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"today," tuesday, october 12, takes ann on a tour of sudan. "today," tuesday, october 12, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. >> 69 days under ground, those miners in chile and their ordeal may come to an end as soon as this evening. >> the capsule tt will bring the men to the surface was put tohe test on monday. natalee will have the latest in a live report from chile straight ahead. a little later in the show we have got a revealing live interview from secretary of state condoleezza rice, we' going to get her thoughts on the current state of the world and we're goi to talk a lot about her new memoir that focuses on her childhood gwing up in the segregated south. plus new details on the

scandal over racy text messages and photos allegedly sent by brett favre to a female employee of his team. the scandal is far from behind him. we will get t latest. and as parents, are we doing enough to keep our teenaged drivers safe behind the wheel? coming up startli video that shows how distracted adults can become when they're supposed to be teaching their kids how to drive. let's begin with what appears to be the imminent rescue of the mers in chile. natalee in copiapo. >> reporter: we are so excited here because by this time tomorrow morning we expect to have some pretty spectacur images of that rescue. now all systems are almost go here with every last detail now going through the final round of tests.

phoenix 1 one of the two rese capsules mad it's all important debut on monday. >> these tests have been very successful. so we are pretty sure that the cage will behave properly. >> reporter: it got within less than 40 feet of e miners. >> we didn't send it down because we can risk that somebody could jump in. reporter: the capsule will be pulled up by the wench like a giant fishing rod now being installed. anticipation is in the air by each practice fly over by the medical helicopters. before the rescue begins, four rescue psonnel including two specially train navy medics will be sent down to evaluate the miners and assist in loading them in. in preparation, all of them are

undergoing a final battery of stress tests. areou confident that they will pull through? >> they're my boys, i have been around them for the last month and a half and i know perfectly how well they will respond. >> reporter: they will be monitored the whole way up and the capsules are outfitted with audio and video to allow them to be able to communicate all the way. while th expected journey is expected to take only 15 minutes each, after two months and 2,200 feet below ground, ito doubt will be a physically and emotionally challenging ride. but all are reportedly very excited and in great condition. >> that's against all odds that they have not any serious ailments. now i'm a true believer in miracles. >> reporter: they have even received sun glasses to shield their eyes from the intense dessert sun after so much time in the dark. they'll be evaluated in the

triage area before being reunited with a small group of their families. that reunion is going to have to be short and sweet because from here they'll be heloptered to the medical center where they' be evaluated more thoroughly. we're not going to be told the order of each of the miners coming up, the only way we'll know who's coming out is when they finally make it to the surface. >> thank you very much, in copiapo in chile. that is a tight little cab suddenly, 20 minutes the ride is. >> i guess they're breathing oxygen the whole time. they've got a mask on. >> i know they have been in tough situations, but that's a long ride. one of our camera men sd i barely survived an mri. >> but knowing they'll finally be free, hopefully they'll be calm. now we're going to check the rest of the top stories from ann curry. also in the news this morning, an investigation is

underway "todatoday in the deata british aid work never afanistan. linda norgrove was killed last friday in a failed rescue mission. it's possiblshe was killed by drones of u.s. special forces that were trying to saver. one person was killed and eight others wounded in a blast. army major nadal hasan accused in the ft. hood shootings last year is due in a military court today to see if there's enough evidence to charge him with the shooting. a california company has begun testing an embryonic stem cell treatment. it's not known yet whether the technique can actually reverse par rpal sis.

. >> we do have news about oil that may mean no respite coming for consumers of oil at the pump. this morning opec came out with this monthly forecast f oil demand and, well, they say despite a turbulent global economy demand is still on the rise, opec members including saudi arabiavienna. maybe we'll go to alternative energies to prevent that, unclear, but here's an interesting story, google is getting into the alternative energy craze, they're going to try to build alternative wind farms to provide power for 2 million homes. it's very interesting to see google getting into wind farms. back to you. and we have got one other business note this morning, a turn around by gap, four days after announcing a logo redesign, the gap company has

acknowledged the switch was a mistake so it's announced that the company will continue to use the old look. hmm. all right, let's go back to meredith, matt and al. i'm t sure why we told you that, but just so you weren't confus confused. thinking about wind farms, they should probably put one here, in the today show studios, there's a lot of hot air. >> we had se big storms last

good morning. sunrise just a few minutes away and a partly cloudy sky and it's off to a mild start. mid-60s in washington and nar the bay waters. 60s in the suburbs and many of the rural areas in the 50s. highs today climbing to the upper 70s, perhaps 80r so. and there's a small chance of an isolated thundershower. chilly rain likely on thursday. might get a shower friday, but should be dry and cool for the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. now to politics, with a vital midterm election just three weeks away, president obama is finding his name brought up by candidates more and more. >>eporter: voters can tune in to hours and hours of debate to

get to know their senate candidat and the more the president's name is mentioned, that's a pretty good way to know how tight that race is and for his part is president is on a mad dash to fi up democratic voters. fundraising inmiami, the president spped i little havana where the cuban food is hot. >> then you put french fries on top of it so. we can't tell the first lady. >> reporter: andhe president's ears should have been burning. over kentucky's senate debate. he's going to keep saying obama, obama,obama, it's about putting kentucky first. >> reporter: jack conway is in a tight race with tea party publican rand paul zbchlt he doesn't want to talk about his support for president obama and all of president obama's initiatives. that's what this eleion is about and he's trying to run away from it. >> reporter: in wisconsin the battle is over obama's health

care reform. russ feingold defendanted his yes vote. millionaire manufacturer ron johnson is back bid the tea party. >> i have verypecific proposals, we refueled the health care bill. that will save trillions. >> precisely. >> that will save trillions. >> reporter: feingold who championed campaign finance refo reform. >> will you call on them to stop? >> i have no control over that. >> will you ask them to stop? >> that's part of the problem, you have no control -- >> will you ask them to stop? >> that's free speech. >> reporter: tea party backed republican ken buck teased senator michael bennett. >> i have to tell you i don't know who senators running those ads against, but don't ink i would vote for those guys when i watch se of these commercials. reporter: the plot twisting in west viinia a democratic candidate shooting down some obama policies. >> and i'll take dead aim at the

cap and trade bill. because it's bad for west virginia. >> reporter: joe manchin told us he did not want president obama's help b bill clinton was there as a friend. >> i don't have anybody come and campaign for me. whether it's obama with all due respect or anybody else. >>eporter: it sort of looked like president clinton was there to stump for joe manchin even though he's not that kind of candidate. in his race 's a popular governor trying to become senator. he says issues like the president's health care reform are divisive making that a very heated contest. minnesota congresswoman michel michel michelle bachman. you are probably tied to the pea party closer than anyone else in

congress. but some are concerned that the tea party has lost its focus, instead of concentrating on taxes and spending, it's spernt a lot of time debating social issues. the republican candidate for govern, carl paladino was taken to task for his comments about homosexuals and homosexuality. do you think that the tea party movement is losing its way? >> the tea par movement i think has been very focused because from the very beginning they have been concerned about the overreach of people like nancy pelosi and president obama. the tea party is concerned with three main issues, number one, government needs to spend less than what it takes in, number two, don't raise taxes on anyone, number three, they believe that congress needs to act within the bounds of the constitution. >> but that's not what carl paladino was talking about over the weekend.

he said that he didn't want children to be brainwashed into thinking tha homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option, it isn't, end quote. do you think that he was wrong to say that, especially given all these hate crimes we have seen recently aim atays? >> i think people in the tea party movement agree on about a 70% set of issues. it is a fairly wide umbrella, but it's been uniform from the rise of the tea party movement until today. the message hasn't changed and it the idea that government is trying to be completely different than anything we have ever seen before, with the rise of the spending and now actually adjourning congress knowing that every tax paying american's taxes are going to go up dramatically, that's senincensi people. >> do you think that carl paladino was wrong to say what he said about homosexuals and

homosexuality? >> that isn't the issue that we're focusing on in this election, if you go from minnesota to maine to florida to california, the issue is jobs d the actions that speaker pelosi and barack obama have led to job failure, not job creation. and that's something that we can change. and i think people recognize that 22 days from now, we can actually take our country back and get back to fiscal sanity and that's what we need to do, that's why i have said i am one of speaker pesi's top -- in a couple of weeks speaker pelosi will be in minnesota as will president obama. mine is a very high profile race and she's trying to do everything she can to defeat me. >> if you look at some of these races, there's a concern that some of these tea party candidates are so far out of the maintream that they can't win a general election.

are you concerned about that, that these candidates will not be able to take it to the finish line. >> actually the story has been completely the opposite, meredith, whether it's connect buck in corado o mark marco rubio, the tea party candidates have overwhelmingly caught fire and we're going t see a very different senate and a very different house going forward, and that's good, that's ergizing the rublican party because the tea party really is the fire that's fuelling the republican party right now and that's really to the detriment of the democrats unfortunately for them because what it evidences is that speaker pelosi, harry reid and barack obama haven't been listening to the people. the people just want us to get back to fiscal sanity and i think the republicans have shown they have made mistakes, now they want to listen and they want too lead. >> congressman michelle bachman,

thank you very much. it's 7:16 and here's matt. just when you thought the housing market couldn't get any worse, there's a major investment on the horizon and it could create more problems. >> as early as "today," 40 states could announce this investigation into alleged foreclosure fraud in some of the country's biggest lenders, three of those bks have already issued a freeze on foreclose yirs while they review the paper work to make sure everything was done proper. consumer confidence in the housing market is already at an all-time low and the scandal threatens to make things even less stable. >> reporter: in neighborhood after neighborhood the numbers are staggering. nearly one in seven borrowers nationwide is behind on their mortgage or in foreclosure. but now investigates are questioning the paper work behind many of those foreclosures. already jpmorgan chase and gmac

has halted foreclosures across 20 states bank of america halted foreclosures in all 50 states. the move may give struggling homeowners a break. >> i have two daughters who are also in limbo. >> reporter: but the foreclosure freeze has many home buyers left in the cold. >> is there any risk that the sale won't go through? >> michelle salem was supposed to close on a foreclosed condo last week, but it's owned by bank of america, so salem, all set to buy now has to wait. >> my greatest concern is after all is said a done is a deal really a deal or will i be told in some letter or phone call that there's a glitch with the paper work and the closing is not valid? >> reporter: in the foreclosure investigation banks are accused of cutting corners approving tens of thousands of foreclosure documents without fully reviewing them, what's called

r robo siing. some are calling for a moratorium on all foreclosures but could that make the housing market worse. >> it's really just delaying eir entry intohe retail market, delaying the whole housing market to recover and to reset and delaying everyone's home prices. >> the uncertainty is putting new pressure on an already stressed real estate market. whether you're a home owner faced with foreclosure. >> all i kept getting was voicemail, voicemail, voicemail and nobody would call me back. >> reporter: or a home buyer bein forced to wait. >> what's going to happen after all the papers are signed? >> the obama administration is now signaling it has nolans to go forward with that. but several banks are doing it on their own at this point. it's 19 minutes after the hour, oncinggain here's meredith. >> if you're the parents of a

teenager, you know they went wait to get behind the wheel and wh they do, are you doing enough coaching and teaching. tom costello is at a high school in bethesda,maryland. >> good morning to you, car accidents remain the leading cause of death for teenagers between the ages of 15 and 18. so the aaa foundation wanted to see how well are parents actuallyeaching kids who are driving with their permits? to do that, they now put cameras on the dashboard. it's a split screen look at teenagers' first few months behind the wheel, from a missed driveway. to a confusing intersection. >> you got a red light. >> reporter: and the parents who are supposed to be involved. >> there's a siren. you need to pull over. yoneed to pull over. you need to pull over to the right.

sorry. >> reporter: aaa followed 50 families looking at how well parents teach teenaged corners. it's a little bit of a blind corner. >> reporter: chuck may have saved his daughter from a very serious accident. >> stop, hit your brakes. they completely ran a red light. >> i didn't even see it coming, it just was there all of a dden. it just snuck up on me, i guess. >> driving is a complex thing, it takes a lot of stimulus put and reacting and thinking and a lot of it is just plain practice. >> reporter: while some parents offer lots of coachi. >> sometimes what you need to do wh you're driving is look two cars or three cars ahead of you and see wh's going on. >> reporter: many others were themselves distracted. >> i don't like it when you're on the phone.

>> reporter: and most teens had hardly enough time behind the wheel with mom or dad. >> a lot of times we found that the supervised driving experience was less than two hours a week. >> reporter: with 20% of the driving occurring at night or in bad weather. hardly enough says aaa. >> stop, hit your brakes. >> reporter: there's no substitute for experience. most states require 50 hours of supervised time with a parent if you are learning to drive before yo get a full driver's license. the aaa foundation would like to see 100 hours. but they would like to see parents taking the time at night and in inclement weather teaching kids how to drive. and coming up, brett favre's emotional apology to his team pate mates. but what was he apologizing for? but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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woman 1 syi didn't owatrnor man 3: he worked for ak 10 billn doanother bamillion.apsed.axers7 h big s don't need help. middle class marylanders do. good morning. partly cloudy in the and 60s. later a chance of a small afternoon evening shower. chilly rain likely on thursday. drying out for the weekend. jerry, how's the traffic? >> tom, tough morning, 395 northbound jammed before the beltway. an accident cleared. inbound66, manassas to the shoulder crawling, getting past the scene. over o 270 southbound we're

jamming clarksburg on down. earlier motorcycle accident has been cleared. and the escalators at the wheaton station metro's red line are not working. pat? all right. thanks a lot, jerry. coming up on nbc 4, diabetesesting? it's all the same. nothing changes. [ man ] then try this. new and improved freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna -- [ beep ] wow. [ man ]eah, at's the patented freestyle zipwik™ design. [ woman ] did it just -- target the blood? target the blood? yeah, it drew it right in. the test starts fast.

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>> a spotlig on an issue of great importance to george clean clooney. >> and then former secretary of state condoleezza rice opens up about her childhood in a very personal memoir. she's going to share her story in a live interview just ahead. we're also going to touch base with her on a lot of current even right now. we begin with the latest on a scandal tha seems to be swirling around brett favre over some alleged explicit photos sent to a female employee. >> reporter: favre is now with the minnesota vikings and on monday he reportedly gave an emotional speech to his team. but he once again deflected any direct questions about the ongoing nfl investigation. more bad news for brett favre, his minnesota vikings lost on

"monday night football" and favre had a rough game. >> the most important thing is wins, that was not the case tonight. >> reporter: and while the legendary quarterback did manage to break another record. >> 500th career touchdown pass by brett favre. >> reporter: he refuses to go o camera about text messages he sent to a former sideline reporter. >> if youant to talk about what happened in the football game tonight, i would love to. >> reporter: the sports blog dead spin.com revealed voicemail messages favre sent during favre's single season with the jets. >> jen, it's not a set up. i just got done with practice. >> reporter: questions linger about what will unfold regarding favre's performance. >> i think it's going to be difficult for him to go through the rest of the season with this hanging over his head.

>> reporter: brett favre was crying and he was apologetic to his team for being this distraction. >> reporter: though it's unclear what that apology means. regardless, his apology to his teammates will be perceived as an admission of guilt. the authenticity of the voicemails and photos originally purchased by dead spin could not be verified by nbc news. >> i would love to see you torrent. all right, talk to you later, bye. >> reporter: but it could be extremely damaging to favre who has turned his good guy image to a lucrative career on and off the field. it is in brett's be intert and for the preservation of his legacy to address these allegations before they continue to spiral. >> reporter: again, favre has refud to comment on those allegations but he sayse will cooperate fully with any investigation. let's go outside for a check of the weather from mr. roker.

>> all right, thanks a

good morning. one more day with summer and october weather. it should be climbing to around 80 by mid afternoon. right now we're gnerally in the low to mid-60s. there's a small chance of an isolated shower or thunderstorm in the afternoon. tomorrow much cooler, achk highs upper 60s. chilly rain likely on thursday and there's a chance of a passing shower on friday. should be settling down. cool weather and d weather for the weekend. >> ant don't forget, you can check your weather any time online or on cable. police want to know if college students atetdsing an offcampus party. >> reporter: good morning,

meredith, police will have a heavy presence on this quiet campus this week as they try to get to the bottom of exactly what happened. school officials will be launching their own investigation, they say even though this party took place off campus, students who aended could be punished. emotions are runningigh at central washington university as news spread that an off campus party got so out of control, nine udents, six ofhem young women were rushed to the hospital. >> it was literally pandemonium everywhere. >> reporter: she says she went to an invite only party at her friend's house about 30 miles of campus. at first the gathering was small, only about 15 freshmen and there was alcohol. >> i only had one or two drinks in case i had to drive home or in case anything happened. >> reporter: little did she know how importanthan decision would be. ashe night wore on, the crowd

spelled to about 50 people, faces she didn't recognize and then something went terribly wrong. >> all of a sudden this gir sitting on a bench outside literally fell off and i was helping her. >> reporter: certified in cpr, e freshman put her skills to work. >> have a girl fall away in my arms and i didn't know if she was going to die. and then i looked up and the was literally ten girls laying down. >> reporter: police were called to the scene, they suspected drugs but found none and now suspect someone may have secretly drugged the students. >> officers were talking to people who were severely intoxicated but indicat they had only consumed one or two drinks so intoxication more than what would be normal for one or two drinks. >> reporter: student who is attended the party even the one who is got sick could face consequences. >> we will meet individually

with each student, assess their behavior, we'll listen to them, we'll try to understand what happened. and for some students nothing will happen. and some students may face suspension or expulsion. >> reporter: now there's nine students who were take on the the hospital wer treated and released and expected to be just fine. police have sent away for toxicology results which could take six to eight weeks. in themeantime, they and school officials will be interviewing students trying to find answers here. >> kristen welker, thank you very much. and up next, actor and humanitarian george clooney takes ann to sudan to talk about subjects you can't ignore. we're going to talk about their trip next. wants to make kids happy ellogg's one tummy at a time. because 9 out of 10 kids don't get thfiber they need, that's why froot loops, apple jacks and corn pops have 3 grams of fiber in every yummy bowl. they're the cereals your kids love

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back now at 7:41. with growing tension in sudan, we have been reporting to you about darfur, where most of the fighting has now stopped but not before hundreds of thousands died. now the same people accused of war crimes there have turned their attention to t southern part of sudan and actor and activist george clooney fear a new war is loomingnd they want to know can it be stopped. to answer that question, i accompanied george clooney to southern sudan. >> why this issue. >> there's anwful lot of people that are in danger and what are you going toay to the next generation, that you stood

by and did nothing. >> we're headed to a camp where people were recently forced from their homes by clashes between the two groups. this woman fled with her eight children. >> reporter: what is your wish for your family's future? >> weeed celebration from our the heirs, she says, so we can be happy. >> reporter: long the border between the north and south, nowhere is it more important than in this place, an oil rich area that could become ground zero for a coming conflict. >> i would get out of here. >> that's what they'll do because this is going to be one of the fst places that was hit. >> reporter: it was hit two years ago. witnesses say arab militia men and government soldiers descended, burning, killing and looting. i watcheds my four nephews flo throats were slit, this woman

remembers while their hands were tied. she escaped along with her sisters andcousins. in the capital of the south there,'s the excitement of a new nation waiting for born. in three months the south can vote to separate from the north. a move that could proke a more dangerous war. aware of the risks, the u.n. securityouncil makes a last minute trip to the country led by american ambassador susan rice. is there hope well placed, susan rice? >> it's humbling and it's daunting. and it's also joyous to see so many young people with so much hope and at the end of the day, those kids, they parents, their leaders in the nor and the south are going to answer that question for us. >> reporter: on his own mission, george clooney is once again leveraging his fame to aid

victims of tragedy. the difference this time he says the tragedy is preventable. >> if i said to you right now there' going to be an earthquake, that 250,000 people were going to be killed? what would you do? this is not a natural disast, this is man-made. how do you stop it? >> george clooney, good morning. >> good morning. >> after seeing the risk from the ground even tveling on the upper nile for hours just to reach remote villages, do you think this war can actually be opped? >> i think it can be stopd. i think, you know, we stopped it in 2005, we stopped a north-south war that lasted 20 years and cost 2.5 million people's lives and we stopped it with diplomacy, we didn't stop it with soldiers, we stopped it with diplomacy. so yes, if we g involved now we have a shot. >> there was news overnight nevertheless that negotiations t latest ones at least he broken down and given the reports fm

officials of a massive military buildup, of tanks, of helicopters, of heavy artillery, there's even reports of planes. what's at stake here? >> what's at stake is -- the point is this, we have the same players who are responsible for 2.5 million people in the south being killed who a responsible for 400,0 people in darfur being killed. and if we think that superhowom don't get involved and lay off, at this point when there's much more at stake, there's oil at stake, that people aren't going to be killed and that we have to trust these same groupf people, i think it's a very naive choice. >> you're talking about the present and two of his members of his government w have been accused by the international course of war crimes, even genocide. do you belie that this war in the south could mean not just

atrocities as bad as that could be, but even possible genocide? >> it doesn't matter what i believe because obviously i'm an actor so it doesn't really matter what i believe. >> but you have been on the ground and you have been studying this issue. >> it have en studying this issue, but what matters is the people on the ground to understand it. the secretary of state said it's aicking time bomb. the cia says this the next gecide i we're not careful, it is the biggest risk. the president has said as much. this is -- everyone acknowledges that this is what's going to take place if someone doesn't moderate and mediate and, you know, that's not just my saying , that's everyone saying it. i'm just saying it as loud as possible. >> even though you don't have to be doing ts and we talked about this, you could be drinking wine in italy. you just mentioned, i'mn actor, i'm an activist. you have dealt with an

electrical storm in a small plane. you dealt with sleeping in tents in african huts with mice running all over you and live frogs in toilets, you even dealt with a woman spitting on your - what exactly happened in this hut with this elderly woman? >> it was a grandmoth of a friend of ours and she lives in a tiny hut. there she is. >> wt is she doing. >> one of the blessings, the way you're blessed is she spits on both your hands and pulls you down and spits on your head. i hn't blessed like that before, or they didn't call it a blessing when they did it. it was nice to beblessed. it felt good. >> and you're going to head towards a bunch of meetings including one with president obama and one with republicans richard luker.

why do you believe this this could be one of those rare causes that brings both sid of the aisle together. >> far duridarfur was champione this was one of those rare experiences and moments where everyone got together and said this isn't going to happen, not again. and it did happen and weopped uphe mess, we have a chance now, we have an opportunity to stop this before it happens. we're very generous people americans. we give a billion dollars a year, nearly a billion dollars a year in the sudan to protect and help people after the tragedies. we're going to be involved, one way or the other, we're going to be there. it would be a lot better without spending a single dime, without costing anymerican lives to get in there now with robust diplomacy, hard core diplomacy, freezing the assets, freezing the bank accounts, doing everything we can to protect the people who want to vote for

their rights for freedom. >> and you want to basically tell people that they want to give people the political will, and you can go to www.sudanaction.org. >> the point is we just want to get both sides and the president and everyone get the political will to do it. >> george clooney this morning. thank you for being here. >> tnk you. >> we're going to have more on our trip in the coming months on "dateline" with a full hour with george clooney here on nbc. [ female announcer ] the healing power of touch

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good morning. today, feeling a little bit like summer again, like yesterday, but not quite as hot. small chance of an afternoon or evening thundershower or shower. tomorrow cooler. chilly rai tlurs. maybe a shower friday. jerry, how's the traffic? >> it has been a challenge. in manassas, the accident is clear but delays moved downstream from fair oaks all the way on in. let's head on over and see how we're doing. 270, still struggling from an accident. delaysrom at least germantown south. pat? >> thanks, jerry. coming up on

8:00 now on this tuesday morning, october 12, 2010. fall has definitely arrived here in new york. it's just 61 degrees and the temperature could dip into the 40s later tonight, believe it or not. outside on the plaza, i'm meredith vieira along with matt lauer. condoleezza rice, former secretary of state we'll talto her about being in the inner circle of george bush and the

politics of the day. do you think she's a procrastinato procrastinator? all her life she's been a procrastinator. somebody who has to make split decisions. and there's more where that came from. >> why put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow? the story that shocked the nation a year ago today, a teenager was actually set o fire by classmates he considered to be h friends, michael brewer has been recovering for the last year, how is he doing? we're going to talk to michael along with his whole family. that's a brave young man. and a little t later on, our own hoda kotbe is telling us how i survived bad hair days, and kathy lee.

good morning once again, everody, in the news, it could be just hours now until rescuers in chile begin hoisting up 33 miners trapped under ground since rly august. chile's health minister says the first out will be the four men who are in the best physical and mental shape who can ride out any glitches and tell the oers what to expect. president obama speaks at a town hall meeting tonight in washington. monday in miami where republicans hope to get a house seat obama urged democrats to get out and vote. joe manchin did accept a boost monday from former president bill clinton. officials say a train struck bus that ignored a warning signal killing at least 40 people and injuring ten others.

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good morning. partly cloudy and cool on this tuesday morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. 50s e across much of the region. we should warm up to near 70s,

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this morning on "today's" update, a brutal attack that happened a year ago today, then 15-year-old michael brewer was doused with rubbing alcohol and then set on fire allegedly by a group of classmates. his story and recovery captivated the nation. we're going to talk to michael and his family in a moment. but migl has more on the story. >> reporter:ood morning, when michael was admitted here to the ryder trauma center, his prognosis was grim, in fact his own family wasn't sure he would survive. but in less than three months he was released from the hospital in a recovery that's been described as remarkable. ♪ happy birthday to you >> reporter: turning 16, a milestone for any teenager. ♪appy birthday dear michael >> reporter: and at first

glansglans glance, michael brewer seems to be just that. >> i'm doing pretty good for a 16-year-old boy. >> reporter: he was surrounded by family and friends celebrating his birthday. but today marks a different kind of anniversary. one year ago, brewer was rushed to a miami hospital in a fight for his life, suffering burns over 80% of his body. police say miky was riding home from school when he was allegedly doused with alcohol and then lit on fire. three of the teens accused in the attack have been charged as adults with second-degree attempted murder, a dispute over $40 and a bicycle. the teens have pled not guilty and are still awaiting trial. >> i would love to see them work at the ryder trauma cter and see the pain and the anguish and the heart ache that happens to a burn victim.

>> rorter: although justice in michael's attack have been slow, doctors call his recovery remarkable. after three weeks in medically induced coma and three surgeries and four skin grafts, michael was released from the hospital after just 13 days. the scars physical and mental. his grandmother says there's still nightmares, michael's father says his son is still angry. but the teenager is carly resilient and is moving on with his life. >> get a car, get license and then just get outf the house more often. >> reporter:poken like any other teen, but mikey is celebrating more than just his 16th birthday, this is a second chance at life. although mikey is doing much better and is recovering, the three kids in the case, that case is dragging on. the judge has just stepped down from the case he offered no

explanation, as for the three teenage kids, they'll be back in court next month. >> michael brewer jr. is here with his parents, valerie and michael and his grand parents. happy birthday. >> thank you. >> you feel okay. >> oh, yeah. >> it's not only your birthday, you went through your final treatment basically, so you are done with that chapter of your life, how did that feel? >> amazing. >> yeah. >> i don't have to go back there no more. >> back to a place where they did so much to help you over the last year. you look like you have put on a little muscle, you have been working out, i know, skate boarng. >> do you have any limitations, chael. >> no. >> so you can do anything you want to do. >> only with math. >> just with math, that's the only limitation. a lot of kids have tt one. valerie, i know that last treatment, that last session must have been very emotiol.

you put something on facebook we spent the morning meeting with doctors, nurses and physical therapists who dedicated their time, their talent and their tears to helping mikey, that was very emotional. >> they became a very importa part of our lives, they shared our tears, they shared our laughter and our heart ache and it was an emotional time to say goodbye because they have become part of our family. >> i know that you have had i think five surgeries in all. the doctors said you were going to be in the hospital for a very, very long time. when they said that, i think they meant six months, seven months, asing my get just mentioned, you got out of the hospital in just three months. have you figured out why you were able to recover and heal physically and emotionally so quickly. >> i have no idea, i think it's mostly like prayers, belief and family. >> you've got a really strong

family. it's impossible now to all of you not to be incredibly protective of this young man. is that something you have to fight yourselves over, in other words letting him go back to being a normal 16-yeaold as opposed to the guy you've nursed back to health over the past year? >> i don't really think so. it's normal for him pretty much. >> he's 16 years old. >> he went through a lot of pain and the emotional trauma and i hate to talk about you as if you're not here, but the emotional trauma of something like this is severe. do you worry at all about long-term emotional impact of something like this. >> sure. certainly. for all of us. it's not for every one of us. >> it's not just michael, it's the whole family. we have a very large family with lots of childrennd they were

all traumatized by this. >> they all helped. they would all stick themselves underneath the tent and rub his feet and feed him. i mean 12ear-olds, 13-year-olds. >> we are talking way too often about stories like these. >> we know. >> kids bng -- you follow them, i know. kids being brutal to other kids. it seems like an epidemic out there. what lessons do you want to be learned from michael's story? >> i want the grown ups, all of us, anybody that's over 21 years of age setting a bart example. i want us to love each other, i want us t love the man in the street everybody. we are showing them how to behave. if we don't care about each other and love eh other, how do we expect them to? and if we don't embrace our differences and stop with all

this judgment between economics and race and religion and everything that's out ther how are they ever going t accept each other? we're all supposed to be different, we're not supposed to be the same, we did not come from a cookie cutter. >> some ofhese things that happen to kids for no reason, as you just mentioned, as a parent, do you ever feel comfortable sending your kid out again? going to a new school, how traumatic is that for you? >> that was very difficult. the first day was very difficult. but he's in a very good school >> and he's in a good place, it seems like. >> he's in a good place. >> michael hpy birthday. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. up next, former secretary of state condoleezza rice right after this. how are those flat rate boxes working out?

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america's chief diplomat, stanford university provost, convert peianist. until she s 25, there was one thing missing from her brilliant resume. she had never learned to swim. not because she wouldn't have loved to, as a little girl growing up in birmingham, alabama she was not allowed at the city pool because she was black. john and angelina rice named their only child after the term with sweetness. in 1963, birmingham was the epicenter of racial tensions and violence. condoisa was 8 years old when she heard the 15th street baptist church bombing three streets away? four young black girls were

killed, c she knew two of them. >> to know someone really hated you that much. but john rice took another spin on it and he said fight with your mind. >> so while condoleeza continued with her studies, her father would patrol these streets with a shotgun, not only to protect the communy, but condoleeza's right to be educated. >> they made all of the resources available for her. >> reporter: including a trip to the white use, to let that you are daughter know even if she couldn't do anywhere she wanted in her own neighborhood, she could be anything she wanted. >> they wanted toxpose their kids to new experiences such as learning a foreign language and broadening her horizons, it lets a student know that the world is larger than just birmingham,

alabama. >> reporter: these days condoleeza is reflecting on her ti on the world stage in palo alto, california. >> i got a lot of wonderful gifts when i was sec tar of state. but one of the most special was given to me by prime minister ariel shan sharron. it's a torah. we're going to discuss the situation in north korea. condoleezza rice's parents always believed education was her ticket to anywhere and her ticket has gone very, very far. the memoir is called "extraordinary ordinary people," great to have you here. it's been two years since you left as secretary of state, the administration, when youet up in the morning now and you put on the news, do you wish you were back in the middle of it all or are you glad to be removed from it all?

i can say isn't that interesting and i don't have to do anything about what's in it. of course i follow like any other citizen, but it's nice to be out of the pressure. >> does secretary of state hillary clinton ever call on you for her perspective? >> w have talked a couple of times but when you're in that job, you don't need people chirping from the outside, but she knows where to find me and a couple of times she has found me. >> t first book you wrote would be about your time there, and that book is still to come. >> it's still to come, that's right. >> but you decided to start wh this memoir about your family. why did you start with that? >> people have said how did you become what you were. i wanted people to kno john and angelina rice. i wanted them to know that i didn't somehow come full blown from the head of medussa, it was

a family that nurtured education and a community that did the same under really incredible circumstances of segregation. >> and you were agreeing up in the most segregated city in the county there in alabama in the '60s. when those four little girls died in that church bombing you knew twof them personally? >> denise in particular, was a friend, her family were very good friends. and i rememberhinking how could people hate so much, but the wonderful people of birmingham is that they weren't made bitter by the periences, they weren't beaten down by the experience. they rose to the occasion, they proved that you might not be able to control your circumstances, but you can certainly ntrol how you react to your circumstances. >> and youertainly proved that you could rise to be the most powerful black woman in politics for sure. i want to talk a little bit about the politics of today, start with sudan. darfur occurred during your administration if you were secretary of state

now, what would you do? >> i trust that secretary clinton and susan rice, the ambassador to the u.n., they're doing everything they can do. but somehow the international community has got to mobilize to stop theotential slaughter. can it be stopped? >> it can be stopped. it can be stopped with diplomacy. there was a comprehensive peace agreement that was sre edded by president bush and colin powell that stopped the segregation between the south and the north. now it's gotten very much taken now to make sure that that doesn't result in another civil war. the international community has got to step up to the plate. >> it's got to be somewhat ustrating the wars in iraq and afghanistaboth were started ring yr time in washington. we still have a presence in both places s areou surprised tt we're still there. >> history has a long arc, not a short one, but when you're talking about changing decades even centuries of behavior when

people are trying to learn to live in democratic -- i have seen democracy triumph, i even sue saw a little girl from birmingham, alabama become 8:26 is your time now on this tuesday, october 12, 2010. good morning. i'm eun yang. in the news this morning, so far no arrests in the people stabbed overnight in college park. police say three of the victims are students from university of maryland. investigators say they know it started at a fight inside the bar. some usda employees are asked to stay home today while crews clean up from a weekend fire. police say a small electrical fire damaged telecommunication equipment at the department of

agricultural inspection service at riverdale. employees are asked to work from home or take administrative

good morning. here's your four-day forecast. a chance of a shower or

thundershower. cooler tomorrow. chilly on thursday. how's the traffic, jerry in. >> still tough. 395 jammed from the beltway all the way downtown. coming up tornado on nbc 4 ellen talks to tou bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryland. but he increased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raed $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises...

with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting education. cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. we're back now, 8:30 on a thursday morning. it's also the 12th day of october, 2010. we have cleed up boou beautifully in the last couple of hours after some rugged weather overnight. we have got some nice people out on the plaza.

i'm matt lauer along with al roker and meredith viera, ann curry. >> hoda kotbe shares with us. we're going to hear from her just ahead. >> and she said -- somebody said share it so we can all benefit. what else you got. >> we have got hillary swank here as well as sam rockwell, they're going to be starring in a new movie called "conviction." it's a real life story of a man who went to prison for a crime he did not commit. and we have got a hearty family meal. the aroma is splendid. lamb shank. before we go any further, can we say hello to tena elliott?

tena is the latest contestant to be voted off the ranch on "biggest loser." careful what you wish for. because you said, you know what? i want to get out of this ranch, and they got you out. are yo sorry you said that? >> no, i think it was the best place for me at that point to go home. i think it was. i had learned a lot on the ranch. i fel like i had gotten enough. and being on the ranch enabled me to continue when i got me. i think people don't realize how tough emotionally it is on the show. the physical journey, obviously, we see that, buthe emotional journey, being ay from your family and your support system is -- it was a little more difficult than what i expected. >> you used the tools wisely because you started at the ranch at 263 pounds, you look fantastic. how much have you lost. >> i've lost 70 pods. >> and now you're paying it

forward, you're helping your daughter. >> my daughter's doing it herself too. we work o on the weekends, but she does a class on mondayed a friday morning and she's lost a total of 85 pounds. >> and she's inspired by you. it must feel good for you to have done that, inspired your daughter. >> yes, it does, it feels wonderful. >> you're working on your husband, i imagine. >> he loves hot dogs. >> he's a man after my own heart. thank you, tena, thank you very much. and i want to tell you that the "biggest ser" airs tonight on nbc, that's8:00, 7:00 central time.

still a bit cool. we're in the 50s and 60s around and a few clouds coming tlurk and it's now 64 in washington. but the afternoon highs should climb into the 70s to near 80, and there's a small chance of a passing isolated or evening shower or thundershower, and then on wednesday, much cooler. near 50 in the morning. afternoon highs upper 60s. some chilly rain is likely on thursday. might get a passing shower on friday. otherwise, blustery and kol on friday. but, we'll get the sunshine >> don't forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night on the weather channel or weather.com. >> when we come back, hillary swank -- actually when we come backs, hoda kotbe. she's going to talk to surviving

everything from condoleezza rice to kathy lee

we are back at 8:36. we all know and love hoda around here but how well do we really know her? how i survived a war zone, bad hair, cancer and kathy lee. >> i was 21, working as a television reporter at the cbs affiliate making a call on pay phone. an older black woman walked up to me in a phone booth, cupped my face in her hands and said what is you. my parents got married inairo and they did what a lot of young couples did back in the day, co to america because you could do anything in america. we were red, white and blue as

kids growing up. and it's funny how later you realize how much that helped you because you aren't always bathed in the shadow of different. my sister was already out of college, but adel and i were still students at tech. i was all dressed up but adel walked up in street clothes. he told me to come outside, i was tting scared and i refused to leave. i said tell me now, what is going on? dad had a heart attack? is he okay? please say yes, adlel, please say yes. no. it's weird when you read it written down, you know? and even that many years ago, you still look at it and you think i can't believe that's how the end came, you know?

why is my hair in the family section? because my hair is kind of like a family member. i can tell if a salon is physicly and emotionally i quipped for my hair. my fear always of going to prison is that hair. i'm going to come out prison looking like i killed someone when i didn't. i'm often askhat is kathy lee really like? kathy lee is not a diva. she asks everyone about their family and friends and keeps up with the happenings. >> we love you, hoda.

sometimes i look across the table and i think, is this my life? just as i was fiddling around for my ear plugs, a stranger in the seat next to me said llo. we made some small talk about our lives and then he ask me what i was wearing on my arm. i will tell you, i have breast cancer. i hope you have four or five other things you think of befe breast cancer. he said what is wrong with you? breast cancer is a part of you, it's like going to colleges, working at nbc, getting married, he said i'm going to give you some advice and then i'll let you go to sleep. okay, i said, he said the following wds which now mean so much to me today, don't hog your journey, it'sot just for you, you can take your busins and shove it deep in your pockets and take to it your

grave or you can help someone, it's your choice. >> oh, i love that. that's nice. >> who was t guy? >> ken, i was coming back from ireland. remember i went there right after my surgery and he sat next to me and i remember all i wanted to do was fall asleep and i thought, i was five seconds away from missing a moment. i was about to put any ear plugs in and i would have not spoken to him and will never forget him. later he was diagnosed with cancer and called me and he's better now. >> so you stayed in touch. >> yeah. >> so you developed breast cancer, you went through a very messy divorce and you say now in retrospect, it was a gift that year. >> i think it's strange when you have two big things you're dealing with at the same time, you sort of have to part your grief, you can't focus too much on your illness because your rriage is in trouble. and then when you're worried about your marriage, you think i got to go a doctor so you can't

go down into depression. it's almost like having two kids instead of one. so you keep your head above water that way. >> the word for you the forward. with all of that you have moved forward and with such great success and now you're trying with this book to have other people. in other words ts whole idea of doing good. >> i still wear the ring that says forward. >> a lot of heart. >> the biggest issue, how have you survived kathie lee? >> with a box of wine on the set. >> the same way i survive you. >> wow >> paying it forward. >> you want to talk more about this later? >> good book party. >> thank you. >> a lot more coming up in our next half hour. >> oscar winner hillary swank

and the incredible true story they're bringing to the big i'm bob ehrlich.

i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we need real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great.

now let's get dn to work. back now at 8:44. after serving 18 years in prison for a murder he did not mmit, kenneth waters was finally released in 2001. and he had his sister beatty ann to thank, she put herself through college and law schl just to prove his innocence. now their story is coming to the big scrn in the new movie "conviction". >> this isn't a choice, you have to do this. i'm leaving. you do it. or i'll kill you.

this is your lawyer talking. >> i must say that ten times during this interview, this is a true story. you haveo keep repeating that to be swept up in the real power of it. wh did you first hear about it. >> when i read the script. i actually didn't know abo the story before, you kn, i knew it was on a lot of news shows and everything, but i didn't hear it until i read the script. >> if somebody sat down and made it up, if it were a work of fiction, you probably still would have signed on to the project. t this happened the way you tell it. >> it's true and it's hard to believe. >> life is really stranger tha fiction. because some of the stuff that happen in the movie, you would say that's fiction. >> the character you play in this, the real woman you play in thishe dicated her life, and i don't want to say that too

lightsly, she dedicated her life and sacrificed everything important to her t accomplish this. tell me about her. >> she's one of the most courageous people that i know. >> did she spend time on the set? >> she was actually on the set a lot. she had a room and a monitor and she said that she thought it was very cathartic to watch it unfold. she's this self-less person full of grace and humility and a reminder of what's important which is family. >> and ironically, as she was going through this, her marriage fell apart, ander children went to live with their father so she paid a dear price for this. >> she got the luxury of getting to know betty ann, but here' a guy who spent 18 years in prison for a murder, he gets out and what happens? >> he fell off a wall taking a shortcut through his neighborhood and had a brain an

yo entrepreneurism. >> it was the best six months of his life. >> he was on the "today" show, he was on"oprah." >> we should mention, the day after kenny got released from prison after 18 years, he and betty ann were on this program and i remember doing that interview and thinking this is just astonishing. how did you get to know him not having the luxury of meeting him. we spent a weekend with betty ann and she told stories about kenny and we saw footage like this and i heard audio tapes of him talking to his lawyer after he had been arrested. betty ann and the relatives really supplied us with a lot of great stories. but it is a challenge to play someone -- i get to sit and talk to betty and pick her brain, but sam knocked it out of the park on this one. >> let's gush a little bit about each other. i read in an interview that you gave, when you first started

working with hillary, yowere intimidated by her. >> sure i was. >> i'm intimidated now. >> i'm intimidated all time just by going to the bank. i'm such a huge fan of hillary's and she a fierce, fierce actor, a real force of nature. i mean she's the real deal and she brings her a-game and so i wanted to bring my a-game. >> and he did. >> you said that the experience working with her was one of the best you have ever had with an actor? first of all the chemistry that we just natural have together was extraordinary, and usuallyou have to work to get to that place. but i he been a big fan of sam's and he's been doing this for decades now, but we would travel somewhere else and we would plop back down when tony would say cut. >> we should talk about the fact that hopefully this movie will draw attention to the fact that there are other ken waters out there? >> that is right. as we speak right now, there are

ine innocent people in prison and pefully this will shed a bright light on the flaws of our justice system. >> dna has cleared 250 people. "conviction" hits theaters on friday. [ male announcer ] the turnhanges everything.

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"today's" kitchen is brought to you by maxwell house coffee. be good to the last drop. >> this morning on "today's" kitchen, we're going back to basics, straight from the cookbook family meal." tyler, good morning to you. you moved to san francisco, you resettled there and that's the

inspiration for this book, how so? >> so family meal is really a study of taking care of who is really special in your life. the people you love under your roof, your neighbors and also your work family so the new book really celebrates that it's 150 fantastic cipes, they're all shot in northern california, the food looks really beautiful. great flavors and dishes you can definitely make. >> this is something you would make for your family. what is lamb shank. >> that's four shanks on a lamb, it's either the front shank or the back shank. it's just as easy to make as pot roast. >> you started by cooking your slices. >> i pled some beautiful, very amazing bu very simple flavor of spices that you normally have in your cabinet. and that's by toasting them.

so you're going to wake u the essential oils. this is fennal and coreder and black pepper. this has an aroma to it. >> so you put this in a grinder or a mortar an pestle? >> you can put it through a mortar and pestle. or you can put it through a spe grinder. this is a beautiful seasoning mix. you can put it right on top. it's a rub. >> and you want a little bit of salt a pepper and just some great extra virgin olive oil into the bottom of th pot and you want to it sear. so you got a little bit of extra virginlive oil. these are seared. so if you're going to braise, color equals flavor. color is everything. if you put them straight into a pot, yore not going to maximize how good they could be. so we're going to put these back into the pan here, and we're

going to cover our lamb shanks. just some caretrocarrots, celer onion. put them right on top. some some great herbs here, we have bomb psome bay leaves. >> where does the beer come in. >> we have got some butter and margarine. when you make a great meal, everybody comes. a little splash of r wine. and then we got a couple for you. and guinness is a really beautiful brazen liquid tt not a lot of people use. i love it for like cheers, 30 seconds left. you put it right on top. this is going t braise for like two hours until they really start to fall apart. you got some roasted carrots on top. we have some beautiful shanks

that goight to the oven. >> thank you very much. 8:55 is your time. i'm eun yang. drivers will notice a southeast of lane shifts an ramp closures. it is the next phase. it's happening around the intersection of route 123 and e beltway. drivers arearned to add 20 minutes to their commute. "transformers 3" has come to a screeching halt. the police suv was heading to a scene when it crashed into the scene when it crashed into the bumble bee, one of transfor

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good morning. right now temperatures climbing into the 60. we ought t hit 80 by mid afternoon. much cooler tomorrow and chilly rain thursday. might get a passing shower on friday and better weather to follow. on the beltway in virginia, very heavy and slow. theñi inner loop right there fr i-95 all the way up to i-66, all lanes currently open. coming up today on nbc 4 ellen talks to tough guy bruce willis and debuts a brand-new willis and debuts a brand-new game you sh bob ehrlich says he wants to fix maryla. but he ireased state spending by record amounts. ehrlich raised $3 billion in taxes and fees... including property taxes... and a 40% increase in college tuition. and now he's made over $1 billion in new promises... with no plans to pay for them... except for cutting educaon.

cuts that will lay off teachers and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, it's the 12th day of october, 2010. it's a pretty morning out here on the plaza. nice blue sky, we have got nice people gathered and it's going to get a little steamy here in just a little while. i'm matt lauer, along with al roker and amy roba. i think for amy it's going to get a little steamy a little later on. >> i get this same segment every year. >> amy is here, natalee is on assignment in chile where those 33 miner who is have been

trapped under ground for almost three months might get their rst taste of freedom in a few hours. you and i are notoriously germ c conscious. we would be killing each oer down there. we'll have more on that story and we'll check in with natalee in a little while. we have breaking hollywood couple news, apparently courteney cox and david auette have separated after 11 years of marriage. in a statement they said they needed to, quote, better understand ourselves and the qualities we need in a partner an our marriage. so this morning, we're going to take a look at the issue of monogamy and ask if it's a reasonable expectation to commit to one person. all right, did you ever drink wheat grass? >> no. >> have you tried it? >> never.

don't pla on it s. >> well, we're going to get to the root of that question along with some other questions that joy bauer has answers to as well as keepi off the freshman 15 and getting enough calcium in our diet. that's all coming up in our diet s.o.s. as matt alluded to, it's getting a little steamy on the plaza. i think you've got the pors. >> the 61 hottest bachelors, one from every state and the district of columbia and we're going to introduce you to them coming up. >> cool, lots to get to. let's go inside to ann curry, she's got the adlines. in chile, just hours now until freedom, perhaps. rescuers hope to begin pulling up all 33 miners to safety as early as tonight. we have got natalee morales who's at the mine in cope chile.

>> reporter: there's a lot of nerves not only by the rescuers but by their families as well. all things appear to be go, ty put all the final tests in before this most important run. the two alternating capsules were tested yesterday. they got within about 40 feet of the miners yesterday. they didn't let it go all the way down because the mining ministers didn't want them to get too excited and have one of them jump in. repoedly the miners themselves have already start a liquid diet, it's a potassium rich diet, something like nasa astronauts go through because they don't want them to experience any doizziness or naunauz a on their way up.

within about 12 hours fm now, those miners will be making their way up. nato is investigating this morning's explosion aboard one ofts helicopters in afghanistan that killed one service member and wounded eight others. and linda norgrove who was killed during a rescue on friday may have been the victim of a u.s. forces grenade as those forces were tryinto save her. a california company has begun testing an embryonic stem cell treatment. it was a rough landing for a sky diver in massachusetts landing in a tree. and wild weather last night in the new york city area,

storms delayed the start of the jets-vikings game and dumped one inchf hail on par of new york city. it's now four minutes past the

it is partly cloudy now. most temperatures around the region in the low and mid-60s. now 65 in washington. afternoon highs should climb up near 80. and we'll have a small chance an afternoon or evening shower or thundershower. then tomorrow much cooler, near 50 in the morning. afternoon highs in the upper 60s. a chilly rain is likely on thursday into thursday night. friday, partly sunny and might have a smou smaller. dry and cool for the weekend. "today's" contributor joy bauer gives you tips on how to stay healthy whetheryou're a senior with low bone density o a freshman trying not to gain the 15.

good morning, virginia, what's your question? >> hi, joy, i'm a clege student who would like to keep off those extra pounds that students can just gain. i have been to school with the required meal plans and options are somewhat limited. we have a lot of fast food restaurants like pizza places and sandwich shops on campus. so what are ways that i cou choose healthy options so i can splurge on ice cream or french fries every once in a while. >> you're so smart to be proactive. you're ten steps ahead of college students, there are things you can schooz. first most fast food places will have grilled chicken sandwiches, hold the mayoe and the fries. turkey sandwiches or heroes work if your get who grain bread or a whole grain hogi bun.

and you want to avoid all those high fat meets like the sausage and the pepper blownly. -- try to go easy on the sour cream. party soups, bean or turkey chili's, black bean soups work as well. >> what abt snacks. >> you can also load up on things in your dorm room like so i crisps or things like microwaveable popcorn. and every college campus has an awesome salad bar, soind where the salad bar is on your campus and just pile on those vegetables. if they don't have a light dressing, half a ladle of regular dressing or two dashes of olive oil or vinegar. i'm so happy that college students care these days. >> good luck. >> i'm so jealous you're in college.

>> our next estion from judy. she's on the phone from illinois. good morning, judy, what's your question? >> caller: i'm in my 60s, i'm very active and fit, but my most recent bone density test revealed borderline osteopenia. and i'm wondering what is the best kind of calcium supplement to meet my daily requirement a what is the difference between calcium citrate. >> first of all what's osteopia. >> it's when you start to have some demineralization of the bones. it's before osteoporosis. >> can we get some water for joy? >> calcium carbonate a calcium

citrate are the most common forms of calcium. calcium carbonate needs to be taken with food. and calcium citrate can be taken on an empty stomach. you're over 50 years old so you need 1,200 milligramin ings tot the day of calcium. so what i would tell youo do, in the morning with breakfast or without breakfast, if it's a citrate. you want to take half your dose. then at dinner, you want to tally up how much calcium you have had. and if you have already had two servings, you probably don't need that second dose. if you haven'tad two doses, g ahead and take that second dose.

calcium is nothing without vitamin d, vitamin d increases the absorption. read your supplement bottle. >> this is from diandra in los angeles. i work at a popular food chain but well sell wheat grass juice. every time a guest asks me what it's good for, i always give differen answers. can you tell me the pros and cons of wheat grass and the best time and way to take it? >> it's healthy, but there is absolutely no magic to wheat grass. in fact they did an analysis, and when i compared one ounce to wheat gra to one cup of a vegetable like spin gnasach and,

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bad hairnd kathie lee. how difficult was it? because this was not -- there are a lot of great moments in your life and there are some difficult ones, how do you decide what goes in and what stays sh s out. >> i think there comes a point where you say where did i get here? i never thought i would work at 30 rock, i never thought i would live this life. i never imagined breast cancer, or getting divorced. you think all this stuff, it's sort of like to put it all on paper. >> your folks were born and raised in cairo, egypt. they moved here, grew up in oklahoma. you had an all american childhood. but then when you start looking for jobs and you get a job at

one station, the news jerker says hoda, let's change that to hanna. >> it's southern, i was like it's hoda. your name is interesting, but maybe we could fix it just a little bit. people would understand helen. what do you u thi of helen. no, no, i like the one i've got. >> did you grow up with kenny g. playing in the background? that's very interesting. >> it's the track of our lives, al. >> one thing, you were so close to your dad and he passed away when you were a junior in college. is achieving what you have, both the good and the bad, is one of the hardest parts not having him there to talk about it? >> when i think about my dad, it's like, if you lost a parent, it's sort of the if you can't scratch. no matter what you do in your life, he's not going to say hey,

you did good. and there's a weird part of u, even as a grown up, even now, you sort of crave that. and i think if you look at the other side of that, is the thing that sort of keeps pushing you, i'm not sure if i would be here working if he were alive because i might have en satisfied in the local market, but you keep phing yourself, you wonder what motivates you. >> and then you get the call to come to nbc and "dateline." i remember the day i called my mom. i said i got the job. and she stood up and said my daughter's a "dateline" correspondent at nbc news. but it's one of those moments you don't forget in your life. >> the other moment, 2007, one most people would want to forget, a divor and breast cancer, you had them both in the same year.

>> i think everyone has one of those years youish you could erase. i like to put it behind me and go, go, go and just forget about it and just start fresh. i ended up meeting this man on an airplane, we had a long conversation, and he said here's the deal, hodhoda don't hog your journey. it was one of those moments where i said you can put your hands deep in your pocket and go to your grave. when you walked in, i was laid oulooking kind of like that and you walked in and you changed the room. it was one of those moments that totally brightened me up. i have always journaled, and that's why i loved putting the book together, at least during those difficult portions were made a little bit easier because i had aot of it documented. i didn't have to relive it all like that. >> and the title, surviving

kathie lee. >> yeah. >> tell us about that. >> we have plenty of wine on the set that makes the trip smooth. you know, kathie lee very well. she walks in, she since, it would be as if you swallowed a truth pill and just said everything you thought of the that's what life's like, but there's something refreshing, i get it, younderstand why she's a tv icon, a tv legend. >> and now you're parodied on "snl." it doesn't get better than that. hoda, the book is called "hoda, how i surved war zones, bad hair, cancer and kathie lee" it's a great read. coming up next, a present for you. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel.

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good morning. temperatures now in the 60s. partly sunny to sunny around much of the region. highs today reaching around 80. small chance of an afternoon shower. chilly rain likely thursday. maybe a shower friday. highs highs in the 60s. >> how's the traffic. >> not bad. the backup begins at the 14th street bridge. one more stop, american legion

bridge. no incidents to report. probleearlier on the beltway has cleared. coming down to the i-66 interchange. eun? >> thank you jerry. coming up on nbc 4, ellen talks to tough guy bruce

she's kind of strange, she does have a few neurotic things that i find difficult to understand, if she's got a headache, she's got a brain tumor, if she's got a cold, she's got swine flu or something. >> it's that accent. that's a glimpse of some of the drama, the real housewives of berl hills. we're going to let you in on their lavish lifestyles, that's l tomorrow on "today." meanwhile, coming up in this half hour, we're talking about housewives, we're going to be

taking a clo look at marriage and monogamy. >> we all heard about the high profile couples that split up rently. courteney cox and david arquett who spent more than a decade together. it's not just stars who are straying, we're asking the question, is monogamy realistic. we'll have some advice. and switching gears, quite an honor for an american icon. he was truly part of the fabric of american lives for decades. but a lot of people don't recognize he was actually an immigrant to this country and he's now being recognized with a permanent honor at what was the first stop ellis island. if your kids are already making their holiday list we're going to look at gifts from

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profile couples. most recently crt any courteney cox and david arquette. gail, good morning. obviously we know the divorce rate in this country,o it doesn't work for everybody. but is there any sort of medical evidence to point to whether or not mon mogamy is a natural experience. there isn't anything that's hard wired like areed of penguins that stay together for life and therefore it's hard wired. marriage is a way of passing on wealth, a you had to have monogamy to know it was your proj any. now wee very concerned with what makes me feel good, wh's making me happy, what am i enjoying and we're looking around at couples like courteney cox and saying, hey, if

everybody's doing it, what's the big deal? and that sort of desensitizes us to the idea that we can attain monogamy, but it's not a choice. we are hard wired to attach to somebody, to bond with somebody from a very young age. but to stay only with that one person, that's probably a choice. >> and it's interesting, because obviously we just mentioned a couple of celebrity breakups, but also there cease only -- >> everything now is up for grabs, look what's on tv, look around, we're all questioning do i have to follow the rules? and i think we're seeing a lot of in the news rule breaking, so we're kind of consumed with this concept right now and monogamy has been an accepted rule but now we're questioning do we have to? do you think most couples struggle with monogamy?

i. >> i think most cups think at one moment or another do i want to stay monogamous at this moment. i think i has to do with the old con cept of your superego. most people would give up monogamy for tmselve but they want their partner to be monogamous. really did both of you decide that this is really important to you. there are benefits, big benefits did you decide this is what you want? and if so, are you willing do the hard work, and i do mean hard work of protecting your relationship so you stay monogamous. >> is it a good idea to -- >> some people discuss whether or not you're monogamous. sometimes think children is a given, and they shouldn't. you should discuss this. but you can't yearly re-evaluate

and one of you change your mind, that's the problem. >> you have some tips in terms of people going into this and deciding what you want. the first thing to d is decide if that's what you and your partner actually want to do. the second is to avoid the high risk settings like -- >> people put themselves out there for travel, for business, they do it a lot alone, they go into bars, they go into clubs, to entertain their clientsnd they put alcohol in the mix. >> no sharing marital problems with members of the opposite sex. >> that's right, it's very risky, this is where you cate the emotional instability that we have often talked about on this show. but if you say oh, i'm really having problems and i'm gng to talk to you and by the way you're so attractive. if you're going to be attracted to somebody, you have to -- you better make sure you have a good sex life with your partner because that's when most infidelities happen when you're

not satisfied sexually with what's going on, with both of you, somebody takes that bar moment and strays. >> and you say acknowledge marital probls and outside attractions so you're supposed to tell your spouse. >> you don't have to tell your partner -- you could torture your partner. you can say i want you to go out with me and so-and-so because i want to maintain m friendship, but there seems to be a little tension there. don't kick it under the rug, that's when the affair happens, there's a lot to be gained by monoga mogamy, that person that shares your life history with an uninterrupted way. >> but without that trust -- >> it not there. >> coming up next, honoring one of this country's most beloved immigrants, bob hope right after this. ncer ] imagine the possibilities with stelara® for adults. stelara® helps ctrol moderate or severe plaque psoriasis

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its estimated that nearly 40% of all americans have at least one ancestor who entered this country by walking through the immigration center at ellis island. here's nbc's peter alexander. >> all right, hands on the counter. oh, your hands are like ice. >> reporter: in this land of opportunity, bob hope played court jester with 296 television specials. 65 movies, and countless plays and radio programs,ope was a multimedia giant. >> he always had a class about him, that's what i always liked. and to him, the jokes were the thing.

>> reporter: like a favorite uncle, he entertained audiences with a sly wink and a good natured remark, usually at his own expense. >> do you think imbecile humor is the easiest to come up with? standing next to you, it is. >> reporter: but before stardom, hope was one of the millions of immigrants to pass through ellis island, just 4 years old, the boy from england came away with a lasting impression of the experience. >> mainly he remembered the doctor that was looking for him to give him a shot a he said he rann eall over the place and doctor chased him. >> i dropped my pants, bent over anthen i saw it, everyone else was just rolling up their shirt sleeves. >> a friend and confidant. for troops too close to harm's

way, hope produced dozens of movable tributes. >> he had such a respect for them and i think was so committed to trying to bring a little bit of home to them. >> today america says thanks for the memories with the dedication of the ellis island library in hope's name, just a 9 iron away from where he first set foot in his adopted home. >> and the library will have a permanent exhibition of bob hope memorabil memorabilia. you canisit the library starting "todatoday right after dedication. the best toys of the year that are kid approved. how does it do that?

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the children of parents who -- have been working hard to find the best toys to entertain your kids and they'rall at a great price. stephanie oppenheim and her friends are all here with this year's award winners. i love this. >> everybody's playing, nobody's crying. >> that's a very good sign. >> boy down, boy county, but he's okay. >> he's okay. >> he's okay. >> you're already, bud. let's get started. what have we got here? >> we have been working all year to find the best toys and all over the country we have family testing. and for sitting up babies, you want to bring in things that are going to interact with your baby. this is a pop and shape from hasbro, very easy to activate, for things to happen.

and it's low te? >> you love this thing. >> this is a i toy that, listen. >> closeded, open. open. >> then you can put in vegetables and again there's something for interaction with your child. now for on theo toddlers, we have many of them, preschoolers, you want to have something where they can really get on to a ride on toy. this tested the best in this category so it's low to the ground so even if the child has short legs, they can get it on it without much difficulty. our parents love the fact that you can turn that off if you wanted to. >> preschoolers. >> preschoolers are all about pretend. the are sites, but they became very expensive.

they're back in the u.s. market with these very affordable bears that are tested and loved. you told me that these are kind of freaking you out? kathie lee and hoda are big on them. they will be the hot -- this is the hot novelty toy, it's under $15. that's always one toy that grabs the toy industry and this year it's the castle. not only is it beautifully crafted and painted, it's three stories, it's also a lazy susan so ks can get around it easily. this is a great project to do because you build it with your child. this has l.e.d. lights, it has secret compartments to open up. >> we talked about when i was growing up, the dolls that my sisters played with were pretty cut and dried. there's a lot of diversity.

>> there's a serious doll war going on in the toy industry. >> doll wars. these are not the dolls you're looking for. >> and that means that there's diversity. >> this is lou, this takes ks all over the globe. i love the soccer player from kenya, i love her hair. and then there's dolly and me. these are 9.99. so much more affordable than a lot ofoll collections and the girls here are in matching outfits so you can go online and buy outfits, and the outfits are very reasonable so kids can step in to their play experience with this doll. teddy bears, these are new ones with a very new company. they really have the most amazing styles, they almost look like they eve got clothes on here. and i always want to bring home dolls as well. i love his bomber jacket. >> hot wheels, still around.

>> absolutely. >> this is a backpack that folds up. it comes with one car, but it fits 100. $20. >> i have to show you this, these are stealth riders, it comes in a little case, and then the car pops up, cooler yet. this becomes the remote control for this vehicle, but trust me, they zoom all the way around. >> whoa, very cool. >> now we have some newovies coming out. this not only goes on walls, it leaves a light trail, it can go upside down. >> hopefully the toys are better than the last tn movie. looking forward to this one. >> we have all seen helicopters before, but this one has a built in video camera that captures -- and then you can go on the site

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a picture of the white house. 68 here at the nation's capital. good morning. it's tuesday, october 12, 2010. i'm barbara rrison. a female is dead after she was hit by two vehicles on i-270. state police ve not identify the victim and they don't know why she was on that highway. d.c. voters in ward 7 have a chance to address the man who may become their next mayor today. vincent gray is holding a town hall. it begins at 6:30 at pennsylvania baptist church in southeast. now a look at our forecast. it should make it to around 80 degrees. an there is a small chance of an isolated shower or thundershower this afternoon or early this eving and then form much cooler. in fact, it will be chilly in

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excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we lo not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. its booze day. it is october 12th. the day after. >> the day after. >> you know, te amazing miss ondoleezza rice is sitting over there on our sofa. i feel so bad calling it booze day. but -- >> she's not even listening. she doesn't know we're here. >> she's so elegant, so refined, so educated, all the things i'm

not. i'm sitting here with a fly good-bye thing, you know? >> we're going to interview miss condoleezza rice shortly. >> first, it is all about you, hoda. last night, what a bash donny deutsch put on for you. >> we have to give a big, big kiss to donny deutsch. >> a big wet one, i'm telling you. >> his house, by the wayis insa insane. >> like a museum, incredible. >> this was early on. and then it got to a point where it was -- there were a ton of wonderful people ther who came to see us. you and frank were there. >> of course. >> and look at frank. look at you. joan rivers was there, gale king came. look at sonny. >> tina knowles came. jeff zucker. >> rosanna scotto. >> anybody that wasn't on the air at that time, you know, was there. hoda -- >> look at j.b. let's focus on jim bell. how much weight has he lost? we need to talk about that right now. >> he's a stud puppy. >> these two here, the sandwich was nice. jim abrams and jim zenko.

>> i saw matt and al. the is the back of me. yeh, that's the back of me. >> who are you talking to? >> i don't know. >> don nash came. look at it was one of those -- it was such a f party. >> wait. >> there had to be 300 people there. ♪ >> it is not thursday. you got to wait. >> this was the music played at the party. >> so loud, though, hoda. you could barely talk. i'm sorry. frank and i are old farts, but that was too loud. >> was it? >> yes. >> i left out the most important person at the party. >> your mama. >> my mom made it. >> your mom. >> let me tell a quick story. >> she had a date, a hot date. >> there is a man on the -- my mom works for the library of congress. there is a man on the corner of the library congress and his name is sam. she call him sam the vendor. >> sammy and sam. >> he sells t-shirts every day and he's known me since i was youer and growing up. every day he was like, how is your daughter doing, how is your daughter doing, she says, would you like to come to the book

party. sam got a bus ticket, got on the bus, put on a suit, was the first e at the party. it was his birthday. >> didn't he change, like, had to stop a bunch of times? >> he looked like a hot ticket. my mom's whole camera -- we're looking at pictures last night. every one is of sam the vendor. there is sam with joan river there's m. >> he meant so much to her through all of the years, you know. every triumph you had, sam the vendor knew about it. >> yes. >> he is celebrated with your mom. that's what life is all about, hoda, i keep trying to tell you. >> i need to celebrate another wonderful human being. if you look on the book, if you like you can lk on the book. >> yes. >> and down here in much too small print because i wanted it bigger is jane lauren zini's name. one of the first writers i ever met. look at her. i've known jane for -- how long have we known each other? >> , baby. >> 21 years. okay, hilarious, genius, from

nashville, tennessee, one of the finest writers i think i've ever known. when youead anything jane writes, you laughut loud. she's, like, she's the top drawer. janie, you're the best. >> you're dear. >> we dedicate the book to janie's dad because we love her dad. we're so, so excited. >> we're going to talk to you about your book a little later. >> can we see mel? where is mel and company? we have mel the book act, the whole group from simon shuster hiding in the back now. >> it is not just hoda's big day, condoleezza rice has a new memoir out and justin bieber. you ha somecompetition. >> can we point out too, suze orman is in the house talking to condoleezza rice. suze, everybody. she's going to be with us a little later. >> a little fly over there. we know what to do with it if it was over there. we'll get to that in a minute. >> if you were up late night, jimmy fallon was having a little fun at your expense. >> join the party. >> you should know that the ice

skating rink opened up -- >> right behind us. >> yes, yesterday. jimmy decided to have fun at this one's expense. >> the rockefeller center ice skating rink opened this weekend, you guys. a nice change of pace. i like it. nice change of pace. usually when they deliver ice to nbc, it is just fokathie lee's mini bar. so it is good to see something different. >> so funny. just hysterical. wish i had a mini bar. >> got one down there. so "dancing with the stars" last night, if y watched, florence henderson put on quite the show. >> i was at yr party, so i wasn't there. >>so was i but we heard -- >> she danced the rumba. >> how would you describe the dance? let's watch. ♪ now i long for yesterday ♪ >> how old is she? she can even bend backwards that far is impressive. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's a lite upsetting on a lot of levels. >> don't, don't. >> disturbing. >> that was. >> disturbing on many levels. look at the legs on this lady.

>> she, i know, that's unbelievable. >> oh, excuse me. just drag me around, baby. >> what's going on there? >> is condoleezza rice watching? >> no, she's bored. >> is she watching? >> miss rice is watching. yes, we wanted to make sure. i know. >> she's seen a rumba or two, you know. anyway, tonight we'll get the results of that, right? >> yeah, we're going to find out who gets cut. who do they say is going to get cut? >> i think the situation. >> he's obably -- he probably should go. >> we finally got some choirs -- we thought it was going to be a lonely stage here. but we're getting them in now. it is very exciting. >> we're doing this choir showdown, asking different choirs from around the country to send in their videos so we can choose a great choir. and so we finally got a couple of entries after a week of waiting. hello. >> takes a while to get stuff toether. they're from howell high school, new jersey, singing from "hairspray".

>> really cool. >> get it in by this friday. >> stop sitting around. get it in. klgandhoda.com and we need a video that is four minutes because we can't watch anything too long. >> up to four, doesn't ha to be that long. >> not longer than four, because no one will sit through that, right? >> absolutely not. shall we show this? there is an epidemic of, le, they call it stink bugs and everything else. >> bedbugs. >> this is called fly-good-bye. look at this. >> look at the table. did you cock it? >> yes, i did, hoda. watch. got it? >> hold on, right here. >> hard to miss from two inches away. >> who is ing to help me? ready, one, two. >> it is the angle. >> hold on. it works. >> it sucks it up into this little thing and you can throw them out and not stomp on them, because if you stomp, they stink. thus the name. >> it worked so much better in the makeup room. >> how much does this cost? $29.99. >> and you throw it in the

toilet. >> sara, you looked fetching last night. >> thank you. what a great turnout, hough. speaks to hoda. that was an inspirational place to be. >> a lot of people at it, don't you think? >> yes. it was everyone that touched her life on so many levels, so to see all of it in one place, it was really neat. and to see sammy, who is so proud. your mom was, like, sitting pretty so cute. >> that was her favorite day. >> sam the vendor. >> we asked some fans, in honor of the book, if they had any estions for you. tracy said, if you could go bac and right a wrong you've done in your life, what would it be? >> just from yesterday or forever? right a wrong. i have to think about that one. >> nothing comes to mind? >> well, one thing that, you know, one thing does come to mind that i would like to ite. >> i got an easier one. how long did it take for you to write and get published? >> probably a year to do it from soup to nuts. and i thinkthe process was -- we didn't know if we can do it in that time frame and i didn't

realize how mucwent into it, but our editor is here,kerry collin, and she rocked it. she was -- >> she gave you deadlines. >> and she was able to take what i thought was really, really great writing and turn it into even better writing. >> what do you regret? >> anyway, coming up next -- >> what the former secretary of state condoleezza rice and my friend hoda kotb have in common. give you a hint, find the answer in your local bookstore. >> similar hair issues. >> we'll be back rht after this. ♪ uh oh. sorry, son. you still have too many of 'em. [ female announcer ] you can't pass inspection with lots of pieces left behind.

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she's been america's chief diplomat, a stanford university provost and remains an accomplished pianist. >> now in her revealing new memoir about growing up in the segregated south, dr. conleezzaice says none of this would have happened without her parents' sacrifice. it is a terrific book, it is called "extraordinary, ordinary people, a memoir of family". >> it is great to read about your early years. i mean, we always knew you were super smart because we heard a those things, but to know you started college at 15, and you -- are you a concert pianist or they call you an accomplished pianist. >> i was going to be a concert pianist and i still play quite well, but i realized that i wasn't going to play carneg hall. maybe piano bar some place. >> you were also going to be an ice skate champion, ice skating champion. >> i was not a very good ice skater. i couldn't jump. i was 5'8", 5'10", legs, i don't know what my parents were thinking.

skates were notmy friend. >> did you fit in because you were smarter than the other kids and pretty advanced? >> i grew up in a community with a lot of accomplished kids. i don't think i was the most dedicated student in my class. i did poorly in art. i had a string of cs in art. >> growing up in the segregated south, how much did racism affect you and who you are today? >> in a funny way, racism affected you a lot because there were things you couldn't do, you couldn't go swimming because bull conner, the police commissioner, closed the pools. you couldn't go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel. on the other hand, we had this little segregated middle class community where you had your own ballet lessons and only french lessons and everybody taught you, you can achieve and my parents h me convinced i might not be able toave a mburger at the wool worth's lunch counter, but i could be president of the united states if i wanted to. >> that's unbelievable. >> he said to you, one day, on a family trip to washington, u're going to work there some day. >> he says i might, but i don't remember at, but they sure thought i would.

they weren'tn least surprised. >> didn't he say you're going to have to work twice as hard as anybody else? >> it was the mantra in our community, you'll have to be twice as good, work twice as hard. ey said it not as a matter of debate, but they said it as a matter of fact. >> didn't you hear the bomb go off that time at the other church in birmingham and you had two friends in that? >> i'll never forget that sunday morning. we were already at church getting ready to start service and we heard this loud blast and in those days, birmingham was called bombingham. so everybody assumed it was in the community when we found out later on it was 16thtreet baptist church, we heard the names of the little girls, denise mcnair was in my father's kindergarten, there is a picture of my father giving her her kinrgarten certificate, i was just devastating. >> is it hard to believe that -- i still think about that happening in our lifetime. and i still pinch myself and think i can't believe that that happened do you think, i mean, we have come obviously such a long way. how much further do you think we have to go as a nation? >> we have come to the place that i don't thi we

immediately think we know everybody about somebody when we see race. now we don't assume that you can't be a doctor, lawyer, president of the united states. but i still think we have a lot of -- a long way to go, particularly for people who are trapped in poverty and race. and for them, the educational opportunities are not there. you know, i can look at your zip code and i can tell whether you're going to get a good education and that's just not righ. >> i was moved in the book how you talkbout the moniker of being african-american. you're not comfortable with it because tell us what your dad used to say about being a black american. >> right. my ther and i think i too like black american because it reminds us that the europeans and the afcans came togetr as founding populations of this country at the beginning. we aren't immigrants. my family was enslaved to come here. and it sort of moc t immigrant narrative, to say african-american. but whatever you call us it

remarkable that these people have persered through generations, that they have taken opportunities as they have and that now we are where we are. >> are you enjoying your life w? >> i love my life now. i love northern california. >> so beautiful. >> it is a beautiful place. i love being back at stanford, which has been my home for a long time. >> and you still have your same sofa. >> i do. >> in your apartment. >> i have my mother's sofa. >> beautiful taste in furniture. >> she had beautiful taste in furniture. she was an elegant, wonderful woman. >> and the name condoleezza, we love it, it means with sweetness, it is a directive to a musical. >> how you play, that's right. >> we wish you such great luck with your book, dr. rice. >> not as much as hoda's, though. >> i look forward to reading yours too. >> i started yours too. thank you so much. >> it is an absolute pleasure. >> very nice being with you. >> thank you so much. up next, another amazing woman tells her story, we'll meet the other side of this one. look at that. finally, a hat big enough for your hair. >> stop it. >> we'll be right back.

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call on the pay phone. an older black woman walked up to me in the phone booth, cupped my face in her hands, looked in my eyes and said, what is you. myarents got married in cairo with the pyramids as a backdrop and they came to america, because in america you could have anything. my parents won't up in oklahoma. we were red, white and blue as kids growing up. it is funny how later you realize how much thathelped you because you aren't always kind of bathed in the shadow of different. haleh, my sister, was already out of college. but we were still students at tech. i was all dressed up, but adl walked in wearing street clothes, what is going on. he told me to come outside. i was getting scared and refused to leave. i said, no, tell me now what is going on. dad had a heart attack. is he okay? please say yes, please say yes.

no. um, it's weird wn you read it written down you know? and even that many years ago, you still look at it and think i can't believe that that's how the end ca, you know? okay, why is my hair in the family section? because really my hair is kind of like a family member. i can tell immediately if a salon is emotionally and physically equipped for the job. if the stylist looks at my hair, gasps under her breath and grabs for a flat paddle brush, i am gone. my fear always of going to prison is that hair. i'm going to come out of prison looking like i killed someone. i'm oten asked what is kathie lee really like. kathie lee is not a diva. she is always on time, and she comes to play.

she asks everyone about their family and friends and keeps up with all the happenings. >> we love you, hoda. we all wish you the best year of your life. ♪ when i see yourace >> look, there are very few people on this planet who are recognized by their first name. kathie lee is one of those people. still when i look across the table some mornings and i think to myself, like, is this my life? just as i was fiddling around for my earplugs, a stranger sitting in the sea next to me said hello. we made somesmall talk about our lives and he asked me what was on my arm. i was wearing a medical sleeve to prevent blood clots on the plane. i'll tell you, i have east cancer. but i hope when you get off this plane you don't say, hey, i sat next to a woman with breast cancer. i hope you have four or five othethings you think of before breast cancer. hesaid, what is wrong with you? breast cancer is a part of you.

it ilike gng to college or working at nbc, getting married. he said i'm going to give you some advice and then i'll let you g to sleep. okay, i said. he said the folling words which now mean so much to me today. don't hog your journey, it is not jus for you. you can take your business and shove it deep in your pockets and take it to your grave, or you can help someone. it is your choice. bi thank you to j.k. long for doing that piece. >> what cometo your mind when you watch that? mostly your dad? >> i think that's it. life is about unfinished business sometimes, isn't it? i think sometimes in you life you feel like someone's, like, he's not there to say you did it, you did well, you know? >> do you sense him, hoda? >> yeah, i do. i do. i do. is so fuy to see these old home movies of him, you know, right when -- >> you're the little one on the right. >> that's just some neighbor

kid. >> it is not. >> i don't know who that kid is. it is a neighbor. >> you're so close to your mom. it is a joy to be with your mom. we both lost our fathers, we have our moms. i knew i loved you when almost every wkend you were going home to be with your family. howimportant they are at this point in your life. >> incredibly important. you reach a point in your life and you think how did i get here? youook at the people who were there every single step of the way, and that's all i can think about. like, even last night at the book party, i enjoyed all the cool celebs who were the, but i have to say, when jane walked in, and when karen came in and my friends from high school came in -- >> four girlfriends from high school. >> i couldn't believe it. i felt really lucky. anyway. >> anythng you regret putting in the book? >> not one thing. all rightthen. >> a little something about taking me down the mat and pitting gum in my hair.

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we're back on this booze day with "today's money"nd the answers to your financl questions. host of the "suze orman show" and that would be suze orman. >> we'll look at how suze spent her saturday night first. >> halloween is coming up fast, girlfriends. and don't be a dumbum and waste your money on pricey treats for trick-or-treaters. do what i do. collect candy throughout the year from doctor's offices and nursing homes. put them in a bo, and when you see those cute little bunions come up your driveway, turn off

your porch light, turn on your sprinklers and go enjoy the candy yourself while sitting in an empty t tub. >> i'm sorry. i love her! >> i love her too, but want to know what's so sad? >> what? >> i've done that. i honest to god, i turn off the lights. >> you do? >> i do. >> you don't want to be bothered by the little nose pickers. i don't blame you. >> i don't think they should ha sugar. >> oh! >> now, we should say -- we should say congratulations on the forbes 100 list. suze is there at number 61. you should behigh er. >> i am so happy. are you kidding me? i am thrilled to be on the list at all. i would have been happy at 100. >> you're absoluly right. >> you have a huge impact on people's lives. even though you're easy to satirize, apparently, i wouldn't know about that, but people trust you. >> yes. >> they trust you. they don't feel like you're feeding them a line.

no hidden agenda. >> here is the other truth, i've been doing this for a long time. 30 years of giving financial advice, but really 15 years now in the media of saying, don't spend, sae, the day is coming, then the day came, now what are u going to do? so i think i've earned their trust, truthfully. >> i am renting an apartment instead of buying one because of suze's advice. >> i know. a coue of things that suze said, thank you. >> let's go across the street to sara. >> i'm here with kara from lancaster. i think i said that correctly. she has a question about who controls t money. >> my husband and i used to share the responsibility of banking and the billing and all that kind of stuff, but since it went online, he takes care of everything now and i'm kind of clueless and out of the loop. so wanted to know if that's such a good idea? >> are you kidding me? are you seriously kidding me? we are in the year 2010. here is the question for you, you come home, all of a sudden you get thenews, something happened to your husband, he's not coming home, what will you

do at that point and time? divorce, death, things happen, kara. are you hearing me? therefore the time to learn about your money is when everything is great, when you have power. the time to learn about it is not when you suffered an emotional loss and you don't know what to do. you better g invoed with that money and you better get involved with it right now. do i look like kristen wiig to you? that's what i'm telling you. got it? >> but have a nice day. >> she's scared. you scared her. >> did i do a good imitation of kristen wiig doing me? >> another question. back to sara. >> okay, i'm with patricia now. she has a question about wills. >> suze, i'm 74 years old, and i've been married 51 years to my husband and we have been procrastinating making out a will. i understand we also need an irrevocable trust. can you tell me what an irrevocable trust is? >> actually, you do not need an irrevocable trust because that

is a trust you cannot change. why would you want to do that? unless you have such a severe tax problem, a state tax problem, you wanthat is known as a revokable trust, one you can change, and a trust is simply a document that says who your assets are to go to upon your death, but you transfer them while you're alive so upon your death, guess what, you don't have to go through probate. a will you're going to pay, a will is not enough there is so many reasons why you need a revokable trust. we need a whole show on that. >> should everybody get one? >> every single person in m opinion should have a revokable trust. >> that's another thing you don't have. >> i just filed my taxes, i got other issues. here is something from lizzie. i've heard a woman should have money set aside in her name in case something happens in her marriage. right now i have some in travelers checks and series e bonds, both earn very little. why could it earn more and still not have to be claimed on taxes soy husband won't know about it? >> are you sure the problem is

where do you earn more money on your money or is it possible you do not have the best relationship? what do you mean you don't want your husband to know about it? what does that say? that, my love, is a bigger problem than where do you earn interest on money you areiding from your husband. but that isn't what you asked me. here is the thing, today, good luck getting interest anywhere. i really wouldn't worry about it. if you feel safer with the money in travelers checks, keep them in travelers checks, because the truth of the matter is you're going to get half a percent, a percent, don't even matter. leave it where it is right now. but can you get honest with yourself and your relationship? that's what i would tell you. >> oh. >> why are you always so angry? >>i'm not angry. i'm firm. >> she's firm. >> you have issues. let's be honest, suze rman. >> when you talk about money, people don't want to hear what you have to say. >> they ask you, but don't wa to hear it,o they? >> you have to be firm in your advice. if you say, oh, sweetheart, go and luck up this bank and this interest rate, when she wants to hide it from her sband. are you kidding me? >> that's not good.

that's not good. >> i got to ask you a question. frank and i fight about this. he says things are going to get bette things are getting better. i think there is another subprime thing coming around the bend that is in the -- not the residential, but in the other. >> commercial. >> commercial. and we're going to see the dow plummet and i think -- that's what i think. we argue about it. >> none of us will ever know. will the dow go up, will the dow go down? here is the good way to invest. invest in such a way that it doesn't matter f you're looking to invest in the stock market, buy dividend paying stocks that give you a high yield, 5%, 6%, so even if the market happens to go down, who cares, your stocks, if they're good,safe and the dividends protected meaning they increase, you're going to make 5% or 6% on your money anyway, so who cares? >> if we're just printing money, printing money, our value of the dollar is devaluing. >> girlfriend, i agree with you. i do not think things are going to get better even if the stock market goes up, doesn't mean our economy is good. got it. how longave i said that? >> don't you love suze?

>> i wish you the best of luck on that book. everybody go out and buy it. i'm serious. you want a good investment, vest in that book. learn what life is really all about. >> suze, thank you. >>hank you. >> thank you, suze. you can get more of her incredible advice on cnbc's "suze orman show" saturday nighnight s at 9:00 and 12:00. up next, hilary duff has a novel idea, called "elixir," right after this. ready to try something new? campbell's has made changes. adding lower sodium sea salt to more soups. plus five doars in coupons to get you started. campbell's condensed soup.

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lizzie maguire to a certain generation, but the singer, actress and humanitarian has accomplished more in her 23 years than many people accomplish in a lifetime. >> now like our own hoda hilary can add author to her list. she's written "elixir," a paramour. >> what made you decide to write a book this go-round? >> i've been telling people everything i've done is about storytelling. if it i a song i've written, or working in a movie that someone else is writing it all about telling a story. and i like a good challenge, and had this idea and was, you know, constantly thinking about it. i ought, why don't i go for this? and try and write a book and reach my fans in a new way, and challenge self, you know? and the story i loved so -- >> you had this concept for quite a while, right? it was haunting you. you couldn't get rid of it. >> i was. i was thinking am i going to write a script and try that or

pitch this and give somebody else an idea? i know i have fans out there and i know if i'm interested in this and i think it is a great story, they are going to like it too. >> it is about love, isn't it? >> oh, yeah. >> it is. it is. none of that was happening in my life at the time, but, you know, it is about a young girl who is strong, and finding herself, and finds love and adventure and heart break and is searching for her father and going across the world and doing all these exciting things that young people should do. but it does have a paranormal aspect and it was like creative for me, and that's it. >> wow. >> you recently got rried, congratulations, only six weeks ago, that's all? >> how is married life, by the way. >> long distance at this poin right? isn't he starting his hockey season. >> i know, i like to tell people, he left me already, but, you know, i knew his season. we have beenoing this for three years and traveling apart. so we're us to it.

it is awesome. we're loving it. it feels the same, really, but slightly different. >> everyone is already driving you czy, i'm sure, about the baby thing. you have given birth now to a book. that's enough for right now. >> right. >> you get a puppy next and tn you -- >> we have four puppy babies so -- >> really? what kind of dogs do you guys have? >> two chihuahuas, a yorkie and a bernese mountain dog and two cats. so we have enough babies to worry about. >> is this a book for the teen set, the 20s, is it for people who are older? wh is the book for? >> it is a ya. that's for teen to 20. but these are my favorite kind of books to read, these novels that have adventure. so i'm 23, ink you know? >> i read when you decided to write it, you said, but i didn't even go to college, you had those thoughts, very vulnerable. >> i'm sure you thought the same w. it is your words and it is your story you're tellg and even though mine was made up, you know, it is scary to put yourself out there in any

situation and this was new r me. so it was intimidating and, you know, i had help, i had a great girl named allyicea alan who wre a novel before and helped me put my ideas on a page. >> was it nice to be out of the spotlight, to work on something that was just quiet in your own head, relax? >> on my cch, dogs around me. >> yeah. >> it was great. it was amazing because i'm used to preparing myself for going on stage in fronts of thousands of people and singing and hitting all my dance moves or whatever it is. or being prepared with my lines, yeah. and this was just very feing fore to sit on my couch and any possibility, any idea is -- is possible,ou know? >> could there be a sequel or -- >> i think there will be. >> it ends withhanger so i'll be working on the next one soon. >> let's talk about your skin. you're only 23, but you have the

most glowing complexion. what is the makeup called? >> marriage. >> yeah. >> i had a lot of help this morning. >> no, you have gorgeous skin. did yo always have it? did your mom have it? >> my mom has great skin actually, yeah. i think a lot of it is genetics. i get my days and -- >> is that your mom? >> that is my om. we look so much alike, it is hilarious. >> she's sweet. >> you made the transition from child star to very lovely adult, i'm proud of you and i'm sure your mom is as well. congratulations. all the best with "elixir." >> thank you. >> you can do well, but not as well as hoda. >> please, stop. up next, ice, ice baby. >> just can't help it. >> we'll talk with robert van winkle. that's his real name, vnilla ice, after this. wants to make kids happy one tummy at a time. because 9 out of 10 kids don't get the fiber they need, that's why froot loops, apple jacks and corn pops have 3 grams of fiber in every yummy bowl. they're the cereals your kids love

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i'm not the kind of guy who likes to hang on the sidelines. today maryland's in trouble. we're worse off than we were four years ago: dangerous debt, higher taxes, not enough jobs. we ed real leadership to turn this state around. fix the budget -- honestly. grow small businesses -- really. excellent schools -- everywhere. protect the bay -- finally. it's why i'm running -- to make the state we love not just good, but great. now let's get down to work. if you were wearing big hair and spandex about 20 years ago, you probably remember pop icon vanilla ice and his

art-topping 1990 hit song "ice, ice baby". >> these days vanilla goeses by his real name, robert van winkle. trading in his microphone for hammer and nails and now bringing his home renovation to a new reality show called "the valla ice project." take a look. >> we're in the shower. what we got here is the valve that goes in this wall that they destroyed. this is going to allow all of the pressure to come out at these different points which will be your body sprays. you'll have six different angles the water will hit you from, the front, the back, and the top. >> who knew? who knew? >> you've been doing this for ite some time, right? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> tell us about it. >> it is a hobby, you know. i did "ice, ice baby" at 16, made a lot of money, bught a bunch of houses, and i never used them. i went on tour, three years i come back, cobwebs, sold them, made a lot of money on them. i thought, wow, it is this easy. the market flipped. we know it has gone for the worse, but it is good for

investors because you can get some good deals with foreclosures and tax liens and short sales. >> you go into homes. >> suze orman. >> i didn't leave the music behind, though. >> you do 200 concert dates a year. >> still play, a tour coming up with mc hammer. >> a ew record coming thought month, right? >> new record this month "wtf," stas for wisdom, tenacity, focus. >> that's not what people think. >> we can get it in walmart with that. >> i live in the suburbs. >> no explicit lyrics, it's good. >> in the show, you go into a house. tell us what happens, what will we see? >> this particular house here was gutted. somebody paid a lot of money for it and the market dropped and they lost a lot of money it. they put 20% down, thousands of dollars, so they gutted it to get their money back, they recouped it. they destroyed a beautiful house. so we turned it in from something that looked like

herman munster. they took everything ou the kitchen is out, the toilts are out, everything is out, no air conditioning. >> look how beautiful that is. >> we brought it back to life and made it bling again. ro star style. >> and it is on the market now? >> it is on the market now and -- >> what is the asking price on this now? >> we're at a $1.3 million >> y touched on it, the economy is crummy and people are saying flipping houses is not easy anymore. you say it is still okay. tell us why. >> the key is you have the house appraised. and it goes off square footage. what would it cost you to build that house if you build it? if you can buy it for a lot less than you build it f and get it under the appraisal value, there is a margin there for, you know, money. and that's what you look at. you know your marke know your demographics, what kind of age group will be buying the house and you don't want to do it too personal. i get in there and swing th hammer. i make it clsy, earth tone colors, neutral colors. >> and then let the owner do what they want with it.

peole put too much -- gaudy. >> i agree. look at the tats, by the way. >> you went through some tough times there as well. but you didn't -- you didn't let it keep you down. >> my motto is yesterday's history, tomorrow's a mystery. yesterday's already happened, can't change it but you can learn from it. tomorrow hasn't happened yet with the economy, the war, don't worry about it. take it day by day, the only thing you're guaranteed and that's it. >> you're very cute, robert. we wish you the very best. the premiere of "the vanilla ice project" is on the diy network. >> we'll be back with more. [ male announcer ]re you paying more and more for cable

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i bet tere are some questions for sara for hoda. >> i'm trying not to stump you. mindy asked, what do you think made you the strongest outof all of it? >> probably that bad year in 2007, going through breast cancer and the divorce together. i think you really figure out what you're made of. you're in the fetal position f

a while, like we all are, and then it ishe what happens after that portion of the program, i think i probably learned most from that, that year. >> everyone isriting on the wall now, it is kind of a key, don't hog your journey. lisa wrote in, hoda, don't hog your journey, your writing changed someone's outlook today, mine. a the best. everyone is quoting don't hog the journey down the wall. >> first of many, many, many. >> thank you. >>is that it? >> that's it, baby. that's all. that's all. >> we could go all day, but the show is only so long. >> tomorrow, the hottest winter boots, i want to know. i want to know what kind of boots to buy. >> have an awesome booze day, everyone. don't drink and drive. nice talking to you.