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"today," friday, october 8, meg whitman. "today," friday, october 8, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on th this friday morning,'m meredith viera. >> and i'm willie geist. today's employment report is the last to come out before the elections. more fallout over that duke graduate's list and ratings of her sexual encounters with athletes. could she be in legal trouble now that it's being flashed all over the internet. plus, when is it okay to let your child walk to school alone?

or what age should they own their own cell phone? coming up a revealing new survey of parents across the country. natalee morales is in for ann at the news desk. good morning, everyone, as you heard, the was extra attention on "todatoday's unemployment numbers for september. it's the last monthly jobless report to come out before election day. we'll have much more on this coming up in just a little bit. in anaheim, california a desperate seah during the night for two young children abducted in front of their horrified mother. lee cowan is in los angeles. >> reporter: good morning, talee, police are investigating this as a possible double kidnapping after they say the two boys were snatched from in front of her anaheim late monday night. they were both wearing buzz light year t-shirts and beige colored shorts.

their mother td police that they were following her out to the all ley to take out the trash. the van is described as a silver or gray 2000 dodge caravan. the amber alert was issued just before 80 p.m. thursday night. it is stilin progress in morning. anyone with information should contact the anaheim police department at 714-765-1900. natalee, back to you. this morning the nobel pea prize was awarded to imprisoned chinese dissident. the chinese government is denouncing the award. firms in chile say an escape shaft should reach 33 trapped

miners by tomorrow and their rescue could begin anywhere from two to ten days after that. the miners have been stuck deep under ound for two months. a scary ride at knots berry farm where two trains collided the first train didn't make it up the hill and rolled back and hit the other. no one was hurt. two cosmonauts are at the international space station. and it was high and way outside thursday as florida senate candidate charlie crist threw out the first pitch at the ray's game against the rangers. by the way, tampa bay trailed that series two games to none. meredith, u pitch looks better than this. >> suddenly, my pitch was really sweet.

>> that's great news about the miners. that's right. an amazingly nice weekend here. we're starting out with temperatures in the 50s under some cle skies with your official sunrise at 7:11. foggy bottom in spots like benning and anacostia.

46 in falls church and vienna at 46 degrees. at the bus stop, 46. here's your highs today, 80. over the weekend, close to 82, no rain. and it's friday, that means we get to tell y about the best night of the week, that's right, because it's sunday night, football night in america. the eagles soar and fly into candlestick park with clear skies, mild conditions as the 49ers use pick axes, to blind the eagles. it's62-66 degrees, sunday night, football night in america. >> al, thank you very ch. california's race for vernor is a tight and bitter one and now there is a new scrimmage between candidates between jerry brown and staffers

that were inadvertently caught on tape. and natalee is back with more on that. >> an aid used colorful language to describe meg whitman and as you might imagine, whitman's camp is not happy about . >> give me a call, jerry brown, love to talk to you. >> soon became a conversation caught on tape. the democratic candidate for governor thought he hung up the phone, but he was still connected, the conversation all recorded. >> we want to put an ad out. but i've been warned that if i crack down on pensions, i will be, that they'll go to whitman and that's where they'll go because they know whitman will

cut a secret deal to protect the pensions. >> nbc news obtained the voicemail overnight and short after brown's camp issued this statement. this was a jumbled and often inaudible recording of a private conversation. at times our language was salty, we apogize to ms. whitman and anyone who may have been offended. and whitman's camp quickly fired back, the use of the term is a insult to both meg whitman and to the people of california. at t very least mr. brown tacitly approved of this despicable coent. the voicemail marks just the latest blow in what has become a full-fledged battle out west. whitman has been under fire as of late. >> we hired someone who i thought was here legally, she was not.

we unfortunate had to let her go. >> whitman said she did nothing wrong and accused brown of quote, a political stunt. >> if you can't stand up on your own two feet and say i'm sorry, i made a mistake and let's go on from here. blame her, blame me, blame t unions, but you don't take accountability. >> any and everythin becomes a major issue and the most recent poll of likely voters, jerry brown holds a single digit lead over meg whitman. dirty politics as usual. president obama's putting on the full-court press with more than a month to go before election day. and chuck todd has more on that. >> reporter: the president returned to the white house late last night for a full day on the road campaigning on tuesday with election day just a little over three weeks away. he's now adding weekend stops starting this sunday.

the president campaigned in chicago tuesday night for julius who is struggling to keep obama's old sene seat in democratic hands. >> i hope you're fired up in these last few weeks. i need you to be fed up, fired up and ready to go, i need it. i need that. by the way this you seen my new chief of staff. >> and he talked up his former chief of staff, rahm emanuel. earlier the president was in maryland cam paning for democrat candidate mark o'malley. but maryland politics was not on the president's mind. this year outside political groups are benefiting from the lamark ruling that allows big corporate donors to spend money on -- >> americans for job security is responsible for the content of this advertising. >> reporter: something the president made fun .

>> they've got names like americans for prosperity. or truth in politics or bombs more motherhood. that last one i made up. this is a threat to o democracy, the american people deserve to know who's trying to claim their elections. >> reporter: and democrats now want you to know who's actually appearing in these ads. >> and joe manchin supported it all. >> the republican campaign committee just pulled this ad which was running in west virginia featuring thr actors playing west virginians at a diner attacking democrat joe manchin. >> the only way we're going to stop obama. >> reporter: it turns out the actors weren't from west virginia, theyere hired by a philadelphia talent agent. one of the actors can be seen on hisebsite playing very

different roles. >> don't take my word for it. all of those are my final answers, yes. >> the uproar prompted republicans to pull the ad. in a statement, a spokespern said no on at the nrsc or associated with the nrsc had anything to do with the language used in this cting call, we do not support it. >> reporter: the use of actors in political advertising is not new, it was the actl way that word hickey that of course made republicans have to pull that ad because of how it plays in west virginia. and by the way, you won't have actors debating on "meet the press," but the actual candidates are both debating with david gregory. >> i had nothing to do with that ad, chick, you know that. >> reporter: you know what? this guy needed a lifeline, clearly. >> very good, chuck.

>> reporter: thank you very much, i'll be here all day. it is 7:12 and now here's willie. >> chuck's been working on that one all morning. of course the economy is the key issue in the midterm elections and this morning we're getting the final monthly tally of unemployment before election day. we have already gotten some early indications of what we'll see later this morning, what are you expecting? >> i'm expecting some job creation from the private sector, but it will be offset by a loss of jobs in government as census workers continue to be cut as that program winds down, so once again we're going to see basilly flat growth in jobs. and it's not a great story. because we continue to see unemployment at a major issue r businesses and the economy. >> we have seen this month after month, there's no nobel prize winner joseph stigler said this may be the new normal.

>> i definitely think we are in a new normal. you have to have expectations of much lower growth in the united states. outside the united states is where the vibrancy is happen right now. bunesses are very reluctant to add heads to the payroll. they're expecting higher health care expenses and higher taxes. and theyay if i add new people, that comes withew benefits packages that i have to pay for. so they're basically in lockdown, it's a sto that in some cases a vicus cycle. >> the holiday season, everybody looks forward to that. what is it going tlook like for employers and people looking for jobs? >> over the next couple of months, we will see temporary employment pick up, we'll see stores and retail related businesses add temporary workers just to take care of the volume that we're expecting over the holidays. so unfortunately, it won't be full-time, the security and

that could ctinue to keep people sort of reluctant to spend money because they're not having that long-term security, but we are going to see a pop in jobs as we approach the end of the year. >> one glimmer of good news, three out of four stores go up in september. >> retail sales actually have been better than expected. you would think that people would be sitting on their hands and unwilling to spend. but we have seen some spending over the last month or so. i think the retail sector is the one sector that you want to look to towards growth as we approach the end of the year with the holidays coming up. >> y can catch maria on "closing bell" each day on cnbc. there are new developments in the case of the american who was allegedly shot and killed by mexin pirates. authorities in texas have made a direct plea to a notorious plug cartel to return that man's body. janet shanlian has the latest.

>> reporter: we're here at falcon lake where the search for david hartley's body has been impacted, hampered by threats of an ambush by the drug cartels. in fact they had to suspend the search for a time yesterday. at the same time the sheriff in this county has reached out directly to the cartel insisting that there's going to be no penalty, no repercussion for the return of an american's body. this is the search on the mexican side of fall con lake for the body of david hardly. mexico says it has several boats in the water and as many as 60 officers worng the case. a texas border sheriff i taking a different tack, calling on the drug cartel to return david home. >> we cannot let what happened in mexico, we cnot prosecute anybody for what happened in mexico, we just want a body.

i did send word to the drug cartel in mexico, unofficially, i said, hey, work with us. >> tiffany hartley's life jacket was stained with blood, stains she says she likely got when she tried to pull her husband on to her jet ski. she ultimately left him behind to safe her own life. the search in mexico was suspended for a time after reports of a possible ambush from the cartel. >> we haven american citizen who was gunned down on international waters. >> that riled texas governor rick perry who's been critical of mexico's response. >> i'm not satisfied, when y call off a search the way they did this morning and give as the reason because the drug cartels are in control of that part of the state, something's not right. >> reporter: u.s. officials have taken tiffany hartley to a border crossing where she met with mention cxican authorities

charge of the search. and now for tiffany and everyone on this side of the border, there's lite to do except watch, wait andope that david is returned home. and tiffany hartley said she would consider taking a lie detector test if people continue to doubt her story. officials have not ask for one, at least not at this point. it is 7:18 and now he's willie. a controversial documentary style movie is sparking outrage in great britain. it imagines what wld happen if prince harry were taken hostage by the taliban. >> reporter: the palace has not commented on this tv program which hasn't even aired yet but is already stirring up catastrop controversy here. it's a documentary what would happen if prince harry were kiap bid the taliban army. what would it look like if

prince harry were taken prisoner by insurgents in afghanistan. well, how about this. according to a new document try the taking of prince harry air this is month. for now it's the programitis that some are finding pretty awful. >> of course it's in poor taste. a lot of people are being killed in these hostage situations. >> reporter: the docudrama shows how harry is forced to -- unloaded gun is pointed at face and one of his captorsulls the trigger. a retired army commander spoke out this morning on a popular british morning news show. >> i have seen people come out from these situations. i tell you what they feel like, absolutely terrified, absolutely, completely terrified and i just don't like it being put into some drama documentary

which actually appeals just to get the television ratings up. >> reporter: the program will also mention the young prince's nickname, bullet magnet, during 2008 whehe was posted in afghanistan. he was rusd home out of serious security concerns. harry has always wanted to return. >> i would love to go back out, and i want to go out there very, very soon. >> reporter: some royal watchers say what's the big deal about a work of fiction on an interesting topic. >> it was at a time when harry was in afghanistan, the taliban was vocal that he was the number one target, that he was somebody th would love to capture and torture and make an example of as the queen's grandson. this is a piece of drama a i think it should beaken as such. >> reporter: people who are experts on these sorts of matters say because of the security situation it's highly unlikely that harry would ever be sent back to serve in afghanistan, but here on the

home front he has had his security detail increase in lit of recent terror alerts in europe. just ahead, could the duke graduate whose list of sexual encounters of athletes online face legal troubles because of it? i'm bob ehrlich. i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we'rworse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to tu this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. 's why i'm running --

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7:39 now on this friday morning, the eighth of october 2010. we're happy these people decided to roll out of bed early and make it down here. i'm meredith viera alongside willie geist. new details on at brutal home invasion in connecticut. we're going to hear from the ex-girlfriend of the second man waiting to stand trial in connection with the mother and her to teenaged children. >> what age is appropriate for

kids to go trick-or-treang without you. how we actually get there, just ahead on our special series "today's" journey to secret kingdoms, we're going to travel to the real timbktu. >> reporter: at duke university, a joke between girlfriends just sparked a national debate about men, women and sex. >> i had the best time of my life last night, twice and once this morning. >> reporter: men have been getting away with it for years, bragng about their sexual conquests. the ladds can play that game too. karen was a student at duke, just graduated and wrote this

42-page december siratn about -- no secrets here, kar used their names and shirtless pictures. we're hiding their identities. karen ranked the men by physical attractiveness, talents, creativity and aggressiveness. >> at first i was pretty excited when i saw it. i was like, good for her, this is awesome. >> reporter: karen wrote this about a duke lacrosse player, experience was onis side and he used it. and another man, he was terrible, don't even bother to kiss me more than a few seconds. karen meant the sex list only for her friends, but it made the rounds. this girl gets a fist pump and then some from me, one woman wrote, but karen has critics too. >> i think wt she did was unnecessary, selfish. >> reporter: do you think if a

guy did this it would be different? >> i think everyone would think they're -- oh, the lacrosse players, they're horrible ople. >> reporter: karen has gone into virtual hiding, but a blog for women says they recently spoke with her. >> i spoke to karen, she feels badly that she unintentionally violated the privacy of her partners, but doesn't feel bad out actually having sex with them. she hashanged the stereotype of what women want, plenty of women want just what men want which is to have fun. >> so on the duke campus, the question, have the tables finally turned on them? for "today," jf rossen, nbc news. >> judith is a psychologist and dan abrams is nbc's chief legal analyst. good morni to you both. >> let's talk about the legal side, you are a duke alumni,

1988? >> yes. >> the aletes that karen owen writes about, she showed us the pictures of them, she named them. do they have anyegal resource at all? >> possibly, are they going to say any of it is false? e they going to say they never had sex with her? assuming they don't do that, the next lawsuit would be an invasion of privacy case. sex is the sort of thing that leads people t file them. remember, they may not just be suing her, they may sue the people who distributed it because they may be more responsie legally than her because they're the ones who got it out there and the minute you send something out, you're responsible for thatontent that you're distributing. >> i wondered if she would be liable at all because when she sent to it her frnds, she didn't have any expectation they would send out us.

>> you could slander sm someone by saying something to o other person. the question is anybody actually going to file a lawsuit? i'm not sure that any of these guys are going to want to be in the business of filing a lawsuit, but we'll see? >> are you going to be t o that got the ten that files the lawsuit or are you going to be the one? that's the core psychologil issue, she acted not like the classic victim when guys do this traditionally, but like the aggressor. she had high risk, no attachment sex, she's comfortable with it. then she bragged about it, a traditional gender bending behavi behavior >> quite a few consider her a hero for turning the tables and do what men, many people perceive, have done for years. >> i'm not at all surprised by the shock, and yes, this is what

it fee like when you're sitting by the phone and you're bragging in the locker room and it doesn't feel so bad to be on the aggressor side. >> i would think that if it had been a man who had written this about wome i think there would be a lawsuit. if you saw 13 women described in the way she described em, somebody would want to exact either some level of revenge or to get money for it et cetera because of the societal differens. >> certainly there would be traditional moral outrage. look at these indencenssensitiv. here's like young women do this, they get drunk and they think, i wonder if i could have a piece of him and then they go home and tell their girlfriends and they're not embarrassed or shked. that's a kind of -- that really takes us aba. >> now that it's out there, she

doesn't look good either, ultimately >> he's going to have to account for this on future dates. but she's not expressing herself as embarrassed. what she's expreing herself in a traditial male way is i am so sorry if i hurt anyone's feelings or invaded their privacy. >> what about a book deal, this is all coming if she wants it. this has made her a commodity. >> you chose not to run it, why? >> wwere actually in the process of blurring out the names and the faces for our sports grid to put it on that site. d the reason in the end is because the other sites put it up without blurring out the faces first. so i thought as a legal matter, i was oking it as a lawyer and saying if we put up these faces with these names with this sort of stuff on there, we might get sued. so in the process while we were spending the hour, hour and a half of doing it, some of the

other sites put it up without blurring it. and so it was an intesting -- we went through a whole back and forth about this, about what to do with this. because on the one hand, it was fascinating, on the other hand it was kind of gross and on the other hand, it was somewhere i was worried legally. >> and with ten seconds to go, a lesson here? >> social issues are more important than the legal issues, when you send your daughter to college, she's gng to face a lot of options, if you don't want her t

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a man was convicted this week of killing a mother and two daughters. this as a second suspect awaits his trial. dennis murphy has more on all of this. >> you have to reach back in your mory to recall a case just as chilling as the story of the petit family in cheshire. two men into their house. >> it took a jury five hours to find a defendantuilty this weekend murdering mrs. petit and her two daughters who died of smoke inhalation, tied to her bed after two intruders set their home ablaze i a frenzy of

violence and mayh. reporter elaine griffin has covered the story for the hartford current. >> i think this is one of those case where is they people see themselves in a situation, it's a burglar who breaks in in the middle of the night at your home and attacks your family. 's everyone's worst nightmare. >> reporter: dr. william petit, the lone survivor badly beaten by the intruders now has to face another trial. dr. petit has been ask how he finds the strength to relive the horror again through the courtroom testimony. >> most of you out here are good human beings, i think you would probably all do the same thing for your familyf your family was destroyed by evil. >> reporter: the other man accused of hayes accomplice is joshua komisarjevsky. >> he has told stories of jobs

he has done robbing houses. >> komisarjevsky's former girlfriend jennifer norton calls that the man she recalls as a petty thief used to get a thrill out of breaking into houses when he knew people were inside. >> he hadaid that robbing houses was better than any drug he's ever tried. >> komisarjevsky's trial is supposed to starred next year. we're through one trial, anothestill to go and it just seems to be an endless or deal for dr. petit and you have to admire the dignity and strength that she's showing in the face f this tragedy.

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our time right now is 7:56. 59 degrees. beautiful sunshiny skies on this friday, t 8th day of october. good morning. i'm joe krebs. in the news commerce employees who work downtown have an unplanned day at home today. today the employees have to take administrative leave or work from home. police in fairfaxounty suspect foul play in the death of man found in his home yesterday afternoon. the 61-year-old businessman was diovered at his house in the 5700 block in fairfax station. his gold lexus suv is missing from the home. we'll take a break now, come back and look at our ather and ou

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that srks we have blue skies across the area. a high today, 79 degrees. close to this on saturday and nday. nice warming trend as we head to 81 degrees on monday. ashley? >> we do have delays. this is the pace on south capitol street toward nationals park due to the susan gchlt coleman lk for the cure. back to you. ellen wraps up magic week with a disappearing act and

8:00 now on this friday morning, the eighth of october, 20. a promise of nicer weather and it looks like al delivered it. we're back on the ground, i'm meredith viera along with willie geist who's filling in for matt lauer who's taking the day off "today." beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but what is ugly? we're goingo talk to an author who has written a powerful book

on who women who feel that way go through. a qstion that parents ask themselves every y, when is it okay for my child to, dot, dot, dot. walking to school, playing competitive sports and going on dates. coming up the results of our survey from parents across the country and some expert perspective as well. >> do you have what it takes to keep up with the young at heart betty white? john tried to do it, a betty white gave her a run for her money. we'll show you that in just a little bit. >> we'll take a look at the top stories, natalee more or less is filling in for ann who's on assignment. freedom could b just days away for the 33 chilean miners

who have been trapped under ground for three months. an escape hatch to rescue the men could bre through as early as tomorrow with the rescue taking place possibly within a few days. officials conducted a rescue dress rehearsal on huthursday. the last jobless report before the election comes out "today." and anpdated view on what women can expect in the workplace. kristen welker is here with more. >> reporter: the study shows that doue standards still exist. according to one, thinner women make more money than normal sized or overweight women, and e opposite is true for men. there's some really positive news here, mainly that the gender gap is shrinking. robin and maryisa are part of te rapidly growi ingrowing.

they both understand how far women have come. >> when i walk n people would say, oh, can you bring usome drinks? >> reporter: but it's a different world for women now, according to the latest census figures, the number of women getting paid $100,000 a year or more increased by 4% over a two-year period, as compared to a 4.4% decrease f men making that amount. experts say it's all thanks to 30 years of progress foromen in academia. >> in my class, the breakdown is 50/50, there's 50% men and 50% women. and i think that shows that women are just as good as men. >> reporter: but all of that validation is tempered by some numbers, women still just earn 83 cents to the dollar. >> old stereotypes die hard and

a new study proves that saying weight still matters when it comes to wom in the workplace. a new study published in the journey of applied psychology say thinner women make more money, while a man's ince rises when he packs on t pounds. experts say these findings are disappointed. >> it's the bigger package that they're looking at it. it's your brain, it's your body, it's what you have on, it's everything. be confident, but be aware of herself. >> when marisa hires somee, she says outward appearance is the last thing she's judging. >> reporter: the gaps between women's and men's salaries may be getting smaller, but even with te and more education, double standards die hard. but the gender gap is still pretty pronounced, in fact of the people who earn $100,000 or more, about 80% are men. >> kristen welker in los angeles for us. a texas sriff has taken the unusual step of asking a mexican

drug cartel to return the body of an american tourist whose wife says he was shot to death last week. searchers on both sides of the border lake are trying to find any signs of david hartley or the jet ski he was riding when he was attacked. eo chaveau is -- china reacted to today's award by callin leo a criminal. it is 8:05 right now, you're up to date in your news. let's go back outside to meredith and willie. >> meredith, for women w feel like ugly in a

dry. in some of the finest weather that we've had around here for the weekend in quite some time. take a look at the temperatures right across the area. we're getting out of the 50s, low where we were this morning. right now on the main avenue and around the district. laurel and greenbelt. 43 in franconia and springfield. so the bus stop nice and mil by noon tooil, 3. your high today 79 degrees. close to that, the weekend. beautiful on the inside and out. >> when we come back here, what it's like for women who feel ugly in our beauty obsessed society. that's next right after this. nighttime nasal congestion meant, i couldn't breathe right.

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this mornin on "today's" women, who do you feel ugly? >> an easier question would be when do i not feel ugly? >> i don't feel ugly. i am ugly. every day i hate looking in the mirror because i think i look ugly. >> when do i feel ugly? just sometimes. >> the author of ugly as sin, the truth about how we feel. listening to those women, it's eye opening, it's also haunting. >> it's gut wrenching. >> ugless is just part of your die to day consciousness. >> that's correct, but women deny it, we pretend that it's

not going on and then we tell ourselves if we buy se pduct or service that we'll be beautiful or that everyone's beautifuand it just doesn't work. in myesearch for the book ugly as sin, there isn't a man, woman or child out there that doesn't secretly feel uglyll the time. >> you refer to it as the you word. >> when i did the research that you mentioned on facebook, i started calling myself ugly because that's been part of my recovery from what i all ugly phobia, i've just been saying, you know what i'm 55, i'm over 100 pounds, according to this cultural definition, that makes me ugly, now what are we going to do with me? >> people were outraged. i hadriends and family members question my sanity. i found it to be liberating. but other peoe find the use of the word very discouraging. >> why is it liberating for you to use that word?

>> it's liberating because -- the irony is because the minute you say you're ugly, everyone tellyou you're beautiful. and when you're trying to be beautiful, everyone tells you you've got cellulite or whatever. if i'm on my death d, people will not be saying, what about her cellulite. >> a lot of it came from your mom's perception. >> oh, there i am. she was so brave. my mom, her value in her mind early on was her beauty. that's buy my father picked her. and when she became vy ill with parkinson's --

>> and you were just a baby? >> m mother felt as if her body has betrayed her and over time she becaming a gorephobic. i said let's go out in a wheelchair, i'll push you, she said no, i won't have people see me like this. and the message for me was that your body was going to change and you would become unlovable and it's inevitable and i believed that, i was her daughter. >> and what is the message you're trying to get out in this book? you have two grown daughters? >> i do. what i say to my daughters is, you know, yeah, you're beaiful but that's just luck, but what else have you got? who else are you besides beautiful? because beauty fades and integrity is forever. and at's what i want to tell people when they read "ugly as sin" i want them to undstand that character and integrity are defining sources of beauty. >> and you had plastic surgery

and so you say i'm sort of a pocrite? >> i had plastic surgery so that i could hopefully sell more books when i first book came out. within the same year, i had two life threatening surgeries on a completely different part of my body, completely unrelated and what i rlized is that i took my healthor granted. i could have died on the table so that i got a better jaw line and why? why? the idea of being a person who passes away and has to look at my family and explain to them i did it for my jaw line was just overwhelming for me. i'm not willing t do that anymore. >> thank you so much for the book, it's really provocative, thank you. >> so get "ugly as sin". up next, when is it okay for your child to -- all those tough questis that every parent faces right after this. it was a real shock. i remember being at the hospital thinking,

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thisorning on "today's" parenting, milestone moments in every child's life. as parents, when is it okay to get your kids a cell phone, let them trick-or-treat alone or even go on dates. elizabeth shaw is parenting magazine's executi editor, she's here along with lifestyle expe expe expert harriett coal. elizabeth, let's get right into the survey and start with a timely one which is trk-or-treating. what is the appropriate age to let your child trick-or-treat alone? 80% of people who responded said age 13. does that sound right to you. >> it does. >> under 10, they actually need supervision. between 10 and 13, you can kind of start to test the waters, hang back, if th have an older teenaged sibling, maybe they can go out with them. but by 13 most kids are pretty

responsible. >> but y can't trust them to bring back my share of the kaechbd. . >> you want your cut. >> i was talking to some women yesterday who said the age that's appropriate is when they don't want to go anymore. around 13, it's not cool to trick-or-treat anymore. oh, sure, mom, i can go now? anks. >> buthen you let them out of the house and god know whais they're doing after that. >> in some parts of the country where there are gated communities, where you really do feel safe, and the neighbors participate and they know this groupf kids is coming to this house, it can be as young as ten. but you don't want to go any earlier than 13. people put on masks and they put on disguises and there still are people who d bad things. >> and crossing the street, you have to make sure they're dressed appropriately, they have

visibili because accidents happen every year. >> when do you l your kids get a cell phone? this is one that our parents didn't have to deal with. the survey said 61% say age 14 is the nber. >> good luck. >> sure. >> they're going to get a rotary phone first. if that doesn't work out, with buttons and electricity. >> my -year-old is already negotiating when she can get a phone because her 12-year-old cousin has a phone. i actually like the idea of cell phones around 10. becausmy husband's working. what's great is that he can put all kinds of restrictions on cell phones. you can have a s, which they already have. you can ve limited texting, limited calling, and you have the ability to see what is on that phone so that it really can be a lifeline between a parent and a child. >> one really great kid friendly service is called kageet and it

actually will shut the phone off for you after certain hours. and tweens, if they're talking on the phone instead of sleeping. >> you have a lot of control and you have to be open with the ki about the rules and tell them you're going to check. >> another tough one, when is the right age when a child's going to walk to school alone? 47%, they were split on this, 11, and then jumping up three years to age 14. >> i think this really depends on the maturity of your kids and your neighborhood. if it's a really tight knit close neighborhood,t's not a dangerous area and they have been walking with you or with friends, 10, 11 might be fine. >> a how far away is the school. but if they can't stay home alone by themselves, if they're just not responsible. you'll know as a parent, it's

better to wait. >> we don't want t be afraid, but again, there are a lot of people out there who don't mean our children well. so your child has to be responsible enough to be able to know whethat are the rul in an emergency. do i stay, do i run? >> 64% say 16 is the right age? >> i was thinking when they're potty trained. it's not fair to their employer if they're still in diapers. we have school to pay for. i think realistically 16. i had my first job when i was 13. but i wanted to get out of the house a little bit more than most kids. i think it's good to have a job, but realistically, 13, 14, 15 should be enough. >> yeah, i was 12 and i was making clothes for people and i did junior achievement in junior high school which is now called middle school.

i think 16 is a little late, quite frankly. i think they should do something. even if it's in the neighborhood, it's managed by parents, i think the best way to teach about money. >> when do you let your child go on a date? 74% say 16. >> i think that's realistic,ut it's probably a little bit late for some things. you have to sort of feel about your own comfort levels and also what are they going to be doing? are you taking them to the mall? picking them up and dropping them off and it's two hours, or is it a guy coming over to the house and taking your daughter out in a car by themselves? >> i think lock them in the house. that's the answer to this one, guys. >> i they can go out on double dates, but i think my wife and i should be the other couple.

>> kids really love group activities and i think that the group dating environment can begin elier than that, maybe 14, 15, b 16, a controlled date. >> thank you so much, elizabeth sha . >> now let's check in with our good fend, willard scott. >> pple are going to love this. get yourself all set up, have a couple of pierogies, some cabbage and prunes and you'll be moving right along. happy birthday from smucker's. maria spaziano and margaret disanto of providence, rhode island. they're identical twins and they're both 100. they talk o the phone every

single day. that's sweet. and we have one of the exciting hoyt thompson. elizabeth termine, and she's from salinas, cafornia. anyway, makes home made jam. uhh. competition for schmuck smucker. clara siegel, lives in her own apartment and takes care of it. otis collins, from

indianapolis, indiana, 100 "today." and lena wells. 100 years old from pawnee, oklahoma. 8:26 is your time now. 58 degrees. look at that gorgeous picture. it is going to be a beautiful day toda and a nice weekend too. veroca will have yr forecast after the news. good morning. i'm eun yang. in the news, the suspect of yesterday's deadly hit-anrun accident in dupont circle is now in there's custody. 30-year-old superior ray da david sob turned herself in ts morning. she's being processed tay. she hit 24-year-old kiela ryan as she was getting oust her car yesterday on connecticut avenue.

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my kind of weekend where you can go outside and stay outside if you want to. it's going to be nice and mild, close to 80 dress for toy. that, too, for the weekend, even columbus day, 81. >> delays, we've still got them on 270 southbound but much

improved. as you travel along 95, all clear as you approach the capital beltway. back to you, eun. >> ashley, thank you. today on nbc 4 ellen wraps up magic week with a disappearing act and talks with actor turned teac

8:30 now on this friday morning, october 8, 2010. a picture perfect fall morning in rockefeller plaza. we hope the weather will be just as nice this monday because we have a special columbus day

conct lined up for the kids that are out of school that day. just ahead, another white hot star, but this one's a little older. >> we're talking of cour meredith, 88 years young, betty white. we'll spend a day in the life of one of hollywood's hottest actors. and on a different note, news you can use, if you suddenly find yourself facing retirement,

absolutely stunning across the area we've got sunshine already going down on the area, and temperatures are getting out of the 50/s. quickly we're going to rise to 70 by early afternoon and 80 by late afternoon. 78 for saturday, still sunny. 78 for sunday with just a few high ouds. 81 on columbus day. it is looking dry. could have a few showers sneaking in monday night. tuesday morning, better chance of rain thursday of xt week.

>> don't forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night, just go to weather channel on cable or weather.com line. all right, guys, involuntary retirement. what you need to know if you suddenly find yourself out of work later in life. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

back at 30, on "today's" money, unplanned early retirement. one in seven americans over 5 is unemployed. that is double what it was before the recent recession. what you can do if you suddenly find yourself out of work late in life. ann brothers, david and jonathan murray are here with a reality check.

let's define some terms first. what is involuntarily retirement? >> involtary retirement is just that, retiring when you're not ready or willing. the classic case is someone being fired, the typal expression these days is when your position is elinated. >> which is a nice way of saying you're fired. >> another way of receiving involuntarily retirement a company offering a small buyout which is a small remuneratio for an early exit. >> it' likely you have paid off your kids education, and you're trying to sock some money in your retirement. >> you have had your nose to the grindstone for 30 years, you've dutilly met every single mortgage payment, you've got your kids through school, and then you're out of work. it's just devastating for people who are 55 and up. >> you're in the detroit area,

you've talked to some of these folks. >> it's noing new for folks in detroit, they have been dealing with this for four years. we would love to have a national average of 11% unemployment. it's up over 20%. >>ost people are filing early for social security benefits. when do you know if you're a go candidate for that or not? >> more and more pple are taking social security essential at 62, even though you lose 25% of the benefit,72% of men last year who fil took social security early. i think to some degree there's the thought out there i migh well get it while i can. even though from an internal rate of return, it might make sense for you to wait a little bit -- >> you don always have the option. >> the calculations are complex. early pensions, a one-time payout is very different from n

pavement. >> the 401(k) balances are down. you really need an effective buyout. >> many employees don't know about this, but you can take something called an in service widrawal if you're 59 1/2. if you're still working, you can take that 401(k) and roll it over to an ira, so you control that nest egg, greater options, greater flexibility. ask your employer if you can do an in service withdrawal. >> if u are facing a job loss and you need to budget, what tips do you have. >> first meredith is to do nancial triage, and just like a medical triage requires stopping the bleeding, you've got to stop and cut your spending, big-time. sit down with your spouse or your partner and make a list of everything you're spending your money on and reduce that to the bare bones. >> there's two risks that you face as an employee.

the stock market risk, and the longevity risk. you have to make sure your assets are prepared to outlive inflation? >> you're talking about an emergency fund. >> most experts suggests six months of cash reserves to get by. we recommend 12 months. >> if you're a mature worker, our clients are telling us that it takes longer now to find a new job. >> you don't want to be in a situation where you're out of work, looking for work and having to raid you long-term savings, stock portfolios. build up a nice position of cash. 12 months of living expenses and you can draw from there every month. >> and also have a plan b. >> this is an opportunity to reinnt yourself. again, your nose has been to the grind stone, hit the pause button and figure out what will truly give you meaning and fulfillment. >> i was going to say maybe it's

an opportunity if you look at it the other way. >> not as a dead end buts a detour. you can get to your destination, you just might be taking a little bit different route. up next, jenna will spend the day in the life of betty white. but first this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] looking for a complete picture of your money? meet pnc virtual wallet. it comes with a money bar that sws what's scheduled to go out, at you've put aside...

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♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ >> after more than 50 years, betty white is hotter than ever. >> yes, this was the assignment of a lifetime. you would think tha since he's 88 years old, she would be easy to keep up with. but trying to keep up with betty white is exhausting. ♪ thank you for being a friend

♪ >> i call up with the golden girl at her home away fro home. the l.a. zoo wre betty white is chairman of the board of trustees. >> reporter: do you think that he knows that betty white is feeding her. >> i don't think h gives a darn who it is as long as i don't let go of the milk. >> reporter: this is the betty white most of us don't get to see, an animal lover doing what she calls her real work. that's how ieel after my first morning cup of coffee, same way. >> same way? does anybody feed it to you? >> reporter: certainly not. and when she's not at the zoo, she's doing scenes in movies. 5-0172. i'm also on the twitter and facebook. >> do you twister? >> reporter: but she is a pro when it comes to deliverin one liners on her tv land sitcom

"hot in cleveland." >> i had to wait unt i was 88 to find out i have game. >> reporter: you said it yourself, you don't consider this a resure jengence of your career, but you never left? >> i've been working steady for 63 years. >> reporter: betty'so hot these days, in fact pepsi has turned to her to get amateur producers to create their own super bowl commercials. it was a facebook campaign that convinced the producers of "snl" to have betty white host the show. >> i don't know what facebook was. and now that i d know what it is, i have to say, it sounds like a huge waste of time. >> reporter: "snl," you just looked like you had a blast. >> when i got this offer, i thanked them very much and i told my agent to say thank you but no thank you.

>> reporter: why didn't you want to do it? were you nervous at all? >> of course. >> reporter: you we nervous? >> of course. >> reporter: you didn't want to do "snl" because you were nervous? >> of course. didn't you see my kes shaking? >> what is your name? >> s-m-i. >> blanch, you'reot a terrible person, you're just horny l the time. >> reporter: i do miss the golden girls because i think that what's brought every generation into the betty white fan club. >> several people were caught dipping their oreo cookies. >> i have gotten lucky with very good people. >> reporter: the theme song, it's been stuck in my head for 18 years now.

is it stuck in yours? ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ traveled down the road and back again ♪ ♪ my heart is true ♪ you're a pal and a confidant ♪ and if you threw a party ♪ invited everyone you knew ♪ you would see the biggest gift would be from me ♪ ♪ and the card attacd would say ♪ ♪ thank you for being a friend ♪ >> reporter: oh, my god. we have to sing all the theme songs. that was the only one that got to air. i'm telling you, in 30, 40, 50 years, i'm going to be betty white. i'm convinced that's going to be me a couple of years from now. >> she sayst's not a come back, but she's really enjoying these last couple of years. >> she gets tons of offers and she cannot say no. she's doing another hallmark movie,er list of things is endless. >> good for her.

>> that's delivery. >> nobody delivers a line like betty white. >> reporter: jenna, thanks so much. from here

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back now at 8:48 with "today's" journey to secret kingdoms. the legendary timbuktu. good morning to you. >> isn't it great just saying it? this city exists and has a scinating history. throughout the middle ages timbuktu was a dominant city. the problem was whenever outsiders tried to find this city, they died so it became a legend. our journey to timbuktu africa's lost city of gold would take us to the sahara. the upper river that mystified

photographers and magicians that commune with the dead. t like all journeys in africa, our ques to timbuktu begins with a long drive. timbuktus in mali, one of africa's southwest nations. it's good land for the crops and shepherd's tending goats and longhorn cattle. timbuktu is 0 miles north of these farm lands on the edge of the sahara desert. but on the way, there are other wonders too tempting to pa. like the city of genna, it's name means paradise, but everything including the great mosque is made of mud. it's market day when we arrived, stalls are full, a local sorcerer is out providing slight of hand tris for coins. these markets move from town to town, the caravans of sellers traveling hundreds of miles.

it's such a central part o life, that when the markets finally arrives, everyone in the village stops working and comes out to shop. but as they often do here, the rain clouds move in, and makes a city of mud. the vendors scatter, which push on north on to timbuktu. about halfway off mali, the farm lands turn into vast open plains, framed by high cliffs. we have come to this remote land to see one of the last tribes in mali that still practices a form of voodoo. but in this place of magic a tradition, at least one american is well known. >> the people who live here are called the dogans, they moved from the plains to these cliffs about 100 years ago to escape conversion to islam. they have been hidden away ever since. they believe in magic and worship the spirits of the lands and their ancestors.

this is one of the only villages where the dogans allow outsider toos witness their sacred dances. every mass k is different. some are 20 feet high. the rituals are designed to escort the fallen to the yorld wonder. but we have a destination, timbuktu is just a few hundred miles away. since there's no paved road to timbuktu, most people go by boat up the niger river, they're not pleasure cruises or have sea worthy. the engines belch smoke, the hull leaks and passeers cook on open fires on the wooden decks. little has changed on the ger since timbukt was founded.

but now there's a faster way to timbuktu, we took to the sky in a 10-seater american made plane. the pilot is a canadian out of work at home because of the global recession. finally we land at timbuktu airport. and we meet ouguide. he meets us and welcomes us with a dance. the only culture where the men veil, but the women do not. women have more rights than men. they're the heads of the household, women decide when the camp should move. today they still tend cattle as they have always done and after showing me how to dress, it adds up to horror.

timbuktu's caravans carried gol across the desert. it made timbuktu richer than ever. the king wanted to impress is world, he traveled by caravan through the desert across egypt laden with gold. when he arrived, word of his incredible wealth quickly spread and europns wanted to know where was timbuktu, the mysterious city of gold, it would take them another 500 years to find it. at a communal well, the cattle are wated for the first time in 12 days. they don't like being denied a drink. some south africans say the souls of the damned speak through the camels. the next day we make it to the center of timbuktu. the mosque he commissioned still stands and nearby children gather to memorize the koran.

but the caravans of gold e gone. all that's left are the once fabled trade route are a few sellers of salt. but there is now an eort underway to preserve timbuktu's cultural heritage. it's the first revival here in 500 years. at its peak, timbuktu had the greatest libraries in africa. foreign donors are now paying to preserve the city's 100 man you crypts. it takes month to repair a single book, but this city of legend lost and then rediscovered is slowly being reborn. and meredith, i did bng you back a souvenir from timbuktu, it is a necklace and they u it to identify them as they cross through the desert. >> that's absolutely beautiful.

what a fascinating place. >> it was truly wonderful. >> thank you so much. we're back after our local news and weather. this is great. 8:56 is your time now. beautiful blue skies in the nation capital. a gorgeous day ahead. veronica will have your forecast. it's not a sick day but a fair is keeping employees from getting in to work. they evacuatedhe herbert c. hoover building last night. there was asbestos particles in the air. today employees haveo take administrative leaver workrom home. we'll take a break. weather and traffic up next.

well, our weather will wi pushing our button, the button that says get outside. 50 degrees in landover. the high today, 80. saturday, 78. also 78 for sunday just with a few high clouds but dry. eun? >> here's ashley well, as we travel on the inner loop of the capital beltway approaching arlington boulevard we've got accident activity. as you can see it'sver on the right shoulder. it's jammed on the braddock inner loop. capital beltway a jamming up leaving college park for silver spring, but lanes areopen. back to you. >> today on nbc 4 ellen wraps up magic week with a

back now with more of "today" on a fridaymorning, the eighth day of october, 2010. we ha fabulous weather in the u.s., and we have got a fantastic crowd out here. the rockefeller center ice rink, the one and the only, opens up for the season. inside studio 1a, i'm al roker

along with natalee morales and willie geist. we're going to answer your questions about breast cancer. >> october is breast cancer awareness month and it'she second leading cause of cancer related death in women. this morning our very own dr. nancy snyderman is here with timely advice on mammograms and the latest treatments. >> and then later on in "today's" real estate, we're going to take a look at some beautiful homes around the country, from a 100-year-old alabama country house, to a form home in new england. barbara corcoran will show you what you can get for your money today. on the e of what would have been john lennon's 70th birthday, he's raising the curtain on what the band was really like, the real relationship between john and paul.

also our good friend paula has taken overhe kitchen. she's going to make a few of her favorite puddings. the only reason came today is i was promised there would be pudding. first a check of your morning's headlines this rning. new figures out show the nation's unemployment rate at 9.6% in september, but the economy lost 95,000 jobs for the mont it's the last monthly jobs report before election day. officials in chile say an escape shaft they have en drilling should reach the 33 trappe miners by tomorrow and the rescue could begin anywhere from two to ten days after that. the miners have been stuck deep under ound for more than two months. new developnts this morning in the case of the american who was allegedly shot and killed by mexican pirates, authorities in texas have made a direct plea to a notorious drug cartel to return that man's body. janet shanlian h more.

>> reporter: wre here at falcon lake where the search for david hartley's body has been hampered by threats of an ambush from the drug cartels. in fact they even had to suspend the search for a time yesterday. in this county, the sheriff here is making a direct appeal to the cartel that they'll be no punishment, no repercussions for the return of an american's body. this is the search on the mexico side of fall ccon lake. calling directly on the notoriously violent drug ctel to return david home. >> we cannot rar anybody for what happened in mexico, we cannot procute anybody on the skate level for what happened in mexico, we just want a body.

with that said, we send word unofficially. >> tiffany hartley's life jacket was stained with blood, stains she says she likely got when she tried to pull her husband on to her jet ski. she ultimately left him behind in a b to save her own life. u.s. officials are using observation towers to monitor the search in mexico, which was suspended for a time after reports from a possible ambush from the cartel. >> we have an american citizen who was gunned down on international waters >> reporter: texas governor crick prick perry is unsatisfied. >> when you call off a search and give the reason that the drug cartels are in control of that part of the state, something's not right. >> reporter: u.s. officials have taken tiffany to the mexican side for details on the search.

ere's little to do but watch, wait and hope that david is returned home. and tiffany hartley said last night that she could consider taking a lie detector test if people continue to question her story. authorities haven't ask her to do so, at least not yet. nalee, back to you. >> janet shanlian in texas. an american astronaut and two russian cosmonauts are on their way to the international space station. it's a russian spy anna chapman who was deported by the u.s.n july. if you go through the day snarling and grumbling instead of smiling and laughing, you could be showing your age. researchers in great britain found that people laugh less and they complain a lot more once they pass 50 and a study revealed that men are grumpier than women.

something we all knew, right. >> back in the day, we used to have scones for breakfast and we loved it. >> and i liked i >> let's take a look at the weather. what are you lking at? we have got some clouds and showers moving through the pacific northwest, plenty of sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard, eastern half of the country well, i'm nowhere near 50, so definitely not grumpy. temperatures rising out of t 50s. we are in the low 60s to right around d.c. also 60 degrees in e pleasant district heights. 59degrees chl your high today, cloe to 80 degrees. right in the strict.

you'll get up to 78, 76 st. mary's. the high today, nice and mild. a lot like mid-september. time for "today's" real estate. what can you get for your money. we have got a really unique mix of properties to show you. barbara cooran, our own brick house is here with a personal look. it's good to see you, happy friday. >> happy friday back to you. >> let's go to montgomery, alabama. this is a beauty, 365,000 dplrz. >> rosa parks put montgomery on the map when she fused to give up her seat on the bus at the beginning of the civil rights movement. and this house is two blocks from themayor's mansion. the front porch is typically southern and it's got that swing. this is a dead wringer between a queen anne and a colonial, hal

and half. wait until you see the inside, that is a stunning entryway, the archways, the beautiful staircase, there's the kitchen where that '50s wallpaper ought to be ripped right off. it's a big enough kitchen to paint those cabinets with really dark stain and then you would like those brick abrack going around thosecounters. that master fair place doesn't work there. every major room has a working fireplace, i just love those leddled leaded windows with the shutters. and there's the dining room, in keeping with the house, i like their choice of colors. there's the master bath, not a bad bathroom. >> very nice. a lot of wood work in these built ins, does that add to the value of this? >> it tugs on someone's heart when they walk in. they see that foyer with that

wood working, they say this house is unusual, i have to have it. that's when people open their wallets and pay the best price. >> a cape style home for just under $370,000. >> cumberland is just 30 minutes from providence. this is a great shingle house. this used to be an old seed house wherehey used to store seed and hay. there's a great working room, or maybe three teenagers you could stick in there. but most people want to have a serate little something in their house and that house comes with it. there is a lot of property. that looks to me like a house you just couldn't fl stress about. it's a simple knotty pine wood. people walk in and they feel the calmness of it and they like it just fine. here's the sun room. it's oversized. they use it as a tv room. but it's heate all year round,

so that extends the living space. the kitchen has an odd ball kind of battleship gray colors on those cabinets, but look how big it is. you just whiten those cabinets up. that's a great country kitchen in keeping with the idea that you're in a farm area. that looks to me like a ship's bunk of some kind. it's not too big for a master bedroom. and you'll see another bedroom here in a second, ttoo loob looks like -- oh, we didn't see that one, this is like a quaker dining room. i can see those quakers sitting there discussing their business. >> having their oats. >> this is the second bedroom, it's a lovely house in mint condition. >> let's move on to wasilla, new mexico, just outside of las cruces, they're asking $375,000 for this. >> mesill -- this is a

traditional spanish style home. when you get behind that wall, that's what you see. it's got a small terrace on the corner of the house, and it has very mature trees, they're actually pecan trees, it's hard to imagine, you' in the middle of a desert here, it just doesn't look like it. and a ste patio, totally enclosed, very private, very comfortable house. there you have the living room. i think it's a sophistated house. something about it feels old but very homey. brand-new kitchen, top of the line appliances, they spent a ton of money in thisittle kitchen. there's the master bedroom. simple, pure, nice place to call home. >> and $395,000? >> it's 5,000 square feet. a 9,000 square footot on three,000 acres of lakes, trails, parks that surround it. this looks like it was built by

a little kid with a sandcastle. it should be larger. there's a shot of the living room. you can see t double high ceiling. that doesn't even count the square footage. there's a room that the new buyer is going to have a heck of a time covering up that terrible black paint and carpeting. >> i guess it's a theater. not a big selling point, but each to their own. everybody has their own taste, right? there's the kitchen, it's got a great breakfast bar. it just needs a flash of color here or there. fine enough, but again, this house is all about size, a lot of sisz forour money. that's a double master bedroom with your own sitting area and fireplace. this house is big is what it is and it's $379,000. >> all right,barbara, thanks so much. have a great weekend. >> my pleasure. and coming up on "today," understanding breast cancer, we have two experts this morning to answer your questions. and then later on, we're making

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"today's" daily dose is brought to you by yoplait, it's so good. this morning on daily dose, we're answering your questions on breast cancer, there's a lot of infmation out there and a lot of confusion about the best eatment options. a breast cancer expert has now released a sixth edition of her breast book. ladies, good morning to you. happy to have you here. 20 years since your book first cameou now in it's fifth edition, what has changed in breast cancer in that time? >> it's certainly gotten a lot fatter and things have gotten a lot more complicated. it used to be just radiation and mastectomy.

now you have a lot more options. then when we get to the chemotherapy, the hormone erapy, the targeted therapy. so the nib umber of decisions wn have to go through are enormous so hopefully we can guide them through it with this book. >> there's a lot more confusion and a lot more fear that they might be making the wrong choices but what we're learning is there's different kinds of breast cancer, so if you know what kind you have, you can match the treatment to your kind. >> first, lisa on skype from manhattan beach, california. lisa, what is your question? lisa, we're having problems with lisa, can we hear you? i'll tell you what i thinker question is, we were able to talk with her bore hand and she's asking, she's a survivor of breast cancer, many women are dying of breast cancer per day as was the case 25 yearsago,

what progress are we really making? what does the future hold? >> i think this is the issue, we haveeen doing breast cancer awareness month for 25 years and'reand we're aware, but we still don't know the cause of breast cancer and how to stop it. we still have 40,000 americans dying of breast cancer, and we have time to stop the complacency and getting back to the urgency of let'sind t cause and let's stop it. >> do you think we' closer to getting to a cure? >> we talk about prevention, we talk about early detection, i think we get those buzz words. but what susan is saying, we have the pinking of america, we have moved the bal forward, but i don't think we're there yet. >> we have heather from baltimore sent us a little video clip, let's take a look. hi, i'm 22 years old and my

patternal grandmother had cancer when she was in her 30s but she survived. i have no other history of breastcancer, my question is this, how can i be proactive now to keep myself healthy for the future. >> she said her patternal granother had breast cancer, she's only 22 years old. should she be checking herself for the gene? >> her father should test for the gene, and if he doesn't have it, is unlikely. but also she should thinkbout avoiding unnecessary radiation, that's one thing. if she has a choice, you want to have your kids at aoung age, rather than at an older age. >> don't smoke, watch your weight. >> but also be aware of your breasts and exercise has shown to reduce the chances of getting breast cancer and of getting a recurrence. >> next we have an e-mail fm

heather, and heather asks, my question deals with mammograms, what is the risk of getting breast cancer from too much radiation exposure? >> there's no risk factors, you can put off screening mammography to the age of 50 and i think it's misinformation because there is a cumulative radiation, if you have no risk facts and you dutifully get your mammogram every year, the reality is you have some radiation. >> and particularly in younger women, thathe younger breast is more sensitive to the radiation. so from 30 to 40, if you get one every year, you may well cause more cancers than you cure. from0 to 50, and after 50, definitely you cure more than you cause. >> so is it starting at age 35 to 40? >> if you have no family history, start at 50. >> if you d have a family

history, start at 40. see how useful the test is for you and make a decision. >> let's get a question from skype, rita. good morning to you, rita. >> good morning. i have a question, i was 45 years old, diagnosed with cancer. and i am about 5 1/2 years out. i had chemo, radiation, reconstruction and a double mastectomy. and i'm concerned about the lingering effects othe fatigue, the chemo brainnd the body achings. >> i think we talk so much -- we don't talk once someons cure about lingering effects. and keep me brain is something women really talk about. >> there's a lot of collateral damage from our treatments and it's something we don'talk about enough from the chemo, y can also have second cancers from the chemo, you can have heart disease from the chemo, you can haveroblems from radiation, from the surgery.

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. sunny and dry. we're going to keep that trend going through the weekend. let's check on temperatures right now. we're in the 50s. 59 right now in sterling. 62 in the district. low to mid-50s down to quantico. today just shy of the 80-degree mark. steve? veronica, the friday before the columbus day weekend, southbound 95 is jammed all they

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>> that is big-time live who will be live on our pla on monday, columbus day. pack up the kids, come on down to the biggest thing on nickelodeon these days. and talking about music, we're going to go behind the scenes with john lennon d the beatles. one lucky reporter got to go on tour with the band when he was

just 20 years old. larry king, we're going to be talking to him about some never before heard stories. and then if your kitchen needs a little facelift, but you're worried about the price tag, don't fret. we'll have some easy and affordable tips. the queen of souern cooking paula dean and she's going to show us four of her favorite puddings. >> i love pudding. >> what is coming up this weekend, guys? >> it's been 14 years since jonbenet ramsay was brutally murdered in the basement of her home. we're going to talk to the ramsay's attorney life from the broadcast this weekend. and as we take look at the beatles, saturday would have been john lennon's 70th birthday.

and who is the cigar guy? we first saw his face on a picture of tiger woods at the rid rider's cup. let's get a check of the weather w, mr. roker. and friday, friday right here, we're warming up. warming up rather quickly with sunshine through the area. 62 degrees. right now main avenue and around

the park it is currently 59 degrees. around westernend, centreville, 52 around indian head and waldorf. look athe highs across the area from 78, warrington and 77 up in marlboro. in town, 79. close to weekend, columbus day, 81, dry all through the weekend. best night of the day because the night of the week that we wait for is sunday night, football night in america. get those eagles flying high as they swoop into candlestick park to take on the 49ers. mostly ear, mild, temperatures 62 to 66 degrees. don't think about what i said earlier, just know that the best night is sunday night, football night in america. >> wow. al, you're right, i have always said, football, friday is the best night of the week. >> al, thanks, up next, john

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i thought this is much too light for a serious news man to cover and all of a sudden i wound up with a story of a lifetime that changed my life. i ask them questions about the news and they liked that. they were very bright. all four of them were extremely intellectual and they were into the news of the world, especially john who basically, natalee was the kind of person who said in public what he thought in private. think about that a bit. said in plic what he thought in private and he was unafraid, even as a teenager and then ter in life. >> and john lennon did not let a lot of people get too close to him. yet you manag to really forge what was a 20-year friendship with him. >> it was a goodfriendship, he came to philadelphia in 1975 for a charity function. he did the weather on my television news broadcast. we had very honest conversations. we screamed at each other once on a plane and this is what i

respected about him. nothing ever stopped him from feeling the way he wanted to feel in public. he wanted me to leave the military, sneak over to england and go to work for them. i said this is not a problem for me, this is something i have to do. he said we'll get you out of the united states, we'll put you to work for them, which was the beatles company. and he was an extraordinary people, he cared about the people he loved. >> so much has been said about his relationship with the other beatles and i think a lot of people wonder what really was going on behind the enes, him and paul mccartn for exple. >> when you go back to the beginning at the coffee club where they cleaned toilets and paind toilets to stay working, when they played music for a stripper to keep going when they were 16, 17 years old. mccarthy was more of a person who wanted to be loved and care about, love and affection. john was a person who wanted to be heard. they both had viewpoints, but

john was a person who wanted to lay it all out. truth for all of us is somemes difficult. it was never definitely for him. >> paul was more the showman, right? and you say that john lennon was actually pretty stage shy. >> he did not like going on stage. we were backstage at the ed sullivan theater in 1965 the night before shea's stadium. >> was he nervous? >> very nervous and he was pacing back and forth. and mccartney was ready to go. mccartney always made love to the audience with his eyes. but john was a much more serious person in those days and reall felt that he had to use this platform that he had to talk about the world. the song "imagine" is a perfect example. this is going to shock you, because you're probably too young to remember this. i know you are. but when "imagine" came out, it was banned in schools, in

colleges across the country. >> that's unbelievable. >> "he said imagine no religion, imagine no borders." >> and his relationship with yoke k yoko, the book was actually sympathetic to her. >> yoko has kept the torch alive for 30 years since he died in a very dignified and respectful way. and in prague, the czech republic, they had a wall and they used to paint over it. now at they're free there they had the lennon wall and the world comes in castro's cuba. and they write letters to john and letters about his life and he influenced the world. more than any other entertainer probably of the last 40 or 50 years. >> and a lot of people woulde

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i really can't spend that kind of money right now to redo the entire kitchen. so what i was hoping for was just to get some ideas how to update the kitchen and give it a whole new facelift. >> this is the kitchen in question, huh? >> yes. >> not bad, but we're going to have to give this a new look. >> any ideas? >> i actually have some things that i have pied up. >> right. >> a few pieces of art that we can incorporate. >> tuscan yellow and burgundy and things like that. i have a lot of ideas swimming around in my head. i think we'll be able to transform this kitchen into something you're looking for. people want a new look, but they don't have th money tospend. how can we transform this kitchen? >> it's about paint, paint and more paint. >> we have got to get this wallpaper off. and in order to get wallpaper off what do you use? >> there's enzymes in the glue and allows you to pull the wallpaper right off.

>> it's time to prime and prep these walls for painting. >> how we're making jackie's cabinets really pop, we're going to put a glaze and a faux finish ontop. you're going to put it on with a clean rag and just knock it around a little bit. obviously the stenciling is right, if you want a quick fix that anybody can do, and i'm talking anybody, switch out the hardware. are you ready? bring it on in. >> oh, my god. i'm beside myself. you don't have to ask. i really thought i needed to gut my kitchen and goith a whole new kitchen because it's old, but honestly, i will love this and cherish this for a long time to come. >> and george alafont is with us now. this could be very daunting, redoing your kitchen to people, it sounds like a huge project, it sounds expensive, but you say

that's not necessarily the case. >> it can be expensive, but it doesn't have to be. you can change out a few things, you can change out your appliances. if you're just going to change out one appliance, my guy's always telling me change out the dishwasher. >> why? >> because it deals with both plumbing and electric. so if you have an eney star dishwasher, you're going to save enough money toay for your dish washing deter jnt and you can do three extra loads of wash a ek. you're wasting 10 gallons of water if your dishwasher isn't energy efficient. i'm a huge fan of getting organized. the pantry is the place to do it. this is a do-it-yourselfer's dream. you can do it. i know you said you're not that handy. but they lead you through it and basically there's baskets for everything, there's baskets for your fruit, your wine, your

food, everything is in drawers, so you have places to put everything, shelves, everything you need. >> easy to installourself? >> really easy. >> easyclosets.com is all about doing it yourself. you tell them the dimensions of your closet, the dimensions of your pantry and you do it yourself. >> how much is this going t cost? >> this will start at $1,100, up to $1,500, $1,600. >> this seems like it would be expensive to people. >> you can start off with a cheap formica counter top, like $35 a square foot. you're going to put water and moisture and stuff in there. the darker and harder it is, the less porous it is. if it doesn't have pours, it's not going to get mold or mildew or back titeria in it.

>> so suddenly it's a lot less daunting. thanks so much. >> i do what i can. >> you can see "george to the rescue" on nbc stations. check your local listings. up next, there's nothing better than pudding. paula dean is here, but first this is "today" on nbc.

this morning in "today's" question, we're making paula's pudding. these recipes straight from the pages of "cooking with paula." >> it's always so good to see you, darling. this morning before you get started, you're in town for a big, big event? >> i am. yesterday, i was here with my partners from smith field, we dropped off 30,000 pounds of protein to theood ba. >> fantastic. >> and now i'm here with you and then the rest of th week i'm

going to be at the food and wine show. >> fantastic. we're going to get started with pudding and my favorite is a rice pudding. >> mine to >> especially as we get into the coldweather. >> a rice pis a rice pudding asn as i think it is? >> it is. >> there we a lot of poor homes in the south and this was a great way to -- i've got my cream and my melted butter >> right. >> and then we're going to add a little brown sugar. >> okay. >> you can start beating that up, excuse me, darling. >> no problem. >> a little vanilla extract. and then i've got a little salt, nutmeg and cinnamon right there. >> ay. >> and then i have got my leftoverooked rice. >> right. >> i've got some dates and i've got some sliced almonds. but this was great because it's hard to cook jus enough rice, but for four people. so you know you're always go to have some left over. so what a great way to serve your family dessert.

>> that is great. >> now wre just going to put the ri in there, the dates. and the dates are going to add a wonderful sweetness. and the almonds are going to add a wonderful crunch. now i have sprayed our pan and this is going to go in the oven, al. at 350, for about 50 minutes. >> get it all in there. >> you know, i can't stand waste. >> waste not, want not. >> waste not, want t. so i'm going to get all those beautiful dates in there. and we're going to put it in the oven. 50 minutes we'll have some fabulous rice pudding. now right here, we have an almond pudding. >> really? >> yes. i just cooked this one up.

but that, i'm just going to sprinkle a few -- >> you don't mind if we join you, al? >> what do we hav over here? >> is this a food line? >> willie and i have discussed him coming in here and getting some pudding. >> you've also got some

beautiful morning here in the nation's capital. look at that blue sky. really nice temperature out there right now, fall-like. 68 degrees. good morning, friday october 8, 2010. i'm barbara harrison. in the "news 4 today" you may see extra security if you ride amtrak today. they say there's no threat and the test is not related to the terror alert for americans traveling in europe. tonight at 10:00, metro will close the mcphearson west for track improvements. theower track will also be closed. no orange or blue lines will pass through any of these stations. instead shuttle buses will take passengers bween stops. all lines should be open by tuesday morni. and veronica is here with our forecast. good morning. it's an a-okay forecast.

nothing but blue skies through the area. the temperature is now at 59 degrees. fair fax, 60, 62 currently in the district with a high today of 79 degrees. the weekend couldn't be better. close to 80. and around 80 degrees. on monday we stay dry. steve? >> all right, veronica. we're going to take you back to springfield right now where it's a prk aing lot. you go south of i-95. in addition to the columbus day, we have closing. > thank you, steve. today on nbc 4, ellen wraps up magic week with a disappearing achlgt plus

from nbcnes, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hello, everybod it is friday. for me it's bye-bye day, or -- and we're goingo try day some things. it's october 8th. we're so glad you're with us. >> okay. this is astonishing. first of all, both of us are dressed in the exact same dress made by the exact same person. >> yes. >> tina noles.

>> miss tina. >>hese dresses, before we go to the tape, $18. >> yes, everything in her line is under $20. >> i've got to tell you, they're comfortable, and i like them. do you? >> and i have not stopped wearing the jeans. they're $18. >> all walmart.com. you ship for a buck, so for $20 you get a dress you can wear out or work or whatever. >> justelling you. right after the show yesterday i went back to connecticut and visited the same schoolroom where my kids had been in kindergarten with the me teacher, miss bayless, but a mend of mine's granddaughter is in that classroom. so it was read for t record yesterday. there i am in my beyond's mom's jeans and the shirt. >> the whole outfit. >> and all the little kids were dancing. it's a lot of fun.

>> and your book is a b hit. >> should be bigger, b it's fine. remember i told you about going to art fair in grand rapids and that fabulous drawing. >> yes, yes. 28 feet wide. >> someone bid on it? >> it won the first prize in art prize. how much do you think the first prize was? >> a quarter of a million? >> a quarter of a million dollars. >> i read it. >> i read it. >> congratulation to chris le port. i think this is something that would really become a part of many inner cities. >> i think it's genius. >> congratulations to him. that was before he sells the painting. that's just the prize. now he gets to sell it. >> he'l make me money. >> and he deserves to what did you do last night? >> remember we had evelyn lauder on, elizabeth hurley, there was an event hosted by a company called squeet new york, and it was at barney's, and they were

auctioning off these chairs. we have se great people. chris, who's on the right-hand side of our screen, she organized it, maria, evelyn. it was a great event. they auctioned off the chairs, and made some money. afterwards, i went to dinner with thi crazy crowd. >> is that mr. bethannie and mr. hoppy. look who's -- i'm just pointing out the obvious. >> you can put it away when you want to. >> that's just unkind and not nice. i can wen i'm -- and yeah, i was. other things you can enjoy and part of the profits go to breast cancer. >> these are terrific cookies. they're called heavenly -- heidi's heavenly, and they are delicious. they have nuts on the top and then the real cookies under. >> that's for hoda, but if you don't want to eat the cookie

part, this is comfort crunch. it has apparently in it dried cherries from the region in michigan i've been telling everybody is so amazing. >> these cookies are so delicious. >> heidisheavenlycookies.com. i want to tell you another joan. >> we're going to start making this a friday thing. she keeps getting things e-mailed that are funny. >> and i said to share them. speaking of walmart, a husband and wife are shopping in their local wall matt. a husband picks up a case o beer. what do you think u're doing, asks the wife? they're on sale, $10 for 24 cans. she said, put them back, we can't afford them. so they carry on shopping. a few aisles later, a wife picks up a $20 jar of face cream. the husband said, what do you think? she said, it's my face cream, it

makes me look beautiful. he retorts, so does 2 cans of beer and it's half the price. suddenly a voice on the system said cleanup on aisle 25. we have a husband down. >> that is cute. >> remember that old song all the girls ge prettier near closing time, or something li that. my friend the general, general carter, i'm going to see him in palm beach this weekend, he sends the best stuff, so keep them coming. >> every friday, i thinksh you should do that. >> and if there are pictures send them, but you have to know we're going to show them, and don't sue i later. i don't like it when you do that. that's rude. >> quickly back to breast cancer, a lot of women don't want to get tested, so some people have come up a have yesterd individually, a way of encouraging, gentle nudging. ♪ i am a lady turns 40 if you

please ♪ ♪ examining myself what could it be ♪ ♪ i need to see a doctor but i haven't got a card ♪ ♪ really don't know what to do ♪ wherever shall i start ♪ oh ♪ i need a doc ♪ show him what i got ♪ i need a doc ♪ show him what i've got >> i would ta it's clever. >> laid that's called ma-ma-ma-gram. it's going to be a big hit. >> that's a hot ticket. you don't do facebook. >> i do facebook right here with our peeps. >> don't try to say peeps like you know what you're talking about. there are reasons why people unfriend each other on facebook.

>> there's another reason. i already feel bad about your life, now you're going to get defriended. these are the people you can't stand. they post pictures of vacation, and over the top bragging. >> about how fabulous their livess in relationship to yours. >> nobody is interested in those people. it gets old. >> your mother is happy for you, and nobody else is. >> people who talk religion or politics. >> but you and i have conversatns about that. >> but we talk. if you post something a leave it up there. >> it's like a rant. >> and there are people who write mean adopts. some peoe dorite me and hateful things like, i think you're disgusting and post it on your ge. >> think about this. nice people do nce things. that's not a nice thing, so therefore they're not a nice person. they're the ones with the

oblem. >> okay. >> am i wrong? ou wouldn't do that. >> no, i wouldn't. >> well, you have done it. >> no, i haven't. >> you just didn't mean to send it to that person. that's why i'm text-free. >> i wrote a letter that was nasty and i was going to send it to my assistant, and i sent it to the person. that's terrible. you can never, ever pull it back. bad. it's time for our girl. >> we've been waiting for bobbi's buzz. >> hey, everybody. >> where are you dressed up and going so gorgeous. >> i got the memo about dresses. here goes the minutes. >> we're not starting yet. >> yes. ese are a few seasons old, they can jazz up a dress. >> they would work well for us, da. >> go on. >> speaking of facebook, lots of women ask me about your nail polishcolor, cathie.

it's all about channel's khaki collection. they're scooping up this limited edition chanel collection. >> why does no one ask about my nails? >> you're the next trend -- >> you need a manicure. that's why. >> you're so on trend. this is called afashionable faux pas, t cue this picture. she paid for this manicure to go to aedding. >> why did she pay for it just wait long enough. >> in the dark just do that. >> i love this question. a lot of people commented on facebook why would you do that? she said, well, why would you wear pair of ripped jeans? kind of controversial buzz. last but not least, a little party on your fingers, a little glimmer -- if youo to the

all-day blog, you can see these new trends. put it on clear, like mine, or you can layer this over dark nails. >> cute. >> a little sparkle. >> yay, bobbi. have a great weekend, sweethear >> what's going on with sarah? >> get your jazz hands ready. our show qui showdown. the deadline is october 15th. you must be an affiliated group, but get those videos coming. itill be fun. >> we only have like a week and a half left. we would like at least somebody to enter. we reallyant to have a choir hee. >> we would ke a contest with multiple people. >> it takes two to have a contest. with an aunt like julia, how can emma roberts be anythi but talented? >> and she had a funny story. >> right after this.

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at st 9 years old emma roberts maid he debut in "blow" playing the daughter of johnny depp and penelope cruz. what a way to start. >> no kidding. her star habeen shining since then. emma has had five films come out this year including her lates "it's kind of a funny story." nice to see you. >> good to see you, too. >> did you go to school at all? >> i graduated high school, got my diploma and apply to do college, but deferred until next fall. >> when you'll have ten movies. >> hopefully on this coast by next year. >> is that what youant to do? >> yeah, i'd love to. >> it's called "it's kind of a funny story". >> it's kind of a funny story. it's this boy with depressed thoughts, he doesn't know what to do, he checks himself into a

psychiatric hospital, and he meets they interesting character. it's an inspiring story. >> but once he gets in, he kind of wants to get out and it's too late. >> it's too late. he has an amazing experience, and it's a great movie. i loved it. i loved the soundtrack and the movie. >> and you cut yourself in this movie. >> i'm a cutter. >> a self-mute lators. >> i had prosthetic scars on my face. it was interesting. i wore them home a couple days, notreally wanting to stay after work, but it helped me get into character. people really stare at you. people are like -- >> do they ask you about them? >> a couple people are like, are you okay? so it was an interesting thing to do. >> you're a teenager, a the girl you're playing is a teenager as well. she's going through some normal things too, right? >> i think as a teenager there's

so much pressures, and there's a lot of issues going on. i can definitely rely to what it feels like, being overwhelmed by everything. i think that kids will be able to relate to that in the movie, how the pressure gets to you sometimes. >> you have extra pressure on ou as well because of your family legacy. you know, you're always going to be compared to your incredibly successful aunt and successful dad. do you see that as a plus, minus or combination of both? >> i admire my aunt, i love all her moes. it's amazing i'm related, but she's just my aunt. i don't think of it being in her shadow or anything that people ay. i would love to go on the set. it's like, no, i want to stay until they're done. i love it. >> do they give you pointers? do you ask them? or do your own thing? >> we don't even talk about it. i talk about on set all the time, but we don'talk about

acting. between family time and playing with her kids, we don't talk about work. >> what's your next project? >> i just wrapped "scream 4" which was just the most amazing experience, the most surreal thing. i was so excited, because i wanted to do a hoaro movie so bad, and "scream" is one of my favorite. to be a part of that is amazing. >> are you a natural screamer, or did you get a coach for that? >> everyone had a screaming moment. we had sme pretty fun ones. >> emma, tnk you. >> good luck. >> thank you very much. >> all the best. "it's kind of a funny story" opens today. games you want todd to the menu before your next dinner party. after this. is because i have to go to the bathroom. and when we're sitting in traffic, i worry i'll have an accident. be right bac

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as oh wow factor for your presentation. >> are these real? >> they are. >> i've never seen that color, i don't think. >> presentation is simpl incorporate some game stuff. if you have old toys, clean them off and incorporate them. we have playing cars, dominos, rubik's cubes, what's going on here? >> spaghetti and meatball. >> do you like anybody enough to go to that much trouble? >> your guests will bring their a gaismt if you do. all you need to create these games are items you may own. the first is ll news clips. the object ofhe game is to form a sentence out of words.

you form two teams, then give your teams two word lists. you should make it challenging like have your guests find pal odrops, and they have to find words. the one who makes the sentence first wins. >> and you have to glue it. >> princess loves a simple man. >> it can be silly. the next game is called celebrity, and i love this, because it'san icebreaker. it's great to get to know people you don't know. the host makes a list of famous people's names. >> we're available for anything. >> all the time. free as a bird. >> the guest makes a list of names, all you need is paper and some safety pins. when you people walk in, you put the celebrity name on the person's back. you don't know which celebrity you are. >> oh, at's fun.

>> like, am i on television? am i a woman? >> i love that. >> did i write "everyone h a story"? >> or did i write "hoedda" coming o on tuesday. it's strange but true, a game you can find some unusual trivia about your friends. you find out some unusual trivia about when you were little. maybe you were shy when you were little. >> no. but something that somebody wouldn't know, and then you take it and write it down, and you can use index cards, and then i'veot two false answers. so people have to guess the true answer. >> that's fun. >> that's a cute one. >> all fairly simple, and the instructions you'll see on the website. >> you have some board gamesou enjoy. >> yes, my family is a huge fan of game night. there are a couple new ones. trial pursuit has a new game. trivia for grownups.

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we're back on this friday with today's plaza ambush makeover. you knew what that means. louis licari and jill martin are back to shock the friends and family of two unsuspecting today show fans. we're saying these dresses are $18, we want to show you what they look like. >> they're really -- >> not d. >> what i love is mine is a size

0, it stretches. >> mine's not. mine's a but i squeezed into it. >> anyway, enough about us. you had a fun time picking today. beautiful day out. >> beautiful day, gorgus women. we just found some women that wanted a little glamour in their life. >> brenda shrader has been married to her husband bill for 20 years. they have three kids together. brenda's dauter-in-law wanted to surprise her with a makeover, so she didn't tell her until they were in the car on the way here. let's take a listen. >>ow cute. >> we haven't seen started yet, and everybody is cries, which is a good sign. these are happy tearing. i know you want this for your mother. >> she deserves it so many. we need to show that we love here. it's a great opportunity for pampering her. >> and taylor, you said you want this for grandma?

she told me she would nod, but she does thi it's cool. nana, turng 60, you said you want this? >> i very much want it. this is very exciting. i never dreamed i would get it. >> she gotit. brenda will come out in a second. her whole family is here. guys keep your blindfolds on. here is brenda before. all right. brenda, let's see the new you. >> wow. >> righthere. hold on. you gu ready? take off your blindfolds. >> oh, my goodness. >> you look amazing. >> are you sure, brenda? >> i don't know. >> put your glasses on, baby. i'm like you. you look so adorable. oh, my gosh.

>> you look awesome. >> look at you. >>hello. >> she likes what she sees. >> the first thing is jennifer lawrence gaff her a great haircut. her hair was long. she cut it short, but not too short. her bangs wer chop straight across. it's a soft, wonderful look. i made her hair a dark auburn. >> michelle, what do you think? was it wth it? >> it's breathtaking. you are just beautiful. beautiful. >> thank you. >> what a great outfit, jill. what aody you've got. >> she wants to rock out at a concert tonight, so we kind of compromised. these are basics to have in your wardobe. a great talbot button down shirt, and this kohl's statement jewelry. >> what concert? >> lord of the rings. >> go, girl.

>> have a wonderful time. you look darling. >> go join your family. >> ery time i sigh ha haircut. it looks so good. >> our next lady is lorraine, she's worked as a surgical technician, but she decided to go back to nursing skooismt the between taking care of her daughter and school, she has little time to take care of herself. let's listen to her story. >> it's birthday time. lorraine turned 41 on monday. i know you want this for your sister. >> yes, i do. she's gone back to nursing school, and she's really working hard, doesn't do anything for herself, so this would be awesome for her. >> what do you hope to lo like? >> something totally different. >> well, we can promise you that. are you ready to go? >> yes. >> all right. lorraine is here with her sister laura, and laura, happy birthday to you behind that blindfold. >> thank you.

>> one last look at lorraine. here is the new lorraine. >> so pretty. >> oh, my gosh, i think you're going to like it, laura. take a look. >> oh, my gosh. >> you want to see, lorraine? turn around, darlin >> oh, my god. >> so great. so awesome. >> i look like i'm 20. >> first of all, she highlhted her blonde hair. it was pretty, but it was washing her out. >> i put more color in her hair, which put more color in her complexion. i shortened her hair and control her curl. >> and contoureder face to give her an entirely new face shape. >> the outfit is darling. >> she needs a little black dress, but when every buys a trench coat they think it has to be beige, but this is a great twist.

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dinner, wee going to watch her and taste it. >> that's what we do. you're very busy, by the way. >> middle of the new york food and wine festival. how is that going >> pretty good. we did meatball madness. tonight's burgers, tomorrow is demos and signing. it should be fun. >> you're making porkchops? >> i am. she had her dad used to love pork chops. >> he loved them with sauerkraut. >> and we're make a sweet and sour flake. i put some red pepper flakes to spice them up a bit. cook them about 6 to 8 minutes on each side. >> in just a bit of oil. >> half a cup of balsamic vinegar. redue that down with -- this is the sweet part. equal parts. half cup balsamic and half cup honey.

the sweet and sour work well with the pork chops. i add some garlic. stir it until the honey melts into the vinegar, and reduce it down for five or six minutes. do you like cooking like this? so then it reduces down a bit. can you smell it? like sort of the acid with the sweet and the garlic? >> i like. what's going on with this? >> rosemary. pork tends to be a little bland. >> and a little shallots. and then -- >>what are you doing? >> you need to mellow out the flavors, make it nice and shiny. it's only a quarter come, so not very much utter. when you pour it over all of the pork chops, oar really getting -- >> no, i'm thinking about it. >> i'm thinking out my daddy. >> ah. you melt it.

it's, and you just reheat it, you can make it ahead. >> will it keep for a while? >> it would keep for a week. it can be pred over chicken -- >> i like the pour chops and all, but these potatoes look awesome. >> can you just pour a little of sauce er the pork chops? they're very bare. >> i like potatoes with my pork shops? >> mashed potatoes for my dad. >> this is a bit of a different idea, but three different types of small potatoes, you boil them just until tender, then i take the potato -- that looks beautiful, like a bit of sort of a glaze. >> is four slabs of meat otherwise. >> so you take a potato, take the palm of your hand and smash it down, very easy. and then a pan with a bit of olive oil to give them a nice,

golden color. just smash them down. they get a bit of a crust, then a vinaigrette. there's the potatoes. you probably leave them in the pan for about five minutes. then a little vinaigrette. lemon juice, olive oil. lemon zest, and parsley, and thyme. that's it. >> we left out the sage. >> no sage. sage is really strong, so sometimes i left it out. >> i like lemon on anything. >> lemon brings out all the flavors. >> i think we have to wrap it up. what about the dessert down there? >> these are little shortcakes, any kind of biscuit you like. i poached the stone fried in a bit of a simple syrup made with orange juice, then when whipped cream and masrpone cheese. >> you're the best. >> thank you. a little music courtesy of

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