♪ good morning. mixed messages. the dow hits 11,000 for the first time in a year-and-a-half on the same day experts warn that it is premature to declare the recession over. what does that mean for the millions struggling to make ends meet? excessive force? disturbing video surfaces of a college student in maryland being beaten by riot police as students celebrated a basketball victory. and "today" exclusive -- kate gosselin speaks out about her kids, whether she's a diva on "dancing with the stars," and her ex-husband, jon's, startling allegations. he says that you're an absentee mom, that you're more interested

in fame than you are raising the children. kate gosselin fights back "today" tuesday, april 13th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. when it comes to the economy, nothing is ever cut and dried. but there are a lot of investors scratching their heads out there today over the different news coming from wall street. >> on the one hand you have the bi big milestone with the dow opening at 11,000, and some suggest the current slump is not over. what does cnbc's jim cramer think of it all and what should you do with your money? we'll talk to him in a minute. plus, more on a massive search in florida to find 11-year-old nadia bloom who

disappeared without a trace four days ago in an area infested with alligators. a lot of people are concerned about that little girl. plus new details on the tennessee mother who sent her adopted son back to russia. she says the boy was a danger to her family, but an adoption agency she worked with now claims they were never told of any problems. more on that coming up. let's begin at the news desk, natalie morales is in for ann with a check of the morning's top stories. good morning, everyone. a landmark nuclear summit wraps up today in washington and already the meeting is paying dividends. nbc's white house correspondent savannah guthrie joins us. savannah, good morning. what has been accomplished there so far? >> well, natalie, this summit is all about stopping nuclear terrorism but the president is using the opportunity to rally world leaders around sanctions against iran. arriving one after the other,

presidents, prime ministers, and top officials from 46 countries, here to commit to keeping nuclear weapons material, like highly enriched uranium, out of the hands of terrorists. >> the evidence is strong. the track record is demonstrated, and we know that al qaeda continues to pursue these materials. >> reporter: since sunday, the president has been doing back-to-back meetings with world leaders. a closely watched meeting on monday with the chinese president, hu jintao, yielded some progress on iran with the chinese agreeing to work with the u.s. on sanctions. and the white house touted the decision by the former soviet republic of ukraine to send all of its nuclear foul oknenuclear country by 2012. >> this is something the united states has tried to make happen for more than ten years. >> reporter: canada also announced it will ship back its

highly enriched uranium back to the u.s. the summit wraps up today with a news conference by the president later this afternoon. by the way, the first lady makes her first solo international trip today. she leaves for mexico later today. >> savannah guthrie at the white house this morning, thank you. officials in west virginia say the bodies of all 29 miners killed last week has now been recovered. the last nine were removed from the mines this morning. investigators are trying to find out what set off that explosion leading to the worst u.s. coal mining disaster since 1970. at least three people are dead in a crash of a navy plane monday in northern georgia igniting a fire in the dense woods where it went down. about 20 people were injured this morning when their plane skidded off the end of a runway in indonesia in heavy rain. the plane broke in half. part of it landing in a river. in maryland, one police officer has been suspended after a beating of a university of maryland student was caught on tape. originally two students were charged with assaulting police, those charges have been dropped

and the prince george's county police chief says he is outraged at the officers' conduct. a florida deputy has been reprimanded after he was caught on tape tasering a female deputy. he admitted it was a bad joke and was ordered to retake taser training. jay leno's long-time tonight show band leader kevin eubanks announced he's leaving the show after 18 years at jay leno's side. he says he is ready for a career change. also, conan o'brien, as you might have already heard this morning, is heading back to late night tv on cable. his new show on tbs day bus ebu. he says "my plan is working perfectly." >> natalie, thanks. kevin eubanks story he said last night after 18 years of playing america in and out of commercials, he wants to go

somewhere where he can finish a song. >> hey, mr. roker. nice to see you. >> you're going to have to stop practicing that taser on meredith. >> don't give him any ideas. let's take a look. we have strong storms today firing up out from the dakotas all the way into minnesota. risk of some strong storms with isolated tornadoes possible from the and a good tuesday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. we have a cloudy sky outside this morning. a little bit of light rain now in far northern and western maryland. more rain showers are coming southbound out of pennsylvania for later on today. so, take your umbrellas with you. you won't need it now, but probably will after lunchtime.

temperatures in the high 30s, low 40s at this point in time. cloudy and cooler day than yesterday. sunshine will be back tomorrow. >> that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. now to the economy and a major milestone on wall street. the dow opening today above 11,000 for the first time since september, 2008. what does that mean for you? jim cramer is the host of "mad money" on cnbc. what does it indicate? >> psychologically it is fantastic. here's what's going on. we are seeing a resurgence of large american industrial companies which is what the dow is made of. it's all positive. i'm not going to say there is a mixed message. this means we are doing better than we have been the last 18 months. >> what caused it yesterday? >> yesterday was really a combination of the fact we're beginning to get earnings season, profits are going to be absolutely terrific. and washington is off the

business section pages. it looks like the government has gone back into its box, time to focus on actual companies and they're doing well. >> should people who took their money out of the stock market, is this a good time to go back? >> i think we'll be down a little bit today but your alternatives are cds, they give you almost nothing, real estate, still a tough investment, and gold 52-week high yesterday. those are not good investments versus stocks. >> so now people may need to wonder is the recession over. national bureau of economic research says it is premature to say that. what do you think? why are you putting your hands up? >> any minute they'll declare phil mickelson the winner of the masters. these guys are incredible, they're always late and they really provide no value. they're academics who literally sit back and wait for sure when something's over. >> you're saying they're wrong, the recession is over? >> izbli>> i'm saying they're w. they've been wrong a lot. >> what about folks sitting at home who may not have a job,

struggling to hold on to their homes, they don't think the recession's over. >> every time we come out of a recession, the last people who feel the positives are the ones trying to get hired. we just finished hiring six months ago. companies are loathe to return to start hiring but they always do about one year after. people have to hold on, things are getting better and that's not a mixed message. >> you say it could be another year before people find a job? >> i think the recession ended three months ago. it is going to be great for people in housing, autos, real estate, these are the fundamentals of the american economy. >> sales rose in february but now talk of interest rates on mortgages going up, this tax credit expires at the end of the month. >> i don't see any justification for that. every time we've come out of a big recession we start seeing housing starts pick up and more people buying. rates are still at an historic

low. last month i told people to lock in, rates are going to be going up. but that's a sign of demand. housing's coming up in almost every single district. only florida and vegas are weak right now. there's 48 other states where things are looking good. >> do you expect that the market will hold this 11,000 mark? >> i think it is going to go higher. i think it will go over. >> go higher -- >> from here. yeah. i think things are better than people realize. they tend not to feel it. '80, '82, they didn't feel it. 2010, same story. >> you're very optimistic. >> because the facts tell me to be optimistic. >> jim cramer. catch more of jim's advice on ""mad money"" weeknights on cnbc at 6:00 and 11:00 eastern time. you know where to find him if he's wrong. 7:10. here's matt. the body of poland's first lady arrived in warsaw overnight to lie in state next to her husband as the investigation into what caused saturday's deadly plane crash in russia unfolds. nbc's jim maceda is in warsaw

with the latest. jim, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. as the nation's grief over the loss of so many of its best and brightest entered its third day, investigators are raising more questions than answers about the doomed flight's final moments. in a solemn procession, the remains of poland's first lady, maria kaczynski, returned to poland. both died in saturday's air crash and their coffins will now lie in state together at the presidential palace for a public viewing around the clock until their state funeral planned for sunday. as poland mourned its dead, russian investigators eliminated mechanical failure as a likely cause of the crash which killed

96, including dozens of top military brass, lawmakers and priests. they confirmed the pilot was warned about the heavy fog and poor visibility over smolensk in western russia before he close to land the aging russian-made aircraft. that fatal decision has led to claims that the pilot was pressured by v.i.p. passengers, even the president, to get them on time to an important memorial service at katyn forest, site of a brutal world war ii massacre of thousands of polish p.o.w.s by secret soviet police. >> he wanted to pay the respects. >> reporter: so called pilot pushing is not uncommon. >> i think the high level of the passenger list played a role in the commitment to try to get that aircraft on the ground. >> reporter: polish investigators will now comb through the flight data recordings looking for any comments by passengers to the pilot. meanwhile, officials here say that 87 of the victims' remains have now been returned to poland

while the difficult work of identifying those who died in one of its worst tragedies goes on. polish officials are now saying that a memorial service for all 96 victims is planned for saturday. that will be followed either on saturday or sunday by the state funeral for the first couple for the kaczynskis. based on what we're seeing from people here, that's unclikly to bring closure to a nation in trama and complete shock. >> jim maceda for us in poland, thank you. 13 minutes after the hour. here's meredith. >> with the hollywood producer who worked on the hit show "survivor" be charged in connection with his wife's murder? nbc's miguel almaguer is in cancun, mexico with the latest developments in this case. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: meredith, good morning. police say once lab results come back they can move forward with

their case but it is clear they are focused on just one man. she was outgoing, had a glowing, warm personality, but behind the smile there was trouble with her marriage. that's why monica beresford-redman agreed to go to cancun. her families says she wanted to repair her marriage with her husband, bruce, who she suspected of cheating. but on her 42nd birthday, police discovered monica's nude body dumped in a sewer found not far from the hotel room she shared with her husband and two small children. >> translator: i am worried about my grandchildren because they're very close to their mother. "mommy" "mommy," her little voice. "mommy,ommy, i love you, mommy. rts. >> reporter: from the begins, police had questions for monica's husband, his story and time line never matched up. he told directives his wife left their posh resort to go shopping

on a monday afternoon, but that night guests spotted them together on hotel grounds and heard loud arguing coming from their room. after bruce spoke to investigators, they told him not to leave the country. his passport's been turned over to police. >> translator: considering that he's the husband of the victim, his role should be to try to clear up this matter. >> reporter: a hollywood producer for hit shows like cbs's "survivor," bruce beresford-redman finds himself in his own high-stakes drama unable to leave mexico or escape the focus of what's now a federal investigation. authorities believe he was the last person to see his wife alive. >> translator: whoever did it needs to pay. i want justice for the life of my sister. >> reporter: justice, police say, will come as their murder investigation moves forward. meanwhile, back in los angeles, police say that monica's family has asked that the district

attorney's office in los angeles get involved in this case. in fact, they have also asked that the federal bureau of investigation also come down here to cancun. >> miguel, when does that autopsy report expected to come in? >> reporter: we're told it could come in as long as several weeks but also they say it could come in any day. we're really just in a window of opportunity here where police are waiting for those results to come back. as soon as that autopsy comes back, they'll move forward with the case. >> how long can mexican authorities hold this man in mexico if he hasn't been charged with a crime? >> reporter: at this point they say they can hold him for some time until their results come back. once their results come back they'll be forced to make a decision to either place charges or release him, give him back his passport. >> miguel almaguer, thank you very much. 7:16. here's matt. this morning, authorities in florida are searching for an 11-year-old girl who vanished from her home on friday and has not been seen since. nbc's mark potter is in winter springs which is near orlando.

mark, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. that search begins again this morning in the woods and swamps and lakes around this area but searchers are becoming increasingly concerned that so far they haven't found anything. 11-year-old nadia bloom has been missing for four nights now. a widespread search since friday turning up nothing. searchers fear nadia may have gotten lost, all alone, in the woods near her home in winter springs, florida, where they've posted signs and left water for her. >> pulls at my heart because i've got three kids. bottom line is she's out there, she's scared. >> reporter: police have searched the area on foot with dogs, under water, and from the air. >> you can understand they're finding all sorts of stuff out there but nothing related to nadia right now has been found. at all. >> reporter: police say nadia disappeared on friday after her younger sister and father left on a field trip with a brownie troop. her families says she loves the outdoors and could be carrying a

video camera in her backpack to make a nature video. the wooded area near where her bicycle was found is very dense with waters infested with alligators. another concern is nadia has developed mental issues, suffering from a mild form of autism similar to asspepergeras syndrome. >> reporter: her diagnosis is pervasive developmental disorder. >> reporter: her grandfather says nadia's very intelligent. >> she's very inkwistive and i'm proud to be her grandfather. >> reporter: police are dismissing earlier reports nadia may be carrying a book called "lanie" about a girl who loves the outdoors. >> we don't believe there is any common link with the book and the disappearance. >> reporter: so far police also say they have no reason to believe foul play was involved. to cover all bases though, police are involved in a parallel criminal investigation and have interviewed some area

sex offenders, but still there are no clues to nadia's whereabouts. >> mark potter in winter springs this morning, thank you very much. just ahead can be kate gosselin on her divorce, "dancing with the stars" and jon's claim that she's more interested in fame than their children. meredith's exclusive interview

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7:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 13th day of april, 2010. it is a little chilly out there on the plaza. beautiful day yesterday, supposed to be in the 70s again tomorrow, today only about 60. we'll go out in a little while and say hi. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside meredith vieira. just ahead, you have an exclusive interview with kate gosselin. >> it's been a very dramatic year for the single mother of eight. how have the kids been impacted by the couple's breakup and what does she think about jon gosselin's fighting for sole

custody of the children. also the parents of chelsea king turning their grief into action. chelsea was a 17-year-old san diego girl who was murdered in a park in february, allegedly by a registered sex offender. now chelsea's parents are using their pain to help other children. we'll have a live interview coming up. some never-before-seen personal items of marilyn monroe right here in the studio from her furniture to her skis, even an ex-way of her chest. how you can own them just ahead. but let's begin this half-hour with the latest on the uproar that's been caused by a tennessee woman who put her adopted son back on a plane to russia and the impact that could have on other american families. nbc's ron allen is in shelbiville, tennessee. ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning to you, matt. yes, that mother tory ann hanson is essentially saying charge me with a crime or leave me alone. legal experts say those charges could include child neglect or

abandonment for putting her child back on a plane to russia but the case is more complicated than it seems. >> this lady's not going to show up again. >> reporter: randall boyce is a small town sheriff facing a business international dilemma. should he charge tory ann hanson for sending her adopted son back to russia alone. she claims the boy threatened the family. >> we're not sure right now. this is an extremely complicated deal. >> reporter: some lawyers who say the mom who's been labeled cruel and abusive did not commit a crime because children often fly alone and the mom had someone to take care of the boy when he landed. >> there was no intent to abandon. there is no intent to put the child in any type of danger. >> reporter: that kind of talk stokes the anger in russia where they say the boy was abused by his adoptive mother. >> when i asked him, he almost started crying and he told me that tory's bad. >> reporter: but some international adoption experts say it is not unusual for kids

who spent years in orphanages like justin did to have serious emotional and behavioral problems. >> if you don't have a consistent caregiver so you don't have someone who is meeting your needs as an infant or a young child, you don't learn that ability to trust. >> reporter: in dallas, this family worries their hopes of bringing a 7-year-old russian girl into their home may be crushed by the anger about what happened to justin. >> are you excited about getting a sister? >> yes. >> reporter: they expected to finalize things in about a month. but russia may stop adoptions. >> we've already had several months to get our minds wrapped around this little girl being a part of our family and really already consider her our daughter. so it would be heartbreaking to not be able to bring her home at this point. >> we just have to trust that everything's going to be fine. >> reporter: u.s. officials are trying to smooth things out with the russians so adoptions can continue. as for hanson, one adoption agency that she worked with is

saying that she never reported any problems with justin, never asked for help, and that the child could been placed with another american family. >> ron allen in tennessee this morning. ron, thank you very much. alisa is the mother of two adopted children from russia and the author of "a guide to russian adoption, professional counseling and personal insights." lisa, good morning. nice to see you. at first blush this seemed as if it was going to be an isolated story involving this one mother and this one child. but now it looks like there could be fallout from this that's going to affect a lot of other families. how worried are you about that? >> absolutely. i am worried about it. i also think that we need to keep things into perspective. by that, i mean there are 50,000 former russian orphans living in the u.s. today. of those 50,000, 16 of those children have actually been abused at the hands of their american parents. to put this into perspective, that's .01% of adopted children

hurt at the hands of americans. >> it is very easy for people to have an intant emotional reaction to this story. you hear people say how could this mother send this child back, how could she send him back alone on an airplane. how do you think she handled this situation? >> i just feel like there has to be more to this story. first, i don't know how she got through the stringent process. you have to do a home study, post-placement visits mandated by the russian federation at six months, post-adoption one year and two years. she has to have a psychological exam. she has to get letters from recommendation. she's a nurse. >> adoptions are overturned. this is not completely -- >> she had another option, right. >> what should she have done differently? >> well, first of all she should have -- i don't think that there is any information or we don't know if she reached out to any resources either in her community or with her social worker. she needed to contact somebody to let them know that she was having such a difficult time with the child. >> what about the emotion on the other side.

over in russia they hear basically that this mother sent back this little boy alone on an airplane. is it likely that this is not going to have a backlash against other american families who may have an adoption in that country pending. >> exactly. and i personally know some of them. that's why i was so emotionally involved, plus with my own two children. i think the russians and americans have a better relationship than people think we do. i think what they're looking for is to come one a bilateral agreement where we say, yes, we will assure you we'll do a better job at ensuring the safety and health and growth of these children that come from russia. >> american families adopt children from countries all around the world. are there any unique issues in dealing with russian children, things that american families should know before starting the process? >> well, certainly in russia, the baby home that our children are from, baby house number 6 in st. petersburg, there were about 106 children in that orphanage at the same time. when you go in a room, you see a

line of pack-and-play size cribs. dhoe wh they do what they can, they love the children. but in china and places like that, people are living in foster care homes so there is a difference as far as maybe the level of attention the child gets prior to adoption. >> is there any information to suggest there is a higher level of -- the children coming from russia is higher incidents of emotional issues, anything like that? >> i think they all have -- have to some degree some emotional issues but it is up to the parents to kind of know what they're getting into and to be able to tap some resources in order to address those. you see varying things. there are children who have attachment issues, children who have sensory issues. but i don't know anybody who wouldn't if they had to stay in pack-and-play crib for 20 hours a day. it is reversible with therapy and with the proper intervention that is available in this country. >> alisa, thanks very much for your input on this. let's get a check of the

weather now from al. >> announcer: "today's weather" is brought to you by subway restaurants. subway now has breakfast. build your better breakfast only at subway. good morning, everybody. even though spring is busting out all over, winter doesn't want to let go just yet. this is out in reno, nevada, and a good tuesday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. moved in overnight.

little bit of light rain now across southern pennsylvania, far northern and western maryland. we'll be watching those showers as they drift ever southward. we're still dry in the washington area. temperatures in the high 40s and low 50s. little light jacket is probably a good idea. i think also an umbrella is a good idea as rain showers are coming our way for later on today. forecasted amounts will be about a quarter to half an inch. >> and we've got some nice folks here. sweet home alabama. you can't spell alabama without al. >> that's right. >> what's your names? >> janet and kelly. >> what part of alabama you from? >> huntsville. >> having a good time. we got this nice lady who did this beautiful portrait of ann. but unfortunately one ann's not here. my gosh. what's your name? >> my name's emma. >> this is a beautiful poster of ann. how long did it take you to do this? >> probably a week. >> a week.

we'll make sure ann gets that. >> okay. >> because that is beautiful. >> thank you. >> now let's head back inside to matt. >> al, thank you very much. up next, kate gosselin on her kids, her critics, and jon's accusations that she's an absentee mom. meredith talks about it all with her right after this. with egg whites. red onions... jalapenos... banana peppers... tomatoes... black forest ham... and sweet onion sauce. melted cheese all on english muffins... or flat bread... however you want it! [ male announcer ] spread the word -- subway now has breakfast! get the deliciousness just the way you want it, like the subway western egg white muffin melt. build your better breakfast at subway. nutri-grain -- one good decision... can lead to another. ♪

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back at 7:42. a year ago, fans of "jon and kate plus 8" were waiting for a new season to begin. but instead of happy family outings, what viewers got instead was a year of drama,

divorce and scandal. now kate gosselin is out with a new book called "i just want you to know," recently sitting down with us for an interview. i asked her why she decided to write the book now after the year she had. >> this idea actually came to me as i was driving one day just a couple months ago. through everything that we've been through, everything that i've had conversations with my kids, i feel a lot of times i never wanted to have obviously, and i just wanted them really to know how much i love them, how much everything i do is for them. and it's not just a coined phrase, it is not just what i tell people, it is not a cop-out. it is truly what is in my heart and i wanted to write it down so they have h advice for now, advice for the future and kind of like a legacy. >> you look so emotional even as you talk about it. >> i'm really tired and i really miss them honestly.

but it was the most fun book out of all of the ones i've written. i told the publisher when i sent the letters to them, they were to remain untouched and unedited. >> you really get to see in those letters the impact that your break-up with jon had on the kids. to hanna, you write over the last few years our family has changed. this has caused pain and doubt in you. it is shaken you and it has shaken each of us. to aden you write, i do not possess the skills to father you but i will do everything i can to show you the way. how are the kids doing? >> they are -- you'll juster that again and again from me. they are the eight most fabulous kids on the planet. they're strong, they're loving. i don't see anything negative they've taken from this. i see, if anything, iee the kids and i becoming so much closer and they're more open to me. >> do they understand the divorce? >> they do now. they've lived it for just about a year and they don't like it. i don't think any child likes

it. they still say things like, i wish mommy and daddy could be together and those sort of things. but they still have their same innocent love for each of us and i appreciate that. >> you currently have primary custody of the kids but jon has sued for primary custody because he says is he an absentee mom, more interested in fame than raising the children. what's your reaction to that? >> my reaction to that is i'm a working mom and cameras are on me so people catch me traveling and working. i've got to work harder now than ever because i am a single mom. in my heart i'm always in my kitchen baking and cooking for my kids and i'll always be there. it is a struggle to be here, to be anywhere. the emotion that you see is because i would rather be at home with them. >> but you feel you have to do this? >> i have to work. i have to provide for them and it's a struggle that every working mom especially single moms go through. i'm really feeling it now and it's really hard.

>> he brings up in particular "dancing with the stars," what you're doing now. that's out in california. the kids are back in pennsylvania. how do you balance it all? >> i travel back and forth. i'm on the first flight as soon as the show lets me out, i'm on a plane and that's my night of sleep. and i get home and i dance and i'm done by the time they're home from school and i spend the rest of the week with them. and it's difficult. i mean if i had 24 hours a day, seven days a week with eight kids it wouldn't be enough time in my book. to minus out the working days is really hard but i make the most of every minute i do have with them and i have a lot of conversations with them. they know that i have to work, they know that i have to go, they don't like it, but when i'm home, we make those little spots of time really big in our memories. >> let's talk a little bit about "dancing with the stars." it's been four weeks and you're still on the show. did you think you would last? >> no. >> you didn't. >> it's just starting to hit me

now that i'm really there, that this is week after week. it's truly one of the hardest things i have ever done. >> you said from the beginning you're not a dancer. >> i've never taken a dance step in my life. is like talking chinese. just watching that freaks me out. it's been a great opportunity, i've learned a lot about myself. i feel like i'm a strong person but this is like, wow. this is -- the judges have been very tough on you. some of the comedians have gone after you. does that hurt your feelings or have you developed a thick skin? >> i don't really have time to pay attention and i do have a thick skin. people are always asking, are you upset by the judge's comments? to be honest, i take the constructive part and the rest of it, i don't remember what they say. i don't know. i take a lot of criticism so -- it's their job. they're there to do their job. i appreciate that. >> let's dispel the rumors that you're a diva on the set, you don't talk to the other dancers. >> i love them.

except for the fact that i have to miss my kids when i'm out there, most of them i will stay in touch with. i mean we have so much fun, from the hair people to the makeup people to all the cast and crew, all the dancers. it is like a big family unit and it truly is. actually a lot of the people that work on the show like the hair and makeup people, they're like we love all of the groups of people that come through here but they're like from the very beginning you guys with all very close. they are -- i laugh so hard when i'm with them. like most of them are young and they're going out and night and staying out and i'm like, i am too old for that. >> it's interesting, because the judges may have their feelings about you but the fans certainly keep you coming back week after week. what does their support mean to you? >> there are no words to describe it. i honestly say this jokingly, but i mean it -- the fans' votes, my supporters, the people who believe in me i think more than i believe in myself are the ones that are keeping me on the show because certainly it is not my dancing. and to them i say thank you so, so much for caring and believing

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good morning, i'm meteorologist chuck bell. rain showers are on the way. don't forget your umbrellas. showers should be gone by midnight tonight. back over to you, eun. >> thanks, chuck. we are waking up even earlier. get all your new, weather and traffi

8:00 now on this tuesday morning, the 13th of april, 2010. a large, energetic crowd sharing the plaza. a friendly reminder to them and everyone who's watching, if you have yet to file your taxes, you only have two days left to mail them in this time. >> or send them in by e-mail. out on the plaza, meredith vieira, along with matt lauer and al roker. ahead, 17-year-old chelsea king was jogging in a san diego area park in february when she was brutally murdered. a convicted sex offender is charged in the case. now chelsea's parents are working to make sure other parents never feel the grief

that they have had to deal with. we'll talk to them in a moment. on a much lighter note, we've done a lot of auctions here of celebrity memorabilia, marilyn monroe items go for a lot of money. today we have a chest x-ray of marilyn monroe. look on the ground. that is the couch from her shrink's office. what do you think that's going to go for? what did yours go for? yours came with a straight jacket. >> you're encouraging him by laughing! >> we'll talk more about some of those items coming up. and we've got -- don't turn on me! i didn't say it. we've got two fabulous women up in our makeup room right now. jane pauley. yes. and she's being harassed by kathie lee gifford. one has a story about re-inventing yourself, the other has a story about a new children's book called party

animals. which is which? we'll tell new just a minute. natalie morales is at the news desk. good morning, everyone. the nuclear summit in washington ends today with a pledge to keep terrorists and organized crime from acquiring nuclear materials. president obama greeted leaders from 46 nations. he won china's agreement to work on a new round of sanctions against iran and ukraine said it would rid its country of weapons-grade nuclear fuel left over from the soviet era. at the white house, the white house considering a replacement for retiring supreme court justice john paul stevens. one name apparently not being considered -- the white house says hillary rodham clinton will remain secretary of state. senator orrin hatch mentioned hillary clinton as a possible supreme court pick on the "today" show on monday. the body of poland's first lady was brought home to lie in state next to her husband in

warsaw. they died saturday in a plane crash along with dozens of government officials. mechanical failure has been ruled out as the cause. the house where pope benedict was born has been vandalized. police in germany tells nbc news the house was defaced with obscene and insulting words in blue spray paint, vandalism that may be linked to the latest priest sex scandal. the vandalism comes three days before the pope's 83rd birthday. the search resumed this morning for a fourth crew member believed missing after monday's crash of a u.s. navy jet in georgia. at least three people died when the training flight out of florida went down near the tennessee border. nobody on the ground was hurt. new potential trouble for toyota today as it works to rebuild its reputation. "consumer reports" gave the new lexus gx 460 suv a rare "don't buy" safety risk" label.

today toyota will duplicate a test to determine if appropriate steps need to be taken. toyota recently recalled 8 million vehicles worldwide for vehicles linked to unintended acceleration and braking problems. now here's brian williams with a look at what's coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news." >> coming up tonight, our popular "making a difference" segment. it is about haiti. an american doctor who since the quake has been treating victims almost non-stop. she's working to save the hospital damaged in the quake. her story tonight on "nightly news." natalie, for now, back to you. >> thank you, brian. 8:04 right now. let's go back outside to matt and meredith. or

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back at 8:09 with fallout from a shocking crime in california. 17-year-old chelsea king was raped and murdered in a san diego area park alleged by by a convicted sex offender. now her parents are working to make sure what happened to their daughter never happens again. we'll talk to them in just a moment, but first here's nbc janet schamlian. >> reporter: the brutal rape and murder of high school senior chelsea king sent shockwaves through her peaceful san diego community. the 17-year-old's body was found in a shallow grave in a park where she'd gone for an after-school run. john gardner, a registered sex offender who served five years for a previous molestation is charged with chelsea's murder. he's pleaded not guilty. now newly released records reveal gardner committed seven parole violations, each of which

could have sent him back to prison before chelsea went missing. among them, reports that in 2006, parole agents found gardner was living close to an elementary school, had a moois spa myspace account and was caught smoking marijuana. >> my personal promise to all the children, all the mothers and all the fathers, is that i will do all i can to protect other daughters and sons and other mothers and fathers from going through this incomparable nightmare that i'm walking through. >> reporter: brett and kelly king have set aside their own impossible grief to become activists in hopes of reforming the laws governing sexual predators. chelsea's law would send some child molesters to prison for life after a first offense, and call for others to be on lifetime parole with electronic monitoring. it would also create safe zones for children that would be off off-limits to offenders, like the park where chelsea disappeared. but how, in such a cash-strapped

pay, to pay for added supervision and more inmates when prisons are already jam-packed. >> it doesn't matter how many laws you have if the judges, the prosecutors, the parole agents and the cops aren't doing the job they're charged with doing. >> reporter: it may be an uphill battle but the kingses have support for the climb. a bus full of friends left san diego last night for a rally at the capitol today as ang anguished mom and dad hope to honor their daughter's memory -- for change. >> chelsea's parents brent and kelly king are with us now along with nathan fletcher who has announced chelsea's law on monday. good morning to you all. kelly, if i can start with you. before we talk about chelsea's law, it's only been about a month since you learned the tragic news about your daughter. how are you and your family holding up? >> we're taking it moment by moment. it's -- sometimes it's still

surreal to us that thae she's not coming home. so we're doing the best we can. we're helping our son get through this as best he can and just putting one foot in front of the other. >> how is he dealing with it, kelly? >> he's lost his best friend. you know, he's a 13-year-old boy. he and chelsea were extremely close and they truly were best friends. his heart's broken. he's doing the best he can. >> brent, as janet schamlian just pointed out in her piece, john gardner, the man accused of killing your daughter, served time in prison for molesting a 13-year-old girl and once released, he violated his parole seven times which could have sent him back to prison if anybody had been paying attention. do you feel, brent, that the system failed you, failed your family, failed your daughter? >> yeah, absolutely.

the system didn't just let a few cracks occur, it let a few holes occur. he should have never been on the streets in our community. ever. >> is that why you drafted chelsea's law? >> we drafted chelsea's law because we don't want any child to go through what our daughter went through. we don't want any family to ever experience the pain we're experiencing. >> have you talk to anybody since all of this happened, brent, in terms of the fact that this man did have these violations, parole violations, and nobody seemed to be paying attention? have you gotten any feedback as to why that would happen? >> i have not talked to anybody on the parole board or anything like that. no. but assemblyman fletcher has gotten very involved with us, helped us to get the governor to start pressing some people. we'll hear more. >> kelly, your husband compared your family's efforts to get chelsea's law passed to running a race. he says, "it's a race kelly and i didn't choose to run in.

we were selected to run in." do you feel the same way about that? >> i do. chelsea, the type of girl that she was, she has this invincible spirit and i think she knows and is guiding us through this process and is giving us the strength to run the race and to run it as long as long as she would, which would be forever, until things change. >> let's talk about chelsea's lay and assemblyman fletcher, feel free to enter into the discussion here. obviously the law's designed to provide harsher punishment for sex offenders in the state of california. what are the key components in this law? >> well, the law starts with the basic premise that someone who violently sexually assaults a child is not someone that we believe you can rehabilitate. if you can't rehabilitate them,

then the district attorneys need an option to lock them up for the rest of their life. so it is a life without parole option. that's the first piece. the second piece is for sex offenders who target particularly young children, that may not rise to the level of life without parole, that's someone we need to keep and eye on and need to watch for rest of their life, that means a lifetime parole and gps monitoring. current law in california puts residency restrictions of where you can live, you can't live within 200 feet of a park. but no law says a convicted sex offender targeting a child can't go in that park all day long. that's a creation of safe zones to bring some level of assurance and comfort to parents that there's places they can go with their children where they're safe. we think the combination of these three things will help fix this broken system in california and better protect our children which is the primary responsibility of government. >> there are already sex offender laws on the books in california. why not just enforce those? >> that's a part of what we're doing. we've said throughout this process, this is a first step.

there's better enforcement of existing laws, there's some gaps in the system but in these instances, we've seen these three particular things that are glaringly obvious. we will continue to hold the department of corrections accountable and it is a broad effort and chelsea's law is one part of that. >> are you concerned given the fact that california's financially strapped right now that this bill won't make it through the appropriations committee? >> it is going to be an uphill fight. i think a lot of us believe public safety's the primary responsibility of government. this is the most important thing the state does. california still has $85 billion and i think within that we can find enough money to protect our children from sexually violent predators. but we've committed to working to find when the fiscal analysis of the bill is done, working to find reforms within the system and cost offsets because we are aware of the budget problems. it has to be the highest priority but we're willing to try and find the money within the budget to pay for it.

>> just on a personal note, brent and kelly, i think you're very brave. i don't know i'd have the strength to do what you're doing right now because in a way, every day you have to relive what happened to your daughter and you have to think about that molesters and other molesters like him. where does that strength come from? >> i think as a parent, when something like this happens, you're able to dig deeper than you yourself ever thought possible. we do this for chelsea. we do this for every child out there. it's the least we can do and it's the most we can do to protect our kids and to honor chelsea's memory. >> and you can also feel it inside of our community. there's a huge tipping point that's occurring right now in san diego that you can just feel that enough's enough, we need to

make some changes. and so they drive us, too. >> i know that a lot of your supporters will be in sacramento today for that rally to show how much they love you and chelsea and support chelsea's law. brent and kelly king, thank you so much for joining us. assemblyman nathan fletcher as well. thank you. we'll be right back. thanks to the new venture card from capital one, we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a ski trip twice as fast. we get double miles every time we use our card. ( thuds ) i'll take this. ( crashing ) double miles add up quick. and all of those. so we brought the whole gang. one adult, one goat please. it's hard to beat double miles. everyone knows two is better than one. introducing the venture card from capital one... with double miles on every purchase every day. go to capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? oh, poor baby. go to capitalone.com. medication to lower your bad cholesterol but your good cholesterol and triglycerides are still out of line?

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owned by marilyn monroe, does it increase in value? >> very much so. we've seen items that were bought five years ago go ten times what the price was originally. >> you guys have been on a lot. i think this is the most unusual group of items that we've ever put on the show. let's start with this one right here. this is an x-ray of marilyn monroe's torso. >> yes. in 1954 it was taken. it was around the time that marilyn was believed to have had a miscarriage. we don't know exactly what it is, but -- >> but we know it is of marilyn monroe. >> comes originally from the gynecologist's family that took the photographs. >> who's going to stand up and bid on that one? >> we've sold x-rays before. elvis presley we sold two years ago for $5,000 each. we estimate this should go for 8,000 or $12,000, but should sell in the $3,000 to $5,000 range. >> this is actually a couch from the shrink's office that marilyn

used to go. how many years did she go? >> it was right after meltdown during "the miss fits." who knows who else laid on this couch. >> what do we need to know about the style? >> it comes from the estate of the doctor but it is definitely very '70s. we estimate $800 to $1,200 but it is a piece of history. if the couch could talk, imagine what it would say. >> this chair was feature and seen in the last photo shoot marilyn monroe ever did. >> in 1962, two weeks before her death, it was a photo shoot for "life" magazine. she's sitting on this portion of the chair. can you actually see her heel mark where she punctured the chair. >> when she sat back she kind of cracked the chair, though it is structurally pretty sound. though somebody who buys who will put this way way. >> we estimate this will go for $2,000 for $3,000.

>> this photo shoot she was in a tough time in her life. it went with "time" magazine. didn't she say to the writer, "don't make me a joke?" >> that's exactly right. she was worried about how she was going to be portrayed. >> these are skis. >> it's all downhill from here. >> you've been waiting the whole segment for that line? >> i wanted to something marilyn monroe, circa '45-'46 photo shoot. these are not the skis, they are something similar. this is at the time she changed her name from norma jean to marilyn monroe and in 1956 she did that legally. we estimate $800, but anything marilyn monroe, i would say upwards of $10,000. never seen before. look at this, this is a beautiful slide of marilyn. >> taken at what period? >> taken about 1960.

>> during the filming of "some like it hot". >> which she won a golden globe for in fact. never seen before. taken on the set of the filming of this movie. we estimate these $1,000 to $2,000 but again, there's 11 of them all together. i think these will go very, very well. >> this champagne glass was given to marilyn on her birthday. correct? >> that's correct. when you drink the champagne you can read "marilyn" inside. she loved the good things in life. >> real quickly, i'm about out of time, tell me about these nighties. >> this nightie that she gave to the doctor's daughter. she felt more comfortable chairing chanel no. 5 rather than nighties. we estimate this $200 to $400.

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8:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 13th day of april, 2010. we've got kind of a cooler start to the day. they won't warm up that much, only into the upper 50s. we don't seem to have a crowd that minds thatch. they're here waving to people back home. kathie lee gifford is out mingling with them.

she's written a brand-new book all about party animals. not what you think though. it's a children's book. kathie lee will talk to us about that. >> very nice. we read it, it is very cute. >> they do like their milk and kool-aid, the animals. >> yes, they do. also coming up, the lovely and talented jane pauley. she's here with us. she'll tell us what one man taught her about the risk and rewards of re-inventing your life mid stream. >> that's right. and we've got the perfect souffle. if you are looking to make the perfect souffle, donnatella apaia is going to be here to tell us how to do that. >> the perfect

good tuesday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. rain showers in western pennsylvania and eastern ohio. generally drift iing down to th south. as a result, already some rain drops right along the maryland/pennsylvania border. those rain showers will be arriving here in the washington area by lunchtime or shortly thereafter. temperatures in the low 50s all around town. cloudy day today with rain showers moving in around lunchtime. shower or two coming our way. dry weather comes back tomo

>> don't forget, if you want to check your weather any time of the day or night anywhere around the world, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. when we come back, jane pauley on how to re-invent yourself. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

back at 8:37 with more of our special series, "your life calling today." our buddy jane pauley has produced a sponsored a new series of reports for us. jane, good morning. >> here is a pretty typical scenario. you know you're eager, anxious, maybe desperate to reinvent yourself. but you haven't a clue how.

thomas betts of portland, oregon only knew where he wanted to be on the sunny side of the cascade mountains. but he didn't know what he wanted to do. no idea. until one day it came to him. who wouldn't want to wake up to this? thomas betts rises early to meet 47 alpacas, already awake and humming. >> they're beautiful. they all have personalities. can you hear them in the background humming to each other, talking. i don't know what they're saying, but seems like they're happy. >> this is a big change for you. not only were you in sales, in management, but you're a sailor. >> i love sailing. raced for 25 years. >> now you're a rancher. >> yeah. >> how much background in animal husbandry did you have? >> none. zero. >> he says he wasn't miserable at his old job and he was good at it. sales and management in retail marine supplies.

>> i had a lot of things i had to do and it was a grind doing every day the same thing, making the numbers. that can weigh on you. >> and little voice says there's got to be more? >> right. >> but the little voice didn't know what it was? he did know he wanted to be his own boss and make his own choices with connie, his wife of 36 years. >> we worked together very well as a team. >> did the idea of ranching ever occur tyou? >> not until the gentleman walked into west marine and wanted 50 dock lines. i thought he had 50 boats. i said i want them for my alpacas. i went home and asked connie, what's an alpaca. her eyes got big and said, does he make any money doing it? >> connie who grew up on a farm did know something about animals. >> i said, well, let's take a chance. >> alpacas possess valuable fiber for spinning into high-quality yarn but the betts business model is breeding. over my shoulder, are there any

stars? >> we have dream dancer here. she's an absolute beautiful female. >> she was born here? >> um-hmm. >> what did you know about birthing babies? >> zero. they're pretty much self-sufficient. they actually have babies between 7:00 in the morning and 2:00 in the afternoon. >> you're kidding. but i also read that alpaca poop doesn't smell. >> no, it smells. >> mucking out the barnyard is not a highlight of his day, so he invented, manufactures and sells -- >> the pooper-scooper. i like working with metal. >> in college he worked part-time as a machinist. what was your training in the school? >> i was a music major. >> betts is full of surprises. he can knit, weave and spin. it's picture-perfect. but can you make any money at it? >> you always have to have something to go along with just the alpacas. that's why we started the yarn shop. >> their parking lot is filled on weekends with visitors, boarding alpacas for other

investors brings in revenue, too. still, connie works full time from home as a technical writer. they're not getting rich, but it's a sweet life on the sunny side of the mountain. >> my crowning achievement, i have real healthy animals and i've done real well in the show ring. i have a stud that went to nationals and a trophy for having some of the best fiber in the country. >> that's what i call making the numbers. thomas betts may look like he's had an extreme makeover, but look more closely and you'll see he's not really changed much. still using the same life experience, skills and talents, just in a decidedly different context. here's the reality check. thomas and connie didn't just take the plunge. his first step was one the experts recommend -- tested out. he managed another alpaca ranch for nine months to find out if he'd like the work and thought he could make a go of it. p.s. -- alpacas are very cute but they don't like to be patted

on the head. probably not a good pet. >> you know what strikes me about this couple, too? they obviously have been thinking a while about re-interventing themselves, they didn't know what to do. he hears this word, alpaca, then goes home to the wife and then everything starts to take shape. what's the message? >> i think if you are thinking of this idea, you're actively engaged in what will i do, when the right idea crosses your eyeballs, the back of your mind is ready to link it up. it's like all the lights illuminate and the path seems clear. so on some level, he intuitively knew. and his wife confirmed that this could be the idea he had been patiently waiting for. >> is that what happened to you? same thing? >> i've been thinking about re-invention ideas and how i might do something with it for quite a while. but to be honest, there came a time when i thought that my universe of options that i was

so enthusiastic about personally was shrinking. last summer i was in a hotel room with my daughter. she's a huge fan of the "today" show. has no memory of her mother ever having been here. huge fan. so the tv's on. that morning by coincidence willard was on, gene shalit was on, my old friends, my era, and meredith, suddenly i could see myself back in that picture. so i put it together, the "your life calling" idea, went down, found aarp was enthusiastic and put together what -- here we are. >> and the rest is history. >> i saw myself in the picture. >> we're so glad you're in the picture. jane pauley, thank you. join jane for a live web chat today at noon eastern. head to todayshow.com for details. up next, kathie lee gifford writes the book on "party animals." she will explain. but first this is "today" on nbc. do you know what's in your spread ?

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back now at 8:45 with a woman who needs no introduction. our very own kathie lee gifford, co-host of the four hour of "today," has written a new children's book -- >> i make you nervous, don't i? >> entitled "party animals." someone told me a long time ago to write a good children's book you have to have a little bit of child in you. >> it was a breeze. but a lovely compliment. nine years ago my writing partner and i, david friedman, wrote a little cd for preschoolers. i had written tons of very silly songs for my own children when they were growing up. it was just one of those things i decided to do. my daddy was very sick at the time and i didn't market it in any way. it was just one of those things that i put on the shelf.

and then later, some publishers saw the lyrics and heard the song and said it would be a great series of children's books. so this is the first hopefully in a line of children's books. >> the star of the book is a good named lucy. tell me a little bit about lucy. >> she's a little self-centered, something else i know something about. she has a birthday coming up so she wants her party to be simply best so she has to be careful when choosing each guest. when she goes around all the differentance on t ancces of th the farm, she realizes there's something wrong with everyone. she comes to understand finally that it wouldn't be this wonderful farm without all the animals and each one contributes to being a part of the farm by being their own unique, very special self. >> you have two children. they're not of the age where they're going to be reading this anymore. >> if they have, i have failed and spent way too much money on

schooling. >> but was this a lesson that you tried to drill in to them, you accept everything about everybody? >> you know what? it's basically about the fact that we are -- live in a culture that nitpicks and is so cruel to one another. we are really mean spirited in many, many ways. i found in my life there is really something you can find about everybody to like. it's hard sometimes and you've got to really dig, but i think it is possible. if you're looking for it you will find it. if you look just to complain and criticize, that's easy. >> i don't mean to blow sneak here, but cassidy and cody are nice kids. they're nice kids, they're well adjusted. when you and frank look back at things you did and don't do as you were growing up, is there one thing that jumps out at you that says that really helped, that really contributed to the kids they are today? >> i think the best thing we did was tell our children they're not the center of the universe. they're a center of ours, but there is a big world out there that we are all responsible to be a part of. i think the world is full of spoiled adults but they started

out as spoiled children and nobody ever told them any differently. and i think to whom much is given much is required. our children have been blessed, just as yours have. there is a responsibility that comes along with that to give back and that's not a cliche -- i mean it is a cliche because it is true. it's true. the other thing we taught them is that god loves them even more than we do and it is a good thing because there was times i wanted to ship them off, too. >> faith has been very important in your life and their lives as well. the song that goes along with this, there is a cd in the back. >> you just can't get enough kathie lee cds. >> this is the woman who just told her kids they're not the center of the universe. you're going to be singing that in the fourth hour. >> yes. and you're going to be singing backup for me. >> that's not going to happen. it's not. so lucy's back, more books? >> lucy's back. what a performance i'm giving on the 10:00 hour, matt. come on. >> can't believe the woman i see every day in the makeup room and the things you say written in children's books. >> i should have never been

allowed to breed. come on. >> the book is called "party animals." thanks. good luck. coming up next, souffles made simple. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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this morning on "today's cooking school," we're learning how to make the perfect souffle. it can be intimidating by donna telearpaia says it is not as hard as you would think. i hear souffle and i get very scared. >> it's not cooking 101. >> no, i'm telling you it's not bad. and the team here, we are all prepared. that's the most important thing with the soo fuffsouffle, just prepared, have your ingredients set out. >> souffles can be main dishes, side dishes. >> they're like cross-dressers. it depends on the container size. we'll make an appetizer size but i also have little ramekins. they can be side dishes. i'm teaching you. we're going to but the our ramekin. >> that sounds very -- you know what. the plate with the cheese or -- see what you're dealing with? now you know why the souffle is going to be a challenge.

>> add the cheese, start rolling it around. when you do sweet souffles, you add sugar. it is the same premise. >> you don't have to be real neat on this. >> no, not at all. we've made our basic roux, just milk, flour, and you stir it on high heat for about three minutes. >> what does roux mean? >> it's a french terminology -- >> why are you laughing? >> -- for your basic -- >> means stroke. right? s she asks you the tough questions. >> we mix this sauce. this is the part where people just take it off the heat. just keep it right here. we'll add in our egg yolks and they're at room temperature. you want to stir them in. if you -- >> whisk? >> whisk them in. the reason you take it off the heat is you don't want the eggs to scramble. you have to whisk it so it cools, really fast.

okay? no scrambling so far. then we add our seasoning. little salt -- still off the heat? >> still off the heat. keep it off the heat. pepper. we shut off the sheet completely now. >> all right. off. ooh! >> that's okay. a little nutmeg. i love it. this is like kitchen stadium. then we'll pour in our cheese. it really is easy. my book is all about easy ingredients but still being glamorous. all the cheese. all the spinach. >> are we stirring that in or just dropping it in? >> we got to drop it, and then stir. right? >> that's it. we're almost done. just stir it. >> doesn't look very good at this point. >> did anyone's eggs scramble? >> no. >> no. >> good. >> don't we have to add egg whites at some point? >> here we go. now. the final step. i'll teach you how to fold.

take your egg whites. and you slowly start taking in the mixture. >> put the mixture in. >> yeah. you take your spatula underneath. i'm going to teach you how to fold. you go around, and it is like you're stirring. >> underneath which? >> underneath the white. then you stir and over. you turn the bowl and you stir and it is over. the whole point is not to deflate the egg whites. >> being gentle with this. you actually put all of this in? >> yes. under and over. >> how long does this cook? >> hopefully in 30 seconds. >> not so, al! >> it takes about 25 minutes to rise. there you are. don't overmix, don't go crazy. >> weren't we supposed to make a groove? >> i make a little groove. i pour it in. i just go like this with

cool, damp day outside with rain just ahead. good morning, everyone. it is 8:56 on this tuesday, april 13th, 2010. i'm kimberly suiters. in the news this morning, moving around the district once again will be somewhat of a challenge for commuters as president obama's nuclear security summit wraps up today. a deadly reminder to use caution while in downtown, d.c., a woman riding a bike was hit and killed near the convention center yesterday. the identity of the woman has not been released. road and parking restrictions will remain in effect until 8:00 tonig tonight. the convention center metro south will reopen tomorrow morning at 5:00. your weather and traffic are coming up next. stay with us.

>> good morning. i'm chuck bell. clouds have moved in and rain showers are along the

mason/dixon line. coming toward the city of washington. rain showers today. sunshine returns wednesday and thursday. jerry? roslyn crawling this hour because of the accident still on the roadway inbound on key bridge. allow extra travel time there. the trip in on 395 to the 14th street bridge, very heavy and slow. had a couple of motorcades moving around. we're used to it. traffic is slow. lanes have reopened. >> you can see all that traffic if you wake up with us 30 minutes early, our

back now with more of "today" on this tuesday morning, april 13th, 2010. little gray and overcast in the big apple. not a problem though. we thank these people for sticking around. down on the plaza, i'm mt lauer, along with al roker and msnbc's tamron hall. ann's on assignment today. good to have you back. coming up, boy, this unauthorized biography of the queen of talk, oprah winfrey, is getting a lot of attention. penned by kitty kelly, what is she saying about oprah? kitty kelly is back today to talk more about this

headline-making new book. >> big buzz on that. lot of people talking about it. another woman who seems to spark controversy wherever she goes, kate gosselin. interesting reviews of her dancing on "dancing with the stars." of course. but she's got a new book, a new reality show and what is also very sad, she's in a battle for custody of her children with her ex-jon. we'll hear from her about how she's coping with this. >> her ex, jon. not her ex-john. >> that would create another controversy. this morning joy bauer will take a look at calories versus fact. whi versus fat. which one is better for weight loss. on our "diet s.o.s."

natalie has a check of the headlines inside. good morning, everyone. officials in west virginia say the bodies of all 29 miners killed last week have now been recovered. the last nine were removed from the mines this morning. the recovery now allows investigators to go inside to try to find out what set off the explosion leading to the worst u.s. coal mining disaster since 1970. president obama's hailing progress made at the two-day nuclear summit that wraps up today in washington. china agreed to join talks on possible sanctions against iran and ukraine said it would rid itself of nuclear material left over from the soviet era. leaders from 47 nations are pledging to work together to keep terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons. the bodies of poland's first lady and president now lie in state at the presidential palace in warsaw. a plane crash saturday killed dozens of prominent polish officials. a funeral is planned for this weekend for the presidential

couple. russian investigators have ruled out mechanical failure as the cause of the crash. 20 people were injured this morning when their plane skidded off the end of a runway in indonesia in heavy rain. the plane broke in half. part of it landed in a river. in maryland one police officer has been suspended after a beating of a university of maryland student was caught on tape. the tape was released on monday. the prince george's county police chief says he's outraged at the officers' conduct. people in the mountains along the california-nevada border are digging out from a string storm that dumped more than a foot of snow in the last few days. this next video is not for the faint of heart. a young girl in china by walking a tight rope as part of her father's acrobatic troupe. she performs this stunt suspended over half-a-dozen

tigers. critics accuse the father of child abuse but he says the daughter, who is only 3, is a trained professional. back outside to matt, tamron and al. >> natalie, thanks very much. mr. roker. >> kind of a watered-down child abuse. wow, not too good. you're on spring break today. where you guys go to school? >> mercy good tuesday morning to you. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck

bell. a cloudy day here in the nation's capital. light rain showers now right up along the maryland/pennsylvania border, drifting southbound. eventually, we will need our umbrellas, even here in downtown washington and even down into southern maryland. temperatures in the upper 40s. sprinkles have moved in already. otherwise, low to mid 50s across the area. temperatures will hold in the high 50s to near 60 today with showers moving in primarily this afternoon. tomorrow, sunshine comes back. >> look, there's donatella walking out of the today show! we're going to track her for the rest of the day! natalie? >> al, thank you. author kitty kelly has written tell-all revealing biographies about some of america's most celebrated icons from elizabeth taylor, nancy reagan, frank sinatra among them. her latest is about the queen of talk, called "oprah the biography." it is an unauthorized detail of

oprah winfrey's story. kitty kelly, thanks for coming back. you spent four years researching this book. you say you interviewed more than 800 people. what do you see really as the headline then that comes out to some of oprah's biography? >> we think we know everything about oprah winfrey because she appears to be so open and spontaneous, even uninhibited about her life. but i found with these four years, we don't at all. this is a woman who's got real secrets in her life. now some of her secrets real ly one has helped millions of women, and that was the taboo secret of her sexual molestation. i think that is the signature issue of oprah winfrey's show. and what she really -- a legacy she's going to leave. >> are you saying in this day and age of all the tmzs and vast

media outlets in this world and where everything goes public almost instantaneously on twitter, that oprah winfrey is able to keep such deeply guarded secrets? >> yes, i am saying that. i am saying that. >> how? >> because she has great control and if you grow up keeping secrets, even now she makes her employees keep secrets. i even found when i was doing this book, i had to keep a secret when i went down to the town in mississippi where oprah was born and i spent three days with her aunt katherine. >> who is really her cousin. >> who's really her cousin but because of the age difference, aunt katherine is 80, oprah's now 56. and during that time with her she told me who oprah's real father was. >> you don't reveal the identity. >> no, i don't. >> why not? i mean if you reveal all of hur other so-called see secrecrets,t

say, oprah, this is your father. >> one, because i gave my word of honor to oprah's aunt. because she says it's oprah's mother's place to do it. so mrs. esters has not told oprah, even though oprah's begged to know who her father was. again i saw the secrets. even today they're keeping secrets within that family and there's oprah herself, says you're only as sick as your secrets. >> is there really a market though for a book like this when you do, as i mention, have so many different outlets that are reporting on the real scandals that are out there, the tiger woods, the elliott spitsers, the john edwards. >> this is a life story of the most powerful woman in our society. >> it's a life re-invented who has done so much good. >> she has done immense good and that is outlined in this book. but she is -- she has impacted our culture more than anybody.

this is a woman of immense power. nobody in the communications industry has the power that oprah winfrey does. so i think that people are entitled to get a better understanding of a woman who's impacted their life so much. >> so what are the secrets -- you talk about the sexual abuse reportedly by her uncle. but you say that some of her family members actually question whether or not that is really what happened. >> that is true. i do think that oprah's family is in denial about the sexual abuse. >> so how do you know that your sources are accurate if some of those family members are the ones that are talking to you, from her father first to aunt katherine? >> because her father and aunt katherine are like the families of other sexual abuse victims, they're in great denial. >> this was his brother. >> right. >> but oprah, i believe oprah

and she is a woman who shows the scars of sexual abuse. >> yeah. and some of your sources for the book, as i talked about, from vernon to aunt katherine, they've received gifts, they've been paid cash before by oprah, they've benefited from her celebrity, her enormous celebrity, and oprah's even said on her show though, my family sometimes treats me as an atm machine and she's had to cut them off. so when it comes to these sources, did you at all question their credibility, are you so sure that they don't have an ax to grind? >> those sources are laid out in the book. for instance, her aunt katherine. she gets no money from oprah at all. and as she says, she wanted to tell the truth. spiders, snakes and all, that was her quote. vernon winfrey does get things from oprah. but he still has a very, very complicated relationship with

his daughter. her family feels that they are not treated as well as the celebrity family that oprah has created for herself. so, yes, there is a little contention. but the reader knows that. it's laid out in the book. oprah has taken fabulous care of her family. she does not like her mother. she does not give her phone number to her mother. but she has taken good, good care of her. >> what about the oprah, the young oprah, the childhood. what did you find out from the family members and from your sources who talked with you? what do we learn about that oprah? because really, you say that is the person who shaped and -- the challenges she was presented in her youth is really what got her to where she is today. >> you are absolutely right. and the first six years, oprah has described it as abject poverty, outhouses, pigs in the front yard. it wasn't quite as bad as that.

there was something very, very valuable that oprah got for those first six years and that was being an only child. absolutely indulged and spoiled and loved by this huge family. her mother, her grandmother, her grandfather, aunts and uncles. and as aunt katherine explained, when you have that kind of time and attention directed to you for the first six years of your life, it develops a very precocious child and in oprah's case, a very confident little girl. >> when we asked question if there is a market for this book, who's that market and why do you think we would care to know oprah's dirty little secrets, as you say? >> they're not dirty little secrets. >> is this a biography though or more of an expose'? >> it is a biography. it is the story of one of the most important lives. i adore her for giving me this life story. it is a fabulous life story.

>> she didn't give it to you. >> she did inseed give it to me. >> she didn't authorize this and she didn't give you any interviews for this. >> you know, the biggest source of information in this book is oprah winfrey herself. >> from her past interviews? >> from her past interviews. she's been absolutely fabulous. so i wrote with surely on oprah's thoughts and emotions about the things that have happened to her. >> the only thing you're holding back in this book then is what you say is the identity of her biological father. >> that's right. >> do you think you'll ever get a phone call from oprah? >> that isn't why i wrote the book. i did it without fear or favor. i don't write to appeal to celebrities. i really am trying to write a straight, accurate, honest, fair story of someone's life. no, i don't think oprah's ever going to call. but i did have the pleasure of meeting her in 1981 when she was in baltimore. >> and it was a good meeting?

>> it was a good meeting. yes, it was. >> well, the book of course is called "oprah a biography." it goes on sale agagenerating at of headlines. ket kitty kelly, you're going to stick around and talk to kathie lee and hoda later this morning. we appreciate that. nutritional advice to get you on track to better health. joy bauer has your "diet s.o.s " and bobbi brown has great tips for us for spring makeup. after these messages. still, it was late. well... you're not gonna have to worry about that anymore. yeah, why's that? ♪ todd's a lucky man. ♪ the best part of wakin' up... ♪ that's what i told him when we talked last week. ♪ ...is folgers in your cup welcome to progressive.

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fats, saturated fats and trans fats. if when we are zoning in on fat, you don't need to pay attention to the total fat, because that's a combination of good fat which sometimes helps lower our cholesterols, it regulates blood sugar and keeps us feeling full. it is all good. those are unsaturated fats. but do you have to watch the bad fats, saturated fats and trans fat. when you look on a label under total fat you see the saturated fat and trans fat, unfortunately. so the bottom line is calories definitely matter but it doesn't tell the full story. if you have two products around the same calories, pick them up, compare the labels next to each other and look at the sodium, the sugar, the saturated fat and trans fat. the item with the less amount gets the spot in your grocery cart. did that make sense. >> yes. >> okay. great. >> so lower is better. >> lower is better. but for the bad fats, not for the total fats.

>> now we've got a ramona on the phone from san bernardino, california. good morning. your question concerns caffeine? >> yes. i would like to know how caffeine affects my workout. is it okay for me to have a cup of coffee before my morning run? >> coffee lovers are going to love my answer on this one. thanks to the caffeine in coffee, it actually helps you to have a better workout. 9 relationship between caffeine and exercise has been pretty heavily researched. what we know is, if you drink the equivalent of a cup of coffee -- that's about 100 milligrams, it is either a cup of coffee or two cups of tea 20-plus minutes prior to a workout, it enables you to push longer and harder during your exercise routine and it also decreases how we perceive muscle pain. it is good for your workout. >> so if you have a little is good, would more be better? >> no. what the research shows is that it's sort of maxes out around

this 100 milligram mark. so it is a cup of coffee or two cups of tea. obviously if you're caffeine sensitive, meaning that you get jittery or nauseous after drinking coffee, this is not for you. >> have you had your coffee yet, ramona? >> i'm just about to. >> give it 20 minutes, 30 minutes then hit the gym. >> thank you. >> another question from kristin in michigan. what's your question -- i'm sorry. this is out on the plaza. i'm sorry. >> hey! >> what's your name? >> jo. >> what's your question? >> i just started a side juice where you put a cap full of it in water every day. i wonder if it really works as a diet. i'm trying to lose weight. >> acai berry is incredibly healthy, it has a very high antioxidant level so it is good for overall health but there is no sort of magic bullet that helps you to lose weight. drink it because you like it, and because it's healthy, but

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clear, blue skies and sunshine of yesterday have all but disappeared. rain in the forecast for today. good morning, everyone. it's 9:26. i'm kimberly suiters. in the news today, expect another day of parking and traffic restrictions in northwest washington. the nuclear security summit continues at the washington convention center today and a deadly reminder to use caution while in downtown d.c. a woman was riding her bike and collided with a military escort near the washington convention center yesterday. she died there at the scene. the identity of the woman has not been released. most streets surrounding that area have been shut down and will remain closed until being tonight. convention center metro stop will remain closed until tomorrow morning. weather and traffic are coming

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kate gosselin is no stranger to controversy from her television feuds with her then-husband jon to her divorce to her bitter custody battle over the kids, it's been a year full of drama. kate's now out with a new book called "i just want you to know." meredith recently sat down with her and asked her why she decided to write the book now. >> this idea actually came to me while i was driving one day. just a couple months ago. through everything that we've been through, everything that, you know, i've had conversations with my kids, i feel a lot of times i never wanted to have obviously. and i just wanted them really to know how much i love them, how much everything i do is for them, and it's not just a coined

phrase, it is not just what i tell people, it's not a cop-out. it's truly what is in my heart and i wanted to write it down so they had advice for me, advice for the future and for always, kind of like a legacy. >> you look so emotional even as you talk about it. >> i'm really tired and i really miss them, honestly. but it was the most fun book out of all of the ones i've written. i told the publisher when i sent the letters to them they were to remain untouched and unedited. >> you really get to see in those letters the impact that your breakup with jon had on the kids. to hanna you write, over the last few years our family has changed. this has caused pain and doubt in you. it is shaken you and it has shaken each of us. to aden you write, i do not possess the skills to father you but i will do everything i can to show you the way. how are the kids doing? >> they are -- you'll juster that again and again from me, they are the eight most fabulous kids on the planet. they're strong.

they're loving. i don't see anything negative they've taken from this. i see, if anything, i see the kids and i becoming so much closer and they're more open to me. >> do they understand the divorce? >> they do now. they've lived it for just about a year. and they don't like it. i don't think any child looks it. they still say things like, "i wish mommy and daddy could be together" and those sort of things. but they still have their same innocent love for each of us and i appreciate that. >> you currently have primary custody of the kids but jon has sued for primary custody because he says that you're an absentee mom, that you're more interested in fame than you are raising the children. what's your reaction to that? >> my reaction to that is, i'm a working mom and cameras are on me so people catch me traveling and working. i've got to work harder now than ever because i am a single mom. and in my heart, i'm always in my kitchen baking and cooking

for my kids, and i'll always be there. it is a struggle to be here, to be anywhere. the emotion that you see is because i would rather be at home with them. >> but you feel you have to do this. >> i have to work. i have to provide for them. it's a struggle that every working mom, especially single moms go through, i am really feeling it now and it is really hard. >> he brings up in particular "dancing with the stars," that's in california, your kids are back in pennsylvania. how do you balance it all? >> i travel back an forth on the first flight as soon as the show lets me out. i'm on a plane and that's my night of sleep. i get home and i dance and i'm done by the time they're home from school and i spent the rest of the week with them. and it's difficult. i mean if i had 24 hours a day, seven days a week with eight kids it wouldn't be enough time in my book. so to minus out the working days is really hard but i make the most of every minute i do have with them. and i have a lot of conversations with them.

they know that i have to work. they know that i have to go. they don't like it but when i'm home, we make those little spots of time really big in our memories. >> let's talk a little bit about dancing with the as far as. it's been four weeks and you're still on the show. did you think you would last? >> no. >> you didn't. >> it's just starting to hit me now that i'm really there, that this is week after week. it's truly one of the hardest things i have ever done. >> you said in the beginning you're not a dancer. >> no, i've never taken a dance step in my life. this is like talking chinese to me. the fact that i'm out there and -- just watching that freaks me out. it's been a great opportunity i've learned a lot about myself. i feel like i'm a strong person but this is like, wow. >> well, the judges have been very tough on you. some of the comedians have gone after you. does that hurt your feelings or have you developed a thick skin? >> i don't really have time to pay attention and i do have

thick skin. people are always asking, are you upset by the judge's comments? to be honest i take the constructive part and the rest of it, i don't even remember what they say. i take a lot of criticism so -- it's their job, they're there to do their job and i appreciate that. >> let's dispel the rumors that you're a diva on the set. you don't talk to the other dancers. >> i love them. most of them i will stay in touch with. we have so much fun from the hair people to the makeup people, to all the cast and crew, all the dancers. it is like a big family unit and truly it is. actually, a lot of people that work on the show like the hair and makeup people, they're like, we love all of the groups of people that come through here but they're like from the very beginning you guys were all very close. they are -- i laugh so hard when i'm with them. like most of them are young and they're going out at night and i'm like, i am too old for that. >> the judges may have their feelings about you but the fans certainly keep you coming back

week after week. what does their support mean to you? >> there are no words to describe it. i honestly -- i say this but i mean it -- the fans' votes, my supporters, the people who believe in me i think more than i believe in myself are the ones that are keeping me on the show because certainly it is not my dancing. and to them i say thank you so, so much for caring and believing in me. >> she seems exhausted. >> she does seem tired. you can imagine the grueling schedule, "dancing with the stars" is nonstop and when she does go home on the weekends she's not getting any rest. we'll find out tonight. >> her dancing has been pretty off but she's trying. she says she's never danced before in her life so i think it is pretty brave. jimmy fallon has a good parody of per. >> we'll hear a lot more from kate gosselin tomorrow on "today." up next, putting your best face forward with tips from makeup expert bobbi brown right after these messages.

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this morning on "today's beauty," tips from a real beauty queen. for more than 20 years, bobbi brown has advised women on how to ens hans their own unique qualities with straightforward, no-fuss techniques. she believe in simple, flattering and affordable makeup and she's here today with all of your questions answered. erin from virginia writes i'm getting married in october. i wear makeup every day so what should do i for my wedding day to make me feel special, beautiful and different from my usual look? >> the makeup has to be a different style. since you like to wear enough

makeup, wear a bright lip when you get married, it is great. but really play up your eyes. i suggest using long-wear formulas so you can apply them and not worry all night. >> i think you'll be crying, waterproof? >> long-wear, waterproof, layer darker and make it as dark as you're comfortable with. >> mary in boise, idaho writes, i am 68 years old. i notice that my face is developing more age spots. i use medium tint makeup plus a foundation stick. can you recommend anything else i can use since i still can see the larger, darker spots. it is hard to admit these kinds of things. how does mary correct the plaem? >> the way to cover a dark spot on your face is first lighten the color with almost a conce concealer color. there are a lot of products on the market heavier, texture coverups. do that first, then tinted moisturizer over and that's the best thing you can do. add a little bit of your foundation stick after that. honestly, go to your

dermatologist, they can zap it and you won't have to worry about it. >> how can you make sure if you're using something under eye that it is not too light. i've seen a couple photographs where you can tell the person picked the wrong shade. >> you have to be careful it is one shade lighter than your four days. if you have really bad dark circles, use a corrector. either peach or a pinky color depending how dark or light your skin is. >> get your tissues ready. beulah. help. i have deep dark circles under my eyes. having tried many products, nothing works. i have two brown spots due to sun damage. i lost my husband four years ago and i lost my confidence in myself. i think if i could control how my face looked i would feel so much better. >> well, absolutely. >> makeup can be uplifting. >> it is. sometimes i am kind of the doctor ruth or dr. joyce brothers of beauty. but, it is so important to feel good about yourself. if you look pretty, you feel

powerful. there's nothing that makes you look better than concealer and corrector. we can definitely get rid of those, even out your skin tone, put some blush on. you will feel better, you'll be uplifted and you will be ready to start your day. >> again, to be able to express these thoughts takes a lot of courage. when we're women, we're sensitive about these things. you don't remember the dark circles 15 years ago but now they're there. >> they probably were there 15 years ago but you have to learn how to take care of it. nothing like concealer, corrector and foundation. >> angela from los angeles -- or from bluffton, south carolina. 43, newly divorced and never used makeup. not sure where to start but i want to be as natural as possible. i currently use moisturizer with sunscreen. i'm from texas, i've been wearing makeup since i was 4. >> if you're a makeup virgin,

start with a tinted moisturizer to even out your skin, add a little bit of concealer. just look for natural colors that blend easily into your skin. a bronzer instead of a blush. a lip color lipstick. don't forget mascara. >> angela is african-american. i think you do a great job with your range. i praise what you've done for women of color but how do you find a tinted moisturizer? >> there's only one way. apply it on your skin. if it disappears into your skin it is the right color. >> one more e-mail. i'm 57 and would like to update my look. i've gone to a department of store for advice but the end result is my face looks orange. when you go out into the real world. how can i avoid this one? >> you look so young for 57. it is unbelievable. you look great and would probably look amazing without glasses. she has beautiful skin. actually they're great glasses but in order to look natural

with foundation, bring a mirror with you when you go try foundation. yellow in tone. not orange. it has to disappear on the side of your face. walk outside and look at yourself. >> what if you test it on your hand? >> it doesn't matter the color of your hand. it is really your face. some women a darker on their forehead and some african-american women have three different colors. it is about getting the right colors and blending them together and you are ready to go. >> you can also get a sample. >> get a sample, have someone show you and different makeup artists might apply little different colors. you're the judge. you're in control. you've got to look good for don't buy it. >> you got the power. >> thank you. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >> ...berber carpet. it was a whole bowl of stew. nooo. why? i could have saved this one. i could have saved this one. ♪ call 1-800-steemer

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9:56 right now. taking a live look outside. it is rainy and cool. good morning, everyone. i'm kimberly suiters. in the news for today, be aware if you are downtown in d.c., there will be traffic trouble. stay tuned. president obama's nuclear security summit takes place at the washington convention center today. most streets around that area have been shut down and will remain closed until 8:00 tonight. metro station is also closed and will not reopen until tomorrow morning. now let's get a check on our weather with meteorologist chuck bell. chuck? >> thanks, kimberly. outside we already have a cloudy sky hanging overhead. check of live doppler shows a few sprinkles in howard county, especially across northern maryland up along the pennsylvania border, where most of the showers are at this point in time. temperatures remain on the cool side. mid 50s around town. upper 40s, though, where light sprinkles have started to occur. forecasts for today, cloudy and cooler by yesterday, by far.

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a little cd. >> what the world needs is more kathie lee cds. come on. >> the illustrations are adorable. >> aren't they sweet? i've never met him or said hello to him. he lives in denmark. i just wrote him a thank-you note saying i don't know you, but i'm sure i would love you. we had three different illustrators to choose from, everyone is talented, but what i loved about his pictures is a sort of sense of ironic, and a real sense of humor, great humor. so i'm really pleased with it. >> if you're in a bookstore and you're with your kid, i'll bet they stop at this book. >> thanks, hoda. >> for what age kids? >> they say 4 to 8, but as she said, the cd in the back has a bonus track of a song david

friedman and i wrote. ♪ kids got to move their swing thing ♪ >> and we have a contest, apparently there's a little kid, hunter -- no, sawyer, and it's a youtube. it's called sawyer dancing baby or something. every time the song starts the little kid is so cute. he's standing there, and then all of a sudden he gets down, i guess he's like a toddler. it's the cutest thing. >> we're going to encourage a lot of kids to come in and dance. >> yes, a swing thing. speaking of little kids, this is a shocker. >> there's a 3-year-old girl who is a tightropewalker. he dad, who's from china, is the head of a big circus act -- now, she is tethered with this little string, but the wind takes her.

>> below this, by the way, are siberian tigers, and she said she didn't want to fall, because she says, they bite. >> they bite. >> this is torture. look down there. >> here, kitty, kitty. >> what's the story? >> i'm sure if this is a generational thing they've probably been in the circus business forever, and it's just bred into them. >> she's 3. >> i know she's 3. even without the tigers below -- i know. >> imagine a 3-year-old head, you know how scary tykers are. >> no, i don't like it. i'm not condoning it. >> look how windy it is. >> is this in china? >> they might even have completely different laws there, who knows? i'm saying i think it seems horrible to us. >> terrible, terrible. >> you know what i didn't say?

if you are in the new york area, i am will be at barnes and noble tonight, i finally got it right. >> 5:30, barnes & noble. >> here at lincoln center. >> kate gosselin is out today -- she's competing with you. >> i know, kate gosselin, oprah, and michael j. fox. >> she was talking about a bunch of things. one of the things people have asked is how can you be a mother when you are on this dancing show and you're not with your -- >> the schedule is insane. >> let's just take a listen to her reaction to that? >> i'm a working mom and cameras are on me, so people catch me traveling and working. i've got to work harder than ever, because i am a single mom. in my heart i'm always baking and cook fog my kids. i'll always be there.

the struggle is to be here, be anywhere. the emotion you see is i would rather be at home with them. >> she said if she was a nurse, she would have to work around the clock. >> the time i did "the larry king show" together with her, and my daughter was sitting in the greenroom, and kate was watching to see what i said, and she basically was expressing the same sentiment, which is this is a paycheck, hello, this is how i feed these children. i think she genuinely means that, but at what cost? let me put one story. >> okay. >> years ago -- >> this is in your book. >> the egg book. >> i have read this one. it's 12 pages. >> it's an easy read. >> go on. >> i tell a story about every time my father was offered another job, he would say to the person offering the job, is it going to take me away from my family? they would say yes, mr. epstein,

it is. he would always say, i think my children need their daddy more than they need another tv set. he would say, thank you for the opportunity, even if we have less stuff, we have together. that's a personal choice. >> is it going for a luxury or necessity, if you've got no choice -- >> i'm not judging her choices, everybody has to make tough choices. >> i think she danced last night. i saw part of "dancing with the stars" and the consensus is -- >> she's a better nurse? >> it might be her. look, i know i couldn't do that. >> that is as good as i could do. >> we want to clear up a rumor that came out yesterday. >> we told you it wasn't true. >> they said liz taylor was engaged they, i mean other people, not us. well, according to liz herself, who apparently tweets, she said on twitter, the rumors regarding

my engagement are simply not true. jason is my manager and dearest friend. i love him with all my heart. she's not engaged to jason. >> we talked about this yesterday with anticohen. i met them several times. certainly a lovely guy, and they're close friends of kathy ireland, and kathy has become great friends with la liz. stick around. stay until the very end, we have a -- don't give it away. stop giving things away. >> it's not going to keep -- >> it's going to if you give it away. miss sara. >> i have some books to give away, but the 3-year-old tight roper. lisa says it's part of the culture. i do have a problem with tight roping over tigers. if you write i'm a party animal and where you're from, we'll pick it at random.

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whether you're about to ring up a new car or airline tickets, getting the best price is all in the timing. >> it is. elizabeth mayhue from "woman's day" is here to unlock the secrets. >> good to see you. >> good to see you again. >> let's start off with air

travel. >> very specific, tuesdays at 3:00, so today at 3:00, if you want to go away. >> why? >> because airlines sdoint their tickets, they lower their prices on monday. it takes time for all the computers, everyone to match, everything to go through the system, so tuesdays at 3:00 tend to be the best time. so today at 3:00, logon to buy your summer tickets. >> i foe flying on a friday is pricey and coming home on a sunday -- >> actually the very best time would be the very first flight. usually that first flight out -- >> and it's for the delayed usually. >> those are secrets of travelers, absolutely. then the best days would be tuesday, wednesday and saturday, because there are fewer business travelers. you tend to get better flights, better arrangements. the second best time is lunchtime and the third is dinner time. >> why is that? >> that's an inconvenient time.

mid kaye, if you're a business person and you have a meeting, usually they go through lunch and you get on the 4:00 flight. think of it as rush hour. >> if you want to save money on fresh groceries when should you go to the store to buy the best stuff in. >> wednesdays. wednesday tends to be the first day of the week for most grocery stores. most deliveries come monday, tuesday, wednesday, you can get really good deals on anything that's a bit older. so go talk to the guy in the produce section, talk to the guy at the meat counter, find out when they're going to discount, but you can save up to 75% on -- >> that's for fresh stuff. >> what if you want to good to a restaurant, out to eat. why would there be a best time to do that? >> my son loves that certain restaurants have free tuesdays for kids. it's their least busy day. that's when they'll do the specials --

>> ihop does that. >> most restaurants don't get fresh deliveries through the weekend, so the food tends to be fresher because they're -- >> if you think about the childhood obesity problems, those kids are eating a lot of food. all these obese kids, unfortunately, are coming in for the buffet. >> if you want to vet in a car, is there a problem time to do that? >> the best time to buy a car is the last tuesday or wednesday of the month. this is because all the salespeople have quotas to meet. if you go the last week of the month, they may not have met their quotas. the best time is mid afternoon, because it tends to be dwi et and you'll get the best service, and the best time of year is september through december. >> if you want to buy a car because you're not married to i

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so do you have a child bound for stardom? >> if you're one of those parents who believe your child is cute enough to be on tv, and we all do, to be honest. sara haynes got a first hind lesson. >> joan lynne knows what casting directors want, because she is one. she's been casting kids in commercials for more than two decades. she offers workshops in new york for kids hoping to be the next hannah montana. >> i love her, i think she is amazing. >> other even the next jimmy fallon. >> make it clean.

>> what college did a skunk go to? >> reporter: what college? >> p.u. >> reporter: the kids learn how to read scripts, about vise and even eat on camera. >> talk to each other with your mouth full. >> i do not guarantee a job. this is just for basic training. if you sign up for a sewing course, you wouldn't make a coat in the first class. >> reporter: but training is just one aspect. >> people think they can write a check and someone will make their child famous. that's a misconception. >> reporter: typically managers help guide a career. agents, on the other hand, send kids on auditions, but parents play a huge role when it's time to make the leap. >> you have to do the legwork, you have to research the companies you are look to go represent your child and research the people you are auditioning for if you're lucky enough to get on an audition.

>> reporter: agents and managers can take up to 15%, but they shouldn't get paid until after your child gets paid for the job. there's no reason to send your family to hollywood right away. back at the workshop, the kids perform. it's preparation so that they nail that next audition. >> i won. >> i won. >> reporter: whether it's for a cookie commercial or nickelodeon. >> the it factor for a kid is they can be a natural, they're not coached too much. i look for a kid who really wants to be there. you can tell that the moment they walk in. >> reporter: you can tell these kids love to perform, but because they are kids, no career choice has to be final. >> the thing i would want to do the most in the entire world? >> yeah. >> to defeat the monkey man. >> reporter: and that's a wrap.

in the end, the decision to act professionally should come from your child. >> i want to learn whatever they have to teach me. i want to get better at my craft. >> i keep asking, do you want to be anything else? she says, no, mommy, i want to be that. i have to support her dream. when she gets that academy award. >> reporter: visions of the oscar speech, don't forget mommy. >> ahead, ann, how are you? welcome. how pricey are these schools, these little things? >> the tough thing is you shouldn't be spending a lot of money. the average for a top-level class in los angeles or new york is about $45 an hour if you break it down. when you look at something that's costing $2,000, $10,000, probably a scam. >> is there a better business bureau situation? >> we can help them. you can check the better business bureau.

the best thing is to google. i tell parents google is their friend. if they would gaggle the names and add the words "scam" or "complaint." >> it sounds like a full-time job. >> it is, trust me. oy. >> should they get an agent who can weed through the good and bad stuff. >> the best-scare nair i don't is to do that action but first you have to determine if your kid is, a, talented, wants to do this out of their own motivation, and whether you can afford this hobby. it's darned expensive. you've got to get to that before you head off into professional land, but there's a lot to do in amateur world. >> it's hard for parents to be objective, and little sally has two left feet and mama can't see it. >> how do you know? >> you go to classes like shown, you go ahead feedback.

you audition for maybe films at your local university, and you can get other people's opinions. >> if you do ultimately want to get a manager or something, how do you know how to find a good one? >> google, however, there are some organizations, the screen actors guild, they do franchise agents. they're usually licensed in each state kind of like an employment agency, so there are some legal provisions that you can look into. >> here's the thing that many parents don't think about ahead of time. this business is very, very hard on adults. very hard on adults. then i take a small child who's not used to being told, you didn't make it or you're not good enough. the rejection is tough enough on an adult. you better have serious conversations ahead of time about, if you don't get this, it means you'll get better next time, but really monitor your

child. >> the reality is you're going to -- if your child is talented and successful, you're looking at 100 auditions to get one job. that's an enormous amount of rejections. so you have to have these conversations and an exit plan. when is this too much? how do you decide when that end is? but if you decide that in advance, it's not nearly the stress it would be. >> the kids have to love it if they're going to endure it. >> it has to be their dreams, not users. still to come, the store of oprah in a controversial new biograph. >> we'll talk to kitty kelly after your local news. can lead to another. ♪ made with real fruit and now with more...

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that is probably the takeaway from this book that she has a foot -- there's the on-camera persona and the off-camera person. >> don't we all as human beings do that? we have a manufactured personality and a presentation for the world, and one that's really quite different in private. >> i don't think so. i don't think so, although, as you just said in your song, this book -- this book celebrates the difference in oprah, and there are two or three oprahs. they're all fascinating. >> she's a complicated woman. >> she's very complicated. >> you said her main source is open radio, not that she is sat down and talked to her. >> no, though i did give her many opportunities. i did write her, i did call, i did say i was doing this book and very much would like an interview, but i am so glad that i did not have an interview with her? >> why?

>> because i spent one year, hodda getting every single before view she has given in the english language -- >> that has to be thousands. >> there were over 2,763. it took me a year to catalog them, to break them up according to dates, topics and names, but what it gave me was oprah in her own words. if i called you and i said, hi, kathie lee, this is kitty, i'm doing a book on oprah, and i just want to ask you about when you met her in is the 86, and she said this -- >> but you didn't call me. >> i didn't, because i didn't know that you would have been a good oprah source. >> honey, i have stuff that you wouldn't believe. but you're right, i wouldn't have is shared it. not because i'm afraid of her, which i think i've heard you say, she's so powerful that people are truly afraid. >> yeah. >> what's the difference between

the oprah on tv and the one you say you discovered in your research. >> what surprised you? >> well, from interviewing people who know her or worked with her, people who have gone to school with her, friends, colleagues. >> family members? >> the family was fabulous. oprah's father was wonderful, and her aunt catherine. >> who's really her cousin. >> she's 80 years old, i spent three days with her in mississippi. they know that the on-camera oprah is the one who's an actress, and she's very, very good. off camera, oprah is more removed, she's aloof. she can be very, very cold, as you said, she's a complicated woman. >> and i understand why she wouldn't trust very many people in her life as well. that's totally understandable. >> everyone wants something. she said she feels like an atm

machine for her family. >> her mother used to take her checkbook after she wasn't looking and would write $20,000 checks to herself. >> so does my mother. so what? the difference is my checks bounce. >> oprah's checks don't bounds. >> what was the other difference? >> i interviewed 850 people, and i'll tell you 800 of them all wanted to know about oprah's sexuality. that kept coming up and coming up, probably because she's been engaged to stedman graham. she's made an issue, because she's issued press releases about it, so consequently speculation on her sexuality has centered around her life. >> and her close, close friend ship with gayle all these years. >> and john tesh, gosh, did we

need to know that? >> yes, we do. >> he admits to that. >> and so did hoda. it doesn't matter. >> so what does matter is this was in the south. think about this. this was an interracial affair in the south. >> in the '70s you're saying? >> yes, and another interracial affair in baltimore. so it was very brave of oprah in a sense. >> you like her, though, you have great respect, so you didn't want to write a book that was going to destroy her image? >> no, you couldn't. >> you could. i think you could. you and you alone know the identity of her actual biological father? >> yes, her aunt catherine told me, but didn't tell oprah? >> yes. and we aren'ts, either. we will be back. >> don't worry, it will. >> i hope you never write about

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xafier is a bartender at another hot spot. >> welcome to danielle's family. we're going to start with a salad, basically. there's a little twist. we get these beautiful carrots at the restaurant and we're thinking, how do we use everything, so we'll do a carrot vinaigrette. >> i throw that stuff away, but there's probably a lot of nutrition in there. >> we're going to add some mustal. >> tpis it a gray poupon? >> yes, but this one comes without the accent. >> i have the finished version over here. so we're going to walk over. >> that's all that's in the

drizzle. >> that's it. this is actually it when it's finished, but we're going to make this salad, we call it a spring vegetable garden. this is an arugula pesto, so typically people make pes pesto. we just did the same thing with the arugula. give it a shmear. >> i love that. >> carrots, snap peas, spring onions, and these baby turnips. >> are these natural or bred to be babies? >> just because we're small doesn't mean we're not natural. we're all natural. >> oh, he's got you. >> little is much when god is in it. >> what are you making? >> we're just dressing the salad. basically the finished version is it. >> is that the way you serve it,

on a piece of marble like this? >> almost done? we're going to make the white cocktail. >> that's very good. very light. xafier, you're making us a white cosmo. >> absolutely. it's a signature -- >> what? what the heck did he just say? >> more, please. >> i mean "grey poupon" they understand. >> we start with vodka. >> that we understand. >> that's all i know. >> you're making one too. >> i'm going to try. >> and also you bring a beautiful note of -- [ speaking foreign language ] >> how adorable is he? >> pretty darn cute. >> what else? >> the sweetness, we add some

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we know you've been waiting for this. the moment has arrived. kathy lease's news book called "party animals" has hit the stores. gather the kids, and you're going to sing later on. >> it capes from a song we wrote a long time ago for an album we did, so hopefully this is the first of those songs in that cd set to an illustrated book. >> and the cd is in the back. you get the added bonus, and also learn about a character

named lucy goosy lives on a farm. she has a birthday coming up, she wants the best party, and as she starts going through the different animals on the farm, sheryls that she finds fault with every one of them, so there's nobody to come to a party, and she becomes a lonely goose -- >> back off, barbie. >> it's so sad. she goes to the wise owl who who says the problem is you're too critical, what makes us a farm is all of us individually. it's about, you know, tolerance and about diversity. i play every one of these animals. >> i want you to listen closely to the song she's about to sing. she claims she is every single voice in this song? >> yes, i am. that's not claiming -- >> we will be the judge. >> it's the truth. >> we will judge it. so you're going to sing right now? >> apparently. we're running out of time.

>> take it away, girl. >> i love meredith has been sticking around for it. she's been my biggest fan forever. here we go. snooismt lucy goosy was thrilled ♪ ♪ filled with delight ♪ she wanted her party to be simply the best ♪ ♪ so she had to be careful when choosing each guest ♪ ♪ i can't invite pig ♪ and goat is always in such a bad mood ♪ ♪ i can't ask dog ♪ he doesn't growl ♪ i know what i'll do ♪ i'll ask the wise owl ♪ if cat comes all she's do is purr ♪ ♪ and she is has the bad habit every licking her fur ♪ ♪ i see ♪ what about lamb ♪ she's too dumb, all no one is worse ♪ ♪ except maybe fox who just howls at the moon ♪

♪ there must be someone you'd like to come ♪ ♪ but sadly the goose could think of no one ♪ ♪ the tortoise is too slow ♪ and bee is too busy to leave behind ♪ ♪ that silly henpecking around ♪ how about donkey ♪ no, she's such a dud ♪ all cow does is chew on her cud ♪ ♪ oh, disgusting ♪ with that hairdo just going coke adoodle dao ♪ ♪ by now lucy goosy was becoming alarmed ♪ ♪ i used to think i had good friends on this farm ♪ ♪ perhaps it's your fault ♪ all you seem to do well is criticize ♪ ♪ if i invite mouse she's mess up the house ♪ ♪ if i invite flea, she might bite me ♪ ♪ ouch ♪ the wise old owl gently said

♪ no one is perfect ♪ you know even you ♪ if you want my advice ♪ this is what you should do ♪ invite every animal on the farm to come ♪ ♪ when we all get together it will be society fun ♪ ♪ can't you imagine the look in your eyes ♪ ♪ when suddenly each comes to realize ♪ ♪ each one's been invited to share your special day ♪ ♪ no one will forget lucy goosy's birthday ♪ ♪ lucy goosy bowed her head in shame ♪ ♪ you mean each one is special ♪ because no one's the same? ♪ ♪ yes each has a gift that no one else gives ♪ ♪ so let's celebrate how special each one of us is ♪ something like that. >> now, meredith came to cheer you on. we're still not 100% sure.

>> i think you need full disclosure. >> we did it at dave's studio, and it's call over-dubbing, i did all of them. >> i give you the owl, but i don't think the orders you did. >> who is lucy goosy right now? ♪ i can't invite pig ♪ and goat is in such a bad mood. >> okay. that's three now. >> the cynics, the journalistic cynic. >> it's adorable. >> the cutest thing ever. >> thank you, sweetie. barnes & noble. >> can i be in the movie? >> i was hoping you would offer.

all right. it's time to check in with miss sara. >> ahead, girl. the fans loved your book. >> did they think it was kathie lee thinking?

>> the debate is beginning. >> you know, dave will come in and play each track separately and hear my talking in the booth. >> perhaps he did -- tomorrow,

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