. >>he kennedy dynasty lives on to the next generation. service to the public, public service is in the kennedy family

blood and it will continue. >> reporter: at thatuneral service on saturday where, as you mentioned, president obama will be delivering the eulogy, it will also be attended by all of the former living presidents. not expected because he's not able to travel is nancy reagan, but last night she talked about the very special bond that her husband had withed kenny, and of course she and the senator worked very closely on stem cell search, a cause that she will continue to passionately espouse. matt? >> andrea thank you verymuch. andreaitchell in massachusetts this morning. vice president joe biden served aloside ted kennedy in the senate for 36 years. i spoke to him on wednesday and i began by askg him about his friend'segacy on capitol hill. zblf >> everything was about possibilities. i never, ever, ever in 36 years of being with him ever saw him down in terms of "we can't get this done," "things aren't going to get any better," "the

deficit's too big," "we cat get this pass. ." never, er, ever. i couldn't understand it. 36 years later i find myself more optimistic and excited than any time in those 29. teddy was that way every done. he just got up. that's what a kennedy was supposed to do, what he was supposed to do. >> was there a defining moment when you watched him in action in theenate and you saw the full range of his power? >> i watched him on the renewal of the civil rights legislation. i watched him on hate crimes legislation. i watched him go back at it and go back at it and i watched him change people's minds. all these conservative guys who shared nothing in common with his philosophy. why did the like him? he always, whether you're a friend or his foe, at the end of the debate -- becau he was never petty, never small -- he always made you feel bigger.

>> it is an interesting dynamic. when you think about it, conservatives who run for office all around the country often run agnst ted kennedy or the idea of ted kenny. >> that's right. you're kind of drawn to him. because look, this is a guy who understand the deals. this is a guy who kno how to take a hit. if he knew what he was getting would lay a foundation for something larger, he'd say, okay, let's go ahead and do this. that's why you hear john mccain talking abo we probablyould be further along on health care if he had been in the senate working out some of these deals. >> many people said he was the crucial ally to president obama as he attempts to get health carereform. so what does his loss mean to that effort? >> well, god willing, maybe his loss and all about him will be the catalyst to make people come around and begin to compromis toet something really important done. >> that's the best possible -- >> the truth is i don't know, matt.

>> you could flip a coin and say his loss kills the momentum. >> the honest to god truth, ybody knows. there's been a kennedy in the u.s. senate for more than 50 years. there are some others out there who could carry the mantel. do you think you'd like to see at happen or is it perhaps time to let this dynasty pass? >> you know, i went to eunice shriver's funeral and i saw all of the kennedys there. and they have so much talent. i really mean it. there are some remarkable young women and men in that family who are totally, thoroughly capable of being united states nator, governor. i hope some of them decide that elected public office is a battlefield they want to compete in. >> finally, tragedy. it was so much a part of his life on so many occasions. he was forced to deal with it. you've had tragedy in your own li and he was a great iend. i'm just curious how he reached out to you given his perspective

and comforted you during those times. >>he thing that made a fference with teddy, whether you were dealing with a significant personal loss, or you were dealing with a political firestorm, or you were dealing with an exhilarating moment, when he called you and talked to you, you kne he thoroughly understood the place you were. >> was there an image of him that immedialy comes to mind when you think of senator kennedy? >> yeah but it's totally selfish. he was 40 years old. i was 29 years old. with a great big grin on his face, he said, "well, you know, i love this guy joe biden but he's too young to be a senator." and the headline in the "wall street journal" was "biden too young for the senate." even the older he got, i never, ever thought of teddy as old. i mean his degree of enthusiasm and energy were more contagious

than the yngest guy in the senate. >> that was vice president jo biden. for more on the story, here ann. >> matt, thanks. arizona senator john mccain worked closely with senator kennedy for more than two decades. he now joins us from phoenix, arizona. senator mccain,ood morning. >> good morning, ann. >> we just heard from vice president joe biden but we're hearing also deeply emotional tributes coming from republicans as well. in fact, you're one of the featured speakers at his private memorial on friday. so i wonder, what can you tell us about what it was about senator kennedy that made him able to be loved, beloved really, from both sides of the aisle? you age with this, he was never petty, never small comment? >>e was never petty and he was never small. once the battle was overd, believe me, he and i had some -- we talk a lot about where we worked together, we had some spirited debates, both on and

off the floor, to the point where, on occasion, we questioned each other's recent ancestry. but once the debate was over, we would embrace, we would go on to the next battle and find ways in which we couldork together for the good of the country and so i think the aspect of ted kennedy was that there was never evidence of any personal grudge or anger or lingering anger or dissatisfaction and it was always on to fight the next battle, mount up and ride to the sound of the guns. >> well, one of the next battles before congress, which is one that mattered really most to the senator, is of course about health care reform. you faced a lot of rancor and ange yesterday at a town hall meeting. what do you say about this idea? could in fact the death of senator kennedy be the catalyst

that might spark t possibility that this actually mht go somewhere, as it doesn't seem to be right now? >> well, it might, but you'd have to change the way that things have been done. and that is the fact that there's be no real negotiations. there had been a billefore the committee which i sent, the health committee, it was done by democrats and no amendments were agreed to of any significance and so that's not the kind of negotiations that i did with senator kennedy on a numbe of issues. maybif we change -- >> senator, are you willing to reach across the aisle on this issue, as in the past senator kennedy worked with yound former psident bush on education and immigration reform? >> i'm more than willing to. there's been no opportunity to do so. i want to talk to you about your personal relationshs with senator kennedy before we run out of time. specifically, you have a story to tell about the kindness that

he extended to you and also to your son jimmy ten years ago. you want to tell that stor sir? >> sure. thanks. russ feingold and i were honored with the john f. kenne "profiles in courage" award. it happened to coincide with my son jimmy's birthday. we wanted to celebrate it here in phoenix, which would have made me late for the ceremony. ted said, lo, it would be so important if you were there for the extended period of time make a long story short, we went early, we were greeted at the airporty police, by highway patrol. jimmy was taken to a coast guard cutter where he received a tour of boston har bhor. there was three birthday cakes, all kinds of presents. they mus have sang happy birthday to him ten times. i'm proudly exaggerating a little bit. but it's probably the best birthday jimmy ever had. >> that seems to be the constant theme in the stories we've been hearing about senator kennedy,

he seemed to step up in these emotional ways for people. having spent so much time with him mt. senate, personally for a moment, can you describe what you expect in these days ahead in the senate without him? >> well, already he's been missed, as we all know, because of his protracted illness. there's no such thing as someone an s irreplaceable in institution like the united states senate, but he is as close as i thinke' wll er come certainly in w my ti .li and again, a unique personality. a person who once his presidential ambitions were finished devoted himself to the institution and the people of this country and, you know, i've talk often and we have with my friends, he really did put his country first and serve a cause greater than his self-interests. i can't think of a better

legacy. >> senator john mccain, i'm sure you're going to give a stirring speech on friday. thanks so much this morning. >> thank you, ann. let us get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories now. natalie is standing by at the news desk with those. natali good morning. good morning. today officials say somali pirates opened fire wednesday on a u.s. navy helicopter. it happened off the coast of somalia when the helicopter was flying over a hijacked vessel that had been used as a mother ship to launchther pirate attacks, including the one on the maersk abama. it was the first attack on a u.s. military aircraft. no one was injured. ominic dunn dd wednesday from bladder cancer. he was 83. toyota's recalling about 96,000 vehicles because of a . ófóf

go good morng.>> we have a milky blue sky, live picture from our sky watcher camera, the golden haze, the sun's up. the haze, higher humidity. temperatures around the region in the 60s and 70s. now 73 in washington. we'll have highs today in the 80s with increasing clouds. tomorrow cloudy, a morning shower, a likely afternoon shower, highs in the upper 70s. steamy through the weekend. smaller chance of passing showers saturday and sunday.

two-ton. i heard the women crying. others were alive in the water but i couldn't see them. i was too far away. >> the voices soon faded. eight hours later a small fishing boat spotted the little girl, stningly, her only injuries were a few bises and a broken collarbone. the children moved back to paris to be reunited with their father. they heard the terrible news. a psychologist said i don't think your mother is coming. was the only one ale. then i understood. for "today," stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. >> heartbreaking. still ahead this moing, new details on the reality star who killed himself after becoming the focus of an international manhunt for

allegedly murdering his ex-wife. his former fiance speaks out

earlier in the wee we showed you daniel johnson's outstanding audition which floored simon cowell. just ahead, britain's newest singing sensation will join us live from london. >> that will be fun. plus we're also going to eet a woman who svedn an actual crime thanks to her love of ""law and order: svu."" but first your local news and weather.

good morning. i'm eun yang. updating the news at 7:26, breaking news to report. district police are on the scene of a police involved shooting in northeast. it happened around 3:30 in the 3300 block of benning road. we're told one person was injured. however t officer involved was not hurt. thls morning a memorial event celeating the life of senator edward kennedy begin today. his body will travel from cape cod to boston and will lie in repose at the kennedy library two days. his funeral will be saturdayt the roman catholic basilica in

boston. arlting on the national cemetery he will be laid to rest near his rothers.ak ango take a break c ver forecast and check traffi

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♪ 7:30 now on a thursday morning, the 27th day of august, 2009. that is the audition on the british show "the x-factor" that knocked simon cowell's socks off. more than 1 million people have watched that same audition onne. coming up in this half-hour, we'll meet that singing sensation. he is 27-year-old daniel johnson. that smile says it all. we'll find outore about how his life is changing over these last several days.

>> schoolteacher, right? >> yeah. boy, did heo well. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside a curry. wh i saw that audition online over the weekend, it said 100,000 people have watched it. now it'sver 1 million. >> really! don't forget, tomorrow, speaking of singing sensations, we've got one named miley cyrus. the teen star will be here for a live concert out on the plaza. if ear indications are right, there's going to be a pretty huge crowd outside. so do plan on coming down. meanwhile coming up in this half-hour, for comedians, that mother-in-law joke is kind after standard crowd pleaser. but one mother-in-law is less than pleased that she became part of her daughter-in-law's stand-up act. she's suing r. we'll talk to that comedn coming up. but let us beg wh new details in the case of a reality star who took his own life in a

canadian motel room after being accused of killing his -wife. in a moment we'll talk exclusively with ryan jenkin former fiance. but first, nbc's miguel almuer isn vancouver with the latest. >> reporter: matt, good morning. police in california a here in nada say tips have poured in from both countries and now they say they have their final piece of missing evidence. he was the reality show contestant accused of a gruesome crime, who went on the run, then committed suicide. she was the young, vibrant model who was found murdered,eft dumped in a trash bin outside of los angeles. police are confident ryan jenkins killed jasmine fiore, but the homicide investigation isn't over yet. yesterday, her mercedes-benz was finally found in a parking lot. investigators say it cld be a crime scene. fiore's body was found methodically mutilated to presumably delay its identication.

with the car, investigators say they'll be able to determine if jenkins killed fiore alone. >> it's very important. it is a piece of evidence that will assist us in our investigation. once the forensic team does their thing, then we'll know what we have. >> reporter: married in march, friends say jenki and fiore's relationship was passionate and violent. the victim's mother says fiore had the marage anulle wanted to break away from the man she called possessive and jealous. monday on the "today" show, she spoke to ann curry. >> they had kind of rocky relationship and i was very supportive for her to , you know, independent, tt she didn't reayeed him, she had a lot going for her. >> reporter: fiore wasn't the first beautiful, young woman to call jenkins violent. in 27 he pled guilty to punching a former girlfriend in the back of the head. he was sentenced to anger management and domestic violence counseling. like fiore, jenkins, too, had a

former fiance. paulina tells nbc news she was in disbelief when she heard jenkins was accused of jasmine fiore's murder and called him good person." a startling description for a man charged with such a brutal crime on a woman he claimed to love. as police look to close this case, they aren't the only ones with unanswered questions. both the victim and suspect's familyay never know theotive for this homicide. matt? >> miguel, thank you. paulina is a model and actress who was engaged to ryan jenkins. she joins us now exclusively. good morning, nice to see you. >> thank you. >> you're listening to the description of this man, ryan jenkins, a guy you dated for 2 1/2 years. you're hearing accusations of abuse and murder. is this the guy you knew? >> no. this is what is so surprising. because i was with him for 2 1/2 years and of course we fought. just like any normal relationship.

there was n signs of violence or anything that would potentially say, well, at some point that person might commit a rder. >> not even a hint that this would be a man in your opinion who would be capable of doing what he's now accused of doing. >> no. >> whaabout capable of taking his own life? also not. you know, i think my friends, our friends, are pretty much in shock as obviously the family is. it's not something that i'd ever cture him doing at all. >> so what do you think happened? >> i don't know. you know, matt, i tried to put myself -- just because that's what i usually do, i try to put myself in that person's shoes, wh reaction, what could have occurred. and i really can't -- i can picture him maybe having an argument with her,ut to take to like the next level which is murder, and then mutilatn which i don't even want to think about, i really can't take myself there. i have no idea wt happened.

>> you met him was it party or something? >> actually, met him in vegas. funny enough. but --yeah, he was great, very charming. swept me off my feet. sweetheart. >> when you hear "swept me off my feet." this guy was on a reality show in some ways trying to sweep a woman off her feet, itakes i sod like he was eithe just a simple charming guy o a bit of a con man. is it possible that it's the latter? >> i can't really comment on that because that's not the person that i saw. so i can't really say anything about that. >> why did your relationship end? >> we actually ended off on a good ne but he wanted to have an open relationship. he was definitely a lady's man. >> he wante to see other people >> yes. yes. and it was kind after mutual understanding, i said, you know what? not so much. i'm engaged to you. some point i'd like to have a

family and a solid marriage. we ended on a good note. wished him all the best with everything. >> did you kee in touch with him? >>yes, i did. we staye friends. not close friends but we did stay friends. i actually in march, after he maied jasmine, got back to calgary after taping a show and i received a text from one of our friends saying, okay, well actually, you know, did you hear the news he's married? i'like, okay. so i checked with him and said congratulations on the marriage. he reped back, it is not a girl from the show but i met someone else. >> did he seem happy? yes. yes. he seemed very happy. but actually didn't speak to him at that time. further on -- i think she actually flew in to calgary. they went to a hockey game. i heard they were on the jumbotron kissing, having a great time. further on in april i sort him

on more occasions because he came into calgary to move his stuff fr calgary to be with jasmine in vegas. >> did you ever meet jasmine? >> no, i never did. i did see her fm a distance. we all ended up bumping into each other at a vegas pool party. he came byo say hello and that's about it. and saw her from a distance. but that's it. >> i would imagine, paulina, it is impossible for you to have heard what's gone on over the last couple of weeks and not think "what if." what if this is someone i had married and what if there was a side to o him that i didn't know. >> again, ian't even put myself in tha position, in those shoes. like i have nod idea. i don't know how all this happened. with a personhat i know and i think his friends knew, to us it's really pretty much unbelievable. everything that's happened is just horrible. >> we appreciate you coming in and talking about it. ulht thank you. w all get little switch of sunoec tsw, tol wahe ch ck of the weather.

>> thanks a lo matt. as we look at the midwest right now, under the gun as far as strong storms. flood watches parts of eastern iowa on into northern illinois stretching from the midwest on down into xas. some parts of the upper midwest will see temperatures -- excuse me, rainfall amounts one to two inches of rain. heavy rain also aroundhe gulf. beautiful, overly warm in the pacific northwest, 93 degrees in portland today, 98 in downtown los angele sunshine here in the northeast with temperatures a little bit cooler than usual andóf good morning. our sky is flooded with bright hazy sun light on this thursday morning. live picture from our sky watcher camera. afternoon highs climbing out of the 60s and 70s where we are into the 80s. we'll have increasing clouds. then tomorrow cloudy, showers passing by from time to time likely, highs in the upper 70s, remaining humid. steam 3 the weekend. a smaller chance of a passing shower saturday and sunday. next week, lower humidity returns. highs in the 70s.

keep tabs on weather throughout the day, turn to the weather channel onable or weather.com online. matt? al, thank you. up next, simon cowell says he gave the best first audition he's ever heard. wee ngew singing sensation from britain, niel johnson, and talk to him right after this.

we are back at 7:42 with the latest singing sensation from acss the atntic. we showed you the video earlier this week. this guy's name is daniel johnson, 27-year-old teacher whose audition wowed the judges on the "x-factor," a british version of "american idol." >> daniel's with us from london. we'll talk to him in just a few but fit, his sry. ♪ >> this is the biggest performance of my life i am so nervous to walk on that stage. >> reporter: it's the latest season of britain's "the x-factor" with another competitor waiting to gra the spotlight. ♪ what would you do if i sang

out of tune ♪ >> reporter: this 27-year-old schoolteacher from the outskirts of london has already stolen the show after just one wk of competition. >> daniel, that was single-handedly the best first audition i have ever heard. >> reporter: an extraordinary endorsement from the notoriously critical cowell who has a great track record turning out stars on his various talent shows. soon after winning "the x-factor" in 2006, this singer fod fame on both sides of e pond. but with four months still to go in the competition, pressure is high. >> now the judges expect so much, the public expects to much of him, this is a guy who's going to win, there i no doubt about it. >> reporter: lots of support, and lotsf anxiety for the singer that britain is already

hailing as the next susan boyle. >> he think he could be one of the best contestants we've ever had. >> here he is live from ndon, daniel johnson, good morning. >> good moing. >> where have you been hidg that voice! >> i don't know. probably in the shower, mainly, i think, annoying neighbors. >> you know, your ud,sttsen i understand, have encouraged you to you a dig. have they not encouraged you to audition, would he have done it? and if the answer is, no, then what do you have to say to them this morning? >> i mean you know i probably wouldn'tave done it. i just thought that i just -- i thoughtt was a dream. the kids have been so supportive. they wanted me to actually go into the competition. i just thought, okay, i'll send out on application. fy get one back, see what happens from there. i'm so glad they got me to do it now, i have to say. some of them didn't know, the

know now. >> daniel, it is amazing. this is just t first audition and already 1 million people have gone online to watch this. how has your life changed even just in this short period of time? >> i mean where do you go from there? it's jt been pretty immense but it's bn pretty nice actually. everyone's been really nice, saying really nice thin. i've just normal things of hanging with my friends. i went to the pop quiz yesterday. just doing normal things and pt my friends really close. my family so proud. >> what dyou want to do with this? you now have to face the pressure of the competition but what's the dream for you, daniel? what do you want? >> i guess my dream is to get an album out there and write songs and just really enjoy this. this is what i've wted for so long. i've been saying it for about ten years now and i didn't have that much ierest before. now adsf interest has come in and it is just really amazing. i'm just having a really good time and enjoying it. it is so humbling. it is really good. >> well, everybody respects

simon cowell's judent in the musi industry. nobody respects mine because i don't know a thing, but i have to tell you, it is the greatest tape i've seen in a long time. i can't remember seeing anyone with so much stage presence at such a young age. we're going to be rooting you on, daniel. we'll be following your story. >> oh, thank you very much, matt. i do want to tap on the sge and not just sing a song but enteain the crowd. i just wanted to entertain the crowd and have a good laugh and make sure they have a good time. >> you gave love and they gave it back. daniel johnson, thank you so much. >> good luck to you, daniel. >>hank you very much. thanks, matt. thanks, ann. >> he's single, by the way. not for you, but for the women out there. >> thanks for that. up next, aoman who helped police arrest a real-life criminal thas to her knowledge of nbc's ""laand order: svu." wel meet her right after this. " we'll meet her right after this.

despite wt we tell our children, sometimes watching a lot of television can be a good thing. >> that's right. consider the story of a new york woman who cently helped police cash a caree criminal by using detective skills tt she picked up, she says, from her favorite show, nbc's "law and order: svu." her name is justine faith and she joins us now. good moing. she goes this is all a little erwhelming and bizarre. but you are a fan of "law and order: svu." you've seen all the episodes.

did you ever think you'd find yourself in e middle of a real crime sty? no, not at all. i'm just happy he was caught and i was able to help. >> tell people what happened you basically work at a front desk of your office building. right? you're a receptionist. >> no, i'm a assistant. i ca into the office -- we're a tv production company. he wanted to catch a show. that's common. we don't allow walk-ins just to see our executives. so i gave him some information, like eails and told him to call back to set up a meeting if they're interested. he just was trying to talk to me. >> very persistent guy. >> persistent, just like annoying. like just "go away, i'm trying to work." >> at some point he goes into the little kitchen area, gets mself a drink of water. >> first actually, he tried to like tried to get me to get up

the whole time to get him a dvd of one of our shows. i was too busy and we don't give out dvds. >> bottom line, he eventually swipes your co-wker's bag and skoal an ipod and wallet before fleeing down a back stairwell. but in between he'd ten a sip of water out of this cup. right? >> because he claimed that he was a sick person, he needed to take pills. he went to the kitchen, he saw that we had water. he wanted me to go get it first, i'm like you can go, fine, you go out. >> he escaped -- >> he left. he left. but you still had the cup and tissue he'd used. long story short, you give it to police, they end up catching him because his dna samples were on file. >> you kw to keep that cu >> you are a sleuth! we want to bring someone in right now joining us, one of the stars of "law and order: svu." she's probably got some kind words for yo good morning. >> good morning. >>hat do you want to say to this young lady?

>> i am impressed! i better watch out for my jo >> hello, how areyou? >> i'm great! good morning. congratulations. >> thank you. >> i have to say i'm just in awe of your presence of mind and your clarity to think and you're such an inspirationo so many people. >> oh, thank you! i mean thanks. it's you. >>hank you. >> wre going to try torrange it so that justine can come dn and meet you, mariska. maybe we are talking walk-on here >> ihink we are talking walk-on. i think that i could learn a few things from justine. >> i love you and i love elliott -- where's elliott, b the way? >> okay! >> mariska, nice to know you've got someone who's paying attention and a real fan and thank youor calling in this morning. >> absolutely. god bless and congratulations, justine. >> thank you. >> good luck, justine. >> wow. >>t pays to pay attention,

doesn't it? >> it does. i have like family inlaw, so i thin that was kind of in my blood sort of. you know? >> just teen, thanksmuch. >> t sohamuch. >> thank you. >> congratulations. >> thank you. we'll be right back after your local news and weather.

7:56 is your time now. 75 degrees, the sun in the sky, the humidity is creeping in. tom will have the forecast after the news. good morning. i'm eun yang. it's august 26, 2009. in the news, we're follong a developing story out of northeast washington. district police are on the scene of a police-involved shooting. it happened around 3:30 in the morning. we're told one person was injured. however, the officer involved was not hurt. a new round of lane closures on 95 in northern virginia begins tonight. crews will be conducting brief shutdowns of lanes on the

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good morning. a late summer haze fills the air. a live picture from our city camera. ere is capitol hill in the distance. humidity will be up, temperatures in the 80s. and we'll have increasing clouds. cloudy tonight and tomorrow. maybe a morning shower tomorrow, likely passing shower tomorrow afternoon. a wet day on friday with highs in the upper 70s, remaining humid into the weekend. smaller chance of passing showers on saturday and again on sunday. as perhaps what may be hurrine danny off the atlantic seaboard,

perhaps heavy surf and gusty winds at the beaches on saturday. inland a small chance of a passing shower. the front sunday may trigger a thundershower. monday, tuesday, and wednesday lower humidity returns, highs in the 70s to near 80. how's traffic? >> reports of an accident inner loop of the beltway on the american legion bridge. the left side will be blocked. the fire department is headed over there, ambulance is en route. inner loop at the american legion bridge. elsewhere, things moving along pretty well at the wilson bridge, 270 runs incident-free from frederick down to the capital beltway. >> thanks. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," upside-down on your mortgage? you' not alone. tonight all the research is done for you. when homeowners are getting

8:00ow on a thursday morning, the 27th day ofaugust, 2009. kind of an overcast, windy start to the day. but we've got a big group of people out on the pla. they don't seem to mind. it may be nothing compared to what we see over the weekend with storms. >> we could see a little rain as daniel comes up along the coast. >> we'll keep an eye out for that. tomorrow, you see this crowd today?

tomorrow it is going to be a little bit bigger because we have teen star miley cyrus on the plaza tomorrow morning in concert. i don't know if you rember the last time she was here, the crowd was huge. we understand there are alrea people lining up for the show today. >> i'm worried about the weather. with this wind coming in, shod we worry about tomorrow's weather? >> not at all. >> we'll tether miley to the stage. i'm matt lauer, ann curry while meredith takes time off. al roker joins us as well. a stand-up comedy routine one family didn't think was so country. >> the comedian uses part of her act to poke f at some of her in-laws. now her mother-in-law has apparently had enough. she's suing. she's filed a lawsuit. we'll talk with the comedian about that in just a motion. wooel we're going to talk about an emotional iss for many people.

in-vitro fertilization has afforded a l of people the opportunity to have families. difficulties for a lot of peopl what do you do with the embryos that still remain. that is a big issue. a lot of people have them still, th're beg kept frozen. there is an emotional qstion about what to do with them. >> an estimated half million. >> exactly. we'll talk about that with dr. nancy snyderman. natalie has the headlines of the morning. g>>ood morning. as the nation prepares to say good-bye to ted kennedy, americans are mourning the loss of a political icon and paying tribute. in washington, d.c. last night, people gathered for a vigil to remember the beloved senator, lighting candles and holding american flags. a pre-game moment of silence was held at boston's fenway park to honor the long-time massachusetts politician. meantime, memorial and funeral plans have been announced. nbc's andrea mitchell is outside the kennedy compound in hyannis port. andrea, the public will get a

chance to pay its respects. >> reporter:indeed, they will. it will be an elaborate three-day memorial tribute to senator kennedy. there will be the private family mass here at the cpound around ddaytoday, then the motorcade will start moving toward boston, and along the way, along the narrow strieets in hnnis port, the senator walked these streets for some decades with his family, he'll take the same route to bosn he and his brothers had aeady taken to boston. along the way in boston, stopping the motorcade will pass along many of the special landmarks, the rose kennedy park, his senate office and the home where john kennedy first ran for congress. it will be a day full of tributes. public will also be visiting the kennedy library where he will be lying in repose through the day and into the evening. >> andrea mitchell in hyannis port, massachusetts, thank you.

embattled south carolina xwofer mark sanford says he is not going to be railroaded out of office. onednesday sanford rejected a call from his lieutenant governor to resign. he said he plans on serving out the last 16 months of his term despite his affair and questions surrounding his use of state and commercial planes. a suspect u.s. missile strike from an unmanned dne has killed at least 16 people in pakistan. pakistani officials say the attack targeted a taliban hideout. us airways is raising its baggage fees by $5. it now costs $25 each week for the first checked bag, $35 for thsecond bag. if you pay online though it is cheape the airline is also now crging $50 for a second checked bag on transatlantic flights. in california firefighters are bracing for another day of searing temperatures as they battle two fast-moving wildfires north of los angeles. the fires have scorched more than 1,700 acres and forced some

evacuations. it's 8:04 right now. let's go back outside once again to matt and ann. >> thanks, natalie. boy, it is kind of blustery out here. >> it is. mr. ror's on the other side of the plaza. >> you know what you need? you need something made out of duct tape. this woman made her dress out of duct tape. veryry impressive. one of our stagehands might need you later on. >> did you know duct tape came in pushlle? >> who knew duct tape came in purple? lester holt'soach from high school, did he play a sport? >> no, he spoke at football games. was our public address announr. he had a deep voice. >> thank you, coach. let's check your weather, see what going on. pick city of the day, nashlle, teessee. partly sunny, 89 for a high. as we look at the jet stream we've got heavy rain down through the south. that jet stream will dip down to the south over the weekend and that is going to bring much chillier air as we head into the

weekend. colder and chillier but out west, it is going to be awfully hot. my golly, youight wan to have a doctorook at that.ófóf it is a hazy late august morning. temperatures in the mid 70s in washington, and montgomery, fairfax and prince george's counties we're in the low 70s. arlington as well. to the west and north in the 60s, southern maryland near the bay mid 70s, highs well in the 80s today. increasing clouds by this afternoon and this evening going overcast. then tomorrow cloudy, passing showers likely with highs in the upper 70s and remaining humid. humid over the weekend, too. hurricane danny passes to our east maybe tropical show >> that's your latest weather. when we come back, the comedian who's being sued by her mother-in-law. eut because shade me her the punch line of too many jokes.

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eye pentally a new jersey woman has heard enough mother-in-law jokes. she's suing her daughter-in-law sundra croon kwift. >> because i have a jewish mother-in-law. maybe these lights are too bright. i'm a black woman with a jewish mother-in-law. you know the only thing weave in common ishat wdon't want to get our hair wet. i met ruthie for the first time. i walked in, trying to be real polite. ruthie, thank youo much for having me. she says, pleasure is all mine, have a seat. elliott, put my pocketbook away. >> sundra croonquist is here this morning. good morning. you've been married 11 you know your husband and his

family for 15 years. you've been making these jokes about your mother-in-law and in-laws all this time. were you shocked when you found out about this lawsuit? >> i was shocked. i was sickened. i was hoping it was ajoke. how's that? i was -- i said this must be a joke. >> but it getsbetter. your husband is a lawyer. his firm is representing you against his mother. >> it's terrible. yes. yes. well, somebody had to pay for this. >> your husba -- and his family are jewish. you're half-black and half swedish? >> yes. >> but you've also converted to judaism. >> before i married my husband. >>ou keep a kosr house. >> yes, i do. >> w is your mother-in-law suing you? >> i have no idea. i think since barack won, everything broke loose. it cou be. i have no idea. >> she wants you -- specified damages and wants you t stop making jokes about her.

>> she doesn't want anymore jokes about her. >> with your material about the in-laws, are you bng truthful or making this stuff up? >> i am being truthful. i'm lightening up a lot of it. >> no pun intended. >> can't do it on my end. it's my reality. it's my family, my reality. i talk about it, make jes about it. >> the jokes you've made about your sister-in-law, you've identified her full name on stage, including her place of worship, including her town. >> shoe she enjoyed it in the beginning. i don't know what made the flip. >> what's the relationship been like? >> it's not been very easy. a few times i've been asked to step out of family photographs. yeah, that's a very crazy feeling. "could you please step out of the picture?" i guess i just wasn't right for the barmitzvah picre that day. these things have happened! they're real. i haven't made jokes about that but now that ofbut you've asked. it's very hurtful.

>> are you upset about the lawsuit? >> yeah, and i'm most upset about not having my children have a grandmother. >> two biffle little girls. >> yes, thank you. they miss her. they don't spend passov with them. can't explain to the right now why, what myuspicions why they are not spendin pass swroefr with their grandmother. >> what are your suspicis? >> maybe they don't like swedes. i don't know. >> can you see why your in-laws might upt? >> no, they know what i do. they've made jokes at my expense. they should have a sense of humor. not jokes on stage but in a temple. kind of like a stage. >> with your husband representingyou, is th csed strain in your marriage? >> it did cause a strain in the very beginning because i always try make the families go tother black people like to try to kee families together. when jewish peopleay we're not talking anymore, they're not talking anymore and that's it.

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>> reporter: it was th only decision acceptable to octomom nadya suleman. >> i will keep that role to a doctor to dispose of a life is incomprehensible to me. >> reporter: unable to destroy the six embryos she had left after previous ivf cycles, and hoping for one, maybe two more childr, the motherf six had l of her remaining embryos implanted in sang single cycle resulting in the eight babies she delivered last winter. suleman's outcome was rare but the dilemma she faced is increasingly common as more and more couples find themselves with stored embryos. many of whom are done having children. >> we couldn't deny their humanity when we saw that embryos just like them created our children. you can swing but don't do your flip. >> reporter: deborah and her husband have two daughters from in-vitro fertilization. when it was time to nsider the

state of their five remaining embrs, they decided to donate them anonymously to another couple. >> it wasn't about politics and wasn't about religion. it was about love. i mean we loved the thought of those children,r those maybe-childreno give them a chance at life with a mother and farther who desperately wanted them. >> reporter: to this day, they do n know the outcome of their donation. >> not knowing whether there are any children or there are five children is difficult, but we have no regrets. >> reporter: still, embryo donation to other couples is relatively rare. according to a 2008 sdy led by duke and johns hopkins researchers, a patience with surplus embryos a no intention of using them, about a third indicated a likelihooof donating them to another couple compared with % who said they would likely donate for research. the most popular option. >> that's not black and white.

until you're put in that situation, you don't know what choice you're going to make. >> reporter: stephanie and stacy smith struggled for months over what to do with the embryos left after of birth of their twin girls. >> you're just trying to get the best choice to help other people but not be looking at a crowd and thinking should that be one of our girls and never knowing. >> if these embryos could help somebody else in some way, then donati to research seemed more like the most logical choice to make. >> reporter: it is a dilemma the fertility industry takes seriously, but admits it probably won't go away. >> no matter how well informed the patient is, there are always going to be complexities around this and it's just an unfortunate side effect of a life-changing tenology. >> dr. nancy is here along with the executive dirtor of resolve the national fertility association. bottom line, this is a result of

in-vitro as a tecology developing. >> right. the ea that you create three embryos, implant two hoping to get one healthy baby. as in-vitro matures and we understand better how to do this, will whave as many of these frozen embryos? >> probably not. when the technology really gets good you'll have 1 for 1 but we're not there yet. >> in interim, here we are. how many of these frozen embryos might actually be viable, in other words could become a baby? >> well, not every embryo becomes a baby. and so you have to, as dr. nancy said -- >> but are the chances greater that it won't or chances greater -- >> we don't know that. we simply don't know. wh you think about doing in-vitro fertilization, what the lab is trying to do and what the doctor is trying t do is transfer the best looking embryos for that first fresh cycle, for that first hopeful prnancy and that first ba. so the remaining frozen, not necessarily bad but

not the best of the first go-round. >> some of those "not the best" have been used in people and the babies have been beautiful and fantastic. >> this is where science comes in. you create these out of the roomthen come in and implant them. science is when implantation starts. if you're not going to use them, do you store tm for future scientific break-throughs? donate them so other people have a chance at having a child? do i donate them for research? frankly, do you destroy them? i think that's where the ethical, religious, scientific conversations all merge. >> that's your reallyjob,job, barbara, to help people look at those options. >> absolutely. a lot of people don't even realize they have options. we heard about a couple of options. >> one ison de to research. another donate another couple. freeze indefinitely. >> this doesn't sound like an option but a lot of people end up simply freezing their embryos indefinitely, probably because they either don't realize they have options, or really they're paralyzed and can't make a decision.

>> thaw and discar >> in this case the laboratory actually remos the embryos from storage, they will thaw them in the lab and the embryos simply stop growing and dividing. >> you can perform a disposal -- hate that word -- ceremony so that people can fin some closure if they need it. >> a lot of people are doing this taking the embry from the laboratory and they are having a ceremony. they're creating a special moment to come to closure. a lot of psychologists encourage this for people who really don't know what to do and can't let go. >> one me is receive a compasonate trsfer. >> this one doesn't really hav official name but this is where the embry are transferred back into the woman when there's absolutely no chance of her becoming pregnant. >> that's an interesting though >>his is an amazing field. we've seen tremendous technological break-throughs. a reminder for couples, these are conversations you have orally. you may not have the answers but you should at least know because there are legal implications to this, too, if in a divorce you

can fight over these embryos, how you dispose of them. have these conversations, because our lack of talking about it is what leads to problems with a lot ofon our time is 8:26. a beautiful picture of sun gleaming off the water out there. 75 degrees, we'll get the forecast coming up in a moment. good morning. i'm joe krebs. in the new for today, senator ted kennedy will be buried on saturday at arlington national cemetery where the bodies of his brothers john and bobby also rest. kennedy's tenure as a u.s. senator and his two years in the army qualify him for burial at arlington. his grave is expected to be 95 feet south of where the eternal flame burns in memory of president kennedy. h 'll come back and look at our hour, tock out the rush hour, too.o.

hazy sunshine around the region with temperatures climbing into the mid 70s. we'll hit the upper 80s to near 90 with increasing clouds. cldy tonight and tomorrow. perhaps a morning shower tomorrow, a greater chance of passing afternoon showers on friday. might have an evening shower friday as well as into saturday morning, maybe saturday afternoon, a smaller chance of rain over the weekend. then as we get into next week lower humidityur rnsetit wuretn pleasant temperatures in the 70s for highs. jerry, how's traffic? >> we had an accident at the inner loop of the american legion bridge. now police are checking another and the backup inner loop near the gw parkway. other than that we're okay on 395 heavy and slow, no

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it's 8:30 now on a thursday morning, the7th day of august, 2009. breezy here today. it's going to be just plain smoking tomorrow morning when

miley cyrus takes to our summer concert stage in our 8:30 half-hour. she's been here before, she draws a huge crowd. if you're in the area and wt to check it out, get here early. that's the best aice we can give you. meanwhile, i'm matt lauer, along with ann curry. ann is here while meredit is on vacation. we got mr. roker as well and natalie moras. do you know what's coming up? martha's here. martha stewart is here today. we'll get a little crafty with martha. she'll show us how to make a mosaic art project. she says it is fairly easy. we'll all make different things and it is the same process. >> sounds like fun. also we're going to lrn how to make anticipate advertisers with ctis stone. we're going to be good at that. right? you can make these ry, very quickly. wel be making them with curtis stone. nothing wrong with that. then a little bit later, some surprising ways to enjoy a healthier and happier life. maybe a longer life. >> good idea.

speaking of health, we'll saunter over this way. we have some special folks here lot of folks know about the fight against parkinson's disease. and of course, michael j. fox's foundation. the ceo of michael j. fox foundation is here, and susan is a member of team fox. good morning. a lot of people know about the michael j. fox foundation. a lot ofeople don't know about team fox. tell us about that? >> team fox is the grassots community fund-raisg program for the fox foundation. it's amazing people all over the country who do whatever they can do to raise money for the cause. as of the end of this year we pect that will be over $7 million for research. >> susan, you've raised $145,000 over the last fouryears. how are you able to do this? >> i have a fund-raising event called tip for parkinson's. it's out of new york city. me friends, family and colleagues all get together, they get behind the bar. a cover large, a lot of cool, silent auctions. >> why did you get involved? >> my mom has had parkinn's

for about 20 years. >> 1 million people -- >> in the u.s. haveparkinson's. >> tm fox is really an inspirational group of people. >> how is progress going? >> progress is going. since our founding in 2000, we have funded over $150 million for research. >> how can team get involved with team fox? >> wwmichaeljfox.org. i can tell you something, al? at my eve next year, i would like to give you our official bar tendi shirt. i'd love to you come bartend. >> i will do that. >> anybody else from the "today show." óf our director joe michaels good morning. it's a pleasant summer morning. a little more humid. we have summer haze in the air th the sunshine, now 75 in washington, low 70s in arlington, prince george's, montgomery and fairfax counties. and we'll have highs today reaching the upper 80s with increasing clouds by later in the day.

and then mostly cloudy tonight, cloudy on friday, maybe a morning shower or passing afternoon shower. and friday night, too, could get passing showers. on saturday and sunday both days there is a smaller chance >> if you want more weather information, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. for more willard information, let's go down to washington, d.c. and say hello to my favorite willie. hoare you, sir ? >> i'm fantastic. i go to bed with the willies and wake up with al. you're nothing but fantastic. i don't know how you do it. happy birthday from smucker's. e o pthdef ohasde of oroville, amhe j j as the jameif sns pi jf o lepin enorrgflcebe, avon, illinois.ce 1 years old. rv as a suny schoolteacher a h eov l ch. we love well. helovewell.

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this morning on "martha on today," low-cost color. mosaic art pies can add a vivid splash of color to your home and you don't have to be an expert to make them. martha stewart's here. she's g some great projects right out"fñ of her encyclopedif

crafts book. good morning. >> this is a really great project, not just for adults but also for kids. if you have some broken china, you can use that. or chips. can you break this up further to ma your little mosaic tiles. the greek, roman, byzantine all used this starting in about 400 b.c. as a decoration. >> each one of us is doing a different project. can you do trays. you can do a beautiful bit of porcelain, serving plate. and a frame. you can also do tabletops, you can d floors, bathtubs. >> so you have a plate like this, you dropped it and it looks like this. >> you want a lot of little pieces. so what i suggest jus breaking it a little further in a towel so -- you can do that. >> under probably put your goggles on. >> no, you don't hav to wear your goggles.

>> watchour fingers, martha. >> those have to be smalle this is not the big part of mosaics sglp kids, don't do this with mom's good china! >> after a morning like this. right? then you can lay these pieces in a tray, like this. >> what kind of piece are you using? >> al, you want to get ay from ann. >> make sure the adhesive you're using is appropriate for both the porcelain as well as the wood. >> pattern? it is really anything that floats your boat? >> yes. >> now you've done that. move on to al. >> you can have this. we want to grout once in place and dry. we've use pieces of sea glass. you can use tileshat are already made. that's pretty. yeah. now you're going to grout. you take the grout and you apply the grout.

>> why do you need grout? >> grout fills in all these cracks. otherwise you're going to cut yourself. this is like tiling a bathroom. >> you really just galllop it o like that? >> yeah. that's h grout is. fill in all these little cracks, then wipe it clean with a wet sponge. once you get it really in every little spot. these are not glued down. i'm sorry. you're not going to get to do anything today. but you can do the flower pot. look. you can -- look how beautiful that looks. you're going to grout at. >> what i love about this, if you've got a fantastic piece of china that you chipped and you love that pattern, say this is your pattern for your tae, use that that matches that. it is a memorpiece for you. >> why don't you spread some grout onthat, too. try to keep it not on the

mirror. >> maybe we can take the mirror out and put it in later. >> you could,ut you could also tape it off. >> you want to cov the whole thing? >> a grouter will use the sponge to push it down into those cracks really well. then you clean it all off. >> because that's important because we don't want to cut ourselves. right? that's the one thing you have to be very careful about. >> could you use icing and this where you could lick it afterwards? no. just was wondering. >> i love this idea. >> they're all cing up with rather creative ideas. if you're mad at somebody and you break a lot of plates, this is a very, veryedemive thing todo. >> you can recycle. say we've done the grout. now what would be the last -- you have to seal this? >> no, then you use a silicon-based sealant or water-based sealant. again get thatt a craft store. becae what you want is no mold in the cracks.

just like in a bathroom. look, see, there you go, guys. >> look. >> this is method to our madness. everything's stuck down here because of the wind. but lookow pretty that looks. >> i did that! >> the tray is rlly cute. look. have you a nice little mosaic. did you do this one? >> yeah, i did that one. i love that. >> here's the flower pot which was so great. >> you know what? you can tak off your eyewear now. >> start to finish, how long should a project take, like a picture frame there? >> you have to let it dry. i'd give it a saturday. >> wre do you getll the items, these things -- >> hardware store! well bond. just a little hardware store or craft store. all these things are available. >> all of that information is in the encyclopedia of crafts you bet. that's a great book for anybody who is interested in afts. >> yeah, martha.

>> announcer: "today's kitchen" is brought to you bizar by serg. >> this morningn "today's kitchen," ease aicipate advertisers you can whip up in in the last minute. curtis stones jos us now with some ideas. good morning. wh are you up to here? >> what i thought we'd do is make veggie fritters. it is a great way to get kids to eat more veggies. this is a little japanese mandolin which is a handy tool. >> you have to be careful mott to cut yourself. but it ismazing how thinly it cuts things up. >> slis stuff up really thin. the idea is you get this spaghetti sort of style of vegetable. now what you do next if you haven't got e of those, my mom used to just use a grater.

still works. next you turn into a ball wit a little bit of salt. the salt's going to draw out some of that moisture. then you put it into alump like this and give it a good squeeze. >> this is the thing i would forget to do. you'll need to do that because you'll cook these up and you don't want theater to be in there. >> we should probably drink that. >> don't want to drink that. once you squeeze is out like this one, because it is salt ya ' -- that's why you don't want to drink it. pour in some crack egg. mix it up like that with your hands. just pick out little pieces -- >> can i say, that's so healthy. eggs, no flour, just eggs and vegetables and a little sat. >> i make these if i'm doing breakfast in the morning. instead of fried eggs, little bit of olive oil. you just sort of spin them around. they're ao good to serve as little anticipat advertisers. see how you flip them over. they get nice and golden.

what i'm going to serve them th is just a little bit of sour cream with dill. dip it in or you can use yogurt if you're on a serious health kick. >> that's actually really, really good. the kids might try. number two. >> quesadillas. i love them. i've got chicken, this is so easy to do. chicken, get your tortilla, stick it on to a griddle. plenty of cheese. melt at. put whatever barbecue sauce you like. m going for quite a spicy one. >> it's interesting you use a barbecue sauce because it's not something people traditionally put with quesadillas but it has that kick you want with an appetizer. >> put the avocado in later? >> no, that's for our next one. you work it like that. u have it low and slow.

all you really need to do is melt your cheese and warm your chicken strips. >> slow is really what we're talking maybe what? a minute at the most? >> just a minute or two. >> that's teific. it can be fairly last-minute. look at that! everyone will want one. look at, that's beautiful. woulyou like one? would you like one, darling? pass it around. there we go. now what's numbertwo? >> thiss number three. >> three. >> this is a crab and avocado dip. beautiful crab meat here, just touch of mayonnaise, little bit of chile peppernd basil. labor day's coming up. if you're having people around this is quick, simple appetizers. mix that up. avocado with a little bit of sour cream and chives. >> yum!

is is so good. >> i'll just spoon these into the bottom of my bowl. >> i like these. when you dip into it, you can sort of get a little bit of both. >> you need the avocado, just beautiful delicious summer fruit. >>'ll vouch for that. >> mix up a couple cocktails. margarita. >> curtis stone, thank youo much. great ideas from you. stl to come this morning, gadgets and gizmos that could help your children have a more prod

now to our own tom brokaw's search for american character along highway 50. he has teamed up with us network to find compelling people and stories as he travels the fam cro country road. on his latest stop, tom met up with a purpose-driven pastor who's bringing new life to east st. louis. >> reporter: it's been called the backbone of america. one highway that cuts through the heart of a changing nation. and every crossroad, a new story. u.s. highway 50 heading west from the eastern shore of maryland. we're going to take this road all the way to california in

search of the american character. >> you can live anywhere but you don't have to live anyhow. >> reporter: pastor kendall granger, mile 973 east st. louis, illinois. >> my goal is bring our community together and rebuild families. >> reporter: these streets in the shadow of st. louis, missouri, have long been plagued with poverty, unemployment and one of the highest crime rates in the united states. >> we can say we got t short end of the stick. we aren't playing on a level field. we could keep saying that but it doesn't change t fact that we still have responsibility in the midst of what we're doing. we have to do it. >> reporter: he believes nothing willhange until they address the crisis of families without fathers. >> we have about 75% of our families being headedy single moms. that's staggering. okay? so that means our church has to be prepared to reach out and develop men so they can be a part of those families. >> reporter: so granger gives classes in manhood encouraging

men to be good husbands, good fathers, and leaders. >> we know if fathers are absent, children ha a higher chance of going to jail or dropping out of school or getting involved with drugs. but when both parentsre working together, that family has a greater chae of being productive. >> reporter: sometimes feel like you're competing against the gang set culture that's out there? >> that's where we come in. aommunity of men bump chest and high-five eh other for doing good things all men should be doing. you'r saying it's okay to be a men. >> yes! that's what it's going to take to get back, not stimulus, not jobs, but men and families coming together. >> your children when they get to be yr age will be walking down the sidewalk of aarden spot? >> yes, most definitely. a booming river front with some industry that's family-yore yeb enred. yes, east st. louis will be good

again. >> you are a believer. >> yes, a big believer. >> reporter: 973 miles down, 2,100 to go. >> could use some more believers. all of tom's stories from highway 50 will be feared in a special documentary airing on usa network next year. still to come, small changes that will have a big impact on your health. our time is five minutes

until 9:00 in the morning. 8:55, 75 degrees, bright sunshine but hazy sunshine. a lot of humidity out there. we'll get the forecast coming up. i'm e krebs. in the news for today, breaking news out of northeast washington. a man has died after being shot by police. this happened around 3:30 in the 3300 block of benning road. the man was at a gasoline station holding a gun and banging on a window. officers say they arrived and told him to stop, police say they opened fire after the man pointed a gun in their direction. the man's identity has not been released. a local couple survived a frightening accident on the beltway yesterday near connecticut avenue. a dump truck traveling in the opposite direction hit debris  and lost two tires. one of the tires headed toward the couple's suv, slamming into the driver's side door. besides cuts from flying glass the couple was we take> bree and look at traffic and cck out t b

good morning. temperatures in the upper 70s, it will be turning more humid with increasing clouds, highs in the 80s. tomorrow cloudy, maybe a morning shower or afternoon passing shower. and then a lower chance of rain over the weekend. jerry, how's traffic? >> tom, tough trip on the capitabeltway. the inner loop is jammed. springfield most of the way up to tysons corner. a couple of accidents before the american legion bridge cleared. elsewhere, no concerns at the wilson bridge. we'll watch for construction on i-95 in virginia. >> thanks very much. "news 4 at 5:00," when homeowners get nowhere with lenders. liz crenshaw finds a way out.

we're back now with more of "today" on a thursday morning. it is august 27th, 2009. this month is nearly out of here. we're not going to be out of here without a little unstable weather over the weekend with two tropic storm danny out in the atlantic. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. coming up in this half-hour, we're learning more now about the funeral plans for senator ted kennedy. he will be laid to rest on saturday. alongside his brothers at

arlington national cemetery after a memorial service and public viewing at the kennedy library up in boston. we'll tell you more about all that's going to happen over the next couple of days in just a few minutes. yet another sad milestone for that family, but there is something very comforting about the fact that he'll be buried near his brothers. then we're moving on to a practical note for families. basically sending their kids off to school. we'll be talkingbout how from kiergarten to high school and beyond there are high-tech ways that areot sort of for fun, they're actually gadgets and toys that can help our k learn, we're toll. we'll check out some of those ideas coming up. and we've got six surprising ways that you couldead a healthier and happier life. we had eight, but we lost a couple -- no. so what you can do now to give yourself a better life. and, guess who's on the plaza this morning? >> who? >> the newly crowned miss universe is here. i just went up and said hi.

she had no idea who i was but she gave me a double-cheek kiss anyway. >> this is the second year in a row venezuela has row. >> a dynasty. natalie's got news headlines of the day. good morning. thousands of people are expected to flock to the john f. kennedy memorial library and museum in boston today to pay respects to senator ted kennedy. kennedy who died tuesday night will lie in repose in a closed casket for public viewing. last night in the nation's capitol, a candlelight vigil was held to honor the long-time senator and at boston's fenway park, thousands of red sox fans paid tribute with a moment of silence and a show of gratitude for kennedy's lifetime of loyalty to his team and state. elier on "today," more tributes. long-time kenne friend senator john mccain and vice president joe biden both spoke about the kennedy legacy. >> everything was about possibilities. i never, ever, ever, in 36 years

of being with him, ever saw him down in terms of "we can't get this done," "things aren't going to get any better "the deficit's too big" "we can't get this passed." never, ever, ever. >> he really did put his country first and serve a cause greater than his self-interest. i can't think of a better legacy. >> kennedy's funeral is saturday. he'll be laid to rest at arlington national cemetery near his brothers. a writer who moved between high society and high-profile criminal tals is also being remembered today. dominick dunn died wednesday from bladder cancer at the age of 83. along with his novels, dunn chronicledhe legal woes of the rich a famous. he became a media celebrity himself covering the o.j. simpson murder trial. hot, dry weather could hinder today's fight again wildfires in southern california. no homes are threatened but heavy smoke that is led to health alerts in los angeles. dramatic home video capture one of several rock slides

weesday. california's yosemite national park. visitors had to evacuate a park hotel where rocks landed close enough to damage three cars. it is now three minutes past the hour. you're up to date let's go back outside once again to matt, al an the great cwd outside. >> thanks, natalie. somewhere in this great crowd we ve a weather man. >> not just a weather man. a weather person. nice folks here, what's your name? >> jo. >> having a nice day on vacation? >> yes, i am. >> did you bring everybody dn with you? >> my family from canada. >> o canada, we love. love that round bacon. we're going to be in vancouver, nbc. you got it.ckhe y crou let'sckhe your weather. that got a free plug in there. i like it. latest on danny, 575 miles south-southeast of cape hattas, moving northwest at 10. the path just abouthe se as bill. looks like some time friday into saturd it becomes a hurricane. could brush the outer banks of

the carolinas. then the cone ofuncertainty, anywhere about 100 miles either side of tt line we could be looking at landfall or at least a brush with that from lon island on into new england. that could change our weather conditions significantly on saturday. so we'll keep an eye on that. of course, check i we ymoe ing. we have a late sumr haze pictuivre picture from our n. city camera, the washington monument there surrounded by haze. 78 in washington, in the mid to upper 70s around the region. the shenandoah valley in the mountains low 70s. near 80 around the bay where it's more humid. highs today should soar into the 80s. increasing clouds by late afternoon into this evening. cloudy tomorrow, likelihoodf passing showers. maybe a passing shower saturday and sunday. a lower chance >> tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. on "wake up with al" on t weher channel, we'll have the

latest on danny. 6:00 a.m. eastern ti. do you know how long you will live? the folks at "prentn" magazineave found some surprising signs of health and longevy revealing it is the little habits or life circumstances that can make the biggest difference. here to tell us what you're doing right and how to do it better, the editor in chief at "prevention." liz, good morning. so it is the little things that can help us have a longer and healthier life. >> we all kwbvious things like not smoking, excising, eating healtly and the thing we can't control, good genes. every day behaviors can have a big impact. >> what were surprising about some of the signs you found for this articl >> how easy they were to work into your lifestyle. things that were often doing. "prevention's" readers are often doing. it is good news for many of us. >> first iseing the life of the party. who knew being the social butterfly can help you live a longer, healthier life. what's the connection? >> outgoing people are 50% less

likely to develop dementia, according to a major study done in sweden. they talked to outgoing people and they all said they were not easily stressed. it is about the stress hormone cortisol that affects the way our brain cells talk to each other. if we have lower levels of cortisol we have more resilient brains. >> do you want to encourage me interaction, get out there, be more social. but other ways to reduce cortisol levels in your body? >> we can meditate. exercise helps sleepg well and drinkinglack tea. they did a major study on this london and found peopleho were given a stressful task and drank tea lowered their sort kol levels 47% in one hour. cut them in half. >> cutting coffee, drinking more black tea. okay, next for all the techies out there, good new here, too. turns out technology can actually be good for you. help you live a longer life. why is it? >> all that time we're spending on facebook and skype and

twter, what's happening is that makes u feel connected. and feeling connected, what's happening here is that loneliness is a killer. so it can raise your blood pressure, it can suppress your immune system and cardiologists told "prention" it can easily make our blood more sticky which can lead to clotting and heart disease. staying connected even virtually can that have major impact. >> as a runner i'm very glad to reveal this next one out there, daily runs are going to help you live a much longer, healthier life. because studies have shown tha running 40 minutes a day have actuly helped people function better physilly and mentally as they age. why 40 minutes? that's a long time runng every day. >> it is. but scientists at stanford studied runners and non-runners over 21 years and found that the people who ran an average of 40 minutes, about five hours a week, had lower levels of neurological diseases, heart disease, infection. but any level of exercise is going to help you as long as you

get your heart rate up for about 20 minutes a day. you'll get all of these benefits of mood, preventing disease and a longer life. >> also you can have a flat belly which is important for the next one. because a flat belly is really going to be good for you in the long term. right? why is that? and what is a flat belly. >> people who carry excess weight in tir middle have a 20% increased risk of dying earlier. it's because this belly fat is dangerous. it's visceral belly fat, tucked in and around our organs in the case of women you should have a waist of 35 inches or smaller. for men it's 40 inches or smaller. if not, even if your bmi is normal, if the weight is carried in your middle, you should address it. >>ou increase your chances of heart disease -- >> certain types of cancer, dementia, all of that. >> a lot of health problems go along with it. now here's a good one. if you sprinkled raspberries on top of your oatmeal this morning, it is a good thing.

because the fiber is going t help you, too. >> it's all about the fiber here. americans get between 14 and 1 grams of fiber a day. if they add just 10 gms a day to that ty can lower their risk of heart disease by 17%. breakfast is an easy way to do that. if you have oatmeal or whole grain serial, that's about five grams. one cup of raspberries has eight grams of fiber. you've already set yourself on the way. >> there you go. lastly -- i love ts one -- feeling good about yourself and your body proves that in the long run this is going to be good for you. >> they studied this at yale and they found that there is a really strong connectn between our attitude, our mental outlook and longevity. people who have an optimistic view of life add about -- and feel younger than their years add about 7 1/2 years to their life. of course, it's not necessarily about how many years, but the quality of those years. we want to be happy and we want to feel younger. >> well great information. liz, thanks so much.

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here it is. this is my virtual tutor. there are three versions for three differenage grades, all preschool all the way through second grade. >> somebody's very excited about doing it! thank you, charles. did you do it? good, did you it? great. >> it has all the power of a computer into the ds. it will teach them phonics and all sorts of reading readiness. but the pcsn't gone yet. this is dreambox.com. instead of buying a package at a store, go online. mass games from kdergarten through second grade. fantastic. disney's come out with a net book. this is the net pal, it comes in pink and blue. $349. it is a real computer. now next. >> the last thing you might think of as a learning thing is the x-box, it is arcade, it is action, video. but now there is a package on their system on the x-box

marketplace -- xboxlive marketplace caed kodu game lab. kids can design their own video game. it is only $5. it was deloped as part of microsoft research program. they are designing video games but they're really learning how to progm. it is really learning. >> you're creating a whole little group of programs. >> you can create your own and they can be shared online you see here, it looks st of like a lego universe. you're actually doing visual programming. this is the real deal. now at home there is always a fight who gets to use the computer. teenagers are thinking of getting computers to go back to school. there are laptops and minilike this net top. the net book is great, it's smaller, cheaper, less powerful. >> you got to know what your teenager or student is going to use it for. >> exactly. >> so many friends of mine have lost pictures, music, videos

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the time is 9:26 on this thursday, august 27th. i'm kimberly suiters. let's check on the forecast with tom kierein. sunny and humid already. >> a little steamy we can see that in this live picture. you can see the late summer haze that fills the air around the region at this hour. and temperatures are rht now in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. we'll have afternoon highs in the upper 80s to near 90. with increasing clouds we'll have a chance of rain moving in by dawn tomorrow. occasional showers likely on friday. highs in the 70ll serma c a smaller chance of rain saturday and sunday. kimberly. >> tom, thank you. we're going to take a look at the traffic right now in a moment.

good morning. tough trip again on the capital beltway. inner loop most of the way to the american legion bridge. a couple of problems earlier have cleared but we're crawling. the wilson bridge no late

concerns. the top side of the beltway looks good between greenbelt and silver spring. >> thanks. tonight, upside-down on your mortgage? you're not alone. tonight all the research is done for you when homeowners are getting nowhere with

♪ wh you were 15 years old, were you an international sensation, rock star, actress, pop princess? yes, our director joe michaels was all those things. but mileyyrus has reached success at such a young age, she's going to be here tomorrow on "today." our al's book club convenes. a book called "savvy" inspired

by the wizard of oz. also this morning, how we can maybe dress up our table. a lot of us are staying home more, maybe we want a prettier space. some ideas maybe involve vegetation. we will dress up our table. also in "today's kitchen," we're celebrating one of the succulent pleasures of summer. oh, dear. it's the kitchen diva. >> oh, my goodness! >> i think i want to be having a lot of fun with that one. >> we like that the diva's got schtick. let's show you what's happening fortoday, as we look towardhe weekend, we've got rain as danny makes his way up the coast in the northeast. pacific northwest looks gorgeous, sunny and mild. sizzling in the southwest. then on sunday -- sunday -- look

for showers in the mid-atlantic states, hot i heating up on this thursday morning withncreased humidity now. near 80 degrees. later on today we'll hithe upper 80s to near 90. we'll likely have increasing clouds as a weak front is now hanging around the region. and then tonight cloudy and by dawn we might have a few showers around during the day on friday. looks like a wet day tomorrow, occasional passing shower possible. highs in the 70s. then saturday and sunday a diminished chance of rain. highs in the low 80s. >> and that's youratest weather. al, thank you. coming up xt, do it yourself centerpieces from the master, coming up xt, do it yourself centerpieces from the master, right after this. but kellogg saw an opportunit to plus things up. we took out their peanuts... because adding almonds would be a plus. we'd be better off with less sugar. we traded milk chocolate... for the delicious taste of dark chocolate.

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this morning on "today's home," do it yourself centerpieces. no need to spend a fortune to impress your friends. next time you entertain, consider making your own chief creatie ivive centerpiec. one of the ideas you have is to basically create something in a way that people may not experience. for example you're talking about using trays. >> i love working with trace because it demarkates a space, creates a sense of order and allows us to move them easily around the end of the place. >> this is a piece of cardboard. >> this is basically a picture frame. we'll take the picture frame, cover this. tape it. that's not going to show.

>> then just like one wraps a gift. then boom. >> like that. pop that inside, turn it over. there is our tray ready to go. >> that's beautiful. $3 except for the fabric which you can use anything out of your house. >> use a napkin. can you recycle if you want. if you're losing a long table, maybe two or three of these on thtable. working with flowers like this with a very hearty flower. i love the idea of candles. there is no such thing as too many. >> if you're having a spring buffet or little breakfast, that's very pretty on the table. you likecandles. here's another day to display them >> sea sand candles and a couple of sea shells.

apothecary jars. the key is how do you get the shells inside here. >> just pour it in >> but wait a minute. w we goi to get these upside down? >> exactly. that's kind of a difficult thought but i'll make it easy. take a piece of glad wrap. pop that on the top like that. >> lookt that. this will stick. >> it absolutely sticks. it sticks to anything. including us. >> this is the press seal glad. >> there you have yourself a beautiful pedestal now. we're re-inventing things that you have in your home. >> wre cutting this off on the edges here. pretty close b not completely too close. >> you can also cover the bottom

with some sand. if you don't have an apothecary jar, you can use beautiful wine glasses as well. fill with sea sand. tealights inside. place the candles on top and now you've got yourself a beautiful centerpieces. this works very well on a coffee table or on a buffet. but i'm against use very high centerpieces on tables because you always want to be able to lo into someone's eyes. >> that's absolutely true. >> there's no flowershere so you could use this outdoors and it will ner spoil. >> this seems like an evening affair. you're having hors d'oeuvres. . this looks very fancy. >> working with blacks and dark plums, ljus juxtaposing it with lime green. these glasses are like $3.99.

mix colored water. today's centerpiece is tomorrow's fruit salad. >> what you can do is create something for the season. this kind of idea using thanksgiving kind of -- >> this works very well. once again you're doing a long table, repeat this down the table. >> to make colored water -- >> pour in -- two red and one purple. >> we might end up a bit blue here. >> that's pretty. then you just use that. >> put it in a wine glass. >> that's pretty. make sure nobody drinks it. >> groovevy!

just like that, it would be nice in the bathroom. >> taller one and shorter one next to it makes a romantic dinner, makes a romantic bathroom. >> making it romantic for all of us. thank you so much this morning. next, al calls his book club for kids to order. they have an author to grill. the author of "savvy" right after this. everybody thinks he's the most handsome cat they've ever seen. [ woman announcing ] purina one for indoor cats... unlocks the illiance of nature... with a natural fiber blend that helps minize hairballs... and maintain a healthy weight. [ laurie ] he's a character. he brings so much lahter into this household. and he's the best-lookin' cat there is. [ announcer ] it's amazing whaone can do. time to deploy the chex mix boring potato chip decoy bag. now no one will want to steal the decisness. withive different taste and textures, chex mix is bag of interesting...

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club kids. >> this question is for ingrid. the main setting of the book was in the midwest. why did you choose there? >> well, it all started out because of the very first sentence of e book, which says that the family had t move to the deepest part of inland because one of the boys in the book causes a hurricane. and i had to look and find out where the deepest part of inland was, and it was in kansas. i thought, what a perfect place set a book about magical children in the united states, ght theheartland of america. >> you're not in kansas anymore. treasure, what's your queson? >> my question is, why did like what insped you to write this book? >> the first thing i thought of was i wanted to write a book about magical children and never use the word "magic because i wanted everyone to feel and to know that this american quality

that we have of perseverance and talents belongs to everybody, anybody can access that. >> it's all within side of you. >> it's all inside of us. >> spencer, you look very relaxed. we like that. haveou a question? >> yeah. my question is why did you choose for them to get their savvy at age 13? >> age 13. well, i chose 13 because it's the first year you're a teenager. it's the transition from being a child to a teen, and there's all kinds of changes involved in this book, and change can be hard. and so i wanted t use the first teen year to make it big a important. >> all right. danielle, how about you? >> what made you want to write the book in the first person? >> oh. i think it's so much more personal to write in first person and you really get a sense of someone's struggles.

because we all have struggles and challenges as we're growing up. when you write it in first person you really get to see inside somebody and what they are experiencing and watch them change from the inside. >> delroy, what's your question? >> my question is what made you come up with each person's savvy? >> that was really, reallyfun. it is so fun to be able to imagine all kds of abilities and so the first one, the brother, fish, who created a hurricane on his 13th birthday, that just came into my head all on i own. >> i like the fact that it was weather-related. thatas fantastic. >> i think that's for al. >> tatiana? >> what me you come up with the names, like fish and mississippi and rocket? >> i wanted the characters who were part of the beaumont family to have names that were almost as unusual as their powers and their characteristics. and so they had sort of crazy

names, rocket and all these fun names. those were fun to think of, too. >> it's a fun book, ingrid and andy law, thanks so much. thanks to our book club kids. again the book is called "vavvy." now time to reveal our next boo ub pick. drum roll, please! 39 clues. no drum roll -- there's the drum roll. i knew there was a drum roll. "39 clues," the fifth book in the adventure series "39 clues." carmen takes us on aild ride to mysterious russia. get busy, we'll get you copies of the book and that will b your assignment. next, a new take on one of summer's delicacies. shrimp. fried shrimp. boiled

>>nnouer: "today kitchen" brought to you by new dove therapy conditioners. expertise for damage hair. this morning in "today's kitchen," summer shrimp specials are a great way to keep dinner light and in season. our hot chef today is angela maderas, her new book is the "new african-american kitchen." good morning. >> how are you? hold my boa for me. >> you call yourself the kitchen diva. now i see why. at's this all about? how can you cook with this thing? >> that is not for me to cook with. it is for you to be divafied. we're just going to do african fast food. this is great way to liven up your repertoire. @u many dishes t so to american request zeen. >> you say it is changing,

getting lighter, healthier? >> soul food, the food of slavery, is what's not so healthy. african-american cuisine, fresh ingredients, fresh vegetables. an uncelebrated cuisine. i'm celebrating it. what we have are wild american shrimp. yes. that's what you want to use. >> cleaned out. >> ooh, wow, this pan is going 5,000 degrees. woo! >> too hot for the diva! it's hot in the kitchen! >> it's hot! we got our onion saute. we'll put in garlic, coriander, ou shrimp, let all these saute. >> it is really about the spice. >> the spices -- african spices, africans broughtokra, sesame, black-eyed peas, uses of peppers, tomatoes, greens, all those things came from slavery, via slavery. then these are some of the great

ingredients. you don't wa them to overcook because it is going in the sauce. just ptend these are done because we don't have much time, girl. >> you got it. >> what about these spices? >> i'm sorry! i did forget abou them. you use a little bit of cayenne pepper to taste. paprika. then cumin. those maybe a fabulous and delicious. we'll pretend that's all done. then -- >> through the magic of television. >> let's say that we put the coconut milk in and we putn the chopped tomatoes. you reduce it down, it will make this delicious sauce. once you've got your shrimp a onions and everything sauteed, take them out, make your sauce, you put everything back in. then we're going to put this in the reduced sauce. we're just going to add that in

there. and then youe goi to let this cook for five to seven minutes. >> weon't have that kind of time. let's move it along! >> we got to wrap it up. >> it's delicious and fabulous. >> this is corn and peach salad and you can cut the shrimp in lf. you can use some fabulous eggs ke eggland's best. you done have to worry about those. low in cholesterol. >> we're a little bit out of time. >> it is delicious! >> that's all you ne

a lovely look at the lincoln memorial on this thursday, august 27th, the time is 9:55. good morning. i'm kimberly suiters, in for the news today, a man is dead after police shot him early this morning. officers say the man was at a gas station in the 3300 block of benning road in northeast washington. they say the man was holding a gun and banging on a window. police say they arrived and told him to stop when he pointed the gun in their direction they opened fire t. man's identity has not been released. terrifying moments for a couple involved in a freak accident on the beltway. it happened near connecticut avenue. a dump truck going in the other direction hit some debris and lost two tires. one of those tires headed toward

the couple's suv and slammed into the driver's side. the couple survived with just cuts from glass. heads up for drivers in northern virginia who hake i-95 ot l wvdse cillo otvd n will close a n lanes between rouilte 1 lanes between route 1 on lo acing regin overhead si those closures include plans o t build steel at t he furnace roa dov ovsssspaer. the right lane of the northbound side of theigilhw waypal be ll anight, furnace road will be closed periodically. let's check the weather with meteorologist tom kierllle fild luminous sunshine. there is a late summer haze that fills the air. live picture from the sky watcher camera, and temperatures around the region approach 80 degrees, will approach 90 by later on this afternoon with increasing clouds, looks like it will be cloudy, low near 70. might have sprinkles tomorrow morning, then perhaps passing showers likely during the rest of the day. and it will be cooler, highs

reaching the upper 70s, remaining humid through the weekend. a diminished chance of passing showers on saturday and again on sunday. and drying out first part of next week. jerry, good morning, how's traffic? >> unfortunately another beltway problem, this time the outer loop at the american legion bridge. a couple of cars bumped each other now. unfortunately i fear we're going to have another accident because these cars are swaving at the last second. outer loop at the american legion bridge. other than that watch for the midday road work up from lorton, wilson bridge, okay. >> thank you, jerry. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," upside down on jour mortgage? you're not alone. all the research is done for you. when homeowners get nowhere

captions paid for by nbc-universal television it is thursday, august 27th, 2009. i'm hoda kotb alongside our favorite co-host, as kathie lee's gone. steve made a single request. only one as a co-host. he doesn't ever ask for anything. >> anyone who knows me knows i sweat a lot. i'm a fat guy, sweat a lot.

i asked for a fan. just a fan. >> i just want to let you know, it has come. i actually heard a little bit about your sweating issue. you know who i#díç heard from? >> kathie lee? she's got a big mouth, that broad. >> let's take a listen real quick to what she had to say. >> are you aware of this? the man does spritz a little bit. he's sweat be so much. >> we need to get a large towel f this man. >> you make me eited. >> it is just so hot in here. >> she makes me so excited. you toll me to say that. >> i'm sweating again. sweating just watching you. look at that. beautiful. >> apparently this is medicated. >> oh, my gosh. >> i'm al good. >> are you? >> we've got some new hot sauces to try. i'm not sure, you a're sweating

now. >> so anyway, so given all that, first of all, you say kath made you hot. is it just california? >> oh, no, you, too. i started early with you. >> i'd like to bring in two of our pages. come in, ladies. please come in. >> oh, my goodness. honey, when we take care of our people we take care of our people. these girls should be giving tours but instead they're going to be fanning you. >> they're going to be fanning me the whole tim come on, girls. nbc and the "today" show took care of me. >> steve, we want to take care of you. >> but they're in my light. >> what's more importan hoda's light or my fan? now the real truth comes out. >> ladies, thank you. can we turn the turbo fans on

for steve? >> i'm good. >> there are a couple of funny things out there. we were talking earlier mt. makeup room about this guy who cheated on his wife. and his punishment was had he to wear one of those messages boards or cheese boards or whatever you call it and stand in front of a mall. okay? and confess. there is the man. >> this guy he got caught cheating and this was his punishment. >> what do you think? >> this is what i nkhit tin t i think that if this is all the punishment he gets, there's going to be thousands of men cheating. if you think times square is busy now, there's going to be dozens of guys going i cheated and re's my cell number. call me. because what kind of punishment ishis? wearing a sandwich board? >> his wife wanted to humiliate him. >> i think he probably cheated because she's not that bright. because this is not a punishment. you cheat, you cheated? >> wait a minute, back up to the

she's not that bright part. >> the guy cheated on her, he was unfaithful, go get a san witch board and go humiliate who? i think she's being humiliated. >> you think she shouldave kept it quiet in the house? >> hover she handles it, keep the dirty laundry. thank you, hoda. >> hold on. we got some more little goodies for you. this is for you. >> a bra zblipts. >> it's not a bra. you put it on like this. you put one arm in. guess where it goes? >> i don't have any idea. >> right there. >> oh, okay! >> you put another one on and it goes- >> i was thinking more like this. >> no. not big enough. >> we got you a t-shirt also. please check it right here. what do you find here?

you thought those shoder pads couldn't have any use? >> these are pads so i won't leak through? >> last thing we're going to get you, this is called a pit loss. >> deodorant. >> in other words, i smell and sweat. wow, i'm ppy to be here. w. >> no! just parting gifts for you. >> this is wonderful. you always think of me. how come i'm not on the mug yet? >> you actually should be. of all the differnt co-hosts we've had, kathie lee talked but just the most. >> i really like kathie lee. i think at times, for whatever reason, people give kathie lee i think sometimes a bad rap. she is a really, really nice, fun and she's great at her job. >> yeah. why do you think they give her the b rap? >> for years ago, she worked with regis. he's kind of a poison guy. you know? maybe some of that rubbed off on

her. but she's good. she's good. >> yes, she is. shel be back -- >> i like her a lot. >> -- next week. okay, there was a poll done by "cooking light." it asked women what are the most health things that we do every day. people were wondering where having sex would fall into the list. okay. the number one thing that women said they need to stay healthy is get enough sleep. >> get enough sleep. before sex. >> before sex. keeping the stress level low is mber two. before sex. number three, finding time to relax. >> before sex. >> before sex. number four, eating healthfully. thank you, ladies. >> oe again. >> once again, keep fanning. >> all this sex talk is killing me. >> drinking the recommended amount owater. >> all these things they would rather do before sex. >> yeah, what do you think about that?

even findi time to exercise. having sex is seven on the list. >> i thk sex should go before drinking war. >> notnless you have sex while drinking water or have sex while you're underwater, then you could do both. >> that never works. >> that always sounds better than what it is. >> i think i'm moving up. what about guys? women we have it number seven. where do you think men would rank it? >> guys would -- the first thing is sex, sex, sex se drinking beer, then watching football. sex, drinking beer, watching football. tht's what i think. seriously. i think that's what guys think about. >> i like your harum. >> we played this game where curtis stone travels around the country, he actually cooks meals for people. we get to pick the lucky people who have been selected by curtis. he's going to come to their house. 're going to call them this minute on the phone.

right? is that what we're doing? yes. let's dial the number. we are going to call someone named katie henry, she's a fourth grade teacher in frisco, texas. katie, are you there? >> she's screaming. is that katie screaming? >> katie is that you? it's katie. come here, curtis. can katie, n u hear us? hey, girl, can yo hear us? >> yes. >> guess ho's on the set with us? >> hey, katie. >> wow. what do you think? you got selected, katie. what do you hink? >> i'm crying. >> how many people are there, katie? >> i'm crying. >> okay. i ear you've never cooked in your kitchen bore.

is this true? >> yeah. i just moved here. >> i'm going to come and christen it for you. >> wow. wow. >> katie, who's in your house? who are all those people? >> i'm with teachers and a principal. six teachers and the principal. >> curtis is coming to see new frisco, texas. we'll put your story on the air. so congratulations. >> oh my gosh. thank you. >> thank you, sweetheart. >> wow, curtis. you're going to have a good time. wow! what a reception. let's turn it over to miss sara sage. >> quickly in regd to the water over sex poll, kree is a, that's because water i easier to deal with. lori says of us can take what we can get and i can get water. >> i like it. there you go. next i think it is one of your favorite segments. plaza "ambush makeovers."

>> i love that. >> you're into that. >> i love the whole thing. >> there you go. after these messages.

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another two ladies from the plaza for stant makeovers. >> first, you read the prompter so good! >> i can read. >> it was a fun crowd out there. >> it was the end of summer, people just have that summer spirit in them. we found two ladies, one from montana, one from michigan. >> let's figure them out first. mary fitzgerald is the first woman you guys selected. she's from deborn, michigan. she is 61 years old. she's a single mom, she has two daughters and twograndds. he has had two triple bypass surgeries and three het attacks. she takes ication caused her to lose a lot of her hair. she wears a wig and she's here with her daughter. let's taka listen to her story. >> i know you really want your mother to have this. >> yes, i do. my mother's been sick for a very long time and all the medines that she takes has made her hair very thin. she hasn't found a silist that can cut and color her hair sot

doesn't look thin. she recently bought a wig and i want her to be able to take it off. >> i know you are apprehensive about taking off the wig. are you okay to do this? o, oh, yeah, no problem at all. surprise! >> i promise you, we willtake great care of you. no more wig, we are going to make you look beautiful. are you ready to go? >> yeah, thank you. >> wow, that was brave. were excited to see her. she's threi w her daughter kelly. kelly's got her blindi foal n. w let's take a look at miss mary fitzgald before. all right, mary. let's see the new you. hello, mary! are you rey to take a look? all right. open your eyes. take off your blindfold.

>> oh, my god, you look beautifl, mom! >> mom,mary, you ready to see yourself? turn around right behind you. >> oh, my gosh! >> hel, miss mary! >> i didn't even know it was me. >> you like? >> yeah, it's nice. >> talk about the mayor. >> mary had the common problem when people are on mication they often have a hair thinning problem. the tick here, cut it short, layer it just a little bit. look at the depth. i made the hair dol color a bit darker which added to the dept >> the outfit is adorable. >> she hadn't really felt like getting dressed up. we put her in some alex evenings. >> you look terrific. you like it? >> i love it! >> you look terrific. >> beautiful job. very nice. >> carol.

brother, three brads, ontanaertn otw great grandkids. for 25 years she'sa cred for her ill motheranund a ct until they recently passed waay. hee's had the same look sice got married over 20 years ago and wants a new look for her husband anher anniversary. she's here with her husband david. >> your sister wants you to get out of the '80s. is that correct? >> that's correct. she says i'm old-fashioned. i need a makeover. i have been wanting this for ever. i watch it every day. i'm so amazed at everybody's makeovers. i want to do this. >> well, we're going to give it to you. what do you want your wife to look like? well, we're going to make her look hot. you ready to go? >> yes, i am. thank you. >>oh, my god, it is almost time. you ready? let's take a look at carol before. keep your blindfold on, mr.

husband. all right, carol. come out, let's see the w you. >> woo! carol! >> hold on. >> looks like a different person. >> david, take that off. david, look over here. she's right here. >> carol, you ready to see yourself? oh, my goodness. >> very nice. >> what do you think? >> this is layered back to give her more fullness. she has very fine hair. then i added depth to the color which is a much younger looking color. little bit of color to the face,

little bit of pin and peach tones to the cheeks. >> she did whisper, "do you like?" we treated him to the classic little black dress because it is their 25th wedding answ inding . >> david, you crazy about it? we have some parting gifts. come on up. we want to give you some parting giftsight here. you get one and you get one. and you just get a hug. all right. still to scome,ou guys tell-all tales. we'll hear what steve has to say. >> i'm in. dave's excited. huh?

we're back with "guys tell all." these men have the answers to all your burning questions. first up we've got chef extraordinaire curtis stone. he is single. >> next rick yog, comedian, actor, husband. >> switch. switch. chuck knight. >> the very funny chuck knight with nbc every week o vh1's "best week ever." he's been married for 11 years. >> andrew eat, the author of "coding love,"married with a newborn baby. welcome to everybody. steve's gog to weigh in on this. take a listen to our first

question. >> all rit. >> how would you feel with your significant other talking to her ex? >> that's a good question. >> what do you hink? that's enoughf that. once you're married, there's no more with t friends and the thing. you can be civil but you know what, hoda? that's enough. what do i want? i'm married and -- talk to ex-girl in. >> i'm going tosk why. why are you talking to them? >> i think it's all right. i don't have a problem with it. >> really? >> still want to remain friendly,t's okay. >> what if your ex is married to steve? >> i'm a bit nervous. >> but like he said before, for what reason? if they run into each other, they can becivil. but she doesn't need to call on a birthday. what are you exchanging recipes? what is it? >> there is no reason to call.

>> nothing's secret. nothing rlly regular. common sse. if you're talking once a week, that's not a good sign. >> i shod say, you can talk to your ex as long as i can be on the pho with you. >> that might be even worse. >> remember that night -- >> let's listen our next question. >> hi, my name is lisa mitchell from nova scotia. i'd like to know what kind of women you really think are attrtive. >> unattracte. >> what kind of women do you think are unattractive. >> mean women with unattractive. no matter how you look, if you are mean -- >> but men like bitchy women sometimes. it's true. >> sometimes it is a certain reason. but we don't want to really spen a lot of time with you. we want to do things to you if you're mean. >> you know, i thinkthe same

thing. someone that's just really nasty. sometimes you see somebody that's good looking and you really dislike them. even though she may be nice to people, you go i can't stand her. >> what makes someone unattractive to you? >> i'm going to go with a woman who looks like me. that's going to be my unattractive. >> that is really the point where i draw the line. >> a mustache is never good. >> or the big mole or the -- >> a hanger-on. >> some guys like that. >> we'll take a break. you got donny deutsch tomorrow. he'll be -- >> we'll be right back after these messages. >> plus how much sugar you're eating every day. do you now how much? we'll get to the sweet truth.

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we're back with our "guys tell all panel. >> hi, i'm lynn. i wnt to know if you think you should have access to ea other's passwords when you're in a committed relationship. >> no. >> it shod be someplace in case i die you need to get access to some things. there should and hidden place where you can gey passwords. if i'm living, you don't really need. >> like in an envelope, safe

deposit box. >> just get on my e-mail, say hey, don't send me anymore e-mails. i died. >> why should you care? >> there just should be some privacy when you're in a relationship. it's like even if my wife's e-mail is open i d't look at it. >> i can make a confession? i share an e-mail with my wife. >> you do? but i don't open hers -- well, once in a while. but i don't open hers. she had it, then i just jumped on it. we never changed it. maybe she's got another one that i don't know abou all e-mail accounts are free now. it's like baby, let's share an account. i got two more so i'm not worried. >> i think trust is crucial. if you start checking those things, it never ends. it's not li you'll just check it once. once you go down that path it never stops. >> if a guy's always sneaking off to be text messages and e-mails, you should be

concerned. don't you think? but you should confront him, don't go behind his back. >> there's got to be some -- >> hoda, you're outnumbered today. you haven't got kathie lee with you. >> i don't een want to catch you. like, if i'm happy in this relationship, and you'reetting away with it, keep on, just don't ruin my happiness. >> long as you don't know. >> if you're treating me nice and if -- don't ruin my happiness! >> in other words, she could be going out with six guys -- >> yeah, but if she figures out a way to get back home and make me happy -- >> you are lying. you don't even let your wife talk to her ex. there's no way this true. >> it's not that you're complicity. what it is, as long as you don't know,ou are ignorantly bliss. >> exactly. that's what it's about. >> in other words, she's spending your money on another guy, as long as you don't know

about it -- >> no, no, no. >> she's smooth enough to do that and me not figure i out, don't ruin my happiness. >> don't do it, baby are you wahing? don't do it. do it smooth and get away with it and keep me happy at home. >> next question. please. >> hi, my name kimberly mitchell from halifax, nova scotia. i want to know what you guys really think about acuff. >> i tell you the truth, i don't think about a cups. i think about d cups. >> here's my philosophy. my favorite part of anything in that cup is actually the nipple. as long as you have nipples, i'm happy. >> what do you think andrew? >> most men don't care about breastsize. the key body measurement is

waist to hch ratio. it is thehourglass they think about. >> i'm down with small breasts. i got to stay busy. i thought thatcould help you out. as long as they're small -- >> what do you think, steve? >>hat cup size are you, honey? whatever my wife is is what i like. guys, i'm a butt man. i'm a butt man. >> let'soto another one. >> i'm lisa from new jersey. i was wondering what do you think of dating more than one person at a time. >> dating multiple people. >> this brings us back to if you can get away with it. >> curtis, you're singl >> at one point when i first came to the states i thought it was maybe okay because i think in america you're a bit more open when u date, you date more than one person at a time.

but i don't like it. >> i think that whatev you agree to. i think if you're going to date more than one person you should be honest about it. but also from a financial standpoint, it costs enough taking care of one. >> it would be really awkward if you're dating a girl three, four, five times, then you bump in to her the next day, you go out on a friday, saturday she's with another guy, you're with another girl. that's kind of awkward. like you said, it gets expensive. if it was some guy i read he had like five dates, he went to five different star bucks. >> steve, you all have to come back. >> you can't see the sweat and i'mback. coming up, how much extra sug there is in the foods and liquids that you ingest. watch out. find out right after this.

the amerin heart association, americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons o sugar every day and it is time to cut back. >> let's test our nutritional knowledge. when it comes to thi added sugar which comes from candy and soft drinks. >>madelyn's here to break it all down and t us to the test. we're going to test your sugar iq today. you know the rules. maybe steve dosn't. when you know the answer,buzz in and give the answer. ready for the first question. forgetting about your teeth from all this sugar, how many extra calories a day are we packing on with this added sugar. is it 150 calories, 250, or 350

calories? steve. >> 350. >> 350, you're right. >> woo! of course, when you think of the heart association, y think of me. >> that's what i think of. >> related to this, translate this into calories. if you have 22 extra teaspoons a day, how many pounds is this in a year in 10, 20 or 30 pounds in a year? >> i think it is 10. >> wrong. >> 30. >> you're right. what do you mean how do i know? i'm a fat guy. i know this stuff. >> let's move on. all right. now we're back to some candy. hich of these has more sug? a chocolate bar or licorice? >> licorice. >> no. they both have a lot of sugar. chocolate has six teaspoons, licorice has four. you' betting off eating neither of them. by comparison --

>> what about sugar-free licorice? >> it still has some sugar but lower calories. next is we have this glass of grape juice, 100% grape juice. does this have more or less than six take spoons of sugar? >> more. >> more. you are right. ten take spoons of sugar. >> i'm good at the sugar game. >> i'm coming back right now, steve. >> now breakfast cereal. if you --what percent of these ceeals are sugar? is it 20%, 35% or 0% sugar? >> 50%. >> it's 50%, you're right. >> i'm o my comeback, baby! >> you guys are too good at this. how many take spoons of sugar would you be saving if u replacedhese chocolate ch cookies with this bowl of microwave popcorn? would you save 8, 14 or 18 teaspoons? steve? >> 18. >> you're right. >> what kind of popcorn is it? >> if it's microwave, no fat, no

sugar. another tough question. looking at yelly or jam, you'll have two tablespoons of regular preserves or sugar-free, how many teaspoons of sugar would you save if you had sugar-free variety? two, four or six take spoons. >> six. youre right. final question. >> it's two to four. i cannot win. this double or nothing. >> this vanilla milkshake have 20, 25 or 30 teaspoons of sugar. hoda. >> 30. at least. >> no goo >> 25 in. >> 25. that's right. >> wow! >> that's a lot. >> our winner is -- steve schirripa. you get prizes! >> madelyn, thank you. to read more out our favorite

summer drinks, check out madyn's blog. up next, chef curtis stone whips up homemade healthy dishes we love.

now on "cooking with curtis," it is time to take a dip. say you need to whip up a quick snack, here are some quick recipes. >> hello, curtis. it's all healthy. we're all healthy all the time? >> healthy today. steve, what do you like in the kitchen, mate? >> how particular am i? i eat anything. >> you're going to make this dip. just grab hold of that pan. give it3gsfy shake. >>ou're a cook, aren't you? >> well, you know. >> just got onions in there sauteing. red wine vinegar, little bit of oil, roasted pepr. thyme. >> it says you wow the guests. f they knock on your door yo whip this up? you're sitting in your underwear on the couch, a couple of

freeloaders ce by and you whip this up? >> if you're in your underwear -- good thing about dips, you cook them well in advance, stick them in the freezer. they're alws there when the freeloaders show up. once you cook this, put it in a bowl, let it cool down. roasted eppers, throw the whole pepper on a tray, little bit of olive oil, red-hot oven. take off the skin, take out the seeds, yo end up with this. throw that into there. >> so you cook, hoda? >> a little. i got like five dishes. i make them over and over. >> is that just plain yogurt you put in there? >> plain yort. normally you use sour cream or cream in dips. yogurt is -- >> this is really healthy. you can drink three or four more beers after this. >> i made a cocktai just for you. >> that's what i like.

you save a little on this, you get more the other way. >> have a taste. grab a cracker. >> that's good. >> really, really good. >> mm! that is good, curtis. >> hoda, grab your big -- there. there is some chile peppers, garlic and a little bit of onion. >> what am i making? >> a really spicy salsa. fresh cilantro. the idea is you're bruising the flavor out of what you're doing. right here i have a tomo, i've burned i with a blowrch so the skin will just peel off. you done want the skin because is going to get stuck i your teeth. normally when you have's got people over you want to impress then. once you've taken the skin off -- normally. >> normally. unless you're still in your

underwear. if you're still in your underwear -- >> come in, grab a beer. >> you crush that up. if you're worried about your clothes there -- >> smush it, smush it. >> what are you making there? >> salsa. what are you making? what's going on down there? >> little bit of red wine vinegar to gi it that little bit of zing. once you've smushed it,r throw it in t food processor, ends up like this. >> i love guacamole. lime juice. chile pepper cilantro. throw it all in. you mix it all up. i forgot my spoon. give it a good shake just like that. you can even use your hand if you want. then there is a really, fresh healthy guacamole. here i made a cocktail right

ere, one for you, hoda in a tall martini glass. this is called a royal flush. to you, steve. >> very nice. >> coming up, we're going to teach you how to do a baie dance not only

♪ >>the choreographer behind music sensation beyonce knowles' "single ladies" dance >> he's amed up with matell to be the force behind the new barbie dance to help her

celebre her 50th anniveary. how are you? >> i'm doing well. >> you can think up some dances. huh? >> thank you, thank you. >> is it tough? i know the "single lady" dance -- >> did you have that in your head for years? >> i wish. >> did you come up with that on your own? one morning you ju said this is it? >>etween myself, spring good son and beyonce well put o minds together really har and created that crazy dance. >> it was crazy. i want to see this barbie dance. if you came up with the "single ladies," we got to see the barbie dance. >> the barbie dance starts -- >> watch him first. we just rock right left right right, right left right right. >> i'm dead. i bett never go back to the neighborhood again. >> right left right right. >> ready?

ay, ready. >> right left right right. >> an then we're going to go left right left right. and we do cross cross -- >> do it. show u >> we need to back up. we have t-shirts with daughters. show us again. >> we're just going to go right left right right, then we're going to go leftight left right. can we move on? >> i don't know. go. do it. >> from here we's going to do a little "x." starting to the left, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. >> come on,steve, let's do that. >> then go to the right, wiggle rig left right left. then you sike a pose however

you want to strike a pose. you have to hold it. you have to hold . >> show us a little single ladies before we go. real quick before we go. give us a little. but with this hand. >> guys, we got to run. tomorrow, donny deutschnd a lot going on. thanks for joining us.