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young actress in hollywood. they could be yours today, friday, march 16, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcowelcome tp welcome to morning. i'm matt lauer >> good morning. i'm savannah guthrie in for ann. tornadoes haven't hit this part of southeastern michigan this early in the year in more than 60 years. >> it's a busy morning for emergency crews. they are spending the morning searching through debris. so far luckily no deaths or injuries have been reported. we'll get the latest ahead. >> and there is a verdict in the trial we have been watching closely here. a man was found guilty of murder but mentally ill in the shooting death of his co-worker's husband in a day care center by atlanta. he was sentenced to life without parole. during the trial a lot of attention was focused on the

relationship between the shooter and the wife of the man who was killed. was she somehow involved? did she lie on the stand and could she face charges as well? we'll talk to the victim's family. >> here's a statistic that's probably going to sound alarming. on average each passenger jet in operation is hit by lightning once a year coming up, inside a place where they create their own lightning to make sure our planes are safer. >> all right. then how kate middleton is getting into the olympic spirit with just 133 days to go until london's opening ceremony. >> we begin on a friday morning with powerful storms and tornadoes in michigan. mike seidel is in the village of dexter. mike, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. two subdivisions hit hard here an hour west of downtown detroit. at least a hundred homes damaged. this is one of a dozen that are a total loss. up stairs in the closet, clothes still on the hanger. down here we noticed the tie

that's wrapped around the aluminum siding. if this is confirmed as a tornado, and we think it will be, it will be the earliest occurrence of a tornado in this county on record. as the emergency records were sounding. >> i'm in the city limits of dexter and i have a large tornado on the ground. >> reporter: cameras captured a large funnel cloud that touched down. >> through the trees! >> reporter: a s the twister approached people took cover. >> we took the customer and crew into the cooler. >> reporter: from above video captured the destruction in the small village of 4,000 people. homes ripped to shreds. some barely standing. >> our roof is gone, our bedroom. the house is leaking everywhere. >> reporter: the storm system brought pelting hail and after the storms roared through, the reality of the situation sunk in. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: people here already hard at work with the cleanup.

the local laundromat wiped out, the owner trying to salvage what's left. >> trying to get it before the villains do. >> reporter: with the reminders of the storm around them. >> we live near the tracks but there was no train coming. when they say it sounds like a train they are not kidding. >> reporter: there were no reported injuries. >> need a house? >> reporter: with some already looking on the brighter side. >> yeah. i have extra room now. my bike is in the neighbor's bush. i still have my lawnmower. i should be fine. >> reporter: here's another house that was a total loss. notice the debris over the car. an elderly man and two kids ran down to the basement at the last minute. that saved them from injuries and saved their lives. you will also notice the fog. that's one of the reason we have early season twisters. you don't typically see fog or temperatures around 80 degrees in march. in detroit that's 30 degrees above average.

that was one of the ingredients yesterday for severe wet. and for a lot of people east of the rockies it is an uneasable early spring. >> thank you very much, mike. we'll get al's forecast in a little while. it's four minutes after the hour. here's savannah. >> new details emerging about the u.s. soldier accused of killing 16 civilians during a shooting spree in afghanistan. we'll talk to the defense attorney from seattle who is representing the soldier. first, nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in kabul with the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. while no name has been released, new details are starting to emerge about the american soldier accused of war crimes here in afghanistan and possible motivations. for the first time, the lawyer of the accused american staff sergeant is speaking out. >> in general, very mild-mannered. >> reporter: he said his client is a highly decorated veteran,

injured twice, and that after three tours in iraq. >> he and the family were told his tours in the middle east were over and then literally overnight that changed. >> reporter: he denies reports the 38-year-old staff sergeant, a married father of two, had been drinking or had marital problems. >> i don't know where that rumor came from. we find it very offensive. there are problems like there are with all of us as far as finances and things like that, but nothing serious. there is certainly no marital dischord. >> reporter: the impact of the crimes he's accused of committing is still being felt. they trigrd angry protests in afghan cities, an attack on hamid karzai's family, an apology from president obama. >> the killing of innocent civilians is outrageous and unacceptable. >> reporter: and overshadowed a critical trip by defense secretary leon panetta who came to plan an exit from america's longest war. instead, he, too, was

apologizing for a war crime. >> the united states is, indeed, going to not only prosecute this individual but ensure that he's held accountable. >> reporter: the killings led president karzai to call for u.s. troops here to be confined to their major bases. although the u.s. military hasn't agreed to that radical change in the way it operates. soldiers snap in war. they always have. in iraq in 2005 there was haditha. when a group of marines was accused of going into a blind rage during a firefight making no distinction between ene and civilian, killing both. this time there was no battle, just victims. nine children. 11 of the dead from one family. when the accused attacker moved from house to house shooting and stabbing and burning them in their sleep. the american suspect was

transferred from here in afghanistan to a base in kuwait. now we are being told kuwaiti officials are angry he's in the country. he's waiting to be transferred to the united states where he'll likely face a court martial. >> richard, thank you very much. john henry brown who represented ted bundy and the is so-called bear foot bandit will help defend the alleged gunman. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> the accused heard of your work in seattle and asked for you to represent him. up to this point he has not been identified. there are reports that could come today. are you willing to identify him this morning? >> no. i'm not. i have been told by the government, and i believe them, that there is a great deal of security concern. i'm going to go along with that until the government reveals his identity. not only concern for him, but for his family. >> it's my understanding you did

get a chance to speak to the accused in a brief telephone conversation. how would you describe his state of mind? >> in shock. somewhat of a dull affect, i would say. i did tell him not to speak about the details of anything. i believe they will be monitored and i said we would be coming to see him or he would be coming to see us soon. >> does he sound like someone -- just to ask a blunt question -- who is mentally competent. does he understand the reality of what's happened and what he faces? >> well, that's a good question. my take on it was he wasn't sure of all the facts which raises some questions in my mind about his state of mind. that's the best answer i can give you on that. >> has he confessed? there are reports he confessed to the crime. can you confirm that? >> i have spoken with his judge advocate attorney and he told me that's not the case. there's been a lot of things

floating out there that are simply not true. the most offensive to me is the one that there was marital dischord in his family. that's not true. he has a very strong, loving relationship with his wife. there is a lot out there that i think is suspicious to me. >> you may be referring to a new york times report that quoted a senior american official who said, quote, when it all comes out it will be a combination of stress, domestic and alcohol issues. he just snapped. let me ask you about reports that he was drinking prior to the attack which would be a violation of military rules in a combat area. can you confirm he was, in fact, drinking? >> no. that report makes me suspicious. it talks about the marital dischord, too, which is not true. maybe there was alcohol. it's absurd to suggest that somebody is under stress in afghanistan. who wouldn't be?

there is information coming out that i'm not trusting at this point, that's for sure. >> this is his fourth deployment. he was deployed three times in iraq. this is the first time in afghanistan. there are reports he was injured twice in iraq, once in a roll-over of a vehicle after a roadside bomb exploded. in another incident he lost part of his foot. based on his stress and physical record do you think he shouldn't have been deployed in afghanistan to begin with? >> that's a real question. he was told he would not be deployed again and then he was training to be a recruiter for the military and then overnight he was told he was going back. i think that's going to be certainly a central question in this case. >> i know you have spoken to his family at greater length than you have spoken to the suspect himself. do you know if this soldier was tested or screened for post traumatic stress disorder? >> i know there was screening because of a concussive head

injury which can be very serious. i think your network is reported on that many times. but of course the tests aren't very specific. it doesn't show on mri or anything like that. so there was min taimal screeni but nothing very sophisticated. >> i'm not asking you to show your hand here, but do you think it's possible you might be using a ptsd defense in this case? >> i think that there is a likelihood that would be the case, yes. >> this incident has placed an enormous amount of pressure on the u.s. military and the u.s. government. it severely damaged our efforts in afghanistan. even if it's shown he has some form of ptsd, do you feel the american government will go all out and be extremely tough on this guy, even tougher than normal, in an effort to appease the afghan government? >> i think this case is more

political than legal. i'm used to legal things, not political things. so i think there will be an effort to try to paint him as a rogue soldier rather than focus on how we are treating our g.i.s in general and whether we should be over there to begin with. >> you say more political than legal. it will boil down to a case of 16 counts of murder. >> that's correct. >> john henry brown, thank you for your time this morning. >> nice to see you again. >> you, too. by the way, sunday on "meet the press," david gregory will have an exclusive interview with john mccain including a special discussion on after standard of practice -- afghanistan and the toll the war has taken on our servicemen and women. >> tamron hall is at the news desk while natalie is on assignment. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. the democrats are ramping up their re-election campaign with president obama traveling to chicago and atlanta today for

fund-raisers. in ohio thursday, vice president joe biden attacked the republican candidates by name saying they would bankrupt the middle class. meantime rick santorum who is trying to win sunday's puerto rico primary said he was misquoted when a local newspaper reported him saying if puerto rico wants to become a state, everyone should speak english. mitt romney is scheduled to campaign today. mitt reports campaign money troubles and newt gingrich focusing on tuesday's illinois prima primary. women in arizona may have to prove they are using birth control for medical reasons and not for contraception in order to receive reimbursements from their work place health insurance. this according to a bill nearing passage in the state's legislature. the bill allows all employers are not just religious institutions to opt out of providing coverage for birth control. the american civil liberties union is battling the bill saying it would make it easier for women to be fired for using

birth control for con contraception and would force women to reveal sensitive medical information to employers. a small plane crash in western north carolina has killed all five people on board the private plane with attempting to land at an airport there when the plane's wing tip struck the ground, causing it to flip and burst into flames. comedian gallagher is in stable condition after collapsing at a comedy club in texas suffering a heart attack. he's best known for smashing water melons with a sledge hammer. his manager said he's slowly recovering. apple's newest ipad hits stores today and fans are lining up at stores in nine countries worldwide. the third generation of the ipad boasts a faster processor, sharper screen. analysts say more than 1 million could be sold today alone. now to wall street. cnbc's mandy drurry is at the new york stock exchange.

good morning. >> good morning. we saw the s&p 500 stocks crossing 14 for the first time in four years after better than expected numbers on manufacturing and jobless claims. there is a lot of data today to chew on. if you own shares in ibm that's at a record high now. yesterday i was telling you about apple being the one to watch, it crossed 600 dollars a share yesterday for the first time before falling back slightly. it has gained about 10% in the last month alone. in the lead-up to the sale of the new ipad today. you can bet your bottom dollar that new ipad will have to live up to expectations to keep the share gains going. back to you. >> thank you. and if regular sky diving doesn't get your blood pumping anymore, try jumping from the edge of space. fearless felix baumgarten successfully completed a jump from 13 miles up. he's training to jump 23 miles

up, a height that would send his body hurtling through the sound barrier. just for comparison, most planes hit cruising altitude around five and a half miles up. nasa is particularly interested in felix's jumps as finding alternate emergency escapes for astronauts is a priority for years for the space program. it's 7:17. i love his name fearless felix. mine would be terrified tamron. >> do you think he eats lunch first? >> the jump happened on tuesday. he just landed yesterday. tamron, thank you very much. >> super dave osborn did that years ago. >> nothing on fearless felix. >> right. >> what's going on? you're here with the ipad. that's so yesterday. >> i'm so behind the times. in the pacific let's show you in the pacific northwest. getting hammered once again. another storm coming on shore. that will be bringing rain and mountain snows from the pacific northwest into central

california. rainfall from north of los angeles on up into the pacific north west. we are talking about one to four inches of rain. one to two-peat of snow. cascades, siskiyous, we are expecting record highs in the mid plains. look for risk of strong storms, morning texas into oklahoma. wet weather will continue here in the northeast. light standard showers. plenty of sunshine and warmth through the gulf coast into southern practice. that's what's going on around the country, he's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> big change from yesterday. good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. we have low clouds, damp and cool. and those little patches of green, sprinkles of rain north and west of washington now. temperatures are only around 50 degrees. what a dramatic drop from yesterday afternoon's 80s. and later today, we should climb back into the 70s with a little sun breaking out later this morning and during the early part of the afternoon. more rain later this afternoon that's your latest weather.

savannah snm in london, kate middleton is doing her part to promote the summer olympics showing off field hockey skills during a visit to olympic park. good morning to you, keir. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. it was kate middleton dressing down in tangerine jeans that has fashion enthusiasts buzzing. kate middleton says she doesn't get to play sports so much anymore. but it didn't take her long to change into something comfortable, to put a bit of royal sparkle into a hockey game at an olympic venue. >> she was good. she seems natural. >> reporter: the smile said sporty kate is looking forward to the olympics as much as her new brother-in-law. >> yeah, the three of us -- my brother and my sister -- will be as involved as we can be. london's hosting and we'll help as much as we can.

>> reporter: kate's fashion sense is likely to get as much attention as her sporting skills. the focus was on her bright jeans, the latest fashion trend. where she goes, young women follow. >> she's a princess. she's handled it so well. >> reporter: then from sneakers to high heels and a sophisticated dress by a young designer for an outing with the in-laws. >> reporter: what she's wearing sells out in seconds. amazing. she's said to be giving camilla fashion advice and with prince william away, his wife is growing closer to her new family. visiting one of charles's aunt's charities, kate listening attentively. he turning to her for help. >> i have no idea what i'm doing. >> reporter: the two giggling together. there was the same warmth with the queen at a fashion show last week. then the duchess of cambridge wore a dress from l.k. bennett. it's not just her royal family she's winning over. >> very pretty. nice dress. >> she's got the right sort of

manner from what i saw. >> reporter: in your opinion? >> yes, in my opinion. >> reporter: with so many changes of clothes, a quick spot of ironing is often needed. not something prince charles has mastered, but people aren't looking so closely at what he's wearing. william is expected back from military duty sometime next week. kate is reportedly having her portrait painted for his 30th birthday. what to wear for that? that's a fashion question, savannah. >> we're all packing our tangerine jeans. thank you so much. coming up, a georgia man sentenced to life without parole in the murder of his co-worker's husband. we'll find out why they suspect the murdered man's own wife had involvement in the case. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing.

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good morning. it is 7:26. our summerlike weather moved out town. tom sheer with more on our forecast. >> we have fog forming. cloud deck is lowering and we have a dam and cool start this morning. little patch of green there, northern montgomery county into frederick county, maryland. a little bit of light rain there that's terroristing off to the east and we are only around 50 degrees now throughout much of the region. reagan national now at 52. dramatic drop from yesterday's 80s. and later today sun should break out late this morning and perhaps early into the afternoon. then rain back mid afternoon into the evening hours. and drying out for the weekend. joe. >> tom, thanks very much.

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the accident has been cleared in view any. a new accident in rockville. southbound 37 3 55, right lane remains blocked there with an accident. police activity as well. joe, back to you. >> matt, thanks very much. another news upda

how'd you like to be on a plane when that happens? it's a lightning strike and there is a good chance you already have been. coming up, we'll take you to a lab where they are creating lightning in a bottle to make sure planes stay safe in the sky. that's a dramatic image. inside studio 1a at 7:30 on a friday morning, march 16th, i'm matt lauer along savannah guthrie who's filling in for ann. also ahead, a movie that's taking the box office by storm racking in huge advanced ticket sales though the release of the film is still about a week away. >> a lot of people are excited. "the hunger games" based on the best-selling novels said to have

one of the biggest openings of all time. fans are lining up already. what's the buzz all about? we'll get into that. >> and marilyn monroe is one of hollywood's biggest icons. coming up, we'll show you never before seen images of the star taken by a man who had remarkable access during some of her most famous movies. they're cool pictures. >> we begin with a guilty verdict for the man accused of shooting his co-worker's husband outside a day care center in georgia. in a moment the victim's family will speak out in an exclusive live interview. first, nbc's dennis murphy has the latest. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, savann savannah. the defense was not guilty by reason of i san is insanity. the jury didn't buy it. they found he wasn't taking instructions from a jury. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt but mentally ill. >> reporter: after a day and a

half of deliberations, jurors found newman guilty but ent mentally ill of murder in 2010. snyderman, a married father of two had just dropped off his son when newman shot him at least four times at close range. newman admitted to the killing but defense attorneys argued the 48-year-old engineer was insane, driven to murder by images of angels and demons resembling olivia newton-john and barry white. prosecutors dismissed the argument. >> that, ladies and gentlemen, is not insanity. we call that good old-fashioned cold blooded malice murder. >> reporter: a murder prosecutors argued was triggered by an affair they say newmap was having with rusty snyderman's wife andrea. in court it was as though she was on trial, too. >> did you wake up together in denver in tahoe?

>> no. >> reporter: andy i canshe deni affair and said newman became obsessed with her, stalked her and her family and finally gunned down her husband. >> what boss kills someone else's husband? i don't care. affair or no affair. there was no affair. >> reporter: she was barred from the courtroom for being disruptive and hugging a witness who testified about the alleged affair. andrea would not be there to hear newman speak about rusty during the hearing. >> he was a good man with so much ahead of him. i'm so, so, so sorry for their loss. >> reporter: he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. but after the trial his defense team blamed andrea in the court of public opinion. >> i believe the evidence in this case indicates quite clearly that she knew how she

wanted her husband murdered and that she manipulated him to have that done. >> reporter: rusty's brother steven echoed the defense attorneys. >> it's clear to me that andrea is covered in rusty's blood. there are not enough rabbis in the world to wash away those stains. >> reporter: andrea has never been charged and denies wrongdoing. her attorney issued a statement. andrea is grateful for and e relieved by the jury's guilty verdict and sentence. nothing can bring back her husband. it is reassuring to her that after all the noise and distractions surrounding this case, some measure of justice has been done for rusty. but in an interview thursday night, prosecutors told nbc news stay tuned. are you going to seek an arrest warrant for andrea snyderman? >> i can't answer that now. we'll look at the facts and evidence and look at what justice requires and the evidence requires. >> reporter: though the jury

didn't find newman insane in the legal sense he will be evaluated for mental illness inside the prison system. savannah? >> thank you so much. rusty's family is with us. his brother steve, sister-in-law lisa and his parents don and marilyn. good morning. >> good morning. >> first, let us offer our condolences. i know you have strong feelings about rusty's wife andrea. let me get your reaction to the verdict. after everything you have been through, what was it like to hear that guilty verdict in the courtroom. did it provide a measure of comfort? >> no. it won't bring rusty back. nothing will do that. that's all we care about is trying somehow to keep him alive in our hearts. >> i know the defendant apologized in court, that he was sorry for what happened to rusty. do you buy it? >> no, not really.

i have heard that line. i'm so, so sorry from many, many people in this case. it just bothers the heck out of me. >> marilyn, the jurors rejected the defense of not guilty by reason of insanity but they found he is mentally ill. do you think he's suffering from some kind of mental problem? >> no. >> so you think it's just an excuse? >> i think it's an excuse and nothing will bring rusty back. that's what we wanted most. >> steve, let's talk about rusty's wife andrea. we heard you have harsh ward words saying she has blood on her hands. she's denied wrongdoing, denied having an affair with newman. what do you suspect about her involvement? >> well, we just -- we know she's lied. we watched her lie on the stand.

she lied about the nature of her relationship with the killer. she clearly had an inappropriate relationship with him. we know she lied about critical information that could have led law enforcement to arrest him much faster than they did. we know she lied about when she knew rusty had been shot. those raise giant red flags and raise a lot of questions for all of us as to what needs to be -- you know, what happens here. it doesn't make a lot of sense. her story doesn't fit together. so we are grateful that the district attorney's office is hearing the same things we are hearing in this testimony and that the investigations are going to continue. and that it answers these questions. >> they said stay tuned, hinting that charges may be brought against her. have they said anything to you privately in that regard?

>> we trust robert james and don gary to follow the evidence where it leads. we are behind them 110% in whatever they do. >> lisa, you told the local newspaper that you had a conversation with andrea in which she mentioned suicide. what did she say? >> the last time i spoke with her, we were speaking right after newman was arrested. she indicated to me that she felt that she was suicidal when she thought of how much worse this could get for her. i immediately was alarmed. i said, what do you mean by that? she said, what do you think i mean by that? and i knew immediately that she was in trouble. >> at the heart of this is the loss of a person everyone described as a good man, your son. what would you want people to

know about rusty? >> that he was the light of our life. he was loved by everyone with his big smile and he was interested in helping everybody. he was too good a man to die like that. >> final question in your mind, has justice been done here? >> well, i think that justice was done yesterday in the fact that, you know, the killer will never walk free again. that was our number one objective when we came to atlanta for this trial was to make sure he could never walk amongst us again. so we do feel there was small sense of justice, some small sense of comfort that he was given life without the possibility of parole so we'll never have to deal with him again. as for the rest of this, we'll just press forward. >> steve, lisa, don and marilyn snyderman, good to have you with us this morning. thank you.

>> thank you. >> you can see more about the case tonight on "dateline" at 10:00/9:00 central on nbc. now a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: today's weather is brought to you by jc penney. march is madness without penney. >> we have a big pre-st. patrick's day crowd out here. what's your name? >> victoria. >> sweet 16? >> close. >> happy birthday. let's check it out for you. we're we are looking at temperatures way above normal. look at this. 38 above in bismarck. st. paul, 33. amarillo, texas, 22 degrees with a high today of 77. 77 in denver. as you look, we have more heavy rain in and mountain snow. northern california into the pacific northwest.

showers in the northeast. slight risk of strong storms, same for texas into oklahoma. plenty of sunshine along the southeastern atlantic coast. record highs in the plains to the upper mississippi rivers valley. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. big change overnight. temperatures dropped 30 degrees from yesterday afternoon. and we are seeing a patch of green there as a pew sprinkles in northern montgomery and southern frederick county. far western maryland, northern west virginia as well. otherwise got low clouds behind and fog this morning. temperatures are chilly. we are just near 50 degrees. quite a dramatic drop from yesterday. highs, though, coming back into the low to mid 70s around the metro area. sun back midday. more rain la want to check your weather for st. patrick's day? go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. savannah? >> still ahead, millions went wide for mossoni at target. now diane von furstenberg is creating a new line for gap kids and she will be here to show it off. up next, a striking experiment.

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airplanes grasped by those violent armed. but at an unusual lab tucked away in wales, full of dire warnings and giant capacitors, they make their own lightning. yes, take something that doesn't conduct like ceramic big ben and -- >> fire in the hole. [ explosion ] >> reporter: wow. there must be a million pieces. the job isn't to have fun blowing things up. >> oh! >> reporter: the point is that the aircraft skins he tests here don't. just basically scorches the surface a tiny bit? >> yeah. look at the other side. it's not even a dent. >> reporter: he tortures airplane skins. and the best news we have heard

all day, nothing bad happened. the electricity is diffused and doesn't get in. same concept when you zap a round metal clock. some sparks, but -- >> i'm afraid to touch anything in here. >> reporter: just like your airplane lightning is dispersed around the skin with the inside untouched. it happened on this man's flight. >> there was a quick, instant drop. the plane nose-dived for six or seven seconds. >> reporter: but everything was fine which is why phil is so passionate -- do they ever call you zeus? [ thunder ] >> reporter: if you were in 4th grade and one day somebody told you that you would be making the lightning -- >> i would have been blown away. >> reporter: seeing the results of the tests was extremely comforting. the lightning they make is ten times more powerful than the

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this theater in downtown l.a. has 14 screens showing every single one of them, this movie, at once. even by this city's standards, the premiere of "the hunger games" at l.a.'s nokia theater was a big deal. >> one of the biggest movies of the year, maybe the decade. >> i love "the hunger games"! >> reporter: crowds camped out for days. some fans traveled hundreds of miles. >> i might cry. i really might cry. i'm really excited. >> traveling out here from wisconsin was the best decision i ever made. >> reporter: teenagers and more than a fair share of adults are crazy about these books. [ screaming ] >> reporter: the trilogy written by author suzanne collins. the first novel spent more than # 100 consecutive weeks on the new york times best seller list. >> the fact that the books were so popular. that now shifts to the movies. and the thing is it's a really good movie.

>> reporter: fandango said it's already broken advanced ticket sales records set by the twilight saga "eclipse." no blood thirsty vampires in this one. just murderous humans. it's a futuristic dystopia. >> i volunteer! i volunteer as tribute. >> reporter: and a strong, smart 16-year-old girl named katniss everdeen who must fight for her life in a sadistic version of reality tv. >> welcome. happy hunger games. >> reporter: there are well known actors like donald sutherland and stanley tucci, but the young cast has fans really excited. including the star herself, jennifer lawrence. >> she's a futuristic joan of arc. it's amazing. >> reporter: she and her costars toured malls around the country,

stirring up the crowd. >> amazing! i can't believe it's here. >> reporter: although it really didn't seem necessary. keep in mind this is just the first of three movies. they are already screaming. another mega million movie franchise is born. it's projected to gross as much as $150 million in its first weekend. because it's march there won't be much competition out there. savannah? >> stephanie, thanks. just ahead, never before seen images of marilyn monroe. >> after your local news. can orencia help? [ woman ] i wanted to get up when i was ready, not my joints. [ female announcer ] could your "i want" become "i can"? talk to your doctor. orencia reduces many ra symptoms like pain, morning stiffness and progression of joint damage. it's helped new ra patients and those not helped enough by other treatments. do not take orencia with another biologic medicine for ra due to an increased risk of serious infection.

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good morning. i'm joe krebs. a chance of rain today. let's get the forecast from meteorologist tom kierein. >> right now we have in low clouds and some fog. there is a live view from our city camera. you can just make out the jefferson memorial. the advice built down to about a mile or so. not really thick fog. we have low clouds and cool, damp morning. getting a pew sprinkles and patch of green far northern montgomery county and into howard and southern carroll county, maryland. temperatures are near 50 degrees. a cool and damp start to the friday. later today we may get sun breaking out. middle of the day. and then more rain possible this afternoon and this evening and thunder and lightning. try for the weekend. >> john, thanks very much. we will w

p street, 1st northwest involving a pedestrian. heavy traffic the west side inner loop. there is a live shoot at little river turnpike. that inner loop stretch from the 267 to the toll road. 24 minutes. back to you. >> thanks. another news update in

we're back now. 8:00 on a friday morning. the 16th day of march, 2012. you know what? we've got some nasty weather in the northeast. like we also have a massive friday rolling spring break crowd on our plaza. this is one of the biggest crowds we have had in months. >> yeah. >> we thank these people for coming out. i'm matt lauer here with savannah guthrie, here while ann takes some time off. and mr. roker as well. coming up, a new trend in fashion. >> we have heard of designers

making affordable lines. now diane von furstenberg has come up with a design for kids. look at them. the cuteness factor is on overload. that's up mention. >> also, marilyn monroe, a hollywood icon. perhaps even hotter than ever. we just had the movie "my week with marilyn," nbc has the tv show "smash." we have never before seen images of marilyn monroe from some of her early movies taken by a guy who had incredible access. we'll tell you how those photos could be yours. >> a little bit later on, no secret. cost of colleges just keep rising like crazy. how do you afford it? we'll show you how to make college more affordable as your kids head off to school. >> a lot to get to. natalie is off. tamron hall is at the news desk with the headlines. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. more than a hundred homes were damaged, many of them severely

when at least three suspected tornadoes touched down in southeast michigan near ann arbor. the storm pelted the area with large hail. however, officials say there does not appear to be any serious injuries to report at this time. is the attorney for an american soldier accused of killing 16 civilians in afghanistan denies reports that his 38-year-old father of two client had marital problems or a drinking problem. earlier today john henry brown said there is a likelihood post traumatic stress will play a role in defending the sergeant. u.s. military officials say a violent incident in afghanistan wednesday just before a visit by defense secretary dei don't know panetta was more serious than disclosed. a top u.s. commander was among the marines an afghan man tried to run down with a stolen suv as they awaited panetta's arrival. democrats are ramping up for a re-election campaign with

president obama traveling to chicago and atlanta today. in ohio thursday, vice president joe biden attacked the republican candidates by name saying they would bankrupt the middle class. rick santorum is trying to win sunday's puerto rican primary said he was misquoted when a newspaper quoting him as saying if puerto rico wants to become a state everyone should speak english. mitt romney is reporting campaign money troubles and newt gingrich is focused on tuesday's illinois primary and promises to define his conservative vision for america. now our quick round-up of what has you talking online. amanda knox's boyfriend's book about the 2007 murder case that made them famous will come out this fall. knox's memoir isn't due until next year. we have a follow up on the trending item about the arrest warrant for russell brand. he surrendered to police

thursday in new orleans. he was charged with grabbing a photographer's iphone, hurling it through a window. he was released after posting $5,000 bail. and an intriguing fruit fly study on twitter. males rejected for mating chose a drink spiked with alcohol more often than their peers who were sexually satisfied. other studies have shown similar drown your sorrows behavior in lonely or frustrated monkeys and mice. it is now 8:04. i hope never to read a story like that again. al? >> that's what you women drive us to. if you're a fruit fly, a man or a mouse. >> oh, goodness. >> wow. your mom turns 80, grandma, grandma, mom. you must be grandma/mom.

>> yes. >> happy birthday, you look terrific. >> thank you. >> where did you find shirts like that? shirts like this? rogers, arkansas, knwa, northwest arkansas, 78 degrees, thunderstorms. more rain coming into the pacific northwest. what a mess. heavy thunderstorms and moving through mississippi, i should say kentucky, on into alabama. and mississippi and georgia later today. showers here in the northeast. messy conditions. looking at record highs in the plains and into the mississippi river valley. risk of strong storms stretching from central texas into central oklahoma. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> what a change from yesterday. good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. low clouds, damp and cool. it is just in the low 50s around the metro area. now patches of green getting light rain in the western maryland and howard county. and some of the light rain may

move our way towards the metro area later this afternoon. right now under the clouds, though, just in the low 50s. much of the region. we may get thinning of the overcast. temperatures climbing into the low and mid 70s early afternoon and more rain late afterand that's your latest weather. savannah? >> thanks, al. we have a 16th birthday today. [ cheers ] >> coming up, how you could own these never before seen immanuaimmanuaages of marilyn monroe. coming up, these messages. i love that my daughter's part fish.

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movies. give me some examples. >> from her first tryout at 20th century fox to 1962 when she passed away and all the movies in between. he was involved with her on set and off. he's had amazing privileged access. >> she would ask him to take photos of her to calm her nerves when she got the jitters. >> reporter: the camera loved marilyn monroe, but marlshe lov the camera. when the camera was rolling she became marilyn monroe. she became distracted from her own issues and just played the role. she loved the camera. >> you have been able to look over the photos. what are some of your favorites. >> the beautiful one taken in 1953 on the set of "niagara." she's wearing a red shirt and looks so sigh brant, natural and real. it's a great photograph. another one i really like is one where it's taken on the set of "river of no return," 1953.

she's wearing a white sweater. again, it speaks to a very natural fun-loving, with a beautiful background. she looks amazing. >> one thing i find unusual is we have had auctions with photographs. you are not only selling prints to the highest bidder, you are also in some cases selling the rights to the photograph. why is that so important? >> that's important because the photographs have never been copy righted. they were taken by snyder, never to be published, but the family decided it's 50 years since she passed away. people should have access to these. >> if you buy the print and reproduce the photo you get all proceeds from the reproduction of the photo? >> you have the right to do whatever you want to do with it. you can copy right it, or do whatever. >> at one point in her life marilyn monroe asked snyder to do her a favor. you can do it more justice than i can. go ahead. >> for 16 years they worked together. they were best friends. they had little family, so they

traveled together. marilyn asked if she was to pass away before him if he would do her makeup. >> on the body. >> he said, sure. drop off the body while it's still warm and i will do it. marilyn loved that. soon after she gave him a gift of a beautiful tiffany money clip. this is in the sale as well. it says dear whitey, while i'm still warm, marilyn. >> that's gross, martin. [ laughter ] >> i'm glad you told the story and not me. >> sadly, soon after she did pass away, he did make her up and he was a pal bearer. we have photographs of him at the funeral. >> briefly, in terms of comparing to other hollywood icons, how do objects dealing with marilyn monroe tend to fare value wise? >> they increase year over year. it's unbelievable. with new movies and musicals

about marilyn, kids 8 to 10 know who marilyn monroe is. she's still relevant today. she's a global icon. >> we'll put information on the website. up next, famed designer diane von furstenberg reveals her colorful new line for gap kids. right after this.

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on small pet essentials from your favorite brands. at petsmart. happiness in store.™ back now at 8:18 with the growing trend of high end fashion lines and retail chains teaming up to offer designer looks at reasonable prices. in a moment, diane von furstenberg will give us a peek at her new line for gap kids. but first, how this phenomenon got started. the catwalk used to be the only place to catch a glimpse of designer fashions. but not anymore. >> it's not enough for a designer to just be out there on the red carpet and the runway. yes, it's important to build cache but at the end of the day you can't have a handful of people buying your designs. >> reporter: last year consumers went crazy for the limited edition missoni for target. many stores sold out in minutes. >> it was crazy. women were acting like it was

black friday. >> reporter: high demand online caused target's website to crash. designer jason wu's line was next. we featured the launch of the collection on "today." >> american women are telling us they want beautiful clothes. >> what i love most about the designer collections is the affordability and that they are bringing fashion that wouldn't typically be for the wealthier for the masses. >> reporter: h & m collaborated with marni. >> we have been here since 3:30. >> i came yesterday at 8:00 a.m. >> reporter: h & m has done it before with high end labels like jimmy chu and roberto cavali. >> we have been working since 2004 to offer high fashion at affordable prices. >> reporter: now diane von furstenberg is teaming up with gap, creating her signature wrap dresses and prints for little girls proving you are never too young to wear designer looks for

less. diane von furstenberg joins us now. good morning. >> good morning. >> it's nice to meet you. >> it's lovely to be here with all these wonderful little girls. >> adorable. so many designers are working with retail chains and bringing designs to the masses. what's the appeal? >> well, it's a fun challenge. you know, you want to do something fun and optimistic, something with easy shapes so little girls can move and you want to do something that both mothers and children would love. i think we have done it. i think it's very f and happy and optimistic and practical. >> we'll have a runway show. we have a d.j. live. this is 8-year-old d.j. >> he's amazing. >> the first look is your iconic wrap dress. girls come on out. how have you translated this? >> this is the little one and that's norma.

the green and white one in jersey is actually a wrap romper. so it's shorts. it looks like a dress, but it's shorts. so the girls have a lot of movement. you can run and do all the things you want to do. so is the orange and blue and white. the white one and the pink and white, that's woven. that's a real wrap dress. >> you have to have different considerations for little ones. they have to be able to move. >> that's my consideration when i design anyway. i always make sure you can move. >> let's bring out our next look which is the jumper dress. thanks, girls. this is great for the great weather we have been having. tell us about this look. >> okay. so this is a beautiful little woven dress with eyelet in the middle. it's fun in cotton. she's wearing little sunglasses. >> the girls are ready to model. >> the middle one is one of my favorites. i love it. it's a combination of knit and

woven. then of course the little eyelet white ones. >> look at the shoes. >> the shoes are adorable. >> close up on the shoes. >> they are so cute. >> thank you, girls. we want to move beyond the dresses. you have a lot of active wear, too. >> we have a little blazer. show the little blazer. look how pretty it is. show your lining. open your jacket. >> oh, very cute. >> give me a close up on your lining. >> it has the cute shoes and the little hat. >> and the little bag. and of course the green jump suit that you could wear without anything or with a t-shirt under. that was inspired very much by something we did for grown-ups. >> you have little grandchildren. did they inspire you? >> yeah. my grandchildren are almost too big at this point. listen, it's all about optimism

and practical and pretty. >> thank you, girls. our last look is graphic tees and patterned leggings. you're known for pattern. >> and i love leggings. children love leggings. there is nothing more comfortable than the legging. everything, all the patterns are color, black and white. so you can really mix and match. you know, take whatever comes out of the washing machine. it will all work together. >> shall we bring back all the girls one last time? we have to take a look. you look so cute. >> okay. >> diane, this is a limited time only collection. >> yes. >> how long can people get it? is. >> i don't know. it's selling out very quickly. if you are interested, you better rush. it's only in selected and it's super popular. >> these girls are super cute. thanks, ladies. >> bye! >> thank you, d.j. good job.

we'll head down to florida to say hello to mr. willard scott. >> we're still at shell point retirement community. that's my room over there in about 22 years. happy birthday from smucker's. take a look at the birthday buddies today. right here from beautiful sunny ft. myers, florida. this is earl hammond from highland park, michigan. he loves his retirement. that's good to hear. a lot of people do. he likes to spend time with his family. i don't know if i'm working or retired. anyway, we have -- because i'm having fun. howard and marie huntley. they say good night. peoria, arizona. 80 years they have been married and they are still very much in love. marie rouillard of sanford, maine.

they eat their blueberry muffins and live together. always in a good mood. your attitude is everything. rose rubin. west palm beach, florida. enjoys following the news and being with her grandchildren. she is 103. how about that? ruth williams, saco, maine. 100 years old today. believes very much in helping those in need. isn't that a great attitude? she loves to play cards. good for the mind. finally, we have ralph shaw, jr., from beautiful downtown juno beach, florida. 100 years old today. the secret to longevity is the love of his family. you can't beat that either. so from beautiful shell point retirement community in ft. myers, florida, we say good-bye. now back to new york. >> willard, thanks. just ahead, wolves invade studio 1a after your local news.

good morning. it is 8:26 now on this friday, march 16. i'm aaron gilchrist. let's get to storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at our forecast. >> we have low clouds. little bit of light fog around -- temperatures around 50 degrees. what a dramatic drop from yesterday. and hopes are dimming now for seeing any sun later today. going to be cloudy and we have have temperatures recovering. we should make it into the low to mid 70s across much of virginia. much of maryland have highs in the 60s. there is a chance for more rain later this afternoon and this evening. maybe with thunder and lightning. then sun back over the weekend. saturday and sunday. highs 07, mid 70 sunday into the upper 60s. first part of next week, still quite a bit of cloudiness around

and we start off monday and maybe some rain tuesday and wednesday. >> thank you, tom. a lack at the roads

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8:30 now on a friday morning. 16th day of march 2012. we're going to say cloudy, but it's worse than that. it's misty, rainy, dreary and chilly. after the weather we have been having, we have absolutely no complaints as we come out to the plaza and join a huge crowd. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie, here while ann

is taking a couple days off. mr. roker is here and we are joined by tamron hall. a lot of people in town for the parade tomorrow. if you want to help celebrate st. patrick's day, we have cooking to do in this half hour. we'll make a great st. patrick's day meal including that right there, a marinated filet mignon. >> the three of us have some green on. where's yours? >> there. >> just checking. >> oh, ye of little faith. >> we all know college tuition goes up every year. what if you want to cut costs in these tight times? we have five ways to cut costs coming up. >> and it's spritzing so why not get to spring break? >> we are going face to face with some north american gray

wolves. wow. >> amazing. >> they are beautiful animals. kind of scary. >> he's looking at us now. >> before that, i want to bring in an oscar winner. great actor. adrien brody is here. nice to see you. [ cheers and applause ] >> another wolf. >> exactly. a wolf in nice clothing. you play a substitute teacher sent into a school that's a d p dumping ground for the worst of the worst kids. is this pure entertainment or social commentary as well? >> i don't want you to see anything i do as pure entertainment. i try to find things with social relevance and impact on me and that hopefully i can share with the audience. that's a beautiful relationship with making movies. really, it's about how isolated so many people feel and young people and how important it is that we provide guidance for them.

as parents, friends and mentors and obviously as educators. >> when you read the script your dad gave you the stamp of approval. you knew it was worthwhile. >> my father was a public school teacher in new york. i went to public school here my whole life. you know, it's a very generous, under appreciated profession. it takes a huge amount of patience and kindness. >> you have a great relationship in this film with a young actress sami gail. it's a father-daughter relationship that develops. >> a father-daughter relationship for a girl who doesn't have a father and a guy who was raised without a father. they find similar sadness that they bond with. he kind of overcomes his own sense of isolation by helping her and, you know, she has a

very troubled life. she's an amazing young actress. >> we love you for your art and your mind. i have to ask about your style. i'm superficial here. >> okay. >> this jacket you have on now, do you style yourself? look at you there. >> i style myself. i showed up with that mustache and they liked it. >> they didn't cut it? >> no. i had a beard and i trimmed it down. that was new for me. they nicknamed it the anchor. >> now people know you for the gillette commercial more than the oscar performance? >> no, no, no. >> back off, sister. >> i just thought it was an academy award winning performance. >> it's a hot ad but not that hot. >> i was in a pizzeria and a guy said, i loved you in this commercial. >> good to see you. >> thanks. >> mr. roker? >> all right. we'll show you thewill show you

ahead. starting with today. wet weather in the northeast. heavy rain in the pacific northwest. lot of wind. record highs in the plains. for tomorrow, st. patrick's day, shamrocks coming out of the southeast. we have wet weather making its way up and down the west coast. and including the l.a. marathon tomorrow. record highs across the plains. which will continue sunday, sunday, with the risk of strong storms and texas all the way on up into dakotas. more wet weather and snow out in the rockies. we are look at shine in the northeast. showers along the southeastern atlantic state. beautiful weather on sunday for the new york city half marathon. 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. what a dramatic drop from yesterday when we were in the 80s. now it is all the way down to around 50 degrees. we have been holding steady over the last several hours. 52 at reagan national. cloudy, damp, and it is going to stay cloudy the rest of the day. we will maybe make it into the 07s in virginia. much of maryland, only in the 60s later this afternoon. could get rain late afternoon

and into the evening hours. and maybe a little thunder and lightning. and then some sun back for saturday and sunday. that's your latest weather. >> mr. roker, thank you very much. patrick kennedy's nonprofit organization one mind for research is dedicated to finding cures for diseases and disorders of the brain. he's with us this morning along with the group's new ceo, peter carelli. good morning to you both. >> good morning. >> what was it about this area of scientific research, the medical disorders of the brain, mental and neurological disorders you decided needed your attention? >> well, there is everything from autism speaks to alzheimer's foundation from parkinson's and michael j. fox to addiction and depression. but we are all focused on the same organ of the body. we have more in common than divides us. the idea is why not work together to share each other's research along diseases because all the diseases affect the same

organ. if we understand the organ together we'll all advance our collective and individual interests in the brain. >> i know you were a tireless advocate for service members with traumatic brain injuries, ptsd returning from war. do you think the military has done better in terms of handling illnesses without the stigma associated? >> stigma is still with us. we are doing what we can to eliminate stigma, but it remains. we like diagnostic tools that allow us when we screen soldiers to ensure we know whether or not they have post traumatic stress or traumatic brain injury. we just don't have reliable diagnostic tools today. >> given the news we have been seeing this week, this becomes even more important, did you want it? >> it does. we really need to advance the science. not for science's sake, but in order to find cures and help us diagnose folks when they have post traumatic stress and brain injury.

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back now at 8:40. this morning on today's money, paying for your kid's college education. the average cost of a public college is now $22,000 a year and $43,000 at a private institution. many parents wonder how to pay for it all. we have secrets to paying for college. good morning. we have need secrets. it turns out sometimes you get the tuition bill and there are additional hidden costs. >> there are so many things parents don't know about.

people are ready for sticker shock. there are so many things hidden in the fine print. but there is a lot you can do if you know what's there. >> for example, if you take a harder class you can be charged an extra fee? >> right. it pays to be a slacker. >> i'm glad i took basket weaving in college. the first thing you say, tame the tuition. a couple of things to point out. tuition costs are rising annually and students often don't finish in the four-year allotted time. >> two-thirds of freshmen do not finish in four years. not everybody knows what they want to do when they are first in college. sit down with your adviser and plan out what your requirements are for each semester. if you are unsure take classes that could support several majors. there are a number of programs that offer three-year graduate degrees, so if you have a really disciplined student, disciplined mindset, take extra classes and

in the summer you can graduate in three years. >> there are payment plans to pay at today's prices? >> you have to have a lot of money up front but if you pay all four years up front you save a lot. tuition prices are going up quite a bit. >> there are tax breaks with college but it gets complicated. >> most people saved money for college in the 529 plan. you want to use it but first pay money out of your own pocket. if you pay the first $4,000 out of tuition out of savings, you can qualify for the american opportunity tax credit which will give you $2500 off your 2012 taxes. >> a credit not a deduction, so a good one. housing can get expensive. how do you suggest cutting costs? >> college defaults you to the best dorms available which is nice, but you can save money. instead of having a dorm in the center of campus if you live further away you pay less. instead of a double room with a private bathroom, maybe a shared

bathroom or you could get a room with a three or four roommates and save a lot. >> the meal plans add up, too. >> they are extremely costly. there is the co-op housing program that dozens of colleges offer. that allows you to work 15 to 20 hours maybe in the kitchen, maybe doing maintenance for the school and you get -- you pay maybe $5,000 versus $14,000 and the meal plan is paid for as well. >> next, finesse financial aid. if you're lucky enough to get a scholarship parents think that's the final offer and you can't negotiate. you say not always. >> you want to make sure you know you can negotiate with your financial aid package. not everybody knows what makes up the financial aid package. it's not the end all and be all. if you had a change in financial circumstances. if you lost your job, had a big medical bill, you can appeal and save money. >> if you're going to brave borrowing, are there particular loans that are better than

others? >> yes. go with the federal student loans. those are subsidized by the government. they have much more flexible options for repayment. anybody can get them. no matter how much income you make. >> we have a few quick lightning round tips to save here and there. using used textbooks is one way to save. >> there are so many hidden costs to paying for college. because there are so many we launched a site called the college center which helps you figure out the true cost to pay for college. one of the biggest hidden costs is health insurance. most schools default you to the school health insurance. that can cost thousands. if you have health insurance, keep your child on and save a lot. >> all right. lots to study for parents and students. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> find more tips in the april issue of "money" on news stands friday. coming up, a taste of ireland. we are cooking up a st. patrick's day feast. first, this is "today" on nbc. look! here she comes!

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we are back at 8:46. this morning on today's kitchen, a feast for st. patrick's day. millions of spectators will line the streets of new york city tomorrow for the nation's largest parade. but you don't have to be here to enjoy a taste of ireland. irish chef catherine folio has nice ideas. welcome back. >> nice to see you again. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> many happy returns. >> if you were home tomorrow for st. patrick's day how would you celebrate? >> it's a national holiday. everything closes. shops, schools, banks, everything and all the villages will have a parade. >> nice. we'll make a great dish for st. patrick's day. this is marinated filet mignon with a whiskey glaze. some of the guys want to know if you can make it without the filet mignon.

is that possible? >> oh, yeah. everything's possible. >> you rubbed garlic on the meat. >> a little bit of salt and pepper. that goes straight into the pan. >> do you have olive oil in there? >> in ireland we use rapeseed oil which is your canola oil. >> hot iron skill let. >> all the ingredients are very irish. white house can i, cream, filet. very irish. >> you will cook a few minutes on each side, flip them over. >> these have been cooked off. lovely color on those. we leave them to rest. >> this is so simple. a few ingeed yents and you you use the same pan for the glaze. >> put a little bit of garlic in there. >> perfect. >> that's going to give a little flavor to the oil. we'll pick up all the juices from cooking the beef. next is the whiskey. >> what kind?

>> irish whiskey. >> any particular brand you like? >> jamesons. this is just a little bit of chicken stock. and we have cream. normally you let the whiskey cook longer. we leave that to reduce. >> all right. >> back here. >> we're going to make risotto but instead of rice you're using steel cut oats. >> i use it a lot in my cooking school at home. it's gorgeous and gives a lovely bite to the risotto. >> same taste when you're done? >> more bite. more texture. it's nicer. we'll is see in a minute. i put in carrot. i don't know if you can see where i'm going. the irish flag. >> great colors. >> we have zest in there for a sweet flavor which works well with the filet and i have stock os as well. then we put in desmond cheese

back home. >> i'm not familiar with it. >> a lot of cheeses you can get in the united states. i particularly picked ingredients you can get here. if not, discover ireland. >> talk to me about the presentation. >> next thing is here is a little bit of a spinach puree. i cooked it with garlic, salt and pepper. i'm doing a shamrock here. >> you dit's a shaky shamrock be you have been dipping into the whiskey glaze. >> put this on the plate. >> do you mind if i taste that risotto? >> taste away. >> that's really good. >> isn't it nice? >> a little bit of a stronger flavor, you're right. >> it's very different. now just lay this out here. excuse me my hands. like that, you see.

i will give my hands a little wipe here. we have the salt. my whiskey glaze and a little bit of parsley for a little bit of irish color. there you have all of ireland on a plate, matt. >> that's really pretty. good and tastes great. happy st. patrick's day. >> many happy returns. >> we're going to come back and go wild with the wolves. first, this is "today" on nbc.

this morning on today's call of the wild, who's afraid of the big bad wolf? all of us right here actually. here to clear up misconceptions about north american gray wolves and tell us why so many are working to protect them is david from the wildlife federation. to be honest, we're scared. >> you don't need to be. they are gray wolves, important predators in north america. but wolves don't attack people. there is a myth of the big bad wolf. they are critically important predators. they keep prey populations under control. they control smaller predators and balance the eco-system. >> that liam neeson movie? >> a thumbs down. >> little red riding hood? >> she lies. >> not like we should pet them.

you have to show respect. >> exactly. these guys -- >> we respect you. >> they are from howling woods farm in jackson, new jersey. they are rescue animals. people tried to make them pets. you should not have a wolf as a pet. >> these were one of the most widespread species in the world. yet the habitat has been shrinking. >> human beings have a mythology about wolves and we pretty much wiped them out. they were found across the northern hemisphere. in the u.s. now they are found only at a couple of spots in the great lakes area, the northern rockies. we have wiped them out of most of the lower 48. in canada one reason i brought them here is the national wildlife federation is trying to raise awareness about a poisoning and shooting campaign the government of canada is doing to protect caribou. it's because of tar sands development. there is political pressure on the u.s. and i want people to know these beautiful animals, their wild kin will be poisoned, shot out of helicopters to feed

our addiction to dirty oil. >> they are carnivores, but you would point out they keep the environment in balance. >> absolutely. if you don't have predators in an eco-system, the prey species overpop lates. they eat the plants, destroy habitats for smaller animals. the national wildlife federation got wolves back in yellow stone in 1995. they had eaten the plants. smaller animals went away. wolves were put back in the top of the food chain, controlled the elk population, eliminate coyotes which were eating smaller animals. wolves and any large carnivore balances the eco-system. we need them and particularly in canada we need these animals. we should not poison them for energy purposes. >> is there a lone wolf? >> they live in packs but once in a while an individual animal breaks off to keep genetic diversity. they form a new pack.

>> what's she giving them snm they are snacking on cheese. they love cheese. >> we have pot roast upstairs. >> if folks want to save the wolves go to the today.com or national wildlife federation. >> thank you so much. coming up, great spring deals on beach getaways for the family. that sounds good. >> yeah. first, your local news. good morning. it is 8:56 this friday, march 16. crash on the outer loop causing big delays. ma . >> at this point not real good this morning. we had two right lanes blocked past 185. good thing is everything is off to the shoulder. damage is severely done. shot at new hampshire. now we are backing towards 95.

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no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ we're back now with more of "today" on a friday morning, march 16th, 2012. take a look at some of the unusual characters that have gathered in our plaza this morning. a lot of people in town for the big st. patrick's day parade torrow on 5th avenue. but we've got some of them with us this morning. that's just fine with us. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. ann is taking a couple of days off. we have weather here today that isn't in keeping with what we have had for a couple of days. we have nothing to complain about. >> i'll complain. it's a little drizzly now. just is saying.

>> especially, i was saying, if you consider what happened in southeastern michigan overnight. >> oh! >> they had a line of storms come through. this is unusually for this time of year. >> in this county it's the earliest they have had a tornado since 1950. so we are talking it was unusually warm. the conditions were right. it was really tough. >> now i feel terrible. >> you had no way of knowing. it's only right here on the script. >> right. also, let's change the subject. >> we should have done that five seconds ago. store credit cards. whether you're buying furniture or electronics, the cashier usually ask asks if you want to save 10% to 20% to open a credit card. we'll tell you about the risks you need to consider before you open a card. >> if you're doing a little california dreaming or any dreaming that involves the beach we have great ideas for beach getaways and affordable resorts

great. deals from puerto rico to hawaii and mexico for fun in the sun. >> let's go inside. natalie is on assignment. we have tamron hall at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, everyone. more than a hundred homes were damaged, many severely, when at least three suspected tornadoes touched down in southeast michigan thursday. the weather channel's mike seidel is in dexter, michigan, with more. good morning, mike. >> reporter: and good morning, tamron. we are here in the damage path of the twister that rolled through dexter yesterday afternoon. this house has been she aared o. piles of lumber and plywood. the jeep here may be drivable, but look at the house. this is a total loss of 13 in a subdivision the twister hit. if this is verified, this will be the earliest occurrence of a tornado in this county west of detroit on record.

as the emergency sirens were sounding -- >> i'm in the city limits of dexter and i have a large tornado on the ground. >> reporter: -- cameras captured a large funnel cloud that touched down. >> through the trees! >> reporter: as the twister approached people took cover. >> we took the customer and crew into the cooler. >> reporter: from above video captured the destruction in the small village of 4,000 people. homes ripped to shreds. some barely standing. >> our roof is gone, our bedroom. the house is leaking everywhere. >> reporter: the storm system brought pelting hail and after the storms roared through, the reality of the situation sunk in. >> oh, my gosh. >> reporter: people here already hard at work with the cleanup. the local laundromat wiped out, the owner trying to salvage what's left. >> trying to get it before the villains do. >> reporter: with the reminders of the storm around them. >> we live near the tracks but there was no train coming.

when they say it sounds like a train they are not kidding. >> reporter: despite the destruction there were no reported injuries. >> need a house? >> reporter: with some already looking on the brighter side. >> yeah. i have extra room now. my bike is in the neighbor's bush. i still have my lawnmower. i should be fine. >> reporter: the house behind me is also a total loss. an elderly man and two kids ran into the basement and avoided injury and loss of life. that's the saving grace here. early warning. more than an hour before all the sirens went off. also, most of the homes here are well constructed and many have basements. that's a good place to head in a tornado. again today, another day of 70-degree weather in michigan. more than 35 degrees above average for the date. >> incredible weather. mike, thank you so much. due gnu details are emerge -- new details about the soldier accused of gunning down afghan

civilians. his attorney said his client didn't want to go to afghanistan to serve a fourth combat tour. he saw his friend lose a leg in combat the day before the shooting spree. a military official said the individual was drinking and snapped before the massacre. this according to the new york times. women in arizona may have to prove they are using birth control for medical reasons, not for contraception in order to receive reimbursement from their work place health insurance. the bill also allows all employers and not just religious institutions to opt out of providing coverage for birth control. the american civil liberties union is battling the bill saying it would make it easier for women to be fired for using birth control for contraception is and would force women to reveal sensitive medical information. the newest apple ipad hits stores today and fans are lining up in nine countries.

it boasts a faster processor, sharper screen. analysts say more than one million could be sold today alone. with st. patrick's day almost upon us, a stunning amount of green has been put on display, donated for display at the north carolina museum of natural sciences. the emeralds include three uncut stones found last st. patrick's day eve on a north carolina farm. another became the biggest cut emerald ever produced in north america. if you're wondering, that's 64 carats. now it's six is minutes past the hour. back to al for a wet weather to talk about out west where we are looking at another big storm system coming into the pacific northwest. all the way down into central california and eventually makes its way into southern california and strong storms making their way through the mid mississippi river valley today. slight risk of strong storms and texas into oklahoma. beautiful weather through the southeast. showers and fog here in the northeast where we are, again, looking at icy conditions and

northern new england but the big weather story will be out west where lee to four inches of rain from central california into the oregon coastline and mountain snows, cascades, siskiyous, wasatch mountains looking at one to three feet of snow. >> good morning. just past 9:00. temperatures are 30 degrees cooler than they were yesterday afternoon. only 52 at reagan national. yesterday was 82 which set a record at reagan national for march 15. now a big change for march 16. later today, though, may make it into the 07s in parts of virginia and closer to washington, 70. much of maryland highs in the 60s. could get rain by mid to late afternoon. perhaps into the evening. perhaps thunder and lightning. then sun back for the time now for today's money. store credit cards. getting discounts at that time corner can be tempting but do the risks out weigh the

benefits? here is farnoosh torabi. you get hit up every time at a check out. >> yeah. >> would you like to save 15%? who wouldn't? >> it's tempting. if you think you're getting a deal, get this. retailers cash in so much with the store cards. more than banks with traditional cards. >> just applying for it can affect your credit score. >> just like applying for any kind of credit card, an inquiry is placed on your credit report. but here we don't apply for one. we want two or three because the discounts are enticing. multiple inquiries can lower your score by 50 points t. damage stays for a year. >> also a lot of cards have high interest rates. >> very high. the average interest rate on a store branded card is 24% versus a traditional card is about 15%. if you are carrying a balance,

any interest you're paying will outweigh any initial discount. >> what about the credit limits? >> they are low. credit limits usually start off with about $500 or $1,000 versus a traditional card which can start you with $10,000 or $15,000. you ring up a couple of items and you're maxed out already on the card which is negative for your credit score. >> you want to save money. >> right. >> what are alternatives out there? >> there are a lot. one is to sign up for the store's retail loyalty program. if they issue you a card but it has nothing to do with your credit, essentially giving you the opportunity to get in on deals and steals ahead of time, earn points to save money in the long run. you could also show your student i.d. card or your teacher card. stores like banana republic, apple, maybe you will get a discount showing your card. and ask for a discount. sometimes saying, hey, can you cut me a deal?

i tried to buy a ski coat and i said, do you have any sales going on? he said, no, but do you have a aaa card? i did. i saved 10%. >> what about a store newsletter by e-mail. >> you want to be selective here. e-mails from your favorite retailers can help you save continually. learning about sales and deals before everybody else. >> is there a time when these store credit cards are beneficial? >> i'm going on the record to say i don't love the cards but if you're trying to re-establish credit when you have had a bad experience with debt and you really can't qualify for a traditional credit card, a store credit card is easier to qualify for. it could be what you need to bridge you over to a traditional card. also, if there is a store you shop at a lot and you spent $1,000 or more there a year maybe the discounts you could receive with the store cards will actually pay off. assuming you are paying off the

balance every month. like target's card gives you a 5% discount every time you shop including prescription drugs. costco gives you a discount on gas. you have to weigh the costs and see if it's worth it. >> and if you're a loyal shopper it doesn't hurt to just ask, make friends. >> buddy up with the retailer. say, have you ever made an exception? even if you don't see a sale. when you ask like that, you want to empower the salesperson to feel like, i'm going to help you. everyone can empathize with trying to save. >> you draw the line at taking them to dinner. >> i'm not saying that. i love a discount. >> how far will she go? thanks so much. up next, if you feel like getting away from it all, we have great beach destinations to fit your mood and your budget. then the sporty side of kate. not just of cambridge.

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it's time. >> summer is quite a ways away. what about the airfare? >> it's hunting and pecking. one great tip is don't travel on friday. travel on saturday for a better deal. >> nice. let's get to the list. some things you have picked out. we are starting in mexico. you have to leave the kids at home? >> some people want to leave the kids a at home. >> aw. >> people need a break. this is an adults only property. >> i have no children. i'm mocking. >> what is this sad face? once in a while you have to have relaxation and have it be adult only. this is about 45 minutes from cancun. i like cancun because there are direct flights there. this is a charming property with hammocks on the beach, mexican tiles in the rooms. >> nice. >> infinity pool but the price is amazing. this is their high season. $208 a night. >> you fly to cancun, get a car and 45 minutes away.

>> easy. >> we stay in the caribbean at puerto rico? >> this is a windham property. this one has a casino if you're looking for action. but it's close -- >> are kids banned from here, too? >> no. they have a great kids program. a kids' pool with a water slide and you can go into the rain forest for an amazing hike. >> i just went there. it's amazing. great family experience. >> this hotel has beautiful beaches. 600 guest rooms. so you have more availability here. amazing deals. $123 a night if you book four nights. that's a great amount of time. puerto rico is great. also a great flight. if you are an american citizen you don't need a passport. >> moving on to hawaii. i can't believe something is under $200 a night in hawaii. >> maui. i was there this year and it's a tropical paradise. worth the long flight. especially from l.a. it's acceptable. $199 a night includingiing breat

for two. this is next to one of the most beautiful beaches in maui. you have access to so much that is great in hawaii. you can go horseback riding, zip lining, swimming by a waterfall. >> i love the renovation. you get new stuff. i like that. >> people like it. >> i do. moving back to south carolina. hilton head. what's going on there? >> people with families. everybody loves hilton head. south carolina is beautiful. don't discount it in the spring. they are having 77-degree weather, i checked. this is a great new property by holiday inn. it's a resort. we have a history of feeling like what our parents used to do on road trips. they have had a huge change and they have upgraded everything. the rooms have all you would expect and the price is great. $159 a night and access to everything hilton head offers. >> you have dana point, california.

this is intimate. where is it? >> this is orange county. this is 50 minutes south of driving from los angeles. it's acceptable for anyone who lives in california. >> charming. >> very. it feels like an old world inn. this is the blue lantern inn with amazing pancakes at breakfast. >> sold. >> they have 29 rooms, all charming and lovely. you have beautiful views of the harbor. telescopes for whale watching. >> that's fantastic. >> i want to move you to newport, rhode island. $232 a night. tell me about it. >> what's amazing is that it's half off a. what you get with that is a brand new place that's only been open for a year. it's called 41 north. this deal is fantastic for anyone wanting to get away for the weekend. you get a beautiful room for two nights, a wine tasting and five course tasting menu with a wine pairing. you get a cheese plate, breakfast included. this is great for anyone who

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potential love interest. >> we meet in a bar. his character is hitting on kate. kate really makes him work for her. doesn't give in. i show up to work the next day and he's the new guy. >> wow. awkward. >> yeah. kate is very much about the moral ground of things. she really doesn't care about the law. she just takes the system into her own hands. ben is all about money. you know, they are both extremists in their a personality. they are incredibly feisty but at opposite ends of the spectrum. >> sounds like a love affair in the making. we are both texans. >> yes! >> you didn't tell me you were a former dallas cowboys cheerleader. that's like being a goddess. >> so were you! >> i know. >> oh, my gosh. >> no, no, no! >> i was really excited. i was going to make them do a cheer. >> we can break it down. >> we can. >> not yet. >> not just now.

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9:26 on this friday, march 16. good morning, i'm aaron gilchrist. there is a crash on the outer loop causing big-time delays. >> at this point the accident has been pushed off to the right shoulder. but the damage done solid tall way back towards 95. there you get a look at 29. still crawling along. very heavy. 29 minutes that entire stretch towards 270. new problem along veirs mill road closed between newport mill road and connecticut.

cloudy, cool, damp this friday morning. we have a few light sprinkles now. area in fwreen green, coming in northwestern virginia, maryland. advancing slowly to the east. low clouds, temperatures monl the low to mid 50s. 54 at reagan national. later today, in virginia, some places may reach the low to mid

70s. and then right around washington, around 70, much of maryland, highs into the 60s. more rain this afternoon and this evening. maybe thunder and lightning. dry for the weekend. that's the way

when i saw you sleeping there, i thought -- i couldn't imagine not seeing you there in the morning. will you marry me? >> get ready for another season of the period drama "mad men." i cannot wait for this. >> me, too. >> it's inspired styles, stars and millions of devoted fans. we'll catch up with the cast. they will all be here live monday on "today." >> let's show up for work. >> all right. >> exciting. >> meantime, coming up this half hour, savannah will be talking about monitoring this generation of cyber kids. >> it's a challenge for parents. kids are often so much more

technically savvy than their parents. it's a challenge to keep track of who your kids are talking to and protect them from things like cyber bullying. we'll have sneaky ways for parents to check up on their kids online. >> nothing wrong with snooping. >> not when you're a parent. >> then she shoots and scores. the future queen of england supported the huskies team and she was a natural like most things she does. but her slap shot is not the only thing capturing headlines. >> oh, my gosh. >> she got down and got -- >> dirty? >> did better than i can do. >> two words -- tangerine jeans. >> that's all i notice actually. >> lester has a pair. >> matt lauer has a pair. >> he had them long before they were fashionable. >> he's ahead of the times. >> then the fighting irish. our annual irish cookoff in today's kitchen. the defending champion brian

duffy and the challenger taking on a st. patrick's day tradition, corned beef & cabbage. mm. >> mm. >> shaken, not stirred. >> wearing the green? >> not even a little bit. >> tomorrow. >> want to know what's coming up this weekend? >> st. patrick's day. >> we're talking vitamins. millions of americans take at least one a day. can vitamin supplements do more harm than good? we have the results of a dateline investigation. then inside joan rivers stunning penthouse. known for her one liners and red carpet critiques. now she's trying to cash in on real estate. >> is that versailles? >> we're talking about "the hunger games." it's been compared to the hugely successful twilight franchise. will it eat up the competition at the box office? and the titanic auction, one hundred years after it sank the most famous ship wreck of all

times is on the auction block including luxurious items like these diamond jewels. i thought i would make it fancier. >> that was lovey from "gilligan's island ". >> so much more when we see you this weekend on "today." >> thanks, guys. al, how about a check of the weather? and diamond jewels. ls. >> yeah. a girl's best friend. let's check out your weekend starting with today. wet weather in the northeast. strong storms from texas into oklahoma. more wet weather, wind write conditions along the pacific northwest coast into central california. tomorrow st. patrick's day. rain moves down into southern california and going to be wind write as well. hit or miss showers in the appalachians. plenty of shine and mild in the northeast. sunday, sunday, we have record highs, great lakes into the plains. more wet weather into the pacific northwest. from the dakotas to texas. risk of strong storms. sunny and warm through the gulf coast. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. dramatic drop from yesterday's

80s down to the 50s this morning. we have been holding steady in the 50s all morning long. lot of cloudiness and the area in green, light rain coming into western maryland and west virginia. heading off to the east, maybe into the metro area, another four hours or so, three, four hours. temperatures right now low to mid 50s. much of the region, 54 at reagan national. later today in virginia, may get into the 07s. much of maryland the 60s. d.c., near 07. could get rain this afternoon and this evening with thunder and lightning. that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you very much. up next, tips for protecting your kids online right after this. [ male announcer ] this is the story of one of nature's most perfect foods... quaker oats. in every way, a super grain. ♪ super for the fiber that helps fill us up. super for the energy it gives to get us going. super for the oats that are so good for our hearts. ♪ super for how it makes us... super. quaker oats.

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it's a small change that can make a big difference. ♪ >> announcer: today's moms is brought to you by pampers cruisers. >> this morning on today's moms, sneaky ways to keep track of your cyber kids. the amount of time kids spend online every day has tripled in ten years. here with advice to monitor what they are doing is michelle gorba. good morning. >> good morning. >> just to get it out of the way we are not debating whether or not your kids should have access online, that kind of thing. we are assuming they do. >> right. >> this is about how to monitor it. >> this is about how to parent. it's not espionage. it's monitoring to make sure your kid is being safe online starting with three tips. number one, get educated about the internet. get your head out of the sand. you need to know every one of

the ways -- every digital device your child uses. set rules. families who set rules, your child is far less likely to engage is risky behavior. third, start talking about internet safety early and keep talking. because that's the crux of good parenting, communication. >> first you say we need to tell the kids you're going to be monitoring what they do online. it's really not spying though there is sneakiness. >> if you tell your child, you will be monitored. as soon as you say it, the risk behavior goes down. if you set up what's called a walk-by rule which means if i happen to walk by and i notice you changing screens, covering up or being sneaky, i cover up. i'm responsible for your well-being and safety. >> because i'm the mom. >> yeah. >> we have to speak teen. there is internet lingo. i had never heard these. you say learn the slang abbreviations said online. >> p.o.s. is parent over

shoulder. if you see the child going one, two, three, four, five, that means a parent is reading the screen. >> p 911. >> mom or dad is in the room. >> it doesn't mean your kid will use it, but if you see your child using a term it means get the monitoring up more. >> you also say, because kids are on facebook and twitter and this is an extension. you say you have to be where your kids are. do you mean join the sites? >> if you want to monitor you have to have the account and pass word. periodically, we are going to make sure what you are posting is right. that doesn't mean you're going to post on your kid's facebook. that's a real downer for the teen. >> you make a distinction between asking for a password. you say that's okay. that's not a violation of their privacy? >> no. this is part of the rules and regulations of the house. how often you monitor and what -- don't tell them when or

where. that's a key that you have to keep going. it just means that you're going to be able to monitor your child. >> you say the no-no is posting and embarrassing them and inserting yourself into their social life. don't do that. >> yeah. >> you say to keep internet access in places you can monitor. not in the bedroom. one of four kids have access in the bedroom.ay they are getting into trouble, particularly at lights out. so texts keep coming in, sleep deprived kids come in. do a collect and drop box which means when lights are out, take the text, take the laptop. just give it back first thing in the morning. what you can do periodically is with your child watching say, let's do a quick check. doesn't mean you're going to read ifrg everything. if your child knows you are watching it increases safety levels online. >> you say to check their online

profile. see what they are posting? >> no. their virtual persona. how are they posting themselves in terms of identity online. you wnt to make sure what's on there is going to be okay and safe for their reputation. ask. this is always an eye opener for a parent. why did you choose that photo? maybe you should take that down. do a google alert. google your child's name and see how much your child is online and if it's starting to go up, you start going up a level on the monitoring. >> good advice. a brave new world for parents. thank you so much. michelle, appreciate it. up next, the duchess of cambridge slips into something more comfortable right after this. allie's spelling bee is monday... sounds like a mini-wheats day to me! and becka's science fair is on the 8th. she's presenting the solar system. hey i've got just the whole grain fiber to help keep her full so she can stay focused. um...you rock. she'll be ready to rock. right here! [ female announcer ] make your kids big days, mini-wheats days. packed with fiber and nearly a day's worth of whole grains

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the duchess of cambridge is getting the british excited for the summer olympics in london, showing off her field hockey skills during a visit to olympic park. kei similar -- keir, good morning. >> reporter: she's cautious about what she wears as a member of the royal family until yesterday when she pulled on a pair of tangerine jeans that have the fashion enthusiasts buzzing. kate middleton says she doesn't get to play sports so much anymore. but it didn't take her long to change into something comfortable, to put a bit of royal sparkle into a hockey game at an olympic venue. >> she was good. she seems natural.

>> reporter: the smile said sporty kate is looking forward to the olympics as much as her new brother-in-law. >> yeah, the three of us -- my brother and my sister -- will be as involved as we can be. london's hosting and we'll help as much as we can. >> reporter: kate's fashion sense is likely to get as much attention as her sporting skills. the focus was on her bright jeans, the latest fashion trend. where she goes, young women follow. >> she's a princess. she's handled it so well. >> reporter: then from sneakers to high heels and a sophisticated dress by a young designer for an outing with the in-laws. >> reporter: what she's wearing sells out in seconds. amazing. she's said to be giving camilla fashion advice and with prince william away, his wife is growing closer to her new family. visiting one of charles's aunt's charities, kate listening attentively. he turning to her for help. >> i have no idea what i'm doing. >> reporter: the two giggling

together. there was the same warmth with the queen at a fashion show last week. then the duchess of cambridge wore a dress from l.k. bennett. it's not just her royal family she's winning over. >> very pretty. nice dress. >> she's got the right sort of manner from what i saw. >> reporter: in your opinion? >> yes, in my opinion. >> reporter: with so many changes of clothes, a quick spot of ironing is often needed. not something prince charles has mastered, but people aren't looking so closely at what he's wearing. worker's compensation >> william is reportedly back from that military duty. kate is reportedly having her portrait painted for his 30th birthday. i don't think she'll wear those tangerine jeans. >> she could. i wonder how many women will pop up over the weekend with tangerine jeans. thanks a lot. up next, who has the luck of

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>> announcer: happy st. patrick's day "today" is brought to you by the new nonalcoholic baileys coffee creamers. find your flavor today. >> this morning our annual st. patrick's day cook-off. battling for the title, returning champ, brian duffy, chef and consultant for irish restaurants across the country. >> wow. and his challenger, newcomer, chef and owner of restaurant in alexandra, virginia. the battle is on. corned beef and cabbage. tell us about this grand irish tradition. >> it's really not irish. we never had corned beef growing up.

it would be bacon or lamb. >> either one is good. today it's corned beef. >> american irish. >> absolutely. >> i'm doing a beef brisket. doing it nontraditional. i have the brisket in there ready to go. salt and pepper. simple stuff. a true corned beef is salted or brianed brisket. i have great onions, parsnips and carrots and a really good fresh horseradish that goes over top of it. good herbs, marjoram, thyme. >> could you do it in a crock pot? >> is absolutely. let it sit for two hours. cover it with water. >> don't turn on the heat at all? >> yeah, you are. absolutely. >> glad i double checked. >> two hours with heat. >> thought we were brining. >> turn that heat on. then thinly sliced cabbage right on top. this is the fun part. a little bit of extra flavor.

this is a parsley cream sauce. cream cheese, shallots and cream. >> wow. m ark rjoram and parsley. three types of potatoes, cabbage in the center and a beautiful brisket. >> wow. >> place it. >> i love your dessert here. >> it's a fun little thing we do. right over here is the guinness float. ice cream, blackberry brandy, brown sugar and guinness. >> smells amazing. >> my director is in love with you. >> bring the trophy with you. >> we taste after. >> next up is caho. what's going on here? >> we did real corned beef. >> oh! bam. >> we brine cured it for two weeks. then dry rubbed for another week after that. >> takes three weeks to do the meat alone?

>> we're already late. >> three weeks of preparation. then dice it up after we cooked it. mix it with a meat glaze which is reduced veal stock. add in the cabbage, seared onions and fresh chopped thyme. mix it together, nice like that. >> is this a family recipe? >> this is my recipe. my mother never cooked for me. i never had corned beef growing up. this is an irish american thing. probably created in boston or new york. it's similar to pastrami. >> put it into blanched cabbage leaf. >> this is wrapped in caul fat s. >> what is that? >> don't worry about it. >> we're running short here. >> we have one we wrapped.

i did a potato puree finished with chopped parsley. classic sauce is a parsley be bechamel. >> plate it up. >> we have to judge you. >> do you have a fork? >> i do. >> this isn't going to be pretty. >> shoot. >> get some of the parsley cream sauce, cabbage. taste that love. >> okay. >> bring this over. >> when do we try the guinness float? >> after we judge. >> all right. >> tamron said she can't judge people. >> i can't. >> i don't believe her. >> this is hot! burned my mouth. >> that's good, too. >> mine is much more elegant. sorry. >> i'm good with it. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have a tie! >> wait, wait, wait. they'll

good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. coming up monday morning on "news4 midday," the big countdown to the cherry blossom festival. one local county taking action in response to a tornado outbreak. the very realistic way they are trying to prepare in case there is a disaster here. a look at that time forecast and beyond. >> yeah. off to a cloudy and cool start this morning. we still have a lot of cloudiness. pew areas getting light rain in

western maryland. areas in green. this is heading off to the east and maybe move into the metro area later this afternoon. and it is going to stay cloudy and cool right now as we approach ten cloak in the morning. it is still in the 50s throughout most of the region. so quite a dramatic drop from yesterday. changes on the way for next week. all of that for you monday morning starting at 4:28. >> also monday, a sight you don't usually see. we will tell what you one man is going to do while walking from reagan airport to the lincoln memorial. all the news that happens while you sleep and through the weekend, monday morning at 4:28 weekend, monday morning at 4:28

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, everybody. we're so glad you're here with us today. it's try day friday, march 16th. tomorrow, more importantly, is st. patrick's day. >> and today we're lonely here on the set, but not today. today is different. today we have with us to celebrate members of the newark firefighters pipe and drum band. will you play a little something for us? >> bring it in. ♪

♪ >> that was fabulous. >> you know what, a big round of applause for our firefighters. thank you so much. we're going the tell you as they're departing a little about st. paddy's day. >> don't get rid of that hat. >> they're not comfortable. >> thanks, guys. >> thank you so much. >> i went to put it on and of course it fits me very, very well. >> absolutely. >> hoda, try yours on. >> my head is bigger than yours. >> hoda, try yours on. >> mine is on! let's show you some things we may not know. i can't help it. my head is big.

you know what, i have so much trouble finding hats everywhere. you know. you've been around. try mine. mine's really big. >> okay. >> all right. so st. patrick's day as you know is tomorrow. and everyone associates st. patrick's day with green, but there's a reason i'm wearing a dress i wore a couple weeks ago, blue and green. originally the color for st. patrick's day was blue. >> that's right. >> but it was considered unlucky. >> because good fairies -- people or -- good people or fairies would still children that were wearing too much of it. >> what's funny about st. paddy's day, we were in ireland once for st. patrick's day, and we're, like, where's everybody? >> they don't celebrate it. >> no. we celebrate it. they don't know what we're talking about. they think it's weird. >> celebrating tomorrow, big time. >> who? >> you know how much i love

jimmy. he's celebrating not only st. patrick's day in knox, it's his 40th anniversary. >> oh. >> 40th anniversary. he came from ireland and worked at the new york athletic club and then started his own restaurant. his irish dreams came true in a great country called america. so proud of you, jimmy, and love you so much. >> that's the lamb chop recipe. here's the thing. we're drinking something. >> guinness. mus musky, no? >> but with a twist. it is guinness with champagne in it. they call it black velvet. >> oh. >> hmm. >> because you know what i don't like guinness. it's too thick, heavy. but this is good. >> we have some news to tell you guys about. we had something last night called the up fronts, and that's when all of the news people go and greet the advertisers and you talk about your upcoming season and what not. >> not just the news, though. everybody from all -- every show on nbc is there. >> right. so we as a network sometimes give them little pieces of tape

they can show the advertisers for sort of a ha-ha funny, funny. we did a fake game show and willie geist was playing the host. >> yeah. >> it was a skit. they called the skit not "smash" like the show but "smashed." >> duh. >> anyway, there is a clip at the end -- >> don't tell them what happened. look. >> no. we're going to show them -- >> oh, yeah. >> take a peek. >> our first question. >> yes. >> which of these takes longer? for the earth to rotate on its axis, b, to walk from 30 rock to comcast headquarters in philadelphia, according to google maps, c, to watch a week's worth of "today" show broadcasts or d listen to the unabridged audio book of crime and punishment? kathie lee. >> the audio book. >> sorry. the floor is yours. >> watching the "today" show for hours. >> thank you.

>> yes! >> 28 hours total. here's the math. four hours times five days, 20, three hours on the weekend, five hours of the 2:00 a.m. encores. >> i forgot about the late-night thing. >> we've got a tie. never before has this happened in the history of "smashed." >> there has never been a "smashed." >> true. whoever bottoms out their beverage first is our winner today. kathie lee gifford! kathie lee gifford is our champion. let me show you -- >> age and experience, people. >> a gift box from the playboy club. items we couldn't give away. we're glad you'll take them for us. wow. wow. wow. >> finally, something i want. thank you. >> thank you, everybody. >> bye! >> i want to point out that --

>> bobbie. i was wondering who that was. >> oh, jerry. taking turns with jerry. >> by the way, after -- we should point out after that game show bit this totally surprised jerry, jerry kept going, thanks, kath. thanks, kathie. in the car, leaving. thanks, kathie. i'm, like, she's gone now. >> we taped it for a long time. i felt like things weren't moving along. but thank you, jerry. you're a great sport. all right. here's the thing. a lot of us have children of college age. so in the column "the sunday style," -- it's -- >> social cues column. >> tell us about it. >> a woman was wondering what to do because when her daughter comes home the boyfriend comes with. they were saying where should the boyfriend sleep? the woman explains her daughter she's a freshman, bringing home her first boyfriend, a small apartment. the options are the living room sofa or her daughter's bedroom. the question is where should the

guy sleep. this is the advice from phil. >> love him. not always right. >> not today. hold on. let's see. can you roll back just a little bit. there it is. the advice is ask the daughter where she would feel the most comfortable having her boyfriend sleep. >> uh. >> if she prefers to share her bedroom with her beau, go along with it. let her know you respect her ability to make decisions sensibly and behave safely. >> uh. >> total mistake. >> uh. here's where he -- holiday inn. >> yes. >> this is the thing. we talked about it the other day on our show. kids running the home. if the mother has a problem with it, it's her home. it's the mother's home. you honor your mother and father in your own home. you know, once you send them off to college hopefully you've taught them the right way to live their life. but in your own home, you live by your parents' rules.

>> think about the idea of such a small apartment. the whole thing is very weird. >> not soundproofed if you know what i mean. that's cassidy's age if she's a freshman. >> would you ever die if she said -- >> it would never happen. never happen. uh-uh. >> you know what, you laid down the law quickly. >> she would know not to ask. >> a lot of people say you have to stand up to your parents and tell them what you want. >> yeah. we're also paying the bills. you like that college you go to and the car you're driving and all the gas in it -- you know what i'm saying? if you want to live your life and make your own living, see how it all turns out for you. >> they're in my eye line. sort of bothering me, the makeout session. >> you're jealoused. >> yes. it was a little upsetting. >> a little study for jerry. stop trying so hard. you might live longer is the title of that.

>> there's a new study out of notre dame that ambitious people don't necessarily come out on top. >> they tracked jerry. >> that is sick. >> they tracked 700 highly able individuals and found out ambitious people got a lot of education but didn't necessarily live longer. >> and you wonder if they're happy in their lives. some of my most miserable friends, not friends but people i know well, are the biggest overachieving people in the whole world. they're billionaires. they've got a gazillion people working for them. you notknow that saying he who s with the most toys wins, sometimes the guy with the most toys is is the most miserable guy on the planet. >> i agree. >> it's not about the stuff. >> when you have the itch you can't scratch, there's nothing that will ever make you feel like you're at peace, you've got a oblem. forever you'll be chasing that high. >> never be enough. >> there's a difference between ambition, which is a good thing,

and that chasing, that -- >> yeah. obsession. yeah. although i do like that perfume. >> yeah. >> you notice -- >> it's time for kathie lee's hysterical "friday funny." >> it's too much. all right. an irishman walks into a pub. bartender asks him what will you have? he says three pines of guinness. the bartender brings it and the man alternately sips one, then the other, then the third till they're all gone. he orders three more. the bartender says you don't have to order three at a time. when you get low, i'll bring you a fresh cold one. the man says you don't understand. i have two brothers, one in australia, one in the states. we made a vow to each other every saturday night we still drink together. right now my brothers have three guinnesss and we're drinking together. bartender thought that was a wonderful tradition. every week the man came in and ordered the three beers. one week he came in and ordered only two. he drank them and ordered two

more. bartender said i know what your tradition is and i'd just like to say i'm so sorry one of your brothers has died. man says, oh, me brothers are fine. i just quit drinking. get out of here! oh. it's a tough room. >> it's time for our girl, bobbie thomas. >> bobbie! >> i have to follow that. >> hey, bobbie. jerry was great, wasn't he? >> he is. jerry's my lucky charm. i want to say happy 90th birthday to my grandmother, al is o'malley. >> o'malley! >> love you, gram.

we just celebrated. i have some lucky charms besides jerry. don't be jealous. that there's this big craze. >> hello kitty but also straw seats has the limbed edition key fobs and bag charms. so does prada. it is hard to find these because they were collected. i know you're like what's happening but these were a big craze that spawned these little voodoo dolls that are at airport kiosks. >> voodoo. >> lucky little voodoo dolls. this one, nibble away at your worries, this other one -- sort of luck messages. this one's luckier than four rabbit feet, it says. >> cute. >> they're cute. there's a big craze. also dolce and gabana makeup have limbed edition lip liners and eyeliners with charms on the end. and last but not least, one of my favorite designers from l.a., michelle roy, real four-leaf clovers in gold or silver.

they're about $100. but you can have an authentic four-leaf clover as a pendant. >> beautiful. thank you, bobbie. [ buzz ] >> it's time to do a little try day -- bobbie, you can stick around. >> thank you. >> we'll do a little dance. >> jerry, too. >> yeah. we have maggie herzog. she is our teacher today. >> who's more irish than maggie herzog. >> hi, maggie. >> how are you? you're going to show us a little something. should we get up? >> yes. >> irish jig. >> irish jig. show us what you got. >> point your right toe and start with a big jump. and a cut. >> i can't do this. >> cut over your left knee. >> i'm not very balanced. >> bring that leg right to the back, hop back. >> i can't jump around. >> jump, cut, hop back.

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excellent. >> okay. go on. >> people who drink tea, their immune responses are faster than those who drink coffee. and green tea reduces inflammation. >> i knew that. >> correct. >> very good. very good. okay. now's your chance. number two, when you work out, your cardio philosophy should be, a, slow and steady wins the race -- >> you have to wait till she reads them all. >> you never followed that rule ever and now you want to -- >> go ahead -- >> b, go hard or go home, c, i rarely work out. >> the fist one. >> that is correct. >> what is happening with this bad quiz? >> okay. >> we agree we're not doing it until after it's been read. >> okay. number three, for a quick energy fix you should have, a, a soda, b, nut, fruit or another small snack or c a vitamin-enhanced water. >> b. >> b. >> you are correct. >> ha, ha, ha.

>> easiest ever. >> i did the first two. >> the sugar? soda can actually reduce your white blood cells from working. they can keep them from working, which is really important for your immunity. four, how often should you hang out with your friends? every chance i get, few times a month, c, rarely. >> she was not finished! all right. now i've had it. follow the rules. >> i have a question. did i get it wrong? >> you were sort of right. it's a and b. both answers are correct. i think we can give you that one. friends can help reduce stress and stress can mess with your immunity. >> friends can help stress. >> yeah. where is one when i need one? >> okay. >> i'm just not going to follow the rules anymore, you guys. obviously there's no point. >> when it comes to community, which is best to add to your salad? [ buzzer ] mushrooms, cucumbers or

tomatoes? >> tomatoes. >> incorrect. >> cucumbers. >> also incorrect. >> sorry. they work for me. >> the answer is mushrooms. mushrooms are one of the only types of -- >> she lost. >> no points awarded. >> 2-2. >> tiebreaker. this is it. kind of easy. how much sleep should you get per night? >> seven hours or more. >> that is correct. i didn't even read it. >> she cheats unbelievably. >> what are you talking about? >> oh, look. here's your jump rope. >> you earned it. >> all sorts of things that will help improve your immunity in there. "self" magazine. >> work out. >> nuts. >> all monday. >> thank you. >> up next, sara is getting ready to step up to the mike. ♪

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and i don't remember much about it but it was fun. >> i went on a missionary trip to africa. >> of course you did. >> i don't remember -- we didn't really have them. i went home to see my family. always. one of the things i regret in life. never had the spring break experience. >> dpraifd texavid from texas h question about jobs. >> what are the pressures of having to watch what you say on tv every day? >> we don't do that. we know some people who do that, but they don't stay on the air very long. >> do you have time? be, ohio. >> hi, girls. you are not the wine-drinking -- you are not the beer-drinking kind of girls. so what are you ladies going to do to celebrate tomorrow on st. patrick's day? >> i'm going to be down in the florida keys with my family. >> i'll probably be in florida, as well. >> yeah. >> have a great st. patrick's day. thank you all. >> still ahead, how to look great by dressing for your weight. >> also, the handiest new products from the international home and housewares show.

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we're back on this try day friday with more of "today." just one of those unfortunate facts of life, your weight goes up, it goes down. >> and back up. sometimes it's hard to dress to impress when all you feel is depressed. >> mm-hmm. >> but here to say don't wait to look great is wardrobe stylist amy acton. >> how are you? thanks for having me. >> nothing more depressing than shopping when you feel like blah, like you put on ten pounds and you go shop, not a great time to look for stuff, is it. >> it's not. it doesn't matter what size you are, 2, 22, all of us have that problem in the dressing room. that's the bottom line. i'm going to give you my tricks. >> start with jennifer. our first model.

she blogs from home. she recently lost 100 pounds. >> good for her. >> she's dressing as if she was heavier. ma what's the solution? >> you work at home, you want to be comfortable. >> sure. >> she's always in oversized sweat pants and ts. we put her in these great jeggings, as comfortable as sweat pants and leggings and even better because no dimpling shows through and it holds you nice and tight. we put her in this kimono-style jacket which is flattering on every single body type. the way it drapes in the front is slimming. >> love it. >> the t-shirt from kohl's. i like the way the color works. your problem areas, you go darker. it doesn't mean it has to be black. >> looks great. thank you. >> really cute. >> next up is faith. they had a baby five months ago, and now she's wearing a cocktail drelsz. >> look at faith. tell us about that. >> what we did is a cowl neck

brings all the attention to her face, which is beautiful. >> fufl. >> the cobalt color is an automatically feel-good color. subconsciously it makes you feel calm and serene. >> so sexy. that's ruching, right? >> that's horizontal tiering, which hugs the body properly in all the right curves. now she's embracing her new curvery figure. >> where is this from? >> jcpenney. >> thanks, hundred. >> hello, jcpenney. jen's back in the working world and didn't want a stuffy suit. >> kim has the most challenging body type, broad in the shoulders and full in the middle. >> and lovely basooms. >> right. the knit jacket moves nicely with the body and floats away ever so slightly. >> right. >> when you're fuller in the

middle, you want to go tone on tone. you do black, but you could do it with blue, green -- >> any chromatic. >> that looks great. >> then we put her in a skinny jean to give her some shape. >> love it. good job. >> lastly -- >> like wynonna judd. >> yes, she does. >> lastly, the bathing suit. >> looks great if that. >> terrific. >> so she's going to kill me but she's 5'2" and a full-sized 12, maybe 14. >> she doesn't look it. >> no. >> this is where you spend your money, ladies. the miracle suit. go out, invest in it. this off the shoulder look -- >> miracle suit. >> fantastic. one-shoulder look elongates her entire torso. >> very elegant. >> the wrap is just a scarf you can pick up at any department store. pair it with espadrilles. when you're moving out, move up. >> love it. >> let's bring all our models

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if you are eagerly awaiting the first day of spring to reorganize and clean your home, you may be entrust e interested in some of the products introduced at the international home and housewares show in chicago. >> we have about six of them. sissy biggers was there last weekend and she's back with some of the latest and greatest gadgets to make your life easier. >> hi. >> st. patrick's day, a sure sign of spring and time to attack our home system. >> i like how you say mom inventors took a couple top prizes. >> mom-preneurs. they like solutions for their family life. >> they live it every day. >> this is the first freezable lunch bag. put your hands in there. it's got a gel insert that's thrown right in. >> oh, my gosh. >> you put it in the freezer

overnight and your kids' lunch can stay fresh up to ten hours. >> genius. >> isn't that great? they're looking for solutions and they've got the wine bag, the picnic bag, soft coolers for every aspect of your life. >> that can be for now. >> this is a young gal from california. she invented because she had a 1-year-old, it's the bambino tidy table tray. you take it to the table, you snap it right on. >> easy. >> it's $35, completely light weight. >> so smart. >> these two things separate. you get -- they can dine on the green. you take it away and when you're continuing your mommy, daddy dinner, wash that. and then they're coloring while they have time at the table. this lip keeps the food on the tray and not in the baby's lap. >> brilliant. >> i had to come back with one gadget. i had 20 but donna made me choose one. the bananza. you didn't know how yao needed a

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at the show. that's how far we've come. this is the cookbook. more than 2,000 recipes. i'm going to choose a way to break down my recipes. i can go to eggs. no matches found. >> oh, dear. that's why i don't go on computers. >> the fact of the matter is -- >> my eggs. >> once you get into it -- i wanted corned beef and cabbage. there it is. but it has a voice control. you can say next, keep your hands free and continue your recipe. sipping stones, your single malt will not be diluted. it's a soap stone. it heats in the freezer. >> who's better than you, sissy? >> nobody! >> stainless steel wine canteens. >> i'm into red now but you're forgiv forgiven. >> one for each of you. you can work it out. a weightless scale. it will tell you how much you're

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tomorrow, why not keep them busy with a few holiday-inspired activities. >> here is mary dial, the deputy editor of "family fun" magazine. nice to see you. >> clever little crafts. >> thank you. some great projects for families to celebrate. first of all, i have got a leprechaun thing. they'll sneak in, dye your milk green, leave footprints on your countertop. readers decided to put a stop to that and started making these traps. this is our hat trap. this is just an oatmeal container. the trick is you're going to cut a knoll the top a little smaller than the actual container, cover it with felt. you can decorate it as elaborately or simply as you like. but the trick is you put a piece of felt on the top after you cut the hole. >> they're going to go right into it. >> exactly. >> gold foil. something up there to lure them to the top. you catch a leprechaun, they have to share their gold with

you. even if they don't, they usually leave you a treat behind. you can't lose. they climb up to the top, step up to get the treasure -- >> down the hatch. >> drew, good job. >> thank you, drew. all right. next, we have got our shamrock smoothies. these are super delicious, super healthy. and very green as you can see. >> what's in that? >> a cup of frozen vanilla yogurt in there already. the secret ingredient is parsley. you need a quarter cup. you want to pack it in tight. and then we're going to dump in two cups of honeydew and two kiwi fruit and one frozen banana. just five things in there. >> easy. >> all right. pop that on, hit it. >> and this is what you get. >> yep. we made it fresh this morning. >> thank you so much. >> kathie lee, hoda. yummy, right? >> who do we have here? >> mm-hmm. >> she is making our rainbow cupca cupcakes. >> hi. >> these rainbows, you can see

here, some finished ones. roll them out flat, cut them into long strips. you want to help me out and show, hanna? a bunch of different colors. they're sticky so you want to work on waxed paper. bend them into a rainbow. you'll put one on your cupcake here. stick it in there and add some gold chocolate coins. >> nice job, hanna. >> beautiful name. >> who do we have here? >> kevin is making our shamrock toasties. >> hi, kev. >> mm-hmm. >> it turns out if you cut a bell pepper it looks a lot like a shamrock. cut it crosswise. if you have a four-lobed one, you have a lucky shamrock. you'll toast up some english muffin, layer on cheddar cheese and one of your pieces of bell pepper for a stem. >> cute. >> just about 30 seconds. what do we have down here? >> we love projects you can do with things you have around the

house. this requires some potato, a heart-shaped cookie cutter and some paint. if you've never made a poe pay toe stamp before -- >> adorable. >> stick your heart shape there, cut around it. >> you can make a clove with them. >> three hearts make a perfect shamrock every time. >> you did it. genius. if you want to make t-shirts for the parade. >> thanks, everybody. that was neat. >> up next, our st. patrick's day celebration with guinness soup.

♪ it's a great day for the irish ♪ >> in "today's kitchen," st. patrick's day. >> here to show us how to make a

deliciously irish dish that is so simple even hoda could make it -- >> hey, hey. >> the author of "kitchen hero," donal skeen. >> hey, ladies. thank you for having me. so excited. >> look like such a young kid. >> from one direction. >> yes. >> let's do this. what are we eating? >> we are making beef and guinness stew. a delicious irish dish. it's using a good bit of guinness and it's tasty. i have some meat browning here. >> rump roast? >> little bit of strip loin. >> strip loin. >> no expense spared, ladies. come on. i got this in here, browning our meat. and then i'll transfer it across. >> you don't cook it all the way through. >> just browning it. do it at a high heat so you get it nicely sealed. see that beautiful color? >> yes. seal in all the juices. >> yes. this is it.

>> just fall apart in your mouth. >> this is it. >> yes. it goes sliding in here. i'm a messy chef so, you know. >> who taught you, your mom or your dad? >> i'm a self-taught cook. i am absolutely passionate about cooking and easy home cooking recipes. >> where are you from in ireland? >> dalton a little fishing village called hos. >> okay. >> we've got carrot, celery, onions. we'll soften them down. then a little bit of garlic and bay leaf, and our meat as well. it's a built of an all in one pot, okay. really tasty stuff. we're going to go in with a little beef stock and you add it because you want to make it milder. what happens is the guinness has this rich flavor so we need to balance it. >> this is heavy-duty stuff. >> this is it. >> two whole bottles?

>> two. lovely head on the top. happy day. >> i've decided who you are. >> who? >> he is our irish reed alexander. >> yes. >> who's reed alexander? >> he is. one of our favorite guests in the world. >> really. okay. >> come on down. >> so moving quickly on, this is going to cook off, simmer slowly and get beautifully tender. >> am i right? >> you're adorable. >> you are adorable, kathie lee. i love you. i love you. >> soft skin. >> 25 years old. >> he's been skeen all his life. i gave you three minutes. you didn't use it. >> that's my line now. we are making irish soda bread. lovely buttermilk in here, a little bit of flour, some baking soda. >> 30 seconds. >> we put it in. okay. mix it through. >> eat it up. >> a little bit of flour, mix it up. >> thank you.

>> donal, let it go. set it free. >> i'm trying to do it. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> oh, my gosh. >> here you go, kath. >> oh, my gosh. >> come and visit ireland. it's amazing. >> happy st. patrick's day. >> on monday, we have curt cameron and a bunch of people. >> it's going to be great. [ clanking ]

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