and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, last man out brought to the surce and the crowd explodes in celebration. their 70 day underground ordeal over. how have their lives changed? natalie morales live in chile. and a date about everything from health care to a past. >> miss o'donnell has experience running for office but not running anything. >> you're just jealous because you were not on "saturday night live." >> the question that left miss

o'donnell struggling for an answer. the suit shot outside a high school in utah speaks out as he is released from the hospital. we'll speak to him on "today," october 14th, 2010. welcome to "toda on this thursday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. >> you think about what this rescue operation achieved in chile. how long it took opposed to expectations and what the results were, it's flawless. >> did you watch last night? >> not up to the very end. until miner 31. i watched the last miner come out. as everybody said, it's truly as dramatic for the last as the first. a remarkable story. they thought it would take up two days to bring the men to the surface. it actually took less than 24 hours when that last miner came

out, little past 9:00, i think. >> i amazing success. we were talking here yesterday morning, you had the rescue workers still there after the miners. imagine being the last rescue worker thinking, baby, don't break now. i'm alone down here. they got out as well. today, nationa correspondent, natal natalie morales had a fro seat, live at the mine. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it struck me there's a real sense of calm here, a peace they haven't felt in the last ten weeks until last night, when that last miner was pull out. this morning, the families, who remained here at "camp hope" will pack up, they get to go home once again, get back to their lives with their loved ones now safe. mission accomplished. just before 10:00 p.m. local time wednesday, the shift

manager luis urzua became the last man out. before he even knew they were alive, he helped them survive o two days of food. like a good captain, you leave last, said chilean's president. he told the president, i'm proud to be chilean. in the end, the remarkable rescue of the 33 miners took less tha 24 hours. his 7 year old son's tears brought the wrorld to tears. 23-year-old richard got out just in time, his wife at home having contractions. he got out just in time.

and yonni barrios was welcomed not by his we but his mistress of 10. his wife chose not to come to therescue. barrios was known as the docr, trained emt, monitored the men's health everyday. and marios had health problems. i spoke to his daughter. >> it was so beautiful, like a re birth, she said. now, the family is back together. the world has come to know who they are. especially this man, now known as "super mario." he practically burst out of the capsule telling the world, i met god, i met thedevil, god won. 33 times, the chantept coming. >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi-!

>> repter: the rescue mission many thought impossible, now colete. the rescuers held up a sign saying "mission accomplished." now, rescuers here say they do believe in miracles. of course, these miners now, what's happening the next 48 hours, in the hospit, they really be thoroughly evaluated, get medical attention they now need. if they need no further treatment,they'll soon be allowed to go home and get back with their families and make up for lost time. matt. we haven't seen anything quite like this, there have been similar circumstances. we all know what happens, these miners or people that get rescued, become hot commodies and book offers, what are they expecting with these 33? >> reporter: they made a pact when they were down in the mine shafand said they will stick together. it will be very interesting, i think, to see what they decide

to do as aroup collectively or if they start to breakaway. who knows. we haveo stand by for that one. the chil chilean government askr now, let them get back to their routines and daily life, as much a normal life as they can. their lives have changed so much, with that last one coming out last night, they're internional celebrity, superheroes now, o of them, even "super mario" and their future is pretty secure. ey're certainly not going back into the mines, i can tell you that, their families say no way. >> i can understand that. great job covering the story. thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. >> here's meredith. here at home, the mid-termite electimid-term elections are jt 19 days away and in delaware for vice president joe biden's old senate

seat. they faced off last night. kelly has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. there h been so much since christine o'donnell's win in the primary and a lot about things she said years ago on television and little notice to the democrat actually leading onhe polls. here nor a longer than usual 90 minutes, it was nearly all about substance. stark differences on policy and personality. delaware democrat and county executive chris comes ons. miss o'donnell has experience running for office but not really running everything. delivering catchy phrases. >> my opponent has a history of making promises on the campaign trail and then breakg those.

>> rorter: coons seemed to break from snoob i support tax cuts for the majority of americans and don't think we should draw an arbitrary line at $250,000. reporter: o'donnell wants more and deeper cuts. >> on the capital gains cuts -- >> reporter: polar opposites on the president's health care reform. >> i would stand for it. >> i would fight to fully repeal so we can begin t re enact real reform. >> reporter: o'donnell differs from many tea party candidates that say the department of education should be eliminated. >> i don't think we need to go that drastic o a step. >> reporter: on the supreme court, o'donnell stumbled. >> oh, gosh -- >> reporter: much le sarah palin had -- >> well let's see. >> reporter: when asked to name a recent decision she opposes. >> i'm very sorry off theop of my head. i know there are alot. i will put it on my website. >> reporter: coons comes from a wealthy family with two graduate

degrees from yale. his irritation to o'donnell shows. >> we will try to have a conversation rather than a diatribe. if you can reconcile all those comments you are even a more talented reporter than i think you are, nancy. >> reporter: o'donnell turned aggressive cooling cns a marxist. >> my opponent recently said it was studying under a marxist professor that made him become a democrat. >> reporter: coons called himself a bearded marxist and said that is a joke. >> i am not anything but a clean shaven capitalist. >> reporter: her controversial wih comments- >> i never joined a comment. >> reporter: but didn't mind sang it to coons about snl. >> you're just jealous you were not on "saturday night live." >> i'm dying to see who will

play me. >> reporter: not long after the debate, o'donnell came up with an answer to that question, put out a written statement pointing a 2005 se, where the court allowed local governments to take private property in order to make way for commercial development. she said it was tough to come up with a recent case. that was the question, because she complimented the four conservative judges on the court. meredith. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you very much. who is going to win in 19 days? nate silver crunches the number for the "new york times." good morning to you. we all know how unreliable polls can be. you came up with this computer model accurate. in the last election, you correctly picked 48 out of the 50 states. don't get too technical on me. how do you do it? >> any o poll can be fairly accurate we know what happened in new hampshire, the proposal primary. and which polls can be more reliable, you can doretty

well. we might have more misses than most, hard to gage exactly how angry the electorate is i delaware. >> you say this i harder. >> i think so. in 2008, every sign pointed towards obama winning. know the gop will gain seats in bh parts of congress. how many is an open question, while they take over the house or senate or both? it's tricky. >> you say there's a big storm headed democrats way come november. what category storm are we talking about? >> it will not be a tropical storm, a hurricane ofome magnitude, but a category 3 or 4? everything isn the table. there are scenarios like if if it breaks against them could lose 60 or 70 seats exceeding 1994 but holding the house of voters, if they get t enthusiasm gap to break a little bit. >> normally mid-term elections is bad news for party in power, this year, the democrats.

you s a sea of red actually, likely republican victories. >> partly because in the midwestern part of the couny, you have high unemployment and unpopular democratic governor palins, where the gop is doing well. and in the midwest states like michigan, we have 14% unemployment. democrats are not losing t the -- not winning the toss up races there. >> you are clearly seeing this house will go to the republicans? >> we want to hedge. we think it's a three out of four chae right now because there are three weeks in the campaign and voters are making up their minds. you have so many races in play where 70 or 80 or 100 seats could go eher way. we try not to be too certain where it will come down. the momentum favors them. if you had to place a bet, the safe side is there. >> how about to the senate, democrats hold an 18eat margin ahead of the republicans? >> there, republicans will gain some seats but running out of enough seats to take over the

chamber, where a state like delaware, which looked to be republican leaning before, maybe now won't be as much, we have chris coons favored there and some on the west coast, washington and california have broken towards democrats. they will do very well, might get to 50 but 51 looks tough based on the math. >> you mentioned delaware, your computer mod shows o'donnell will not win in delaware. >> no. you can't find too many cases where a congressional candite comes back this late. it's a special race in som ways, i think, a lot of voters have made up their minds already, when she was the nominee, not like castle, coons ha55% of the vote. he would have to lose some votes to lose the election, hard at three weeks to go. >> how about in nevada, harry reid is fightg for his political life? >> we have this as a tossup, slightly towards srron angle.

it's really hard to get re-elected. the facthe's so close, it's basically a tie right now. testifies to the fact maybe she's not theost compelling ndidate. that's a dirty race, not a pleasant race to watch, how will that affect candidates in that state, won't know until november 2nd. >> you have lisa murkowski, who lost in the primary and now a write-in and joe miller and scott mcadams. >> you shouldn't trust the polls. you don't have to go through the mechanics of filling outs the oval and trying to spell murkowski in the polling place. i think she would have to have a lead in the polls to get a shot onlection day but miller has not run a very good campaign, you have a three way race there. she could do it. it's pretty tight. >> the predictions is she may. >> she may,iller is a 75% favorite republican and she has 1 in 4 chance and had momentum lately and might improve by

election day. >> thank you for your perspective. >> thank you. >> to the newsdesk and ann curry for a check of the other top stories. >> good morning to you. new numbers today show more americans are struggling to keep their hos. lenders seized more homes from july to septemberhan any other three month stretch since 2006 when the housing bubble began to burst. more than 288,00 homes were lost to foreclosure in the last three months up 22% from the year before. states are accusin banks of evicting people without reading documents and some of the foreclosures may be challenged. more than 70 people are under arrest coast-to-coast in the biggest medicare fraud case ever. ey are accused of trying to cheat medicare out of $163 million. michelle obama was on the campaign trail wednesday for the first time since 2008. she campaigned in wisconsin and also for an illinois democrat trying to win the senate seat

once held by her husband. today, iran's president, ahmadinejad is in lebanon and visiting in an area near the israeli border and they're calling it intentionally provocative. >> gold is up and the dollar is down on the world market. we have more on this. good morning. >> good morning. inflation is sending gold to a record high and dollar to a 10 month low. we see all these reports about the demise of the dollar but still stronger today than one month ago. two stocks to watch. apple closed up at $300 a hair, the second most valuable company in this country. if it were an economy, would be almost the same size as sth africa. apple pc sales are growing 24%. five times faster than its rivals. back to you. >> erin burnett this morning. thanks. a you saw teenager struck by lightning last week, along with another boy is speaking out about the experience.

>> reporter: it was a high school homecoming that almost didn't haen. >> thank you guys so much. >> reporter: the 16 said he was lucky to be alive. he and friends got cght in a storm as they were leaving school, took cover under a tree. he doesn't remember anything else. >> we had just finished a conversation apparentlyith a few people. they were like walking ay when it happened. >> reporter: a lightning bolt struck both teens. >> just exploded. they both just fell like rocks and their backpacks were blown clear off their back, clear off their bodies. >> i was dead like 20 minutes. >> reporter: doctors brought him back to life and he was released from the hospital just a week after he had gone in. >> right now, i have two burns on my feet, a little scar on my face. my hair is a little burnt. >> when i think of the alternative, i can't -- i can't even imagine.

>> reporr: and while these students mark one homecoming, they're also focused on alexander lamson still hospitalized for burns. >> i feel bad leaving him there. >> reporter: the school is holdg on t hope they can have another celebration soon. >> let's go back too meredith and al

good morning. it is raining now around the metro area and throughout much of virginia and the eastern panhandle of west virginia, now moving into maryland, this rain advancing southwest and north to east. it will be with us here from time to time throughout the day. there's even some thunder and lightning east of charlottesville. highs only around 60. ould all end, though, by sunset and then tomorrow partly sunny, blustery and cool. small chance of a shower. saturday and sunday, sunshine back. highs in the 6 to that's your latest weather. tt. the role american forces may have played in the tragic death of a british aide worker during a rescue attempt in afghanistan. a joint investigation is under way.

michelle kosinski is in london with details. good morning. >> no one was really questioning this rescue mission was extremely dangerous or the right thing to do at the time. the mystery was how the ex-explanation of this british aide worker's death chang from a bomb set by one of her captors to one thrown by u.s. troops. it prompted a question from president obama to the u.s. prime minister. at age 36, linda norgrove was ready and willing to take on the world. studied in scotland, england, had a phd and worked i loss and afghanistan for an american aide organization. where she and two colleagues were captured from their cars two weeks ago b a group known as al qaeda, and all were released but linda. >> linda's life is in grave

danger. >> reporter: friday night, known as "the valley of death." u.s. forces launched a daring raid to save lia. something went wrong. u.s. explanation was specific. >> the hostage was killed in the end by her captive. >> reporter: an insurgent right next to lin detonated a bomb vest just before troops could reach her. monday morning, the u.s. said furthereview said fridly fire, possibly a grenade from american troops may have caused linda's severe injuries. sh died soon after. >> the british aide worker killed -- >> reporter: confusing news here. >> the account of what took place has complely changed in 24 hours and highly embarrassing. >> the suspicion of a cover-up is something embarrassing -- >> take a deep bret. it's war. she was killed by an explosion and they would have assumed it was one of her captors. it's curious to me why any hand grenades were used during the

assault. normally, they break in, in the dark and shoot people at point-blank range using night vision equipment. they don't use lethal fragmentation grenades. >> reporter: now, from the mountains of afghanistan to scotland, linda's home, in westminster and washington, there are questions. a brave young woman working for the best of human intentions di being sed from the worst. now that the u.s. and britain are working together on the invesgation and today, u.s. general petraeus, the top commander of forces in afghanistan will meet wit david cameron in london, matt. >> michelle, tha you for your report. jury selection begins in the trial o the u.s. master mind of a disturbing bank robbery that ended in the death of a pizza man fitted with a bomb collar. remember that story? 'll have

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tomorrow with a chance of wind. dry weend to follow. aaron? >> ahead on "news 4" midday, getting fit for fall. barbara harrison has tips to get you in shape in months. [ male announcer ] martin o'malley sworn in. inherits a billion-dollar surplus, low unemployment. o'malley signs the biggest tax hike in maryland history. raids chesapeake bay fund to cover spending. gives raises to top aides. business climate ras 45th worst in the nation.

now 200,000 jobs lost. o'malley covers up jobs report that proved maryland's economy stalled. re-elected, o'malley will raise taxes again. whether he does, is up to you. it's 7:30 on a thursday morning, october 14th, 2010, that's the empire state building as seen from our building, the top of the rock and mid-town manhattan, the rainrrives a little later today. we'll take the weather while it lasts. we will get out and say to people out on the plaza in a little while. i'm matt lauer, alongside meredith vieira. coming up this ur, a talented painter who has already made a big name for herself in the

world of art. there she is right there. she happens to be adorable. her name is autumn and she is 8 years old. she has really got a lot of people raising her eyebrows. >> she is so talented, her work goes for $25,000 apiece. >> she is being compared to some of the late painters of the last century. very cool. >> the new crowd in the real estate market, a national investigation launched into the fiasco that put a freeze in foreclosure sales. how will that impact you? details ahead. we want to begin with a tragic death played out on live television. jury selection now under way at the trial of a wan accused of masterminding a bizarre bank robbery that resulted in the death of a pizza delivery man. you probably remember this story. ron allen is in eerie, pennsylvania with more on this. good morning to you. . >> reporter: good morning to you.

federal investigators say this is one of the most bizarre strange cases and a along said it was more than a bizarre bank robbery. the trail led to a former schoolteacher with a violent criminal history. marjorie diehl-armstrong is already serving a 20 year sentence for shooting and lling a former boyfriend, his body stuffed into a refrigerator. now, prosecutors accuse her of masterminding an even more bizarre and related murder that made world-wide headlines. >> what's your emergency, please? >> you're reporting a bank robbery. >> reporter: it was augt 28, 2003 in broad daylight, when brian wilson walked into aank and demanded a quart over a million dollar. locked around his neck was an elaborate bomb and shotgun made from a cane. police surrounded him in the

parking lot. wells claimed he was a hostage, warned the bomb was ticki and said he was forced to rob t bank by a group of thugs. suddenly, the bomb exploded, killing wells. for years, the crime baffled investigators. several suspects died. authorities came to believe the pizza delivery man wasn't an innocent victim but willing if naive conspirator. in 2008, a break through, another local man, kenneth barnes pleaded guilty in the case to conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and named diehl-armstrong as the ringleaderntent to kill again. >> marjorie diehl-armstrong solicited kenneth barnes to commit bank robbery and also solicited him to kill her own father. she intended to use the proceeds of the bank to pay her would be father's killer.

>> reporter: the motive, they believed her father was squad andering a would be inheritance. >> money was the motive and everything else paled t that motive. >> reporter: her attorney says s she's mentally ill and not capable of plodding such a gruesome crime. jury selection i under way and opening arguments is tomorrow. meanwhile, the pizza man's family are trying to clear his name and said he didn't know they wouldn't tak the bomb from him and let the bomb explode. >> allen, thank you. >> pat, author of "the profiler." >> good morning, matt. >> prosecutors say she planned this entire bomb robbery plot

and convicted in killing one man d suspected killing others. she will have, it would seem to me, an uphill battle to convince jurors she wasn't involved in this. >> i think so. the defense attorney is saying she doesn't have the brains to do this. she is a smart woman, master of manipulation. if you look at this bomb, it didn't work very well, almost too grandiose to be very successful. it shows her behind this very very well. >> you talk about her being a smart woman. she is intelligent. she was a straight a student. from what i understand, she has a masters degree in counseling does she fit the profile? >> she certainly fits the profile of a psychopat. and kind of like a black widow. killed one man earlier and shot another boyfriend and put one ma man in the freezer and that's two down and tried to kill her father. i call her a preying man tis and manipulates men into her life

and trying to get them to help out whatever she's trying to do and bite theirs head off and keepmoving on. she's extremely dangerous, whatever she wants, a lot of power and control, not just about the money, manipulating everybody and always beinghe one in control and the one who wins. she doesn't like it when people get over on her. >> jury selection began tuesday and already a scene in the courtroom she basically had a dispute with her own attorney and cursed him out. is it likely she will be the biggest obstacle in her o defense? >> i think so. she really doesn know how to be a demure lady and say, i really didn't know what was happening. she can't sit back. right now, she's trying to sue somebody at theoment over her father. she's still doing things, even from prison. she will not stop. she will be her own worst enemy in that courtroom. >> pat, as always, thank you very much. a

good morning. it is a wet thursday morning. looking around the region on the radar, we do have showers moving in, and the areas of yellow are the heavier shors over the last hours that are advancing south, west to northeast this

morning. there seems to be a little thunder and lightning in that batch. that's going to be moving into the immediate metro area in another hour. we'll have occasional showers into the afternoon. highs near 60. the rains should taper off and end late afternoon. blustery wind tomorrow. dry saturday and sunday. high joe? >> jumanji. >> any time you need to check your weather, go to your weather channel on cable or online. >> thank you very much. just ahead, are police a closer to finding the killer of a virginia tech student who vanished during a concert a year ago. her parents speak out. a major investigation of home foreclosures being launched in all 50 states, what that will mean for you right after this. [ woman ] we try to bperfect.

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what does that mean to you? barbara and sharon, good morning to both of you. the president has rejected calls for nationwide moratorium on nationwide foreclosure. you said it doesn't matter what he said. >> it's governed by state laws and the fact that the attorney nerals are looking into it and the largest lenders have already called for a moratorium, this will create basically a nationwide freeze on foreclosures anyway. >> let's talk about dollars and cents, impact on lenders. >> we're talking $6 billion approximately. if you look at the fact it will cost lenders $2 billion per month, this could linger three months or more, that will create this situation. >> you move to the housing market in particular, the effect it will have on the price of homes. >> i personally believe it will have a good effect in the short run on the price of mes. they should either stabilize or go up. the reason being, if you remove

40% of all the product from the shelves, usually, the remaining housesre worth more. that's exactly the percentage being re moved from the marketplace. >> what if you're somebody in the midst of foreclosure right now? >> ironically, like being able to stay rent free, almost like being in line for the electric chair and the governor says, sit tidy for a while. >> maybe they can come up with plan and call a non-profit counselor and credit counselor. you're already dinquent on your mortgage, we know this. that won't change and you need to figure out how to better your financial situation. >> once you're on her to side and have a great deal on a foreclosed home, what will happen to you? >> you won't be able to close. many people are stuck in between, nowhere to go. thought they were moving in next moay, they're not, the banks of frozen everything. >> you're really stuck. for me, i'm not interested in

ying and selling and not in foreclosure. >> tnk god. >> it could have an impact on the housing industry overall. these houses will not be sold and that will create problems for real estate agents, they will not be able to be working. painters and carpenters working on these homes are not doing anything and will create an economic problem for the industry and credit problem. now the lenders know perhaps they will not get any money back if a homeowner defaults on their mortgage so will we see tighter credit? that will have an economic impact as well. >> which is probably why the president is rejecti this moratorium? >> it would be a hardship for the economy overall. when you look at the housing industry, that this is k for coming out of the economic problems we have and if we continue to have this moratorium, that could create a lot of problems and what lenders are saying and why they're saying, we can't have ts nationwide moratorium. but a lot of folks are still in this situation.

>> consumer confidence is at an all time low. you have that as well tt this won't help it. >> we have more information coming out tomorrow and this won't help consumers who say, what if i am paying on time, what is this doing for me? lot of borrowers say, if this mess is going on with the lenders, what's stopping me from walking away from my home? >> exactly. >> there could be one piece of good news. to date, the banks have been siing on their backside. i almost said the wrong word, sitting on their backside, taking their time working out all these modifications. maybe with the attorney generals on their back, they wil wake up to the fact they have to move just as fast to clear up the problems on the foreclosures. really a shame. >> thank you so much. up next, an 8-year-old painting prodigy wowing the art world, right after this. [ female announcer ] letting go of your cigarettes can be hard.

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work? >> she was in her late 5s. she came out to the garage. >> her late 5s, like her late 40s. >> i was staing wood, came out, asked i she could mess with the brush. i turned away and turned back, like a modernrt masterpiece. >> did everyone agree, like all parents did, look at what my daughter did. did others agree? >> . we didn't show. it we were scratching our head and thought it was an anomaly and interesting. the thing we noticed was she seemed to have passion and seemed to enjoy it. >> autumn, is this your favorite thing to do? painting and drawing? >> i do it everyday and try to do as much as i can. >> what inspires you when you sit down with a canvas and some of theseanvass are bigger than you are, what inspires you to paint? >> you know what, i love to

paint. u know -- >> just comes from the heart? >> yeah. it just -- every single day, i'm like, i do this, and i'm trying to do it, maybe i can't do it. i do my best and i feel like i -- i jus want -- i want to do it, i want to do it. >> no formal training, is that correct? >> no. >> you didn't want to mess her up and hav someone try and take her in another direction. what about the technical part of painting, how did she get so good at that? >> well, actually, ifou're asking about texture -- >> yes. >> well, i kind of maybe viewed other words, but i take different texture, right out of the tube, which, when you mean, like you see a tube of paint. >> right. >> when it comes out very thick, and then -- and then i might mix it up with some ter or

mething and i make it fast, when i say fast, very liqu. when i pour it out of the cup, it goes very fast, like water. >> this one is called "autumn colors," right? >> yes. >> if people look carefully, high schools a self portrait, right? >> yes. >> is this one of your favorite paintings? >> yes, kd of, yeah. >>om and dad, let's slide over. autumn, tell me about this next painting >> this painting is actually called "barbie marilyn." >> what inspiretude do this? andy warho thing? >> yes. andy warhol. he did marilyn monroe. wasn't a barbie but marilyn monroe. the real reason w i think he painted her is because at that time she was the best example as a sexy one.

>> let's movever, this is called "good night moon." you like that book? >> yes. my mothersed to read it to me when it was over. >> i note you don't say how long did something take, the product not the process. how long did this take? >> well, you know, it really depends maybe how big it is, but i think it's definitely a few weeks, definitely -- yeah. not one week. >> you are amazing. keep going, young lady, all right? >> okay. >> great to meet you. happy birthday almost the end of the month, mom and dad, thank you so much. keep it going. just ahead, the fine art of untry music. what makes it so cool these days. fit, your local news. southwest low fares online?onlyd southwt.com. southwest.com. southwest.com. [ southwest employees ] alright! bring 'em in...bring 'em in... stop! how many places can you book southwest tickets online?

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the metro area, but it's going to be coming down here in the next hour. it's advancing out of the southwest to the northeast. moderate to perhaps brief heavy wnpours over the next hour or so right around the metro area. that will likely cause some fender benders. a dry weekend. jerry, how's the traffic? tom, traveling along 95 and 395, bad news is rain showers slowing you down. the good news is no acdents from the capital beltwayo the city. sporadic slowdowns on the outer loop. looks like drive at the moment but do be carel. >> ahead on "news 4" midday, getting fit for fall. barbara harrison has some simple tips to get you in shape for tips to get you in shape for months. feeling a bit off? the moment youeel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud.

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has been doneo keep the investigation alive and help other young people. >> had a chance to meet them. also ahead, washington d.c.'s schools superintendent michelle, and also the subje of controversy, featured in the movie "waiting for superman." she announced her resignion. we will find out what caused that in a couple minutes. a little later on, a new york photographer uses her camera to show what makes country music so special. jenna bush hager will interview her. >> hey. all 33 miners in chile are rescued and hospitalized this morning and most in good shape after being trapped understand

ground 70 days. e man who helped them survive was the last one rescued in a flawless operation. many could leave the hospita within a couple days but always are nervous and unable to sleep and one is being treated for pneumon pneumonia. squaring off in a nationally televised debate. tea party christine o'donnell portrayed chris coons as a masksimas marxist who would increase spending. he called her a sound bite with no solutions. and wednesday, michelle obama returns to the campaign trail for the first tim in two years in milwaukee and chicago. and visiting hezbollah supporters in southern lebanon, near the israel border and they're calling it intentionally provocative and hezbollah is a

powerful military tan group that fought a month-long war in 2006. considering a proposed rule to prevent cell phone bill shock, requiring wireless phone and data companies to alert customers by voice or text messages when they are close to going over their monthly limits which can result in sizable penalties. the warning would also apply to roaming charges. a pennsylvania man who had just passed his test for his driver's license wednesday, crash in the front of the driving center with his instructor in the passenger's seat. there were minor injuries and the man said he thought the car s in park. it's 8:03, back outside to matt and meredith. >> thank you. >> actually lovely, like a lovely fall day. >> you're surprised. >> i'm waiting for the you know

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attending a concert when she became separated from her friends. she called to tell them she was okay and would find a re home. they never saw her again. >> morgan is out there. please come home. if someone has morgan, please let her come home safely. >> her parents held ginvigil, hopeful for her safe return. >> morgan's last words to me were, i love you forever, one more time. >> but their nightmare was realized. >> i stopped and there was a human skl. that's when i called 911. >> a local farmer found morgan's skeletal remains in a remote field just a few miles from the bridge where she was last seen. >> the remains are those of mortgage ga harrington. her parents despera to be

close to her rushed to the scene and jill harrington hauntingly described seeing her for the first time. >> i will tell you, having seen that girl even had some lovely bones. >> finally, in july, nine months after her disappearance a crack in the case. police tied evidence from the crime scene to a predator on the loose. >> a predator is on the loose. >> mebody can help identify that predato and help make the link to morgan's case. >> three months later, her death and link to the killer are still a mystery. >> closure is not possible because now have a beautiful almost 21-year-old daughter that you cannot replace. >> morgan's pares, dan and joe herri harrington are with us. good morning. i want to talk about morgan and all you have done to honor the

memory of her daughter and keep her memory alive. first, i want to put the picture up again, the sketch released in july of a suspect in an assault case in fairfax, virginia, five years ago, they have forensically linked to your daughter. know he could have changed over the past five years in appearance. what have they told you, the police, in terms of the status of the case right now? >> the case really has not moved much beyond what we found out when the forensic leak was made. we know the case from 2005 is somehow connected to morgan, but -- >> dna connection. >> dna connection. what is confusing is how does fairfax, charlottesville and even more importantly, the remote area of the 700 acre farm she was found on, she wasn't just placeby the side of the road, she was deliberately placed in an area of that farm. i think they thoughthey would never find the body. >> you think whoever placed her

on that farm knew about that area before. >> the police feel that's a very important connection. >> i wish we did have a very big ah-ha moment and there was something that changed everything. i'm afraid, what will happen, real life crime, i've come to learn, doesn't work like tv shows. what's going to happen, i think, is just the day in, day out dogged police work, chasing down leads, re-interviewing people and trng to put the pieces to this really complicated puzzle together. it still is an acte case, a year after morgan was killed, i still have weekly contact with the agentsrom virginia state police, who have worked with us. they've been not only professional but compassionate, because after a year, you know, weave a relatnship with them. >> right. >> i don't think they want it as bad as we do, but we all want it. >> sunday marks one year since the last time she was seen on

the bridge at the university of virginia. you have gone back to that bridge many times over the past year. why? >> we, very quickly, after morgan was abducted, found that the last place morgan was, was a place that we needed to remember and remind the community that a death had occurred or abduction had occurred and a bad person remained at large. we started a memorial that was like a stone that gathered a lot of moss on it through the last 12 months. we had people sending momentos from all over the world, literally we had what was called "morgan rocks" and people would paint rocks or send rocks from literally every continent around the world. those ve all been removed about two weeks ago in preparation for the memorial that will be placed on sunday. >> that's how you mark the anniversary by being there.

you also worked with the university of virginia to raise awareness, alert young women in thatommunity of the risks involved. talk to me about the progress you have made. >> it's a difficult thing. we're doing several things. you can measure walls and buildings that you do. but to shift a culture, it is not as measurable and it's probly harder to do. it's like turning an ocean lir, it takes a while to make it happen. but we do feel that president sullivan at uva really was handed a difficult agenda in her new role, but took it on. they he programs with entering students, to act together as community, to look out for each other, to limit opportunities for violence on their students. >> absolutely. yoalso work with a group called omnithat does medical

outreach to orphans in africa and that group recently started construction on a school annex in your daughter's name? >> right. >> some of her ashes are actually mixed into the cemen of the foundation because she was studying in education and interested in education. >> i did not wan to just be left with ass. when i was feeling sorry for myself early on, i said, god, all i have is this box of ashes. i realized from ashes, you can make cinder blocks and use them as foundation to build something more. in an odd way, morgan is likel to impact more lives than she could have done if she were allowed to live. >> in some ways, the picture at you brought that she painted sums up who she is, doesn't it? >> yeah. she was multilayered, a complex for someone who is 20 years old.

>> the symbolism of the eye. >> she has been all around the world. she was going to go to africa, to travel with me with omni. she packed supplies and helped th that. she did not go, her ashes did. her teacher, jane vance, took her ashes to nepal because morgan was i going to travel with jane. she's going places still. that is, i think, how you trump evil. he stopped her life but he did not stophe goodness that she could accomplish. >> you're accomplishing so much in her name now. thank you so much. greatly appreciate your being here. >> tha you. >> if you have any information in the case of morgan harrington, contact virginia state police at 434-352-3467. we are back after these messages.

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education form. of washington d.c. public schools, michelle wie received praise from some and criticism from others for ling off d.c. school teachers she said were under-performing. she announced her own resignation. good to see you. so many headlines, why can't we compete? why are americans behind. you were seen as the hope for the education system. why leave now when a big job lies ahead. >> this is a sad day for me. i have so enjoyed working with childrens and families in washington d.c. i hoped to do it four more years. envelo unfortunately my boss lost the election and the new mayor and i decided it made sense to be able to continue these reforms by having his own team in place, somebody he felt comfortable

with. i think that's the right thing, moving forward. >> you've been credit accomplishing a lot, test scores on the rise, got rid of under-performing schools and under-performing teachers, gave principals power to hire who they wa. you were also criticized for your style, kind of a bull in a china shop. let me read you an interview in "time" magazine, the team that kills me about education, so touchy-feely. test scores don't take into account creativity and love of learning. i don't give a crap. don't get me wrong, creativity is good, if the children don't know how to read, i don't car how creative you are, you're not doing your job. >> anything you wish you had done different style-wise? >> not really. one of the problems i public education today is people really shyway from talking about the real issues. the fact of the matter, this nation is falling further and further behind internationally and we're not able to compete

with other countries globally because we'reot preparing our children in the same way. that means we have to take a really hard look at our education system and know what is going wrong so we can improve those things. >> i sat down with the predent recently as part of our "education nation" series and i said, you have done a lot in d.c. for public schools, there is still a lot to do. let me show you a clip and i'll get your reaction on the other side. >> good morning. thank you for taking my question, president obama. as the father of two very delightful and seemingly very bright daughter, i wanted to know whether or not you think that malia and sasha would get the same high quality rigorous education in a d.c. public school compared to their very elite private academy they're attending now. >> thanks for the question, kelly. i'll be blunt with you. the answer is no right now. the d.c. public school systems are struggling. >> how did it feelo hear that? he basically said, my daughters

can't get a great education in d.c. schools. that agency your school district? >> actually, i found it reeshing because the president was telling the truth, he was speaking from the heart. he's absolutely right, because even though we have some schools in the cit that are serving children extremely well, we actually can't say that about all of the schools. certaiy, the school that the white house is zonednto is a school that still has a really long way to go. i think he was being very honest about his assess many he and the first lady made about what's best for their children. >> in the 45 seconds i have left, do we need longer school days in this country zplchlkt. >> absolutely. we won't catch our kid up without it. >> do we need longer school years? >> without a doubt. >> what's next to you? some talk you'd come toewark or what will you do? real quickly if you don't mind? >> i will trying to figure out how i can have the great est impact nationally on education moving forward.

good luck to you. coming up, the best o the best when it comes to travel. take a live look outside right now. kind of a gray day across the area. rain falling in some places as well. first, it's 8:26 on this thursday morning. i'm aaron gill cyst. drivers in the district, new lights are up. they're set up along busy commuter corridors including the busy connecticut avenue and 14th street wet and 3rd avenue and -- third street and third avenue northwest. right now speeders will just get a wrng. starting november 12, those warnings willturn into tickets that will run you about $75.

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whether he does, is up to you. good morning. rain continues to move across northern virginia and into the distri of columbia and maryland. moderate to heavy at times over the next couple of hours. forecast coming up in a few minutes on the todd show. jerry, how's the traffic? >>. the inner loop jammed to tysons corner. a serious accident out of the

roadway and into town crawling. word of a bus crash with police on the scene. aaron? >> oh, boy. thank you, jerry. we'll ve more weather and traffic in a few

8:30 on a thursday morning, the 14th day of october, 2010. pretty here in the northeast, the calm before the storm. al predicting a nor'easter for this area and much of new england over the next 36 hours. a ltle windy, a little wet. but these people don't seem to mind on a thursday morning, out

here on the plaza, having good time. i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira, al roker and ann curry. when we get going in this half hour, we will talk about the best of the best. every year, doing the best of the best cruise awards in resorts and cities and airlines, we will find out which things pop that list. that looks nice right there. >> i thought it was another name. i'm sure you're right. we will find out. i have no idea. i don't know. coming up --

a wet thursday morning. good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. the radar shong this rain and low pressure bringing this in. the areas of yellow where it's moving a little bit harder. that's about to move into the metro area. it may taper off. but more possible perhaps early to mid afternoon. highs near 60. about an inch may be the total by the time it ends by sunset today. and windy tomorrow. small chance of a shower. sunny saturday and that's your latest weather. don't forget, you can check your weather any time of the day or night on weather channel on cable or weher.com. now, let's say hlo to uncle willie scott in washington.

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yee-haw. we're back at 8:37 an about a book putting country music at the spotlight. jenna bu hager. >> and photographing some of the most influential and powerful people in the world. for the latest book, she decided to turn her lens to the biggest in country music. melanie didn't know anything about country music when she set out to tell stories through her photographs. >> i know one prong. >> reporter: as a new yorker, trying to focus her lens on a brand-new subject, melanie knew she had to ierse herself in nashlle culture, several days a week for a year. >> reporter: how did you decid to capture each subject? >> i put together a list of 50

artists. met one person and they say, you have to have blah blah blah. and then i would google blah bl blah. >> reporter: those highly placed recommendations helped her create "my country," a dazzling collection of country icons, each fmed in a setting to capture their essence. >> i am trying one image to show you who that person is. you look and you say, thats barbara mandrel. >> reporter: she began with country's traditional roots with god and america. >> george jones is very steeped in history, has an amazing collection of old jackets, boots, everywhere you look in every corner of his house c thers a gem. i thought we have to do it in almost his home museum. >> reporter: more than just a snapshot, the old timers gave her a lson quite they believe country music is t heart and soul of america. >> country music is the poetry of everyday life.

>> what the song says means everything. the words and the lyrics. >> it's not what we wish we were, it's what we are. >> reporter: as each nashville door opened, she learned, too, the business of country music is changing. >> it's becoming more mainstream. we have t taylor swift grammys. they're desperate to stay traditional, local and true to their roots. >> reporter: surprisingly, this northernerer found herself bitten by the nashville bug. she took me on a tour of the town she has come to know so well. first stop, sparkling threads, fit for a sr at manwell's. taylor, costumer of wells, everyone. >> a little porter wagner, johnny cash. >> reporter: manwell ss the new stars of new country are starting to sparkle, too. >> this generation is starting to dress up because they're

tired of looking at the kids with dirty jeans and holy t-shirts, to be more deserving of looki and listening. >> reporter: next stop a visit to hat show print, where they still roll outposters the old-fashioned way. our last stop, a local watering hole. can we order? to try the recession special, a pabst blue ribbon and fried baloney sandwich and listen to musicians trying for their big break. ♪ >> reporter: throughout melanie's travels, youngsters and old steres alike told her the re of their music is their faith. >> josh is actually quite a religious fellow. decided to shoot at the reiman's church, a deacons traited church. >> reporter: but staying true to

the perforr, her favorite honky-tonk, because of her unbridled energy and enthusiasm. >> melanie's photographic journey, she hopes, will be a celebration of country music for all americans, paying respect to its past and looking forward to its future. so are you a country music fan? >> of course i am. i kn more than one song now. reporter: she certainly does. >> caller: melanie entered the country music world knowing nothing, she calls herself a converted nashville enthusiast. "my country" is now in stores. it was fun to see nashville rough her eye, a self-proclaimed yaee is now converted. >> jennifer, thank you very much. a grt piece. up next, the best of the best, we reveal the winners of

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it scores a perfect 100 points? >> the 10 seasons in northern thaila. it's the first time it got 100 out of 100. >> nothing they didn't like about this place? >> nothing. it's gorgeous. 19th century style camp, if y were an explorer. six elephants you can care for. you can see laos and miami at the same time. >> not cheap. >> inclusive property. >> this is surprising to me. there is a brand-new rest named the best resort in t uned states. that's out of beaver creek? >> yes. western there. on a hot list last year and gone straight to readers' choice, from editor's listo readers, wonderful. >> has it happened where the first year of a resort actually makes it to the top? >> a couple timesut pretty rare. this is something different for beaver creek, very deluxe resort. have a gondola that takes you to

the lift so you're there in three minutes. >> san francisco does so well on this list year after year. why? what do people say about it? >> years in a row. it's particularly friendly, has great ambience, wonderful scenery, wonderful food, also very compact, y can get around it very quickly. new york, not so good this year. >> that's all right. >> number 4 and number 5. >> hats off to the people in san francisco. that's okay. down to the caribbean, great year by escape, number one was ritz carlton in grand cayman, why? >> the ultimate beach destination. pretty accessible. we have great restaurants and the golf course by greg norman and every amenity you could want and don't have to leave the reso. >> in mexico, we hear a lot about one. i hear about celebrities going

going there. good for celebrities? >> al roker is a frequent guest and jennifer aniston, not necearily at the se time. if it' good enough for them, good enough for us. people love to go on cruises, as well. >> the one that gets the honors is one cruise line, yachts of seabor seaborne. >> this is the antithes, you will only get to a smaller amount. you can go down and everything is included. you can have as much champagne and caviar as you like. >> and airlines, w, a lot of people cise bu a lot have to jump on that plane. when you asked your readers for the best airline in the world, they came up with singapore. >> not a surprise to us because they win a lot. puts the pleasur back to flying, whether you're at the end or front, you get treated like a vip.

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this morning on "eat this not that," eating out can take a toll onour wallet. if you whip up your favorite menus at home, they can be cheaper. >> great to see you. >> nice to see you. everybody loves to eat out. everybody loves to eat out but cheaper to stay at home and better for nutrition. >> a lot of people do not realize. it blows their mind whe they realize you can take these favorite restaurt meals and do them at home in minutes and turn them into fat blasting super meals and you can save 5, 10, 15 pounds by new year's eve and that's what the book is all

about. >> let's start with the i-hop, the ihop version of harvest grain cinnamon apple compost. it looks good. >> yeah. the problem is the only thing you're harvesting is a bumper crop of belly fat. this is over 1,000 calories. you have some of the cheap fillers, you have ingredients that, if you look at what wve ne ain "cook this not that," you go to 200 calorie version, saving 80 calorie, a ton of fat. if you're a family of four, this one meal helps you save 3200 calories together and $30. >> wow! >> that's wha happens here. this is a great way to start your day. >> absolutely. >> a really smart breakfast. >> you me to lunch. i'm shocked by this cheesecake factory grilled cheese, 1,050

calories. >> a mom favorite turned into a dietary disaster. you should be able to make a grilled cheese for 300, 350 calories. that's exactly what we did with "eathis not that." the difference, this is a lot of cheese and butter and end up with 31 grams of saturated fat. here, you save 21 grams of saturated fat, over a d and plus five grams of saturated fat because the flavor is not coming from the butter and the cheese. >> is there cheese i here? >> there's cheese in there and mushrooms. >> not a lot of cheese. >> you're tearing it apart. i don't want to eat it. you're using the sauteed onion, caramelized mushrooms. >> okay. >> that's the difference. you can have three of these for the caloric price of that on >> that's worth it. now, w head to olive garden, people like that place, fettucine alfredo, it will be on

your hips. >> that's where people get hammered. they go in there, ere's so much oil and cream in the sauce. in this case, 1200 calories. i have 47 grams of saturated fat, over two days worth. what you do instead, you cook it at home, make a smart swap like this, only costing you $1.49 per serving. >> right. >> you end up saving 830 calories, $10, in between now and christmas, you'll be able to afford buying an ipad for a loves one. >> exactly, this is red pepper alfredo? >> using red pepper, using butter. basically a lighter sauce using milk and butter rather than cream and oil. >> amazing how many calories you saved in these three meals and budget-wise. finally, dessert, baskin-robbins, their traditional classic banana split.

>> this should be split your pants verse, over 1,000 calories. it's simply not necessary. you can make it at home, enjoy ice cream every single night. you're talking about 290 calorie, 11 grams of fat. you're saving 23 grams of fat, and you still have the ice cream, the fruit, the brown sugar, coconut, everything. >> you put some saucen this. very nice. thank you very much. looking good, kid. back after your local news and check of your weather as well.

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and increase class sizes. that's not a budget. and bob ehrlich's not the kind of leader... we can trust. > we're back today on a thursday morning, 14th of october, 2010. we're enjoying the last little bit of sunshine today in new york. maybe get a couple more hours before the clouds roll in. mr. roker tells us -- >> y're going to get wet today. a meg galopolis to portland, mae today. >> the good news is you get to use the word megalopolis. you don't get to do that too

afternoon. you're talking self help remedy. >> diy health care for everybody. sometimes you wish you could stop a sneeze or get your significant other to stop snoring or stop hiccup, put down that pillow. we will show you simple things you can do to relieve yourself of the most common health nuisances. >> by the way, that's not a pillow. >> those aren't my hands. >> this is a good movie. >> it really was. >> a part of every school year, parent-teacher conferences, i have mine next week and we will tell you whether elementary school, junior high school or high school, what you should talk about with your school's teacher. >> unemployment very high and a lot of people out of work. you may be curious, what are the best jobs in america right now and moving ahead, what are the industri that show the most growth in the future. t just college kids but people

now forced to change their occupations in the wake of the current situation. will look at the best jobs in america and this is not on the list even though it is a pretty cool gig. >> a look at the headlines, hi, ann. >> thanks, matt. a look at the news, all 33 miners trapped underground in chile more than two months are safe this morning and back above ground. natalie morales has more on the flawless rescue. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,ann. there's a real sense of peace here at "camp hope," probably the first peace they have felt in the last ten weeks. the families that remain here are starting to pack up, getting ready to go back home and get back to their lives with their loved ones, all 33 miners now safe. mission accomplished, just before 10:00 p.m. local time wednesday, the shift manager, luis urzua was the lt man out. even before he knew if they

would survive, he helped his men survive the first 17 day on just two days of food. like aood captain, you left last says chile's president. urzua told the president,'m proud to be chilean. frs captions paid for by >> in the end, the remarkable rescue took less than 24 hours. florencio avalos, the first man out and his 7-year-old son's tears brought the world to tears. and 27-year-old richard villarroel got out just in time, his wife at home having contractions. one miner had his love life played out in the tabloids. yonny barrios was met not by his wife of 28 years but his mistress of 10. his wife chose not to come to the rescue.

barrios was known as "the ctor," a trained emt, the one wh monitored the men's health everyday. mario gomez hat health probls underground. at 63, he washe oldest of the group. he made it out okay. i spoke to his daughter. it was so beautiful, like a re birth, s said. now, the family is back together. the world has come to know who they are, especially this man, now known as "super mario." he practically burst out of the capsule, telling the world, i met god, i met the devil, god won. 33 times, the chant kept coming. frs >> chi-le! chi-chi-chi! le-le-le! >> the rescue now complete. and they proudly held up a sign

saying "mission accomplished." now, people here say they do believe in miracles. now, over the next 48 hours, the miners will remain at the local hospital for observation. if they don't need any further mecal treatment, they will be allowed to go home to get back with their famils and make up for lost time. ann. >> natalie, thank you so much. a state department official warned today and alleged terror plot targeting europe is still active. he says there iso reason to cancel a travellert for americans first issued 11 days ago. that warning advised americans living or visiting in europe to use extra caution at transportation hubs and popular tourist sights. new figures show a record number of home foreclosures has happened in the third quarter of the year, up 22% over the last three months over the same time last year. more than 7 people are unde arrest coast-to-coast in the biggest medicare fraud case

ever and accused of trying to cheat medicare out of $163 million. >>a teenager in nepal is standing tall after he was named the world's new shortest man. at just over 26 inches tall, the 18-year-old with the by of a toddler, khagendra thapamagar was given the intelligence certificate as the world's shortest man. they can't explain why he's so short, took it as a great honor and next year will serve as good will ambassador for nepal. it is now six minutes past the hour. i will check on the

moderaterain now moving through the metro area this morning, and itontinues to advance off to the north and east. this is the radar over the last hour. the areas of yellow and dark green where it's coming down harder, this is going to be with us here off and on. maybe up to an inch of rain by the time it ends late this afternoon. tomorrow, blustery and cool. just a small chance of a shower. now it's still a bit breezy on saturday and sunday. high near 70 on sunday.

this morning on today's health, simple ways to heal yourself. you want to ease the pain of a shot, lessen t burning of heartburn and maybe even stop your spouse from snoring, dr. carey peterson says you can do it all with a few sple steps, a board certified internist and women's health contributor. nice to see you. >> good morning. >> we're getting ready for flu seas and people will be getting flu shots. i guess for some people, the shot itself can cause problems. how do you lessen the pain for that? >> so many of my patients are afraidf getting vaccines, here's a trick, take your two fingers and put them above and below where the needle will trick you and press firmly. it confused the pain receptors and they'reonfused and doesn't feel as sharp. >> what about a good spank,

and -- >> that works, too. it distracts you. if you stimulate another area t create pain, you won't feel the original spot, like rubbing your shin if you hit yourshin. >> a lot of people eat a big meal at night and shouldn't do to begin with and get the burning sensation in their chest. without using drug over the counter or medicine, how can you relieve that sensation? >> lie on your left side when you go to sleep at night. >> why the left? >> when you have reflux, which causes the heartburn, the acid in the stomach goes in the esophagus and burns it. the natural curvature of the esophagus is it goes down to the left and if you lay on your left side it maintains the curvare and prevents the acid from going up. if you lay on your back j it straightens that curve. >> you get more acid reflux? >> that's right. >> good. you don't have to take anything, if it gets worse, you would

obviously. snoring, a big problem, according to the national sleep foundation, sfloring affects approximately 90 million adults. >> big problem for people that snore and their spouses who can't sleep next to them. one thing to try, lie on your side. >> it doesn't matter which side? >> either side. when you lie on your back, what happens is the tongue, when you're sleeping, it relaxes and slides to the back of the throat and can obstruct the airway. this is very common in people who have obstructive sleep apnea and overweight. you lie on you side, the coung can't fall backwards. sometimes tricky when you're sleeping to stay on your side and maybe wedge yourself on pillows to maintain your position. >> those aren't pillows! but of course, you said the operative thing, really, if you want to do this, get rid of this, you want to lose weight probably? >> that's the optimal thing to do, not always easy, but the first choice. >> how do you prevent yourself from crying? >> not always appropriate to cry on certain occasions.

what you can try is purposely clear your throat and then swallow. when youlear your throat, it interrupts the mechanism between the nasal passages and throat that creates the crying. wh you swallow, the tongue presses against the soft pallet and prevents you from crying and distracts you bause you're focusing on something else. >> that's cool. hiccup, you get them and seems like you can't get rid of th. what's your solution? >> when the diagram contracts n involuntarily. when it contracts, the vocal cord snaps close and creates that characteristic hic sound. a lot of people think they have a solution. this is a good one, take a reallyeally deep breath, hold it for 10 conds. when you think you couldn't have gotten any more air in, take another breath, hold it for five seconds, one more time, third brth in so you're completely expanded for five seconds and then you let it out.

>> or passed out. what this does, immobilizes the diaphragm contracting involuntary and relaxes the spasms and also causes carbon dioxide levels to build up and terminates hiccup as well. >> the one i used for 20 years, you need help, put a finger in each year and have somebody hold a glass and you drink water as long as you can, knocks them right out. >> sounds like a good one. looks silly but a good one. >>ear popping. what causes that and how do you work that out? >> the middle e and outer ear are supposed to be the same pressure. if you go on an airplane and the atmospheric pressure changes, it puts pressure on the middle ear and causes pain. you want to pop up the tube that connects the throat to the middle another, called the eustacan tube, by yawning, sile, just yawn it will pop it right open and equalizes the pressure. another thing some people try to

do, i would not recommen a lot of people squeeze their nostrils and then blow. >> why don't you want to do it? >> if you do it too hard, it will force fluid into the middle ear and can be damaging. do it gently and yawn. >> what if you feel like you're going to faint? >> if you are standing in the subway too long, feel too hot, pressure goe down, cross your legs, squeeze your thighs and contract your an come to mistakened forces the blo to the heart and head and raises the blood pressure and the fainting spell sensation passes. >> drpeter son, thanks so much. great advice, we appreciate that. coming up, how to ace your paernt-teacher conference, questions you should be asking. keeping you ahead of the curve with celebrity hair trims with our stylist. first, these messages. r! hey, you gs. want to try activia's great new taste? isn't this the yogurt that, you know... helps regulate

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this morning on "parenting today," making the grade when it comes to parent-conferences. many schools will be making a conference for parent and teachers and it usually lasts less than 10 minutes. are you prepared? an educational psychologist and today contributor, michelle, good morning. >> great sitting back. >>feeling very official. >> this is a very timely topic for many parents. how important is it for us to be prepared when we meet the teacher? >> critical. you have just a short amount of time. you want to maximize that time. this is your opportunity one-on-one with the teacher to find out how your child is doing, do your homework. >> speaking of that, 10 minutes, at the high school level, two or

three minutes seeing mtiple teachers, do you really expect to get an idea how your child is doing? >> you will get a cliffnotes version and find out if there is a problem and how things are doing. you need to be prepared. start by doing your homework. find out your child's grades before you get there. how do you do that? go online andook it up or go through their backpack and look at the pattern. not looking at one test score, across the board, what does it look like? know the teacher's agenda, expectations, field trips ahead of time. a time waster if you start talking about that one. the thirdhing you really want to do in life, you want to ask your kid, hey, any concerns you have? but the key question, anything i should know that the teacher will tell me we should probably talk about now so there aren't any big surprises. >> that's good. should you let the teacher talking when you first go in there? >> no. let the teacher do the talking. walk in and listen. you want to have her set the

agenda. if you do have a problem, you can still look at -- a 20 minute conference and i have 10 mites. now, i will open up at the end of 10 minutes and p my two cents in. >> at the end of t conference, say, you should keep an open mind, listen carefully. i'm sure they appreciate that. keep the conversation on track and take notes. >> yes. look at keep the conversation on track. it's real easy to get off focus about th upcoming field trip or your o past experiences with the kid. don't. stay on track. write down a cple of key points you want to remember to share them either withour child or your parenting partner. >> what about social and behavioral issues? >> you definitely should bring them up, particularly if there's a problem. how does he get along with other kids? is there any behavior problem? if the teacher notes there is a problem,ush the pause button on and say, can you tell me a little more? you want details to find out when it's happening and where it's happening and start to

resoe it together. >> what iyour child has been complaining about his or her teacher and you know there may be a problem, how delicate a conversation is that? >> first of all, leave your whole perspective outside, walk in with an open mind and then give the teacher a little bit of thehmm, let's see how it's really going point of view. you want to start in, if there really is a legitimate concern and your kid is trustworthy, you can bringt in starting with the we. here's the facts, what can we do together to solve ? >> if there is a problem, how realistic you can solve it in a period of time? >> you won't solve it. what you wil do is your goal before you leave that classom, get the first step in writing, what are we going to do and when should we meet the next time there is a problem so there is a follow-up. you want ongoing progress with your child. >> they should be willing to e-mail if your child is acting

out, say, e-mail me, i support you. teachers probably want to feel that support from you as parents? >> they do want that support. you have to ask the teacr, what's the best way to contact you. each teacher has a preference, find out what it is. make sure if there's a problem, there is a fiscal loup, this is your kid's education and you can make the most of that short amount of time in that conference. >> thanks so much. still to come on "today," if yore looking for a job or career change, the top 10 best jobs in america. ♪ this one thing i'll eat, any time of day ♪

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good mrn morning. we've had rain. it continues to march off to the north and east, highs reaching near 60. then tomorrow, a blustery wind out of the northwest gusting over 30 miles an hou maybe still a bit blustery on saturday but things should settle down on sunday. good weather for the skins game on sunday. southbound, late accident right on the spur, left side of the roadway. another bellway crash out near bradley boulevard. near 95 an 395 we're still

crawing from lorton all the way up to and across the 14th street bridge. please be careful. it is slick out there. aaron? >>. getting fit for fall. barbara harrison has

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this morningn "today"'s money, the best jobs in america. at 9.6% unemployment, it's hard to find a good jobs these day. there are some industries that will add more quality high paying jobs than others. what are they? editor of "money" magazine, good morning. >> good morning. >> you putogether data from the labor of statistics. >> we put together wt jobs will grow the most what paid well and did a survey of 40,000 americans, asking do they like their jobs and what do they like? >> you think best jobs, something that is a passion, something that pays well, maybe even a rock star but none are on the list, such as rock stars and athlete, right? >> we put if there are fewer than 10,000 nationwide, they all require bachelor degrees and good jobs and you have a chance.

>> you also looked at growth and how we're moving forward and so many people in the midwest trained in factory jobs and have to retrain and look for new ways to make a living? >> exactly. you do need a bachelor's again and we gave bonus points for those that didn't require more education than that and easy to enter. >> you looked at growth in a 10 year range. all industries are predicted to show 14% growth. >> that has the average predicted the labor bureau and we picked those higher than that. >> one would assume you're speaking of someone in their 20s? >> also, we look at a lot of people in mid-career, i've been downsized or my career isn't going the way i wantt to, what else would we consider? >> management consultant, what is that? >> it parachutes in to help with business strategy. it's growing because a lot of

companies are outsourcing and need expertise on a limited basis. >> do you need a college degree in this? >> a b.a. and some people have mbas, not required. >> physician's assistant, i hav to admit, i asked during a commercial break, is that a secretary? what is a physician's assistant? >> it's a new thing. the dr. is bad man, the physician's assistant is robin, does work for him, can do tests and consult with patients. >> it's a new thing? >> a growing thing. i haven't encountered one before. the great thing is you make half what a doctor does, $90,000 a year is the median. the training is only a couple years after your b.a. >> the top pay is $124,000. the 10 year growth is 39%. >> number one best job in america is software architect. whats is that? sounds like i have to go to school a long te to become one of those? >> the basically do the

blueprints an engineer would follow. >> what kind of training do you need? >> you need a b.a. but on the job training is enough. you don't necessarily needed an advanced training beyond a b.a. the rest of the top 10, any surprises on this list? >> physical therapist, i thought was interesting one, with the aging population, something, wow, people will need for aches and pains and help. way up there. >> another interesting category, highest paying job on the list. anesthesiologist, $290,000! >> the top seven on the list were all doctors. anesthesiologist, isn't that crazy? >> no wonder you have so many parents who want to raise a doctor. people will find great use in it. best jobs in america. thank you very much. a great pleasure to have you on. thank you. coming up, fall hair trends with celebrity stylist right after this.

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this morning on "today"'s beauty fall hair trends, a look fit every style. a "today" show contributor, thanks for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> every fall we see new trends. where does the inspiration come from? >> the bigst inspiration is hollywood. all abo hollywood hair. women look at movie stars and celebrities with great envy. >> i want to be like that. >> yes. the thing i want them to know, it's available to them. you can do it yourself.

>> we will show them how. you have the first trend, the messy side bun. let's show the inspiration, audrina patridge, shows us the look. you think no way can i do th, you say, you can. an tina is here to prove it. >> when ever audrina wears her hair up, this is how she wears it, uniqu to her and set a trend and wie're seeing more an more girls wear their hair like this. the first thing is use a foam gel, don't have to blow it straight. wrap it in an elastic or twist and twist the hair around and put in these clips here. >> i get nervous when bobby pins are involved. >> put them in. even i can do it. >> does it have to be thick or thin hair? >> the thinner the hair, the more back combing you have to do. ist twist twist, if it is less than perfect, you want it messy. >> it should not look perfect.

>> and pair it with striking eyes. >> absolutely. ifou notice j t, the key this season is this color. we have this purpose purply co. it is color on the eyes. >> and a sleeked back ponytail. jennifer lopez does the pictures of her with her slicked back hair. there she is. anyone can pull it off. it does look spectacular ando elegant. >> the difference between this ponytail and one we all do in the morning, i don't do it. i don't have the hair to do it. if you were to d a ponytail, twist it back and put in a scrunchy or something. if you look at it or j.lo, she combed it back, texturized it with foaming gel, blew it straight, doesn't have to be this straight and covered the

elastic with a natural piece of hair. >> and bobby pin in place? >> a twist and one little bobby pin to finish. the great thing about this hairstyle, you can wear it b day or in the evening. >> it always looks good. i love that. >> also notice the makeup, very creamy, all done by amy oak, very clean. this is right on trend. lips are matte this season, very good. >> i like it. let's see a photograph of actress. i would completely mess this up at home. i would completely mess this up. what makes this braid unique? >> we had the boho look. what she did here, instead of having the two bids to the side and hidden under the hair, notice, again, asymmetric, to the side.

the deep side part is one of the biggest trends of the fall. the braid shows all the way down, comes down between the very tip. this can be worn onto here, we have the hair straighter, can be worn in curly hair, wavy hair and lifts the hair up a off the face. again, the smo eye is gone, big on trend, close your eyes for a second. >> gold. >> gold. >> all that glitters is gold. can any age. i would think this is a younger hairstyle. am i wrong? >> the whole thing about being age appropriate with hair and the big fear is young from the back and old from the front, it depends how you age. you to have see with your face shape, what works for you. that's good advice. there are no rules. thanks so much. next, the scottos show us their apple recipes for the fall. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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in "today"'s kitchen, family of hot chefs and john scand tho from the restaurant. move down. apples. they're at their peak right now. >> trust me. great things. kids go back to school, we have to go apple picking. now, what do we do? >> right. we have a restaurt that has an autumn salad with bibb lettuce, bib spinach, salt and pepper. >> nice mix of greens. >> salt and pepper and add dried cranberries. >> sweetness and tart. >> little walnuts and gala apples, the main ingredient. >> wry do you like gala?

>> it's sweet and i love the crispiness of the skin. we will mix in gore gon nzola ce and apple cider and add more gorgonzola cheese. >> walnuts in there? >> yes. >> thank you verymuch. >> we have the roscioto with apple, a wonderful combination. >> it's wonderful combination. i have oli oil, and butter and granny smith apples. >> are granny smith more tart? >> they're cut and they work with this dish. >> wow! >> then we will put cinnamon. >> which tastes delicious.

>> john, you want to mix instead of standing there? >> i'm looking at her. she's beautiful. >> thank you. >> al- >> yes. >> now, we're puttingn some apple brandy. >> i thought the rule with risotto was slow and low. >> i can't cook because i'm looking at you. risotto. okay >> so is it slow and slow? >> tender loving care. >> tender loving care. >> do it nice. put the risotto in. >> keep staring. >> we blend init in. this rice has been pre-cooked. >> it's your wife. >> now, i have already heat upped the chicken stock and apple cider. now, you add -- >> ladl it in?

>> ladle it in and keep stirring until the risotto is absorbed. >> and the am smell is amazing. >> of course, because i did it. now, i aed ccken stock and sider and will add sparkling wine. >> wow! >> keep stirring. you have to spend a lot of time. don't leave the stove. at t end, i add goat cheese, some more apples. >> th i will finish -- >> en it wl look just like this. >> elena always gets the shaft. kids can me these. >> great to make with your kids. we are doing streusel apples. i cored my am and i used cortland but you can use roma. almonds, cinnamon sugar, maple

sugar, flour and butter. >> you chop it up and let it crumble? >> we core the apple, stuff them. >> like a spoon or something? >> there's also a technique. i'm doing something. we top each apple with a pad of butter because butter mes everything better. >> exactly. >> we will heat this at 400 greg f -- degrees, an then we coo for 45 minutes. we pour apple cider and maple syrup and let that cook down. once it's done, we remove the apples, take the juice and heat it up in the pan. it gets this nice -- >> just like a candy apple. >> exactly. then we top it with the caramel. >> where's the whipped eam? >> yummy! this is low calorie, right? >> well, sure.

>> anthony, marion and john, elaina. i like it. our recipe on the website. >> coming up, your local news and weather.

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from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hello, everybody. it is thirst day, october 14th, very, very happy that you took me out of your busy schedule toe with little me and little hoda woman, who is not so little anymore, climbing the amazon charts. >> well, you know what, i have to say, i did have some fun yesterday at the booksignings. >> yeah. >> first of all, i was surprised -- >> meet your fans, hoda. >> i'm surprised anyone swed

up, just to be honest. i went to the nbc experience store across the street, and those were the jugs, rim the women from the- >> yes, al roker was with em yesterday. i'm not going to touch that, not going there. >> nice people came, signed some books. later i went to barnes & noble down in tribeca and talked too much. and then look who showed up, bethenny frael. >> isn't that nice she came to say hello. >> she looked -- she acted like she didn't want to say anything, well, okay, just a few words. anyway, there i was, since i'm here -- >> since i made e trip. >> it was a lot of fun. and our friend adria, she wrote "big stone gap", she was there too. >> she's a life force. >> she really is. >> she really cares about other people. she gets out of her own life and into oth people's. she was probably texting about you yesterday, tweeting about you, whatever it is people do. >> i do a bunch of radio and

stuff. all they want to know is what does kathie lee think of the title. that's all they care. they're, like, yeah, you have a book. so, anyway, what does kathie le think the title of the book. >> i wanted it to be, you know, "my life with kathie lee" is what i wanted the title to be, but you passed that by. i think it is funny. >> that's what i said. isaid she loved it. >> doesn't something happen? you said you had a story -- >> i'll reveal it ler. there was a bit of a snafu with it. if you guys are free tonight and happen to be in flemington, new jersey -- >> and who won't be? >> right. 7:00 at the hunterton central regional high school -- >> no way. >> i'm telling you. >> crazy. >> at 6:00. >> yes, get there, because it is going to be raining so bring your umbrella. >> how you doing? pacing yourself? >> feeling good. big stories out there today. >> i could not stop watching la night. even, you know, you got to go to bed, it was just so riveting with all the miners freed. and, you know what, a big shoutout to natalie.

talie has been doing such beautiful, beautiful coverage. and she -- >> it is impossible to have a dry eye. >> you know what -- >> here is the thing about natalie, we all know her out here, everybody watches her, she's impossibly beautiful anyway, but she's impossibly sweet too she is one of the nicest people you'll ever meet in your life. it takes like two days to get down there, right, and she didn't complain when she got back. last time she said it was unbelievable, the families, she genuinely cares. >> the thing about natalie is she speaks the language so everyone -- she connects. >> she speaks five languages, doesn't she? >> everything. >> she's like a genius too. just not fair. >> here is the thing about is story, though, we were talking about how sometimes people say is a big -- there is so much junk on cable, this is one of those things where you're so glad there is 4-hour covera24-h >> you don't want to miss a second of it. >> everything has been riveting. usually you can't see somethg

happen 33 times and say, oh, there's at again. there is something about watching each guy emerge -- >> the triumph of the human spirit. that president, he was there the ole time. i think he got younger looking and more vital and more -- you could -- he was a life force too, because he was like each one that came up, he got more and more excited. >> doesn't it remind you, like, i have to tell you, when you flip around on tv and a lot of times we do and we see, like this show or a reality show or politicians complaining, there is something that is just so cleansing and it makes you feel so good about everybody watching these guys come out. >> even though theife and the mistress, they worked out just fine. >> i don't know if it did. wait, we have to show you the papers. >> yonni barrios. >> he's all minh. th this is the mistress, right? here's one more. >> holy snit. >> leave it to the new york papers to find the drama. in that story, you guys, you

know, there was a wife and the mistres and the mistress was the one that came. >> four years with the mistress. she goes, well, i watched on television, i didn't feel anything in particular. >> i'm happy for them. >> i'm happy they all made it out. >> all made it out. >> apparently some people thought heas holding back with this one. the mistress was all over him as mistresses are. >> that brings us to our next topic of conversation. >> yeah. >> we told you yesterday that david arquette was on howard stern and he was blathering on and on about his relationship and how he wasn't having sex in it. so then howe decided to try to correct that was he tweeted his apology. >> got universal, i guess, disdain for what had said. >> this is what he tweeted. i didn't know you could tweet this much. >> maybe he did it over three times. thank you alfor your love and support at this time. i' trying figuring out how to be the best person i can be, but it's been a process of trial and error. i went on hard stern yesterday

to provide clarity and honesty about what i'm experiencing, but while doing that i shared too much. >> you think? >> anyway. it's all right for me to be honest aboumy own feelings, but in retrospect some of the information i provided involved others and for that i am sorry and humbled. life is a process of spiritual evolution. i'm sure courtney and myself will emerge from this painful time better people for what w have learned. so, at's what he said. >> we would love to know what our facebook friends think about that. i think he's trying to undo the damage he did. but probably doing more damage each time he's, like, digging a hole deeper and deeper. >> why do you apologize? i know you apologize -- >> he's not rally apologizing. >> why do you -- >> it is more like a defense, don't youy? >> it sounds like that. you make a statement on twitter, they can't spin it, but at the same time, if you have an issue with your loved one your

wife, it would probably be better just to talk to her. >> just wrote a brand-new book and you had things in your life that you wanted to discuss, but only in a ceain amountecause that's whatou chose to do, to protect people basically. >> yes, yes. >> you could have gone on and on and on about lots of differt things as i could have too in books that i've written. you've taken the high road, which i think is the right road to take, and you suggested he sounded a little funny. if he was on that radio show that early in the morning, 6:00 to 10:00, maybe it was 3:00 in the morning l.a. time and who knows. >> sounded like a -- yeah, sounded a gashled. when he was here with us, we likd him. a little cooky, but there was a sweetness about him. >> he said i'm no longer ierested in being i'm yr

mother. >> you did get that feeling from him, that he wanted to be -- >> she's always been the adult in the relationship. >> and he's the child. >> okay, all right. wish them the best. >> this next topic is nasty. >> gross. >> it is nasty. here is an idea that people have and apparely our -- >> it is catching on. >> yeah, okay. you're suppod to wear your jeans for six months without washing them. >> the raw kind, the raw jeans. >> you know how they're like cardboard when you get new jeans. don't wash them, they're saying. keep wearing them six months and if they get rank -- >> which they will. >> -- to put them i a plastic ziplocag in the freezer. >> put them in the freezer. >> and take them out and air em out. >> they say to defrost them before you put them back on. really? >> the whole reason, though, the whole reason for doing these jeans is because it will fit the contours of your body, where you -- >> are you ever the same six months later? is your body the same? >> 20 pods up, 20 pounds down,

jeans don't even fit. but yeah, yeah. >> i don't know. i don't get it. i don't get that stuff. >> ready for a little ddy? >> she hates thursdays. it is my favorite day of the week. here is an old school song, take youelf back, this song is called "double dutch bus." it is by frankie smith from the '80s. i knew you would like it, leslie. go. do it. give me a ho. if you've got your funky us about fare there's a dutch dutch bus comin' down the street ♪ ♪ movin' pretty fast so kindia shuffle your feet ♪ ♪ get on the bus pay your fare ♪ ♪ tell the driver you're ging to a dutch double affair ♪ ♪ wl, i'll be darn re comes the dole dutch bus

♪ ♪ us about fare transpass ♪ ♪ up town downtown ♪ ♪ everybody's gettng down say uptown say downtown ♪ ♪ i miss my bus i know i'm late ♪ ♪ that's okay what i really want to say ♪ ♪ badeet my corns hurt ♪ ♪ i'm late for work >> hurt does not rhyme with work. >> is it okay to ask a man to carry your purse? >> okay. >> now, i -- >> what did you say? >> i said,nly on the red carpet.

you know, like if somebody wants to take your picture on the red carpet, frank will try to take my bag for me and help me. he doesn't realize i'm using purse to cover my stomach. we always fight over my purse, because he wants to take it away and i like to cover the little stomach. so i -- you said, hoda sai i said yes. and if your purse is as overstuffed as mine, he better eat his wheaties. >> my purse is so heavy. >> you go to a gym every morning, get a locker. you go in her purse, her sneakers are in there. >> and i have to say -- >> and two apples, part of a cookie, i needed sustenance and other unsundry items. hi, sara. >> speaking of song and dance in your performance, tomorrow is our last day to enter the show choir showdown at klgdhoda.com. it has to be an organized group, four-minute video, go to the website, get there. we want to see you singing and dancing like hoda. >> they're coming in anyway.

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and laura has been amazing at sort of teaching me all kinds of things about theater that i -- i never even have been on stage. i've never been on -- i mean, since i was 9 or 7? 7 or 9. >> films and tv. >> yeah, at 7 i was in a play. that was it. >> so what attracted you to it then? >> i wanted to try to, you know, you're always trying to look for things that challenge you and grow and change and i always had such bad stage fright but i've always been against doing any kind of live anything. and -- but as i got older, i just somehow sort of forgot about being afraid of it. >> so how -- >> i don't know. i just sort of forgot. >> that was a little like your character in the play. i just sort of, kind of, like, forgot. >> i w walking away from the audition and i -- all of a sudden it struck me, oh, my god, you're terrified of performing live. why did you justaudition for that? >> i can't believe you had to audition

>> oh, yeah. >> really? >> oh, yeah. >> because she's never done it. she said she's never done it. >> s's a bi name. >> i know, she's huge but even people that are huge have to auditi audition. >> my daughter auditioned for a film the other day and in walks america ferreira to audition. >> tell us about your role. i don't know if people know the play, but your role in the play. >> well, lauer why ara and bria d'arcy james, brian is a war journalist and laura is a photographer and they come back and i'm doing a horrible job, by the way, well, they come back and she's been injured and it is sortf them -- the aftermath of coming home after something like that, and i come in as richard's new girlfriend and i'm from a totally different world and they think i'm a total idiot. >> and you'rehe comedy in this

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they're back and we're back with our guys tell all panel filled with men who want to fill you in on all the things you've ever wondered about their species. >> first up, the fnny chuck nice who can be seen every week on "world's dumbest." he's been married for 12 years and has two school age children, i don't know how they turned out so great. >> next, rick younger who stars in the upcoming film "morning glory". >> you do? we didn't know. >> rick is married with a son, a movie star, who knew. next to rick is our voice of reason, thnk the lord, andrew trees, he's the author of "decoding love" and married with a toddler son. >> finally, we like these guys, we ivited them back, the manzo brothers. we liked you too.

let's go across the street to sara. >> i'm here with lauer wori fro tennessee. she has a question about what irritates men, which i'm sure is endless. >> what is the number one ting a woman can do to turn men off? >> keep talking. no, women like to -- they want every detail. guys, like a summary. you know? >> cliff notes. >> yes. exactly. >> man, my answer is so bad, i cannot say it on tv. >> whisper it in my ear and i'll translate it. >> oh, yeah. visit his website for that answer. >> whisper inthis mike. >> you set me up, man! >> i didn't know! >> it's right there! >> oh! >> don't make it worse by taking

the lord's name in vain. he's here to help us, in the form of us. let's move on. >> i have lauren from iowa. she has a question about long distance relationships. >> me and my boyfrie have been together for a couple of year and we're both graduating and we're going to go to different locations for a job. i'm wondering your perspective on long distance relationships >> that's a good question. a lot of women have that. >> get a job near him soon. >> here is the way i look at it, for every man whois in a long distance relationship, there are at least two women in a long distance relationship. >> that's probably true. >> guys,s that true? >> i think so. if i want to be in a relationship bad enough, i'll make it work no matter what it is. >> when i went to llege, actually, the girl i wasdating from high school went to south carolina, i was in new york, and

we made it until november. >> for college, that's a long ways, right? >> if you're an older age, that's one thing. where, you know, it is like you're more mature. at the age of 21, 22, to be -- >> out of college in a new city, you know, he's feeling like main for the first time in his life probably, it's, you know, i'm re he loves you because he's trying, but i'm really, really trying to get close. >> the workis the key thing. it is work regardless, but when it is long distance, you have to put in more time, more effort, keep the connection because you can't do it the easy way b seeing each other. >> we're going to take a break and come back with a bunch more questions. >> we're going to have a word with you. >> standards and practice bellin. it's cream whipped for a 100% baby-smooth look. [ woman ] show me. [ female announcer ] some makeups just cover and leave skin rough, dry. dream smooth hydrates for 14 hours.

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okay. we're back on this thirst day with more of our guys tell all panel. chuck nice, rick younger, andrew trees and the manzo brothers. >> that song "double dutch bus," it's a winner. here is our question from facebook. please tell me why do men insist on doing the driving? i understand if it is a date type situation but what about a marriage or relationship where the car is considered the

property of both individuals. do men really think they're the superior drivers? >> probably, yeah. for me, personay, here is the way it works. to be honest, i felt like i had to drive because that gave me a sense of control. but after 13 years of marriage, i know that any control i think i have is an illusion. so now i let her drive and i pretend she imy chauffeur. >> do all of you do the driving in relationships? >> i do most of the driving. my wife is too safe. >> tentative. >> she's so safe, it is dangerous. you see a person so safe and we're in a volvo too, they're looking really safe, we got a -- >> andrew? >> i think is one of the things where even though we're in a liberated age, we carry around traditional roles in our mind. this is why most women do most of the house cleaning, it is the same thing in the car, we naturally assume the roles that are still there. >> i like to be driven. >> hate driving. >> i cannot stand driving. you can drive me anywhere you

want, i don't need the sense of control. >> i'll put it out there now. >> here is our -- next one on tape. let's listen. >> hi, i'm lillian from new york. my question for the guys panel is why are guys so into fantasy football when it is not even real? >> that is -- i think she's right. >> all right. it is called fantasy football. guys love fantasies. we get to have all the joy without the consequence. don't have to worry about paying the guys at the end of the week when the game is over. >> you don't really bet? >> oh, yeah, some people do. >> a lot of people bet. >> yeah. the real answer is this, ty are gambng degenerates. that is why they love fantasy football. >> they can't get enough of football, right? that's a way to keep the -- i don't know. >> saturday and sunday is not enough. >> i was so unsuccessful, the year i did it, i picked terrell davis as my running back and going to injured the first wek and i never even changed my -- you got to pay attention too

closely. >> it is a lot of work. it is ke a job. >> we got to go across the street to sara. >> i'm here with jessica from kentucky. she has a question about me and smells. >> why are men so attracted to certain smells like perfume? they just love it. >> you to like perfume, first of all? >> i like a woman who smells like she's clean. >> yeah. >> i like perfume better than like funk or body odor. i mean, seriously. >> i think, you know, you can probably back this up, we're animals, you know. it is like we respond to smell. and, you know, i think that on top of it perfume kind of gives me an indication you are taking care of yourself and that you're clean. what kind of perfume does your wife wear? >> she actually wears avon soap, which she sells. i don't know. >> why would you put me on the spot like that? >> because you're acting like

you think you know what you're talking about. you don't. >> my wife really doesn't do a lot of perfumes, she does a lot of natural oils and berries. >> you don't know what you're talking about. >> they're sitting there with berries, just rubbing berries all over. >> men prefer women at their pe pfertility, and women who wear a spicy floral fragrance appear slimmer than when they don't. >> bring me a gallon. i'll stop wearing angel immediately. >> back to sara for another one. >> i'm here with martha from minnesota with a question about men and communication problems. imagine that. >> yeah, i have a question. last night i was at dinner with a business associates of my husband and i just met this couple for the first time, and during the conversation, her husband is talking and she mentions why didn't u tell me that, you never told me that before,nd so i was thinking to myself, well, that's exactly

like my husband, he just doesn't communicate, hewill always say, well, didn't i tell you that? and i'm wondering why -- what is the delay of them telling their wives somethig? >> i'll tell you the delay. i'll tell you the delay. see what you just did? seewhat you just did? how long did take you to ask that question. ittook you like 40 minutes to ask that question. these boys went to sleep. that's why we don't tell you nothing. >> i didn't wake up until chuck arted screaming a second ago. i was like, oh, my. >> she is sweet. look at her. >> she is very sweet. and that's -- >> do not listen to those boys. >> you're adorable, but we don't tell you thingsbecause we know it is going to lead to what you just did. >> am i in trouble now? >> she has to have therapy. >> we're going to go to one on tape. >> hi. i'm danielle, i'm divorced. i'm in my 50s.

and i find it really hard t meet guys in my age groupwho want to date me. what's up with guys in their 50s wanting to date women in their 20s and 30s? >> a lot of women are going to connect to this, i'm just saying. >> 70s and 80s guys would like -- a younger woman to them. >> that's right. member a men had hardwired to look for youth. a 50-year-old woman will hve more success with a 60, 65-year-old man. >> if you listen to it closely, you'll know exactly what it means. we don't want to drop any more audio. >> i would like to hear chuck explain what it means in his language. >> whisper it into my mike, chuck. >> boys, you are entertaining as always. >> we love you guys. >> your wives are saints.

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at lunesta.com discover a restful lunesta night. there is no holiday that allows you to be more creative, but can also create more frustration than halloween. >> if you're still trying to figure out how to dress the family for trick-or-treat, alina furman says head into your own closet. she's the publisher and co-founder of mamaesta.com.

>> you go into your closet and find what you need? >> it is amazing what we have in the closets. it is all about using what we have to se money and time because that's why moms are so busy. >> let's give people some creative ideas. i love this with the four seasons. we have our models entering, carrie, matt, ryan and ryder. tell us what we have. >> we just lost a little hat. hi. >> tell us about this. >> they're so cute. now, miss mom, carrie, is fall. she's wearing a cocktail dress and every mom has a cocktail dress. you go to the craftstore, get some cute leaves, a garland, the rake from the garage and the grandpa's fedora and you're done. matt is old man winter. it is so easy. you have your robe that you have in the bathroom, the slippers, a cane and a wig. you're done. and dad loves that. >> everybody has got that figure

in their closet. >> we have little springtime here. >> little miss spring is so adorable. what little girl doesn't have a tutu and a leotard in her closet. and, again -- >> come here. want to come here? >> you can also -- >> you're going to go. >> flowers and cute shoes and you really are done with the look. >> thank you, guys. >> summertime wants to go home. >> summertime is leaving. nice talking to you. our next group is -- you're going to recognize them right away, donnand lourdes are with us. >> that's who they are. >> daphne and anna. >> the most fashionable mother/daughter duo around, madonna and lourdes. what better way to get your teen to go trick-or-treating wh you than to have this look. >> my daughter wouldn't do it. >> you're embarrassing your daughter. are you really mother and daughter? >> they're amazing. so madonna is wearing a classic track suit, adidas, and you can

exchange with any one in your closet. >> ma is crazy. >> what does your t-shirt say? >> cabbalahs do it better. of course. >> summer is turning into a problem. >> summer, nice talking to you. >> and lourdes looks amazing. >> she does. she looks adoorable. >> in the material girl collection from macy's. and what is great about this look, it is affordable and it is also authentic. madonna and lourdes actually put together this look for macy's. it is something you can do and this bag is from hsn and every time you purchase, it goes to kids from all over the world. >> we have the wizard of oz coming out. oh, looky, looky. tell us what we have going on here. what's this? what is he? >> he'she yellow brick road. yellow brick rd. >> that's so smart. >> the whole wizard of oz stuff happening here. glenda, dorothy, the scarecrow,

right? >> exactly. thwhole family can follow the yellow brick road. this is a great outfit. dorothy, everyone has a dorothy outfit in their closet somewhere. we kind of bumped it up with the red converse sneaks instead of the red ruby slippers. >> cute. >> and mom is wearing the gown you can gett a costume shop, but you can also pull out an old bridesmaids dress and glitter and put that togeer. scarecrow, little lucy is scecrow, so cute. it is a shredded sweat suit that everyone has in their closet, a little felt hat and cute makeup and dad, mak, he loves this look because gess what, it is easy, it is one size fits all. >> you're so happy. >> and let me tell you what it costs, $3. >> good job. >> thanks, guys. lastly we have the twilight inspired group, toby, john and addison. come on out. oh, creepy. we lycheik like. >> we know twilight is the biggest sensation and this is the hottest costume ofhe year.

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hot, hot openings. >> hello. >> we're going to test out what you might serve there. what are we making today? >> you drop the pasta, we have enough time to cook it. >> what kindf pasta? >> it translates to little ears, press with the thumb, very simple. one of the tricks of this sauce is it is not a traditional tomato sauce, more of a ragout. we cooked the fennel for a long time, to cook the water out of it a develop the sugar. like four to six minutes as opposed to just a quick saute. you want it to be soft and it will start to cnge color. once we achieve that, we add the onion. and garlic. we cook that until it is just ft. >> okay. >> once it is soft you -- >> tomatoes and then broth. want to add some broth? >> regular chicken broth? >> this is vegetable broth. this is a vegetarian dish. >> you don't use utensils, just shake. > that's how i do my best work,

hoda. >> that's what i've heard. >> cook that down for 15, 20 minutes until we got a nice ragout. >> that means it is chunkier. >> doesn't have as much liquid, not as saucy, it will help it bind and stick to the pasta later. >> that looks good. >> it does. >> the pasta is done, we'll pretend. >> no, it is done. >> it is? it is. >> it is an imported fresh past it is not dry dry like you find in a box. really? >> yeah. >> for a second. >> just takes it -- veryquick. >> i like those. >> nice and soft. >> oh, my gosh. they're cooked. >> you all right? >> yeah. we want to mix this up, some parmesan cheese. >> i love this already. >> some torn basil. >> mm-hmm. >> and just to preserve, the fennel comes withthe green frilly things, i chopped it for some extra flavor. >> it looks delicious. >> really good. >> but the test is in the -- >> serve it up >> yeah.

>> sh. >so, are you getting a little nervous about opening? >> am i? >> i mean more nervous than you are now? >> o, no, no. it only gets easier wit time. i've done a few openings. the provolone. this is provolone picante, basically -- it is not spicy, it is just more of a sharper version. >> shld we take it back? >> let's take it back. >> let's take it bak. >> that's where hoda's wine is. why are you putting it over there? >> i'm sorry. so we have broccoli rabe. one thing about broccoli rabe, everyone gets a bad wrap because it is so bitter. peel off the big leaves, peel back the stem. >> is the stem where the bitter part is? >> t stem is where the bitterness is. this is saute shallots, garlic, a little anchovy. >> hot. >> hot. >> hydrated raisins, which are just regular raisins with --

there's wine. the wine is cd. pine nuts, raisins. >> thank you. >> i loveine nuts. >> lots of white wine. lots of white wine. >> by the way, just so you know, that's the pasta you serve at your restaurant, delicious, very good. very good. >> absolutely delious. >> shea, thank you, honey. >> we'll be eating this throughout the commercial break. we'll be back with more of "today" on nbc. ri ring. progresso.

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you're rocking it over there, sara. are they doing the hoda. >> they were doing their hoda impressions. >> the double dutch bus, some people apparently don't enjoy. >> to each his own. >> to be completely representative, nate said hoda

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