good morning. deadly massacre. police release the mug shot of the alleged gunman who went on a shooting spree at a california salon. eight people have died. another woman fighting for her life and this morning new cell phone video is revealing the panic at the scene. the front runner. the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows herman cain taking the lead in the gop presidential race. what's driving his popularity and can he win the party nomination? birthday bash. hillary swank slammed for attending a party for the controversial president of chechnya a man accused of atrocious human rights

violations. >> this is a great honor to learn more about you and your country and what you're building. and happy birthday, mr. president. >> and now the actress is expressing deep regrets for attending today thursday, expressing deep regrets for attending today thursday, october 13th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this thursday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. the suspect in that massacre in california is now being identified as 42-year-old scott dekraaj. friends claim his ex-wife worked at that salon where the shooting took place. so far police are not really talking about a motive. >> surprisingly, at least one neighbor described the gunman as, quote, the nicest guy who seemed very happy. obviously something must have snapped. witnesses say he walked into the

crowded salon wearing protective body armor and simply opened fire. we'll have the latest coming up straight ahead. on another subject a doctor walks jurors step by step through the mistakes he claims conrad murray made while caring for michael jackson. this is murray's defense team prepares to issue a new theory on how michael jackson died. we'll have details on the case coming up. also, matt, on a different note, he is one of the most famous rockers in the world who has famously battled drug and alcohol addiction so it might surprise you to learn that ozzy osbourne is now dispensing advice on life, love, and health. jenna bush hagar caught up with him recently and is here to share her interview. we begin with the deadly shooting rampage at a salon in seal beach, california. nbc's kristen dahlgren has the latest on this story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. this morning we are hearing stories about people running and hiding from the gunman inside the salon. police are releasing more information this morning about

that alleged gunman and while they haven't released names of the eight victims killed, many in this close knit beach town knew him personally. outside the upscale salon a small community, shaken to its core. >> i think i've lost some friends in there, three of them, i think. >> reporter: cell phone video cap churpd ttured the panicked just moments after the bloody massacre as victims were wheeled out. for most victims though there was nothing rescue crews could do. >> when the woman came by, i know she was in the salon, it looked like she had gotten her hair colored red. i'm assuming that was blood. >> reporter: it was the middle of the day in the crowded salon when authorities say the gunman, in full body armor, carrying multiple weapons, opened fire. >> the only thing i saw was the police arriving and fire crews arriving and that's when we knew it was serious and to go back inside. >> reporter: police describe bodies scattered throughout the salon and another victim was

found outside. >> there were nine reported injured, six of whom were deceased inside of the salon. three were transported to a local hospital. of those three, two of those three have seccumbed to their injuries at the hospital. >> on the way back to his car, he saw the gentleman who witnessed it so he shot him through the side window. >> police say a white truck seen leaving the scene led them to a suspect a half mile away. home video shows the suspect surrendering. police say they found multiple weapons in the truck. neighbors who recognized him are in shock. >> i looked online and i said, i know that guy and i looked at the truck and i said i know the truck. and my husband said, no that's not him. he said, he's talked to the man many times and he was saying how loving he is.

>> reporter: overnight police identified the suspect as 42-year-old scott dekrai. workers and friends of the salon owner said his ex-wife was a stylist there. >> in the past i knew there was a lot of strife between the two of them. >> he has a little boy so now the little boy is without a mom or a dad. >> reporter: so many in this small town now without someone left trying to understand how the unthinkable could happen here. >> seal beach is a small, safe community. we don't experience these things ever. >> reporter: now, there was one female shooting victim still in critical condition. as for those killed there were six women and two men including the salon's owner. in a statement this morning his family said they are still trying to understand their overwhelming loss, ann. >> nbc's kristen dahlgren, no kidding. understandable. thank you so much. for the latest on the investigation we're now joined by sergeant steve bowles of the

seal beach police department. sergeant bowles, good morning. >> good morning, ann. >> your department has released the name of the suspect as we just heard scott evans dekrei and also a photograph. what can you tell us? we understand he is 42 years old. >> that is correct. he's a resident of huntington beach a city just south of seal beach. >> what more can you tell us about who he is and how long he has been in the community? >> unfortunately i don't have all of that information at this point. the case is still under investigation. our detectives are still out at this hour of actually the late night/early morning still continuing their investigation and interviewing witnesses. so i don't have any of that information at this time. >> can you confirm the report we just aired that friends and co-workers of the salon owner say the gunman was the ex-husband of a stylist who

worked at the salon? >> you know, i can't confirm any relationships right now. as the investigation is unfolding that is being determined based on interviews. we also don't truly understand the motive for the shooting at this point. because there were so many victims inside the salon we're just still unclear as to exactly what his motivation was. >> there were so many victims. about the woman who has been wounded and is still alive can you tell us the status of her condition? >> she is in critical condition. she seems to be doing better and we're definitely hoping for a recovery for her but she is in critical condition at one of our local hospitals. >> it's amazing so quickly after this shooting how many people have come forward to say that they remember this man as being such a good man, a nice man. there are some reports that they remember him being fit and

endearing, would fish at the local water front and work the port docks. what can you tell us about what he might have said when he was arrested? >> you know, at the time he was seen leaving the area in a vehicle and the seal beach police officer stopped his car, ordered him out of the vehicle, and he was compliant and did not resist and did not provide any problems for our officers. he was taken into custody without incident. for our community in seal beach, this is absolutely one of the greatest tragedies that's ever happened here if not the greatest. and, you know, he does have friends it appears in our community. he has family in our community and our community certainly is reeling from the loss. >> meantime, we've been hearing this report from ap's reporting that dekraai and his ex-wife are battling for custody of their son who is i understand about 7 or 8 years old. do you know that boy, that son is in safe hands this morning?

have you been monitoring that? >> i can tell you that without a doubt that all the children involved either of the victims or our suspect are being properly cared for this evening. again, i can't comment as to his motivation or relationship at this time based on trying to preserve the integrity of the case as it is currently unfolding. >> and obviously this is still in development and you certainly have been working very hard. sergeant steve bowles, thank you so much for taking a moment and talking to us this morning. >> thank you, ann. >> all right. it is now 7:09 and now here is matt. now to politics. new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows president obama facing tough political headwinds heading into the next presidential election. as gop candidate herman cain takes the lead in the republican race. chuck todd, nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent is here with some numbers. chuck, good morning to you. before we get to mr. cain let's talk about the president, his

approval rating at 44%. 51% disapproving of the job he's doing and a whopping 74% of the american people not happy with the direction that the country is headed in, so what other than the economy might be driving these numbers? >> look, this is very bad stability for the president, that 44%. a couple things to keep an eye on. in a re-election year your job approval rating and your actual number on election day converge and it's no accident. the 44% he gets there is the exact same 44% we show on whether he should be re-elected against a generic republican. this is the second month in a row where the wrong direction number, we were able to say this is the highest of his presidency. august that 73% was and this one. 82% by the way, matt, say the entire federal government is unhealthy and needs major reform. so it's a pessimism about not just the economy but about all

of washington. guess who the head of washington is? fnchts there is good news for the white house this morning it is that 63% of the people in this poll approve of his jobs plan. there is a very interesting number associated with that, chuck, on where people think the burden of taxes should fall. >> right. and also just about the same amount of folks, 64%, believe it should be among the wealthy and corporations that should be paying more money for government services and how we do this and whether it's to pay for the president's jobs plan. so philosophically, the president has the public on his side. he's just not able to somehow convince congress, not just republicans, but all of democrats to take his position on this and so like you said the white house will take that as good news and say, okay. that's a message we can run on for the re-election. but the problem is right now he can't get it done. >> but why is there not more momentum or energy behind this?

warren buffet as you know on wednesday released his financial statement for the previous year. he made about $62 million, paid about $7 million in taxes. he released a statement saying if you could get other ultra rich americans to publish their returns along with mine that would be very useful to the tax dialogue. i hope you succeed in getting the ultra rich to share in the sacrifice many millions of other americans will soon be asked to do. why isn't there more momentum for this? >> to be totally politically cynical it's because the republicans and the president are talking to two sets of different swing voters. republicans believe if they upset the tea party base and show any sort of expansion of government, which that's what a tax increase is viewed as by the tea party, they will get punished in primaries. they're not talking to the same set of voters. back in the mid '90s when gingrich and clinton finally sat down it's because they both cared about the same set of swing voters.

that's not the case right now. >> let me get to the republican field for 2012. the big headline here is that herman cain has now taken the lead with 27% of the people in our poll saying they favor him. mitt romney second. rick perry is fading at 16%. when you ask people in this poll how much they know about herman cain, what answers do you get? >> well, first of all, they claim to really like him and a lot of people say he has the highest favorable rating of any of the candidates but our polls went back and rephoned and reinterviewed folks who said they were for cain over romney. a man in wisconsin told us he is not a member of the political establishment. a man in indiana told us he is probably the best candidate at the moment, which by the way, at the moment is a key phrase there. another one said to us, in washington state, he gives direct answers. he isn't a politician. you see the theme, matt. that he is the unpolitician in this field. he's the guy that hasn't had elective office. that's why he is resonating. the question is whether he can

have this hold for somehow more than a month. rick perry didn't have it, michele bachmann didn't, and of course the first political flavor of the month about four months ago with donald trump. >> chuck todd in washington this morning with the results of our new poll, chuck, thank you very much. here is ann. >> thank you so much. now to alleged iranian backed plot to kill a saudi official in washington d.c. secretary of state hillary clinton is calling it a, quote, dangerous escalation in iran's support for terrorism and sat down for an exclusive interview with savannah guthrie. good morning. >> good morning to you, ann. even top u.s. officials say this plot to assassinate a diplomat at a washington restaurant sounds like something that came right out of an international spy novel. but investigators say this was very real and antagonistic relationship that much worse. do we know top members of the

iranian governor were aware of this plot? >> we think this was conceived and directed from tehran. we know it goes to a certain level within the force which is part of the revolutionary guard which is the military wing of the iranian government. and we know that this was in the making and there was a lot of communication between the defendant and others in tehran. so we're going to let the evidence unfold but the important point to make is that this just is in violation of international norms. it is a state sponsored act of terror and the world needs to speak out strongly against it. >> it's very brazen, as you mentioned. >> yes. >> which suggests the iranians didn't particularly fear retaliation by the u.s. >> i think it's a little hard to tell what was really going on, why this was given a seal of approval, why there was a go ahead from tehran, whether within their military and their

government the kinds of debates and divisions that we are now watching unfold because it's difficult to know who is actually making the decisions. was this for political purposes? was this just a crazy idea that got out of hand? >> do you think the ayatolla ordered it? >> we don't know. i'm not going to speculate. >> well, tehran of course denies all of this, insists america fabricated the entire plot, in part as a way to distract from those occupy wall street protests. >> she also talked about her future. you asked her about that. what did she have to say? >> she did. she made it no secret of course she plans to leave her current role as secretary of state at the end of this term and we talked about all the talk in washington that she could be added to the obama ticket as vice president. do you ever google yourself? >> i don't. i'm a little worried about that. >> if you googled yourself today you would find suggestion that perhaps you would be vice president, that you could do -- there would be a switcharoo and you might possibly be the vice president and biden would come over here as secretary of state.

is there any chance you would be vice president in the second term? >> no, there is not. >> is it in the realm of possibility? >> i do not think it is even in the realm of possibility and in large measure because i think vice president biden has done an amazingly good job. he has taken on the burden of selling the economic plan, of traveling the country, of answering people's questions. >> has anyone ever raised it? >> no, no. >> the possibility with you? >> no. i think it's maybe a subject for speculation on google but it's not a serious issue in the administration. >> all right. so what is in her future? we'll talk about whether she'll ever run for office again and whether she thinks her daughter chelsea ever would. our full interview airs monday on "today" ann. >> thanks so much. looking forward to it. let's head to the news desk and natalie morales who has the other top stories of the morning. good morning, everyone. after entering a surprise guilty plea on the second day of his trial umar will now await sentencing in january.

the 24-year-old nigerian man said he tried to blow up an airliner on christmas day in 2009 using a bomb hidden in his underwear and said it was in retaliation for the killing of muslims around the globe. after a four-year stalemate congress has approved free trade agreements with colombia, panama, and south korea in a move the president called a major win for american workers and businesses. the agreement with south korea marks this country's biggest trade expansion in nearly two decades as south korean's president is officially welcomed to the white house this morning. president obama will also host a state dinner for president lee tonight. a terrifying jolt for two passenger trains in oakland, california overnight when a pair of amtrak trains collided head on, injuring about 18 people. luckily, none of the injuries was serious. now let's head to wall street. cnbc's courtney reagan is at the new york stock exchange this morning. >> good morning. earnings reports from jp morgan and google book end the trading day today as the stock market

attempts to extend this week's rally. markets are optimistic europe could be closer to expanding its bail out funds though there is some concern european banks may need to shrink in order to meet new capital requirements. investors will also be watching for any news out of china as worries that china's economy may be slowing begin to resurface. natalie, back to you. >> all right. courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange, thank you. about 70 million blackberry users may see some relief finally today after the biggest worldwide outage of their service in years. the mobile company says it is making progress after days of network outages that spread worldwide and hit the u.s. on wednesday. the crisis comes at a risky moment for blackberry as the latest iphone the 4 s model launches friday. 7:19 right now. back over to matt and ann. very frustrating for us blackberry users around here. >> i was shaking, having withdrawals. trauma might be too serious a

word but it was close. traumatic. >> with an iphone i didn't have that problem. just saying. just saying. >> come on. >> i hate to jinx myself but i have a blackberry and i have not had one problem. >> nobody e-mails you. >> that's probably the reason. will you please send me an e-mail today? let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> poor matt. poor matt. let's smatt. more matt. >> we will show you here in the northeast we have a lot of rain to talk about. nothing too heavy, as the low pressure system makes its way up the coast, but we are looking at heavier showers up toward northern new england, and out west, look at these record highs. yesterday it got up to 102 in long beach, and 101 today, long beach. 92 in santa barbara. 24 more hours of heat out there out west. that's what is going on around the country. here's what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> we have patchy drizzle and

fog and also thundershowers, and one of them is coming into fairfax county out of prince william, that area of red on the radar is the thundershower, and it's slowly drifting north and stretches to mt. vernon, and fairfax city, and falls church and that's advancing toward the north and advancing into north west washington weather. just ahead why would hillary swank attend a birthday party for a man accused of horrific human rights abuses? what she is now saying about the controversy but first this is "today" on nbc. >> happy birthday, mr. president.

coming up was something other than propofol to blame for michael jackson's death? the surprising theory the defense is preparing to present in court.

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traveling on i-95 in virginia, very slow commute. this is the view at prince william parkway. once you get to 395, you are jammed from edsall passed the pentagon and over the 14th street bridge. back to you. >> w

. 7:30 now on thursday morning. 13th of october, 2011. you're looking at some people who have been dodging a couple rain drops here in the northeast overnight and through the morning. they're getting a jump-start on some sight seeing today. all bundled up. don't know it's quite that cold but we'll get out and say hi to people in a couple minutes. >> the good news is the umbrellas are down for the moment. >> inside studio 1-a i'm matt lauer alongside ann curry and just ahead oscar winner hillary swank taking some heat for attending a birthday celebration for chechnya's president. >> this is a man accused of being a ruthless leader and

committing horrible human rights abuses, so what is swank's explanation? we'll find out coming up this morning. also ahead a man attacked by a 500-pound bull shark off the coast of florida. his friend jumped into the water to save him. coming up they'll share a dramatic story. and also this morning ashton kutcher and demi moore have been spotted on the camping trip over the weekend. rumors have been swirling of course about the state of their marriage so we'll get you up on that. we'll begin now with the latest on the trial of michael jackson's doctor. nbc's jeff rossen is covering this case in los angeles. hey, jeff. good morning. >> reporter: hey, ann. good morning to you. powerful day here in court yesterday. prosecutors are trying to make this real easy for the jury. they put two doctors on the stand who literally went through it point by point by point about why dr. conrad murray in their opinion is guilty. and basically said choose one. but this morning sources close to the case tell nbc news murray's defense lawyers are about to fight back with a new theory about why michael died.

>> i can't get over him being dead. >> reporter: with michael jackson's family in court tuesday perhaps the most compelling testimony yet. that's dr. steinberg who reviewed the case for the california medical board and told the jury dr. conrad murray was grossly negligent. giving michael jackson propofol in his own bedroom, leading to his ultimate death. dr. steinberg listed six what he calls deviations from standard care. number one -- >> is the use of propofol as part of a doctor's medical practice to treat insomnia gross negligence? >> yes. >> reporter: reason two? >> giving someone propofol in someone's home was also an extreme deviation. >> reporter: reason three. >> you want to have an alarm saying, help, there's a problem. dr. murray's machine did not have an alarm.

>> reporter: reason four. dr. murray, he says, left jackson alone. >> it's like leaving a baby that's sleeping on your kitchen counter top. >> reporter: reason five? he says dr. murray didn't call 911 fast enough. >> so instead of that huge 20-minute delay, he could have gotten help that he needed within four minutes. >> reporter: and reason six. >> dr. murray did not document a single thing. if these deviations had not happened mr. jackson would be alive. >> reporter: prosecutors even called a second doctor to back him up. >> kind of beyond a departure of standard of care. >> reporter: sources close to the case tell nbc news murray's defense won't focus on propofol or how it was given. instead -- they'll claim michael jackson took eight pills of lorazepam, an anti-anxiety drug, just hours before his death, and

never told dr. murray. that, the defense will argue, killed michael, not the propofol. the official cause of death is propofol so is this a tough argument for the defense? >> it's not as hard as one would think because the defense doesn't have to prove anything. they don't need to prove that he actually took the pills. all they need to do is raise the questions to cause reasonable doubt. >> reporter: murray's defense team still says that michael injected himself with a final dose of propofol and pushed it into his blood stream too fast. they will continue to argue that in court, they tell us. however, they say without the lorazepam, ann, michael jackson would still be alive today so we're going to see how it all shakes out here in court. prosecution could rest their case as early as today. >> all right. jeff rossen this morning. thanks. savannah guthrie today's legal correspondent and star jones a former prosecutor and veteran legal commentator. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> you say, star, five of the six so-called deviations from standard care as laid out by this doctor are enough for a conviction in this case? >> oh, absolutely.

>> each one alone? >> the prosecution wants to stack the deck, and this doctor laid out six deviations. five of them, the argument is, if you take them individually, that's enough of a deviation from the standard of care to get you to gross negligence. it's called boxing the defense into a corner. you can't get yourself out. >> even if the defense is able to be successful at arguing that this drug lorazepam was taken by mr. jackson, was hidden by mr. jackson from dr. murray, and that that ultimately was key in causing his death? >> according to this doctor even if you buy every defense theory we've heard, the new ones and the old ones it still won't matter. it still adds up to gross negligence. one of the doctors said, look, even if he, this michael jackson the addict took these drugs he should never have been left alone in the room with these drugs with that opportunity. one doctor said it's like leaving a baby on the counter top and walking away. >> don't you need to make sure? don't you need the proof of what actually killed him to prove involuntary manslaughter?

>> yes, and these doctors actually were effective because, number one, to me it was like a mini closing argument. they pulled together all the evidence the jurors have heard so far, added it up, laid out the six different deviations of care and most importantly said there was a causal link. but for this negligence, they said, michael jackson might have been alive today. >> and they used conrad murray's statement. i think probably the defense is sitting now thinking the worst thing and the best thing. best thing is i put him in front of the cops so now he doesn't have to testify. worst thing? i put him in front of the cops. now he can't testify. i really think he was trying to manage a pr nightmare and he may have managed himself right into the poke. >> this 911 call, that it took so long for it to be made, could that alone, if none of the other five or six, this alone, the idea it took so long, is that enough to convict dr. murray of involuntary manslaughter? >> absolutely. you don't have to be a doctor to think -- >> where is the defense against

that? >> they're saying he was administering help and that's why he didn't call 911. but if the jurors believe the prosecution experts they'll find gross negligence was committed. they're saying because of conrad murray's own words that michael jackson was in a position where he was saveable and the failure to call for 20 minutes was what ultimately caused his death. >> to hear a doctor say the victim was saveable is a devastating piece of evidence. the defense needs to counter that. they need to counter no matter what michael jackson would be dead. >> do they, are they now more likely to need to counter that with dr. murray on the stand? >> he will not testify. ann, you never have heard me in the 20 years we've worked together say he will never do it. >> how do you know? >> there is not a defense attorney that would put conrad murray on the stand right now. and if he did, it would be malpractice. it would be reason for an appeal. i cannot imagine putting conrad murray on. >> the cross examination would be ferocious. >> okay. you heard it here, savannah guthrie and star jones. thank you so much this morning for weighing in.

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getting moderate to heavy rain in prince georges and fairfax counties and northwest and southeast washington that is advancing to the north, and that area of orange and red is where we are getting the heaviest rain and it should be move into northern prince georges county and louden over the next hour or so and maybe thunder and lightning for that. later today, we could get more. highs reaching low 70s, but that's your latest weather. check it any time of the day or night at weather channel on cable or weather.com online. >> thank you so much. coming up next, why did hillary swank and other stars attend a birthday party for a leader accused of horrific human rights abuses? we'll ask that question and get the answer right after this. starbucks via® is planted the same... ♪ ...harvested the same... ♪ ...and roasted the same as our other premium coffees. ♪ it only makes sense it would taste the same. so, try it for yourself.

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nbc's in london with details on this. michelle, good morning. >> hi, matt. most star-studded parties don't end with human rights watch involved. basically blasting hillary swank and others because the birthday party was for the chechnyan president long aaccused by multiple groups of things like torture and killings. what a birthday it was. in tiny, war-scarred chechnya. music, battles, acrobats, fired up president. whom some have labeled a torturer sparing no expense for his birthday with some special guests, oscar winning actress hillary swank. >> i love to travel. i love to see the world. i love to see different cultures so really, truly, for me this is a great honor to learn more about you and your country and what you're building.

and happy birthday, mr. president. >> and action star jean claude van damme. >> i love you mr. kadyrov. i love you all. you're in my heart. >> reporter: a not so in love human rights group had urged performers not to go there. and now human rights watch, which for years has accused ramzan kadyrov and associates of torture, repression, making people disappear, is stunned they did. >> for the past eight years his rise to power and through his leadership of the republic he has had a terrible human rights record. >> reporter: one group called kadyrov a war criminal. the former separatist rebel turned friend of russia who owns big cats, a gold-plated hand gun, likes to dance, and was appointed president of the chechnyan republic by vladimir putin at age 30 and told a russian newspaper a woman should

know her place. she would be man's property. another quoted him defending honor killings. so why would celebrities want to party with someone like him? the answer is often money. recently superstars mariah carey, beyonce, lionel ritchie, all performed at events in the gadhafi family earning up to $2 million each. some later gave the huge cash to charity. now it's unknown if this two-time oscar winning million dollar baby and fellow stars were paid any millions to appear for ramzan kadyrov and his swanky event sure was that. kadyrov has denied all these allegations and hillary swank just put out a statement saying she did not know about them and didn't even know at first that it was his birthday. she said this was presented to her as a party for the city that would bring hope to the

chechnyan people. she says, i deeply regret attending this event which has thrown into question my long and deeply-held commitment to the protection of human rights. if i had a full understanding of what this event was apparently intended to be i would never have gone. she did not mention whether she was paid and no word from jean claude van damme. matt? >> all right. michelle, thanks very much. up next, the prince charming of the himalayas ties the knot. we'll take you inside the lavish royal wedding held overnight. that's right after this. [ male announcer ] a soup opera from bertolli.

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the himalayas married his new queen. it was a fairy tale setting, a 17th century fortress, bhutan's most sacred. forms and symbols heralded the arrival of the dragon king, 31-year-old jigmi khesar is the world's youngest reigning monarch and a pinup for female admirers across asia but the man they call prince charming is settling down. he has found a queen whose beauty is the talk of this tiny nation. she arrived in procession over a carved wooden foot bridge. jestun pema is a student and the daughter of an airline pilot. she is ten years younger than the king who she followed into the fortress for an ancient buddhist ceremony. the couple met 14 years ago when age 17 and 7 respectively at a family picnic. the king came down from his golden throne in front of a huge buddhist statue to place the fabled raven crown on the head

of his bride. monks chanted in the background as she sat on the throne beside him, the new queen of bhutan. from dawn there had been a steady stream of well wishers, many of whom had traveled from remote villages across bhutan hoping for a glimpse of the royal couple. this 63-year-old woman traveled six hours on foot. i had to be here, she told me. i wouldn't have missed this for the world. the king is known for his common touch and he wanted this ceremony to be low key, simple, and traditional. but that's easier said than done in a nation where he is so revered. the celebrations were soon under way among the growing crowd. the king said he didn't want an extravagant marriage like the british royal wedding, no foreign royalty or heads of state were invited. he said he wanted it to be a wedding for the people. >> we are very excited and have to express our happiness. that's why we came to witness the royal wedding. >> reporter: the new king

studied international relations in london. the king was educated at oxford and is a fan of elvis presley to whom he has more than a passing resemblance. he is overseeing the tiesation of the country while trying to maintain its traditions. it remains one of the most isolated places on the planet. it had no roads until the 1960s. television was only introduced 12 years ago. the celebrations, now well under way, will last for three days across the country, during which the royal couple intend to meet as many people as possible. it was of course bhutan which came up with that index of gross national happiness as a measure of progress and from the evidence of today, that index has just taken quite a leap, ann. >> a delightful glimpse of a world rarely seen, ian. thank you so much. you've been there. >> i was there for where in the world. it is one of the most magical places i have ever been. it is a harrowing trip in but once you get there worth the

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good morning. i am meteorologist, tom kierein. we have passing showers, some with brief downpours, and right now with the area of orange and yellow is where we are getting moderate rain. more later today. how is traffic? >> we have a pedestrian struck. this is westbound at paw rara avenue. and this is right after you pass connecticut avenue. stick to the right to get by. back to you, joe. another news update i

8:00 now on a thursday morning, the 13th day of october, 2011. we've come outside for a little bonding time with these fine folks who with stood all of this rain. it's not that much but kind of sprinkling. anyway, it's wet. so we're so glad you've come. say hi to your families and friends back home. meantime, i'm ann curry along with matt lauer and al roker. it is definitely going to be a bad hair day for some of us. >> not good. >> we're going to be talking about something coming up which is what is really going on between demi moore and also ashton kutcher. rumors have been suggesting that their marriage is in trouble, but guess what?

the two went on a camping trip together over the weekend so hopefully that's good news. >> or we could just leave them alone and let them figure it out. >> wouldn't that be good? hey now. >> just an idea. >> what about that idea? >> all right. we'll ponder that. while you do, here is a question for you. would you take medical advice from ozzy osbourne? it's a different dr. oz. ozzy osbourne dispensing his unique brand of wisdom in a new book. jenna bush hagar caught up with him to talk about sobriety, his relationship with his wife, sharon, and that famous bat bite. she is going to fill us in. >> boy. can't wait. >> jenna tells us about that. also ahead, you know what was happening one year ago today? >> yes. >> that's right. those 33 miners in chile were rescued from that mine after 70 agonizing days, one of the most emotional stories we've covered in a long time. natalie morales was there a year

ago today. her reporting is something that we will not soon forget, so that was one year ago today and it's amazing. we have to kind of figure out what's been happening with those miners since. >> not a lot of great stories. meantime, the aforementioned natalie is at the news desk. good morning. i still get chills when i see that video. good morning, everyone. neighbors say the suspect in wednesday's beauty salon massacre in southern california was in a custody dispute with his ex-wife who worked at the salon. 42-year-old scott evans derkaai surrendered to police about a half mile from the shooting scene in seal beach. officials say derkaai wore body armor as he opened fire, killing at least eight people, six of them women, and critically wounding another victim. detectives are still hoping for a break in the case of lisa irwin, the missouri baby missing for more than a week. nbc's peter ail ebs alexander rn kansas city with the very latest. this is certainly a puzzling case, and still no suspects.

now nbc news has spoken to a chicago attorney who reveals new details about her conversations with baby lisa's distraught parents just days after they say their daughter disappeared. ten days into this mystery and authorities acknowledge lisa's disappearance is as baffling as it is heart breaking. with no solid leads, police say their latest search also provided no new clues. lisa's parents, jeremy irwin, and deborah bradley remained in seclusion wednesday. the new york-based security consultant brought in by the irwins met again with reporters. >> i'll ask everyone else to understand the pressure the family is under. >> reporter: bill stanton says he is lining up a team of his own investigators and says he is being paid by a wealthy, unnamed benefactor who is close to the irwin family. surveillance tape first obtained by nbc news that appeared promising at first may in fact be another dead end. an irwin family member says the unidentified man seen with lisa's mother buying boxed wine and baby wipes the day lisa vanished is deborah bradley's

20-year-old brother who drove bradley to the store because according to the relative she doesn't have a driver's license. police confirmed the tape provided no new leads. meanwhile, detectives continued canvasing the area, asking about a man neighbors say investigators described as a handyman who has not been seen since lisa disappeared. a chicago based attorney who spoke with lisa's parents last week is now speaking publicly about the case. >> this child was probably kidnapped and opportunities to retrieve her are quickly slipping away. >> reporter: while kathleen zoellner is not representing lisa's parents, their conversation offers a rare glimpse into the irwin family nightmare. >> they're very distraught. i found them, though, to want so badly to try to assist in finding their daughter to do whatever they could. i mean, they're in the most vulnerable position that a parent would ever be in.

>> reporter: for now the irwin family home remains empty and now it is unclear if the family will ever move back in. >> all right. peter ail ebs analexander in ka missouri. thank you. brian? good morning. coming up tonight on "nightly news" everybody remembers the brownie, flash cube, because kodak was part of our lives for so many years in this country now the company is on the brink of bankruptcy. can they bounce back? we'll take a look tonight on "nightly news." natalie, for now, back to you. >> thank you. now for a look at what's trending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking online. ellen degeneres a hot search after she surprised those youtube princesses who went viral with their version of "super base." ♪ >> adorable.

nicky said the first time she saw the british cousins' video she e-mailed all her friends so they could enjoy it too. the daughters of presidential hopeful jon huntsman a former ambassador to china are tweeting about one of dad's republican rivals. one daughter tweeted how does romney know anything about china? he was only there once and that was for the olympics. panda express doesn't count. another tweet to the son of fellow mormon mitt romney reads, want to tailgate for the next debate? vegas wild. we'll bring the god fathers. you bring the diet coke. and the video is out for betty white's remix of "i'm still hot." check out her moves. ♪ >> we can only wonder if the moves really belong to 89-year-old betty or a body double. take a look there on the dance floor. either way, she is hotter than ever. it is 8:06 right now. let's go back to al with a check of your weather. hey, al.

al's pick stiff the day is brought to you by the capital one venture card. what's in your wallet? our pick city today happens to be detroit, michigan. a fabulous place. detroit has the most registered bowlers in the united states. who knew? now you know. and for the pick city, afternoon showers, 67. they're playing game five of the acls championship. so there you go. very big. if you get out of the bowling alley you'll get to watch the game. i like this guy. turn your sign around, pal. look at this. i wear my hair like matt lauer. oh, yeah. >> but the difference is he could wear it another way. >> what's your name? >> cameron. >> all right, cameron. very nice. let's check your weather to see meron. very nice. let's check your weather and see

what is happening for today. you have rain in the northeast, a frontal system making its way from the great lakes all the way down in the gulf coast, and bringing in showers and fog, and the heat continues down through southern california with temperatures in the 90s to over 100 degrees, and partly cloudy in the pacific northwest. that's what is going on around the country and here is what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> we have had passing showers over the last few hours, and right now, though, we are getting some showers, once again in montgomery county, and we will have a few more later this morning, and again perhaps later this afternoon. highs reaching low 70s. a midday shower on friday, and then a blustery northwest wind looking great for the weekend and cooler, though, chilly in mr. lauer pointing out cameron had a real sign on the other side. mommy and zach. you love them huh? >> yes. >> very nice. >> he lured you in.

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back now at 8:11 with the latest on the state of ashton kutcher and demi moore's marriage. hey, janet, good morning. >> ann, good morning to you. media speculation that a potential split between ashton kutcher and demi moore has not calmed down and now new fuel has been added to the fire. the woman claiming to have had a one night affair with kutcher is sharing her story while the couple themselves have remained mostly silent on the situation. >> reporter: demi moore and ashton kutcher spotted over the weekend camping near santa barbara, california. the couple together, kutcher wearing his wedding ring. a silent response to speculation that the couple's relationship is on the rocks.

>> ashton and demi absolutely took at least one camping trip and what they were doing was trying to kind of have mediation and talk out the issues and try to use this as the basis for a reconciliation. >> reporter: moore and kutcher's marriage has been gossip fodder for years, and now claims of an affair from a woman who says kutcher cheated on his wife in san diego on the night of kutcher and moore's six-year wedding anniversary. >> i was very surprised to see ashton there. >> sarah leal is the woman who said she had a one-night affair with the star. she tells her story in this week's "us weekly." >> at one point in the night he told a group of us that he was separated and shortly after that we all got in the hot tub and one thing led to another and i ended up staying the night. >> reporter: nbc news has been unable to independently verify the claims but the magazine says it has multiple sources that

confirm her story. and says they did not pay her for the interview. >> this is a girl who really has nothing to prove. she has nothing to gain from this so she told "us" everything and totally opened up about that night. >> the romance garnered attention from the start, ashton just 25 when the two met, demi 42, challenged hollywood stereotypes but the relationship seemed to work. >> i think the media and the public have been rooting for them from the very beginning. they were such an unlikely couple but they seemed so happy, so madly in love, so committed to each other. >> reporter: followers of the twitter superstars became accustomed to affectionate messages between the two but recently the tenor of the couple's tweets changed. moore posting a photo with her eyes closed captioned "i see through you." kutcher, who has over 7 million followers tweeted "when you assume to know that which you know nothing of you make an ass out of u and me."

his most recent message to his wife, good luck tonight. you should be proud. went unanswered. we have a source on the set of "two and a half men" and what's very interesting is that ashton has been referring to my wife, i was just hanging out with my wife. he is clearly wanting everybody to know on the set that he is still involved with demi. that she is still his wife. >> we reached out to both demi and ashton's representatives and neither responded to a request for a statement. ann? >> all right. we're still rooting for them, a lot of us. thank you so much. coming up next, an unexpected source of parenting and medical advice. jenna bush hagar gets up close and personal with ozzy osbourne right after this. dad, why are you getting that? is there a prize in there?

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me, i'm dr. ozzy" a collection of letters from his weekly newspaper and magazine column where the 62-year-old rocker gives tongue-in-cheek advice on everything from parenting to drug and alcohol abuse. tell me about how your new book came about. >> it started as kind of a joke at first. but i've survived rock 'n roll lifestyle and the drinking and the drugs and, you know, what goes on in rock 'n roll and i've lived to tell the tale. and so people along the way would say, what's this pill, what's that pill? is this any good for that? and i'd go, well, i've sampled quite a variety and so i thought it would be funny to do a spoof on that. >> reporter: so in some ways this is a perfect job for you. >> you know, ignorance is the biggest killer. go see your doctor. you know. that's what they're there for. >> reporter: but in some ways, who better to give that advice

than ozzy? a man who has survived 40 years of drug use and that infamous run-in with the bat. your advice for somebody that is going to bite a bat? >> don't even try it. you see, every action has a reaction. okay? you bite the head off something and you're going to have some shots. that ain't cool. when i took the rabies shots it was like somebody shoving a golf ball in my [ bleep ]. >> reporter: and he has seen his fair share of doctors. >> incomplete' a hypochondriac. if i wasn't there is a good chance sharon wouldn't be -- i'm always going for these new tests. i went. sharon went and they found the cancer. >> reporter: in 2002 his crazy life was on display when "the osbournes" premiered on mtv. during the show's run, audiences watched as ozzy and his wife sharon battled her colon cancer. >> to see the woman that you're married through go through these

chemotherapy stuff -- a kick in the pants you know. she went through hell. >> reporter: throughout the entire run of the show, ozzy was admittedly high on drugs. so you're sober now. >>ish. >> reporter: soberish. >> i'm sober but i'm still crazy. >> reporter: how do you feel now that you've got control over drugs and alcohol? >> well, i have to take a bunch of medication because of this thing called hereditary parkinsonnian tremor which is a tremor that i have. and for many years i was getting diagnosed -- i've spent fortunes because i thought it was the dts from coming off the alcohol. >> reporter: he credits much of his sobriety to sharon's tough love. >> sharon! >> reporter: what has she done to help you get where you are? >> she wouldn't take any crap. i remember one occasion when we were in new york and i'm having a bad time with it and i said to sharon, i wanted her to cuddle

me and tell me it's going to be all right. and i go, i think i'm dying. sharon goes, die quietly. i've got an appointment at 9:00. i'm like, what sympathy do i get? >> reporter: at home, ozzy enjoys spending time with his 11 dogs. >> shut the [ bleep ] up. >> reporter: and his brand new ferrari. >> well, this is a direct result of being sober. my first car. >> reporter: this is your first car because you just got your driver's license? >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> reporter: that's crazy. >> i know. i am. rock 'n roll. >> reporter: with the rock 'n roll career that spanned more than 40 years, ozzy shows no sign of slowing down. >> so we're here in your man cave. >> yeah. >> reporter: your recording studio, right? do you spend a lot of time down here? >> recently i have. when i'm writing songs i spend a lot of time here. >> reporter: sharon seems to always be looking at you, right?

>> that's right. don't you dare think about taking drugs. >> reporter: is that why you hang that up there? >> i didn't hang it up there. >> reporter: who hung it up there? >> who do you think? >> reporter: sharon put it up there, right? ozzy says another key to staying sober is he has traded alcohol for exercise. and his son jack is expecting his first child so ozzy will have another grand baby. he is a grandfather. >> a lot of roles for ozzy osbourne. i like how, you know, was it easy for you to read the supers as he was talking so you could understand what he was saying? >> i actually could understand every word out of his mouth. i don't know what that says about me but i loved him. i think he's a great guy and he puts family first and, well, rock 'n roll first and family quite second. >> jenna bush hagar, thank you so much. now let's swing to the nation's capital and say hi to

willard scott. hey, willard. everybody, i mean everybody loves a birthday and when it's yours, i say celebrate for a week. smucker's says hello to all of you and here we have good looking mattie campbell from vinton, virginia. love that name mattie. 106 and has a wonderful, wonderful smile and she loves to tell jokes. i'll bet she's a good joke teller. here's carl. hello, carl. carl wheeler, warrenton, missouri. how about that? 100 years old today. former pilot when he was with u.s. army air corps. anyway, we wish him a very happy birthday. one of his buddies was mr. charles weinberg. how about that? okay. catherlean smith of steubenville, ohio. 100 years old and loves,

absolutely adores taking care of her community activities and still reads her newspaper without glasses. how about that? henry willming and he is from manchester, missouri. and he's 100 years old today. loves to garden and has a shot of apricot every morning. i never cared for brandy. nobody cares about that. pearl lewis. niagara falls, new york. 100 years old today. and loves to take care of her garden and her yard and also does a lot of work around her church. good church lady. and we have carlton finethy, nice man, 100 years old today, he is from rumford, maine. best people in the world come from maine. and he had his driver's license renewed last year. went out and bought two cars. two. that's it. that's all.

back to new york. >> all right, willard. thank you so much. hair y harry belefonte stop next after your local news. bel by next. good morning. i am pat lawson. there's breaking news at 8:26. there's an amber lurt for an 11-year-old germantown boy this morning. police say somebody killed his mother and investigators found her body in her apartment yesterday. william is believed to be in a black honda crv like this one. if you think you have seen the if you think you have seen the boy or car, call woman: working in public relations

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. we're beak now. 8:30 on a thursday morning. the 13th day of october, 2011. still threatening here in new york city. foggy. conditions a little drizzle but really nice people. thanks for stopping by, folks. we appreciate it. i'm matt lauer with ann curry, al roker and natalie morales. the question for the group this

morning is what would you do if you witnessed a shark attack? >> well, i would probably try to save the person if it's possible. it's pretty tough to imagine. >> that is exactly what a guy did. he watched as a friend was bitten by a 500-pound bull shark. that doesn't look good. he saved him by jumping in. their story coming up in their own words. also coming up, i'm very excited because in our studio this morning, harry belafonte, the man who gave us "deo." who does not remember that iconic song? great actor. also a close friend of martin luther king. he was a major leader in the civil rights movement so he's got a lot to say in a new book that's just come out. >> all right. look forward to that. then later on in today's professionals they'll be back again today to offer all of their very unique perspectives, not that opinionated right? but anyway, they'll talk about the hot stories of the day including a plan being considered at some major colleges. get this. to actually let young men and

young women share the same bedroom together. >> no, no, no. not acceptable. >> coed takes a whole new meaning. >> we don't like that do we? next they'll say share the same bed not just the same bedroom. we got to stop this now. right? >> you know, that could happen. >> okey-dokey. and then what happens when two sisters who happen to be among the most successful ceos in the world, what can they teach you about success? >> probably a lot. >> i think so. let's check on the weather first. >> all righty. let's see what's happeni weather, first. >> let's see what is happening for today. we have rain in the northeast, and also the great lakes and all the way down into the mid-atlantic states. the heat continues through southern california, and sunshine through texas and the central plains. tomorrow we have heavy rain in new england, and rain around the great lakes and the heat continues in the southwest, and take a look at the fall foliage. we will see a lot of color

around the great lakes and new england and through the central rockies looking nice, and we will do a little leaf peeping. showers are moving south to north through west virginia, virginia and maryland and the district of coluf cluof columbi morning. and later today, maybe a few more passing showers, and perhaps thunder and lightning later this afternoon and evening, and might have a morning or midday shower on friday, and then a blustery and don't forget you can check that weather any time of the day or night. go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. here's ann. thank you. now to new details on a terrifying shark attack off the coast of florida. the victim and the friends who saved him are speaking out now. nbc's kerry sanders is in anna maria with more. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning.

the shark that attacked this young man is among the most aggressive predators out here, a bull shark, and this one was a monster. nine feet long, 400 to 500 pounds with jaws and teeth just like this, extremely sharp. this is from a similarly sized shark. in this case the victim was bobbing in the water near his boat. on florida's gulf coast seven friends headed out on the water for a day of fun, a routine they often document, filming dolphins as they ride the bow wave, catching moments of each other. as they free dived some of the most prolific spear fishing grounds in the gulf of mexico. that's a three-foot long kobia and that is c.j. dangling his fins in the water. the day this 21-year-old florida native was attacked by the bull shark he had already caught a dozen hog fish. c.j. was bobbing at the surface,

the thrashing fish he caught already onboard the boat. about ten feet away two girls out for the trip were on floating chairs when this shark bit down on his leg with its razor-sharp teeth. >> i looked down and saw a shark on my leg. >> reporter: and you said? >> i let go of my gun and hit it off with both my hands. i can't remember how hard i punched. must have punched pretty hard because it let go fast. >> reporter: c.j. says he yelled "shark" as a nine-foot bull like this one released its grip on his left leg. the girls who were in the water scrambled from the floating chairs swimming to join the others still on the boat. max and conner watched it all unfold. >> as soon as the shark had grabbed c.j., he kind of flailed once, got pulled under for just a couple seconds, and we looked at each other and kind of like, you know, made eye contact, wow. this is really happening. >> reporter: and that's when the next unexpected twist happened. conner, who has grown up around sharks, jumped in to save his friend. >> i think what's going through my mind is you're a little crazy in that moment because you weren't thinking about jumping in. you just jumped in.

>> right. there wasn't no thinking about oh, man there is a shark in there looking to bite you. there wasn't time to think about it. it was just, got bit get in the water, get him back, stop the bleeding. get him in. >> reporter: conner and max used a rope as turniquet as kiera dialed 911. >> the whole back of the boat, we were all just blood. i thought for sure he wasn't going to make it. >> reporter: it took more than five minutes to get to shore to paramedics. c.j. had lost half his blood. but somehow he remained conscious and talkative. >> conner and i tried to calm him down and tell him it was just a minor wound but he said, no. i felt my femur. i know it's bad. >> reporter: this doctor has studied sharks for more than three decades. >> quite often when you have a bite and release like this on a leg the shark gets the femoral artery and the people bleed out before they can get medical help. this guy was really lucky. >> reporter: lucky to have friends who didn't panic and lucky conner was there thinking only of the friend he's had since kindergarten.

>> my friends saved my life. >> reporter: when c.j. made it to the emergency room, he was lucky because the doctor who was on call had just returned from afghanistan and not only knew how to save his life but also his leg. and if you're wondering about these shark type teeth, how many stitches that c.j. wound up with? well, the doctors say they lost count after the first hundred. >> oh, my. kerry sanders, great story. well told. we wish that boy every luck. still coming up this morning, the secrets of success from two sisters who are running two of the biggest companies in the world. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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denise morrison is president and ceo of campbell's soup. this year they're both on "fortune's" list of the top 50 most powerful women in business. ladies, good morning. congratulations. >> good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> something tells me, by the way of a little background here, not only were the odds long of this happening but you've got a couple sisters at home, one in corporate america, the other with her own business. >> that's right. >> as you sat around the dinner table as kids there wasn't much talk of a glass ceiling was there? >> absolutely not. my dad when he would come home from work, we would all sit down with him for dinner and he would talk about his day. he would actually teach us. >> that's right. >> the things he was doing at work. >> we learned marketing at the dinner table. >> your family, they basically said you have to have a business plan for everything. >> even getting your ears pierced. >> you'd go in and say, look. we want to go away here or get our ears pierced and they would make you present it. >> that's right. >> much in the same way that today you have to present new ideas at a business. >> right. >> exactly. and it was great training for us because it really had us think through why we wanted to do

certain things, why we felt it was important for us to have it, and the presentation was as important as the plan. >> i think it was your mom who also taught you. i love this comment. ambition is part of being feminine. >> that's right. >> what did that mean to you at the time? >> i think what it meant is we could be who we are and we could take the capabilities that we have as being women and parlay those into success. it really didn't matter what we did. it just mattered that we had the confidence to be who we were and to project that. >> we could aim high and set very high goals and would never feel discouraged by doing that. >> did your parents though when they talked about setting these high goals and this ambition being very feminine, did they also talk about the difference between doing something simply for success reasons versus doing something you really loved? >> they talked a lot about following your passion. they felt that education was the most important thing so one of the life lessons is get a great education. it gives you freedom and

flexibility. and then follow your passion. our parents never dictated to us what we should do with our lives. they just gave us the foundation to go do. >> but i would say there was a high expectation for success and passion at the same time. >> did you feel pressure from those expectations? i mean, because pressure -- different children and young adults react to pressure differently. >> well, it was a motivator for me. i think that i performed better because there was a higher expectation and then it became a self-motivation. >> and actually, denise bore most of the brunt because she was the oldest one. >> right. >> so by the time they got to me it was a little bit easier. >> you bring something up i was going to ask you about. was there much competition that was inspired between siblings? >> well, i think at times there was healthy competition. but i'll tell you what. my sisters are a support network for me, and i hope that they feel the same way about me. >> and denise and i are very close. we're 13 months apart. so we spent all of our time together. we shared a bedroom. we went to school together.

we shared clothes. and she was my best friend as well as my sister. >> we challenged each other. >> exactly. >> i think we grew up to go into different circles so we could be noncompetitive. >> so just a piece of advice for the women you now manage because you're heads of these corporations and you've got a lot of women, men also, but women working for you. so if you could offer them one piece of advice that will help them deal in the corporate world and perhaps achieve the same things you've achieved, what would it be? >> i think that women need to be empowered and very strategic about their career. sometimes they feel that if they just get good results that's all it takes. but it takes strategy as well and women feeling like they own their career. >> maggie? >> i also think that women have to look to take risks. to really change the paradigm. you know, when you get into a job or you get into a career mode, you have to think about what are my next couple steps? what should i be doing differently? how do i mold my job to be different so i can get to the

next level? and sometimes you got to go lateral to go ahead. >> i also think declaring your end game goal is really important. >> it's clearly worked for both of you. congratulations. what a pleasure to talk to you. great to talk to you both. thanks a lot. >> thanks, matt. >> i appreciate it. we're back right after this. i am a face unclogger. i am a nose coach. i am a throat untickler. i am a human cough suppressant. and i am the sniffles worst nightmare. i am a target pharmacist. ask me about cold and flu remedies.

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bringing the sounds of the islands to a worldwide audience, churning out hit after hit after hit. he was a movie heart throb as well, breaking color barriers along the way. ♪ >> but harry belafonte was much more than an entertainer. he wanted to help change the world. a close friend of dr. martin luther king's he was a key leader in the civil rights movement and also the man who helped bring together the stars for famine relief with "we are the world." ♪ we are the ones who make a better day so let's start giving ♪ >> but he ruffled a lot of feathers along the way as well with his choice of friends and foes. once calling president george w. bush, quote, the greatest terrorist in the world. now in a new hbo documentary about his tumultuous life called "sing your song" harry belafonte

remembers when his hero the late singer and controversial activist paul robeson came to see him on stage. >> at the end of my performance he came back stage and simply said, get them to sing your song and they'll want to know who you are. >> and now at the age of 84 harry belafonte is out with a new memoir called appropriately enough "my song." harry belafonte, what a pleasure. >> it is a delight to be here. >> oh, my lord. now after all of these years of resisting it what made you finally sit down and write your memoirs? >> actually it was the passing of a friend, marlon brando and i were very close. we had gone to school together as young -- as a matter of fact adult teenagers and through the years we developed this synergy and this way of life and he had done a great deal with his life working with indigenous people in the black community and all of the things, the problems we faced. and when he passed away, i not

only lost a great friend but america lost a great icon, not only a great actor but somebody who was deeply committed to helping those who were in need. and when he passed, i realized he left without ever telling his story. i thought that i should make a film to try to capture the time in which we lived and then automatically go to the book and that's how it all emerged. >> so in telling your story you just mentioned marlon brando. i could tick off a lot of very famous names connected to your story. in fact, i will. you're on the cover of "life" magazine with sammy davis and also sidney portier. you've mingled with duke ellington, paul robeson, muhammad ali, alina horn, eleanor roosevelt, president john and bobby kennedy and dr. martin luther king. what is your favorite memory of the good doctor king? >> beyond being deeply moved by his intellectual capacity, it

was his humility and the kind of humanity he revealed whenever he walked into a campaign and was deeply concerned about whether or not he was doing the right thing. not morally but tactically because always there was the threat that people might get hurt, somebody might be taken out, and he felt a great sense of responsibility and burden for making decisions that would put people in harm's way. those of us who sat in his circle had to continually reinforce the sense that what he was doing was not only morally correct but socially necessary. and he took some comfort in the fact that we encouraged him. >> you encouraged him in becoming a civil rights leader yourself. and you write in your book why had i jeopardized in some ways damaged a career trajectory that had made me at 30 the world's first so-called black matinee idol? how do you answer your own

question? >> i would say a lot of it is good fortune, the coincidences. i cannot ever remember sitting down and charting the course of my life. i was lucky enough to be able to see opportunity and seize it every time it knocked at my door. that led me to meet some remarkable people who sought my services especially when i began to profile as an artist eleanor roosevelt, john kennedy, nelson mandela, and others. each time they sought me out and i listened to their requests, i found that the journey they asked me to be on was really quite worthy. >> your mother said something to you when you were very young that was powerful. she said something about when you grow up never go to bed at night knowing that there was something you could have done during the day to strike a blow against injustice and you didn't do it. >> that was my compass. her dignity, moral sensitivity, and sense of social purpose. she was an immigrant woman here

in america. came here for the american dream and found that the dream was quite elusive. and she struggled and she was a single parent for all intents and purposes. i admire the struggle that she made and i saw in her the things that i should be and especially with her guidance and counsel. >> but you do say in this book there were times when you asked yourself if it was worth it, whether risking so much for yourself, risking all of the adulation you had at that difficult time for african-americans in this country, to do this work, to try to create freedoms for people who did not have it, you did ask yourself, you have asked yourself since, was it worth it? >> yes. the answer is that i truly have no choice. it's beyond -- it's beyond my own capacity to accept or reject. it is a thing i just must do. each time injustice passes by my purview, i get engaged whether it's here or africa or somewhere

else in the world. it's just the nature of the way things are. >> in fact, you've spent some time criticizing some people. we just talked about that in the piece. you've criticized president bush, the second one, colin powell, condoleezza rice, and most recently herman cain. and you've gotten into a lot of trouble for some of the things you've said. do you ever wish, i mean, with all due respect, that you keep your mouth shut? >> nah. >> no? >> how best to capture the press than to do something they've never heard before? there it was. i got the platform and opportunity to articulate a point of view that many americans shared and people in the world and i think i handled it with dignity and a certain kind of preciseness that i've not regretted. >> well, you certainly do that in this book and what's really sweet at the end is you do talk about our best times still lying ahead and from all you've been through that is such a hopeful thing to hear from your perspective. harry belafonte, thank you for your life. thank you for your book.

thank you for being here this morning. what a great honor. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> the book is called "my song." the hbo documentary called "sing your song" premieres on monday night. still ahead this morning the health habits that could actually do you more harm than good. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ nbc. ♪ love it. complete this merger, and present to the board, sink your teeth into some big n' toasty if you understand. good. you've got spunk.

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to helping families discover learning opportunities all around them. pnc. grow up great. we're back with more of "today" on a thursday morning, the 13th day of october, 2011. some people hanging around with us this morning. we thank them for that on kind of a cooler, damper day here in the northeast. i'm matt lauer with ann curry. al roker and savannah guthrie and unfortunately talk about a tragic story out of california. a man goes into a hair salon in seal beach, opens fire. at least eight people were killed. the man was taken into custody a short time later. what was the motive? what drove him to this? we'll be talking about that in this half hour. meantime have you guys heard

about this operation hacker-azzi? basically this florida guy now accused of hacking into the e-mail accounts of a lot of celebrities. in fact, more than 50 people including people like scarlett johansson, in some cases photographs that the star did not want splashed all over the internet that were so we'll tell you more about that arrest. >> all right. and today's prfrofessionals are back with their strong opinions on interesting topics including whether sexy ads on billboards should be allowed near schools. there is a new law that outlaws that. we'll talk about that. also tough to find a good baby-sitter so what about the idea of rent a grandma? we'll talk about that with star jones, donny deutsch, and dr. nancy all here ready to chat. >> i would have done that. >> a great idea actually. >> i would have done that. because we live on the east coast. >> yeah. exactly. and then some health habits that you think are good for you could be bad. one that matt and i might be guilty of. too much hand sanitizer.

daily nutrition supplements. cardio workouts. we'll tell you why you could be overdoing it and actually hurting your health in the long run. >> have you bought into any of this stuff? we keep saying this stuff about how over sanitizing could be bad for you. >> probably three, four times a day. but, you know, over the course of a day. >> an hour? >> no, no. >> they have the stuff in their pockets. >> let's go inside. natalie is standing by at the news desk with the headlines. good morning, everyone. police in southern california are still investigating a motive in wednesday's beauty salon massacre that left eight people dead and another wounded. the alleged gunman is in custody. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in seal beach with more. good morning, kristen. >> good morning, natalie. this is a small, close-knit beach community. many here know at least one of the eight people who were killed. another woman remains in critical condition this morning. police say that every station

was full when 42-year-old scott derkaai allegedly opened fire here at the salon. police say he was wearing full body armor and carrying multiple weapons. six women and two men were killed. police arrested derkaai about a half mile from here. they say he surrendered peacefully but had multiple weapons in his truck. as for a motive police aren't saying but those who knew the victims say derkaai's ex-wife worked as a stylist at the salon. they tell us the two were involved in a custody dispute. police are expected to release names of the victims later today, natalie. >> kristen dahlgren in seal beach this morning, thank you. former godfather's pizza ceo herman cain now leads the republican presidential field in the latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. cain, known for his simplified 999 flat tax plan has a slim lead over former massachusetts governor mitt romney. former front runner rick perry dropped 20 points to third place. meantime, 63% of those polled favored president obama's jobs plan even though the president's low approval rating was

unchanged. secretary of state hillary clinton calls the alleged plot to assassinate the saudi ambassador to the u.s. a dangerous escalation in iran's support for terrorism. she told nbc news in an exclusive interview the u.s. believes the plot was conceived and directed from tehran and calls it a state sponsored act of terror. iran denies it was involved. federal officials are accusing a 35-year-old florida man of hacking into e-mail accounts and cell phones of hollywood celebrities. nbc's george lewis has more now from los angeles. good morning. good morning. the fbi is calling this operation hacker-azzi alleging more than 50 people had their e-mail accounts compromised and a number of those were celebrities and in some of those cases nude photos of the celebrities were splashed all over the internet. that's what happened to scarlett johansson earlier this year. nude photos from her cell phone winding up on a number of websites. ditto for rene olsted just two

of the more than 50 victims of the alleged hack attack. >> we at the department of justice take this crime very seriously. christina aguilera according to the fbi also had her e-mails hacked as did simone harusch. a 26-count indictment charges christopher chaney of jacksonville, florida with violating federal anti-hacking and identity theft laws. he is free on $10,000 bond. the fbi says the accused hacker scanned celebrity magazines, twitter, and facebook accounts for information about the celebrities who were targeted. virtually all of these victims were compromised because the alleged hacker mr. chaney mined through publicly available data and figured out passwords and security questions. >> reporter: the authorities say he was not trying to profit from the alleged hacking. >> while there is certainly a celebrity aspect of this case, i want to emphasize that all users

of computer and digital devices are potentially victims of this very same type of cyber attack. >> reporter: the problem, authorities say, is that too many e-mail users, including celebrities, use passwords like the names of pets or birth dates that are too easy to guess. >> i hope this serves as a clear and important lesson for potential victims to protect their information and their computers. >> reporter: but in this digital era whether you're famous or not privacy has become an increasingly perishable commodity. chaney has not yet entered a plea. he has another court appearance coming up in florida tomorrow morning. natalie? >> all right. george lewis in los angeles, thank you. it is beginning to look a lot like christmas already. we've got a sneak peek of the radio city music hall rockettes rehearsing for their annual christmas spectacular. the rockettes and their sky high kicks are a nearly 80-year tradition here in new york. we always love them. it is now six minutes past the hour. let's go back outside to matt and ann. >> they do not look that old.

>> an excuse to show a picture of a bunch of pretty girls. that's what i would say. let's look at the weather with mr. roker. >> i got another bunch of pretty girls right here. who do we have here? >> this is kimberly. >> and? >> this is caylee. >> how old are they? >> five months. >> where are you from? >> philadelphia. >> they are beautiful. my gosh. >> drove in today. >> wow. that's a lot of baby. let's check your weather. here comes more showers making their way up from philadelphia into the northeast and new england, a slow-moving system is going to bring a bunch of rain. nothing too heavy. generally about a half to quarter inch of rain, some areas locally a little bit more. then we head out west. look at these high temperatures. going to get up to 97 in hollywood. burbank 99. long beach will see a high ofwe. 97 in hollywood. burbank, 99. long beach, a high of 101 degrees. that's what is going on around the country, and here's what is

happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, showers moving south to north through virginia, west virginia and maryland and the district of columbia this morning, and they will continue to do this over the next few hours and it may dry out in the middle part of the day, noontime or midday, and we may go cloudy for a time, but then maybe some showers into the ev and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thanks. now to today's professionals where our panel of power players break down the hottest headlines. surveys and studies making news. star jones is an attorney and author. donny deutsch is chairman of deutsch incorporated and dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to all of you. >> do you notice nancy always touches me at the beginning of the segment? >> like you guys have your little moment. >> i need the energy. >> she is transferring her power to you. okay. let's start with demi and ashton. i don't know if any of us really knows what's going on behind

closed doors between these two but it would appear there are marital problems because there's this 22-year-old woman who is talking to "us weekly" about her one night stand with ashton that took place on their sixth anniversary. >> she needs to shut up. >> that may be the case. >> there are two things. you live by the sword you die by the sword. people who are so engaged in social media and tweet about every single thing and then something bad happens you go radio silent and people are going to assume the worst. this is part of, you know, the age we live in. but i have to say, agree with star. this blonde who allegedly slept with him, shame on her. >> hold on a second. >> i love hearing the women say this. because obviously -- >> it's disgusting. >> why are we focusing on the woman sh she's not married. he is the one who's married. >> she is giving the interviews. i am sick of her. >> i love that. >> one time being a hoochy does not make it an affair or a mistress. >> you're in the papers for a day.

this is going to stay with you the rest of your life. i think it is so great thaw womthat you women are firing back at these one timers if you will. >> obviously insane. why are we focusing all of our ire on this woman in setting aside whether or not she should be in the magazine. >> i love it. this is why i do the show with you guys. >> it's because demi is the only one who has the right to focus her ire on ashton. she's married to him. we are not. we get to focus our ire on the hoochy on the cover of "us" magazine. >> i tell you, this fascinates me. another thing i have to ask you. if you are a famous person and you are going to meet someone in a bar and then hook up with them i just assume you don't care if it ends up in the papers because -- >> temptation is around every corner for people who live in this high, intense celebrity life. >> i think there is another issue also. i want to talk about the age issue. i think it's about 20 years, can maybe not be an issue when you're 25 and 45 because you're still maybe in the same life

stage. as the life stages move for instance if you're 70 and 50 i think the age difference becomes more challenging at different periods and this could be that point. >> not so much when men are older. >> same thing. >> but i don't know, home cooking or doing nothing, i mean, she is out. she has projects. she's beautiful. i take your point about they may be at different stages but she seems to be a very vibrant woman. >> i'm not sure we can ascribe that it's all over because they've had some issues, relationships have issues. just like anybody's relationship. the biggest problem though is when you invite the public into your private space. and i know a little something about that. it's really hard to close the door. the public has expect -- >> it takes more than an affair to break up a relationship but this kind of public scrutiny is very tough. >> just to put an end on it star and nancy do you think it has anything to do with the age difference? donny thinks it may. >> i'm just saying in generally think it becomes more

challenging. >> look, gravity plays a role as you get older and so you can have a -- i just think it may be tough. i don't know. >> i saw them over the holiday a couple years ago and demi is banging. i don't think it has to do with any of that. >> i don't think gravity applies to her. she looks great. >> she is -- >> i got it. >> moving on. next topic prison inmates as firefighters. so many states, counties are facing budget trouble so the county in georgia has a novel idea which is to use prison inmates as firefighters. >> stupid, stupid, and more stupid. >> absolutely smart. >> brilliant. >> oh, my gosh. you want a criminal -- >> absolutely. >> to come into your home, a person who is -- no. they said thieves and drug dealers. >> excuse me. >> look at the prisons and see who is in the prisons. we have a lot of people in prison who shouldn't be in prison. >> even if they are prisoners, if basically for no money you

can increase the safety of people, number one, help fire departments out. number two, put these prisoners to work, make them do something and at the same time maybe -- >> in my home? >> they're not walking around. they're with other firefighters. a really progressive idea. >> my house is burning down and you're telling me the bravest human beings on the earth, the firefighters, have to make sure they look over their shoulder so the thief does not steal my earrings? what kind of b.s. is that? >> i have three more firefighters in there and i'm not worried about my wallet. if it helps fighting fires let's do it. >> then hire firefighters. i know we have a fiscal issue but we don't sacrifice safety. >> you're right. >> trustees or even people with exemplary prison behavior, relatively minor crime you think no? >> not bringing it into somebody's house because tomorrow, excuse me, today's drug dealer and thief could be tomorrow's rapist and murderer. >> star, this is the least progressive i've ever heard you talk. >> if you're going to bring a criminal into my house talking about being a firefighter --

>> if my house is burning down bring them over. >> no thank you. next topic since you're so harmonious, sexy ads banned near schools. in britain the advertising standards authority has said they will not allow, quote-unquote, sexy ads to be within a certain amount, a hundred yards of schools and nurseries. is this a good idea? you're the advertising guy. >> as an ad guy number one, first of all, who is to decide what sexy is. it is a slippery slope. >> they have a whole list of things. >> even more importantly you can't insulate your kids. that is the stupidest thing. basically your kids are going to see television. okay. just in those five minutes they're going in the bus past the school. put a bubble around them? it is the most inan thing i've heard. a waste of time. >> in san francisco there is cigarette advertising on billboards that was absolutely on purpose put in black and hispanic neighborhoods because we knew that was the way to push advertisements. we knew kids are impressionable. if these ads are over the top, i see no reason to have these billboards around schools. >> it's like that's not solving

the problem. >> star? >> just real quick i would worry less about the sex aspect of it and more about things that will really damage a kid like too much sugar and aohol ads. that's what i'm more concerned about. >> our next topic, coed roommates. ucla and other schools are considering whether they would allow coeds, people to live together, boys and girls together in college dorms. >> i think ann will kill me if i say this because she's got a college-age daughter. however, i'd much rather have a nice, clean male roommate. >> there is no such thing. >> than a nasty girl. >> there is no such thing in college. >> in college? no. >> that's not true. >> look, my daughter went to the university of vermont. she lived on a coed floor but they had their own bathrooms. >> same here. >> so cohabitating on a floor is not an issue but i think if you pull college girls and say do you want to share a bathroom with a guy? the answer is no. >> freshman year university of pennsylvania we had coed bathrooms. it was stumdpid.

it made life more difficult. >> so people may elect not to do it but do you have a problem with it being available? >> no. if my kid can opt out. >> to star's point and i don't like her today and don't want to agree but i think if my daughter was on her own living off campus i'd want her living with a boy who she is friends with for a safety issue. there are two sides. i really don't like you. >> it's okay. >> our last topic, rent a grandma, we all love this idea, a new employment agency recruiting women of an older age. who has experience with kids? it's grandmothers. they're able to make some money as well. >> there are so many women who didn't do the main stream work force and then they get -- we cast older women aside in this kour country. what a wonderful way to harness an unused work force and help moms who need help. >> my grandma is watching right now. she is 93. >> this is a win-win. >> she is 93 years old. yes. grandmas. >> you guys hug it out real

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60% alcohol and try to stay clear of ones that contain trycloclan which some studies show can increase antibiotic resist tangs. >> a lot of us take supplements. half of all americans surveyed do take supplements. is that not a good thing in the end? >> people think because they are over the counter they don't have any side effects but supplements could interact with another medication you are already taking so you should always check with your doctor before taking any supplement regularly. and experts always say it is best to get your nutrients through food. so try to eat a healthy diet. that should be the focus. if you're worried that you're deficient you should check in with your doctor first. >> brushing your teeth, i think the recommendation is usually twice a day. >> yes. >> some people like to do it after every meal. they feel that's best for dental hygiene but that could not be a good thing. how so? >> in some cases acidic foods, if you brush right after you eat it like orange juice it can wear away at your enamel so we don't want to discourage anyone from brushing their teeth but you can

just rinse your mouth out with water after eating acidic foods. >> or wait a half hour. >> and then brush the teeth. >> okay. next is skin care products. a lot of us like to experiment with them and we think it's going to help us prevent fine lines and wrinkles but actually when you play around with too much of this stuff can it cause more harm to your skin? >> you have to give them time to work. you should wait six to eight weeks using the same one and then if it's not working consult your dermatologist because they really know best what is going to work for your skin. if you keep switching you could develop an allergy to skin products or you can get an irritation so you really should check with your dermatologist before switching around. >> a lot of us like to do cardio workouts. we think we're getting the maximum amount of exercise in a workout. but doing too much cardio may actually harm your body. how is that? >> you have to remember to also do your resistance training as well. >> right. >> people forget that you should do that twice a week, for 30 minutes, 20 to 30 minutes. and also doing this same cardio workout over and over again your

body gets used to it and can burn fewer calories over time and can also get repetitive stress injury. you want to make sure to clang it up. walk one day. ride a bike the next day. also don't forget to do your resistance and weight training. >> that way you don't get so bored doing the same workout over and over again. >> yes. >> amy brightfield thanks as always. appreciate it. coming up this morning one hot piece of real estate. we'll take you inside a 7,000 square foot, three-story penthouse. but first, these messages. that looks amazing. [ female announcer ] dove asked these friends: what bar do you use? i use the dove beauty bar. i use this bar. [ female announcer ] would you switch right now? please don't make me get in the shower. [ laughs ] ♪ [ female announcer ] did you notice a difference? it feels a bit tight. i couldn't rinse enough. [ female announcer ] soap leaves behind soap residue that can cause a tight draggy feeling. dove cleansers rinse cleaner than soap. with its 1/4 moisturizing cream, dove leaves skin feeling softer and smoother. this is my gift to you. [ laughs ] ♪

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on the brooklyn water front boasts 50-foot ceilings, amazing views of manhattan, and the statue of liberty. its own gym, bar, even a glass elevator. we'll take you on a private tour coming up. al, it was so nice of you to let our cameras in. >> i know. great part about this you never have to ask what time it is. >> that's true. nice big clock there. all right. then we're taking you to the texas border going undercover inside the drug war. we're not but we'll meet two narcotics cops who risk their lives every day to keep drugs from crossing over from mexico. we'll talk about that coming up. in today's kitchen a sample of chinese delicacies. we'll be making dumplings and dimsung. they look complicated but they're simple and delicious. because they're small, you can eat a lot of them. sometimes it's to your detriment but not today. we'll show you some recipes that are easy to whip up at home. >> all right. first let's check the weather. >> all right. let's see what's happening for today. we've got rain in the northeast. showers also in the upper mississippi river valley and the

ohio river valley. plenty of sunshine out west. heat continues down through southern california. and will continue tomorrow as well. a lot of rain in new england tomorrow. some heavy rain. nice and mild in the mid-atlantic states. warm through the south. and if you're doing a little leaf peeping over this weekend we got lots of color around the great lakes, northern new england, the if you are doing leaf beeping over this weekend, we have color around the great lakes and northern new england and the appellations and out by the rockies. here is what is happening in your neck of the woods. >> we have peak color in western maryland and some of the highlands in western virginia, and that's going to be near peak around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge in another week. we have had passing rain from time to time, and now showers in northern virginia and prince and that's your latest weather. coming up next a v.i.p. tour

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good to have you here. this is an al roker production and he is one of the executive producers just to get that out of the way. i notice your names are the aliases you use for the show as well. we'll stick with that as well. sergeant, let me start with you. you've been a police officer there in laredo for more than 20 years now and the longest ten e tenured officer. what is the daily job when it comes to fighting the war on drugs? >> actually our first job is to protect the community of laredo but by doing that we also run into tons of illegal drugs coming across the bored frer mexico into our community which are going further north. we try to take what we can down in laredo, texas. >> what we saw in that clip, action packed, every day. is that the reality of it? how dangerous are the situations that you and your other officers on your team are putting themselves in day in and day out? >> definitely it is a reality. we're bordered right on mexico so it comes across in so many places where we live.

we're taking down tons of drugs yearly. and it does get very dangerous. >> investigator rodriguez, i know you've been working with the sergeant for four years now. what drives you and your team? it's a small unit as i understand it, to really fight this fight. >> yes, natalie, it is a small unit. we're, you know, five of us working against a large organization which is these drug cartels. what motivates us, our unit is basically trying to better our community and keep the flow of narcotics going further north into the u.s. >> because that's really it. laredo is the border town and from laredo the drugs enter the rest of the country. is that right? >> yes. that's correct. >> and how much are we talking about in terms of cash and narcotics crossing over into our border? >> you're looking at, you know, in cash wise you're looking over millions and millions of dollars. and the same thing as the

narcotics going north. we catch a small part of it but it's just, you know, a small part that we catch. we don't know how much is actually crossing into the united states. >> al's team had some exclusive and really behind-the-scenes access to your unit for the past two years. was it pretty much, you know, the cameras following you around all the time, was anything off limits? >> no. there was nothing off limits. the cameras were with us 24 hours a day basically. they just followed us and taped whatever we did. they didn't ask us to do anything special. we didn't do anything different. we just did our job. and they followed us. >> do you ever fear for your lives? i mean, i imagine when you're talking about this battle against drug cartels that you come across some very, very interesting and dangerous situations. >> yes. i mean, it is a dangerous job but, you know, we still do it for one reason like i said, you know, for our community to be better. so it is dangerous. >> and from laredo, where do the drugs then go if you guys don't get to them?

>> they'll end up in a hub, dallas, texas, atlanta, midwest, and then from there they branch out to different cities and smaller communities. >> what would help you guys, do you think, do a better job at trying to keep that flow of drugs from entering the rest of the country? what could help you? >> i would say more resources from the u.s. government, you know, would really help us out and we just need, you know, more funds, more people. >> that is always the case. >> right. >> more funds more people. you're doing a great job. thank you so much for allowing al's cameras to follow you as well and being part of this. and we should mention that border town laredo debuts tonight at 10:00 and 10:30 eastern and pacific on a&e. coming up next in today's kitchen traditional dimsung that you can make at home. this is "today" on nbc.

this morning in today's kitchen dimsung step by step.

we explore this traditional chinese style cooking with a fresh twist on her cooking show. good to see you. >> thank you. nice to be here. >> some of these recipes have been passed down from your parents and grandparents. >> absolutely. you know, i love dimsung culture. it's so wonderful. i'm all about easy chinese so that you can make this, you know, easy at home with your family, with your friends, and it's just wonderful. >> and relatively healthy. it's small and a lot of times steamed. >> absolutely. a lot of times steamed. i'm going to show you two of my favorite recipes that i also demonstrate on easy chinese san francisco. i'll do pork and prawnwantons which are boiled. we can have them fried as appetizers but this is super healthy. you need ground pork and i have some prawns. >> is that a common combination, pork and seafood? >> oh, absolutely. pork and seafood, we love it. you know, think of like oyster sauce with chicken, stir fry. it's just wonderful.

it's the textures and the flavors. >> and what else do we add to this? >> to this filling i'm going to add in grated ginger. ginger is gorgeous. then i have here rice wine which is really good. if you don't have this you can use dry sherry. a little light soy sauce and chinese chives or scallions whatever you have. a little pinch of ground white pepper, sesame oil, and corn starch. mix this all in really well. >> right. >> then you get into a beautiful filling like this. >> it ends up like that. >> exactly. the filling is like this. what you do is arm yourself with wanton skin. >> arm yourself with wanton. >> make a round circle with your thumb and your second finger. you make a little hole like that. and then take a teaspoon of the filling, pack it right in. and then give this a good twist. okay? you with me? >> i'm with you. >> if you can do it, al, everyone can do it. >> you've obviously seen the show. >> okay. so there you go.

>> okay. >> beautiful. okay. so now that's gorgeous. >> thank you. >> then what we do is we pop them in some simmering water. think ravioli or dumpling. you don't want to overcook it. if you overcook it they'll come out. they're floating and cooked and gorgeous and golden. just cook it for about five minutes. >> okay. >> as soon as they float up to the surface then you know they're done. like floating clouds. that's what they call it. then we season it. just garnish it with scallions like this. you don't want to waste any and then we serve it with a soy sauce and chili sauce. this is one more. we use exactly the same skin. >> you can get these at any grocery store. >> exactly. the asian supermarket, or any grocery store in the frozen section and when you're using it -- >> is this the same filling? >> no. this is different. i have here chicken and mushroom. >> okay. >> you pack it in like this. with this we don't seal it. we just pack it as much as possible in the top. you nip it in at the waist.

are you following? >> i'm trying. >> then a little berry which is super healthy on the top like that. >> is it a real berry? >> it's a goji berry, a super food, and is really good for you. >> is there anything else? >> you can top it with a carrot. that would be fine. what we do is pop it on a steamer like this. you can use some grease food paper and hole punch it or just brush it with a little oil and you just pop them in like that. and then you steam them. and then ta-da! they're done. >> these are perfect for like a cute little party you're having. >> absolutely. you can freeze them in advance. here you go, ladies. >> thank you. >> these are the wantons. >> and dip. >> good chili sauce. a little bit of soy sauce next to it. this is the dumpling. this is traditional. >> that is delicious. >> basically one skin, two different fillings and two different ways of cooking. >> yummy. >> now remember. if i can do it, anybody can do

it. >> thank you. >> thank you so much. coming up hoda and kathie lee have the winners of the baby fashion show. >> plus hulk hogan stops by after your local news. dimsung anybody?

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captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, everybody. it's not only thirsty thursday october 13th, but gss what? it's the cutest baby contest winner fashion show today. >> we've been waiting for this day for so long. we flew in the five winners. >> yes. they are all downstairs near my dressing room. i'm walking out like this. i'm not allowed to see you and i'm dying to see them. they are making all their baby

sounds. >> they are so cute. we are not going to pick a winner, all five are winners. >> everybody who sent in their baby pictures are winners. i'm so glad i didn't have to make that choice. >> can you imagine? >> you know what else i'm glad about, hodi? i don't have a blackberry. >> it was weird yesterday. at one point during the day, all the blackberries, a big majority went dead. you did not receive an e-mail, you couldn't send one. >> isn't that great? >> here is what i learned from this little experiment not having a blackberry for a day. people will end you urgent messages from all walks of life. i need it right now, i need the paper. don't worry, i found the paper, it's okay. if you wait it out on the scale of crazy -- >> imagine that. >> let me tell what you happened yesterday. i'm in my apartment, i have my blackberry, i put it down, it's gone. >> i know things happen to you.

>> i can't find it. i start texting myself to hear the ding. i have everything on mute. every time i hear something, i run over. nothing. it went on and i'm not kidding, an hour and a half. i'm laying on my couch, i hear doot. you know where it was? in the utensils draw, where the junk is, the money for the laundry and the wooden respond. >> how did it get there? >> i don't know. >> one more reason -- we have too much technology in our lives. the truth is, you've got all those e-mails this morning and none of them were as urgent as they said. no, no. >> i do like this guy named ronny. he's a comedian in britain. he was having fun with this whole blackberry situation. let's watch. >> i bought something from you last week and i'm very disappointed. >> oh, yeah? what's the problem?

>> yeah, well, my blackberry is not working. [ applause ] >> what's the matter, it run out of jewett? >> that's our kind of blackberry. >> that is adorable. we've been waiting for a long, long time, i waited for 15 years with regis and never got one. >> what? >> i come over here to the "today" show and boom, kaboom, two emmys. >> there you go. there they are. >> those are the emmy awards. isn't it nice to have a shiny emmy? for outstanding morning show program. >> it's embarrassing we get one, too. people on the early hours work hard and deserve them, but because we are technically part of the show, they have to give it to us. >> it was definitely by default. it was like an add-on, but we'll take it. >> we will take it. you know what i'll take more of?

i just shot "hot in cleveland" a couple of weeks ago. i was so awful in it, you guys. i'm so awful. i had no idea how exhausted i am from all the traveling. they told me, here is your script. you're stuff is not going to change. all the other ladies' scripts are changing. i memorized it. it drives me crazy when actors don't know their lines. i learned it. the day i get there, changed it. all changed. i have no rehearsal, nothing. they throw me in at 3:00. we taped at 6:00 that night. >> and? >> i know i cost them at least an hour of taping time. i was pathetic. but working with betty and working with the other ladies who are so brilliant. was so much fun. i'm very, very happy i did it. but we've got to get more betty going right now. >> this is betty. she is in a new video. it's a commercial. listen. >> check out my hot wheels. >> will you turn that garbage

off? >> it's smoking hot. >> you think you're so hot? check out betty's beep. ♪ i will take you swimming ♪ i can do whatever ♪ guess what ♪ i'm so hot. >> i'm still hot. ♪ >> i spent a long time with her recently and i think she's got more endurance than 20 women. i asked her, would you ever, ever think of retiring? she goes, absolutely not. what would i do? >> this happens to be a song for a retirement plan she is advertising. who cares? look at her shaking her. >> if i had to go to a home, i would want to go to a home where betty was. love her, love her. >> we are going to seattle next week. >> yes, we are. >> in seattle, apparently there is a bartender. we are hoping to find her and have her serve us next week.

>> she was very upset. >> with good reason. i'm not sure she dealt with it properly. >> there was a guy she was dealing. with he got drinks. he not only stiffed her on the tip, he wrote on her receipt, pk, you could stand to lose a few pounds. >> and he misspelled lose. losers. >> look at that zero slashed through it. she was upset. she was on a mission to find him. so she went and, i don't know, she looked for the name and found a picture and plopped it up on facebook. blasted him. ripped him. it was the wrong guy, some other guy with the same name. anyway, it's sad what happened. >> what did she say, i was blinded by rage. you see? technology gets new a lot of trouble. >> i've got to tell you. i think you're right. >> it's bad enough not to leave a tip, but to then say you could lose a few pounds.

>> he wrote that with a pencil. that was old fashioned. he was old school. oh, my gosh! first of all, halloween is coming up. we get so excited at the "today" show. we wish we could tell you our costumes, but we are sworn to secrecy. if you would like to take a stroll down memory lane. in this "people" magazine with steve jobs on the cover, it has a stroll down memory lane. of course we love the one when mattes dressed as j. lo. >> we looked exactly like lucy and ethel. >> i looked like a freak, come on. i don't look like ethel. i look like someone hit me in the back of the head with a 2 x 4. >> you were an unbelievable yoda, hoda. >> sad. i put lipstick on. >> and you looked so much prettier with it. it brought out your coluoring. it highlighted your ears. >> that is mean. >> i'm always talking to you

about don't lie, it's not right to lie. this d this guy did both. in england crossed the finish line in third place. >> this is what he did. he ran 20 miles and then he hopped on a bus. for the last 6.2 and waited, hiding in the bushes by the finish line because he didn't want to be first, it would be too obvious. he waited until two crossed, he crossed. you have a chip thing in your shoe. they were like, you didn't run 26.2, you ran 20 and sat. then he got in trouble. >> did he apologize? no. cheating never -- it never gets you what you think it's going to get you. now his entire reputation is destroyed. >> whatever his reputation was. we don't know. >> can we sing a little? let's sing to j. lo. it's time for ihoda.

it will get you moving through the weekend. it's called "i'm into." it's got a little wayne it in. we'll crank it. ♪ you got me and i could not defend it ♪ i tried but i had to surrender ♪ your style got me under the spell ♪ let me no other choice but to get down ♪ it's too late ♪ it's too late ♪ it's too late ♪ it's too late ♪ you got it ♪ you got it ♪ i'm tripping and i could not get over ♪ i'm feeling lucky like a four leaf clover ♪ i'm into you ♪ i'm into you >> is that one of the cutest babi? >> i like j. lo. i think she is a talented lady, but i don't like the song,

sorry. >> you don't? >> how about the speakers? >> they're very cute. >> they're for breast cancer awareness. mine is a bird. that's cute. >> mine is a little thingy. >> heart box. key chain? >> yeah, here it is. can you hear it? ♪ >> another song i don't like. >> $34.99 chick buzz.com and it goes for breast cancer. >> is this a special wine today or just thirstday. we don't need excuses. >> we have to do "okay/not okay." >> the question was, is it okay to tweet on your wedding day or something like that? >> after your wedding before your honeymoon. you said never let a tweet cause you to miss a beat in your life.

you're quite the poet. >> hoda said, why not? if a little birdie is going to spill the beans about your nuptials, it may as well be you, tweet, tweet. adorable. it's adorable. >> can i give a shout out to this wonderful lady i met last night? i went to this breast cancer event at the robert wood johnson university hospital in new brunswick, new jersey. it was a great event. i'm with the security guards. i don't know. a lot of great women are there. one lady stood up and talked about her mom who was in the hospital. that's frieda in the bed. she was the sweetest lady. >> you went to the hospital to see her? >> the event was in the hospital. >> you went to see her, hoda. >> she adores you like nobody -- that kathie makes me laugh when i see her. i am like, what about me? you're okay. anyway, i'm fine with that. i'm good. >> bless her heart. >> she has great daughters. i got a kick out of her.

she is a sweet lady. >> all righty. your boyfriend is here. does jay know about anthony mackey? >> i don't know if jay does. >> does jay know about anthony mackey? >> sara's love child with anthony mackey. >> we were wondering about that. >> we'll have all that and the cutest babies. >> stay with us, everybody. live. now for just $6.95 enjoy a half pressed panini with unlimited salad or a half pressed panini

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hollywood and hoda heart throb anthony mackey burst on the scene with "the hurt locker" and "the adjustment bureau" which i loved. >> mackey is back in another blockbuster. he stars with hugh jackman in the number one film at the box office, the action-packed "real steel." we've known about him forever. >> i brought you guys some wine.

very nice french chablis. >> is that from your fabulous new bar? >> my bar is an americana bar. we only serve american wine and american beer. >> but you brought out the good stuff for your two favorite girls. >> broke out the stuff from my personal fridge for you guys. >> we are so happy for your success. we thought you would be a one-film wonder. >> you know what? i tried to stay unemployed. it's just not working. >> you pick movies very well. what made you pick this? >> that's nice. >> everybody was associated with it. sugar ray leonard what is boxing coach, stephen spielberg and sean levy. >> if stephen spielberg calls -- >> cut the check. and you never go bad with hugh jackman. >> and he learned from history, you've seen a lot of people get one big movie and try to be the leading man right off the bat. i would rather have a small role in a big movie. >> slow and steady is my motto.

>> like morgan freeman. >> morgan freeman is amazing. i always thought i would have the career where i'm doing theater in wisconsin. >> not that there is anything wrong with that. >> i love wisconsin. i love wisconsin. i always thought i would have that track on my career. fortunately enough, things took off to where i've been able to do small roles in quality films. >> talk about your role in "real steel." >> i play fin, a boxing promoter. growing up i idolized don king. >> i like your hair better. >> he was a showman. a guy who likes the art of putting on a good show and making people happy and excited about it. >> he is actually a charming guy. >> a lot of baby oil and leather. >> did you deal with real robotic boxers or was it all cg? how did it work? >> this is scary. i live by the jack bauer

complex. if something is not right, shoot it and ask later. i saw the "matrix" so i know what's going on. they built these robots. noisy boy, the purple one right there, that is a real robot. >> really? there is nobody in those? >> i'm like these robots are going to snap and eat somebody. i always stayed by the exit. i knew i would be the first to go. >> i like how you're growing your hair out a little. what are we doing up there? >> i'm something a movie set in 1948. i have to grow my hair out, get the old man 'fro going, the moustache. i feel like i'm 42. don't i look stately? >> you do. >> you regal ladies, stately man. >> isn't that fun about being an actor? >> it's being an adult. >> and you're in a grown-up

relationship? >> i'm in a grown-up relationship with my some time grown-up girlfriend. >> oh, look at her. >> you guys have a picture. she is so great. >> she is beautiful. >> we've known each other since we were 8. she used to beat me up for my lunch money. >> you like that. >> i love that. i like that. >> you threw me over your shoulder. >> that video will live on forever. >> that night was almost scary. >> i'm glad i don't remember it. >> that was a good time. wait till part two. i've been making calls, talking to some people. >> anthony, we wish you the best. >> you have a million movies coming out so you have to come back for every one of them. now you can never come back empty handed. >> i know, i know. i'm going to tap a wine spout on the side. we can just get it cracking in here. >> we love our anthony. thanks, anthony. up next, a baby with great taste.

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we are back on this thirst day thursday. we are so excited to have the winners of our cutest baby contest finally here. >> it started with more than 37,000 entries, giving us the tough task whittling down the entries to just ten and giving you a chance to vote for the final five. >> they are all here dressed to the nines thanks to "baby talk" magazine. we have the magazine's digital editor director. >> we are talking about trends in baby clothes, too. >> yes, we are. you're going to see fun trends for fall which are layering.

>> we've got to bring them out. aleah is going to come out with her mom samantha. she is 11 months. she is already walking. >> dress from popcorn. leggings are women's sock with the feet cut off. it's so good because their legs get cold in the winter. you'll see layers and texture. it's white so you can bleach it. >> there will be some mishaps. >> she already likes herself. >> thank you. >> next up is coen. he is almost 8 months. whoopsy. this is his mom kristen. he has a little boy hat. >> look at that. >> he is wearing a hat from gap, acoustic ked sweater.

these are great when they learn to walk because they can feel the ground. you'll see the layering, the textures. >> i want another baby. >> the price point is great. >> everything you see is under $50. they outgrow it. >> all right. we have trinity. she is 10 months old with her mom felicia. >> are you storing acorns in your cheeks? >> you can find a cool item online and fill in from target where you can get the affordable stuff. the sweater from acoustic kids and classic stride-rite shoes in such a cool style. >> she is great. >> say bye-bye. >> i love her jeans.

>> i love the cheeks. next we have berkeley. she is almost 2 from oklahoma and with her mom jennifer. >> oh, my gosh. >> wow. there she goes. >> how great is that? >> uh-oh. >> dress from carter's. underneath is american apparel. you know one of those funky shores mom may shop in, you can shop in with your kids. and those amazing boots from old navy. >> that is a cardigan under there, right? >> it needs to be about being versatile. you can dress them in a lot of stuff. you want the layers so they can warm, they get cold and you can wash it. >> she is just exhausted. >> let's bring out braden here

with his mom lindsey. >> soon to have a brother or sister. >> it's a classic. >> the jacket is clearly like the wow piece of this outfit. this is the only thing not under $50. with a jacket like this you buy a size up, he will wear it for two years. >> then he can pass it on to his brother or sister who is obviously coming. >> the hat from appaman. >> everybody come out. >> it takes a real man to wear green shoes. they are all absolutely darling. >> you guys are terrific. >> to join "today's mom" weekly, go to klg and hoda.com. >> and celebrity hair. how to add the hair extensions in the privacy of your own bathroom. then hulk hogan.

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celebrities are putting fake hair in it? >> even at home. you don't have to be a celebrity. this is a staple in everybody's house. >> let's talk about sofia. >> we can do that using these clip-ones. >> and you're with anne here. >> she has medium length hair that is really silky, but it doesn't grow much further than to about here. >> it starts to break. >> it starts to break. these are the clip-ones. put them on the inside. you attach it really quick. >> i stopped wearing these. >> kath used to wear them. >> fold the hair over. >> the key is to match it perfectly or have it somewhere in the color. >> have fun with it with a completely different color. >> she is darker on the bottom. >> okay. thank you, anne. >> next if we want to look like penelope cruz and who doesn't? >> most of us think of extensions long and thick.

>> these are bangs we are talking about. let's look at her before picture here. this is prebangs. what did you do? cute. i like. >> it's this quick. >> debang her. >> there you go. >> oh, my gosh, that's unbelievable. >> if you want a different look for fun. >> clip it on the inside. >> right where the crown of your head would be. >> this would have to really match, doesn't it? >> this has to match. we have such a variety of colors. you can get with highlights and low-lights. >> you don't wash your hair with it. you just take them out. >> but this is such a great alternative for the girl with long hair like this. you don't want that growing-out period. it takes months. >> how much does that cost? >> this is about $35. >> jessica simpson is our next one up. she has permanent hair extensions. >> what we wanted to show you

today was the long fine hair. >> here is lauren's before. she's got thin hair. let's see what happens. hello. >> we gave her these extensions which are bonded. >> what does that mean, glued in? >> we heat it up with your own hair and it sticks about two to four months. with her we had fun so we added color. >> there are crystals in there. >> yes. these are hand-dyed extensions with crystals. >> in that two to four months when i wash my hair, what is happening? >> you go to the hairstylist and they can remove it or you remove by yufrmourself. your own hair is protected inside. >> adorable. >> there's that great ponytail.

here is gleni's before picture. >> what i like about this, if you have soft, fine hair, you might not want to weigh it down with too much clip-ones. you have a little clip on the inside. it goes right above the phony tail. wrap it around. attaches with velcro. >> i'm sorry, fancy. i like that. that's beautiful. >> you wrap it around. >> that looks -- i like that. nice. terrific. would you wear that? >> yes, i would. >> do you wear extensions at all? >> no, but i will now. >> you attach it with a little hair pin. that's it. she has a completely different look. and this is not heavy. it's not heavy at all. >> pretty. >> thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> thank you for having me here. >> thank you, everybody.

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hulk hogan named after "the incredible hulk" because of his massive physique rose to fame in the 1980s to become a world wrestling icon. >> after movies, very public marital troubles, a reality show and book tours, hulk hogan is about to what? step back into the ring, what are you saying? >> you don't believe it. >> i don't believe it either. don't believe it. we have our super bowl of wrestling sunday called "bound for glory." it's the olympic hero against a cool kid. the icing on the cake is this, i'm running the company, brother. i've got a disgruntled employee named sting. >> not our sting. >> not the musician. sting's cool.

i wouldn't punch him out, but i'm punching this guy out. he's going to be stung when i'm done. >> why did you decide to get back in the ring? >> i'm not wrestling because after all the crazy back surgeries, i can't walk around like a tuna fish. i'm going to have fun with sting. >> you're going to do a lot of posing. >> you're blowing the whole gimmick. i'm going to take the fists and go at him. it's going to be wild. >> how is the rest of your life? last time you were here with an adorable girl. since then some things progressed. >> we got married in december. >> tell us her name again? >> jennifer. jennifer is awesome. everything is going great. back on track. >> how about the relationship with your ex family, your children -- they're still your children, your ex-wife and linda. you guys talking? >> no. no, no, no. >> we heard a rumor you were getting along okay. >> no. >> that's quite a rumor. >> yeah.

if things were true that i heard, i'd be on fire and dissipate and whatever. but everything's cool. nick is back on track. brooke is still doing the music stuff and getting a little bit of a break. and she is doing acting. i'm proud of the kids. >> you're working on a video game you're working on. it came out? >> it came out yesterday. >> just dropped, as they say. >> dropped. >> let me hold on to your arm. are you still working out the same amount of time all the time? >> i'm training every day. yes, my arms are bigger than your legs. this is going to be the madden of wrestling games here. where is average joe? >> what are you doing? >> i'm trying to get the average joe here. >> you're scratching -- what is that? >> here we go. >> we're get there. this is the connect system with x box 360. actually, you can punch.

you can kick and there is no control so you don't accidentally break the tv. >> how is that possible? >> you can jump up, drop kick which kathie can do. >> it's magic? >> yeah, it's magic. >> only one at a time. you go, you go. >> i can't do it. come here, come here. >> he's not doing it at all. >> she got it. >> that's a pelvis thrust. >> you get them confused. >> you won. congratulations. >> that was awesome. >> so many kids that have controls would break the tv. your watch would come off. now this is totally all hands-free. the connect system works beautifully. it's a great way to get exercise. >> hulk, thank you for coming in. great to see you, hulk. >> no more pelvis thrust in

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time for today's kitchen. we are getting saucy for creating culinary memories to impress your guest. >> stefan gates is a self-described food adventure with a new book called "extra cookbook, meals your friends will never forget." >> you're such beautiful women in my kitchen. >> keep talking. what are we making? >> everything in the extraordinary cookbook is about trying to make food that is going to make you smile, laugh, fall in love or have an

adventure. this is basic bread. a little bit of yeast. >> there is something sexual about making bread in the morning. >> i don't know. not with me. >> i'm not going to show you that. that's boring. this isn't even that interesting. but here you go. you have to punch your dough down after leaving it to rise for about an hour. >> okay. >> this is the interesting bit. start off gently. you're going to make your first flower pot bread. >> thank you. >> put that in your flower pot at the end. kathie lee put yours there. >> she got more yeast than i did. make it round and plop it? >> then stick a little rosemary in the top. >> i like rosemary.

>> salt. >> a pinch. >> this is one of the things using things you don't normally find in the kitchen. put those in the oven. >> that's how they used to bake stuff in clay pots. look how cute. this is extraordinary. >> here we go. >> how cute. >> this is a little bit martha stewart, isn't that? >> that is adorable. >> next thing we do is is carrot instruments. that might have been yours. that could be yours. what you do, take a carrot, any root vegetable will do. make a big hole using a large drill. i use these things in my kitchen. you need to find the pitch. >> what is this thing? >> a plastic water bottle at the end there. ♪ >> can we do the "star-spangled

banner?" >> everyone at home is totally annoyed. >> i love that. >> moving straight ahead. here we go. this is an extraordinary, this is the wildest thing there is in the book really, i suppose. >> there is chick nen there? >> a little hen. >> i covered it in pure gold. this is edible gold leaf. >> remember that from that? >> yes. >> that's right. remember that? what you do, you just cover it. you make the chicken first, that's poached. then cover it very gently in this gold leaf. >> we have to rock and roll, honey. thank you for coming to see us. >> that is pudding for later. >> you're adorable. >> thank you. >> we'll have a great week next week. we are going to seattle. >> you can see us, too. have an awesome day. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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