will he or won't he? all eyes on the jerry sandusky sexual abuse trial as the defense decides whether to put sandusky on the stand as early as today@withering testimony from eight alleged victims. can the jury will convinced t former coach shouldn't spend the rest of his life behind bars. hottest temperatures of the year with near record highs from arizona to michigan. the entire east coast will be feeling that heat tomorrow. art world outraged. a man takes a picasso at a

museum. caught on camera. now they are trying to track that thief down. today, june 19th, 2012. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and ann curry. live from studio 1, a in and ann curry. live from studio 1, a in rockefeller plaza. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. the trial of jerry sandusky quickly coming to an end. the defense could rest its case as early as today. >> the defense called their first witness on monday after prosecutors wrapped up the case with powerful testimony of the mother of an alleged victim will coming up we'll tell you what brought her to tears on the stand. also we'll ask this question. is it ever appropriate to interrupt the president of the united states. the question is getting a lot of attention after a reporter from

an online website repeatedly interrupted president obama last week. we'll tell you what the reporter is saying about the incident and talk about the concept and dynamic with "today's" professionals. they will have a lot to come about that. remember max page, start of the darth vader volkswagen ad? he's waking up at home for the first time since his open-heart surgery last week. before he went to the hospital he sat down to talk to us about the procedure, how he's feeling. we'll get to hear from him coming up. good news. we begin this morning, tuesday morning, with a question, at the jerry sandusky trial, will sandusky himself take the witness stand. michael isikoff at the courthouse. michael, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. jerry sandusky faces the decision of his life today, whether to testify in his own defense as his sex abuse trial race toss a finish. jerry sandusky continues his

defense today after monday's emotional testimony from the prosecutor's final witness, the mother of one of his alleged victims. the woman testified she was initially excited when sandusky, a very important person, she said, offered to take her son for weekend visits. sobbing, she testified her son wanted to stop going to sandusky's home but she never knew why. i would ask him why and he'd just say he didn't feel like it and i'd make him go anyway. you still didn't know specifically what happened to him, said the prosecutor. no, i don't. i just can't imagine. do you feel responsible? yes, do i. last week her son, known in court documents as victim nine, and now 18 years old testified he was repeatedly sexually assaulted in sandusky's home over a three-year period. how are you supposed to tell your mom something like that? he said. >> this was the only mother to testify. her testimony had a resonance for jurors as parents in a way that maybe the victim's

testimony himself did not. >> reporter: later sandusky's lawyers began his defense calling a string of character witnesses including another penn state assistant coach dick anderson who said the defendant had a wonderful reputation in the community. anderson also said that as a coach, he, too, had often showered with young boys after sports. did you hug them? the prosecutor asked. no, i did not. a consultant to sandusky's charity said he saw mutual admiration between children and sandusky. i saw a lot of goofing around. jerry had a very unique way and many of us were inspired to how he could relate to youth of all ages. but none of the defense witnesses spoke directly about the sex abuse allegations against sandusky. >> i don't think today there was one whole hope in the prosecution case. >> reporter: the defense lawyers do plan to argue the alleged victims and their lawyers are motivated by hopes of raking in big bucks from civil lawsuits. they do have to decide very quickly whether to take the

biggest risk of all, putting sandusky himself on the witness stand. now, the defense may also introduce evidence that some of sandusky's behavior is caused by a rare psychiatric malady called histrionic personality disorder. but either way the defense has said it now plans to rest by midday wednesday, meaning this case could go to the jury as early as thursday. matt. michael isikoff, thank you very much. an attorney, former prosecutor, psychiatrist gail saltz, a "today" contributor. good morning. let's start where he left off, histrionic personality disorder, defense filed a motion saying they might bring it up in testimony. just real quickly, what is it? >> ongoing pattern of behavior where you need to be the center of attention, overall dramatic relationships, sometimes you're

overly seductive and you think they are closer than they actually are. >> as a psychiatrist, would you argue someone with histrionic personality disorder would be unable to tell the difference between right and wrong, legal and illegal, especially when it dos behavior around young boys? >> this diagnosis has no bearing on your moral compass, your ability to understand what's legal. it has nothing to do with being a pedophile. it has nothing to do with sexual behavior toward children. >> not putting your lawyer's hat on you right now but in terms of a psychiatrist's hat, this would be a stretch in your opinion. >> this would be an incredible stretch so much that it disturbs some of my colleagues they are bringing i up. >> will they bring it up? congratulations i'm making you the defense attorney. will they go there? >> no. they are basing this on ambiguous language and letters written to one of the victim, excessive caring and clingy and trying to boot strap that into

the argument that he was not a manipulating dominating sexual predator. >> if they were to go there, and this is hypothetical, if they were to go there, wouldn't they be in some ways admitting that he did all these things and then say but here is the reason why. why would they want to take that tactic? >> i don't understand at this point. in all the witnesses defense has shown a mainstream guy's guy, doesn't fit the profile at all a jury is just going to say hired gun, not worth the weight it's given. it's going to be largely disregarded. >> again, putting the defense attorney's hat on you. you have just sat through listening to the prosecution, a couple of weeks of withering testimony, unsettling, disturbing, graphic testimony. how do you go about in what seems to be a short case you're going to present convincing the jury they have not heard the real story about jerry sandusky. >> i think they just have to say none of it is factual, didn't happen, never went on.

they have to do that by showing the times, the events, the places were all sort of vague and they couldn't nail down the details, therefore you have to ignore it. >> so if it comes to that decision of saying do we take, do we roll the dice and do we put jerry sandusky on the stand to defend himself, do they have anything else they can go on? might they actually take that course? >> i don't think so. from a practical sense, the time they are going to be done wouldn't have the time to testify, he's got the costas interview, the letters he's written, too much empeachment testimony to put him on the stand. >> we'll wait to see what actually does happen. we're hearing the defense will rest by tomorrow. thank you so much. it's eight minutes past the hour. here is ann. >> now we're hearing the jailhouse phone call between george zimmerman and his wife. they recorded days before the

bond hearing in the trayvon martin case. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. in the six calls that lasted an hour and 33 minutes, we hear george zimmerman in jail talking to his wife. they talk about money. they talk about their safety but they never talk about the shooting death of trayvon martin. for the first time we're hearing newly released recording of phone calls between 28-year-old george zimmerman and his wife shelley. the calls made while zimmerman was in jail accused in the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. prosecutors a little the couple conspired to shift money to zimmerman's sister's account. the money, prosecutors say, came from an account allegedly funded by a website that raised over $135,000 for zimmerman's defense. prosecutors say they believe the conversations captured a

rudimentary code where 10 is really 10,000. >> so take your ten out first to keep in your pocket. >> uh-huh. >> and then at the institution see if you can put ten into hers right away. >> uh-huh. >> and see if she can take ten, that ten out, and put it in the box there. >> reporter: at zimmerman's bond hearing in april, his wife testified the couple had limited funds. the judge saet $150,000 bond unaware of the defense fund. it's the jailhouse conversation that convinced the judge to revoke zimmerman's bond and send him back to jail. >> he established his credibility. i think he can rehabilitate that with his apology to the court. i think we'll move on from there. don't forget his credibility is of some relevance. much more important are the facts of the case. >> for her part, shelley zimmerman is charged with perjury for lying to the judge at the bond hearing. in much of the jailhouse phone conversation, a devoted wife

supports her husband. >> don't worry cutie. don't even worry. >> ah, man, that feels good. that there are people in america that care. >> yeah, they do, trust me. >> reporter: at one point they talk about making sure george is safe if he makes bond. they talk about hiding him in a car as it leaves jail. >> you could always like lay down or something. >> yeah, exactly. well, i have my hoodie. >> uh-huh, uh-huh. true. >> reporter: there's confidence in those calls that george zimmerman will eventually walk free. >> after this is all over, you're going to be able to just have a great life. >> we will. >> yeah, we will. >> reporter: george zimmerman during the call also tells his wife that he's taking his medication, which includes an

antidepressant and atoral commonly used for adhd and he says during the conversation to get bulletproof vest for him, his wife and their attorney, for their safety. >> thank you for your reporting on this. >> let's get a check of the top stories. natalie is behind the news desk. natalie, welcome back. >> thank you matt and ann. world leaders at the g-20 summit are trying to show a united front as they draft a plan to spur economic growth. nbc's chief correspondent and political director chuck todd in loss c los cabos. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. most will be on figuring out how the european debt crisis doesn't trigger a global recession. so far it's a meeting between mr. obama and russian president vladimir putin that's been the biggest headline of the summit

so far. it's the tale of two summits, president obama and fellow world leaders were all smiles at the summit class photo monday night. in a meeting earlier monday, the body language between president obama and newly installed russian president vladimir putin could not be clearer or colder. they are emphatic neither should be read into the world leaders. >> i would encourage you not to read into what the relationship is. >> reporter: the two made sure the cameras caught them exchanging a quick laugh. the stickiest issue the two discussed, syria. >> we agree we need to see a cessation of the violence, that a political process has to be created to prevent civil war. >> translator: we've been able to find many commonalities. >> reporter: meanwhile back in the states, mitt romney continues on his midwestern bus

tour. >> iowa, you're going to help elect me the next president of the united states. >> reporter: speaking of the campaign, the obama campaign concerned former 2004 democratic nominee john kerry is going to serve as barack obama's sparring debate partner sitting in for mitt romney when they practice for the debates, natalie. >> all right. interesting practice session. chuck todd in mexico, thank you. the canadian adult film actor charged with the murder and dismemberment of a montreal student makes his first court appearance today after being extradited from germany to canada. following an international manhunt last month. he faces five charges including first degree murder and threatening politicians for allegedly mailing his victim's body parts to various offices. roger clemens acquitted on all charges. the jury delivered a not guilty verdict for the famed pitcher

saying he did not lie to congress about using performance enhancing drugs in 2008. now to courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. all eyes on the fed. >> yes. good morning, today is the first day of two days of open market meeting. after a weaker than expected market report many watchers are hoping that the committee will announce further unconventional measures in order to stimulate the nation's economy. elsewhere today jpmorgan chase ceo jamie dimon will testify on capitol hill about the hedging strategy that led to the multi-billion dollar loss. this time dimon will be joined by company executives before the house financial services committee. back to you. >> courtney reagan at the new york stock exchange. thank you. police are surging for a man caught on tape vandalizing pablo picasso's armchair at an art museum.

the vandal left the scene. they got to work immediately and say the painting has an excellent prognosis. matt and ann, the man, a self-described artist or wannabe artist, apparently told a bystander who took cell phone video that he was hoping to honor picasso's work. >> may need therapy. >> an aspiring artist who defaces other artist's work. >> no way of making that right. meantime let's talk about this heat wave, mr. roker. >> pretty severe on both coasts and everywhere in between. we'll show you that we're looking at temperatures in the 90s from the 100s to the great lakes right now, mississippi river valley into the southwest. we start out west. we're talking about afternoon highs there, getting into the 110s to near 120 degrees, from palm springs to tucson. out east, we've got strong temperatures. i mean, we're talking about anywhere from 90 to 100. it's going to feel like 105,

between tomorrow and thursday. d.c., philly, new york city, and boston, and that's when temperatures are dangerous, make sure you check with elderly neighborhoods, because they are really susceptible to that heat. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it is pleasant now around the metro area. good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. right now storm 4 showing passing showers moving south of washington. a few sprinkles in far southern montgomery county near wheaton. these showers are generally dissipating. later today, a little sun breaking out, maybe an afternoon thundershower. and tomorrow, the big heat builds, mid- and upper 90s. a small >> that's your latest weather. matt. >> thank you very much. the 7-year-old star of that popular darth vader ad is resting at home after being released from the hospital following successful open-heart surgery.

this morning we're hearing from matt page himself. nbc's miguel almaguer has the latest on this. miguel, good morning to you. >> good morning. little max was born with a heart defect. at the age of seven, he's undergone eight surgeries, his latest a complete success for the pint-sized patient who is once again ready to take on the world. as little darth vader he used his powers to capture our imagination. but the boy behind the mask is using his real life story to capture even more hearts. >> i was kind of scared. but it's all sleep. after that, i don't remember anything in the surgery. >> reporter: today 7-year-old max page is home from the hospital, on his way to a full recovery after open-heart surgery. >> i'm excited about a lot of things, especially having a milkshake. >> reporter: doctors say the valve in max's pulmonary artery was basically nonexistent. in surgery doctors inserted a new pulmonary valve helping his

heart function more effectively. the operation will give max the energy to once again run and play like a normal 7-year-old. the surgery saved his life. >> well, i do feel a little pain in my chest but not much. >> reporter: but didn't change max's spirit. >> is this working? >> reporter: max kept a brave face throughout. but for his parents, the moments before surgery were heart wrenching. >> there's no feeling like when you actually have to hand your child over, and you hope that you'll see them alive again. >> reporter: a milkshake a day keeps the tears away. >> reporter: last week max was planning his busy day at home. his dad says surgery won't slow him down. >> that little boy, he's still there. it didn't change him. he's full of life, full of energy, engaging, cares about people. >> reporter: doctors at children's hospital in los angeles say max will be back in

full force in no time. >> his job now is to get his strength back up and get his stamina back up. he'll be back in school on schedule. >> reporter: art conquering his latest battle little darth vader is back home but not before channeling his inner yoda. >> if you use your force and dream big, you can achieve anything. we may be small but we're mighty. >> reporter: he'll spend six weeks at home recovering but as you can see everyone little max vader is recovering. >> thank you very much. just ahead one of those stories that comes along makes you shake your head. a terrifying accident at a fishing trip. a 16-year-old shot in the head by a spear. that boy's doctor will talk about what is a miraculous ♪

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take a look at an x-ray of a 16-year-old boy in florida who was accidentally shot in the head with a spear from one of those fishing spear guns. it took a lengthy and extremely delicate surgery to remove that. doctors say it is a miracle that that 16-year-old survived. we're going to hear from those doctors coming up in a couple of minutes. it's 7:30 tuesday morning, the 19th of june, 2012. i'm matt lauer with ann curry. >> this morning coming up ahead new images of rielle hunter and john edwards together. they come as we learn more about the harsh words hunter has used to describe his late wife elizabeth in her new tell-all. also hear what hunter had to say

about "today's" professionals weigh in. >> mike tyson tackled the world of hollywood and boxing. now he's said to try something new when he makes his broadway debut in a one-man show these going to be direct bid spike lee. they will both join us exclusively to tell us what we can expect. i'm not sure mike is ready for broadway. i know he's not ready for "today's" professionals. >> donny deutsch. donny, don't you know better, don't hit that man. he might hit back. >> mike, do us one favor. take one shot at this guy. just one. uh-oh. >> will ahead prince william celebrating his 30th birthday this coming week. how will he do that? we'll have an update on that. >> let's begin this half hour with the race to save a florida teen who was shot in the head by a fishing spear. nbc's tamron hall has this story. tamron, good morning. >> it all started off a fun day

of fishing in minimami but quic turned into a nightmare when one boy was rushed to a hospital after a spear gun went off accidentally. on monday doctors revealed the tale of how they saved a miami teenager after a freak fishing accident left him with a giant fishing spear through the head. >> we used a high-speed drill to drill the bone at either end to create an opening to remove the spear. the first order of business was to try to get the spear cut off and do the test without having it move on us. we were able to plan the surgery rationally, position him left side down, right side up. then we were able to open a large incision. >> reporter: nearly two weeks ago 16-year-old yasser lopez was fishing with a friend. the boys were loading a three-foot spear gun when it accidentally went off and hit lopez right above his right eye. the force was so strong it knocked lopez into the water. his friends called 911.

he was conscious when he was airlifted to the hospital. >> very shortly after he arrived, he started to become agitated and kind of, i don't know, for lack of another word panicky. we didn't know if that was a result of the injury to his brain or scared, in a lot of pain. but he was awake and interacting with us. >> reporter: dr. george garcia treated lopez on his arrival. he said the single best indicator he would survive, he remained lucid throughout. >> i thinkel do well, he was speaking to the paramedics. made me hopeful from the beginning. pretty lucky boy. >> reporter: in the end a series of three miracles kept the teenager alive. the side in which the spear gun entered his head, the fact it missed important blood vessels, also important structures of the brain. >> could have gone either way. i think just incredibly fortunate, a constellation of circumstances that came through in this amazing, freaky way.

>> as of monday lopez was only able to speak to doctors in short sentences. according to dr. garcia, suffer from posttraumatic amnesia and will probably never remember the accident. that might be a good thing. he'll see the video over and over but won't remember what happened. >> thanks so much, tamron. details emerging about the upcoming memoir of rielle hunter. she writes unflattering things about his late wife elizabeth. details on that. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. rielle hunter's new book is apparently more than just a play by play of john edwards fall from political grace and hunter's role in it. the tell-all includes blistering images of elizabeth edwards. >> a kiss monday from john edwards for rielle hunter, his former mistress and the mother of his child.

thursday edwards shared a laugh and a drink on the balcony with hunter and enjoyed daddy-daughter time with 4-year-old quinn. we learn more about what's in hunter's upcoming book. >> a lot of people in the edwards family will think why now? >> reporter: hunter uses scathing words to describe edwards late wife elizabeth who died from breast cancer in 2010. in an excerpt, she writes elizabeth edwards was crazy and a venomous witch on wheels. >> a lot of people will say the source of this, as someone who is john edwards mistress, is someone who maybe isn't the most credible person to describe what elizabeth edwards was like. >> in another excerpt edwards tells her his marriage had been in trouble for years. it was filled with issues neither johnny nor elizabeth wanted to address. they did not want to disclose the truth to themselves, much

less the public. when his corruption trial ended in no conviction edwards blamed only himself for his downfall. >> there is no one else responsible for my sins. none of the people who came to court and testified are responsible. nobody working for the government is responsible. i am responsible. >> reporter: edwards did not mention hunter on the courthouse steps that day. the associated press reveals at the end of the book hunter writes about romantic feelings she has for the man she affectionately calls johnny. in 2010 she tells oprah she tells loves him. >> has he ever told you he lovers you. >> yes. it's my experience he loves me. >> hunter writes, i have a deeper understanding of him as a dad and as a person who puts his children first. and i believe he has more respect and deeper appreciation of me now. >> i'm not sure what the audience for this book will be.

we'll see if there's an appetite for something that for most americans is a sad story. >> reporter: she wrote the book because she wants her daughter quinn to have, quote, one entirely truthful public account of how she came into the world, and this is her story, too. matt. >> craig melvin. thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather now from mr. roker. >> thank you so much. got some friends here. where are you guys from? you're normal. your above normal. very nice. nice to see you guys. let's s nice, nice to see you g. unfortunately, strong storms from norfolk, nebraska, all the way up to duluth, minnesota, into northern wisconsin. we are looking at the chance for some tornadoes, damaging winds and hail. you can see it's already pushing up ahead of this warm front that's going to bring ahead of it some damaging tornadoes possible. a lot of heavy rain too, anywhere from 1 to 3 inches of

rain northern and central minnesota on into the u.p. of michigan. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. storm 4 radar has been showing a few passing showers this morning, moving south and east out of the north and west, but they're really tending to dissipate now. just getting a few sprinkles right there in southern howard county and just southeast of fredericksburg. these are tending to dissipate. later today, a little sun breaking out. highs reaching the upper 80s by later this afternoon. might get an isolated thundershower late this afternoon or early this evening. then tomorrow, into the 90s. maybe an afternoon storm. and that's your latest weather. matt. >> thank you very much. programming note on thursday here on "today" we'll have an exclusive interview with madonna badger. she, of course, is the mother who lost her three children and her parents in a devastating house fire last christmas. we sat down with her on monday to talk about the tragedy and the moment when firefighters pulled her away from that house.

>> my teeth were black and my mouth was black from the smoke. you know, they took me away quickly because worried about smoke inhalation. i don't know. something can happen to you. they said i had to go right away. i begged them and begged them. and then i was in an ambulance and the walkie-talkies are going on. i'm yelling at them, where are my kids, where are my babies. and then somebody said turn off the radios, turn off the radios. i knew they must have -- i don't know what happened. something really bad. >> madonna has a lot of questions she doesn't have answers to in terms of what caused the fire, what happened during the fire, and what happened in the days following that fire. she hopes that the answers to those questions, when she

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back now at 7:43 with a warning about a danger at some of our nation's beaches. experts have issued an alert about powerful rip currents. nbc's kerry sanders with more on this story. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. again today the national weather service says there is a high probability for rip currents here in new smyrna beach, florida, also corpus christi, texas, and lake michigan. the problem is you can't see a rip current. often that silent threat can be deadly. along the atlantic coast more than just strong surf and invisible threat. on sunday lifeguards rescued dozens of swimmers from powerful

rip currents in new smyrna beach. it was all too much for a 14-year-old boy trapped by a rip current. he drowned. nearby ormond beach same thing as a 66-year-old man drowned. rescuers couldn't get to him in time. >> lifeguards pulled him to shore eventually. they did rescue efforts, cpr, and they were unable to bring him back. >> reporter: more than 100 swimmers die every year from the current. this rescue caught on tape by the reality tv show, "ocean force." among the survivors now warning beachgoers of the hidden threat, 17-year-old erica hernandez. five years ago she was trapped in a rip off the east coast of florida. >> i was going to die. i remember seeing this man say to me, i was on his shoulder and i was screaming, i'm going to die, i'm going to die. it was terrifying. >> reporter: erica survived, but only because of the heroic efforts of a bystander, john

carlos. >> he's a hero, but he was a hero before that to me. he was my child. >> reporter: his mother olga is torn by her only child's heroism that day, the 31-year-old everyone called j.c. saved erica. as he lifted her to safety and another bystander took her to shore, jl c. was pulled down by the same rip current. >> when i see your son, i see a very strong man. >> he's a good swimmer. yes, he was. very strong, very athletic, very fit. >> reporter: strong, fit, but no match for mother nature. created by shifting sand, the powerful rip current pulls a swimmer directly away from shore. it's usually the exhaustion of trying to swim against that rip, combined with panic, that causes a swimmer to drown. the best advice if you're caught in a relationship, try to swim parallel to the beach. but experts say sometimes that's easier said than done. you during the last year, this

lifeguard has rescued more than 100 swimmers. >> when you rescue someone and revive them, what do they tell you. >> they had no idea how strong it could come or there were currents that day. the most important thing i can tell everybody is just swim in front of a lifeguard tower. there's somebody there to help you. >> reporter: that's a big problem. there are no lifeguards where people are swimming. i have biodegradable cookies to show where a rip current is. if you see green in the water, there's no rip current here because it it would be pulling straight out. >> excellent information about how to protect from rip currents. thank you so much. coming up next the royal family takes part in an ancient ritual as the duchess of cambridge celebrates her husband's birthday right after this. ♪

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the royal family stepping out. an historic ceremony as they gear up for prince william's 30th birthday which will take place a little later this week. >> reporter: it was another ancient ritual played out at windsor castle. three generations of royals in full regalia, including headgear with ostrich and herring plumes. a sector on the sidelines where this royal trio looking on, duchess of cambridge dazzling in a white dress but showing her flair for frugality. it was the same dress she wore at a different event last year. she brought back a more familiar sight, her trademark nude heels, a far cry from weekend wear where she spent time with innocent children. and settling down to a tasty treat around the campfire, kate

clearly enjoyed a relaxed couple of hours after weeks of royal pageantry. her focus this week will be on william, who is turning 30 on thursday. kate has promised to throw a party, though it's reportedly going to be a moderate affair. >> i think really this 30th birthday will be low key, because he doesn't want to have some major celebration, a big lavish party while the rest of great britain and all of europe is suffering from austerity measures. it's been a year when royal approval ratings have soared. as the big birthday approaches prince william, who hasn't always been comfortable growing up in the public eye appears to be sellinging into his role and dealing with the growing expectations that are part of life as the king in waiting. whether he's helping out the queen in her royal duty or pursuing his own charitable passions, this interview today.

>> when you buy ivory, you are taking this from an animal that has been slaughtered. this decorative ornament in your home, is that what you desire and think is right in the world. >> reporter: could help the monarchy survive and may well improve the best of both world. "today," nbc news, london. >> must be nice. >> must be nice. coming up, kathie lee and hoda are ready for "today's" professionals. are the professionals ready for kathie lee and hoda. that's the question. also coming up mike tyson and spike lee open up about bringing iron mike's story to broadway. we talk to them exclusively but first these messages. but what about your wrinkles. neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available. it's clinically proven to visibly reduce wrinkles in just one week.

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8:00 on tuesday morning, 19th of june, 2012. the last full day of spring. tomorrow is going to feel like summer. is that right? >> summer arrives at 7:09 p.m. but it will feel like summertime unfortunately throughout this portion. >> i'm ann curry with matt lauer and al roker. just ahead "today" show first. >> i just realized that. former heavyweight champion mike tyson inside studio 1, a.

he's there buff and with another guy known to be buff, spike lee. teaming up on broadway for a one-man show. they are going to tell us about that in a couple minutes. >> all right. that's tuesday and that can only mean one thing, "today's" professionals. kathie lee and hoda will be joining donny and nancy this morning. they are just itching to tackle today's top stories. they are going to get a soothing balm for that. one a reality show accused of not being very real. >> by the way, you mention kathie lee. it has been 12 years since kathie lee left regis on that morning show. the two have not hosted a morning show together since then. but now apparently regis has withdrawn the restraining order and he is going to be joining kathie lee tomorrow hosting the fourth hour of "today" filling in for hoda.

that's kathie lee and regis or as regis likes to say regis and kathie lee. >> set the dvr for that. >> lot to get to. let's get inside to the top stories of the morning with natalie morales. >> good morning, everyone. the child molestation trial of assistant football coach jerry sandusky could go to the jury by the end of this week. the defense faces a last minute decision about whether to put sandusky on the stand. meanwhile prosecutors called their final witness, the mother of one of 10 alleged victims. she cried as she testified her son wanted to stop going to sandusky's home for unspecified reasons but she'd make him go anyway. jailhouse phone calls from george zimmerman and his wife could complicate his second bail hearing next week. prosecutors say the call show the zimmermans knew that a website had raised $135,000 for his defense in the killing of unarmed teen trayvon martin.

several days later at a bail hearing shellie zimmerman told a judge she didn't know how much money had been raised. her husbanded bail later revoked and she was charged with perjury. the georgia woman battleing a rare flesh eating bacteria is now going through what her father calls the worst pain of her entire ordeal. gabe gutierrez in georgia with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: natalie, good morning. it was an emotional father's day weekend for the family and likely a crucial week. amy is scheduled to have another surgery tomorrow to remove the dressings on her skin grafts. amy copeland has been through a lot. and after 45 days in the hospital, so has her dad. >> i'd give anything to be the one in the bed taking the pain. >> reporter: amy initially turned down morphine because she preferred holistic medicine. on his blog her father writes

after her latest surgery, amy is now taking medicine in as literal dose as prescribed. she's now requesting it ahead of schedule. >> i can't imagine what it's like to have phantom pains she still experiences in her arms. sometimes it feels like her hands are stuck inside of her arms and they wan to come out. >> reporter: he says amy's pain has spread from her amputation sites to her groin. since contracting the flesh eating bacteria from a gash on her leg amy lost both hands, her left leg and right foot. yet despite her agony, she whispered something to her dad on sunday. >> she said, dad. i said yes, honey. she said happy father's day. my heart melted. i think this will be the most memorable father's day i've ever had. i spent it with a daughter a lot of medical professionals early on had given up for dead. >> reporter: amy's father said

doctors believe despite recent setbacks she could be in a wheelchair in months and out of the hospital and into rehab within weeks. >> in augusta, georgia, thank you. who are is brian williams with a look at what's coming up on "nightly news." >> reporter: natalie, good morning. coming up on "nightly news," a great feature story on an olympic hopeful, the hurdler, what a story. from homelessness to trying to represent her country in the olympics again. that and more when we see you tonight. for now, natalie, back to you. >> now for a look at what is trending today. a quick roundup on what has you talking on line. a huge backlash has caused them to pull a sneaker design and caused them to apologize. they unveiled on facebook orange chains that connect to the ankles. they say the shoes evoke images of slave shackles. justin bieber was a real

trooper, entertaining his audience during a 45-minute power outage. he said the meltdown caused by too many hot girls and sang au came pell, a with his fans. ♪ >> bieber took a turn on the drums since they could be heard without power. the concert was being taped as part of an nbc special. justin bieber around the world is airing this thursday at 8:00, 7:00 central time. guess which future heartthrob you're watching in this newly uploaded video from a talent show in 1991. take a look. ♪ when a man loves a woman ♪

>> that's none other than an adorable ryan gosling in his premickey mouse club days. with these moves no wonder people consider him one of the sexiest men alive. he has moves like justin bieber. let's go back outside to alto check the weather. >> i wonder if he still has those pants. >> they are back in style. >> i need to get me some of those. wow. where are you guys from? >> atlanta, georgia. >> sisters coming together from alabama and georgia. >> okay. i know what that's ehhh! let's show you what we've got. our pick city of the day, salt lake city, utah, nbc 5, sunny, mild, 55 degrees. and you can see, we've got some strong storms firing up across tupp the upper plains and the upper midwest. we'll be looking at a lot of rain in florida over the next few days.

over 5 inches as the monsoonal moisture gets itself together. look for showers in the pacific northwest, hit or miss showers and thunderstorms moving into the northeast, and the heat continues from the southwest into the mid-mississippi river valley. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> a lot of cloudness lingering around the metro area this morning. some sun breaking out south of washington, and storm 4 radar showing those little speck of green, those are zones of a few sprinkles that are now in anne arundell and northern prince george's county and the western part of the northern neck. later today, sun in and out, highs into the 80s, and maybe an additional afternoon or evening thundershower, small chance of that. a light chance tomorrow, and into the 90s. mid- and upper 90s wednesday and thursday. maybe an afternoon storm >> we're so glad to have you

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jones, two people, kathie lee and hoda. good morning. good to see you both. let's start with a story that doled over the last week. the president, president obama, on the lawn at the white house giving a speech about immigration policy when a reporter from "daily caller" a conservative website interrupted him in the middle of his speech. here is part of the exchange. >> it is the right thing to do. excuse me, sir. this is not time for questions, sir, not while i'm speaking. and the answer to your question, sir, and the next time i prefer you let me finish my statements before you ask that question. this is the right thing to do for american people. i didn't ask for an argument, i'm answering your question. >> this was not during the q&a, this was during the speech. he interrupted him. we'll start with the question, is it ever okay to interrupt the

president. >> not in the rose garden, not in a formal presentation. >> he's done with a speech. when he's done wit and fields questions, yes. i do think the press corps can be aggressive, you have to go for it. >> considered aggressive at abc news and i was there at the time. he waited while the president was walking to the chopper, a public forum, not a formal situation like the rose garden. >> it's never, i don't think in any situation okay to interrupt. we've got to keep the office up here. we're sometimes so overmedia, the president is everywhere, everyone, including the press, can forget that pedestal. clearly wrong. >> including the office here. have you ever been across the pond and watch parliament. they don't heat them get a word in edge wise. it's a different system. >> a different world.

sam donaldson thought this was racially driven. >> founded "the daily caller" the website said he's proud of him and it is a reporter's job to ask questions and get answers. >> respectfully. i think the president showed more respect for him by calling him sir three times. >> a great opportunity for the president to look presidential and scold him. >> let's move on. just a couple of weeks after the federal prosecutor decided not to retry charges against john edwards, who was acquitted on one charge and a jury deadlocked on a lot of other charges against him, you think he can get out of the headlines. no, rielle hunter, former mistress and mother of their child together has written a tell-all book. some of it unflattering about john edwards late wife and former wife elizabeth edwards. couldn't he have stopped this. >> kind of brutal, not just unflattering, kind of brutal. the ultimate in bad taste. >> it's interesting. i think people are going to find

this titillating and interesting and yucky at the same time. but i would have to say to her, this is something your daughter is at some point going to read. >> she said she wrote it for her. >> oh, my god, why do you want your daughter to read this. >> we're seeing some pictures of john and rielle on the beach seemingly in a pretty good relationship. don't you think he could have said to her, there is no winning by dragging this up, and especially not by attacking my late wife. >> it's unflattering to him. >> i would bet even as out of his mind as he clearly is he tried to do that and she did it anyway. >> the money she got for i. >> an unsavory situation and capitalize it. this is 101. >> the money never got to her, the million dollars. she said she was getting $5,000 a month. she never got that money. maybe she thought this was her big payday as yucky as we think it is.

>> we keep talking about this. people with bad behavior end up making tons of money getting popular, selling books and almost bragging about it. it kind of makes you a little bit sick. >> does she disappear or he disappear. >> lultly they both will. >> what do you think the public's interest in the book will be. >> not much. you know what i miss in these things, a wonderful old-fashioned thing called shame. >> please, shame. shame is a positive thing. >> she was the mistress with the child out of wedlock. where is some shame in all this. >> let me move on. hundreds of mayors across the country are calling for and sponsoring what they call trigger loss. nothing to do with guns. this is where if a school repeatedly underperforms and does not serve the needs of its children and students, parents can go in and take over the school and fire teachers and fire administrators and turn that school over to private management. is this a good idea? >> i'm all for it. >> this is the one area, the most important area teaching

that is not ameritocracy. this need to happen. >> desperate parents. i don't know if that's the right solution, parents going in and taking over and shutting it down, 51% is all you need to shut it down. it shows parents are freaking out. they want to do something and feel helpless. >> obviously teachers unions are not in favor of this, a lot of teachers will lose their job, some with seniority. >> i'm on the fence. i've seen helicopter parents that think they can did it better. if parents think they want to do this, they have to have a plan. you can't come in and say everyone is out and that's it. there has to be some sense of process to make it better. >> of course i think sometimes the threat that somebody has that power might get eventually these schools and administrators to start giving serious about

educating our children, which by the way is our first responsibility, not the educators and teachers, as parents to our children. >> and restore public schools. >> kathie lee coming into play late in the game. >> trying to be civil and polite, which is not my nature. >> thank you for joining us today. donny and dr. nancy as always, thank you. mike tyson brings his story to broadway with another help from the man next to him. spike lee, we'll talk to him right after this. [ male announcer ] with ultra-filtered water from the first ever hands-free dispenser,

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back now at 8:20. there's a new show coming to broadway this summer featuring an unlikely star, mike tyson, who will make his debut on the great white way in a one-man show called mike tyson, undisputed truth. he's with us along with the director spike lee. good morning. great to have you here. >> glad to be here. >> glad to have you for the first time in the studio. >> no, i've been here with brian gumball. you're not going to throw me under the bus. >> no. you did call me ma'am. that was nice for to you say that to me. let's talk about this one-man show. it's a raw and very revealing look at your life. why did you decide you wanted to do this? >> well, first of all, i was

driving down 15 north in las vegas, of course. we have the billboards and i saw it. she said, that's my favorite movie. all the black girls. i love the movie. i explained to my wife, hon, i can do that stuff. i'm in asia, wherever i'm at, in europe, talking to people, interact with the crowd like i do in asia and europe. i would talk. >> she wrote the script. >> after i talked about it. >> my camera man was in las vegas for an electronics convention. he just happened to walk by.

called me up and said, spike, i see this, it closed, couldn't get to las vegas. where were you, in england? >> poland. >> in poland. got him, go a take. d dvd. mr. broadway has been played forever. i showed him the tape. he said, let's do it. >> i understand it was emotional, painful. >> a roller coaster of human emotions. >> this is not sugarcoated. you talk about everything in the show in las vegas. becoming the youngest heavyweight champ but also being a man convicted of rape and your struggle with drug abuse. and the broadway show, are there any limits on what you're going to talk about? >> i'm pretty naked there and bare. >> not literally. >> oh, darn. that would have sold tickets.

>> we want to sell tickets. you will not be literally naked on the stage. >> everybody will be disappointed so much. i'm old. i'm old now. >> but when you're up there for a period of time all by yourself on stage, mike, talking about your ups and downs, do you recognize -- are you the same guy who lived that life? >> no, that's just so ironic. i remember when i was younger like in my 20s, early teens. i wanted to f you, everybody and anybody's face. now i'm a wimp, avoid arguments, let my wife get away with the stupidest stuff. i don't know. i'm vegan, too. >> you're vegan? >> yeah. >> what changed you? >> i need -- i threw up the white flag. too many prison cells, too many jails, too many lawsuits, too many bankruptcies, too many

venereal diseases, too many anything. every time a prostitute girl when i came back from a trip, wait a minute, i'm going to lead a different life, you know. >> you made a conscious -- >> you're all right, champ. >> i'm sorry. i'm sorry. i was a prostitute hunter. >> okay. let me stop you there. the point is you made a switch. you consciously made a switch. >> thank god. >> to see him up there talking about this. this is going to take to present all of this on broadway, it's going to take a lot of emotion and willingness to go there emotionally. >> as we said yesterday in the press conference, mike is going to do the same courage he displayed in the ring. it's going to be i think this much courage to go on stage when you bare your soul to the

audience. >> talk about this, got to talk about this. >> i know it's going to be good. mike, thank you so much both of you this morning. >> a lovove affair. >> and it debuts on july 31st. tickets go on sale now. we're right back after this. good morning. it's 8:62 on this tuesday, june 19th. let's go to storm 4 meteorologist tom kierein with a look at the forecast. >> good morning. still a lot of clouds around the metro area, although there is some sun breaking out, just south of washington, parts of maryland, the northern neck, and the lower bay. they're getting a few sprinkles in the northern anne arundell county. and later today, we'll have more sun breaking out around the metro area, partly sunny day, highs climbing into the 80s and maybe an afternoon or evening thundershower, a small chance of that. then even bigger heat building wednesday and thursday, into the 90s. both days, mid- and upper 90s. maybe an afternoon storm on thursday. greater chanz thursday. greater chanz thursday. lower

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movie. we'll be telling you more about the cast in just a while. meanwhile on the plaza, matt lauer along with ann curry, natalie morales and mr. al roker. >> did you know that 85% of last year's college graduates said they plan to move back in with their parents. we're dealing with the no so empty nest these days. the economy definitely is a factor. the question now is, are we as parents perhaps some degree to blame for our concierge behavior for parents. one author, we talked to her, talks about what we're doing to present to this. >> you might not want to pay attention to what bobby flay disenfranchisement you don't want the food too good at home. he's going to show you how to whip up an entire meal in just 15 minutes. >> that's good because we don't

have any time to cook. yes, absolutely. >> as parents, i think all of us have done this. we've thrown mongolia out to later find something our kids had was important to them. turns out a mom threw away her son's computer that happened to have all of his life savings inside of it. >> in the computer. >> he hid it there. we'll tell you what they did to find the money. there's a good ending to the story. >> all right. let's get a check of the weather, mr. roker. >> it's going to be on, baby, starting from the midwest, back into the southwest, and into parts of northern ohio and illinois as well. rain in the pacific northwest. heavy rain down in florida. tomorrow, that heavy rain continues down there, anywhere from 3 to 5 inches over the next 48 hours. rain in the upper mississippi river valley. sizzling from the southwest and central california into the mid-atlantic states, the gulf coast into the northeast and new england. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your

neck of the woods. >> good morning. temperatures now near 70 degrees. make sure your ac is working. we'll be needing it later today, and especially tomorrow, thursday, and friday. highs today, upper 80s, a little sun breaking out. small chance of an afternoon thundershower. then tomorrow, we should hit the mid- and upper 90s with hazy sunshine and increasing humidity. hot and hazy and humid on thursday, maybe an afternoon thunderstorm. then a greater chance of some storms late on friday into friday evening. after that, lower any time you need to check your weather, head on to the weather channel or weather.com online. ann. >> al, thank you. the college graduation season is wrapping up. after the pomp and circumstance comes reality. and the question, what happens next. for increasing number of young graduates the path leads right back to their parents' front door. without question, it is a tough economy for college graduates to be stepping out on their own for

the first time. >> i think that's one of the scariest things getting out of a graduate institution, there's not necessarily a path anymore. >> in 2011, 53% of bachelor degree holders under 25 were jobless or underemployed. it's not surprising to discover that among last year's college graduates, 85% planned to move back home for some period of time, up from 57% of 2006 graduates. >> as long as we have the room for them, they can stay here any time they want. >> for sabina, moving back home was the obvious choice. >> other than the seven bowls of granola i eat out of the kitchen every day, my parents aren't actively giving me money. >> after graduating in 2011, sabina enrolled in a grad school for acting near the apartment in new york city. >> of course i question the practicality of my career choice, but i also feel like this is my only time to try it. >> her mom, barbara, a painter

and art professor understands the risk. >> sabina was a very good student. i imagined law as a possibility. it would be great if she managed to become a working actor. if not, i know that she'll land on her feet. >> for sabina, moving back in with her mom, stepdad and little sister was not without complications. >> i fall back into my high school and my childhood self. it's only all of a sudden that i'll realize, i'm 23. why do i need to tell you where i'm going tonight. truthfully, i probably don't respect the fact that she's 23 as much as i might. i just treat her like i always treated her. she probably treats me the way she always treated me. >> sally, the author of "slouching towards adulthood" observations from the not so empty nest. a psychologist specializing in family relationships. good morning to both of you.

>> nice to be here. >> nice to have you here. you really became interested in this, sally, when your own 25-year-old son moved back in after graduating from college. then it got really interesting. >> it got interesting. at first i was extremely excited about it. then when it seemed like he wasn't that excited about looking for a job and had been offered a job but wasn't quite perfect, then it was one shout short of an intervention before he was out the door. >> we talked earlier in this piece about the economy. you say beyond the economy. there's something else going on. what is it, exactly? >> there's no doubt people who are 22 to 35 have gotten the short straw in the economy. they have also been parented very differently. concierge parents, you used that phrase the other day. parents have become very ov overinvolved in their children's lives, tended to treat them a

much different way than parents treated themselves. you find people not capable of living on their own or such a high level of creature comforts they don't want to be on their own. they would rather be in their parents home with cable television and meals done for them. they aren't living like adults. >> do you buy this deal we've done too much as parents, helping them we haven't helped ourselves. >> we have done too much as parents as far as being very involved. there's lots of reasons for this. we have a whole different technological world than we did when we were younger. there's a lot of ease of connecting with one's child on a very regular basis, one's adult child. i also think we haven't been careful enough in teaching our kids to get out there on their own at early ages and make decisions on their own and take responsibilities and really become independent and learn the kinds of skills that we all need to live on our own and give them

chances to fall. we are there often to pick them up and help them in ways that are more than supportive. >> the question is why do we do this? because we need to be needed? >> often there is this need to be needed. kind of like co-dependency where people really want to be taken care of and aren't so easy -- aren't so willing to be launched as sally was referencing. also a need to be involved in our developing children's lives because it reflects on us, what they do, who they become. that's something we really need to think about, changing the patterns. >> quickly let's talk about changing solutions. sally, in your reporting, you say one of the things we need to do is make sure kids have a good sense of money. a lot of them have an out of whack sense of money. >> a lot of parents give children way too much. money represents self-esteem. if everything you own is provided by someone else, that diminishes your self-esteem. you have to encourage your

children to take a lesser job or to want less. >> okay. and basically, was there ever a time when you actually push a child out of the house. >> i think there are times. you don't want to push a child out who necessarily is going to totally land flat and not have the skills they need. you want to be able to help them know what they need to do to succeed. yes, there are times when you say, look, you really have to get out there in the real world, understand what it's about, work hard, make mistakes but try to have the skills -- try to teach your child the skills he or she they did to know in order to be able to succeed. but again, taking jobs that are not your ideal job, it's an important thing to do to be able to learn about the world and the world will teach you also what you need to know. >> encouraging independence, at the same time being aware of the pressures of the economy today. sally koslow, the book is called "slouching toward adulthood."

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old bread that's stale. make breadcrumbs by putting it in the food processor. >> maybe panko. >> yes. a japanese breadcrumb, that's fine. what you want to do is set up a station, so to speak. flour, egg, breadcrumbs in that order. make sure you single every single layer. >> you have to season every step. >> if you don't you'll have a bland derby. season with salt and pepper, flour, egg, breadcrumbs. you want to set it up so it's next to your pan. this is something a professional restaurant chef would do. >> okay. we're using chicken today. >> we're using chicken. >> the traditional is veal. >> the classic is veal. can you use chicken, turkey. if you wanted, you could use a sort of very thin piece of fish

as well. milaneanes milanese, breading. put it in canola. nice and crispy on the outside, cook over medium heat. >> when you talk about cooking, the reason it will cook quickly, you took the chicken breast and pounded it to a quarter inch. >> i didn't mention that. pound it a little bit. we don't want to pound it into submission, paper thin. there's something where you do that, like a minute steak of chicken, that's not what we're doing here. what you want to do is make sure it gets nice and crispy. that's exactly what you want to see. the breadcrumbs get golden brown and the chicken breast will cook, too. don't forget, this is chicken breast. it will cook quickly. not a lot of fat. >> cooking part, four to five minutes. >> maximum. three minutes on the first side. give it a turn, turn it down to medium and you'll have a perfectly cooked chicken breast. >> here is our chicken breast. this is fully cooked.

nice and crispy on the outside. what i do, i like to make a vinegarette. i use vinegarette as sauces all the time. dijon mustard and fresh lemon juice. want to pour olive oil for me. fire away. a little bit of olive oil. that's fine. a little bit of crushed red pepper there because i like everything spicy. here is the dressing. i pour the dressing over the chicken to give it a little moisture, then my salad, cherry tomatoes, arugula, it has a little pepper flavor. that's me. cherry tomatoes. we haven't come to the season where the beef steak tomatoes are tremendously good. that will happen in august. cherry tomatoes always seem to be good. you put this salad right on top of the chicken. to me, this is really like the

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we have a different story line. we're injecting music in as well. >> being in the cheerleading world, it's not just pompom cheerleading in the show. we're seeing fierce competitive move. aerial stunts, all of this. how did you find the talent for this. did you have to train up or pull from existing cheerleaders. >> actually half of our cast are existing cheerleaders from across the country, which is really interesting for broadway. we like to call it 3d musical theater where we sing, dance, act and do the cheerleading and stunts which has never been done before, takes musical theater to a whole new level. >> what about the risk factors. this sounds like, to have this kind of excitement, you really know what you're doing and a bit dangerous. >> yes. we have to take care of ourselves. we've been doing it on tour and bringing it to broadway for a limited engagement. i think we're ready. >> let's not keep people waiting any longer. ladies and gentlemen, here it is, "bring it on" the musical. ♪

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8:56 is your time now on this tuesday, june 19th, 2012. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. right now d.c. police are on the scene of a possible gas leak in northwest. no one was hurt. let's go to danella sealock with more on that. danella, good morning. >> good morning, eun. because of it you can see right now, q street is closed in northwest between 23rd street

and 22nd street. i would avoid q street altogether and jump on p street as an alternative for you. 395 on washington boulevard have an accident in the right shoulder lane, it was blocking the right lane, but it looks like just the right shoulder lane. but 395 northbound very slow, jammed from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. >> we'll check your forecast

good morning. around the region now, temperatures are climbing into the low 70s, and we have some breaking in the clouds, a little sunshine breaking out now. and later today should hit the 80s. maybe an afternoon shower or thundershower, a small chance of that. then into the 90s on wednesday and thursday. low 90s on friday. over the weekend, though, should be getting cooler and less

we're back with more of "today" tuesday morning, 19th day of june, 2012. you've been treated to a sneak peek performance to "bring it on" that's going to be hitting broadway. some great singing and dancing.

>> great set of pipes there. >> more on that musical coming up in the next hour. i'm matt lauer with ann curry, al roker and tamron hall. coming up a mistake a mom made that had her going to extremes, right or wrong. >> she was cleaning out her son's wrong when she recycled his own computer -- old computer, only to find out he had hidden his savings, $300 inside. >> in the tower. >> exactly. that led to a frantic search, with help of employees at a recycling center. that was terrific. we'll tell you what happened in the next half hour. >> rock stars do it, so do professional athletes, even many of our own team, what am i talking about? twitter and facebook. obviously the rage these days. matt helping justin bieber now he's the king of twitter. >> two tweets. >> king of receiving tweets. you've only sent out two. >> justin sent one.

>> if you've waited until the last minute and you don't have justin bieber to help you, we will tell you how to get involved in social media. >> who likes free stuff? well, there's no better place to get freebies than on the internet. we'll show you how and give you examples of some great free stuff or just about almost free stuff. >> better than good. >> it's great because it's free. that makes it great. >> sound like that dog in the bacon commercial. >> i'll get it myself but i don't have thumbs. >> go inside natalie standing by at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning to you guys once again. good morning, everyone. the child sex abuse case of former assistant football coach jerry sandusky could go to jury by the end of this week. the defense faces a last minute decision where to put sandusky on the stand. friday prosecutors called a

final wit, the mother of one of the 10 alleged vehicle. she testified her son cried and wanted to stop going to sandusky's home for unspecified reasons but she made him go anyways. prosecutors released the jailhouse phone calls between george zimmerman and his wife as they allegedly attempted to hide money contributed for his defense through their website. zimmerman facing a second degree murder charge in the shooting death of an unarmed black teen trayvon martin. the records show on the day of zimmerman's arrest contributions to his website surpassed $75,000 in a single day. the former rutgers university student convicted of spying on his roommate with a web cam was released from jail this morning. dharun ravi served 20 days of a 30-day sentence. his roommate tyler clementi committed suicide after his encounter with another man was streamed live by ravi. officials say he will not be deported to his native india.

police searching for a man caught on tape vandalizing pablo picasso's woman in an armchair at the museum. the vandal fled the screen after spray painting on the painting. experts got to work immediately and they say the painting has an expert diagnosis. days after her son jack revealed he was battling multiple sclerosis, sharon osbourne showed her vulnerable side an her show, "the talk." >> he's doing really, really good. i want to thank everyone for all their goodwill. >> and the wife of rocker ozzy osbourne was able to pull herself together and said crying doesn't help. it's all the good vibes and positivity everyone has been sending jack's way that the help him the most. a new british study of obesity and its strain on the

global food supplies say americans account for almost one-third of the world's body weight even though we make up only 5% of the population. researchers say if every country had the same level of obesity seen in the u.s., it would be like having an extra 1 billion average-sized people on the tournament. olympic torch runner made an unscheduled stop during his leg of the relay through northern england. he hand the the torch to a security official so he could then propose to his girlfriend who was standing in the crowd. he got down on his knee to do it. after getting the answer he wanted, david took back the torch and continued his run with maybe a little more spring in his step after all. how do 5,000 ducks cross the road? well, by waddling right through traffic, of course. this farmer had to get his entire flock to a nearby pond trotting three-quarters of a mile through busy streets and byways. the farmer said it was a

quacking success. he didn't lose a single one of his feathered friends in the journey. remarkable. five minutes past the hour. let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> that's a lot of ducks. >> don't say it. peking duck. >> yum yum. where are you guys from? >> california. >> having a good time. >> yes. >> marvelous. good to have you. good to have e to have everybody here. let's see what we have for you today. first of all, we've got the heat out west. temperatures will be approaching 120 in palm springs, phoenix, and tucson, and it extends to the east, where we're looking at afternoon highs both tomorrow and thursday near 100 from d.c. up to boston. it will feel like it's over 100. severe storms possible from norfolk, nebraska, all the way up into northern wisconsin, as the system makes its way to the north, it's bringing a lot of rain, probably some airport delays and anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of rain in central and into northern minnesota. 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. the cloud cover beginning to break up a little bit and temperatures around the region are in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. reagan national now at 71. and later today, should hit the 80s much of the region, with partly sunny skies, small chance of an afternoon shower or thundershower. getting more humid today too. hazy, hot, and humid weather for wednesday, thursday, and into friday. maybe some afternoon storms on thursday, and again, friday evening, likelihood of that. less humid for the weekend. >> that's your latest weather. natalie. >> al, thank you. now to one mom who truly went the distance when she made an innocent mistake. dorothy was cleaning her son's room and ended up recycling the 12-year-old's computer only to then find out that he had his life savings, over $300, hidden inside the computer tower. after a frantic search of the recycling center, the money was eventually found. the question is how far would you go to right a wrong. dorothy is here with her son max

and the manager at the recycling center in new jersey. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> dorothy, i know a lot of parents have done the same thing. you waited a weekend to throw it away or recycle this computer tower. when did you realize, then, that you had made a very bad mistake? >> well, max was away on a boy scout trip for the weekend. so when he came back on sunday, he was sick. he went to lay down and started screaming that his cpu was missing. so that's when we realized. >> max, can you show me, where did you hide the money in the tower here? >> well, i had a cup, like a coffee cup, that i had more money than the wallet actually, hidden in there. then my wallet in a plastic bag. >> why are you hiding your money? >> hiding it from my twin sister drew. >> nice. so you had to find the sneakyest

place to hide it. when you found out this was missing, what was your reaction? >> i was really upset that because it's all my money. i was upset it was missing. i was kind of mad at myself. a few weeks before, i told her that i had my money in there. she told me she was going to recycle it. i didn't realize it was so soon. >> he told you the money was hidden in there. >> but life gets in the way. get it out, you know. >> it's dirt y, you want to get rid of it. so you're making frantic phone calls as any mom would, to try to locate. what did you do and how did you get connected here with jimmy. >> well, it was a series of phone calls. it's funny, because i spoke with a lot of women answered the phone in different departments. they would go oh, let me connect you to somebody. everybody was willing -- very willing to help. >> they knew you were a mom in distress. this is your son's boy scout money, boy scout camp money.

>> yeah. i finally got in touch with the superintendent of sanitation. he said, let me make some phone calls. it's an outside vendor. >> jimmy, i can only imagine, you've got 10,000 computers, parts in the warehouse you're now looking through saying how can i find this one old cpu unit. how did you go about tracking it down. >> i received an e-mail from the new york city department of. put a team together. they were all sympathetic. they looked. we were disappointed. we couldn't find it. we were very happy for max's mom that she went the distance to recycle, so we wanted to go the distance to try to help out. so after a little while, damien wilcox, one of the employees came up to me and said jimmy, jimmy, jimmy, i found it.

found what? i found the boy's money. >> like a needle in a haystack. >> an organized needle in a haystack. >> we called max's mom, she brought him down. we took them on a tour of the facility, showed them how recycling. we just wish more people would recycle like max and his mom. it's a good thing. we wanted to go the distance as much as she did. >> max, dorothy, did you guys ever think you would get the money back? >> i never thought we would get the money back. i thought it was gone forever. >> now, are you off to boy scout camp now that you have the money? >> actually this year we already had paid for it but i was saving that money for next year's camp. >> all right. dorothy, i guess we learned an important lesson as parents. what did you take away from this? >> i guess to follow through. follow through. >> you made the right wrong or the wrong right. that's the important part. good to have you all here and

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how much time are we spending watching youtube videos. >> believe it or not over 3 billion hours of youtube videos are watched every single month on youtube. >> who is counting that. >> 500 years of video on youtube, 700 videos shared on twitter every single minute. you know how you can get sucked in. you start watching one -- >> exactly. >> what is the longest video on youtube. >> that's my favorite. the longest actual video, this guy counts to 100,000. >> that's got to be exciting. fantastic. >> if you want to sit through it, siphon out from time, it's three days. >> how many pages. >> crazy. >> put you to sleep. next factoid has to do with facebook and its popularity. it's worldwide but some parts of

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good morning. sky going partly sunny now throughout most of the region. and temperatures are now climbing into the low 70s, much of the area, and later today, we'll continue to climb into the 80s, quickly. and during the afternoon, a slight chance of an isolated

thundershower. then climbing into the mid- and upper 90s on wednesday, thursday, low 90s friday with high humidity, maybe some afternoon storms, and lower humidity, pleasant weather for the weekend. back to

♪ >> that is country crooner kenny chesney. the tennessee native grew up with country and rock and roll. he moved to nashville where he made it big. now this country superstar will hit the concert stage friday. he has a huge following. if you have a favorite kenny chesney song, we want you to help him decide what songs to sing. head to our website, today.com. summertime, beer in mexico, living in fast forward. he'll sing the song with the

most votes. i'm natalie morales with tamron hall and al roker. starting the summer. >> it is a start. we'll be adding more heat with the latest trend from the hottest cocktail. cocktails can be fashionable. i didn't know that until today. celebrity design dresses, necklaces, the must have items that are all the rage. >> then a sophisticated outdoor entertaining doesn't have to cost a fortune, whether a casual wine and cheese or whole dinner al fresco. show you how to add stylish touches. you need something to serve while eating outside. we have an easy pasta dish with summer vegetables. >> all right, though. first, al, a check of the weather for us. >> summer comes in tomorrow. it is going to bes going to be throughout the eastern half of the country. today, we've got wet weather in the pacific northwest, foggy and cool along southern california's coast, but the heat continues in the midsection of the country. a risk on strong storms in the upper mississippi river valley.

tomorrow we've got the heat here in the northeast, into new england, heavy rain down in florida. look for hit or miss thunderstorms down along the western gulf coast and the sizzling weather continues from texas, the gulf coast, on into the mid-atlantic states, the mid-mississippi river valley. in fact, the only place it's going to be nice and mild will be the pacific northwest. here is what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> sunshine breaking out throughout the metro area, and increasing sunshine throughout the afternoon with increasing temperatures. right now in the low to mid-70s, later today, in the mid- to upper 80s. small chance of an isolated thundershower later in the day, and on wednesday, thursday, friday, into the 90s each day, maybe even upper 90s on wednesday, perhaps thursday, and a small chance of a thundershower tomorrow, a little greater on thursday. a likelihood friday afternoon and evening, but more pleasant for the weekend. >> that's your latest weather. >> coming up next, hot friends for summer right after this. therese uses dove.

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these look great on you. >> what qualifies as chunky bold. >> big. if you're a petite girl like we are. you want something closer to your neck like a choker. if you're more well endowed, larger, bustier, larger, monochromatic. these go well on everyone, red from banana republic. >> do you wear with spaghetti straps. >> wear with anything. these two you can take from summer to fall. >> i love that. we all love espadrilles, comfortable. >> i've been wearing them for a long time. my grandmother used to bring them back from spain. these are not your grandmother's espadrille, platform, high heel. day to evening. these from jessica simpson, love them, pop of sunshine. >> you're walking around, don't want to feel like your wobbling

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this morning on today's home, elegant outdoor dining. show you how to add a touch of class to your summer entertaining. susann susannah, good morning. >> good morning. >> what is your one rule of thumb creating an outdoor space for not a lot of money. >> form and function. it should be stylish. there's no excuse anymore. used to be for the old days, perfect for the outdoors but

yucky, blah. or very, very expensive and stylish. now guess what, there's tons of affordable options that could even be inside they look so glamorous. they are meant for outside. some could be either-or. everything here under $200. i can't believe it. >> you really want to design that way, design for indoors. >> think of it as an outdoor rug, even if you have a tiny terrace or luxury of having a big space. think of it as a room, accessorize it, have fun wit. make it an extension of your house and style. >> the rug. >> look at this color. this is an outdoor rug. i cannot believe the sophistication of these colors, normally you think blue and white, green and white, get away from that and do a little surprise. this could be in your bedroom. >> this can take the wear and tear, last throughout the rainy seasons. >> you know what, if you live on the east coast and starts to get intense out, bring it inside. but everything here is so affordable. if you've had it for two seasons.

>> this great bench. where did you find this? >> this is home goods. you and i were talking about teak. >> looks so expensive. >> look at the details. this could be outdoors, in your entry hall, a great sophistication. >> accessorized with these outdoor pillows. >> restoration hardware, super stylish. these could be indoors often your sofa. >> i love this pop of color. >> i have this in my home indoors. how great for extra seating on the side of the sofa. have fun wit. it doesn't have to be the boring wicker option. recycled, powder coated, perfect for the outdoors. love love love. >> sturdy, too. >> absolutely. >> speaking of sturdy, we have a great area you've created. smaller perhaps outdoor patio. >> first, this rug.

i love it. this very jazzy zebra pattern. i love it. it's rare to find an outdoor rug circular. great for a circular table. this from pier one. so fabulous. actually folding. we were folding it before. >> these chair. >> so substantial. >> usually with folding, rickety. i love the elegance of this. look at this pattern. if you only have a small porch outside, look how great this would be. >> i like how it's painted. >> all unbreakable. look at this melamine. >> not going to break. >> not going to break. >> look at this, looks like flatwater. >> love this bamboo flatwater. i love these, use them for indoor dinner parties. fun. >> napkins.

>> go with cloth, don't go with paper and paper plates. make it elegant. so much better for environment. can you reuse it. >> outdoor lighting. >> i think a lot of people don't think you can put something like a chandelier outside. >> create a mood. this is all weather wicker. this could be over your dining room table. yet how great for the patio to hang and have instant mood. >> storage outside. >> i love again. a lot of times we have a lot of people over. what do you do about extra seating. crate & barrel. beanbag chair. how great to have a bunch around a fire pit. >> great for kids. >> fabulous for this. so unexpected in black and white. >> finally from pottery barn. you know how outside we need to this.ll our trash or towels super sophisticated this bin. what a great way to hide stuff and store stuff. >> beautiful. beautiful settings here. want to take it outside and put it at my home. thanks so much.

great job. >> my pleasure. >> coming up next, if you plan to dine al fresco, a great summer pasta in today's kitchen. first this is "today" on nbc.

this morning on today's kitchen, what's for dinner. pasta with summer vegetables. a light dish, perfect for hot weather. executive chef right here in new york city. a mouthful, so is this dish you're making. why is it such a great dish, so much in the way of fresh vegetables. >> fresh vegetables, super light, great for vegetables. >> you could probably substitute whatever you have coming out that looks good. >> that's the great thing about this. whatever comes out of the garden, super delicious and super fresh.

>> start off with you like fresh pasta. what type. >> this is sem li na. no egg. for the summer months keep it lighter. >> if you can't get fresh, still okay to use it. >> difference in cooking times. >> three times as much. >> three times as much for the box. let's get started. >> drop the pasta into the water. >> how much water do you really need when you're boiling pasta. >> you want to give the pasta enough room to swim. >> hey, it's doing the backstroke. >> you like separately to kind of pan roast your vegetables. >> that way all the vegetables maintain their own integrity. distinguishing all flavors. >> what are you starting off with here? >> onion, micro plain garlic. >> nice. cook that down for how long?

>> thirty seconds. spet until the aroma is present. >> i'm sweating now. >> cherry tomatoes. >> just want to break them down. a nice acidity for the pasta. >> separately. >> eggplant. >> so sweet. >> what else would you do? what else kind of convenient table? >> in the fall, you could use cauliflower, winter squashes. in the spring, peas and fava beans we just finished with. you know. >> how long is this going to cook for. >> about two minutes. >> once we got that going. we're just about there. >> add a little bit of pasta water. >> a little bit -- >> create the liaison, a little body. >> even though you're italian, speak french. >> you know, we all have our roots somewhere.

>> i like that. okay. once you're done, pull this out. >> just about there. a splash. >> so you're adding it into this. >> right into the sauce. like one of the tricks with making really good pasta getting a liaison, the quicker the bubbles, the strong eer emulsi y emulsificati emulsification. >> natalie and tamron. >> fantastic. >> a little butter and olive oil. >> fresh herb. >> a little basil, oregano, parsley, pepper. >> a little something back here in the back. >> come on over.

>> back here. >> wow. >> come on back, chef. >> what is this over here. >> this is house made ricotta with beans, pecan pest, a, parsley. >> nice. >> in house cure you're on meat. >> thank you so much. >> thank you so much for having me. >> coming up, kathie lee and hoda along with joan rivers. fasten your seat belts. >> local news and weather.

good morning. it's 9:57 on this tuesday, june 19th. big problems on the roadways, beginning with the gw parkway. danella, what's the latest? >> right now northbound lanes are still blocked,ing ing aini. this is gw parkway. also, q. street in northwest is closed from 23rd street to 22nd street due to a gas leak. and if you're driving georgia avenue at the icc, this just in,

downed wires are block all of those lanes. let's head over to tom. tom? >> it is heating up and we have humidity in the air. that's a live view from our hd city camera overlooking with washington. now, you can see the sunshine's broken up now and it's also getting increasingly hazy as the humidity levels are increasing. later today, into the upper 80s around much of the region, parts of virginia may hit near 90, and we'll have hazy sunshine, small chance of an afternoon thunderstorm. hotter tomorrow, hazy, sunshine, humid, up into the upper 90s, feeling like maybe 100 or higher. more of the same on thursday. better for the weekend. back to you. >> all right.

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yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. captions paid for by nbc-universal television okay, everybody. it is blooz day tuesday. june 19th. so happy you're here with us today. tomorrow miss hoda is going to be out of town, but we have a guest coming tomorrow. >> this is a big, big day tomorrow. if you're not going to be sitting in front of your tube you have to tivo it or dvr or vhs it, for people from another

generation. regis is here tomorrow. >> he is. he's going to be co-hosting with me tomorrow, just for the day. it is the first time we will be doing that in 12 years. >> what do you think of that? you had plenty of dinners. >> i think it's going to be a lot of fun. we always have a good time when we're together. the less he knows about what's going on, the better. people do not believe we never in all those years knew what we would talk about before we showed up. no, no. >> spontaneity. >> we tell him hoda,ing not rhoda. you know what? he was glowing about you the other night. he enjoyed how incredible you are, how much they enjoy the show, the whole thing. >> we'll have fun today, guys. guess who is with us? the banned woman, woman banned

in costco, banned from lots of television show, but not here. >> not here, baby. >> we're bringing her on. >> we have a five-second delay when she is here. >> her book is called "i hate everyone starting with me." are they bleeping her right now? hello, joan! joan had her cheerios and hopefully cleansed her colon before she comes out today to be with us. >> this book, i was reading in the car yesterday, this is one of those books you're almost embarrassed you're laughing so loudly. some of them are so horrible we can't read them to you. >> there is great freedom getting to the point in life where you don't give a royal riparoni what everybody thinks. it's already on "the new york times" best-seller list. joan will be joan. and rielle hunter will be

rielle. >> she wrote a book called, "what really happened, john edwards, our daughter and me." in the book, there are a lot of things -- this is the front page of the "post," love, sick. the two of them. in this book reille calls elizabeth edwards who passed away from breast cancer crazy. you see a picture of them together. >> i guess he has a beach house in north carolina. >> you would think he would know what was in the book. >> not snuggly. who knows what goes on behind the walls of people. >> she claims in the book he had other affairs. >> he said he told her he also

had basically a woman in every port kind of thing. then he took it back. he said he said that because he didn't want her to think there was a future in this. then later told her it wasn't. women everywhere should learn from this. everybody should learn from this. if it's a pattern, what makes you think the pattern is going to end with you, you know? it's hard for a tiger to change his ways. >> you're right. >> for the child's sake, you hope that it all turns out okay, but his daughter cate is the one, every time i saw her i thought this young woman did not deserve this. she didn't deserve the cancer and losing her mother and a father who betrayed the whole family. yet she stood by her father's side and she loves him. >> i'm very curious if people are going to buy this book. this is written by a mistress about an affair, about his wife who passed away, and all the

dirty details. >> it's like there are no heroes. there is nobody to pull for. we do for elizabeth because she ultimately passed away after a courageous battle against cancer, but it's just so dirty on so many levels. >> you talk about, we talked about this before. there is no shame. you have an affair with a guy who is married -- >> running for president. >> you write a book about it, you get a magazine show, on the front of all the papers. >> look at us preaching to the world. don't look at our closets, whatever you do. don't look at our garbage. this is a sweet story. you know the olympic torch is making its way to london. >> it's not just famous people carrying the torch. >> this guy raised a lot of money through volunteering. >> i forget. >> volunteering. >> he's running with the torch and decides to do a big surprise. he decides to propose to his

girlfriend. >> who is eight months pregnant. by the time. >> he gets down on one knee. >> don't ruin the moment. >> he proposes, she cries. she says yes, thank you. >> and her water broke. no. i'm just kidding. >> then he's off and running again. >> she says yes. >> that is sweet. >> must go. tally ho, must go. >> wish them a lot of happiness. >> there is a texas teacher under fire. from san antonio. apparently the story goes this way. there was a kindergarten kid who was a bully, alleged bully. one of the teachers, a younger teacher said i don't know what to do, i've got this problem with this boy who is a bully. the older teacher said i'll take care of it. she put the alleged bully in a chair and had other children line up and punch the kid. >> so he would know what it feels like. >> she said harder. some of the kids didn't want to hit the kid. she said hit him. it hit him in the back of his

back and got to be too much. the younger teacher called, i guess, the police. that's what you do if there is a problem and the cops came. >> what's your point? >> i don't know why we are always calling the police. it's weird. >> if the is an incident like that, first of all you go to the principal. parents -- the mother of the bully said, not my child. >> the first she ever heard of it. >> i understand the older teacher was fired. i think rightfully so, but the younger one was, as well or suspended? >> i think she is on administrative leave, one of those things. it's one of those -- it's terrible. it's a terrible way to discipline. what do you think? >> no, no. i think the child needs to be disciplined, but the child should be taken out of the situation, not involve the other children in beating. no. >> why don't we bully him.

that doesn't make sense. >> yeah. remove him from the situation. if you want the privilege of getting an education, you behave right. i used to say that to our kids, you want the privilege to going out to lunch or dinner? you live by the rules or you stay home. my daddy used to say that when i was growing up. i was always late. saturday we would go onto annapolis, maryland. my sister was always, always late. finally he said you want her to stop being late? leave her one time. we left her. she was -- never again was she late. >> that's a good one. this drink is ridiculous, by the way. >> it is booze day tuesday. >> it is booze day. this takes like gasoline. in a good way. >> it was in "the new york times" so it must be wonderful. this is the el presidente. >> solid liquor with food coloring, i think. >> it's shirley temple. >> pomegranate juice, white rum,

vermouth and curacao. >> i thought that was the capital of jamaica. just kidding. don't put me on that soup. >> guess who is coming to broadway? >> i know. >> we won't talk about your broadway thing. that remains to be seen. but mike tyson is coming to broadway. >> in a one man show. i wonder if there will be singing and dancing involved. i'm going to write the music for it, you know? right up my alley. >> let's hear what mike tyson had to say about it. >> i remember when i was younger in my early teens i wanted to die, [ bleep ], in everybody's face. then i'm a wimp and avoid arguments and let my wife get away with the stupidest stuff. >> and you're a vegan, too. >> you're a vegan?

>> yeah. >> what changed you? s. >> i threw up the white flag. too many jails, too many lawsuits, too many bankruptcies, too many women, too many venereal diseases, too many everything. >> that makes for a great broadway show. >> can we have a quick shout out to the scottos. they are on the cover of the "hamptons" magazine. it was great. okay. >> hi, miss sara. >> reinvention. thursday we have our reinvention show. we'll have a reinvention ambush. if 2 you want to be considered, come to the plaza with a sign telling us you have a story and luis and jill will make you over. >> it better be a darn good story.

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obituaries. they don't tell you how they die. harry schwarz, 76. that's why he moved around. >> you take on some subjects that are -- >> yes, you do. >> old age, everything. >> historical leaders. >> everything. >> paris hilton you're not fond on. >> kim kardashian stole everything from me. how can you steal a rash? it's so stupid. everything i could think of, you put in the book. >> and yourself. you talk about your plastic surgery. >> no more botox for me. >> why? >> betty white's spells move more than my face. my birthday i couldn't blow out the candles on the cake. blow out the candles. >> what if they came up with

something new. >> you have to be careful about the doctor. see my plastic surgeon died. >> that's tough when you outlive your plastic surgeon. >> maybe you lived too long. >> so the new ones i go to now, all the doctors are funny because you're funny. i don't like a funny doctor. i went to the urologist yesterday and i gave him the bottle and he said, you drowned my genie. take the bottle and do what you have to do. >> i don't even understand that. >> what do you hate about aging? what about aging that bothers you? >> what isn't about aging? first of all the men, a guy gave me a hickey, left his teeth in my neck. old men -- one guy said would you be my widow? you know what's good about

sleeping with older men? s you don't have to change your sheets, the nurse does it. it's so fabulous. isn't that great? >> is there a point where people should just stop having sex? it's over. it's pathetic after a while. >> you need more help getting them on and off. you know what's nice, the old men don't know, they haven't had it. are we going to have sex and you say, wasn't it wonderful? and they go thank you. thank you. no one better than you. thank you. and keep your diaper on. >> you talk about people that are going into dementia. you say you're better off telling them what they want to hear. >> don't you think? there is so much going on in the book that you don't know where to start. >> it is great. it is a fun, fun read. be roady to be a little bit

offended. >> wear your depends when you read this book. you will need them. i finished it and said i'm taking it home to frank today, who is not in depends no matter what anybody says. >> i know because i sell them. i do depends party. >> on qvc. >> the book is called "joan rivers, i hate everyone starting with me." >> we love you. >> i watch you every morning and you make me laugh. >> we love you. up next, sara. ♪

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we are back with, "they get paid for that" and jobs you probably didn't know existed. >> this time sara grabbed a paintbrush and created a living, breathing work of divine art. >> i didn't need more than that. when you see this, you'll understand why. he's been painting most of his life, but his body of art only truly expanded in the past few years. he works as a body painter, creating picture-perfect art on the arms, backs and, yes, breasts of his willing subjects.

what makes them a good canvas? >> to me as an artist, you cannot ignore a piece of art if it's painted on a honeymoon-on body, especially if it's your own body. >> body painting is a novelty in pop culture. this video helps propel "somebody that i used to know" to the top of the billboard charts. it's a familiar sight at football stadiums. but sami brings the arts to anyone willing to show off his or her assets in individual sessions or group classes. >> it's spiritual art it shows the spiritual and physical. it's like they are telling their story. >> it's peek-a-boo painting. some leaves so little to the imagination that we can't show it on "today." how do you go out and find objectivity and not that you're painting a boob.

>> you just hope it looks right. >> i'm sara. monique is getting her body painted and her boyfriend jose is here for moral support. it's going to be this image with this holding the bottom of it so it symbolizes jose supporting her life. are you ready for this? >> yes. >> are you nervous? >> a little bit. >> you're staring. you're not supposed to stare. at the drop of a robe, danny got started. i tried not to gawk. >> if you're a model, you disrobe. and if the painter is like -- not good. >> can you putnams on there and tell me what colors go where? i'm sorry. okay.

>> there you go. >> did i do it? >> yeah. >> it looks like someone on a sled. the process takes around two hours. danny knows he's done when it's customer approved. >> i feel like it's part of my body. i don't feel naked at all. >> really? >> yes, because, like, everything's covered. >> the paint easily washes off. danny takes photos to preserve the masterpiece forever. >> make love to the camera. seriously do. love it, love it, feel it. in heels. prices for danny's most popular body painting sessions at his den art new york studio start around $200. >> wow. >> he can do that in a couple of hours. >> he had never painted that before. he found the image, they agreed on it and he just did it. >> how was it for you? >> any time you see someone

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we are back on this booze day tuesday with today's tech hooking you up with interesting summer gadgets that will keep you cool and calm. >> here with the goods is steve greenberg host of "invention hunters." >> what you got for us? >> this first one is pocket binder. this is the size of a cookie. you can put it in a backpack or camp bag. on your smart phone or tablet you can keep track of where they are going moment by moment. >> does that work for teenagers? >> it works for luggage. you can put it in luggage and

see if your luggage got on a plane. if someone is driving and going too fast, it will send you an alert or if they are going off track when they are going from here to there. you can say you took my child to mp and you were driving too fast. >> how much of those? >> about $149. this is motorola. two-way radio. what's cool about these, one, they are waterproof, weather channel station it in, 35-mile radius. you can teach in touch with the kids whether you're hiking, boating or whatnot. >> hooks on to their belt? >> under $100 from motorola. >> nothing worse in the world than when you feel like you lost them. >> this is the explorist 110. it's like digital bread crumbs. it leaves a trail where you've been to find your car, your

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today on our special series, do you know what you're buying? we are looking at water and the wide variety of choices sitting on supermarket shelves. >> is it safe to drink from the tap or is bottled water the way to go? madeline answers your burning questions. >> we starting with a taste

test? forget the issue tap versus bottle. take a red and blue and tell me which one is the tap water. >> boy, do you gulp loudly. >> i can't help it. i have to taste it and feel it. >> the red one is tap. >> did you guess the same thing? >> yes, i did. >> i didn't hear you say that. >> with you gulping like that. >> interference. >> if i was in egypt and saw a camel at a trough have you heard such noises. >> you must be thirsty. >> what are we talking about? tap water is a good thing. >> what if it's mixed in a manufacturing plant? >> every town has rigid rules from the environmental protection agency. they test it several times a day. but if you don't want regular tap water, you can get a filter.

>> does it work well? >> they do work well. they are not going to filter out bacteria, but they are going to get rid of deposits and stuffs that are in your pipes. you can have a carry-along thing, put one on your faucet. whatever you do will be fine. >> a lot less expensive than bottled water. >> bottled water is another choice. it's safe and also regulated but by food and drug administration as a food. all the waters in a bottle are regulated like that. they are regulated for the microbes. the choice is yours, but it's going to be pricey and you're going to pay for it. all the waters taste different. >> they do. >> tap water has fluoride in it? >> a lot of towns and municipalities put fluoride in it. that is a great point. you have to be careful with growing children to make sure they have fluoride in their

vitamins. >> you can make it in the morning, any filtered water is good. water has a taste and a lot of people don't like it when brewing their coffee. >> let's talk about the flavors. >> you never want to waste calories in drinks. >> well -- maybe. >> careful. let's not go there today. >> after 5:00 p.m. >> that's right. >> these have no sugar or a hint of flavor. sometimes they have low calorie sweetener. there is a whole variety of them. >> there's tons of new stuff. >> you can choose what you like. >> what about vitamin waters? >> i'm a great fan of eating your fruits and vegetables and eating it in food or taking a supplement. sometimes you can get too many of them. is there value adding different vitamins and minerals to your water? and it does change the taste. some people like juice. you can actually add a splash of juice. get little packets that you can

add to water. this is cool because you can adjust the sweetness to taste. it's called mio, put in one drop or several and make it more intense. >> sparkling water. this is good. you like fizzy or not, it doesn't matter. something important you want to know when you look at something especially for a mixer, if you have tonic water, it's clear but it's got the same calories as cola. for those who remember, the old-time seltzer. seltzer is back again. it's just water with bubbles. >> even i don't remember that. that's old. >> it is old. back to our great grandparents. >> tomorrow we do fruits and veggies. >> i can't wait. one more day. >> up next, a 91-year-old yoga instructor. [ female announcer ] letting her home be turned into a training facility? ♪ this olympian's mom has been doing it for years.

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you know what they say, use it or lose it. at 91, meg is proof if you honor your body your body will honor you. >> she's been teaching yoga for 40 years and came all the way from delaware. >> you have a wonderful story. you went to venezuela? >> i had a bad case of arthritis. a guru from india lived across the street from me. she came over and said i can help you. she taught me yoga. i couldn't pay her. i said what can i do? she said take yoga home to your country. this is in 1969. i brought it home. she said don't charge anything for it. i taught for 40 years without taking any money. >> god bless you. >> how did it change your life in terms of ailments and strength and all that stuff? >> i didn't have any ailments to begin with. i don't have any ailments.

a lot of them -- >> you're not married. just kidding. >> i'm not married. that's why i don't have any stress. >> will you show us a couple of moves? >> sure. >> let's do downward dog. we like that. >> sara, you're going to do it with me. >> downward dog. no heels. i have socks on, but that's okay. >> the downward dog. all right. you go up to the elegant stretch and you look up because that gives you energy. then come down to down dog. your feet are about two feet apart. you touch your toes. >> i can't do it. you walk your flat hands out so that your bottom is up in the air. then you press hard with your hands and feet. flat feet. then press the floor. >> yeah. >> that hurts. >> then walk back. come up bringing the energy into

your body. and having that elegant stretch again. >> i like that. what's the axe? >> that's good. you've got a big heavy axe. there is a big stump down there. you go up and you get it. then you do another one. >> oh -- boom. >> it's strong. you've got it. >> you can get flexible over time by doing this. i'm very inflexible. >> you're pretty good. >> i like mabes. thank you so much for coming. you're awesome. >> so nice to meet you. >> come bag and see us. >> are you going to let me do the shoulder stand? >> do it. up next we have a broadway performance from "bring it on." first this is "today" on nbc. [ crows cawing ] [ male announcer ] strange things happen

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that does it for us for "today." i am off tomorrow, but guess who's here? s regis! >> lock up the children. >> before we sign off, we'll leave you with a musical number from the brand-new show-stopper headed to the great white way. >> here with "it ain't no thing" is the cast of "bring it on" the musical. tune it tomorrow for wines day wednesday and regis! ♪ ♪ bring up from my heart ♪ i tell you as a friend ♪ you walk into a room you don't exactly send ♪ you're special

♪ you're up ♪ if people haven't seen it ♪ heck on them ♪ you've got a little baby face ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ yeah ♪ why walk around like you're made up ♪ when behind you're brassy ♪ shake like you've got strength ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ whoa ♪ kids used to tease me ♪ and put me through hell ♪ people love me ♪ people worry ♪ you're thinking it's a little outdated ♪ maybe they're mainly uneducated ♪ you're on the scrungy side

♪ it ain't no thing ♪ i'm daddy's little big surprise ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ that's who you are ♪ and the world will adore you ♪ they can't ignore you ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ yeah ♪ don't walk away ♪ no deal ♪ oh i've been hating on myself unnecessarily ♪ i got a big bum ♪ so what

♪ it's good as any other ♪ i picked up new sisters from another mother ♪ ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ i think i'm sexy ♪ who would have thought ♪ freedom ♪ time to get off the pot ♪ you can give up ♪ you can give up ♪ long as you love what you got ♪ ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ look at all you bring ♪ i'm going to end it with a bang ♪ ♪ it ain't no thing ♪ ain't no thing ♪ no it ain't no thing

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