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special edition of "today," countdown to the olympic games with matt law are and savannah guthrie. >> we enjoyed our time so much at the tower of london that we decided, hey, why not hang out one more day. >> it's beautiful here. the weather, by the way, cooperating again. still now 36 hours away but, wow, what about the controversy and drama already at these games. they're not even under way. first of all, you've got that mix up with the north korean and south korean, if you're going to make a mistake, that is not the mistake to make. then a greek triple jumper has already been dismissed from her

team after she sent an offensive sweet. we'll tell you more about that straight ahead. >> fortunately the excitement still goes on. there's so much to look forward to. we now know who is going to carry the usa flag at the opening ceremony. >> that's right. yesterday i got schooled in fencing by two-time gold medal winner mariel zagunis. she tweeted she's speechless, excited beyond belief. >> and she thought fencing with you was exciting. top that one off. >> also this morning, the royals have been out and about, spending time training britain's next generation of athletes so we'll have more on that coming up. >> let's get right to the news of the day here from london as the games and the countdown continues.

michelle kosinski joins us. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. the games have begun. in order to fit all the soccer in, it needs to start early. even ahead of the opening ceremony, women's matches have been held in scotland and wales, which has given the u.s. its first win of this olympics. >> m london, tens of thousands streamed in for the opening of the ceremonies. and the torch continued its run, at one point carried by 100-year-old diana gould. and at another, greeted by prince charles and camilla. while athletes keep on coming to the capital. women's soccer revved up in scotland and in wales. a u.s. victory over france. britain's first national women's

team ever also managed to win. >> great britain has the lead! >> but the north korean team walked off the field at first, outraged this were introduced with a giant south korean flag. they returned once the correct flag was shown and they won. for a few athlete, olympic dreams ended before even touching their fields of play. moroccan runner and top medal winder suspended from the games after alleged live testing positive for a diuretic earlier this month. and the long jumper was disqualified from the team for a thweatt. and honored was muhammad ali, he took gold back when he was

cashes clay. >> i will compare him to rocky. he always comes up, fights back and at the end of the day he's standing as the winner. >> and this morning british royalty, william, kate and harry arrived at an event supporting kids and coaches, who offers an inspiration of their own. and an airport customs strike has been averted and at least for now london traffic has not been quite so terrible as many predicted. matt? >> all right, michelle. thank you very much. among those getting ready for the olympic games, gop presidential hopeful mitt romney. he's in london on the first leg of a week-long foreign tour. peter alexander has more on romney's trip and the presidential race. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. already this morning mitt romney is wrapping up his first round of meetings with british leaders. today he'll meet with the british prime minister david

cameron. the wall street journal poll shows by a double digit margin more americans trust president obama than mitt romney to handle foreign policy issues. on this trip, romney is hoping to close that gap with a show of statesmanship. taking a break from domestic campaign politics, mitt romney is hoping to boost his foreign policy credentials. this morning visiting with britain's former prime minister tony blair. >> fabulous. >> in london through friday's opening ceremony, romney is hoping to highlight his own olympic experience, reviving the 2002 salt lake city games, then plagued by scandal and debt. but now even that success story is being used against him with a pro-obama super pac spoofing romney's business background in this new ad. >> there's mitt romney, who ran the salt lake city games waving to china, home to a billion people, thousands owe their jobs to mitt romney's companies. >> romney will visit three

companies in the next six days, england, israel and poland. advisors say he won't outline any major foreign policy positions during his trip. instead they say romney is here to, quote, learn and listen. on wednesday romney told brian williams he will not bash the president. >> i don't want to be in any way critical of the president or fashioning foreign policy departure from the president while i'm on foreign soil. but i can tell you that with regards to any nation that feels its security is at risk that they should have a firm conviction that america is securely behind them. >> reporter: romney's softer tone mark as sharp contrast from earlier in the week when he blamed the president for defense cuts that he claims weaken the military and undercutting the u.s.'s long-standing relationship with israel. ann romney's horse will compete

for the u.s. next saturday in the exclusive sport of dressage. >> this is ann's sport. i'm not even sure which day the sport goes on. she will get a chance to see it. i will not be watching the event. i hope her horse does well. >> you better believe he'll be watching the highlights. ann romney will be staying behind in london. michelle obama leads a presidential delegation here to the games. sheep has plans to meet with the queen and she will also lead the let's move initiative with an event scheduled for tomorrow. savannah? >> peter alexander, thank you. t t tom brokaw is an nbc special correspondent. good to see you. is it a smart idea, an opportunity to look presidential or is it a week lost when he could be driving the message on

the economy? >> i interviewed senator obama after a very successful trip. times were different. europe was not in an economic meltdown, this was a fresh face after eight years of george w. bush, who was not popular. it's mandatory for a presidential candidate to make these kind of tours. the big stop will be israel. we'll see a lot of governor romney in israel probably with bebe netanyahu, very close and prominent jewish fund-raisers who want to peel away the jewish vote from the democratic party. >> one thing we saw in our poll was that both candidates have high negative ratings. obviously the campaign is taking the toll with some voters. do you think the attacks on romney have been successful? do they hurt president obama where voters say he's likable? >> it's a double-edged sword.

very senior republicans are very worried about the success of the obama campaign and the president himself defining governor romney. that's the last thing you want to do in american politics. on the other hand it probably has lowered the public estimation of president obama personally. they just don't like negative voting. a lot of this will change once the conventions get under way. we'll have a redefinition beginning in august. >> you reported some senior republicans are worried that romney's not counterpunching harder. >> in fact i've been hearing it from almost all the senior republicans i know who are not directly attached to his campaign. one of them says quite simply he has to persuade the american people who hired president obama that they have to fire him. he has not done a good job of that because he has not stepped forward in a way they believe him most. >> it's been remarkably static, the last few months within a few points of each other.

what's the game changer going to be that shake it up? >> first of all, the conventions will and what happens in the economy. then the commission on presidential debates announced yesterday that they would have a series of debates. those will be paramount in the american public's eyes about determining is that someone i'm comfortable with, is that someone i think can fix what's wrong with the country. we have a long way to go. >> yes, we do. >> mitt romney and his wife, ann, will be with us tomorrow and we'll also talk to michelle obama, who is leading the u.s. delegation here. back to matt. >> more on that tragic shooting in aurora, colorado and an ominous package apparently mailed by the alleged gunman. miguel, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning. the public defender's office got their first look at their client's apartment yesterday, this as the prosecutor's office gathers new evidence, evidence that could make their case even

stronger. on the same day that james holmes sat in silence in a colorado courtroom, his written words were speaking volumes to investigators. monday a haz-mat team descended on the university of colorado's campus, where law enforcement sources say holmes told police to look for a package he had sent to a psychiatrist. a law enforcement source now tells nbc news the package contained writings from holmes about, quote, killing people. the university confirms it received a package monday after the shooting. the documents could prove crucial to the case against holmes, according to a former federal prosecutor. >> to the extent he put in these packages his plans to kill people, that's called evidence of premeditation. and then the only issue is was he mentally ill when he sent that package. was he ill enough to be legally insane? maybe not. or was he ill enough to avoid at

least the death penalty? >> reporter: holmes, seen here in 2006 at a science summer camp, was a neuroscience grad student who had spent his short academic life studying the brain and psychiatric disorders. >> potential order for future research -- >> reporter: what brings you out here today in. >> no comment. >> reporter: attorneys from the public defender's office on wednesday got their first look at his home. meantime near the theater, some of aurora's first responders who saved so many lives in the moments after the shooting stopped by the growing memorial to remember those who couldn't be saved. >> i didn't think i was going to make it out of the theater. >> reporter: for survivor bonnie kate, it was a brave strangier who pulled her out of the chaos after she was shot in the leg. >> he said that he saw me and

the shooter and he made a decision and went and grabbed me and risked his life and helped me walk, run, scramble out of there. >> i'm leaving. bye-bye. >> reporter: as shooting victim pierce o'farrell left the hospital wednesday, a church held the first memorial service for the oldest victim, who took his two teen-age daughter to see "the dark knight rises." >> the girls told him as they were leaving the theater he was yelling after them "i love you, i love you both" and they have that to hold on to. >> reporter: more funerals are scheduled for this weekend. many of the hospital who is treated the victims have waved or reduced the cost of those victims who did not have health insurance. >> miguel, it's still a story that's impossible to get your

arms around. out in sentencentennial, colora thank you very much. to savannah. >> there's this morning that katherine jackson may be back home with her grand children. jason kennedy in los angeles with the latest on this. >> reporter: good morning to you. after a very public battle in the jackson family this morning, the word came from paris on twitter "grandma's here, thank you god." her return came right after an appearance on national tv. michael jackson's family has seen its share of drama but wednesday night there was another strange twist. hours after katherine jackson, michael's mother, was temporarily replaced as guardian for his children, the matriarch spoke out publicly on

"nightline" surrounded by her children. >> there are rumors that i've been kidnapped and held against my will. i'm here today to let everybody know i'm fine and my children would never do a thing like that. >> reporter: wednesday some members of the jackson family had gone to court claiming katherine was being held against her will and was not with michael's children for more than a week. los angeles family court appointed t.j. action as temporary guardian. >> i don't think the takeaway from yesterday's decision should be that the judge is taking sides with one party or the other. i think that the judge was simply trying to protect the best interests of the children and that is his obligation. >> reporter: in speaking out, katherine jackson said the ruling was based on lies. t.j. cited a monday incident which seemed to show a

confrontation at their california home, specifically between janet jackson and paris. >> these people can't take so much as a move or do anything without every single person in the world taking it and running with it. >> reporter: saturday night her nephew, trent, reported her missing to police. >> the glue to that family has always been mrs. katherine jackson. i think once she is back in los angeles and she is well, that she will be able to, as she always has, bring the family together. >> reporter: paris tweeted "everyone's taking a role for me." >> the order for temporary guardianship is only valid until august 22nd.

but katherine jackson's lawyers say they plan on addressing this whole thing before that. savannah? >> miss hota kotb is at the news deck. >> we go to syria where the city of aleppo is under siege for the sixth day. >> reporter: syrian soldiers are trying to maintain control of the city of aleppo. it's considered critical to the survival of the syrian government. witnesses say aleppo has been surrounded and is being shelled by syrian troops. syrian troops had to leave this village in order to join the attack on aleppo and villagers

here worry about the thousands of civilians who remain trapped inside aleppo and under attack. >> thanks so much. penn state trustees are responding to the ncaa's unprecedented angs sanctions the $06 million fine and four-gave bowl game man part of a difficult and unfortunate response. 30 members of the football team chose to remain at penn state despite restrictions. >> a blood test shows that kerry kennedy did have traces of a sleeping medication in her system. the test results contradict what kennedy said her own doctors found, that a seizure caused the accident. she tested negative for alcohol but she told the police she may have taken an amen by mistake

instead of her daily thyroid medication. >> los angeles authorities are filing charges under a new california law designed to prevent reckless pursuit of celebrities. it is the first time the 2010 law has been put into effect. and, guys, you know we've had kind of sparse crowds out here lately because they know you guys are in london. well, today, get what? they didn't get the memo! >> a. >> i think this may be the biggest crowd ever. back to you savannah and matt back in london. >> wow, good for them for showing up. but we're here, too, at the tower of london. >> got a pretty good crowd.

>> okay, your turn "tastes great, less filling." >> nothing's changed. how about a check of the weather. >> let's see how i do after the strong storms to talk about. i mean, the risk of very dangerous storms stretching from central indiana all the way into new england and, in fac, a slight risk of storms from oklahoma all the way into oklahoma. as you see on the latest radar, these storms stretch all the way from the midwest across the great lakes on into the northeast. rainfall amounts, we're talking anywhere from three to five inches of rain from central iowa all the way into interior new england. 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. we're in the 70s getting more humid, but to the west, storm 4 radar showing a cluster of thundershowers about to move into winchester and with thunder and lightning and gusts of 40

miles per hour and brief downpours and those may hold together by 9:00 this morning. after they go by, some sun returns and highs then climb into the 90s maybe briefly near 100. and then late >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. still to come, ryan seacrest is going to introduce us to some athletes to watch here in london. and we'll get his reaction to the nudge judge joining "american

coming up, the actress kristen stewart's very public apology after cheating on her boyfriend. you...you think these disguises will... no. [ male announcer ] salty. sweet. and impossible to resist.

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it's 7:30 now on a thursday morning. it's the 26th day of july, 2012. a beautiful view down from our friends at goodyear in the goodyear blimp, which is flying just above us somewhere. i saw it a second ago. there it is, over the city of london. meanwhile, we have made our way for the second straight day to the tower of london along the thames and we've added a member to our team. matt lauer, savannah guthrie, al roker and manndeville. this is one of the mascots for

the olympic games. ever since think ban introduced, they've been generating, shall we say, some comments. >> do you guys like him? >> he looks like he's from "despicable me." >> he does. he's got one eye, a beef eater outfit, leg bus no feet, arms that hold friendship hands. >> others have been less charitable. they think the one eye is creepy and the actor owen mcgregor said it makes him sad. >> i think they're cute. >> seems like there's no rhyme or reason to the mascots. >> there's always some controversy about the mascots. he's fine. we're digging you. >> also ryan seacrest is introduce us to some athletes to watch. and we have to ask his reaction to the newest judge on "american idol," mariah carey.

>> and we're going to be meeting some of the u.s. men's gymnastics team. they're hoping to go for gold as well. if they would win, it would be the first gold for the men in 28 years. >> and what happens tomorrow night during the opening ceremonies? this guy knows but he won't tell. >> my lips are sealed. >> meredith is going to try to get some information out of the producer of "slum dog millionaire." >> maybe she'll spill it. or not. >> in the meantime, there's a bizarre story unfolding, kristen stewart, the actress, who has apologized very publicly on her boyfriend. >> stewart has been dating london-born actor robert patinson for three years. on monday she issued a statement of regret in the wake of a cheating scandal involving a married man. robert patinson and kristen

stewart had a romance on the set and off. >> there's pictures of them kissing, making out in his car. >> she has this kind of untameable quality about her. >> reporter: sanders is 41 years old. stewart is 22. he's married to british actress model liberty ross, who starred alongside stewart, playing snow white's mother. the couple has two young children. pattinson and stewart met while making the first "twilight" movie and been dating three years. >> they were getting very serious. they were talking about babies, living together, attending weddings together. >> reporter: just this weekend they were photographed looking happy at the teen choice awards. >> there were never rumors about

their relationship getting rocky. they kept is so low key. they slowly revealed their relationship to the world, which is why this was a bigger shock. everyone thought they were in love. >> reporter: on wednesday she issued a public apology "i'm deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment i've caused to those close to me and everyone this has affected. this momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person i love and respect the most, rob. i love him, i love him, i'm so so sorry. and sanders then made a statement of apology to his family. after the story broke, sanders' wife tweeted one word "wow." she has since deleted her twitter account. robert pattinson has yet to comment. in a recent "vanity fair"

interview he said "there's one thing i've never understood, why people cheat." >> we'll see if this has any impact on the box office. back to you, guys. >> kind of a crazy story. al, let's get a check of the weather. >> we still have that crazy heat to talk about thatut the midwes. big ridge of high pressure really stretching across the southern third of the country, keeps the jet stream up to the north and we have heat advisories, excessive heat watches and warnings from oklahoma all the way into the northeast. look at these temperatures. st. louis 96, 98 in paducah and macon 99 and raleigh 98 degrees with the humidity factored in. it feels like it's 100 and 107 degrees. 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. showing a cluster of showers and

thunder and lightning moving out of west virginia into the northern shenandoah valley and near martinsburg and hucles town if you're getting closer to the metro area, perhaps another hour or so, maybe a little thunder and. highs reaching 90s to near 100. >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks. coming up next, ryan seacrest on the athletes to watch here in london and on his new castmate mariah carey. 1% cash back everywhere, every time. 2% on groceries. 3% on gas. automatically. no hoops to jump through. no annual fee. that's 1% back on... wow! 2% on my homemade lasagna. 3% back on [ friends ] road trip!!!!!!!!!!!! [ male announcer ] get 1-2-3 percent cash back. apply online or at a bank of america near you.

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such a pretty view on the river thames, opening ceremonies just about 36 hours away. this city is ready. lots of people are get being excited. welcome back to london. with us is a guy you'll see a lot during our coverage of the olympic games, ryan seacrest. he's here to share his thought on the competition. and by the way, the new face that will be joining him on "american idol" next season, mariah carey. >> good to see you. >> first olympic games in person. >> yes. >> what's your impression of the city so far? >> so far it's beautiful. you literally feel like you're on summer break here with a lot more people. i'm excited. i think as we get closer to the opening ceremony that we got a chance to see last night, which i know we can't spill too many secrets, but to see what they put together, the choreography, i'm anxious to get going. >> let's explain a little of your role here at nbc and olympics. in addition for being

responsible for all the flag ceremonies and -- >> for the record, that was not my mistake. i'm walking away for an hour before we can talk now. >> exactly. >> i will be down on the actual field after the parade of nation comes through and i'll talk to some of our athletes, live in the moment to get the reaction to what happened in the opening ceremony which you'll be announcing. >> you had a chance to talk to some of the athletes. we had your interview with mi michael phelps and you spent some time at his home in baltimore and got a report on the phelps women. >> reports are that the naughty bench when they are punished or acting up around this pool, what do you know about this bench, ladies? >> i was never on the bench. >> i wasn't on the bench. >> yes, she was on the bench. >> not the phelps women. >> just michael. michael was on the bench. >> whether it was running

around, whether it was pushing a kid in the water, i was just always the annoying, fast-paced, moving little kid that wouldn't shut his mouth, wouldn't sit still. >> what's your impression of michael and team phelps so far? >> it's interesting to see with the women without michael around because they love to talk about him and we got a lot out of them. those three women, the sisters and as you know his mom, i think that they have a different possible outcome to all of this. while i think he's going to break this incredible record at the games here in london, i believe that his mom would like for him to go on and compete in rio, whereas i think michael is saying, hey, i want to have a great games here in the sunshine and then i want to go enjoy the sunshine around the world. >> she said she's always wanted to see rio and the olympics would be a good opportunity. you're going to talk to other athletes but you're also going to talk about social media. these are being called the first olympic games that involve social media. what are you looking for?

>> we're looking for breakout stories. we going to follow the trends and the culture of 24/7 information. i think that's an important aspect of our coverage here at nbc. it doesn't stop. as you know, this goes around the world and around the clock and we'll have all that for you. >> take your olympic hat off for a second, put your "american idol" hat on. >> i need a tie and a suit. >> there's a lot of changeover there. we have j-lo leaving and steven tyler leaving and the show announced that mariah carey is the new judge. talk about your reaction to that. >> very excited. obviously we love jennifer, sad to see her go. having mariah on board, she has that five octave range and the whistle registry, which she can hit. >> you have talked to her about the announcement? >> i called her last night and said welcome to the family. sheep said let me put the babies down, i'm making turkey

meatballs, i'll call you right back. i said what are you going to be like on the show? she said i'm very honest, you know me. >> who is going to replace steven tyler? >> good question. i've heard rumors about pink. we read about the rumors and about an hour before the show i get the call saying guess who's on the show. >> glad to you have here the next couple weeks. >> i'll see you tat the dorm. >> moose lodge. >> next up, we'll members of the u.s. men's gymnastics team. from what i hear, ms. haskins is a toughy. oh we had a good breakfast, so we're ready. gonna be another great year, huh guys?! you bet your 8 layers! yeah! long distance high 5. whoa! oh, careful. hey, watch it.

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not won team gold since 1984. a lot of the expert say the team you're about to meet could change that. let's introduce you to the athletes on the men's gymnastics team. good morning. thanks for being with us. did it hit you when you walked into the olympic village? how do you feel? >> it's awesome. we're humbled by the experience. how many times do you get to go to the olympic games in your life? it's awesome. i'm so pumped. how do you guys feel about it? >> it's unlike anything we've ever experienced. a lot of us, it's the first time, almost all of us, except john horton. >> the veterans. we have video of you guys playing basketball the other day. is this a secret warm up for gymnastics or is it more calming the nerves? >> i guess it's calming the

nerves kind of thing, not getting too nervous about the olympic experience. >> you guys got game? >> a lot of luck. it's a lot of fun, just keep our mind of gymnastics while we're out in the village, just hanging out and a good team activity. a lot of fun. >> john, you are the veteran of the team, you've been to the olympics before. what advice are you giving to these guys? >> i tell them all the time just to be yourself. it's the olympic games. there's a lot of hype around it. we're going to be excited. go out there, do your gymnastics, do what you've done to get here. don't be any different. soak it all in. it's the olympic games. >> danell, you have quite the rivalry going on with orozco. is there a friendship or a

rivalry with the competition? >> it's a rivalry with him and with the other guys. the team itself is really strong. can you tell we're doing really well with what we're doing. >> when we get together, we're pushing each other, motivating each other. it's a friendly competition. it's not like we're standing off with each other. it's a basic team and that's the most important this evening to here. >> we have a picture here. did you really climb the rings? >> me and john went out. we saw everybody sitting down in front of it and saying "hey, yeah, olympics" and we were like, we're going to climb the rings like we can. >> and your event is the vault? >> the vault. >> anything you're doing to prepare? >> just trying to stay focused,

playing basketball with these guys and having fun. >> now we have matt lauer. >> i have a summons for someone who trespassed at the olympic rooms yesterday? >> you know how up get out of trouble, if you do some sort of handstand or trick. can you show us what you got? >> cart wheel. >> standing back. >> standing back? >> not with a phone in my pocket. >> give me your phone. i'm going to call your mom. >> is this smart? do we want to risk an injury here prior to the olympic games? >> have some faith, matt. okay, guys. >> be careful, though. >> at the same time or one by one? >> on three. >> i know there's a fence behind you, right? >> i'm going over the fence. >> one, two, three. [ cheers and applause ] >> that is so impressive. thank you so much. we are going to be rooting for

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8:00 now on a thursday morning. it's the 26th day of july 2012. anticipation is really building with just one day to go now until the opening ceremonies of the london olympics. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. we're walking, we're walking, we're walking. >> this is like the mod squad meets -- >> where the reservoir goes. >> we're on the tower bridge, we have matt lauer and meredith. coming up, meredith will spill the beans on the opening ceremony.

>> i'm not! >> i know you're not. wouldn't you rather be surprised? >> you know the creative director is danny boyle. we talked to him a while back. he shared his concern. beijing was such a big deal. does he feel pressure or maybe not. he's going to pull back the curtain a little bit on what we'll see tomorrow night. >> and coming up the fan favorite of beach volleyball held not far from here actually. it's one of the cool venues. that's why i want to go. >> oh, yeah. yes, the venue. >> not the bikinis. >> we're going to preview the men's and women's competition. >> i have a little tent pitched out. >> also coming up, we'll preview the rivalry that is brewing at the pool between ryan lochte and michael phelps. okay, guys. >> she did it!

guess what, it was her, mom. i'm going to get to push the button and raise the tower bridge. >> will you be on it as you press the button? >> do they know you're doing it? >> no. >> do you have a permit? >> no. i'm just going in. >> we want to go back to new york. >> hello, everybody. investigators examining a suspicious package apparently mailed by james holmes just before friday's tragedy. a source said it contained notes on killing people. 12 people died in the shooting and 58 were wounded. meantime three hospitals treating survivors say they will reduce or waive medical bills. >> republican mitt romney is in london today meeting with former and current british officials. it is the first stop on a week-long overseas trip that includes stops in israel and in poland. meantime in new orleans

president obama spoke to the national urban league wednesday night. he called for stepped up background checks on potential gun buyers in the wake of the colorado movie massacre. >> the mother of baseball hall of famer cal ripken, jr. is now safe after a bizarre kidnapping. a gunman forced her into her own car tuesday morning. she was tied up, blindfolded and drifr around. she was found nearly 24 hours later inside the car abandoned near her car. she said the kidnapper did not seem to know she was part of a famous family. >> a chicago official has joined the mayor of boston in vowing to block chick-fil-a from coming to their city. this month the company's president said they support the biblical definition of the family unit. activists plan demonstrations

next week nationwide. >> and a quick roundup of what has you talking nationwide. kristen stewart has admitted cheating on boyfriend robert pattinson. the news has at least one british super fan super sad. >> that she would do this, i feel so sorry for rob. >> okay. stewart has come in for some name calling on twitter but the scandal is not expected to hurt ticket sales in the final "twilight." >> a female triple jumper was thrown off the the greek team for tweets mocking african-american athletes. >> and jennifer lopez's new video, it is burning up on

youtube. ♪ >> the song is a collaboration of rapper flo ryda. earlier ryan seacrest said he's looking forward to working with new judge mariah carey. >> and ryan broke the news that when he called mariah last night, she was cooking turkey meatballs. >> when we come back, we're going to get you ready -- >> you should do weather first. >> normally we do weather here in london. mr. roker, i apologize sincerely. sincerely. >> we would never make you feel bad about that. >> i have no idea. let's see what we've got as far as the london weather is concerned. as we look ahead, it's beautiful

today. i i'm already done, but as we head towards friday, not so nice heavy showers and then things clear up for saturday and sunday. opening ceremony, the rain will end, i believe, in time for the ceremony and we're going to be looking at temperatures in the 60s. so, all in all, not a bad one for the opening ceremonies. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, tom kierein storm center 4. right now upper 70s near 80 and got more humid. storm 4 radar showing a cluster of thundershowers rolling out of the mountains and panhandle of west virginia just now moving into frederick and northern loudoun county and pass just north of the metro area and hold back some of the heating rays of the sun for a while and then after it goes by, another couple of hours we'll get the sun back. highs reaching upper 90s near 100 today. could get strong storms this afternoon and again tomorrow back to your latest weather. bob costas right now at the olympic stadium spreading a tarp.

>> let's hope not. by the way, did you see this? how beautiful the rings are out here on the river. these were not here yesterday. they were down further. >> yes. >> and now they've moved up. they may play some role, i don't know, in the opening ceremonies. >> stop with the hints! >> when we come back, we'll help get you ready for this first weekend of the game. we'll preview swimming, gymnastics, beach volleyball. but first these messages. think sears. with more selection. more innovation. more capacity. and more speed. think the only store that gives you the top 10 advantage. with all ten of the top ten brands, including america's number one brand, kenmore. plus, right now at the red tag event, get up to 30% off appliances with your sears card. but these big offers won't last long. this is one incredible chance to save. this is sears.

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this morning on today's olympic whip, your guide to your weekend. there are three events, gymnastic, beach volleyball and swimming. >> let's stop right there and start with swimming. let's talk about the duel. everybody is talking about

phelps versus lochte. is it going to live up to the advanced hype? >> absolutely. >> you really think so? >> no doubt in my mind. i know for a fact -- this is just mi opinion, no doubt they're going to be one-two. everybody sells going to be five meters behind. they're not going to let us down. >> it seems lochte has had the upper hand in the last year or two. can phelps close that gap in the games? >> i think he can. we spent the last couple weeks with him in camp and he looks very, very good. he wants to go out. he wants to go out with a bang or two. >> i think he and his coach have been lowering expectations on purpose. let's talk about the other victim of the media hype, 17-year-old missie franklin. have we been unfair to her, put too much pressure on her? >> i think a little bit. we have to remember she's 17. you've talked to her before.

you've seen how genuine she is. she's really like that is correct matt. but seven events is a lot. i wouldn't be surprised if she won seven medals. seven golds will be a stretch. >> rebecca sony did well in beijing. what do you expect from her in london? >> she won a couple silvers and a gold in beijing. i think she's going to be the true leader. >> back in high school i went to school with a guy named john ledecki, his niece is the youngest member of the olympic team. talk to me about her prospects. >> the real deal. have i seen a lot of youngsters come along but i have never seen one like katie. what she did in that camp, she's going to surprise a lot of people in that 800 meter freestyle. >> thank you. >> savannah?

>> the gymnastic team is practicing on their equipment. you've been watching our fab five. how are they looking? >> the american team is actually looking very good. yesterday at their training, savannah, they were probably the strongest looking team. they've been a powerhouse. as you said, it's podium training today. totally different story when they walk out on this olympic venue floor. it should be a real telltale for them today, how they can handle their routine. >> i know you guys have been watching all the practices. i hear the russians are coming on strong. >> actually, the russians in london have looked fantastic. they have such a sense of a artistry that you rarely see now

in gymgymnastics. if there's a team that has latched on to the artistic component and never let it go, it's the russians. but certainly the usa are the favorites. they destroyed the competition at the nationals by 3 points and they look good, too. >> do you think jordan and abby can go one and two in the individual? >> we've talked so much about jordan and gabby being a one-two punch for the u.s. team. but can you not forget victoria of russia. she's improved immensely. she's going to give the two american girls a real run for their money. she's legit. it's going to be very interesting. on paper, believe it or not, victoria is just a little bit stronger. but yordan weaver is coming in as the reigning world champion.

she's the one that has performed the routine she's going to be doing. victoria is adding and she wants to improve. >> and she's one of the toughest competitors i've ever seen in the sport of gymnastics. that's going to make a big difference here in london. >> thank you. matt, over to you. >> beach volleyball, how will they do here in london? chris, good morning to you. >> good to see you, matt. >> let's talk about the venue first, it's amazing. >> it's incredible. it's a stadium built just for beach volleyball, 15,000 people, the most historic site in london. it's like taking beach volleyball for the americans and

putting it in washington, d.c., right next to the white house. >> let's talk about the women's side. can these guys go with the three-peat? >> i think they can. they're not the favorites this time around. brazil is the number one team in the world. the chinese the number one team in 2012. but misty and kerrey are looking great. they're both very fit and have a strong chance. >> let's go over to the men's side. the defending gold medallist, what are you thinking for them? >> they've been a little nicked up coming into the london tournament. but i actually had a chance to watch them on the practice court. they're fit now. todd rogers had a knee issue. he said if all the teams play their best, we win the gold because we can get to the highest level. >> there's confidence perhaps they don't have time to be on the top their game.

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to catch up with the man who has created it all. >> it's danny boyle. we all know him as the director of the oscar winning film "slum dog millionaire." now he's taken on the opening ceremonies of the olympics and the eyes of the world are watching. has this been easier than you expected, harder? >> nothing can prepare up for the scale. >> tomorrow night all eyes will be on london's olympic stadium. with an estimated audience more than 1 billion, preparing for a show that has been two years in the making. to say the opening ceremony bar has been set high is an understatement. at the previous summer olympics the world watch had had in yo. a

enter danny boyle. >> it's sad. beijing, it was unimaginable almost anywhere else in the world. so you go, fine, all hail beijing. we're very grateful to beijing that it brought to an absolute climax the scale of these opening ceremonies. >> but that's not to say danny boyle doesn't have a few tricks up his sleeve. after all, he knows a thing or two about directing. "slum dog millionaire" won eight academy awards in 2009, including one for danny boyle's direct oog. and in 2011, his film "127 hours" was nominated for best picture. >> i've heard somewhere that this is basically a danny boyle film that's being created here

live. >> we're trying to do a film, yes. >> how do you that? >> the way you view it on television we hope will be more immediate, advice rahal. the title of our show is "isles of wonder" and there is a belief in that wonder throughout. >> recently danny boyle pulled the opening ceremony curtain back ever so slightly reerks vealing the model of a meadow that will play a key kras. the very key character from our history, speaking word from the tempest, do not fear. >> the show will also feature 10,000 volunteers, who danny boyle calls the real stars of

the show. still many of the evening's details remain closely guarded. >> what will we look at? give me something. >> give you something. something that's very important in our cult is music and our history of music for such a small place of popular music is extraordinary. the most obvious answer is to the beatles. >> one of the beatles, paul mccartney, has confirmed his participation. if all goes as planned, he won't be the only great one making a connection. >> they originate in british literature and the most famous of that is peter pan. >> am i going to see peter pan? am i going o sto see --

>> yes. it's a live show. there's always a problem you have to cut things because it's a live show. >> course the question in my mind is what would queen elizabeth play in the opening ceremonies. she was involved with jacketor boond? >> yes weeks did. in our case, which is the queen. yes, we had a meeting with her. >> how is she going to handled it. >> does she have to rehearse? >> not really. i can't really tell you about either. it's weather dependent is the truth of that. >> whether she's there or not? >> no, no, no, no, no. >> in the nad of author's isn't about the let the weather define the night. how will you know if this has been a success? >> i believe it's a success

already because i believe that the way it's mobilized people together in a tough time in britain and, you know, europe and the world. >> and if it's a bomb? >> well, it's dk that's okay. that's part of the process. so that's yours, security. at least be down the middle. >> tomorrow is the birthday of danny boyle's family, frank, who passed away last year. danny told us he and his dad used to love to watch the olympics. the athletes won't be the only one emotional tomorrow in those stadiums. >> let's hear a boast.

just over the thames here to our side. he's getting ready to push the button have been retracted and we have two vessels getting ready to come through. good morning. it's 8:26 now on this thursday, july 26th. i'm aaron gilchrist. we could be in for another triple-digit day temperaturewise. tom kierein in weather center 4. >> clouds and some showers that are passing just north of the metro area and little bit of thunder and lightning that was moving earlier is now heading just about due east and it is bringing in some clouds, holding back the heating rays of sun. after that goes by, we have to get the sun back and those areas to our south, likely, up near 100. the d.c. metro area may not do that because of these morning clouds and passing showers. storms that could produce damagic winds, again, tomorrow,

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back now in london on a thursday morning, it's the 26th day of july, 2012. there is the famed tower bridge and something about al. he had a thing for the george washington bridge back in new york and now he has decided he wants to open the tower bridge. al, without first adieu, i know there are boats waiting. >> that's right, matt, here we go. it's starting now. can you see it through the window. it's going to go about 40 degrees open to let two sailing barges through. >> now, al, what would happen if just as those barges went underneath you jammed that stick

forward? >> i don't think anything would happen. i think it's on automatic now. >> okay. well, congratulations. another thing you can cross off your bucket list. >> this is really exciting. the tower bridge. peter brown, who has been doing this for 18 years, it was a little different back when you started, right, peter >> it was. >> al, how often do they do that during the day? >> this is like three tames a day this happens, right? >> sometimes twice, sometimes up to 12 times a day. >> up to 12 times during the summer. do the barges or the boats -- do they pay a fee, peter >> no, it's all free. it's all free. can you imagine in new york city we wouldn't need easy pass. >> al, do you feel powerful opening the bridge? >> peter's telling me let it go slowly to the center. >> so how did i do m. >> magic.

wow! >> because i sure don't on this show. nicely done. >> coming up, we're going to do a little hometown cooking. >> yes, and we know the athletes shine at their particular sporting events but they have sudden talent that we'll tell you about here coming up. >> and we'll get a little school about what goes on in these walls.lls. al with a check of the weather. >> that's right. you're looking at the sailing barge will coming through right now. it's just beautiful. and then behind it we've got the jen g. which is a sailing ship, actually, coming down. that's pretty nifty. look at that. that is just gorgeous. you can look down the thames. they're moving from east to

west. pretty cool. it takes about 1:27 for all of this to happen and it's really magic. it really is. the bridge, the bridge has been going since 1884. it has been doing this. a little differently, no computers back then. 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. now, the storm 4 radar showing this cluster of showers and thundershowers that came down out of pennsylvania a couple hours ago. passing north of the metro area over the next hour or so. no severe weather associated with that. thunder and lightning and brief downpours. cloud cover headed over the washington area from that system. after it goes by, sun back, again, and then soaring into the 90s maybe briefly near 100. could get >> i got to tell you, i'm done. i don't care if i see another thing. savannah, natalie, back to you.

>> good rex, he's making my job very difficult. >> among other things, you've been starring in neil simon's "the sunshine boy." >> that's right. >> now you hadn't been oj staged since the 70s, right? >> since 1972ish, certainly like that. >> is it like riding a bike? all the taxi stuff really kind prepares you. "taxi" we did in front of an audience. "sonny, we can't -- there's a whole thing about comedy. with a play wick i'm season crazy -- >> it's sort of a broken up

bromance. they were vaudeville stars that and the other has been dormant for many years, hasn't worked, my character, willy clark. they're put together for one show. it's an oil-and-water kind of thing. there's a lot of really touching things in the play and it's hysterically play. i'm really lucky to be here doing it. >> speaking of touching, why were you tauching your feet? >> oh, come on, everybody touches their feet. i tweet control foot. that's the right foot you see? i take the easy access of the crock off and i do -- >> and i thought you do this? everywhere you go you do this? >> pretty much. >> sort of like the traveling

nome? >> it's not a gnome. it's a foot! geez, you guys -- >> there are a lot of troll foot -- >> can my so now we don't know what we're doing. something has gone really wrong. >> stay there, okay? >> okay. >> i'm in the looking up your dress. i just want to get a -- >> this shot better be worth it. >> where's your foot? >> right here! >> take a picture of the moment my career died. [ laughter ] >> wait, one more. i have to take another one. >> what size foot are you, danny? >> wait, wait, wait, are you in there? >> yes, i'm in there. >> pick your foot up higher.

>> this could go on all day. just tell us real quick are you going to do a new "twins" cap triplets" with arnold schwarzenegger? >> yes. >> when? tell about it. >> you got two guy, arnold and i. we have the desire to do it. when what we need is the screen play. we want to do something really good. so we're going to find a gre great -- >> it can't be all bare feet. >> no, no. >> bare feet and sunglasses. >> if you missed it, you missed it, maybe we'll see you in new york. >> more to come

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back now in our "olympic kitchen." in a moment we'll do some cooking with jamie oliver. first a story about how he's doing more than just serving food in his great london restaurant. take a look. 40 years ago kevin was playing with fire. >> i was involved with gangs, fights. >> his life was heading from bad to worse. >> at the age of 18, i went into prison four times. i was just heading down the wrong path completely. >> but he was handed a life line and cooking has changed his life. for ten years, jamie oliver has offered second chances to undervalued youth. because of its success, there are now locations in cornwall,

england and amsterdam. >> it's that who wiholistic app to give a young person a chance who needs an opportunity, take them in and get them employment. >> along with kevin is charlie. >> i was in a bit of trouble. i left school when i was about 15. >> but charlie has now made a turn. >> i didn't really think i'd get this far because it's so intense. it has made me grow up a lot because i see. >> and now he cooks in a japanese restaurant. >> i'm thinking maybe five years go to japan, stay there for a year and really get a good

understanding of japanese food, come back and try to open a restaurant after ten years of being a chef. >> proof that jamie oliver and the 15 family are changing lives 15 at a time. and jamie oliver is here along with two of his apprentices. good morning to all of you. >> lovely to be here. >> let me ask our apprentices, did you ever dream you'd get into cooking? what do you like about it, kevin? >> i love everything about it. i love the sweating away in a hot kitchen, sweating away out here in the sun. i love it all and i can't wait to get further on in my career. >> charlie, is this something you think you'd like to make a career out of. >> definitely. i hold them to it now. they've already done 10, 11 months of the hard stuff. >> and you're getting training from the best. >> put those tortellinis on to cook.

this is so easy. it's one egg, 100 grams of flour. this is 200 grams for three people. in a bowl or food processor, no salt, no oil and good eggs, good flour and it will come together like bread crumbs and it will be more like a dough and then you knead it up and you'll see it come together -- see how i just squeeze it like that dill we got kind of play-do. he likes this. we're going to fill these raviolis. show them how to fill the raviolis. i'm going to talk you through. do you that and i'll talk you through the mix. can you go italian but we're in england, in britain. we've got some of the best grass, lots of rain. so we've got good cows, good milk and of course amazing cheese.

can you just do little blends of lovely cheddar. i've got some rocket here but can you use some any delicate herbs. i'm going to finely chop that. and a little bit of lemon. a lot of people just throw away the outside of the lemon. if you get one of these little graters and the lemon zest is absolutely gorgeous and will give it such lightness and you just season it with a little salt and pepper. if you can throw that into there, my darling, and give at that a good mix. now our raviolis are cooking in there. they only take a couple minutes to cook. let me show you how to do the ravioli. let's get one square, chef. one square. let's show the whole of america what's going on here. actually, i want to get you in here. nice and fast. we have a square coming up here. you want the pasta to be humid.

we've got a square. i have a fiteaspoon of the filling. you're going to fold it in half, then he's going to pinch across. now roll it, nice and slow. you bring that side around like that. if you just show that to mr. cameraman there. it's beautiful! >> now you're not only a chef, you're a tv chef! >> let's cook i thought you like to shape but if you use lovely olive oil, i'm going to serve it to you, my domestic violence darling, and you're going to get sweeter. with the oil, there's a little

moment you can take some -- see that starchy water there? >> yes. >> that actually is gold dust. can you see it boiling together in the pan? it might be hard to see in this beautiful sun. grate some parmesan very quickly, chef. the oil and the water is making a beautiful emulsion and i'm literally going to toss that up and put that on a lovely plate there like that. i'm going to finish that with beautiful bizzel for you. there you go. home made tortellini. chef and carly, great work. we're going to cook a little bit more with jamie. but thirst fest

in a quest for athletes to gain a competitive advantage, british engineers may have come up with a secret weapon for swimmers. today's special correspondent ben fogal joins us more on this. what is this? >> reporter: good morning. engineers who know how to reduce the drag of ships are helping swimmers do the same. it may look like swimming to us but what happens underwater is where races are won or lost. after the full body swim suits were banned, british olympic swimmers searching for a way to shave seconds went to the stripping industry to help. they came one a toe, a hook and a lynn to examine ek nique and pressure brag. >> it looked very strange with these drags on the bish.

>> this is where we're going to see the results of this? >> yes. >> what is your swimming background? >> none. >> now it's my turn. >> let's go! >> you're using not just the video. even i can see the legs are too far down so i got the drag there. it's at times like this that i wish that i had done this deciding i was going to swim across the atlantic ocean. that's 3,000 pile, which the way. so taking a swimmer like myself and an olympic swimmer, what can you vacate?

what the system allows today, the coach and the athlete to try out different changes in their technique and know whether it's made an improvement. >> john t. skinner is the british's secret weapon. >> we can tell the settle difference in that the technique changes in terms of their vol osity or whether they change the line as well. >> that wiif they can streamlin such a short time, it might make a difference in the olympic pool. >> another advantage of the system is that it's completely mobile. can you go to wherever the swamers are. >> are you really going to show

place the plan? >>. >> i don't even like shp approximately wow, we'll hopefully be following you long as you attempt that. >> well, now we know your hidden talents. coming up, we're going to

we all know the deal. olympic athletes are very skilled at their particular event. we also found out a few of them have some hidden tall ejts, too. >> i'm a black belt. >> i'm a great belcher and i'm also an amazing cuddler but there's only one way to find out. >> i'm sure from in my shower i have a couple grammys. >>. ♪ i can show you the world ♪ so our -- you're mine baby ♪

♪ killing my life with your baby ♪ >> i'm a cpa tax accountant. >> she can mack a lot of jim carey faces. >> i love to dance. do i it in my room, by myself all the time. >> she likes to do it at every party. she does the worm, every party. >> whoo-hoo! >> shake that. ♪ >> that was really good! >> the sprinkler. we're working on our own, the sprinkler. >> it's really embarrassing, isn't it? >> i think we've got our next

installment of "america's got talent." >> yes, we do! >> can you just do the sprinkler one more time? >> because i just learned this. >> wow! >> gee. >> can do you the running man? >> not me. >> al can break dance like no one else. >> i know this will be on tape and will live forever. >> coming up next, we'll meet first your local news. good morning, it is 8:56 on this thursday, july 26th. i'm aaron gilchrist. a heat advisory in place later today. tom kierein is here with our forecast. >> that's from noon until 8:00 p.m. probably when we have our temperatures rebound. right now just around 80 and getting some passing showers in. little thunder and lightning and

passish north of the metro area and clouds from that system holding back some of those heating rays of the sun and later today, though, we'll get some sunshine back by this afternoon and then we'll climb into the 90s and maybe briefly near 100 near the metro area and maybe strong storms after that, too. >> we'll check traffic right after a

good morning. traveling northbound 395 approaching duke street. multi-vehicle crash here and police shut down the road to get the cars out of the left lane. for now if you're in the area, you'll see some delays as you make your way towards the beltway and, aaron, over to you. >> thank you,

back now with more of "today" on a glorious thursday morning live from london. it's the 26th day of july 2012 and the whole world is counting down to tomorrow's opening ceremony of the 30th olympiad. i'm savannah guthrie alongside al roker and natalie morales. matt had to take off because he had to practice for tomorrow's opening ceremonies. coming up here, one word, beefeater. and, now, we're not talking about gin. >> we're talking about the men who guard the tower of london.

they have a long and storied history, not to mention a very spiffy uniform. >> hot on a day like today. >> actually, they're cotton. they're breathable. we'll talk about a man who lives here with his family. >> that's amazing. also coming up, we're going to do a little more cooking with celebrity chef jamie oliver. and later on we'll talk to some of the members of the men and women's water polo team. each are expected to compete for gold medals here in london. michelle kosinski has the latest olympic news. >> the game has begun. in order to fit all the soccer in, it needs to start early. women's match vez been held in scotland and wales giving the u.s. its first win of this

olympics. in london tens of thousands again streamed into olympic stadium for another rehearsal of the opening ceremony. >> one person said trying to pull details out was tougher than locating the lost city of atlantis. and the torch was carried at one point by diana gold, 100 years old. at another, by prince charles and camilla, while athletes keep coming. and the u.s. wraps up a victory over france. britain's first national team ever also managed to win but the north korean team walked off the field at first, outraged they were introduced with a giant south korean flag. they returned once the correct flag was sewn and they won.

a top runner suspended from the game after allegedly testing positive for a diuretic. >> and this greek athlete apologized for statements she tweeted saying she's ashamed. >> and muhammad ali took gold at the 1960s olympics back when he was cashes clay. >> i compare him to rocky who always gets up and at the end of the day is a winner. >> and this morning, they offer

some inspiration of their own. and good news outside olympic park, an airport customs strike was averted and at least for now london traffic has not been quite so terrible as some have predicted. natalie? >> i can vouch for that. those imlick tracks, we want to go to hoda kotb. >> hi, everybody. a law enforcement source tells nbc news a package containing writing from james holmes about killing people. the university confirms it received the package on monday three days after the aurora shooting that killed 12 people. memorial services got under way wednesday for the victims. >> gun violence has become a big topic in presidential politics. president obama says he wants to work with members of both parties to reduce gun violence.

mitt romney says changing the laws will not prevent gun-related tragedies like those in colorado. >> trustees of penn state university say unprecedented sanctions handed down last week by the ncaa are unfortunate and difficult but better than the so-called death penalty for the football tram. in the wake of the jerry sandusky scandal, penn state was hit with a $60 million fine, a four-year bowl game ban, reduced football scholarship and had to forfeit 112 wins about 30 members of the football team are vowing to stick together and help rebuild the penn state football program. >> the littest on the ongoing jackson family feud. this morning paris jackson tweeted "grandma's here, thank you, god." katherine johnson was reported missing earlier in the week but

was later found amid a bitter dispute over jackson's estate. she's commented the ruling was based on what she called a bunch of lies. >> court documents show traces of amen were found in the blood of kerrey kennedy. the daughter of senator robert kennedy and the ex-wife of governor andrew cuomo has proved not guilty. her doctor said the accident was caused by a seizure. >> a drought is gripping more than half of the u.s. con agriculture department economist said consumers are certainly going to feel it. >> a 17 pound lobster has been saved from the dinner plate. it had become a big attraction

at the area, he bought it and released it into a secret location. he won't say how much he paid for lucky larry but said it was the most expensive lobster he never ate. >> in this small, determined dog decided to give a ride to his bess friend. you never know what you're going to see.f the weather from london. hi, al. >> a gorgeous day here and some rain coming tomorrow, but hopefully clears out in time for the olympic ceremony, opening ceremonies. however, back in the states, we have a risk of strong storms. we're talking about from central indiana all the way into new england. the risk of damaging wind, large hail and even parts of the tornadoes in parts of the northeast. in fact, as you look at the radar right now, you can already see we have strong storms firing

up stretching from chicago into the northeast. rainfall amounts anywhere from two to four inches locally as well as five inches from iowa all the way into central and mid-atlantic states. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> clouds keeping the temperatures down so far this morning. good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. showing some showers, a little bit of thunder now moving out of washington county, maryland, along the mason dixon line. that's passing north of the metro area and then we ought to get some sun back after that and temperatures climbing around virginia. around the d.c. metro area may not get that hot because of these morning clouds and late afternoon, early evening, the greater chance of strong storms and that's your latest weather. now to one of the most iconic images of london. and we're talking about the beef eater. and the formal name of the men

who are part of the towers of london, the yoeman warders. you live in the towers with your family and have been doing it for two years. >> yes. i live in the north wall of the tower. >> what's that like? >> it's like a little village. it's like a village community. there's a total of 225 people live here on a permanent basis. >> and what's theit like living here? >> it's an iconic history ourselves and we have the tours that come here as well and look after the security of the tower.

>> now, you've got two young daughters, 4 and 6. what do they love about living here? >> the tower, the two little princesses of the tower. they live inside the walls and then are already turning. >> well, yes. >> you had to guard the yoman warter would guard prisoners. but that prisoner may actually do a little bit better than being a prisoner. >> you may well have come here as a prisoner. a couple of years later, you could be here as quick as quinn elizabeth. i was protecting that young principle at the time because four-years later, i find --

>> it's good to be nice. yes. >> how many people are here. >> how does this compare to the london military? >> it's a lot of different. instead of obscure questions, you meet a lot of people. and i think there's things do you to be a part of it. >> and you're part of history. you answer questions, you know something about it. >> and we've been enlightened by you. thank you, thank you. >> and. >> reporter: ahead, whether you want to see a dress age, we're

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more pasta for us later on. you are passionate about teaching kids how to eat well and eat rain. >> if you go to spain, italy, greece and see families and kids eating loads of different greens and salads. they're not telling them you have to eat these because they're healthy, they taste so good. >> if i may, i know it's super basic but there's a few keys to make it absolutely incredible. first thing, when you go to the supermarket, the farmer's market, look at the range of different tomatoes we have. you have green ones, small ones. the world's changed a bit so let's mix it up. a salad, i don't like it being geometric and perfect opinion let's have some slices, let have some hacks, some bold clanks.

let's throw knife skills out. i want it to be rustic. when you see a greek, spanish nana making this thing, she's not thinking about the michelin award. she's thinking of making it taste good. we've got some basil, garlic -- found the living lay lights of it. >> in about ten seconds, al knew i was not going to bruise the oil out of the pocket. >> we're going to go in with a couple spoon of good red wine vinegar and three times as up olive oil. we've never made incredible

sozioey ba sozioey -- so easy. in here i have basil. and this is the most amazing green color. and then we're going to toss like this. go for it, al. >> that didn't work out so well, did it? >> you know what, it tastes good when it's on the table. >> this looks like a problem. most importantly, how much have we taste? >> then we'll finish it off with a rustic salad. >> that dressing is amazing. >> i'll finish it off with basil, just to remind our friends what's in there. if you want to get feta or other

cheese. >> how much time we we have left? >> a minute and 20 seconds. going to there, lovely. now, think of this. this og on a trust knee. each player's puffed, they're really, really good. wa we want to that is i want to try and save what my friend, mr. al roker has done. we're going to just chop up that famed salad, chilly, garlic it s in there. >> perfect. >> it's fresh packed so it will be cooked in 30, 40 seconds, maybe left. so i'm going to put this tomato that al kindly threw across half of london and i'm just going to turn it into a wonderful crudeio salad. i'm just reminding them that we're here.

when you drag that past pathel here. and the water and the oil, that water there is going to create the beautiful, macic sauce. if you'd pass me that bowl, we're going to make a very summer clean -- >> this seconds to go. 12 year oof been watching with you guys. >> and never missed a couple. >> i little town of gold. he, gold medal! >> al roker, you take the bronze today, my friend. what are you going to disrepardon the. and it will preview the must

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♪ fortunately with hamburger helper's 40 varieties a home-cooked meal is never out of reach. hamburger helper. help is on the way. good morning. it is 9:26 on this thursday, july 26th. i'm aaron gilchrist. we're heading towards triple-digit temperatures today. tom kierein has the details. >> probably not right in the immediate metro area. and thanks to these clouds that have been passing over us coming from those clusters of thundershowers passing to our north, they're holding back those heating rays of sun. still near 80 and holding near 80 the last couple of hours and after that goes by, sun breaking out and we ought to make it into the mid to upper 90s around the metro area and near 100 parts of virginia and tomorrow hot and humid and maybe afternoon storms today and tomorrow that might be

strong. aaron? >> thank you, tom.

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oh, man, who can forget that, the opening ceremony in beijing. well, what surprises await the world tomorrow night? we're going to have a special preview tomorrow on "today" and international icon david beckham. >> whoo-hoo! >> live. a lot of the ladies happy about that. he's going to be here live. >> all right! >> we can plan our kday.

i'm sorry, it's exciting. also exciting, i'm going to get to talk to the women's gymnastics team. they're favored to win gold. >> and we have mitt romney. >> and the first lady. >> a lot going on. >> meanwhile, coming up in this half hour, we're going to be talking about why this is the most high-tech olympics ever. it's probably the most social olympics and we're not talking about the socializing going on over at athlete's village. >> oh, do tell. >> we're going to be talking about how people are going to be following some of the results as well. >> okay, now we're going to shop. we're going to check out some of the hottest souvenirs. >> what will be the red mittens? >> i got a really cool umbrella.

i'm happy i haven't had to use it. >> i digress. >> attack are heather petri is making her fourth olympic appearance. congratulations to both of you. you guys last time around in beijing felt you didn't so win silver, you lost the gold. what did you mean? >> a lot of people don't understand when you're in the gold medal game, why you come is to win the gold medal. it's hard to accept you lost the gold medal. you did something spectacular but you really lost the gold. >> heather, the women's team is so strong. i also heard of the 18, six of eight could be in some medal contention. it's a very competitive tournament. >> i believe this year all the games will be a 1-point game. i do is a lot of faith in our team and i think we can pull it

out. it's going to be fun. >> and what goes into your water polo? i understand you women and end up losing 5 to 10 pounds? >> a lot of swimming, a lot of grabbing underneath the water. we can't touch the bottom. >> wow. you can wrestle people. >> we understand why people think you have such a good shot this year. you have a lot of the players are returning. >> we have about 12 of 18. you. >> started playing water poll owe with the boys. >> i did. my sophomore year in high school i started with the boys. we started a girls team after

that at my high school. >> favorite song? acdc. >> kelly clarkson's "stronger." >> we're called the bird man, partly because of your wing span. >> i don't want to hit you. >> but also you do bird calls. >> yup. you want a bird call right now? >> yes! >> are you going to try with me? >> yes. >> you're on your own. >> mccaw, mccaw! >> and you say that kind of intim dates opponents. >> after a big block, i'll get all enthusiastic. i do that after the game, i get a little crazy so watch, man. guys, thank you so much. we're all rooting for you. we cannot wait. when is your first match?

>> mine is the 29th. >> the 30th. >> can't wait. >> all right. >> all right, guys, come on. >> everybody together. >> usa! >> there we go. and now let's get your weather as we chant usa and show you what's happening. first of all, for today, a risk of strong storms along the mid-atlantic coast and all the way back, really, into the northeast and then stretching back into the west. tomorrow, we've got a more strong weather and a lot of strong storms down through the southeast and gulf coast and little on the showery side in the pacific northwest. saturday we've got the storms along the easternseaboard and sunshine out west. sunday, sunday, we're expecting more wet weather down through the gulf coast, but there the most part, sunny skies and mild in the pacific northwest and plenty of sunshine and we've got hit and miss showers and thunderstorms in the northeast. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> clouds keeping the heat down.

now, good morning, tom kierein in storm center 4. right now the storm 4 radar showing some passing showers north of washington. they are diminishing and we're getting the clouds from that system, but then in another couple of hours the sun should come back out around the metro area and temperatures climb into the 90s. probably not going to hit 100 but parts of virginia will. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you, al. coming up, why these olympics may be the most social games ever, right after this. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain.

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team usa has won olympic gold in men's wrestling in each of the last two games and here in london they're going to try to make it three in a row. gentlemen, good morning! >> good morning. >> i know you just got here today, right? >> yes, just got here today. it's awesome to finally be here. >> you still have a little jet lag? >> just a little bit. i'm excited to be here, beautiful weather, a lot going on. i'm excited to be around the best athletes in the world. >> what it like for you?

>> yesterday i had the stomach flu. i'm just getting back up today. i'm going to enjoy the experience tomorrow, opening ceremonies. >> it's a good thing your events are not till the end of the games. you have plenty of time to recover and practice until then. jordan, you are favored to win. you've won two. the u.s. has won a gold medal in the last two olympics. is there a lot of pressure for you? >> i don't think so. i hold myself to a high standard already. i'm having fun with it. it's my first liolympic game. i'm going out to win gold. >> and you had two concussions, broken ankle, two knee surgeries. what was it that motivated you through all of that? >> my mom. the attitude that she raised me with. everything was always good. she always made it seem like there was nothing wrong. that was the attitude i carried

on in my legacy. i still use it to this day. when everything is wrong, i'm always optimistic and there's really nothing wrong in my eyes. >> that's great. on twitter the viewers were asking us who were the people who motivated you to keep going. your parents clearly had a big influence. >> yes. >> anybody else? >> definitely my parents. i guess it's a cliche answer to say your parents but the athletes well. i'm inspired by the other athletes as well. he definitely inspires me. >> what goes into being an olympic athlete? for the kids at home, they're going to see you guys and be so inspired. they're going to compete in their sports. how do they get there? >> a lot of hard work, a lot of discipline. it's taken a lot of sacrifice and commitment to get to this point in our career. anything is possible.

dream big. >> ellis, you have a signature move. there are two flying squirrels at this olympic team, gabby douglas on the u.s. gymnastics team and you have a flying squirrel. up made it up. what does it mean? >> my brother and i made it up. i hit it up on the senior level and it worked. i continued to use it then. in the junior worlds i wrestled an iranian and i hit it. i snap my opponent down -- >> fly on him like that? >> it counts for a lot of points i hear, right? >> it does. >> gentlemen, so good to catch up with you guys. good luck. good luck with training. and i know you didn't get to meet your idol. hopefully after this olympics

he'll want to meet you. >> still to come, the must-have souvenirs of these olympic

welcome back to london. in vancouver the must-had item was -- what is going to be the must have item this year? here is a look at some of the souvenirs. good morning. >> very british. we should say full disclosure you're an aussie but you've been writing about all things british for a long time. >> when i met the queen i said i'm worried your corgi might mate with my leg. she laughed so hard, her head went back and her crown fell off. >> now, i didn't just do a weird costume change but this is actually one of the souvenirs from the game, stella mccartney designed some of the shirts, is

that right? >> she is a fashion icon and weep adore her but this is selling for 42 pounds. >> it's a faux pas, especially when you're wearing two shirts. >> i think that's sort of siberia. >> what do you like? >> we do like the little cars. we've got the double-decker cars. it's very iconic for london because the streets are so anorexic. when you're in the top level, you can look into everybody's bedrooms. and the taxi. the taxi drivers here have like a psychological set nerve, they have to learn every street, unlike new york. and the one i really like, this is really iconic london from the 60s. >> that's cute. >> and mothers don't have to worry when their girls go out in a car like this because you can't get in the back seat.

>> we like that! >> all of these are the official licensed products of the game? >> they're really cracking down. >> they have been cracking down. there's been a lot of illegal things. >> i think they should have some more things, maybe a stuffed corgi, more animated than the royal family. >> and what they are wearing. >> this t-shirt is quite lovely. and he sets it off so beautifully. >> he does. >> and this one is like i'm having a hangover. whoa! >> that's very psychedelic. >> what's in the hand? >> the torch. >> this is going to be the hot item of these games, right? >> i thought great, a torch because in england it's so dark all the time. in the winter you have to go around by braille, it's dark all day. but it doesn't light up. is it going to be on the mantle

gathering dust or is it going to be in the land fill? >> what about mandeville? >> it's supposed to represent a drop of steel from the industrial revolution but really it's a little bit tragic. >> my kids would want it. him they always want. >> i think we should have had a mini elton john in a tiara. >> thank you so much. and coming up tomorrow we're going to have a preview of the opening ceremonies. i'm going to talk to the women's gymnastics team. have a great day, everybody. here's a look at your local weather. ♪ ♪ >> i'm going to hit the button!

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good morning, it's 9:57 on this thursday, july 26th. a scorcher for some of us today. let's head over to tom cerren for the forecast. tom? >> a lot of cloudiness around that has been keeping the heat down from passing showers to the north of the metro area. and later today, though, the sun will be back and climbing into the 90s much of the region, although parts of virginia may get to near 100 and get strong

storms late afternoon early evening, as well as tomorrow evening and early evening and then on saturday a smaller chance of an afternoon storm and lower humidity moves in for sunday and monday and maybe more storms tuesday, wednesday. danella, how is traffic? >> i-270 northbound at 109. the earlier traff ieier traffii in the ditch. now you're able to pass single file to the right. as the redskins start a new era on the field, the women on the sidelines taking a look at the sidelines taking a look at their

captions paid for by nbc-universal television we're proud of you out there. you made it to thirsty thursday, everybody. it's july 26th. we are happy to have you. ms. newsmaker lately. >> oh, lord. matt lauer did it again. >> you get up early to read the news so you can look at matt. >> kathie and i have been talking about matt's look. we are grooving on the whole

thing. that's my favorite. stop it. >> freeze it. and this one today. >> was that today? they all look good. >> he's in the hall of fame. there is a casual elegance about matt. he always looks like he just walked off the yacht and just had a shower and walking off the yacht. >> he smells like that, too. >> he does. the man smells good. >> "women's wear daily" dissected his london style. they went through and they say he epitomizes the elegant casual approach to summer dressing. they go into the detail about the cotton blazer and makes it clear he is meticulous about his image. >> he likes clothes. >> he looks great in it. >> frank was in the best dressed hall of fame for many years. >> he has a great way of dressing. >> now it's the same thing. the gray track suit. every time we throw it out, he

gets it out of the trash. no my favorite is frank in his jeans and a white shirt. crisp button-down. the man is still delicious. >> speaking of delicious men, if you open up "the new york times" today and paging through, you might come across the sports section. it talks about our boss jim bell who has been doing our show but overseeing the entire olympics game. >> i don't know how he is doing it. he's up for the job. he started in sports. he loves it. >> a great article about him. >> congratulations to him. it all starts tomorrow, hoda woman. >> i'm going, just in case you're wondering. we've got enough suggestions. drinking pubs, pub crawls, got it all. it's tomorrow. >> beginning ceremony is tomorrow. meredith is going to be hosting with matt. that will be great to see them again together. >> 7:30 p.m. eastern time.

>> but before those, the real story, the real party is going to be on our plaza. we are going to be there early tomorrow. a lot of people came today thinking it was today. i feel bad about that. >> i don't know that's why they came. >> that's what they told our security people. >> they were teachers just watching. >> had nothing better to do? okay. >> come tomorrow at 8:00. >> it's a special olympic theme show. we'll have a good time. a lot of you wanted to know about the dress i was wearing yesterday. >> it got a lot of attention. it had the cutout shoulders. >> it's bcbg. ezaria. he is a lovely guy. i like that dress. i stole it from bobbie who wore it ten days ago. any time you tell bobbie you love something, it shows up. she gives it to you. >> beautiful dress. it's just different from the usual dresses. >> what do you say? you don't like my kay yunger

today? it's 388. thank you, bobbie. i'll take bobbie's hand-me-downs any day. >> there is news today. 4 kristen stewart has been dading robert patinson. there are photos with her that looks like she is kissing the director of "snow white and the huntsman." she issued an apology quickly. >> that stunned me. she is very famously shy, doesn't like press or the movie star thing, but boy, she tried to get the photographer apparently, right? not to publish the picture. she knew the trouble it was going to cause. >> "i'm deeply sorry for the embarrassment and hurt i've caused to those close to me and everyone affected. this momentary indiscorrection has jeopardized the most

important thing in my life, the person i love and respect the most, rob. i love him, i love him, i'm so sorry." people are taking this hard. not just people in their inner circles. others that don't know them. >> people need to get a life and their own romance so when they break up, they've got something to truly cry about. let's listen. >> i don't understand how she could do this. why? why would you sheet on robert pattenson? what do you stand to achieve cheating on robert pattenson? i didn't think it was real but it's real. why would she do this? i feel so sorry for rob. can't imagine what they are both going through right now. i just wish it wasn't real. >> those are real tears. >> i like when people feel other people's pain, but that seems a

little over the edge. over the edge. >> it's funny how involved people get in other's romances. >> the gentleman involved rupert sanders had a statement. "i am utterly distraught about the pain i caused my family. my beautiful wife and heavenly children are all i have in this world. i love them with all my heart. i am praying that we can get through this together." he's 41, married to a model and actress. >> liberty ross. she tweeted the word "wow." >> she actually played kristen's mother in the movie, snow white's mother in the movie. you know what? i think it's refreshing. >> what? >> everybody else makes mistakes, they lie, they cover-up. you can't cover up. blame it on something else. this time they say i'm an idiot, we've all been there, we've done

stupid things and i'm really sorry i didn't think it through. you know what? if both sides want forgiveness, i'm a big believer it can happen. it can be healed. >> robert pattenson talked to italian "vanity fair." the one thing he cannot understand is why people cheat. we'll see what comes of that. >> we'll see if it's true love. if it's true love, it will last. >> catherine jackson and the jackson family is getting weirder and we are. >> we on purpose didn't speak about it yesterday. we don't know what is true. >> we are confused. >> we are supposed to be nbc news and you come to us for our coverage of the news. since we had no idea, we thought we should just not talk about it. what we did conclude, this is a messed up family right now. >> she lost temporary custody of the kids. she apparently left the children at some point.

everyone was worrying where's grany. she was in arizona with rebi, the only jackson we never hear about. now custody of the three children is being given to t.j., son of tito. there he is. by all accounts a very sweet guy. >> the family tree. >> at one point janet was outside the family home and she was saying something to paris the daughter. remember this video? she looks like she tried to take a swipe at her phone because she doesn't want her tweeting. paste pulls it away and everybody is videotaping. here it comes. now janet is videotaping, who is videotaping? paris is videotaping. what is going on? everyone is videotaping everyone. it's exhausting. you think for a future court

battle, that's why they want it on tape? i don't understand. >> the mom jackson went on "nightline" and read some prepared statements about how it was crazy. clearly, this is about a money issue, when we boil it down to the bottom of it. >> they are claiming, some of the kids are claiming that michael's will was phony. it does than stand up in court. >> he didn't sign it or something. >> he wasn't there on the day it was supposedly signed. they have proof he was someplace else. got it? >> i'm so glad we reported that story. we kept avoiding it. we didn't know what it was. >> frank and i recently redid our will. nobody will fight over this. nobody is getting anything. >> you know at the end of the day, it's better not to leave things to people. give it to charity and too bad. >> this is cool. in the upper west side they have grocery stores not your typical grocery stores like they have in the rest of the country. they are smaller.

they did include an aisle called the man aisle. >> this is genius. >> men take their cart and go to one place. >> they don't go with lists. >> no. they show up. this is in their little section, condoms, steak sauce, water, alcohol, soap, shampoo, deoderant, razors and chips. that's all they have. >> no beef jerky? >> no. they go in and those shelves are constantly cleaned out. they have to keep restocking. steak sauce, chips and condoms. >> not necessarily in that order. depends what you need at the moment. i think it's genius. they are saying they are going to stand if it goes the way -- it's called niche advertising. niche merchandising or as we like to say in france, niche. >> this is a song you're going to like. you probably won't. others might. you know those days when everything is going right.

you get the great parking space, your boss pays you a compliment, you go home your favorite thing is on, everything is working. that's this song. what is it called? get ready ♪ if i play the lottery i'll probably win ♪ i'm on a roll ♪ i'm hitting evergreen light ♪ i'm on a roll ♪ i don't lose a fanned if i tried ♪ i'm on a roll ♪ my ex wants sex tonight ♪ i must be doing something right ♪ it's the best night of my life ♪ >> she has a college degree, allegedly. she won 20 edward r. murrah

awards. >> by the way, we have joshua raiden singing to us today. he is a genius singer. >> okay. all right. do we want to talk to sara about this? >> where are we, sara? >> we need more likes. >> we do. we are only at 446,000 fans or likes right now. >> what do you mean only? >> well, that's a lot, but there was more activity earlier in the week. >> people don't like us? people don't like us. >> we maxed out? s. >> we peaked out. the people watching already like us. >> let's stop while we're ahead. >> we want to thank everybody. you've written some of the most beautiful things on our website and we read most of them. they are really beautiful. thank you. >> thank you very much. is it okay or not okay to lie

about your age? >> kathie lee says why lie when it's easy to google the truth? then you look like an old liar. that's good. that's a good one. you're not just a liar, you're an old liar. >> why lie about your age. there is something called google out there. now waieight, that's a differen thing. >> steven baldwin is here telling us about loving the bad man. >> it's not what you think. you know who is not here? our crowd. we went searching for our own ambush beauties. i want healthy skin for life.

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>> is that a unibrow? >> it's like a gang tattoo. gang tattoo. >> i prefer to think of it as a unibrow. how are you, stephen? >> don't disrespect me again, kathie lee about my unibrow. i'm great. things are wonderful. wivy still lovingly putting up with me. >> she is a saint, that one. >> my two daughters are starting their modeling careers. >> how old are they? >> 19 and coming up on 16. >> beautiful girls. wow. >> this is a tough movie. we understand it's about a young christian girl who is a virgin and raped, gets pregnant after the rape and decides that christianity is all about forgiveness and she is going to not only have this baby, but forgive the man who raped her. heavy duty stuff. >> how many times in my walk of faith have i had christians say to me, well, yeah, i believe this but if that ever happened

to me, what would you do? this film is shockingly going viral right now because we toured it across the country. people of faith are watching it going it's got me thinking, what would i do? you can't say you believe in forgiveness and then ask yourself a question, but is there anybody in my past that wronged me and you know, they're evaluating that. there is that chain reaction going on with loving the bad man right now. it's making them reevaluate who they are in their faith. >> and what they really truly believe. >> forgiving the bad man and loving the bad man two different things? >> that's marketing, hoda. let's not go there. >> would you say forgiving is the act of love, so it's both. >> hopefully. >> fascinating stuff. are you the only baldwin that has that walk of faith? >> i'm the only one that's speaking loudly as i am about

it. ten years ago i had a pretty radical transformation. for me my walk of faith wasn't about trying to absolutely impose it on anybody else. basically, i like to share with anybody the minute stephen baldwin started to pursue christianity, not the way stephen thought but the way the bible says, that's when the experience started to become different with me. now i like to share it through opportunities like "loving the bad man." >> alec had the wedding recently. >> how was that? >> the wedding was fabulous. getting there was interesting. >> getting alec anywhere without an altercation is a good day. >> he's doing great. i just had dinner with he and his wife the other -- >> hilaria? how do you pronounce her name. >> to pronounce it correctly, it's hilaria. >> is she going to be doing

stuff on tv i was reading somewhere? working for "extra?" >> i'm not sure. she is doing great with her yoga stuff. she was successful before she met alec. >> she's been a good influence on him, don't you think? >> a wonderful influence. >> okay. >> he's a tough cookie, but we love him. >> god loves alec baldwin, too, right? >> absolutely. he's smart and he's talented and now he's off on to a new road. i love him and we wish him all the best. >> well, we wish you all the best with the film. it is called "loving the bad guy." >> it's about him, too. "loving the bad man." >> thank you, stephen. >> thank you. >> plow through the web looking for the best viral video. >> webtastics after this. ♪

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that is music, hoda. we are back with more of "today" on this thirsty thursday. we were thirsting for a crowd for our ambush makeover. >> but despite the lack of interest, two lucky ladies get a whole new work. "today" contributor and stylist to the star, lewouis licari and "us weekly" contributor jill martin. >> you want to know about the crowd? >> the "today" show was in london.

>> and there were tornado warnings. >> so what happened? where did you find people? >> well, actually, one of the interns here. >> we had two people who applied for the position and we picked them. >> let's start. thank you for knowing. sharon is 43 years old from baltimore, maryland. she recently lost 25 pounds so she jumped at the opportunity to get a new look to go along with this new phase in her life. let's listen to her story. >> we are all very excited. i know you want this for your mom. tell us why. >> she is a good mom. she deserved it. she recently lost some weight. i think she needs a new look. >> i know pete your boyfriend is going to be very excited. >> i hope so. >> are you ready for three hours of pampering? >> yes, indeedy. bring it on. >> bring it on. >> she is adorable. >> her daughter leah is here

with her blind fold on. here is sharon's before picture. all right, sharon, let's see the new you. >> oh, yeah! >> oh, wow. >> that is awesome. >> leah, take off your blind fold, please. >> i love it! >> all right, sharon. >> she looks so young. spin right around. >> you look awesome. look at your bouncing hair. >> oh, my goodness. >> you look beautiful. >> she wants to look at herself. >> that hair! >> hair colorwise i just softened it. to work with her skin color which is what hair color should do. she has no gray.

you are so beautiful. we all cry. vanessa with this great haircut. >> thank you. >> shaped around the face. she looks beautiful. >> she looks gorgeous. >> what do you think? >> i love it. >> you are a whole different person. and that dress. >> thank you all so much. >> she has a yellow manicure and pedicure so we picked a dress that goes with that. i love purple for summer going into fall. >> big round of applause for sharon! >> she looks awesome. >> stacey fields is 38 years old from baltimore. she is a single mom with three boys to take care of. she told us she is lucky if she finds time to wash her face in the morning. she is thrilled to be pamper forward a few hours. let's listen to her story. >> aaron, i know you want this for your mom.

tell me why? >> because i love her. >> you told me she cooks for you? >> yes. >> show everyone your teeth. you lost a tooth. you want this for her, too. tell me why. >> she is a good mom. i love her a lot. she does everything for me. >> oh. you're already crying. are you ready for this? >> of course i am. >> we'll take good care of you. >> thank you. >> what a great family. >> that's beautiful. mateo and aaron are standing by. let's take one last look. don't you peek, buddy. there she is. let's bring out the new stacey field. >> oh, my gosh! you guys ready? take them off and look at mom. >> oh, my god! >> turn around, mom. take a look. >> you look so awesome!

>> i love that haircut. i love it. >> it's a little lisa rena. >> you look awesome. >> another great haircut by vanessa. it's layered and choppy, wash and wear. how great is this story? you're the luckiest woman with a great family. >> i am. thank you. >> natural-looking make-up. what i did, i made her hair deeper because the light hair made her skin look red in a bad way. >> come on you guys, what do you think of mom? >> i love it so much. >> what do you think, sweetheart? >> good. love it! >> tell us about the outfit. >> we had the best time getting dressed. i wanted to give her something she wouldn't normally wear. this is a wrap dress from london times. flowers for summer.

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pants. >> i want her to become my friend. >> you still do have dreams. >> i want her, me, michelle obama and oprah to go out together. that is my idea of american ladies, and roseanne barr. >> some ways feminisms that become a dirty word, why? >> they don't know what it means. >> what does it mean? >> they think it's wearing a very bad outfit. secondly being very angry, hating men and never wanting to have sex. that is not what feminism means at all. in the book i do a test. if you put your hand inside your underwear and you see that you have a vagina, you check that so you're a lady. the answer to that question, if you're a lady, yes. if you want to be in charge of your vagina, the answer is yes. congratulations, you're a feminist. >> i told you the other day. >> they don't know what it

means. it means being equal to men. not better or worse. i'm not anti-men or pro-women. we've got to get on with each other. >> i can't take my eyes off your eye shadow. reminds me of amy winehouse. >> i love and miss her. god bless you. >> i have millions of friends now. i'm very popular. as a child, i was badly shunned by society. >> why? >> i was brought up by mad hippies who believed in the apocalypse, eight children, we were very poor and on government assistance in the ghetto. i dressed poorly and was very fat. >> you write about that very poignantly. it's not all funny. was your mother, the hand-me-downs you wore were your moms? >> yes. i in ever had any panties, as i

believe you americans say. i never had my own underwear. i had to wear my mother. she had been pregnant eight times at that point. it was badly stretched. >> very funny how you describe your mother came back a different person. >> yes. >> "how to be a woman." >> it is hysterical. >> thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >> from "how to be a woman" to how to be a hotter woman, the latest trend in cosmetic procedures. [ female announcer ] melissa posts,

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we might as well admit it, we all want to look yoger, thinner or feel better about ourselves, but sometimes we need that extra bit of help. >> board certified dermatologist is back from boot camp and here

to share the newest with us. >> it's three doctors. beer is in west palm, nupo is in new orleans and in san francisco. we taught, we learned, it's their baby, their program. you get some of the top. >> a lot of people do botox. >> exactly. there is something called laviv. for people who don't want to put anything in their body that is not theirs. you take skin cells from behind the ear. we ship them off to a lab. they are grown out in sterile conditions three to four months. they are sent back to the doctor, frozen, flash frozen. we inject them into people's face. >> let's look at the before and after. >> wow. >> it's your own dna going right back in. >> pricey? >> it is about 4,000 to $5,000

to get it rolling and $650 per syringe. >> if people want lipo but don't want to go under a knife there is something for them? >> this is the newest noninvasive, high frequency ultrasound. it's called liposonix. i had this done on my stomach during cosmetic boot camp. >> how did it feel? >> it hurts a little bit. i soldiered up. >> is that your stomach? >> no. we have video of him doing my stomach at cosmetic boot camp. you put the probe on. that's him doing my stomach. that's me all marked up. it's fabulous. it melts the fat. in about two months you lose it. one hour, one inch and one treatment. about $2,500 to $4,000. >> less expensive than surgery. >> this is for people who sweat

a lot. >> deborah has been my patient since i got out of residency. she and her whole family so i love her. >> what are you doing to her arm pits. >> post menopause, she has an issue with sweating. we are microwaving her sweat glands. this is noninvasive. >> does it hurt? >> no the at all. >> it's a noninvasive microwave unit that shuts down the sweat glands and eliminates them. only 2% are under your arm pits. >> when do you this, are you sweating somewhere else later? >> no. because you have 4 million sweat glands, this is only 2%. >> her lip is not going to start being damp? >> two treatments three months apart. helps 90% of people. >> up next, we are so excited, a live performance from joshua

radin. after his father bought h.

on a whim he has been making music ever since. >> joshua radin's songs have been used over 100 times in different films and tv shows. now he is about to release his fourth album called "underwater." we are so glad you're back with us today. >> thanks for having me. >> you're hitting the road? >> i'm on the road right now. >> tell us where you're headed. >> the fall tour back in the states. i don't know what day or what place we start. it's in september and october. >> joshua radin.com? >> yeah with all that stuff. >> what is great about this

song, you can download it immediately? >> today you can download it and preorder the new album which comes out tuesday. >> what is the name of the song? >> "tomorrow is going to be better." >> i bet i'm going to like this one. >> you chose it. >> of course i did. >> great to have you, josh. >> thanks. ♪ ♪ sometimes it's easier to hide away ♪ ♪ when the winter comes and it's shorter days ♪ ♪ but i know the dark clouds won't stay ♪ ♪ tomorrow is going to be better ♪ ♪ sometimes it's easier to hit the road ♪ ♪ when the world is giving you a heavy load ♪ ♪ but if you stay and face it ♪ i know tomorrow is going to be

better ♪ ♪ let the rain fall ♪ let the rain fall ♪ till the day's through and all that's left is just me and you ♪ ♪ the best part of us is part of me ♪ ♪ so with you is where i'd rather be ♪ ♪ but if you can't i understand ♪ ♪ i still believe tomorrow is going to be better ♪ ♪ let the rain fall ♪ let the rain fall ♪ till the day's through ♪ and all that's left is just me and you ♪ ♪ i know it's just one of those days ♪

♪ but you stay strong ♪ i'm going to find a way to take it all ♪ ♪ and make it okay ♪ tomorrow is going to be better ♪ ♪ tomorrow is going to be better ♪ ♪ let the rain fall ♪ let the rain fall ♪ till the day's through and all that's left is just me and you ♪ ♪ let the rain fall ♪ let the rain fall ♪ till the day's through and all that's left is just me and you ♪ ♪ and all that's left is just me and you ♪ ♪

>> beautiful. >> so we had the worst day and best day today with music. >> that was awesome. we love you. >> great to see you. >> come down and see us tomorrow on the plaza 8:00. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com