good morning. turning point? that's what president obama and some economists are calling the latest positive report on jobs. we'll look behind the numbers. magic touch? apple hopes so as the new ipad commu mper goes on sale this morning. we'll put it to the test. >> and a high seasarathon that turn into more than anyone bargained for, "today" saturday turn into more than anyone bargained for, "today" saturday april 3, 2010.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this saturday morning. i'm amy robach. >> and i'm carl quintanilla. >> thank you for bringing the nice weather here and what a nice, i guess, day for folks to wait outside on that line outside of the apple store. >> we have that picture there at the top, it's going to be an interesting new toy. > we have a lot to tell you about this morning, beginning with the all important issue of jobs. >> the country added jobs last month at the fastest pace in three years. president obama said we're beginning to turn the corner. we're going to rome where a vatican priest made a highly provocative statement over the

growing sex abuse scandal. as amy mentioned, why are all these people lined up this morning waiting for the doors to open at the apple store? you guessed it, it's the release of the ipad. and we have got one here to show off and tell you if it's worst your money. and a homecoming one soldier, his family and the rest will not forget. believe he had been gone for six months. >> and he flew in just minutes before his son came off the ice. he'll tell us what it was like on that flight trying to get back for that. but first the latest on the jobs number. 162,000 jobs were added last month keeping the unemployment rate at a steady rate. chuck todd reports. >> reporter: that was president obama in charlotte friday touting the first truly positive jobs report.

>> we have come along way. we still have a ways to go. economic statistics don't do justice to the pain and anxiety that results from unemployment. >> reporter: and the president's chief economist also provided a reality check. >> we have lost more than 8 million jobs. so it's going to take a lot more than just one month to fill in that hole. >> reporter: the unemployment rate among african-americans nearly increased last month, nearly a full percentage point to 16.5%. for hispanics, the number is also in double digits, 12.6%. and most distressing, long-term unemployment went up not down. the percentage of americans out of work for six months or longer make up a staggering 6.4% of the

jobless. michelle rankin has been out of work for nearly two years. >> i'll taking anything. >> the numbers were a bit more than we were expecting, about 150,000. however we were expecting a bigger boost from the census jobs and that was not the case. a lot of it came from private employment which is there's nothing bad about it. >> reporter: the president was an optimist. >> what we can see here is that the worst of the storm is over, the brighter days are still ahead. >> for more on the new jobs numbers we're joined by cnbc senior economic reporter steve liesman. 162,000 jobs created last month, that's the largest gain in three years, how strong are these numbers? >> they're strong but not strong enough. that's a way to put it in context. 8 million americans out of work.

there's 100,000 people entering the workforce just from population growth every month. that's the minimum we have to do. in terms of making a dent in the unemployment, we have to do 200,000, 300,000, even 400,000 a month. and the economy has done that coming out of a recession. so we have to look for in the months ahead is a big job growth that will put a chunk of those unemployeded back to work. >> are there any signs that these new numbers may be pushing things in the right direction? >> first of all the long-term unemployed problem is one of the most pernicious parts in this downterm in unemployment, we have people that are 28 weeks along, which is a huge number. and it was harder for a pern to find a job in march than it has ever been. the odds of getting a job are

lower than since 1948. what economists tend to believe is that these things have a lot of mo in them, momentum. we're losing jobs month after month until they stabilize and when they come back, they come back month after month. a lot of economists are saying this is the beginning of a sustainable recoverry here. the trouble of the longer term unemployed is a separate problem. >> in terms of what jobs are available, did we see certain types of jobs decline, certain types of jobs grow? >> the thing that jumped off the page to me on the report was manufacturing and construction jobs. you can imagine the construction industry was one of the hardest hit. month after month, it got to the point where how could we actually lose anymore manufacturing jobs, as if we had lost them all. some of the auto companies are putting them back to work. we lost some jobs on wall street in financial services, but

overall, the job growth was widespread across industries, that was one of the signs that suggested there's really some strength out there on the job market. >> we'll end on that positive note. >> there's reason to smile on this report. let's head over to the news desk where peter alexander has the headlines. we begin in iraq where gunmen have killed at least 25 people including fife women in raids overnight. this happened in a sunni village south of baghdad. officials say many of the victims were so-called sons of iraq, that's former insurgents that later teamed up with al qaeda members. letters from -- resign within three days or face removal from office. the letters come from the group the guardians of the free republic. they do not threaten violence and so far none arrests have been made. rhode island has been declared a federal disaster area

after the worst flooding in 200 years. in the midwest, severe thunderstorms ripped through kansas and oklahoma, flattening homes and trees. and in the pacific northwest snow is still blanketing parts of oregon and washington state. authorities in ft. worth, texas are searching for two arsonists caught on surveillance tape starting fire to a building. the -- setting the fire and then simply taking off. three firefighters were hurt. look at that video. there is still no word so far on a motive. and file this one under what not to do when making a movie. a british newspaper "the sun" obtained a script. someone apparently picked up the script from a bar. the script contained some major changes from the book by j.k.

row ling. >> amy and carl, that's the news. >> you know they had some fun at that pub. >> the muggles none too pleased. >> you're really up on your verbiage there. >> bill karins here with a check of our forecast this morning. after the winter we have had, the eastern part of the country deserves what they're getting today? >> my brother was telling me he was killing mosquitoes yesterday. yesterday we had record highs, check out charleston, west virginia, you were 91 deges yesterday. people were walking around in flip-flops and shortstops. 87 in syracuse, even burlington, vermont was up near 80 degrees. even down into the north carolina year going to see

temperatures in the 80s. yesterday chicago and the great lakes you were in the 80s, today yoyou're back wh good morning. i am news4 meteorologist, justin drabick. we are looking at warm temperatures again, and coolest along the water. and look at next week. upper 70s for opening day for the nation we'll have your easter forest coming up a little later. this is of course the day before easter, holy saturday. and at the vatican, there has

been an unusual and provocative defense of the pope in the growing sexual abuse scandal. nbc's anne thompson is in rome this morning with more. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, amy t vatican finds itself under growing criticism and this time it's coming from other religious leaders, the archbishop -- and st. peaint peter's basilica las night. pope benedict leading the way of the cross. the event at the heart of christianity. jesus dying for the sins of man. but the outcries of the sins of some priests continued this friday, priests who allegedly abused children and those who covered it up, perhaps even the pope.

those accusations brought -- at the good friday service he compared the attacks on benedict to the persecution of the jews. >> translator: i know from experience what it means to be victims of collective violence and also because of this they are quick to recognize recurring symptoms. >> reporter: those are the thoughts of the preacher and not the pope, words that angered jewish leaders around the world. the words stood out from the collective mea culpas in the churches. a special prayer was offered for abuse victims. in vatican city, catholics waited in line to attend the serve. >> i think the pope could be more pro active and send a stronger message about how the church can make retribution for the abuses that happened. ♪ i know your hearts are torn

>> outside washington, d.c.'s cathedral, a small group of protesters kept. father robert barron writing a book in rome says the crisis takes a serious toll on his own industry. -- ministry. >> it undermines the work of the church. my work is undermined all the time by this scandal. >> reporter: also under attack this morning is cardinal williams laveda, you'll remember this past week, he said the reporting is unfair about pope benedict. levada who was the archbishop of portland said in 1994 he told a pastorot to tell the congregation about an abusive priest's past because the priest had been through therapy and was

deemed not to be at risk to abuse again. and now here's carl. >> amy, thanks. now to the politics and fundraising scandal that has embarrassed the republican party and it's leader michael steele. >> reporter: the republican party entertaining donors at a west hollywood bondage themed sex club and mailing a fundraising letter with the wrong number allegedly directing people to a phone sex hot line. too late for social conservative tony perkins, he's telling followers to stop giving money to the rnc. >> the rnc is tone deaf to the concerns of so many social conservatives to whom they look to for financial support. >> reporter: it's only the latest embarrassment from michael steele, the embattled gop chairman, widely criticized as a big spender, wild fodder

for late-night comedians. >> sounds like republicans partying in west hollywood. >> reporte >> i hope they have learned from this, it's something that should not have happened. >> reporter: the sex club caper comes after steele hosted a lavish party in hhiawaiihawaii. >> are the procedures in place to spend money on elections not to spend money on jets and trips to bondage clubs. >> reporter: most damaging of all for steele is the bottom line, in the past decade the republican party has vastly outraised democrats, but this year is democrats are running even with the gop and even have more cash on hand. in fact many republican donors tell nbc news they are by passing the national party, sending checks to their

governor's directly to candidates. for "today" andrea mitchell, nbc news, washington. >> if conservatives and republicans are so upset with michael steele, why not just oust him? >> well, look, the chairman of the national party committee first of all isn't that important a job and i think the turbulence that you would both engender and also portray to the rest of the country about your party simply would been worth it. add that the fact that he is the first african-american chairman of the republican national committee, i think it's just not worth the trouble for republicans. in the end, their opportunity in the campaign in 2010 is going to come down to the broader political environment and the efforts of individual candidates and those party cmittees at the house and senate and gubernatorial level. >> i want to walk through some

of these expenditures. $17,000 on private jet, $13,000 on limos, $30,000 on upscale hotels. are those out of whack to what the normally spent? >> taken each by themselves, they might not be out of whack, but you put it all together, you also put it together with the lack of discipline that steel has shown in various ways, both in things he has said in interviews, also the book controversy. now times when you have a high functioning republican chairman, like haley barber in 1994, it can make a difference. that's what republicans have to

hope is that their success or failure in this election year is going to come down to those candidates and congressional leaders rather than the republican national committee. >> the president down in north carolina talking about the jobs numbers that amy and steve were talking about earlier, how much of a confidence boost is that to the white house? >> big. and it's true, economists will agree as the president said that the committee is turning a corner, the problem for democrats is that it's turning that corner very slowly. unemployment remains at 9.7, it's likely to stay that way all the way through election day, that's very scary for a party that's in party, but what the president is trying to do and democratic candidates are trying to do is put together four, five, six, seven months of job growth. then you can begin to make the argument that our policies are beginning to take root, beginning to work, stick with us, that's how the democrats

hope to mitigate the losses they're going to suffer in november. they're going to lose seats in any circumstance in both the house and the senate, the question is how many. >> the president's trip was also to maine this time pushing health care reform. does he need to get the public on board with health care before he turns to jobs or does he have to do both at the same time? >> the public doesn't necessarily know what's in the bill so part of what the administration is trying to do is fill in the blanks and say did you know that we got rid of the doughnut hole for seniors, did you realize that your kids can stay on your health insurance policy until age 26, do you realize that we have ruled out preexisting conditions for kids? all of those are things that democrats can talk up to average voters, this is what we have done for you, but until this law

is implemented, until we have some experience with the law, it's going to be hard to move public opinion, the president made the comment in maine the other day, also in north carolina that this is like planting seeds and you got to wait for them to grow. it's going to be a while before we know whether the public is truly going to accept this law. >> and now here's amy. for travelers, there is yet another change in airline security to be aware of. it's a tough new approach to screening passengers heading to this country from overseas. pete williams has the details. >> reporter: administration officials say the failed plot to bomb a plane to detroit on christmas day by a man with explosives hidden in his underwear actually provided a needed jolt to shake up airline security. and now the government is making a big change to a system started just three months ago to evaluate who should be pulled aside at airports overseas for secondary screening, including

pat downs and interviews or inspection in one of the full body image scanners. >> it is a more intel or information based way to screen, it is a stronger way to determine whether passengers should go through secondary examination and not just primary examination. >> reporter: gone are the practices of screening anyone coming from known terrorist countries, instead screeners overseas will be focusing on other indicators, such as parable names, travel patterns or physical descriptions, anything that's derived from current threat intelligence, and they'll continue to look for obvious factors. a former homeland security official says it's a good idea but has some potential drawbacks. >> we'll be conveying intelligence to these screeners and that means leaks so we're

going to have more leaks and we're going to have to find ways to determine who we can trust. >> reporter: some parts of the system will not change, the no-fly list for example will change. apple creates the next big thing and folks are lining up across the

still to come on th"today," flipping a home is coming back in style.

bright sunshine just now starting to peek over the horizon. if you liked yesterday you will love today. good morning, everyone. i am kimberly suitors. in the news this morning, a police standoff in alexandria has become to a violent end. it began just after 2:00 yesterday afternoon. police were serving an eviction notice when they heard shots inside. after trying to negotiate, police entered the home and found the man dead. he apparently killed himself. the apartment building is near the train tracks, so rail traffic was stopped for about

three hours. and then a mpolice officer was hit by a tow truck while trying to make an arrest. he was trying to remove an uncooperative person from a suspicious car, and there was a struggle that spilled into the street and a passing tow truck hit the officer. the person he was trying to arrest is in jail. and then get ready for the crowds today for the cherry blossom festival. the bottleneck around the festival is expected to be a real problem today. the washington national exhibition games against the red sox will draw crowds in the district too, so you will need time to get around ti

good saturday, everyone. stellar weather continuing as we head into next week as well. plenty of sunshine warming us up into the mid-70s to 80 in the warm spots. areas along the chesapeake still cooler tomorrow. clouds and then afternoon sunshine. mid-70s to 80 degrees once again. and then the warmest day looks to be on tuesday, and it will

top around the lower 80s. back to you, kimberly. coming up at 9:00, the cherry blossom bottleneck is expected to tie up city we are back on this saturday morning, april 3, 2010. and it is a beautiful day here in the northeast. our thanks to everyone who came out to the plaza this morning. back inside studio 1a, i'm amy robach along with carl quintanilla. coming up on "today," sex addictions from david duchovny to tiger woods and now jesse james. and we're hearing more about sex addictions. >> there's a lot of unclear

information out there about sex addicts, coming up we'll tell you the difference between a person who cheats and a sex addict. >> and obviously all eyes are going to be on tiger woods this week, he makes his professional debut at the masters over four months after the scandal that rocked his world broke. then it was an emotional reunion thursday night whe 10-year-old henry dneie came off the ice after a flag ceremony after a hockey game and was surprised to see his dad home early from iraq. coming up, we'll meet the colonel and his family live as they tell us about their heart warming reunion, these never get old. first we're going to be talking about the apple ipad, the must have tablet commuputer go onsale today.

thousands of people have been online as early as tuesday waiting to get their hands on one. nbc's george lewis has the story. >> reporter: in manhattan, new yorkers have been standing in line at the apple store overnight waiting for the ipads to go on sale this morning. jeanne mullen arrived at 5:00 p.m. >> those people who are waiting in line for the ipad, can't apple invent something that will wait in line for me? >> reporter: david letterman got in a few comedic licks, literally. as did stephen colbert. >> you got the e-mail, you got the web browsing, music video, you can shield your eyes from the sun. and, just look, how quickly it makes delicious salsa.

mmmm. >> reporter: and in the mother of product placements, the ipad resolved around a birthday gift. starting at $400 the ipad is not a heavy duty computer, and there are a lot of tasks that it just won't do. many tech writers say it's perfect. >> i'm really impressed with it. i haven't let it out of my hands pretty much for the entire time. >> reporter: when i look at the electronic gadgets i carry in the course of a day, lap top, cell phone, blackberry, various blue tooth headsets, cameras, do i really need the ipad? i do not really need the ipad. do i want the ipad? yes. just like all those people lined up this morning, for today, george lewis, nbc news, santa monica. >> i like that, george.

all right, so what's the early review on the new ipad? "wired" magazine's jeff pruitt is here. tell us about what the overall review is. it's been duped revolutionary. is that a good word to use for this? >> we won't actually know yet. it's an extremely good device for surfing the web, what we don't know is whether it's going to replace your lap top, whether it's going to be functional enough to do all the things that we do with our computers. it feels good, it looks good, a lot of peoplere going to buy it. is it going to revolutionize everything? we're not sure yet. >> it's superthin. >> it's superthin. >> my lap top, i feel like it's got a cover, so it's okay. what if you drop this? what is the battery life like? those are some of the concerns about his superthin design. >> the battery is goingo last

10 to 11 hours, that separates it from other tablets that have come on the market or will come on the market soon. if we drop it once it will probly be all right, but drop it twice and i don't know. easter cooking, you switch it into horizontal mode, i prefer it here. the unique thing is that you have two tables, if you have an iphone and, everything is in the center, here we have two columns, it's quick, you can scroll down, you have reviews that pop-up here. aps are much easier to design. you can surf the web. let's go to our safari browser, wherever that is, there it is, it's down there, so you pop-up the web, you can scroll down,

you can click on your stories, it looks much better than an iphone ap. what we heard was people really like to surf on the iphone, so they'll really like to surf on the ipad. >> but you can't carry it in your pocket. with the lap top, you used to be able to pull the screen up. this one sits on the ground or you're going to have to hold it. >> will it be awkward to type on, will man purses come back? what a lot of people will want to do is get an external keyboard because it's a little bit awkward to type on. it's a little hard to pull-up the keyboard and click with one finger here, one finger there. >> the e-mail application is great. >> the e-mail application is great unless you're sending a long e-mail. because you have to type like this. but it actually has very good systems for scrolling through and sorting your e-mails.

all these video games which actually are terrific. i was playing the real racing game, that takes a minute or two to load up. >> and you use the actual tilt function? >> you use the tilt function like you're actually driving a car. let's look at the bookstore. you can see it actually looks terrific. >> it does look terrific. am z amazon's kindle has just released an ap. you can read a book halfway through and stop and pull it up on your ipad. >> lots of things to discover about this, and people will get a real review after everyone's discovered what they love and what nay don't love. now for a check on the weather, let's head outside to bill karins. >> good morning, everyone, as far as the forecast, i was just talking to the wonderful people out here on the plaza, this is your 10th birthday?

and you're twins, are you identical twins? >> no. >> as far as your easter forecast, if you're doing some traveling and heading out to different areas of the country. east coast looks great, middle of the country looks all right. even your easter forecast looks similar to that, east of the nation all the way to the atlantic looks just fine for good morning. i am news4 meteorologist, justin. temperatures will make it well into the 70s, and we will see plenty of sunshine. highs again around 80 in the warm spot, and the coolest along the chesapeake bay waters and the potomac river. and increasing sun by the afternoon. opening day on

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it's a story tt just warms your heart. when 10-year-old henry dennee came off the ice after a flag ceremony during a hockey game, he was surprised to see his dad home from iraq early after six months. colonel, sarah, emily, henry, good morning to you all. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> first and foremost, colonel, after flying f-15s in baghdad for six months, how does it feel being back home? >> it's a warm feeling inside that you're back reconnected with your family. >> every dad knows the feeling when you come home from work for instance, you see your son or your daughter, hi, love to see you, this must have been that experience times 100. >> it's times 1,000. it's an experience i'll never

forget. >> you had just come off the ice in a pre-game ceremony for the washington capitals. did you think that your mind was playing tricks on you? >> yes. >> what were you saying to yourself. >> oh, my god, he's actually home. because he wasn't supposed to be there so it was really surprising. >> colonel, you had been on a long flight, about 28 hours getting home to d.c. and you were in a re against the clock to make sure you got there as he was coming off the ice. how much stress was that for you. >> it was tough, i thought about it, you think about the decision you make to go serve your country, i was just hoping everything would fall into place obviously to be there to meet my son and my daughter and my wife and of course trying to make it through d.c. traffic which being here for the last 11 years can

throw a wrench in things. >> one good excuse to lay on the horn in the car. sarah, when you knew he was coming home early, how did you enlist the washington wkacapita to be a part of this? >> since henry had been already scheduled to be a part of the opening ceremony, i went ahead and called the washington caps and they got everything oriented and they worked it all out so that we could be there and we could capture it. they were just fantastic to us. >> colonel, we love watching this tape, but i wonder for you and for the family if watching that moment on tape is ever going to get old. >> i can't fathom it. every time i see it, i get goose bumps and probably every once in a while get a little misty eyed too about it. >> we get that too from watching

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them up and putting them up for sale. nationally flipped homes gained 19% in 2009, 197,000 were also flipped in that same year. is flipping on the rise and is it a good idea. >> i think flipping is definitely on the rise and i think that that's reflective of the fact that the real estate market is recovering. real estate data is relate troe speckively analyzed and because of that, we're not always in real-time and don't always get a clear picture of what's happening right now. i think the market's pretty hot, mostly based on the fact that there's a tax credit, we are seeing still historically low mortgage rates and in a lot of places inventory is very low. >> so flipping is making a come back in some of the areas that were hardest hit by the housing market woes, what areas are we seeing a lot of flipping going

on? >> i think places where you see a lot of foreclosed properties, places like las vegas, phoenix, most of california and most of florida and besides people looking for principal residents, areas like phoenix are attracting canadian buyers who are looking for vacation homes and in florida, lots of european buyers looking for the same thing. >> in 2000 to 2005 it seems like everybody was flipping homes and that's what people say got us into part of this mess at the very least. is it a concern at all that we're seeing people flood into that area once again, could it cause more problems? >> i'll be honest with you, i think that you're exactly right, that's what happened? 2005, i do see a place for flipping in the market right now that can actually help us recover. but flipping is not for the feint and heart and not for an amateur.

i sort of liken these kind of guys to gamblers, they're not people who are looking at how they do on one individual transaction, it's what their bottom line is at the end of the year, they're going to make money on some and lose money on others, this is not for harry homeowners. >> during the bull market, the government was against it passing legislation so that these potential buyers couldn't get loans, why the big change now? >> the fha anti-flipping rule said that if a property had been owned for less than 90 days, someone trying to get fha financing would not be able to do because they were trying to keep flippers from doing that. they actually started a moratorium on that starting february 1. i think some of the administrators at hud see there's a place for some of these foreclosed properties. governments don't have the money

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taking a live look outside right now, you can see spring is in bloom on this gorgeous saturday. it's really sunny outside. it's going to be very warm. good morning, everyone. i am kimberly suitors. it's saturday, april 3rd, 2010. and police say an officer was trying to remove an uncooperative person from a suspicious car, and there was a struggle that spilled into the street and then a passing tow truck hit the officer accidently. the officer has leg and back

injuries and the person he was trying to arrest is now in jail. and now some fans camped out over to get an ipad. apple stores in our area open at 9:00 a.m. and say there will be a rush. two lines, one for preorders and one for those that hope to get lucky. we'll be right back with your weather fore

it's just about 8:00 on this gorgeous saturday morning. >> enjoy this. great holiday weekend weather coming up. mostly sunny again. mid to high level clouds, but enough sun will warm us back into the 70s and 80s in the hot spots. wind coming off the chilly chesapeake will keep coastal communities a little cooler, so throws will be the cool spots day, but away from the water, well to the 70s to 80 degrees. and then the front will spring through with a few clouds but should be dry. and tuesday of next week looks

to be the warmest day in the lower 80s. coming up on "news4 today" at 9:00, a report deciding whether you want to battle the good morning. going to extremes, from snow and heat to a state of emergency. the weather trouble much of the country is talking about this holiday weekend. addiction or excuse? you have seen the headlines addicted to sex, but what does that really mean? we'll talk to two people dealing with it in their own lives. >> and she went paddling in the ocean for a good cause, and got some help from an unlikely friend. "today," saturday, april 3, 2010.

and welcome back to "today" i'm amy robach. >> and i'm carl quintanilla. as crazy as the weather was during the winter, it's just as kray going into spring. >> you can see what mohavoc was wreaked this week in the northeast. we have got severe stormin the plains, tornadoes in the south. how are people dealing with this extreme weather? also tiger about to step back into the limelight at the famed masters at the end of the week. as it comes with more revelat n revelatiorevelatio revelations about woods'

extramarital scandals. >> as a result of the woods scandal and the expience of others also making the news, the question is, are people, are celebrities using it as an excuse for their rampant cheating. we'll have some answers coming up. then the most unexpected things happen when you're out on the ocean. for one california woman, paddling a long distance on her surf board, there was the motion unusual companion, andt lasted for two hours, we'll tell you about her whale of a friend in a few minutes. although we have had a couple of beautiful days here in the northeast, this has been a week of extremes across the country and the recovery is far from over. michelle kozinsky reports. >> reporter: march went out like a lion in parts of our nation. rhode island got the brunt of it. days of flooding along the potomac river.

connecticut and new jersey will also need some drying out time. elsewhere, wind, tornadoes in north carolina. and fierce storms that splintered homes in oklahoma and kansas. out west, farmers and ranchers are pray forgive a cold snap to stop what could turn into the biggest bumper crop in decades of crass hoppers, which then eat all of the actual crops. and after one of the coldest, wettest winters ever here in florida, expecting record heat with forecast highs approaching 90s. what's one the extremes? can it be blamed on el nino, which seems to take the rap or everything lately? >> el nino is what's responsible for helping that storm track coming again and again and again

bringing storms from the south into the mid-atlantic into the northeast. >> a few cities are getting a holiday weekend worthy of celebration, exhilarating sunshine in the 70s. in chicago -- >> there's a pep in my step, a smile on my face. it's just beautiful. >> yeah, yeah, oh, thank you! >> reporter: and the cherry blossoms in our nation's capital which seem to say yes, spring is finally here and you've earned it. for "today" nbc's michelle kozins kozinsky. good morning to you at home. for the first time in three years, some good news about the country's job situation. employers added 162,000 jobs last month. that is the fastest pace since 2007. still, the nation's overall unemployment rate remains steady at 9.7%. police in colorado are continuing their search this

morning for a 12-year-old girl missing since sunday. friends and family of kaylea wilson held a candle light vigil last night. the fbi in denver is calling this it's higher priority. wilson disappeared after walking from home to attend a friend's birthday party that was only blocks away. in just under an hour apple will begin selling its latest gadget, the ipad. mike tiabbi is outside the apple store in manhattan today. >> despite that good job news you just had, this is still a recession, so the question is whether or not the 400 or more people on line right now have the right idea about this ipad, a must-have device that will replace the lap top or just a really cool toy? social networkers, gamers, that

sort of thing, and if it's just that, are people going to be willing to spend between $500 and $800 to get it? apple expects to sell about $200,000oday nationwide, the answer in the next months or so, when apple expects to sell nearly 7 million of them. between 5$500 and $800. that's still a big number in this recession. the fbi is investigating death threats against espn reporter erin andrews. a report says aleast a dozen e-mails were sent. andrews was photographed by a strauker who posted photographs to the internet. a man was struck by a car after stepping off a bus. the man is okay, but the video we're going to show you may be hard to watch. this happened several weeks ago and the man suffered several

surgeries after he was thrown into the air. he has recently been released from the rehabilitation center. last week we brought you the story of a flash mob and how in philadelphia, they have been turning violent. the good news is a gentler term. another flash mop turned out at the train station on thursday. about 500 people or 600 people just froze. they wanted to show that flash mobs were intended to be peaceful and fun. that's the latest headlines, now back to amy and carl with more news. help me out here. >> we're with you, we're definitely with you. you look like a bad clothing catalog. >> i was nervous about the silence. thank you all. bill ckarins is out on the plaza with your forecast. >> it looked like you were doing the robot or something.

>> i thought that was a stuffed animal. but she's real. what's her name. >> cinnamon. are you going to have a good easter? let's talk about the forecast out there, severe storm out there this morning have been rolling throughout areas of the tennessee valley, especially now it's heading out of mississippi and into areas of alabama. we'll watch that line as we go throughout the morning especially as it approaches areas like atlanta, strong gusty winds and lightning. out in the west, that's where the stormy, cool winter like weatr good saturday morning, everyone. i am meteorologist, justin drabick. spectacular weather coming into the area until next week. today, mid to high level clouds, but the sunshine keeps us back up well above average. coolest areas will be along the chesapeake bay and the potomac river, as the temperatures are chilly this time of year.

and we have morning clouds and all right, this is my turn with the ipad. we have the weather channel ap for this. you can just hit and go local on it and i actually have the augusta, georgia forecast on this. a lot of people are wondering about the masters, 81 degrees on thursday, all eyes on tiger woods, should be nice, temperatures in the 70s. and i am bringing this home. now to a story that had a lot of people talking this week, a california surfer has become the first woman to paddle board all the way from catalina island to the main land. she did it to raise money for breast cancer research and the cause was helped even more by some unexpected company along the way. lee cowan has that story. >> reporter: the waves were calm, the journey long. some 40 miles of ocean between catalina island and the california coast. with nothing but a board, a paddle and a purpose.

>> i just wanted to go out there and do something that was big and a little bit overwhelming to think about. >> reporter: that was the point, for surfer jody nelson, to experience standing up to something scary, just the way her best friend is standing up to breast cancer. >> to see such an amazing friend risk her life like that for me, it's nothing but inspiring. >> reporter: her crossing was meant to raise money for cancer research. on her board, names of survivors, including jody's own mom. all the motivation she needed, she thought. but then, nearly 20 miles out, something truly extraordinary happened. that turned jody's inspirational odyssey to -- >> he joined in jody's marathon, for two hours.

>> i was pretty certain that was not normal behavior and then when he would blow those bubbles up, i could smell his breath and it was like oh, this is disgusting. >> i love you, larry! >> she nicknamed him larry. and she had an upturn in donations. $100,000 in just two hours. >> i said larry is going to get us the $100,000 and larry has. >> reporter: he became a graceful partner, who without saying a word, spoke to the hearts of those he'll never meet. for today, lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >> that is some incredible video. and as of this morning, more than $113,000 has been raised. >> so she more than met her goal. and this is the interesting part a a lot of that money came from simple $10 donations. >> if you had seen that whale, would you have started paddling

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specializes in sex addiction. this morning we look at the issue that's getting a lot of attention these days. is sex addiction an excuse for cheating? >> it's becoming a story, a secret life of adult try exposed followed by clinics for sex addictions. cynics say it's just a ploy atonement for cheating and some say addicts check into rehab for an easy way out. >> i don't think anybody's going to check into treatment except for getting away from their problems. but what we do there is what's important not why they come in. >> reporter: sexual addiction is not recognized as an official diagnosis by the american psychiatric association. but some doctors insist it is as real an addiction as drugs and alcohol. >> they don't really know how to

categorize it, but i don't think there's anyone in mental health that would disagree that there's a category of people with driven and compulsive sexual behavior and there are ways to treat that. >> 3% to 5% of the american population are sex addicts. but when do those behaviors cross the line into addiction? addicts are obsessed and live double lives of secret shame. treating sexual addiction after an initial stay in rehab can take three to five years. >> you need to step back and say these guys are really suffering, this is a painful condition and the treatment is very intense. >> and we want to get more insight into sex addiction, jennifer jimenez is a recovering drug addict and sex addict. good morning to both of you. jennifer, you have a unique

perspective, obviously now you're counseling some people who are suffering from this. you yourself were a drug addict, a sex addict. how do you think sexual addiction compares to other addictions people are familiar with? >> the severity of it is just as crucial. and i feel that now it's being brought to the surface, unfortunately a lot of people are being hurt in the process of it and families are being ruined, but a lot of people do suffer from sex addiction, and a lot of people use it as a cross addiction as well if you suffer from drug and alcohol addiction too, not all the time, but sometimes you do. >> obviously tiger woods, jesse james may be a sex addict who's seeking help as well. a lot of people see these high profile cases and say give a break, this guy's cheating on his wife and he's using this to say it's not my fault, it's adiction. what do you say to those people?

>> people have the right to say that, because dave letterman came out about other things as well. but i just hope that it doesn't start going that way, because hollywood has a tendency of blaming certain ways that they act on addictions, however, you know, the addiction is a serious thing, as drew just said in that piece, when alcohol's anonymous first came out, people were like what are you talking about? there's nothing wrong with drinking and stuff like that. 's people not being aware of what's going on and the ignorance to it but it's just because they haven't been educated yet. it's time to educate people and there are true people out there that need help. >> i heard someone say come on, if sex addiction was really something that these people were suffering from, their wives should have been the first people to know about it. >> i don't think so at all. >> i you're addicted to sex, don't you want to have sex with

your wife all the time? >> the art of lying, you become a fantastic liar. >> and you're a liar, a cheat, and a thief and the manipulation that goes on with it. >> what's the rehab process like? a lot of people look at these particular rehab clinics and they kind of look like resorts and they don't like like there that much hard work. >> i went for five-day detox and stayed 9 1/2 months. it was brutal. i went in and as i call it they peeled the onion, i was in group, i was in therapy, i was with doctors all the time. i had to uncover, discover and discard. and there was a lot of stuff hiding behind my alcoholism or drug addiction and then i found out i couldn't act out sexually. a lot of times we go out and use because of finance and romance. so i had to go through a very extensive process. >> given the technology we have, we're seeing a lot of these racy e-mails come out, there's a new

term called chexting. >> i think technology has a big -- in a whole towards relationships as well. because back in the old days, we think about these great marriages with grand parents and all this stuff, they didn't have the internet, and they didn't have texting and all this stuff. but i think that is this is going to be a start of many people that are going to get busted, if you will. because people are paying people for a story. as long as there's money out there to be made, someone's going to come out and start busting. >> what's life like as a recovering sex addict. >> i have to tell you, for me, being in recovery is the greatest thing. my best day in recovery -- my worst day in recovery -- i would never change that for the worst day out there using. >> my life is completely different. i'm in a relationship that's very solid. everything that i had to deal

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8:26 right now. the sun is up. temperatures are rising. it is going to be a gorgeous day across metro d.c. good morning, every one. welcome back to "news4 today." it's saturday, april 3rd. here is a look at what is happening this morning. police are working to identify a woman killed by a car yesterday. a elderly man's car jumped the curb and hit a woman in a dunkin

donuts parking lot and killed her. a passing so tow truck hit an officer when he was trying to arrest a man in a car. the person he was trying to arrest is now in jail. and then a cat here escaped, and it was lasteen in louden county. similar to a cheetah. don't approach this animal, because it is easily scared and will likely run away. justin i

welcome back, and justin is in with sunny and warm. >> yeah, that's right, doesn't get better than this for a holiday inn april. right now, the low 40s to 50s. mild start to the day. and on the eastern shore, a lot of dense fog as visibilities are down to half a mile over many locations to the east from the flow coming in off the water. but inland areas will warm up today back to the mid-70s to 80 degrees, right along the chesapeake bay and potomac, we will have the river and bay breeze kick in, so those will be the cooler sports these days. a little weak front will come through early in the morning that will bring clouds but no rain, and then opening day on

monday, upper 70s and then tuesday, the warmest day in the low 80s. the cherry blossom continues, and we are live with and we're back on this saturday morning, april 3, 2010, with a great crowd on the plaza this morning, still celebrating spring break and we thank them for spending time with us on this beautiful saturday morning. still to come this half hour, we're going to be talking about tiger woods' return to golf. >> can you believe it's been four months since his infidelity scan dodal broke? how is he going to do at the masters? we're going to talk to two golf experts and find out.

>> everybody's got ice cream on their mind. this is interesting, americans favor vanilla ice cream over chocolate ice cream three to on but there's a lot of different vanillas to choose from so we're going to have a vanilla ice cream taste test. >> how did you wind up with that segment? did you slip a 50 to the controllers? and then many homeowners are starting to spruce up their homes doing a little bit of spring cleaning, we'll tell you how to add a little bit of curb appeal. >> i have to do that this weekend. i'll be paying special attention. but before we do all that, let's get a check of the weather from bill karins. >> it is beautiful out here already, the sun is out and it's going to be a gorgeous day today. we're going to say hi to lakewood, arizona. what are you doing in town? >> spring break. >> what are you doing today?

shopping. let's tell you how beautiful it is. outdoors in the mid-atlantic, temperatures are going to be in the 60s in the areas to the great lakes, 70s and 80s right down the eastern seaboard, rain moving through the areas of georgia this morning and also down there through portions of north florida. out west is where we have the worst of the weather and that will continue through easter sunday, unfortunately. but most of the country is good morning. i am news4 meteorologist, justin drabick. we will see a repeat of yesterday as the temperatures soar into the 70s and even approach 80 in some spots. a few mid to high level clouds. again, the coolest along the potomac bay. and inland areas certainly on the warm side. easter sunday, a weak front will come through a

>> that's a look at your wonderful easter forecast. in december, tiger woods announced to the world that he was leaving golf indefinitely and now he's returning to the masters. peter alexander is here to tell us what he's facing this week in the masters. >> tiger woods taint bid the scandal that doesn't show any signs of letting up is returning to golf. the question is how is he going to handle the pressure and how are the fans going to be react? and will his wife elin be waiting at the 18th hole? >> reporter: when tiger steps up to the first tee, 180 days will have passed since his last competition. just long enough for his image to be shattered by a sex scandal. among the latest headlines, new

revelations in "vanity fair's" may edition. a photo spread showcasing several of his reported mistresses. also inside explove claims that tiger paid former high end madam michelle braun up to $60,000 a weekend for her girls. tiger was just a horndog, he just had a huge appetite. he always wanted different girls. for him i think it was his ego. alws wanted the attention of different women. and on friday, another woman came forward, tiger's kindergarten teacher claiming her former student was not the target of a racist attack years ago. >> no teacher should ever be treated in such a callous and unfair manner by her pupil. the time for tiger woods to make direct amends to her is now. >> reporter: on monday, all eyes will be on the fairways as fans get to see tiger up close and personal when he tees off at a

practice round and later that day faces his first live news conference since his mysterious car crash the morning after thanksgiving. >> i think the questions will be more of a golf nature as it should be as he's trying to contend and win at the masters. >> reporter: and for the first time in his career, golf's man of steel admits therisis has rattled his once unshakable resolve. >> what are you expecting from fans? >> i don't know. i don't know. i am a little nervous about that. >> reporter: how much do you care. >> it would be nice to hear a couple of claps here and there, but also claps for birdies too. >> no matter how you stand on the issues that have unfolded over the last fr months, most sports fans, especially golf fans just want to see this guy back in the game doing what he does best and that's playing golf and winning golf tournaments. >> haven't seen that swagger or

that smile for a long time. by the way, for tiger's wife elin, it is still an open question whether she will join her husband in augusta, but she did make her first public appearance at a major event yesterday, it wasn't golf, but tennis at a tournament happening right outside miami. that's a shot of her right there with her 1-year-old son charlie. tiger and erlin have only been photographed together one time since that scandal. >> the author of "what were they thinking? "and bob cardy from "golf digest." they're calling this the most scrutinized round of golf ever, what's the reception going to be like? >> augusta is not like the u.s. open in new york or any ore place. meaning it's controlled. you have got the media that's very respectful. and you've got the fans that may want to yell things out, you

don't do that at augusta. but in that press conference, he better with more engaging, he better come across as more human and he better do a heck of a lot better than he did in those five minute interviews on espn and the golf channel. because that was even worse. >> are the questions from reporters going to be about golf and if they're not, is the response going to be look to the police report? >> i think you're going to have some questions that are not about golf. i think the media has been so kind to tiger that at this point they feel like they have been betrayed a little bit and i think you will have people in there asking tough questions. however i think the augusta folks will try to keep it as close to golf as possible. >> when it comes to playing and he steps outs on the tee for the first time, what are will you look for in terms of body language and his ability to play a good game? >> tiger is so tough that i

think any sign of nervousness would be a lot. he said he's a little uncomfortable about coming back, i want to see if th's there in his first shot. >> he said he was being caught green beret mind tricks when he was two. >> as great as he is, as unvulnerable as he seems to be on the golf course, he's one of the worst communicators under pressure i have ever seen, he gives flat answers in a motone. people say steve, why are you judging him so harshly, he's a golfer? no, he's not, he's the greatest sports brand in history. there's an ad of him you guys had the cover, he was walking on water. he doesn't walk on water. he's a human being. >> how important is it that elin is there watching him play. >> steve can talk a little more about that, but i think -- first

of all i don't think she'll be there. secondly, i think it would be add at this point, for her to show up it looks orchestrated. >> should not be there, it looks or kes straight and tiger needs to be les orchestrated and more human. what's human? i know it mean i see it and i haven't seen it yet. >> does he need golf or does golf need him. >> as a golfer, i want to see him win, we'll buyiger products, we'll buy nike, the truth is the game needs tiger woods very badly. >> people will keep playing golf, but for businesses to invest in golf, you have to have tiger. >> does he make the cut? >> i think he does. >> cbs, those guys better hope he makes the cut. >> do you think he's going to win. >> i don't think he can come back under these circumstances and do it.

>> if he competes, carl, makes the cut and competes, that's a huge deal as well. primarily for the golfing world, not for the largest branding media world. >> no. >> what a week of golf we have ahead of us. up next, which vanilla ice cream reigns supreme? ♪ i'm your ice cream man significantly improve my lung function. so, today, i've noticed a significant difference in my breathing. and i'm doing more of what i want to do. so we're clear -- it doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. my doctor said symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. my copd often meant i had to wait to do what i wanted to do. now i take symbicort,

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this morning on "today's taste" vanilla ice cream, did you know that vanilla is america's best selling ice cream three to one. it's true. so which vanilla tastes best? jack bishop is here with the best vanilla iceream money can buy. this is exciting and there are lots of different tastes of vanilla out there, which ones stand out to you? >> i'm going to start with my favorite. the taste test panel loved ben & jerry's. first thing you want to focus on is texture, another is vanilla flavor. some of the brands we tested we thought the vanilla favor was weak or even artificial. on the labels you want to see if it says vanilla extract.

because it takes like the vanilla extract smells. the haagen-dazs came in second. >> we thought the vanilla favor wasn't quite as good, it was a little weaker and not as robust as the ben & jerry's. this was the most fat. it had a great, great texture, we just thought the flavor was a little weak. this one tastes like a real vanilla bean. you can see the bean in there, you can't see it in here. blue bunny? >> this one's got the richness and the creaminess of ha haagen-dazs and ben & jerrys. brands that doesn't have egg yokes use other things which are basically plant based stabilizers so that they don't get icy.

this is bryers. this is the lowest fat out of all of them. >> it's a fluffy, marshmallow which consistency. >> i'll always happens when it's low fat. it never tastes as good, does it? >> it doesn't. and one thing about these things is when you're shopping, you think this is 1.5 quarts, this is 1.5 quarts, but if you look at the scale, we'll show you this has got a pound more ice cream in these containers than this one. >> why is that? >> because this one's got a lot of air in it. >> is it more cost effective to get three smaller ones than one big one? >> it depends on the brand, how much air it's got hipped in it.

ben & jerrys doesn't have any air in it. >> this one's twice the price. where does that stand on the fat content by the way? >> it's almost as much as the haagen-dazs, i think it's 14 grams of fat per half cup serving. >> i knew the answer to it already, probably. coming up next, adding curb

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