good morning. the view from inside. dramatic new images of rescuers searching the interior of the ill fated cruise liner in italy as the captain makes his first appearance in court. full disclosure. mitt romne said he may release his tax returns after facing pressure from gop rivals after a heated debate in south carolina where he is leading the polls. is the nomination now his to lose? this morning karl rove weighs in. and "today" exclusive. her recipes are filled with butter and fat. now reports that paula deen has

diabetes. will she change her cooking ways? she'll speak out in a live interview today, tuesday, she'll speak out in a live interview today, tuesday, january 17, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. rescue crews are back at work inside the crippled cruise liner after they were forced to suspend their search for survivors because of bad weather on monday. >> that's right. take a look at the images that show what rescuers are dealing with -- scattered furniture and debris everywhere making it nearly impossible to get around. a recording surfaced between port officials and the captain after a he already left his vessel, matt. >> the port officials told him

there were casualties on the ship he had already left and that he had to get back on that ship, an order he apparently ig thorred. we'll have the latest on that ahead. also imagine if your child began to suffer unexplained tics and verbal outbursts. it's happened to 12 girls in new york and no one can tell what's causing it. we'll talk to two of the young ladies coming up. >> and reports are swirling that the popular chef has been diagnose thosed with diabetes. we are talking about paula deen. is it true and is it caused by the food she eats? we'll talk to her later on. we begin this morning with our lead story which is about this italian cruise ship disaster. michelle kosinski is on giglio island with details this morning. hey, michelle. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. a lot of activity out here. dozens of italian navy divers

blasted another small hole into the hull to get better access to cabins. while this is going on the ship's captain was arraigned on criminal charges -- manslaughter, causing the wreck, abandoning ship. the ship's company said he went off course, too close to this island, they believe to show the ship off to villagers, many of whom ended up helping save his passengers. after days in jail, the concordia's captain gets one in court. accused of causing this disaster, going off course, attempting to deliver the island a great view. this recent video of the concordia shows it had been done before but francesco schettino ended up hitting rock. it may have been a stunt for the head waiter to see his hometown. there is a transcript between the captain and the port

authority. the port, captain, this is an order. get back on that ship. there are casualties. he said, you get back on the ship and tell us what can be done. now a view up close. parts of a ship you never see. rescuers straining to pull themselves over and inside. you get a sense how terrifying it was for passengers trying to get off.imagine jumping. infrared video shows them inching across the hull down to the water. >> when you're considering whether you'ng to survive or not you're worried that other people are worried about you. that's the worst thing. >> reporter: the company commended the actions of the crew but we could find no survivor who agreed. >> the crew didn't have a clue what they were doing. i asked the guy, do you know what you're doing?

the passengers were helping each other. the ones that are doing it were the cooks, waiters, house cleaning people. the officers were gone. they're not there. >> reporter: among the missing, americans jerry and barbara heil whose family said they put four kids through college and finally had the means to travel, beyond excited about their dream mediterranean cruise that lasted three hours. the last rescue was sunday. now there is a state of emergency over worries a half million gallons of fuel inside may be leaking. a modern marvel felled by what may have been a bad decision and a rock. one thing we know prosecutors are presenting in the case against the captain is video that shows the ship sitting for a long time that night at a safe angle. that would raise the question why weren't the lifeboats lowered faster, why didn't

things happen more quickly but many passengers said they felt the ship tilting quickly. >> thank you. melissa and maria were both aboard the ship during the accident. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> i want your response of the ceo of the company in his discussion about the cruise saying he's grateful for the skill and behavior of the crew, that the crew performed very well. what's your reaction to that? >> my reaction is that the crew was never informed. i can't blame the crew because they did not know anything. when everything happened, they were just telling us to go back to our rooms. i was trying to find out where are the lifeboats. does anyone speak english. they did not give us any information. they just kept telling us to go back to our rooms. >> this is particularly frightening for you, maria,

because you do not know how to swim. >> correct. i don't know how to swim. there was no direction whatsoever. i think the captain took more of a hand in it then i think the crew would have been able to understand what was going on. but they weren't getting any announcement. >> he said the cruise line rigorously trains its staff for emergencies, they hold lifeboat drills every other week. you saw one of the drills on saturday before the accident. how would you describe the drill? >> we never saw a drill. our drill was scheduled. we walked into our state room and i looked at the itinerary. it says the next day, 5:00 p.m. that's when our drill was. we have never seen a drill. >> you bring it up because you have been on cruise ships before. >> yes. >> you had a very different experience on other cruise ships? >> yes. within one hour of getting on

the boat you have to go -- it's mandatory to go to this drill. they take your sea pass, scan it and make sure every passenger was there. they make sure to tell you if anything was to happen that you are going to scan your sea pass and we'll know who got off the ship and who's still on t ship so they know who to look for. they didn't know who to look for and they are sending crew members on and they have never accounted for anyone. >> you're describing chaos, essentially. >> yes. >> yes. >> give us a feeling of what it was like. how were crew members behaving? >> the crew members were running around like the passengers. they had no idea what was going on, in my eyes. they were just running around. they couldn't answer any questions. there wasn't anybody speaking english. there was just so much chaos. we went to get on one boat when

they finally sounded the alarm and the door would not open on that lifeboat. so melissa grabbed my hand and we went to the next boat. >> you took your own rescue into your own hands, it sounds like. >> yes. >> when you hear the captain left the ship, that he didn't know there were fatalities as we heard in this report, what's your reaction? >> i didn't know that until we saw it on the news. it's just -- i mean, that's astonishing that somebody would do that. there was no one who was in charge of our lifeboat. we had one individual that spoke english from australia. she was a dancer. she ended up leaving because she said she needed to find her friends. there was no one from costa cruise lines saying, stay at this boat. when you get to the island or wherever we are -- they told us we were in nice, france.

the crew members didn't know. >> where you were? >> where we were. no one informed them. they said if the captain had an emergency he would sound the alarm. it took an hour and a half for him to sound the alarm. >> do you blame the captain or the cruise line itself, maria? >> well, i believe that the cruise line should have been more prepared. they even had taken our passports when we got on and gave us a red little ticket with a number on it that wasn't even filled in with our name. we asked for a copy of our passport because we didn't have this experience when we were on our cruise in the royal caribbean cruise line. we said, we need a copy of our passport. they said, we'll give it to you tomorrow morning. people were in line for information. i don't think anything was organized. i really do not.

it's a very scary feeling. at one point i seen a bunch of crew members running past and it was about 15 or 20 of them. i said, is that the captain? she's like, mom, i don't think so. >> well, obviously there is much more to be investigated in this story. thank you so much. we're glad you're both shape. thanks for being with us this morning. >> thank you. >> it's ee's now 7:11. here's matt. >> gop front-runner mitt romney faced tough questions from his rivals last night during a debate in south carolina including a direct challenge to release his income tax returns. peter alexander is in florence, south carolina. peter, good morning. >> matt, good morning. remarkably this was the 16th debate of this election cycle. describe it as aggressive, combati combative. language used by the chair of the south carolina republican party was the gloves are off. this was the big brawl.

the prime target again -- mitt romney. [ cheers and applause ] >> former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >> reporter: mitt romney on the defensive from the start, responding to tough questions about his time at bain capital. >> p but there was a pattern in some companies leaving them with enormous debt and then within a year, two or three having them go broke. that's something he ought to answer. >> some of the businesses we invested in weren't successful and lost jobs. i'm proud of the fact that we learned from the experience. we invested in over a hundred businesses. >> reporter: in perhaps the most heated exchange of the night rick santorum challenged mitt romney over an ad that criticized rick santorum for supporting felons who served their time. >> should they be given the right to vote? >> first of all, the pacs that run ads -- >> i'm looking for an answer to the question first. [ applause ]

>> we have plenty of time. i'll get there. >> reporter: the fight over so-called super pac ads intensified. >> if i had a super pac supporting me that was inaccurate i would say, stop it. >> this is typical of what both senator santorum and i have complained about over governor romney's super pac over which he says he has no influence which makes you wonder how much influence he'd have as president. >> we all would like super pacs to disappear. but this campaign isn't about ads. it's about issues. >> reporter: rick perry called on mitt romney to release his tax returns. >> we cannot fire our nominee in september. we need to know now. >> reporter: when pressed, romney seemed to open the door on releasing his returns but didn't commit. >> we're showing a lot of exposure at this point. if i become our nominee and

what's happened in history is people have released them in april of the coming year. that's probably what i'd do. >> reporter: when questioned that gingrich was trying to -- the poor, the crowd boos. >> if -- i will help poor people learn to get a job, a better job and learn some day to own the job. >> reporter: mitt romney's republican rivals have four days to try to knock him off message. there was one more debate leading up to this saturday's first in the south primary. matt? >> peter alexander in south carolina this morning. thank you. karl rove was the chief strategist for george w. bush's presidential campaigns and served as his deputy white house chief of staff. he's a fox news contributor now. good morning. >> good morning, matt. >> how did mitt romney handle the onslaught in your opinion last night?

>> fine. he's the pinata and the front-runner has to walk in and know everybody will be throwing things at him. last night was a debate of consolidation. romney solidified his hold on first place by making no major gaffes. newt gingrich solidified his hold on second by having an effective performance and cleverly planting juan williams as his foil as a questioner. ron paul helped rick santorum solidify his position in third place by having terrible answers for a state with a lot of military and very nationalistic attitude toward foreign affair as. >> the attacks over bain capital, critics said to the rivals, hey, you're going to mortally wound this guy before he becomes the nominee. they seem to have found cover in the idea that we are not mortally wounding him. we're vetting him early, giving

him practice to handle the question that the obama campaign will be asking during the general election. how do you feel about that idea? >> it's a little bit disingenuous. they say they are unleashing questions the obama campaign will unleash on him. the washington post says television movie being run by the pro gingrich super pac, it talks about four companies. two of the companies were bought by bain and were sold by bain later. when they were owned by others including the toronto canada teachers union the companies went bankrupt. that's not romney's responsibility. the other two, the implications they went out of business, the companies are alive and well. the company with the florida company making washing machines consolidated jobs.

>> you're telling me they are not doing him favors though they say they are. >> no. i love that the back and forth on the super pacs with newt gingrich saying your super pac ought to tell the truth. speaker gingrich spoke to those to stop running ads over bain and they are continuing to run. it really doesn't matter much in the outcome of the debate. it filled up time but the essential thing was what each candidate did to talk about himself. those things had greater credibility than attacks launched on each other. >> let's talk about the tax issue. here's what rick perry said to mitt romney. we need you to release your income tax so the people of this country can see how you made your money. i hope you will put your tax records out there this week so the people of south carolina can look and see if we have a

flaweded candidate or not. i'm putting you in charge of mitt romney's campaign. how would you handle it? >> i would have said it's customary for the presidential nominee to lay out his returns generally around tax time. i intend to follow the precedent set by our former nominees and candidates. if i'm in the race i will certainly do it in april as it's been done. >> it's become a mystery that hangs over a candidate. got to be raising unwanted questions. >> with all due respect, matt, this is not the center point of the republican presidential debate. newt gingrich is releasing tax returns this week. romney pulled his punches. there's rick perry lecturing him about putting out tax returns. when perry put out his returns we learned he's double-dipping. he's already arranged to get his

state requirement at the same time he's getting the governor's salary. if this was a critical issue i suspect the romney camp would have taken perry's assault and turned it back on him by saying, wait a minute. aren't you the double-dipper? i'm not double-dipping on my government salary at the same time i'm getting a government retirement check. >> more proof you should be up there debating. nice to see you. >> nice to see you, matt. >> thank you very much. >> now a check of the rest of the top stories. savannah guthrie is at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning. in the news today the ntsb released preliminary findings in the december propellor accident that severely injured the young texas woman, lauren scruggs. the pilot remembers leaving the engine running when he saw her exit the front door. the pilot recalls pushing her back with with his arm to keep her away from the propellor and said he told her to walk behind

the plane. he heard someone yell stop, cut the engine and saw scruggs lying in front of the plane. the mother of missing toddler ayla reynolds said she and others will take a lie detector test to find her daughter. she said she's offered to take the test since her daughter's disappearance. baby ayla disappeared from her father's home a month ago today. parts of the southwest will see snow over the next 24 to 48 hours. seattle could see nine inches by tomorrow. monday, light snow and ice made for difficult driving conditions in higher elevations of oregon and washington. crews in alaska have begun transferring more than a million gallons of fuel from a russian tanker to the iced-in city of nome, alaska. crews laid it over the bering sea. they didn't get prewinter fuel because of a massive ice storm.

an internet blackout of popular sites is picking up steam. sites like wikipedia say they will go dark starting at midnight in protest of anti-piracy legislation in congress. courtney reagan is at the new york stock exchange this morning. what are we watching? >> good morning. today is the first chance u.s. investors will have to react to rating agency standard & poor's credit rating downgrades of nine european countries and the euro zone's rescue fund. investors are on edge as fears increase that greece could default on debt payments. the prime minister tells cnbc the country will make those payments. separately it's a big week for bank earnings. citigroup and wells fargo report today. back to you. >> new research suggests babies do not learn to talk just by hearing sounds but also by reading lips. at about six months old infants

shift their intense eye gaez to studying people's mouths when they talk. the study underscores the importance of face time with your baby as opposed to just using baby dvds. talk about an express arriv arrival. a new jersey woman went into labor on a train bound for new york city monday. the new mom had what she thought for false contractions and took the train instead of the car to avoid traffic to her doctor's office. the baby boy was delivered by dad on the train who said he'd read the book "what to expect when you're expecting" but there is no chapter on how to deliver a baby on a moving train. >> looks like they did all right. >> yeah. >> mr. roker? >> lot . >> we have strong storms and thunderstorm watches from missouri all the way into illinois. rainfall amounts anywhere from one to two inches. one to three inches of snow north of that, up to three to six. we have a risk of strong storms later today from jackson,

mississippi, into birmingham. possibility of tornadoes and anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of rain from atlanta on into the southeastern atlantic coast. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. grab an umbrella before you head off to work and school. light rain, moving color across virginia and now just crossing the potomac, moving into maryland and district of columbia. we have temperatures now in the 40s. throughout the -- about the entire region. 43 now at reagan national. later today may get up to around 60. occasional rain into the afternoon. much colder tonight with a gusty wind. highs only near 40 on thursday and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. just ahead, paula deen, the queen of southern cooking who has never met a stick of butter she didn't love, speaks out for the first time about reports she has diabetes. we'll talk to paula.

just ahead, a grandfather dies in police custody after he was peppersprayed ten times and his wife said it amounts to torture. >> and a mother and it is 7:26 this tuesday. in the news for today, quick school closure to tell you about. mt. pleasant is closed because of an oil leak in the school's boiler room. to anoer major story we have been following all morning long. trouble on the roads. route 50 in maryland. >> it is still jammed now westbound. problem all morning. the accident is right around 424 dave sonville road. left lane is still blocked. accident involves a tractor trailer. you are jammed as you approach i-97 and continue towards this accident. taking the beltway in maryland slow new hampshire avenue.

heavy on the brakes to georgia avenue. travel speed 18 miles per hour. >> thanks. warmer out there today. we will see (ringing) hello? this is the sea calling. the sea? yeah! (laughing) what's it like there? brrrrrrr! how do you deal with that? a coat, a hat. gloves. scraping ice off a car. (making scraping noises)

i don't want to rub it in, but where i am, it's 82 and sunny. get me outta here! (laughing) good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. we have light rain across east and west virginia, northern virginia, moving into maryland, heading off to the east.

periods of rain in the afternoon. right now we are into the 40s. later today, though, climbing to around 06 degrees. drying out tonight and turning much colder tomorrow with a gusty wind. joe. >> thanks ver

it's 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. 17th of january, 2012. the end of a three-day holiday weekend. skies in midtown manhattan turned gloomy with a lot of rain this morning. it seems to have cleared which is a good thing for these people out in the plaza. inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer alongside ann curry. coming up, a terrifying accident leads to a dramatic rescue. a woman and her children trapped inside their wrecked car as the car dangled from a bridge near santa barbara. an amazing stroke of luck is credited with getting them out alive. we can explain in a little while. >> boy, look at that. and a medical mystery.

12 young girls at the same high school suddenly suffering from tourett-like syndrome. tics, body movements, verbal outbursts. could something at the school be to blame? we'll talk to the girls and their mothers coming up. >> and paula deen found fame and fortune with recipes for foods that are heavy on fat and calories. now concern that she has diabetes and if so is it tied to her diet. paula is here to address the rumors for the first time. >> good to see her in our studio. we begin with a tragic incident in a florida jail. a grandfather died in custody raising questions about possible abuse. a single graphic photo of the incident surfaced. kerry sanders has details for us this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. it's a photo of 62-year-old nick kristy and to his wife and others it's troubling to look at

because it conjures up the image of torture like something from an enemy prisoner of war camp. it's a photograph snapped in march of 2009, a picture lee county florida jail officials long denied even existed. nick kristy, naked, died to what's been called the devil's chair, a so-called spit mask around his neck and mouth. guards told investigators they repeatedly pepper sprayed him, dousing him ten times because he was combative. 62-year-old nick died just hours after the final blast of pepper spray, nearly two days after he was arrested. nick's wife joyce. >> you have seen the picture. what do you see there? >> torture. >> reporter: torture, she claims, of a man experiencing a mental breakdown. mistreated, she believes, like a sadistic soldier would treat an enemy in a war zone but this was

a jail in florida. >> this was a man that probably was pleading for his life, knew he was dying. he was a mentally ill guy strapped on a chair naked. he didn't need to be treated like that. he needed a hospital. >> reporter: the retired boilermaker traveled to florida to visit his brother. the rest of the family planned to join him for easter. while on vacation, he was arrested for trespassing outside a fast food restaurant which was next door to his hotel. once in jail, guards say they had to restrain him because he was antagonistic. >> if he was creating a ruckus, belligerent. >> he didn't deserve the treatment he got. he didn't deserve to be treated like that. >> reporter: in your mind -- >> no. >> reporter: can you rationa rationale -- >> no. i can't imagine another human being doing this to someone. the manner of death was

concluded to be homicide. his heart stopped beating after he was restrained and sprayed by pepper spray. after an internal investigation and review by the state attorney's office, no one's been charged in the death. the family is now suing the lee county sheriff's office. >> once he's restrained in the chair, he's no longer a risk of harm to anyone. >> reporter: so the pepper spray is vindictive? >> excessive. >> reporter: malicious? >> unjustifiable. >> reporter: attorney nick dicello says days earlier he was arrested for disorderly intoxication. joyce called deputies warning him of his mental condition. this from one of her more than 25 calls. >> he's off his medicine. he's manic. he's a little far gone, more than mani manic. >> reporter: lee county

officials say they had the file from the first arrest but when he was rearrested it was a friday and the files weren't readily available. for joyce, aside from the one haunting photo she's left wondering what happened before her husband was strapped to the devil's chair? because jail officials say security videos on the cell block that might explain what really happened do not exist. >> i think it's erased. i think it's gone. >> reporter: because -- >> because i think there was something worse than what we see. >> reporter: upon arrival at the hospital, doctors say they initially couldn't touch nick because he was so doused in pepper spray he was toxic. they had to neutralize him with milk and other products. we reached out again and the lee county sheriff's office said as a regular practice the sheriff's office reserves comment on pending and ongoing litigation. ann? >> to be continued.

kerry sanders, thank you. it is now 7:35. matt? >> now to southern california where a mother and her two daughters are lucky to be alive after a devastating accident. they were trapped in the car as the car dangled from a bridge leading to a daring rescue. mike taibbi is in santa barbara this morning. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the accident happened on california highway 101, a winding coastal route that's the scene of many accidents over the years. one look at this one and it's a wonder anyone survived. 36-year-old 1st grade teacher kelly lynn groves pleaded for help. her two young daughters were in the car with her. her car, a bmw sedan, was mangled beyond recognition and the big rig police say rear ended her lay in a ravine 100 feet below, its driver, charles allison, killed. rescuing anyone in the car looked to be difficult, if not impossible and dangerous.

>> it was hanging over the edge of the freeway in a way we felt it could fall at any time. >> reporter: kelly was awake the whole time. she responded to instructions pleading to rescuers to save 10-year-old sage and 10-week-old miya. dozens of first responders did their job at great risk. >> each time we tried to pry her out the car slipped over the side more. >> reporter: then an amazing stroke of luck. a team of construction workers just happened on the scene. in their convoy, a heavy duty forklift with a telescoping arm, exactly what was needed. >> we knew at that point the vehicle wasn't going to fall and it gave a platform for the rescuers to work from. >> reporter: now with the wreck stabilized the victims could be extracted. the girls first, sage with a stuffed doll on her chest and the baby with only minor

injuries. finally mom kelly, a mother and her young daughters, a miracle, alive. the hospital isn't giving out updated reports on the victims. i spoke with a source familiar with their treatment and he said the baby has been treated and released. the mother and older daughter continue to be treated for serious injuries, basically orthopedic, the source said. all three, incredibly, have survived. matt? >> mike taibbi, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from al roker. >> thanks, matt. these kids trying to save their school. >> february 1st we're having a rally to support our school and keep it open. ou for today. this is what's going on in the pacific northwest. lot of moisture. we have the jet stream coming across. and that's going to mean heavy snow for the northwest. starting tonight into tomorrow and the next day.

some areas picking up up to 24 inches of snow in the mountains. seattle anywhere from 7 to 14 inches. we are talking a lot of snow. given that seattle normally only gets 6 inches the entire year. east coast, looking at a lot of wet weather. icy conditions, northern new england. snow up into the north. windy conditions around the great lakes. lake-effect snow starts to set up tomorrow. slight risk of strong storms along the southeastern coast and into the southern gulf coast. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> umbrella day this tuesday. good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. we have rain moving through the region. moving color is automatic rain from west virginia to northern virginia. the district and maryland heading off to the east. and we will be with us off and on periods of rain into the afternoon. right now the 40s throughout most of the region. reagan national is at 343. later today warming into the 50s. maybe even briefly near 60 degrees this afternoon. the rain should taper off and end by later this afternoon. windy and colder tomorrow. still cold on thursday and and that's your latest weather.

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york have been trying to figure out what caused 12 girls to have severe tics almost like tourette's syndrome. the health department is weighing in. 17-year-old sara sanchez says she isn't the same teenager she was a few months ago. she suffers uncontrollable body movements, tics and verbal outbursts, much like tourette's syndrome. things sara once loved like going out with friends or cheerleading are now, she says, nearly impossible. >> i used to cheer. every day. i would go to art class. i used to go to two art classes every day. now i'm not in school. >> reporter: this is home video of sara from october when s said the symptoms first appeared, barely able to speak. >> what's he doing? >> i was always so active and

everybody was always happy to be around me. but i don't feel like myself anymore. >> reporter: and sara is not alone. at least 12 teenage girls at leroy high school in upstate new york say they are suffering from the same symptoms. including sara's friend katie. >> my days are all different. some days i'll just start twitching and it won't stop for 10, 15, 20 minutes. >> reporter: both girls have seen their own doctors and are getting treatment, but they say symptoms continue. the new york state health department has been looking into the case for more than three months and says the school building is not to blame. >> we have conclusively ruled out any form of infection or communicable disease. there is no evidence of any environmental factor. >> reporter: the state health department says each student was examined by a private doctor and given a diagnosis.

still, sara's mom wants more answers. >> it's come to the point, you know, where that's not enough. we need to know what's going on. >> reporter: it's important to reiterate the state health department said it is confident students there are not at risk because of anything in or at the high school. >> 17-year-old sara sanchez and 16-year-old katie krautworst are joining us with their mothers. good morning to you. also dr. gail saltz, a "today" contributor and psychiatrist. first, sara. we just heard about this affecting you. are you angry? >> very, very angry. i'm very angry. i'm very frustrated. no one's giving answers. >> katie? what are your emotions? >> i'm angry, too. >> when you hear the state say -- health department say there is no environmental

factor, no infectious disease as a mom, memelissa, what are you thinking? >> where's the proof, the data, the testing? when has this been done? >> you have not been shown data? >> nothing. >> beth, do you think you have a right to the data? >> yes. i put in a request for it. i'm trying to get all the information together so i can proceed in finding a cure for our daughters. >> why do you disbelieve what the state is telling you that this has to be something else. this cannot be something that is environmental or something to do with the school. >> nothing's been collectively done for our daughters. everything's been done individually. testing. they say all the girls have had they have not had. the facts that they are stating just aren't true. >> so what are doctors telling you about what's happening to you? >> mostly that it's

stress-induc stress-induced. when we started i was fine. i was perfectly fine. i felt good about everything. i was on honor roll. there was nothing going on. i just woke up and that's when the stuttering started. >> you have been admitted to art school. you're not in school now. you want to go on to college. this is incredibly frustrating for you. katie, how do you explain how 12 girls in your small town, all at the same high school would have similar symptoms? >> i can't explain it. they told us it was traumatic, but i really don't think any of us had that traumatic of a life before and that it would randomly happen. >> you're shaking just a little bit. so you have a little bit here and there. but it's not as pronounced as sara's. >> no. >> do you see similarity in your symptoms? >> yeah. hien's more advanced because i have had it longer.

but mine's definitely gotten better. >> it's gotten better for you. >> has it gotten better for you? >> no. it gets worse. >> dr. saltz, what is this? do you know? >> well, having just met them i could not make a diagnosis. when you have a movement disorder, these different kinds of things you rule out environmental things, infectious things, et cetera. when you have ruled everything out and they are saying to you it's stress-related you might call it conversion disorder or psychosomatic disorder. it's usually predated by stress but it is important to say that's not fake. it's not faking it. they are real symptoms that are not under their control but they are really experiencing it. they are psychologically driven and they need a psychological treatment. but real treatment and treatment does work. >> the fact that it happened to 12 girls.

>> you can have -- >> something has to be done. what do you want out of being on "today" this morning? >> i want a straight answer. i have had psychological treatment. they say this is stress-induced. my psychological streemts stress me out more and i get worse. >> we hope a doctor watching now can help you and other girls. that's the message this morning. thank you so much for being with us. our best to you girls and mothers for fighting for your children. thank you, doctor. still ahead this morning, paula deen whose recipes made her famous responds to rumors that she is had diabetes. first, these messages. is a big . so i'm glad it's with fidelity. they offer me one-on-one guidance to help me choose my investments. not just with my savings plan here at work. they help me with all of my financial goals.

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good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. rain in northern virginia, maryland, the district. it will be with us here from time to time through the rest of the afternoon. west virginia getting heavier rain right now. we are in the 40s throughout most of the region from west virginia all the way to the atlantic beaches. reagan national is at 44. we will stay in the 40s for the next few hours, then up near 60 this afternoon. periods of rain, tapering off and ending by later this afternoon. windy and colder tomorrow. dropping from near 40 in the morning to around 30 by sunset. cold, dry weather for thursday into friday. joe? >> thanks very much. we will have

8:00 now on this tuesday morning, the 17th of january, 2012. we have to come out and say hi to the nice people who have made their way down to our little spot on the world. i'm ann curry with matt lauer and al roker. we just saw the cutest little baby. did you see that little one? anyway, we have one of our favorite people in the house. we have paula deen here talking about some of -- we love her great recipes. she's cooked with us all these years, taught us to cook. now there are reports that she has diabetes. so we are going to get to the bottom of that, find out what

the truth is in an exclusive, her first talking about the subject. a live interview coming up. >> it is january 17th. do you know what that means in terms of the day in history? this is the day one of my heroes was born 70 years ago. muhammed ali, the greatest, turns 70 today. what a life he has had both inside and outside the ring and in just a little while we're going to take a fond look back. >> that's right. there are new images that were just taken. we have videotape of him with his grandchild -- seeing a grandchild for the first time. >> courageous man. get ready to say aw. these unbelievable photos have taken the internet by storm. sleeping baby photos that are so cute. and very creative. we'll look at people behind it. >> can we take a quick look at this awake baby? i think we should. this is your little moment of zen this morning.

there we go. >> uh now inside to check in with savannah guthrie at the news desk while natalie makes her way back from california. >> in the news today the captain of the italian cruise ship that ran aground last week makes his first court appearance today. phone transcript between the captain and port officials suggestions he abandoned ship before all passengers could be evacuated. this morning rescue teams used controlled explosions to blow holes in the side of the ship as they search for more than two dozen people still missing including two americans. new images from inside the stricken vessel show how difficult it is to maneuver inside the wreckage. republican presidential front-runner mitt romney said he may release his tax returns but probably not until april. romney came under pressure to make private finances public during a feisty debate last night in south carolina which holds its primary saturday. newt gingrich also pressed

romney over his former career as a venture capitalist. the obama administration is poised to require drug companies to disclose payments head to doctors for research, consulting and speaking. according to the new york times, studies show such payments including free travel and meals, can influence doctors' treatment decisions and sometimes lead to higher health care costs. now here's brian williams with what's coming up tonight on "nightly news." hey, brian. >> good morning. coming up when we join you tonight on "nightly news," getting your child into college never easy on the best day especially when schools now require they answer questions like my favorite thing about last tuesday or the best movie of all time in 25 words or less. we'll explain this new procedure tonight on "nightly news." savannah, for now, back to you. >> now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. paula deen is a top search on google amid rumors that she has

type 2 diabetes. paula is here live to set the record straight when she talks to al in a few minutes. fans are taking to twitter and mtv's web page to defend rihanna. she was photographed in hawaii relaxing with a hand-rolled smoke of some sort. those pictures emerged after rihanna made apparent references to marijuana on her twitter page. elton john's husband seems to be goading madonna into an online feud. facebook is buzzing after david furnish wrote that madonna winning for best original song from a movie proves, he says, the award has thothing to do with merit. he called madonna's acceptance speech embarrassing in its narcicism. back to ann and matt. >> where's the love? we have love for al. give us the great warm temperature.

>> maybe elton will sing "can you feel the love tonight." you never know. it's a nothing but chicks girls' weekend. who are the chicks? >> us. >> who are you guys? >> tell him your names. >> anna. >> and. >> isabelle. >> and. >> jen. >> and brady. >> where are you from? >> tallahassee. >> nice long weekend. let's check it out, see what's goingbody and chicks. albany, georgia, afternoon showers and 717 degrees. 20s and 30s in new england. it is going to be below zero in the northern plains, teens and 20s. looking important 30s in the pacific northwest. unusually cold. that's why we have that storm coming in. that could bring anywhere from 7 to 14 inches of snow for seattle. slight risk of strong storms down through the lower gulf coast. icy conditions inland sections of new england and upstate new york. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your

neck of the woods. >> umbrella day. we have a wet come university under way here across northern virginia, the district and maryland. rain sweeping through from west to east. pockets of light to moderate rain moving through. and getting heavier downpours out in northern west virginia and western maryland. we have temperatures in the 40s just about everywhere. we will have and hold steady in the 40s another couple hours and then get into 50s noontime. maybe near 60 this afternoon with periods of rain. drying out tonight. windy and cold tomorrow. cold on and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you very much. when we come back, southern chef paula deen addresses those rumors that she has diabetes. we'll talk to paula right after these messages.

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rumors circulating online and in print about her health. good to see you. >> good morning, darling. how are you? >> i'm good. the question is how are you? >> i'm great. >> is it true? you have type 2 diabetes? >> i do. i was diagnosed three years ago, al, during a regular physical exam with my doctor that i had type 2 diabetes. i'm here today to let the world know that it is not a death sentence. i'm working along with a very reputable pharmaceutical company on a new program called diabetes in a new light. you can go to our website. i'm going to be there for you and help you manage every day of your life with this because it can be done. >> we should mention you're a paid spokesperson for

novo-nordisk. >> exactly. i have been compensated, just as you are for your work, yes. >> so why did you take so long to let people know that you had type 2 diabetes. >> i intentionally did it, al. i came home, told my children, told my husband. i said, i'm going to keep this close to my chest for the time being. because i had to figure things out in my own head. i had to give time to think about it, talk with my doctor because, al, at the time, you know, i tell everything. >> right. >> i could have walked out and said, hey, y'all, i have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and walked away. i had nothing to give to my fellow friends out there. >> what do you say to people who say, oh, she delayed this because it would damage her reputation, her whole industry that she's built basically.

>> no. >> on this kind of cooking. >> no. people are not going to quit eating. we quit eating we're all out of here. no. i wanted to bring something to the table when i came forward and i have always been one to think i bring hope because i have had lots of obstacles in my life, y'all. >> you worked your way up from poverty. a lot of folks say, look, your southern food is fattening and people say you are what you eat and that food can lead to type 2 diabetes. >> certainly, al, that is part of the puzzle. but there many other things that can lead to diabetes. certainly genetics. certainly your lifestyle. >> right. >> certainly what you eat. certainly stress. >> let' e's bring in dr. raj.

>> and certainly age. there are a lot of baby boomers out there. there is a good chance that will be one of the issues you have to face. but diabetes in a new light along with my sons jamie and bobby, we're going to help you work on still having a full life without feeling like you're being punished or you're not being able to taste. >> let's bring in dr. raj, "today" contributor from nyu medical center. what causes type 2 diabetes? >> we don't know exactly what causes it. there are many factors that increase risk. genetics, as paula said, definitely increases your risk. if you have a patient or sibling with diabetes you are more likely to have it. diet, lack of exercise can increase your risk. being over weight in particular is probably the most defined risk factor for diabetes. age, it does increase as you get

older, and certain races are more likely to develop type 2 diabetes. nonwhites are more likely to develop it than whites. >> a little bit later on you and jamie and baby will be cooking some recipes that you have lightened up. are you going to change the way you cook and eat? >> well, here's the thing. you know, i have always encouraged moderation. on my show, you know, i share with you all these yummy, fattening recipes, but i tell people, in moderation, in moderation you can have that little piece of pie. here's what i want to get across to people, al. i want them to first start by going to their doctor and asking to be tested for diabetes. and then get on a program that works for you. i'm amazed at the people out

there aware that they are diabetic but they are not taking their midedicine, not doing anything. >> besides the medicine, have you changed the way you eat? >> i have always eaten in moderation. you know, people see me on tv two and three times a day and they see me cooking all these wonderfully southern, fattening dishes. that's only 30 days out of 365. it's the entertainment. and people have to be responsible -- >> you're saying you can't eat like that every day? >> no, i never have. >> mm-hmm. >> like i told oprah a few years back. i said, honey, i'm your cook, not your doctor. you have to be responsible for yourself. >> we have to get going. you and jamie and bobby will be back later. >> yes. have you seen bobby's show? oh, my! >> we'll talk about it. once you get her going. >> you crank me up and i can't

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history. >> reporter: the man first known as cacius clay never backed away from a bold statement. >> you can't beat me. i'm loaded with confidence. i'm as good as it gets. >> reporter: an olympic gold medalist in the 1960 games clay came back to america boiling over with the civil rights movement and steamed his way to a world championship taking out sonny liston, not once but twice. >> what are we going to do? >> float like a butterfly and sting like a bee. >> reporter: like an overhand right to the chin he rocked the stereotype of the humble athlete. >> i am the greatest! >> reporter: and the second class citizen. >> there is a heaven in the sky nd and the colored folks go to heaven. where are the colored angels? they must be in the kitchen preparing the milk and honey.

>> reporter: he embraced the black muslim faith and took on a new name. >> muhammed means worthy of praise and ali means most high. >> reporter: the stormy issues of his day, ali was a lightning rod. drafted in 1967 before the anti-war movement spilled to america's streets the champ refused to fight and was convicted of draft evasion. >> boxing is nothing like going to war. in war a the intention is to kill, kill, kill, kill and continue killing innocent people. >> reporter: stripped of his title and banned from boxing his legions of fans continued to grow though some never saw him throw a punch. >> people look for wonder working, miracles, surprises of all kinds. yet the greatest wonder, the greatest miracle, the greatest surprise is to be found in one part. >> reporter: as the '60s slipped

into the '70s, ali's sentence was overturned and he returned to the fight game, no longer dominant he seemed more heroic. >> joe frasier is in trouble! i predict he will not stand a chance. >> reporter: three epic bouts with joe frasier, the rumble in the jungle, george foreman went down and a ali rose the champion once again. by 1981 ali held the heavy weight title three times. he was the most famous man in the world but as he retired from the ring his appetite for boxing was still in full bloom. >> go. >> one-two. >> you want to see it again? >> reporter: at the 1986 olympics the man who could float like a butterfly and sting like a bee showed he was one of the great luminaries of our time but even he could suffer stage fright. >> made you nervous? but you had performed in front of people all your life.

>> not 2 billion. >> not 2 billion. >> reporter: today he battles parkinson's disease. like a series of body blows it wears him down but hasn't knocked him out. a tireless humanitarian, ali traveled the world feeding the hungry and helping others. on his 70th birthday he's at the heart of his extended family, still pretty, still fighting, still the greatest. >> we had the honor of being with muhammad ali saturday night in louisville, kentucky, as people got together to celebrate that birthday. >> the first of several celebrations where his awareness to the fundamental idea that while it's difficult to stay true to who you are, what you really believe in, that's actually the path to greatness.

>> he's got a wonderful partner, a terrific lady. happy birthday, champ. we love you. >> happy birthday. >> we're back after your local news and weather. 8:26 is your time now on this tuesday, january 17, 2012. i'm eun yang. tough morning rush. right to dan allege for a look at the roads. good morning. >> good morning. problems continue traveling inn d.c., inbound rhode island avenue. a car into a pole. blocking the right lane. traveling 66 eastbound in virginia, overturned vehicle. this accident blocks two of your left lanes stick to the right to get by this accident. this is 66 as you approach. route 123. and still seeing delays on the beltway, outer loop in montgomery county slow from new hampshire avenue. >> danella, thank you. a wick brea

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savannah guthrie. we all like grilling, right? >> absolutely. >> love steaks and things like that on the grill. in the winter months it's hard because people don't like going outside to grill. we have aussie chef -- i just lost his last name a. keith evans. i'm sorry. keith is here to do a t-bone steak and show us ways to do that indoors so you don't have to go freeze your tuckus off. >> that's a cooking term. >> also coming up, what's cuter than a sleeping baby? take a look at these images of sleeping babies. they were taken by a mom who was inspired by her own daughter. is she's created pictures all dressed up. it's become a huge hit online. we'll be talking to her about how she came up with the idea. this is not the baby. >> that baby is wide awake. very cute. >> oh, man. >> later on we'll hear from british singing sensation mr.

james marsden. he's been compared to stevie wonder and sam cook. not too shabby. >> and a birthday hello to the star of the usa network, matt bomer. the second half of season three starts tonight. >> 10:00 p.m., 9:00 central. >> you ended with a cliff hanger. blood in the kitchen and a missing wife. >> when we come back my partner's wife has been kidnapped. my character may or may not be in possession of the ransom. the relationships are fraught with tension. it leads to another cliff hanger at the end of this episode. it's a wild ride until we have the biggest finale ever. >> may or may not be in possession? are you a good guy or a bad guy? what's going on? >> you have to find out. >> you seem badder than ever. >> i have to toe the line. got to stay in the middle. >> you won't share it with us?

>> tomorrow i will. >> not to give it away. meantime you're also in a new movie as i understand that has a lot of people online buzzing. you play a male stripper. >> exotic dancer. classically trained. >> is that different from a male stripper? >> no, no. >> you're interested in this. >> well, what would make you want to take a role like that? >> because steven soderberg is directing it and i have wanted to work with him. there are only two directors i would play it for and he's one of them. we had a blast. it was actually a robert altmanesque shoot. improvised, fun, right with story lines that i think will appeal to everybody. >> so you're going to -- >> we're going to get the guys in there, too.

>> and that's a very nice look. >> thank you. >> do you have a special aptitude for exotic dancing? >> steven said jump off the cliff and i'll catch you. when a film maker says to commit that's what he did. we had a good time doing it. hopefully people enjoy it. >> we feel that way about our director joe michaels. >> thank you. >> good lovely to see you all. thank you so much. >> tonight on the usa network. >> thank you. 10:00, 9:00 central. >> mr. roker. >> let's show you what's happening as far as your forecast for today. we have a mess here in the east. rain showers. snow in new england. storm getting itself together in the pacific northwest. start snowing later today. sunshine through the southwest. tomorrow heavy snow through the cascades. the intermountain regions, talking anywhere from 12 to 24 inches of snow in the mountains. 7 to 14 inches in seattle itself. sunny and cool, gulf coast on into texas. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your

neck of the woods. good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. pockets of moderate rain falling. we see areas of yellow and orange in fairfax county and coming into arlingtoning and district. as well as in prince george's county and calvert and st. mary's and anne arundel. pockets of moderate rain in washington county, allegheny, garrett. temperatures ruined the region in the 40s. 44 at reagan national. today up around 60. periods of rain ending during the afternoon. windy and colder. sun back on wednesday. with all this weather going on check the weather channel on cable or weather.com online for your latest forecast. >> coming up, what do sleeping babies dream about? we'll meet the creator of really adorable pictures. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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beautiful cover girl. ♪ >> back now at 8:37. stand by because this morning on today's moms we're talking about capturing the dreams of a newborn with a camera and creative props. imagine your tiny one as little bo peep, conquering the universe or able to leap tall buildings with a single bound. adele chronicled her daughter's napping adventures and put them in a book called "when my baby dreams." good morning. >> good morning to you. >> you're not a professional photographer. >> not at all. >> you're a new mom. what gave you the idea to create the images? >> when mila was a newborn she was sleeping a lot and i wanted to be with her. so the only thing i could do was watch her to sleep or take pictures of her. >> i see. >> once upon a time she'd fall asleep on the blanket on the floor so i just got this idea to

put things around her to make the picture more interesting and look like a little forest. that's how it started. >> so it was to delight you really and maybe share the pictures with your friends. you started writing about it on the internet, created a blog. >> yeah. >> and you got a huge response. were you surprised? >> yeah. the blog was for my family and friends. >> so it spread. look at the image with mila riding an elephant. some of the pictures are really creative. how many would you say you took? >> i think about 50. >> what inspired you when you take 50 photographs of your daughter? >> of course, mila. >> mila herself. you were thinking about what she would be possibly dreaming. >> yes. >> had you read books to her to get inspiration from that? >> from books, movies and her clothing. >> how is it possible this blog

was so popular that now you have been able to turn it into a book? >> well. i think it was because people rely on those pictures so much that people like to see a sleeping baby and beautiful pictures. so that's the reason. >> just looking at these pictures makes anyone feel a little bit more relaxed. this one is very creative. how did you make the surfboard? >> it's just paper. >> a piece of paper. >> yeah. piece of paper and two blankets and some scarf. >> she seems to be reaching for the balloons in this one which is nice. was she asleep? >> she was asleep in all those pictures. >> lucky you that the baby sleeps so much. >> she used to. >> now she's 14 months? >> yeah. >> now she's awake more. this is delightful. what's your recommendation to moms at home listening to this thinking i would like to do that. what's a good way to do it? >> well, i think that baby

doesn't need to sleep. in those pictures, you can have beautiful pictures when she or he is awake. just use things, ordinary household items you find around. so i think it's pretty easy. just try it. >> you did it using natural light which is a good thing. no flash. by a window or something? >> yeah. >> during a nice warm sunny day. >> yeah. >> iwas there a specific camera you used? >> i used a pocket cam. nothing special. you don't need to have fancy equipment to do these pictures. you can use your iphone or something else. >> you just need to be inspired with love which happened here. >> yeah. >> now you're expecting another child. >> yeah. >> so little mila will have a sibling and probably some more pictures? >> i think i have to do something for her or him -- i

don't know yet. but i don't know if i will do similar pictures, but something. >> well, congratulations. to do something completely out of the box. i know you work in advertising. completely not even related to photography in your particular skill set. here's what you have done. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> what a great idea. born out of love it's gone so far. the book is called "when my baby dreams." there you go. up next, how do you bring the outdoor grill taste indoors during the cold winter months? we'll tell you how, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

>> announcer: today's kitchen is brought to you by crystal light. stay light. >> we're back now at 8:44. this morning on today's kitchen, what's for dinner? getting this delicious outdoor taste during the cold winter months. chef pete evans is author of the

book "my grill, outdoor cooking australian style." welcome back, pete. >> the boys are in the kitchen. >> this is the way it should be. i love to grill. is it possible to get the same grill taste indoors in the winter months? >> definitely. all you need is a beautiful cast iron grill pan. it's as simple as that. can you help me today? is. >> a little. i usually let the chefs do most of the work but you're making a t-bone today. >> a little bit of salt and pepper on the steak. >> freshly washed hands. >> a touch of oil. >> you're making t-bone steak with chimichurri sauce. >> you can prenamarinate it overnight or do it this way. sometimes you don't think of it the day before. you can just make the chimi-churri on the day. when you're grilling meat or fish, bring it to room temperature before you put it on the grill.

>> you love the grill pan. how do you gauge cooking time here compared to a grill? >> similar. same thing. [ sizzling ] >> that's the sound you want as soon as the meat hits the pan. >> hot pan. >> five minutes on each side and let it rest for half the amount of cooking time. if you cooked it for ten minutes, let it sit on the bench for five minutes. >> all right. we'll make the chimi-churri which you call the south american pesto. >> i hope i don't get in trouble from italians or south americans for calling it the south american pesto. but simple. we have garlic, salt and pepper. i want you to do it. >> i'll do that. >> i don't want you to just be the salt and pepper man. >> fine. >> great technique there. cilantro. >> all of it? >> all of it. >> what i love in cooking is lots of herbs. good for you, fresh and it enlivens things. >> little bit of pepper. >> jalapeno.

>> do you like it spicy? >> it should have a kick of heat. if you like it really hot add more in. we have cumin, oil if you want to pour that in. >> how much? >> just keep going. and vinegar. it's a simple sauce. >> the consistency should be what when you're finished with that in the blender? >> you can have it really wet or thick and pasty. you can do it in a mortar and pestle to give it the rustic feel. blend it and here we go. >> do you like thick slices of the t-bone? >> i will do it as you like it today. >> thick slices. >> we take it off the bone, slice it. i serve the t-bone or ribeye sliced so it's easier for the guests. >> right. >> look at that. >> you cooked it to perfection. >> and to the healthy world. >> broccolini.

>> this is baby broccoli basically. if you want your children eating broccoli, start with broccocolb. people just boil vegetables and put it on the plate. boil it and give it a touch of dressing. >> so you blanch it first, then into the pan. >> lemon juice, zest, and straight to the plate. because we are from australia -- i am, anyway -- it's australia day next week. we have cookies with ice cream in the middle. >> fantastic. again, a great way to bring the flavor of the outdoor grill into the house. we'll let the t-bone sizzle. pete, a pleasure. >> thank you, matt. >> happy australia day next week. good to have you here. >> up next, a live performance from jam mes marsden. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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james, grooood morning. >> good morning. >> this album is what you call my first proper album. >> yeah. >> it speaks to something that's real with you. you call it "the awakening" on purpose. >> i have had to deal with a lot of personal stuff in my life at that time. i tried to write songs that captured, yeah, something meaningful to me. i tried not to worry much about the commercial side and just write stuff i felt good about. >> the first two albums though they did well were really about making albums. >> yeah. i was new to the whole world of making music. so the first album to me was an experiment to see what i could come up with, you know. the second was me trying to fulfill the success of the first one. this was me just doing what i wanted to do really. >> and a lot of it comes out of the difficulties over losing your father. >> mm-hmm. >> so there is a real honesty in your music. so marrying the soulfulness of your sound with the honesty of what you have written.

>> yeah. >> it must have been, i think -- i suppose transformative in that moment. >> i have always loved soul music. like sam cook, stevie wonder and all those guys. but i have a problem just trying to -- just singing covers. i'm trying to write my own soulful songs. that's what i was trying to do. >> well, that's awesome. congratulations on your great success. making your family proud. thank you all for being here at this terrible hour and the album again is called "the awakening." james morrison, ladies and gentlemen. ♪

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♪ i won't let you go ♪ i won't let ♪ won't let you go ♪ i won't let you go >> more from james morrison later, but first your local news. ♪ 8:56 is your time now on this tuesday, january 17, 2012. let's get a look at the roads. >> let's start with the metro. delays on the blue and orange line because of a malfunction at foggy bottom metro station. just be aware of that delays are in both directions. crossing over the 14th street

bridge, michael jordaned. disabled vehicle. he's out of the roadway but your delays start at the beltway. in fact, 8 miles per hour from the beltway. very slow. also very slow in montgomery county on the beltway. >> danella, thank you. right back with a look at your forecast. ♪ ♪ [ multiple sounds making melodic tune ] ♪ [ male announcer ] at northrop grumman, every innovation, every solution, comes together for a single purpose -- to make the world a safer place. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman.

good morning. it has been a wet morning. we continue to have rain falling coming down hard in the area of orange and red in northern prince george's county into anne arundel and southern montgomery. off to the north and east. pockets of moderate rain coming through. we will have temperatures hold steady here in the 40s where we are now. for another couple of hours and then climb into the 50s later this afternoon. maybe briefly near 60 degrees with periods of rain and should end, though, later this afternoon. then windy and colder on wednesday. staying cold thursday and friday. >> tom, thank you. more news, weather and traffic for new just 25 minutes. for now, back to the "today" here's a friendly reminder. it's your last chance to get verizon's reliable high speed internet and phone for small business for only $84.99 a month. call 1.866.solutions now or visit verizon.com/solutions. only $84.99 for high-speed internet and phone. plus your choice of either no annual contract or a two year price guarantee. call 1.866.solutions or visit verizon.com/solutions today.

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about. >> folks in the northwest not happy. >> big storm out there. i'm matt lauer along with ann curry. mr. roker joins us and tamron hall. natalie is on assignment. she'll be back soon. meanwhile more on the developing story off the coast of italy, the cruise liner resting basically on its side. the search continues for survivors as divers tried to blast a hole to allow them to get into the hull of the ship. the captain has made a court appearance. we'll have the latest in a couple minutes. >> you mentioned the weather. during these winter months, how do we best protect ourselves from germs? i look at you because i know it's something you think about on a moment-to-moment basis. we have advice coming up this morning. >> and our good pal jill martin is back with her off aen ten imitated but never duplicated steals & deals. she has dresses, bracelets at

deep, deep discounts. >> and if you missed the golden globes this weekend, never father because we're here to revisit some of our favorite moments from the most free wheeling awards show. people are still talking about it. there's even a feud now between madonna and elton john. the hits keep coming. >> who ever would have thought meryl streep would swear? >> i know! that she'd get bleeped out. let's get to the news. savannah is at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning. there are new details about what happened on board that italian cruise ship when it veered off course and was grounded off the tuscan coast. an audio recording has been released of a conversation between the port authority and the captain who appears in court today. nbc's michelle kosinski is in italy with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, savannah.

there are dozens of italian navy divers here. they were able to blast another small hole into the hull. they have been going 30 feet under water trying to get to the first officer's room where they suspect they may find bodies of victims. while this is going on, the ship's captain was arraigned on criminal charges -- manslaughter, causing the wreck, abandoning ship. the company said he went off course too close to show the ship off to villagers, many of whom helped save his passengers. after days in jail the concordia's captain gets one in court. accused of causing this disaster, going off course, attempting to deliver the island a great view. this recent video of the concordia shows it had been done before but francesco schettino ended up hitting rock. then turned to beach the ship, the italian press is reporting

it may have been a stunt so the head waiter to see his hometown. there is a recording. an angry phone exchange hours after the accident happened. captain, this is an order. get back on that ship. there are already casualties. schettino asked, how many. the port replies, you should tell me that. now you get back on that ship and tell us what can be done. now a view up close. parts of a ship you never see. rescuers straining to pull themselves over and inside. you get a sense how terrifying it was for passengers trying to get off. imagine jumping. infrared video shows them inching across the hull down to the water. >> when you're considering whether you're going to survive or not you're worried that other people are worried about you. that's the worst thing. >> reporter: the company commended the actions of the

crew but we could find no survivor who agreed. >> the crew didn't have a clue what they were doing. i asked the guy, do you know what you're doing? the passengers were helping each other. the ones that are doing it were the cooks, waiters, house cleaning people. where are the officers that they have? they're all gone. they're not there. >> reporter: among the missing, americans jerry and barbara heil minnesota retirees whose family said they put four kids through college and finally had the means to travel, beyond excited about their dream mediterranean cruise that lasted three hours. the last rescue was sunday. now there is a state of emergency over worries a half million gallons of fuel inside may be leaking. a modern marvel felled by what may have been a bad decision and a rock. one thing we know prosecutors are presenting in the case against the captain is video that supposedly shows the ship

sitting there that night for a long time at a safe angle. that would raise the question why weren't the lifeboats lowered more quickly. many passengers told us that ship tilted fast. savannah? >> still so many questions. michelle kosinski, thank you. politics now. republican candidates sparred in the first of two debates leading to south carolina's primary. last night in myrtle beach the candidates turned up the heat on front-runner mitt romney particularly on finance and business experience. for the first time romney said he may be willing to release his tax returns sometime in april. the mother of missing maine toddler ayla reynolds said she and other family members are willing to take a lie detector test to help find her daughter. trista reynolds said she's offered to take a polygraph since her daughter's disappearance. baby ayla vanished from her father's home one month ago today. the food & drug administration has fined the american red cross more than

$9.5 million for sloppy and unsafe blood management practices. it is the second multi-million dollar penalty against the organization in just two years. the fda said inspections show ongoing problems at the red cross could endanger donors and threaten the nation's blood supply. parts of the pacific northwest will be seeing significant snow over the next 24 to 48 hours. seattle could see as much as nine inches by tomorrow. on monday, light snow and ice made for difficult driving conditions in the higher elevations of oregon and parts of washington. actress lindsay lohan is due in court today in los angeles to give her monthly update on how she's meeting strict probation requirements. lohan has been performing community service at the county morgue and attending psychotherapy as part of her probation for separate drunk driving and theft cases. now back to al for a check of the weather. >> thanks, savannah. we've got a couple areas of

first of all, expanding area of severe weather from alexandria, louisiana, to birmingham, alabama. possibility of isolated tornado with heavy thunderstorms. you can see them firing up now. and then out in the pacific northwest, savannah just mentioned, we have a strong jet stream, overriding system, pacific moisture, and that cold air already in place means heavy snow for the northwest. mountains, some areas picking up 30 inches of snow or more. otherwise from the cascades up into the puget sound we could be looking anywhere from 6 to 14 inches of snow. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. light to moderate to heavy rain moving through the metro area and mainly just north and east of washington important the heaviest rain now falling. northeastern prince george's county and across most of anne arundel county and heading off the north and east. scattered lighter rain and temperatures are in the 40s around the region. and it will continue to climb as we get into the afternoon. fredericksburg is up the 50.

we will probably hit the 50s by noontime. 60 during the afternoon. periods of rain between now and then and windy and colde >> announcer: today's health is brought to you by kleenex brand tissues, softness worth sharing. >> this morning on today's health sick proofing your routine. it's that time of year when everyone seems to have the dreaded winter sniffles. how can we avoid them? dr. raj is here to help. she's the contributing medical editor for "health" magazine. good to see you. >> good to see you, al. >> first people say i have been going in and out of the heat, into the cold. >> right. >> does that make you sick or not? >> not really. the change in temperature isn't the deal here. in winter it's the fact that we are in closed quarters because it's cold outside and that increases your exposure to germs. there are things you can do to fend them off. >> first you say watch what you eat. >> diet can make a difference. first of all have protein to

help the white blood cells grow and be strong. that helps us fight infection. antioxidants are great. brightly colored fruits and vegetables can help fight off and increase immunity. finally, omega 3 fatty acids are great for the heart and good for your immune system. fish, flaxseeds. >> what about vitamin c? >> lots of controversy. studies have been conflicting in terms of preventing the cold. but shortening the duration, that has been proved. it's great to get it naturally through fruits. oranges, grapefruit. it may shorten the cold and maybe lessen symptoms a little bit. >> this is the one we heard. have a bowl of chicken soup. it can't hurt. >> right. >> you say it's not the chicken soup but the warm liquid. >> warm liquids in general help loosen secretions in your nasal passages. it can soothe a sore throat, reduce the symptoms of cough,

runny nose, sneezing. chicken soup actually does have special properties where it can fight off infection. it increase it is mobility of certain white blood cells to help you fight a cold. chicken soup is great, but hot tea with honey and lemon, all of these are good. >> during the winter months, exercise helps but if you're already sick you may want to pull back. >> exactly. before you're sick getting regular exercise is important. one study showed people who exercise 30 minutes a day average one cold a year whereas those who don't average four colds a year. it helps increase the immune system. once you're sick you need to rest, let your body rest. don't get dehydrated. so take it easy when you have a cold. >> keep the house clean and fresh and keep changing your sheets and pillow cases. >> yeah. at least once a week. the germs tend to stick there. if you are sick you will continue to be sick if you still have germs on the sheets. clean them at least once a week. >> the humidifier is important? >> it loosens secretions, helps

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this weekend. i have to probe your minds. >> whoa. >> we had fun. al was on the red carpet talking fashion with all the stars. i snapped photos from my iphone. >> did you? >> she was taking pictures. our 9:00 producer mark victor was taking pictures as well. >> basically we were stalking celebrities and got paid for it. >> we got a few of them. there we are with octavia spencer. >> beautiful. me with my buddy leo. >> you're people's most sexiest not him. >> how do you like my framing? madonna. >> you took those? >> air kiss to emma stone. >> victor took some. >> no, these are mine. >> they're blurry. >> oh! >> mark wahlberg. >> i like it. >> i love that little dog. >> uggy. >> we love him. >> there's you and nat. >> gorgeous. >> your favorite moment? >> it's impossible to pick one.

>> i think when octavia spencer gave that acceptance speech it was really touching. >> she quoted dr. martin luther ki king, jr. you saw people crying in the audience. >> we saw her over the weekend. she's the darling of the golden globes. she was so happy to be there. she said, do you know where i was a year ago on golden globe night? i was in charge of the pool. she said my friends wanted to know who would win. i made sure it was highlighted and everything. she has a lot of good projects coming up. we liked it when the dog came up on stage. that was cute. >> he stole the show. >> what a story he had on the verge of being euthanized and swept to stardom. >> of course i love the show homeland. it won several awards including claire danes. i got to interview them. >> is this a precursor for who will win the oscar? >> i don't know.

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[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> first lady michelle obama showing off her dance moves at her husband's inaugural ball in 2009. the designer of her gorgeous gown jason wu and soon you can wear his clothes, too, at affordable prices. he's designing for target and he'll tell us about it tomorrow on "today." wonder if it will cause a frenzy. >> we hope it will. i plan to check it out. also ahead, southern chef paula deen who told you, al, that she

has type 2 diabetes will be back with her buys oys to make some her best recipes anyone can eat. >> and we catch up with bobbi brown who will show us how to wear bright makeup in the winter. you don't have to feel drab. >> first, hello to tabitha from "tabitha takes over" on bravo. this year she's helping small businesses whip into shape. you're beyond the salon helping bars and all different businesses. in fact, coming up you'll be helping a gay dance club. >> tonight. one of the first gay dance clubs in long beach, in california. >> you have mostly concentrated on salons until you.

do the basic principles apply? >> absolutely. the skills and what you're sell issing or giving to customers changes. but the principles of business are the same. >> i love this gentle energy you're giving off because people are afraid of you. >> we know you. >> you walk in and fear consumes the room. where is that tabitha? >> she's here. i don't need to take you over or someone would be afraid of me. >> do you need me? >> well -- >> maybe. >> now that you ask. >> what's the secret to transforming a company in a week? >> going crazy. it's a lot of hard work. the transformation is on the inside as well as the outside. people need to work hard and embrace change. that's hard for people to look at what they are doing wrong and decide to move forward and get out of the rut they're stuck in. >> i love that you look at the

small business as we talk about small businesses these days with the economy. we need them to grow and people go out of business making careless mistakes that you catch. >> people get themselves in trouble and don't know how to get out. they get stuck. they think doing nothing is better than being proactive. that's where i come in. >> when you yell at everybody are you mad or is it for show? are these things really frustrating you? >> i'm really mad. you can tell. i get really frustrated. i get frustrated when i care more than they care. that's frustrating to me. i do really want to help them. >> we can't wait. thank you so much. good to see you. "t "tabatha takes over" airs tonight at 10:00/9:00 central on bravo, our sister network. >> thank you. now how about a check of the heck of the weather? >> let's show you what's happening today. we have storm system getting

itself together in the pacific northwest. rain now. it will be changing over to snow. we have showers in new england and icy conditions as well. risk of strong storm down to the lower gulf. tomorrow we have sunny but cold weather in the northeast, mid atlantic snows. heavy snow, intermountain regions into the cascades and coastal pacific northwest with rain in northern california. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we already had about a quarter of an inch of rain and periods of rain will continue into the afternoon. rain tapering off and ending throughout much of virginia temporarily, though. still raining moderately to likely in maryland and the district of columbia. later today we will warm up. we are in the 40s. climbing into the 50s to our south. hit the 50s to briefly near 60s especially areas north of the metro area. tomorrow some sun back. but it is going to be colder and remaining cold weather. >> all right, al. now hello to mike mecina, the

latest contestant to have the scales tip against him on "biggest loser." you look great. you started at 358. i know you lost 20 on the ranch. how much have is you lost overall? >> 75 pounds. >> how did you do it? [ sighs ] >> wow. that's a sigh. >> he's still processing it. >> let's see. boxing, muay thai, kickboxing, hiking. >> is that the secret for you -- mixing it up? >> i'm enjoying doing things i enjoy. >> how has your lifestyle improved? >> i got on a plane and flew out here and i didn't need a seat belt extender. >> that's a great feeling. >> you know about that. >> i do. >> i was happy about that. >> people don't realize the little things over weight people have to deal with. are you continuing to lose weight at home? do you think you have a shot at the $100,000 at-home prize?

>> i think it's mine. >> wow! he reared back and everything. >> i want it. >> you have to have that confidence to tackle the weight, lose 75 pounds. you can't be a shrinking violet. >> right. >> did you like your trainer? is like a strong word? >> yes, yes. >> i love this guy. >> you can always take out a judge or two. >> that will take them out. >> mike messina, congratulations. we're rooting for you. watch tonight at 8:00/7:00 central here on nbc. thank you, mike. up next, how to get your makeup to shine over the dreary winter months. bobbi brown will help us out after this. ax geek. i love taxes. people say to me, "you're so lucky. after tax season, you get to relax." we're not here for a couple of months; we're here year-round. after april 15th, we don't close down.

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up. we have marie with us. >> marie claire. her makeup is flawless and beautiful and natural for her. so just a pop of this atomic orange color. >> i love this lipstick. >> not everyone could wear it. my suggestion -- and these are neon. you will see it everywhere from my cuff to my necklace to all a over the stores. >> makeup? >> clothes. the way to wear neon makeup is to choose pink or orange. we chose orange. pair it with a soft blush. if you had a bright blush it wouldn't work. do a thin line on the eye so it doesn't wash out and don't fight with a lot of color. if you would blot your lip you can apply it out of the tube with a brush. you can blot it for a matte stain. >> pretty. >> it might be more wearable and the lip gloss which is a hint of

color could be worn without the under nooelt color. it adds a little bit of shine. >> ithe secret is to keep everything else neutral. >> and my trick is to take a little bit of the -- what is this called? >> lip gloss. >> looks like mascara. hi. i'm bobbi brown. put a little bit on the cheek for a glow. >> it's like a dewy gloss. i love it. this is beautiful, marie. next up is cassandra for the opposite of the lip obviously. we are applying it on the eye area. what do you have here? >> exactly. we started with a beige lip. not everyone can wear a beige lip. you can. >> how do you know if you can or not? >> if you have a lot of color like a red lip you look too ashy. if you have a light lip it's gorgeous. >> beautiful. a soft blush but make sure it's there. and then color. one.

>> those colors are stunning. i would say, only bobbi brown could apply this. >> no. first of all, the important thing is she's wearing concealer and corrector and liner around the eye. because it's red in tone you cannot skip the eye liner. what you could do is either use your finger and put it on the whole lid. >> wow. >> really you can play a little bit. put it over your brown shadow. >> why your finger? >> you can use a brush or your finger. the difference with your finger is it doesn't flake on the face. if your face is totally done and you have a bold color. >> so you don't get color below the eye. >> then you can take the brush and soften it which is great. >> that's nice. >> you can add more. it depends on your personality. >> uh-huh. >> you can also a use a color like this over your eye liner with a brush. you know how you line your eye with black or charcoal?

you could put it over that. >> would you select a bright color based on what you are wearing or opposite? >> i would never wear a bright color with this shirt because it's so bright. no. because she's wearing all black she can get away with color. >> are you using both colors or just one? >> go for one. that's the trick. make sure your blush is there but soft. >> all right. >> it's almost a hint of color. she looks fresh and modern. a lot of time you see tv commercials with the blues and greens. it's not wearable. that's not the way people should walk on the street. this is the way to get away with it. it's winter. >> winter with a pop. maria, you look fantastic and cassandra, you do as well. love the ideas. up next, the queen of southern cooking, paula deen gives her old-fashioned recipes a

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and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or less. ♪ this morning on today's kitchen, what's for dinner? your favorite foods with a healthy twist. this morning paula deen announceded she has type 2 diabetes inspiring her to remake some of her best recipes. she's also brought along bobby and jamie. >> good morning, sir. >> paula, you talk about your recipes in moderation. >> yes. i always have! >> and your medication and exercise. but i have gotten a lot of

tweets. people want to know have you changed fundamentally how you eat? >> i always ate in moderation, al, but now i'm more aware of it. now that my doctor has made me aware. i may not eat as much bread as i want. i may eat half a sandwich. only use one piece of the bread. no sweet tea for me. >> you cut that out. >> yeah. i made small changes, al. and, y'all, all these small changes that you can make can give you a new light on this problem that we have. >> you're doing this with lasagna? >> yes. i'm making a wonderful lasagna. we have fabulous lasagna at the lady & sons. we have taken some of the fat out. >> you have extra lean ground beef. >> and smaller portions as well. >> smaller portion. i notice you're cutting the beef with veggies. >> a lot of vejggiesveggies.

mushroom, onion and bell pepper. and now i have added a little water for those to steam. >> okay. >> just a little bit more. perfect. >> now we'll add diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, fresh parsley. >> bay leaves. >> a couple of bay leaves. >> low sodium tomato sauce as well. >> low sodium. then we have the italian seasoning and garlic. just because this is going to be good for us, al, we don't want it to miss any of the good flavors we want. >> bobby, you have taken some of your mom's recipes on the show and lightened them up. >> in simple ways like what mom is talking about. i have used neat tricks with vegetables as a nice filler. i used cauliflower in the mac & cheese. came out really good. i would puree my own tomatoes and use fresh. >> now you're lining the pan?

>> lasagna is traditionally rich and heavy. this would normally be full fat. this is no fat ricotta cheese. and adding cottage cheese. to that we had an egg and we cut back by using one egg white. little bit of parm. mix it together for that beautiful whiteness in the center of the lasagna. >> yes. >> you have the noodles. >> these are low gluten, too. every piece of the recipe is a little bit lighter. >> the best thing about lasagna is there is no blueprint. you can go sauce first to get that down. we're using the gluten-free today. the cheese on this end is low fat cheese. we have mozzarella, gruyeur. mom breaks up cream cheese in it. >> so good!

>> a low fat cream cheese. >> yes. >> there are different varieties of these. >> let me tell you what i'm starting to do. >> let's come back this way. you put it in the oven, bake it. it looks like this. >> i have started using a wheat pasta. >> whole wheat. >> you're hearing about gluten-free foods, people with that problem. so you can certainly use that noodle which is gluten-free or a wheat. >> how did you change up the sour cream cake? >> oh, my gosh. this is so good. it has only a cup of sugar. it's got cocoa powder, all the flavors that you crave. it's so wonderful and fudgy. you eat it with fresh fruit or even frozen whipped toppings that don't have sugar and a lot of fat. or, you know, fresh whipping cream and don't use the sugar or use a substitute. >> you boys proud of mom? >> so proud. >> all right.

always good to see you. you're taking steps to be healthy and we love it. >> al, you're a daddy. your children are the most important thing in the world. >> even when they get big. >> best dishes, y'all! >> we have more coming up. first, this is "today" on nbc.

all right. savannah and tamron just going to town. >> yes, we are. >> it's delicious! isn't it? >> only 150 calories. >> have two or three. >> that's what i was thinking. >> kathie lee and hoda coming up. >> after your local news and weather.

9:57 is your time now on this tuesday, january 17, 2012. i'm eun yang. very messy commute this morning. let's check in with dan allege sealock with a look at the roads. >> problems continue. i-95 in the hov lanes traveling northbound at pohick road, left lane blocked. the fire department is on the scene. you are slow on i-95. connecting to 395, you are slow from edsall passing the pentagon

all the way across the 14th street bridge. those delays continue. travel speed very slow at 13 miles per hour. now over to tom with a look at our weather. tom? >> a wet morning. scattered showers in maryland, virginia, west virginia. advancing from west to east. they will be here us off and on into the afternoon. right now temperatures are in the 40s to low 50s just to our south. it will climb into the 50s throughout much of the region, near 60. especially south of washington. later today with the rain ending this afternoon. then sunshine back and turning colder remaining cold into the weekend. >> tom, thank you. coming up on "news4 i just had it with cable. it just got more frustrating and frustrating. a lot of times, the picture would break up. for the amount of money that i am paying, my cable company should take care of me. [ male announcer ] stop paying for second best. move up to verizon fios tv, internet and phone for our best price online -- just $89.99 a month guaranteed for two years. first time we saw tv on fios was amazing!

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captions paid for by nbc-universal television i'm sorry. >> yeah. >> our little creatures popping out at you on blues day tuesday, january 17th. >> a whole new graphic look for the "today" show. very sweet. >> we're so glad you're with us today. >> it's funny, i don't know if you're a john stewart fan, if you've ever seen his program, at the end of his show he does this thing called -- it's like his moment of zen where you're

supposed to take a breath and chill out, but he often uses it for hilarity. apparently, he must have been watching our program. >> mm-hmm. >> he used one moment that you had, a hula hooping moment i'm sure you recall very well, as his moment of zen. >> here it is, your moment of zen. >> all right. she always shows off. this is her hidden talent. that and sucking in one nostril. >> at the same time. get a close-up! >> what else? >> i'm sorry. i can't help it if i'm multitalented. >> you really could have hula hooped forever. if given a hula hoop and a period of time, you could have continued on through. >> i felt bad for bobby. >> never got her segment. >> i could have done it the whole time. >> you could have. >> but here's the thing -- i can't do anything else. when you don't work out, that's

not the kind of thing you put on your resume. hula hooper. it's a good workout. and to be able to do the thing with the nose shows -- but that's all i can do, hoda. the only reason i can is i have enormous hips. you don't have any hoops. >> i can't hula hoop. let's talk about what's annoying you before we get started. paging through magazines as we tend to do. >> i think a lot of jon stewart. >> very smart. anyway, this is -- it's about men and theal tithe title is "31% of men do at work." the answer is brace yourself for what you might think. >> it is what you think. >> they go through and ask questions of men and actually say that the majority of men have actually measured their you know what with a ruler. >> what am i supposed to say?

>> i don't know what you think about it. 77% of men have taken a ruler out and measured it. >> i think it's pathetic and they have too much time on their hands. get over yourselves, men. get over your hot dog. they lie about that too? >> have you ever measured it and they say yes, a lot of men do. if you could pick two qualities for your girlfriend, pick among these, good-looking, smart, caring, and fun, which two would you choose? >> definitely good looking. >> yes, they did. >> i doubt they picked smart for second. >> they picked caring. >> they want somebody to be gorgeous and take care of them. we haven't evolved very far. we just really haven't. all right. >> anyway, big birthday day for a lot of people. >> birthday! >> "the new york times," a big happy birthday to muhammad ali, big 70 years old.

happy to the first lady michelle obama turning 48 today. >> and betty white turns 90 today. >> god bless her. there was a big special here last night on nbc where she was honored. take a look. ♪ golden girl shining with an ever lasting smile ♪ >> the light for my friend's 90th birthday candle shines brightly with a golden glow for a golden girl who in her golden years is outworking us all. >> dear betty, you look so fantast fantastic. that's why i'm writing to ask if you will be willing produce a copy of your long-form birth certificate. >> like many of you, i first heard about betty from the wonderful story told to me by my grandmother. >> betty, i don't know who you are, but you seem very lovely.

i am going to go on dvd and find out. >> that's great, great. >> there's not a person in the world who doesn't adore betty white. >> no. >> if that's your legacy when you eventually go on to that tv station in the sky, never had an enemy. >> everyone loves her. >> i've been in this business half the years she's been on this earth, and i have never met a sweeter person, ever. i work with her under very tough conditions. we were out on a cruise ship and we were shooting long hours, commercials, and carnival probably wishes we'd come back right about and shoot some new commercials for them and in cleveland just recently. >> she keeps working. i wanted an interview with her but the show went very long. >> it was almost 11:00 and she'd been there since morning and she still sat down and stayed for the interview. >> she's got another show they're starting called "off their rockers." >> great idea. >> haden-camera thing involving

grandparents, i guess. it debuted last night. it's like punking people. take a peek at one of these clips. >> would you take a picture of me? you're going to press this button but it's going to be a running shot so i'm going to go around the corner, i want to do a couple deep breath, and i'm going to run around here. when i get here, take my picture? >> okay. ? thank you so much. >> take pi mick chur. take my picture. i'm beautiful! no, no, no, no, no. no. >> i love that. >> more clips? more? >> one more. >> is that the only one? >> oh, my god. >> the clips are hysterical. >> come on. >> all day long. all day long. >> okay. i got this book last week because the author was coming on today and i've not been able to

stop looking at it. these pictures so make you smile. her name is adele. she's here with "win my baby dreams." she's from finland. she had a newborn and was staying at home, and all parents do this. you're just in wonder about this. so she created different themes. and look at her outfits. stuff around the house. so creative. within two weeks of posting these on her blog -- bookworm -- she had almost a million visitors. this is bookworm. look at surfer girl. the baby is sound asleep. we'll show you many more later. just brilliant. >> she's pregnant again with her second baby. >> she is? another little book coming by. >> this is a pet peeve, a dilemma a lot of people have. pretend you park in a place you shouldn't have, not in an illegal spot but inconvenient for people. a woman parked her car in front of another lady's house and the

lady in the house didn't like this other car being parked in front of her home, she has kids, needs to be able to get in and out. she put a note on the woman's car, please don't park in front of my home. >> this lady had just moved in across the street from her. >> what do you do in this case? the person giving advice, amy, says you should not leave notes. you should go to the person and have a conversation about it, say, hey, look, i've got some issues, i'm sorry, you're blocking things, blah, blah. >> bring a casserole if you do that, you know? don't let it be the first order of business. have a nice little conversation on the way out. say, by the way, park it someplace else, baby. i don't know. you know what, we all have issues. we all live on the same planet with neighbors. there are certain things i would ask neighbors to do, but that's part of being a good neighbor. unless something is dangerous, she has the right to park there. i think the best way is to always go and very nicely ask.

>> conversation. >> but the woman is not entitled to the parking spot. >> right. >> you know, the woman who lives there and wants her to move the car. >> people do leave notes and sometimes they do because -- this happens in rehoboth sometimes -- there are few places to park and some people straddle two spots. they get in the middle and you can't park in front of them. >> rude. >> yeah. >> i think they should be ticketed for that. that should be a violation. that's just wrong. >> yeah. >> do i have to do everything? >> apaperly you do. this is the best news ever we're about to reveal to you. >> you know it, so why is it -- >> here's the thing. say you wear a size 10 shoes. and you -- let's pretend that's your size. now let's say you don't like saying ten because it's double digits. you'd rather say 9 1/2. >> even though it's true. >> some shoe manufacturers are doing vanity sizing. even if you're a 10, when you're

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here. we met him two years ago when "hurt locker" received a nomination. >> since then he's made his way from the big screen to broadway and back. he stars in the new thriller called "man on a ledge." >> about a man on a ledge. >> and the scene you're about to see, his character tries to talk his former partner off the ledge. >> come on off the ledge. >> i can't do that. >> don't be crazy. come in here. let me help you. >> i wasn't involved. >> involved in what? >> there's someone talking to i.a. right now. whose name are they going to come up with? >> i'm your friend. take my hand. >> whose name? what the hell you doing? get away from me! >> go, go, go! >> take him! >> i'm your friend! >> what is happening? >> you got the script.

you could have found out. >> it's fun. >> it is. it is. >> it's a very good movie. >> about your partner who feels he's been innocently sent to prison. >> wrongly accused of stealing a diamond. >> for 25 years he gets. >> that's a whole lot of time in jail. >> especially if you're a cop. >> especially if you're scared straight. >> did you want to play the man on the ledge or did you like your character? >> that's above my pay grade. i'm very happy being the dude instead of the man on the ledge. you do it. get up on that ledge. isle be down here supporting you. >> you have a girl in this one, too. >> i have a girl. this is my first movie i'm married. my wife in the movie, her character's name is hoda. >> not funny. >> i'm not going to say nothing. i didn't even choose that. that's great. >> why don't you two stop this silliness? there is such sexual tension. >> 18 years. >> i know.

>> by the way -- >> there's something about it. she likes the caveman approach. >> it's all right. it's okay. i like her from afar. >> this movie, is it all set on this ledge? is this pretty much where we're going to watch the movie? >> it's really an action/suspense thriller. sam is on the ledge and the rest of us are running around trying to get him off the ledge. but shooting the movie in new york it's so funny because in new york ten people get together, it draws a crowd. >> right. >> you have actual people, new yorkers, in the movie, like, hey, jump, buddy. get off the ledge. shoot him off the ledge! i'm, like, dude, you bananas. i'm at services saying somebody's going to shoot this dude off the ledge. like give me some more of those ding dongs, let me see this fool get shoot off the ledge. >> i always wonder how you shoot those things. lloyd's of london psh. >> on the 22nd floor of the roosevelt hotel right on madison. the 22nd floor of the -- watch the movie. >> i did. >> i don't do cgi.

it's real life! >> i know, but you can get a master shot of -- >> no. >> and then go down to the lower floor. >> i'm from new orleans. i go in. i don't want no nets, no strings. tom cruise don't use strings. he run across the building. i don't use no strings. that's real rap. >> you don't talk like that in real life. >> it's my tracy morgan impressi impression. i love tracy morgan. that's great! >> by the way, i love your -- are you depressed about the saints? i'm kind of in a funk. >> you know what, i was sitting there in the stadium and everybody in san francisco was talking trash, and i was, like, you know what, i just want a good game. >> is that really all you wanted? >> and with 1:30 left i looked around and said our defense will fail us again. and everybody was -- >> why would you -- >> because i know them boys. if you put jenkins and porter on somebody, they will fail you. they're too small. we need -- look, so now -- >> you know what, i appreciate his honesty. >> i'm real about it. >> yeah.

>> so now i'm with the giants. brandon jacobs, new orleans, eli manning, new orleans. >> what do you think? san francisco? >> i think the giants will win by ten points because eli has become a man this season. >> yeah, yeah. >> when he said he was an elite quarterback, he meant it. >> do you think it will be the patriots and the giants in the super bowl? >> i can never support tom brady. >> i'm not saying that. >> too pretty, his hair is too nice. >> and he's married to giselle. >> well, you know, she's slim. >> she rocks. >> if he was married to beyonce, there would be some terrorism going on outside his house. so i let that go, you know, so i can't support tom brady. but i'm going with my man ray lewis. >> all right. >> anybody with a name like -- >> in the meantime, where can we see your movie? >> oh, at the movie theater. don't buy no bootlegs. >> it coming out this saturday, this friday night? >> january the 27th called "man on a ledge." it's about a man on a ledge! >> there you go.

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it out myself. the employees of the rockefeller center ice rink are responsible for everything from sharpening skates, running the rental counter, and even patrolling the ice. skate guards have been policing the rink since 1936. and today a new chapter in rink history would be written. what are the main duties of the skate guard? >> you've got to always be aware of the people skating on the ice, help them out if they need help. >> i got you! don't worry! are you okay? what is a good skate guard? >> smile, teach the customer positivity. >> excuse me. you can't sit on the railing. sorry. >> sorry. >> what's the most annoying thing on the ice? >> when they play tag or, you know, they're skating backwards, pretty dangerous. >> that's awful.

>> yeah. >> i feel like a skate guard. whoa. after making a mess on the ice, it was time to help clean up. this is the big bad beast. >> that is the zamboni, yes. >> what do you call it for short, the boni or -- >> for short? szambon zamboni. >> you don't shorten it, is what you're saying. >> i've heard zam. you're going to be my right-hand man on the boni. attention all skaters, the time is now 1:00 and your skating is session is now over. >> over. >> would all skaters please slowly and carefully exit the ice. >> exit the ice. >> and return all skates to the skate rental counter inside. >> now! >> our next session will begin at 1:30. thank you. >> if you're not at the counter, you're already two minutes late.

i'm getting on the zamboni. whooo! i went through all the steps of using the the zamboni. we dropped the conditioner, we set the blades, cut the ice, and let the water create a new layer. can we do an "s"? >> an "s"? >> you have to. >> is that enough? >> whooo! this right here with the snow. >> yep. >> you just got to pull that up, okay? all right. >> dump-a-rooni. whooo! >> now put it back down. >> oh, my gosh, it's like playing with my brother's tonka trucks. my head won't be knocked off? >> no. >> we rocked this rink. >> yes. >> very cool. lot of fun. >> yet another one you

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we are taking the booze day out of toozdae with joy's 10,000-pound weight loss challenge. we've already surpassed our goal of 10,000. but that is not going to stop us. >> joy will tell you how to curb those cravings. but first the total tally of pounds lost so far. >> in two weeks. please do the honors. how many? >> 12,997 pounds. [ bell ] >> we passed 10,000. >> we need to up the ante. >> we have five weeks, don't we? >> a new goal, 25,000 pounds. >> we can do it. >> not we, but you can do it. >> talking about cravings. both kathie lee and i gave you a food we love so much and we want to figure out how to make it

more healthy for us. >> everybody has cravings. the key is when you want to lose weight, figure out your cravings and come up with low-cal alternatives. you crave -- >> eggplant parmesan. >> fried, fattening, more than a thousand calories. >> was that necessary? >> i'm sorry. >> it's a vegetable, it's goods for you. >> but it's so much fat. >> i don't like her tone. what did you bring me? >> i made you roasted eggplant parmesan, i roasted it in the oven and -- >> okay. what did you top it with? >> each one is only 70 calories so you could eat four or five of these. skim milk mozzarella cheese. >> is it okay? >> i love it. >> crushed pepper. so glad. >> that's a good one. >> you crave? >> mine was mashed potatoes loaded with butter and -- >> over the top. i took half potatoes and half steamed cauliflower and skimmed milk with a little whipped

butter. less calories and fat. what do you think? >> oh, my god. try it. >> good? >> try it. >> 100 calories for a full cup. >> i want to throw both these recipes out on facebook and twitter. >> one more bite of that. it's really great. >> i love that. i have to make you dinner. >> chocolate cravings. >> most of our viewers said they crave chocolate. here are guilt-free indulgences. the first from nassau county, dark chocolate mini graham cracker, seven pieces for 150 calories. full disclosure, i'm addicted to these. >> really. >> love them. seven for 150. this is something i concocted on a lazy sunday morning. i was craving chocolate. i took a nonfat plain greek owe gur yogurt, one pack of hot cocoa mix and mixed it up for a high-protein chocolate yogurt. >> i can try that.

get in there. >> you like this. >> hmm. >> pudding for breakfast. 20 grams of protein in a chocolate pudding. sort of unheard of. >> not the too sweet because it's yogurt. okay. >> this is all about the new trend wall street and sa trend sweet and salty. three squares for 140 calories. this is the new go, go slim brownie. this has more hanten grams of protein and only two sugars. nothing artificial in it whatsoever. this one is the mo jo. love these. >> come on back. >> you'll like this. i took chocolate graham crackers and i stuffed them with a light vanilla ice cream or frozen yogurt and frozen cherry, popped them back in the freezer. 140 calories. yummy. greek frozen yogurt pops. it has more -- >> stop it. >> -- protein. only 70 calories each.

you could have two for 140 calories and it gives you protein. >> can't have them. >> do you love cookies? madagascar sugar cookies five for 150 calories and they're whole grain. these are delicious. >> calm down, all right? just a little bit. >> you're going to like the next one. you're going to like the next one! >> i like you. what? >> with the sugar cookies have a cup of these dessert-flavored, zero-calorie guilt-free coffees. so decadent. these are the k cups. this is a type of hummus called tribe. there's nothing artificial in it, and my facebook fans voted it as their favorite. >> you want to try it? >> a quarter cup for a hundred calories and a great vehicle to eat more vegetables. >> and the popcorn. >> we all know that popcorn is high volume, low-calorie, but you can bring it to the next level by using these urban accent toppers. zero calories.

this is a white cheddar. gives you a nice salty flavor. >> love you, joy. >> love these. >> go to today.com to log in. we'll figure out how many pounds you've lost. >> we've gained. next, bobbie thomas is here to keep us in the style loop. [ male announcer ] juice drink too watery?

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we've been talking act tuesday's trend, but we really want to know what we're talking about. >> no idea. so we asked "today's style" editor bobbie thomas to take over the tradition and fill you in on the hottest new must-haves. i guess you can gather from looking at us, polka dots are back for the umpteenth time. >> they don't really go away but they seem to be everywhere right now. celebrities are wearing them left and right, they're on everything from umbrellas to bags to shoes. there's no excuse if you want to

get in on the spot, you definitely can. >> when you celebs, who's wearing that stuff? >> we've seen a lot of people. i think we have some photos up. kirsten dunst is wearing it in a chic, casual way, emma stone is bold and stepped out in this glamorous gown covered in polka dots. >> and another trend, top of the arm. >> open shoulder. we'll have to do another tuesday. s you see mila and the mix of the bigger dots and the smaller dots on the bottom, a great way to mix the pattern. you see olivia wilde. we have pictures of a sexier twist on kate winslet and liv tyler. >> both look great. >> that's stella mccartney. big on the fall one reys but they'll be popular for spring. these are fun party dresses on "christina" and olivia. >> can anyone wear the polka dots or is it hip, trendy? >> anyone. it's iconic, classic, and i have three of the most lovely women

to show you how to do it. >> bobbie, you've overdone the polka dot thing. >> i have not. >> a little too far. >> critics say that. >> no. absolutely not. >> okay. >> i think everybody can wear these with more polka dots. >> ebony is wearing not a little black dress but a little polka dot dress. >> a polka dotted dress. what i want to point out is you don't want to wear as many as i do, this is a great way -- >> probably too many. all a matter of personal taste. >> this is the way to go. we recently had michelle obama and even dolly parton on our show wearing the polka dotted dresses, right? >> sure. >> what i like about ebony's look is you can add a little personal style with a pop of color. her blue shoes are so fun. polka dolts with that classic black and white combo that can take on color really well. >> great. thank you. >> that dress is affordable at express for $80. >> good deal.

danielle is the mother of three and sort of made hers a little modern. look what's happening here. >> yes. i love danielle because she came over and i pull a ton of polka dotted items. she pulled the jacket out and put it on top of the blouse herself. >> wild woman. >> this was danielle's idea and loved it because it shows you can mix two bold prints. that jacket from zara is adorable and the top is banana republ republic. that polka dot print is a little more modern because it's abstract. >> yeah. last but not least, joyce, and she's got a timeless look on. >> joyce is a superstar. i just love her. she's an advanced style woman. there's a blog out there. she's always showing off her personal style. when she came over, she gave me a few tips. these were a pair of polka dotted pants she paired with her own red shoes and black turtleneck. signature pearls. >> don't mess around. >> and we added this jacket that gave her a great line. she did her own hair and added

the hat. >> that other big trend, the braid. >> and this goes to show you that style knows no age. you can wear a trend anytime, and joyce gave me one of the best -- she said people ask me all the time, don't you want to look younger? she said no, i want to look more beautiful and more myself. >> which makes you look younger. come on out, polka dots! >> love you, bobbie. >> every tuesday. so excited. up next, the photographer and the mom behind those darling baby photos. delivering a 200-pound ice sculpture means i don't have any margin for error. one wrong g turn and i could end up unloading a puddle of water. female voice: turn right ahead. so i make sure i have the right guidance to get me exactly where i need to be. it's the same with taxes. turbotax has a unique gps feature that guides me step by step, and if i have any questions, i can even ask a tax expert by phone or chat, for free, which helps me know it's done right and get my maximum refund, guaranteed. man: get free, one-on-one, expert tax advice. go to turbotax.com.

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now, one mother who dares to go where most other mothers would never go, playing with your babies while they're asleep. >> adele henderson started photographing her daughter mila has an infant in creative ones like this one, hanging some laundry out to dry, and this one, turning her into a little bookworm. >> check out this one.

surf's up. >> grly waves. after blogging about her photos they are in a bedtime book called "when my bay di dreams." >> it is the sweetest book since my last one. so nice to see you. this book is enchanting, just adorable. congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> how did you get the idea? >> well, when you have newborns, she was sleeping a lot and i was missing her already when she was sleeping. the only thing i could do was to watch her sleeping or taking pictures of her. then once she fell asleep on the floor on the blanket and i started to put things around her so the picture looked like a little forest. that's how it started. >> that grew into quite a forest. >> yes. >> so wonderful. >> and you're not a professional photographer. >> not at all. just a mother. >> you are now. >> yes, well. >> you came up with some very crete year to dative ideas. tell us about -- is this her now? >> yeah.

> >> uh-huh. how old? >> 19 months. but in that picture she's maybe one year. >> i love that one. >> look at that one. riding the elephant. >> tell us about this one. >> there is my old blue cardi n cardigan. and baby blanket on her head and then a claw. >> she's such a sound sleeper. look at that one. such a slound sleeper, you get her in the outfit first and let her fall asleep on what you've already prepared. >> yes. >> i was going to say you don't wake up a baby and start to change its clothes. >> tell us about this one. there is my pashmina scarf and two baby blankets and then i just cut out a little stars from pink paper. >> oh, my gosh. quit it. >> stop it. >> tell us about this one. >> there is a baby blanket and my husband's black socks.

[ laughter ] >> so incredible. were you creative as a young girl growing up? were you ever in the art world? >> yeah, i've always been creative in a way. i used to study in art school. >> oh, you did, okay. >> art high school. and some fashion design. but i've been in advertising since -- >> okay, so you've got it all going on. >> look at that one. >> it must have cost you very, very little financially. >> yeah. yeah. >> to do this. >> because everything is from our home. >> look at that one. >> super baby! >> we wish you great luck with this new book. >> and your new child. >> will you come and see us next year when you have a new book? >> i'm going to have a new book in next winter. it's going to be a fairy tale. >> well, congratulations. >> thanks, adele. thank you so much. we'll be back with a special performance courtesy of james morris morrison. here's a friendly reminder.

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i was right by your side ♪ >> wow. james morrison, talented guy. >> he sure is. what's going on over there, sara? what's cook sfg. >> you were talking about parking and leaving a note, whether it's be nice. you have to be careful, somebody filled someone's car with snow when it was not parked right.