good morning. divide and conquer. mitt romney and his newly tagged running mate paul ryan head to different parts of the country. was romney's decision a game changer. will ryan's budget plan hurt the ticket. how is president obama using the choice to his own advantage. we'll talk to seni advisers from both sides. see you in rio. london caps off a spectacular 2012 olympic games with the star-studded and rocking closing ceremony. this morning we'll celebrate with some of the stars of the game. and engaged, jennifer aniston heading back to the altar after accepting a proposal from boyfriend justin theroux.

we'll tell you what the happy couple is saying about their big we'll tell you what the happy couple is saying about their big news today monday, august 13th, captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. what a ride it was. i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie alongside natalie morales and al roker. this is apparently our new preferred mode of transportation. i thought that was a long bus ride from london. >> the middle of the atlantic. you guys were all getting on my nerves, i want to tell you that.

>> you were snoring. >> that's true. >> you notice they did a little remodeling while we were gone. >> take a look at this. a brand-new look to studio 1a in rockefeller plaza with this monstrous led screen we'll have fun with over the next days and week. they remodeled the hot tub in your dressing room, which is great. >> that big picture of yourself you've been wanting to hang, it's going to look great there. >> back to rockefeller plaza. most of these people, to be quite honest, here to see the fray in our 8:30 half hour. >> no question. the closing ceremonies last night. natalie and i -- >> that was really loud. >> we got what we really, really

wanted. >> that was me snoring on the bus in the middle of the atlantic. >> exactly. now you know what we've been dealing w anyway, we've got a lot to get to. >> the big news was on the political front, mitt romney choosing his running mate, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin. how will that impact the campaign. let's get right to it. peter alexander is with the romney campaign in st. augustine. peter, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you and welcome back to new york city. here in florida mitt romney will be arriving shortly but he made big headlines over the course of this weekend with his vice presidential pick paul ryan. to republicans ryan is viewed as a conservative, a courageous and visionary conservative. to democrats his views are seen as extreme. ryan today will be competing with president obama. they host dueling rallies in iowa. romney is in florida where the new pick could set the terms of the debate going forward. >> for the new vice president al pick paul ryan back in wisconsin alongside mitt romney.

it was a heroic and emotional homecoming sunday night. >> thank you, wisconsin. it is good to be home. >> reporter: relishing his new role he blasted the president's record on the economy. >> the worst economic recovery in 70 years, the largest deficits and biggest government since world war ii. nearly one in six americans are in poverty today. it's the highest rate in a generation. you know what, we're not going to take that. >> less than 100 miles away in chicago, president obama weighed in on romney's running mate for the first time criticizing ryan's policies but praising the man. >> i want to congratulate -- no, no, no, no. i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. i welcome him to the race. congressman ryan is a decent

man. he's a family man. he's an articulate suppopokesmar governor romney's vision but it's a vision i fundamentally disagree with. >> the shex, the architect of a polarizing funding plan, cuts to medicare, set a contrast to the two tickets. on "60 minutes" sunday night romney insisted his would be the final. >> this is a man who has dedicated the last 14 years working in washington in ways that are not highly partisan or political but indeed are focused on what he thinks the right course is for america. >> reporter: after their wisconsin rally they headed in different directions, romney flying here to florida, romney to iowa. earlier the two joked about how their busy campaign schedules could keep them apart for quite

sometime. >> will we ever get a chance to campaign together? or did we experience -- >> will that ever happen again? >> ever see him until inauguration. >> reporter: they definitely have a good personal chemistry together as we've witnessed over the last two days but ryan and romney will likely mott be together again until a few weeks from now until the republican national convention. here in florida where there are a lot of seniors, a key issue going forward will be the future of medicare. already, matt, democrats are pouncing on this pick saying paul ryan's plans threaten the future of medicare while the republicans are saying the republican plan is the only way to save medicare. >> all right. peter alexander in st. augustine, florida. as always, peter, thank you very much. it's six minutes after the hour. here is savannah. >> a senior adviser to romney's campaign, kevin, good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah. thank you very much for having me. >> governor romney has been getting a lot of credit for making a bold, game changing choice here. it strikes me you don't make a

choice like that if you think you are winning the campaign. is this a tacit acknowledgement the strategy romney had before, just running against the obama economy, is not working? >> governor romney's campaign has always been about articulating a better vision for the country, a better way forward. so i think this is a pick that's a governing pick. this is a pick that shows how governor romney would tackle some of the big challenges we have here in the economy. we've got 23 million people who are struggling to find work. we've got unemployment that's over 8%. governor romney knows that in order to fix the economy, we're going to need some very bold pro growth economic strategies, economic policies. who better than congressman ryan to help compliment his vision for the future of america, somebody who has worked up on capitol hill on crafting those bold pro growth economic policies. this is very much a pick about how governor romney would vision as president -- how governor

romney would govern as president romney. >> a rarity in congress, this decision has delighted conservatives and liberals, for one reason, the ryan budget. let me put it to you plainly. would president romney, if he were elected, sign the ryan budget as is if it came across his desk? >> yeah, governor romney during the primary was actually asked that question, and he said he would. it's a vision for the country as far as fiscal conservatism, pro growth policies that we need to put our country back on track. so i think that what we have to remember, though, is now that there's a particular, the romney/ryan ticket, they very much have shared values, shared vision, shared principles on how we put the economy back on track and get those 23 million americans struggling to find work in this obama era economy of high spending, high deficits, high unemployment. this is going to be a campaign that really does talk about the

future of the american economy and how a governor -- how a president romney and a vice president ryan would do that. >> the hallmark of romney's argument to be president is he's a washington outsider who has primarily private sector expertise. in congressman ryan you have somebody who has spend his entire life in washington and has zero private sector experience. how do you square that? >> i think they have very complimentary skills and very complimently resumes. governor romney as you did point out spent a lot of time in the private sector. he knows how jobs come and go. also his experience as running the olympics, his executive experience running the olympics and executive experience being the governor. i think one of the things congressman ryan brings to the ticket, not only does he know how washington works, he also knows how washington doesn't work. we've seen a lot of partisanship on capitol hill. we've seen a lot of people for

years who put together budgets that spent too much, economic policies that taxed too much. governor ryan has experience knowing the way to fix the way washington works. right now washington is not doing what it needs to do in order to put the economy back on track in creating jobs. has he an understanding of how governor romney's vision for pro growth policies that will put the country back, how we can do that. >> all right. we have to leave it there. thank you for your time this morning. >> great to be with you. thank you. >> it is 7:10. once again, here is matt. >> stephanie cutter, president obama's deputy campaign manager. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> president obama said this of paul ryan, he was absolutely sincere about wanting to reduce the budget. he called ryan's plan a legitimate proposal and added he gave him credit for at least being willing to put out there some very tough choices. does he still feel that way? >> the president said it last night. he knows paul ryan. he thinks paul ryan is a good

and decent man. he definitely has serious ideas, the president just fundamentally disagrees with him. this pick, i heard the opening talking about how this pick was a courageous and bold pick. it's not courageous to put a republican budget on the table that doesn't ask for shared sacrifice. it's not courageous to put a republican budget on the table that balances the budget on the backs of the middle class and doesn't ask anything of the very wealthy. being courageous means you have to buck your own party and paul ryan hasn't done that. >> president obama addressed paul ryan in 2010 and said this, quote, we're not going to be able to do anything about these entitlements if what we do characterize whatever proposalings out there as well, that's the other party being irresponsible, trying to hurt senior citizens, which sounds exactly like what you just said. >> no, matt, i disagree. it doesn't sound like what i just said. the facts are about mr. ryan's budget is that it really does balance the budgets on the backs

of the middle class and needy. that's not a pro growth policy. adopt take it from me. take it from independent economists who studied this budget and said if we enacted the drastic cuts paul ryan wants to put in place and mitt romney wants to put in place, because this is his budget, too, it could contract the economy, up to a million jobs we could lose. don't take it from me, take it from independent economists, this is not pro growth. >> wisconsin hasn't voted for a republican nominee since 1984. paul ryan is a seven-term congressman for that state. every time he ran he won with i think a majority of over 60%. do you worry that he brings wisconsin in play and brings in other rust belt states. >> i think we have to see how this plays out. we feel pretty confident on our standing in wisconsin. i think not just because of the president's popularity but because of what the president believes in. i think the people of wisconsin they do want to do something about medicare to ensure it's there for them and their

children but they don't wan to put policies in place that will mean the beginning of the end of medicare. they want to make sure we can keep costs down, not add costs to seniors. they want to make sure we can balance our budget in a way that's responsible, that protects the investments that need to grow like education, clean energy, innovation. all these things that mean good jobs, competitiveness, america, the economy coming back. that's not what the ryan budget or the romney budget does. >> all right. we've got a lot of weeks to sort through this. stephanie cutter, thanks for spending time with us. >> thank you for having me. >> 7:13. now to savannah. >> to the spectacular olympic games, star-studded closing ceremony. michelle kosinski in london. good morning. do you miss us yet. >> hi, savannah. of course. it's hard for london to believe it's really over or it will be another four years before we celebrate sports again. games by virtually all accounts was breathtaking, dominated by

americans, and for which britain is beaming with pride. closing ceremony was meant to be pure and simply a party. a big one. a sigh of relief, a grand rollicking shoutout to british music. george michael, pink floyd, one direction, spice girls reunion. even a mondte python flashback. a tribute to the athletes of the world who rocked this memorable olympiad into the history books. the physical and emotional

reflected in the music. surprise appearances by those who made it great. fredry mercury of queen, circa 1985. as for the queen, this time no stunning entrance. she and prince philip were introduced by henry of waels and kate. enjoying the moments was the london mayor dancing. >> we lit the flame and we lit up the world. when our time came, britain, we did it right. thank you. >> reporter: this last weekend was just as packed with action and u.s. gold. the diver beating the chinese and british power houses. men's basketball, though the score against spain was close. u.s. women punched their fifth straight gold, the women's 4 x 100 relay team a world record.

>> reporter: usain bolt with his jamaican team. the flag passed to rio. the extraordinary flame separated into its 204 pedals into each nation that competed here. amid the legends of art and sport, it was extinguished. an olympiad ending when it could take a very long time to top. analysts say london may have been the best planned games for legacy. olympic park will be a whole new part of london and people will run on that track and swim in the aquatic center where history was made. matt and savannah, until next time. >> all right. >> thank you, michelle kosinski. u.s. diver david who we just saw made a big splash in london. >> gold medal in 10 meter platform diving competition, the first american to do that since

1988. dav david. >> you didn't even realize you won the gold. >> all i looked at was my score. i had no idea i was in front of the british diver or the chinese diver. i was completely astonished and can't fathom what happened in the last 24 hours. >> the canadian diver looked at you and said you can smile. it's okay. >> it was total surprise and total shock, total peace and content going into that. it was a crazy moment. >> we talked about greg in the audience, making history beside him. what did he tell you before your dive? >> actually before i dove he didn't say anything to me. he just said do what you do. going to brunch yesterday, he said this is going to change your life, just stay true to who you are.

i think that's perfect advice especially going along with london's slogan, inspire a generation. these two medals has a lot of opportunity to show young kids what can be possible. >> i want to share something with your audience about david. you heard he won the gold medal in 10 platform diving. do you also know he's afraid of heights. a little bit true. >> ironic. >> someone who dives from a three-story building afraid of heights. >> at 40 miles an hour. >> thanks for the addition. at 10 years old you have kids diving from that, they will be petrified. so much support. a lot of people loving on me. being able to, i would never have been able to do that. >> let's head to natalie who has a check of the top stories. natalie, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, savannah and matt. good morning, everyone. we begin with a collision in the

persian gulf strait of hormuz. looking at what caused a navy guided missile destroyer and oil tanker to slam into each other monday morning. the collision left a 10 by 10 foot hole in the u.s. porter but no one was injured and the navy said it was not combat related. >> chad johnson and chad ochocinco is out of jail and out of a job. miami dolphins dropped the receiver in a day after his arrest in a domestic battery. he's accused of butting her, sending her to the hospital with a head laceration. released on a $20,000 bond barely a month after he was married in a lavish caribbean ceremony. former congressman gabrielle giffords marks another major milestone in her recovery. on sunday her husband, retired astronaut mark kelly tweeted they are moving back to giffords hometown in arizona. she's been undergoing intensive

therapy since shortly after she was shot in 2011. let's check over to wall street, mandy drury at the new york stock exchange. good morning, mandy. >> good morning. we've clocked up five straight weeks of gains. see if you can make it to six this week. talking of gains national average for a gallon of gas has climbed $0.40 to $0.67. unwelcome news in a sluggish economy. motorola plans to slash 20% of its workforce. back to you. >> mandy drury at the new york stock exchange. thanks. a record breaking win for ro rory mcilroy won by unprecedented eight strokes. tiger woods came up short but said, quote, mcilroy amazing to watch. you can say that again. >> jennifer aniston and justin theroux are engaged.

the actress will walk down the aisle again. for theroux's 41st birthday, aniston accepted his proposal. more on this coming up. back to matt, savannah and al. >> thank you. >> mr. roker made his way up to the stage where the fray will be performing later on. >> that's right. perfect weather for it. not so much in oklahoma where a big storm system pushed through. this is in oklahoma, 10 miles, 20 miles south of tulsa. look at the damage. not sure whether it was tornado or straight line winds flipping over mobile homes, tractor-trailer taking the roofs off of buildings. what a mess. fortunately no injuries being reported. now, that same system is making way into the midwest. we have a risk of strong storms from evansville, indiana down to cros crosset, arkansas. you can see them firing up through central and the mid-mississippi river valley.

rainfall amounts to 2 to 4 inches of rain. some areas may locally pick up up to five inches. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. storm center 4 on this monday morning. it's fresh and cool still, not a lot of humidity in the air. we're in the 60s much of the regi region. we hit the 80s by mid afternoon and a few clouds in and out. tomorrow more humidity and more clouds around, a greater chance of afternoon thunderstorms and perhaps evening thunderstorms on tuesday. then wednesday low humidity returns. it will be in place thursday and part of . >> and that's your lateth weather. matt, savannah. >> thank you very much. still to come, big news out of hollywood. jennifer aniston getting engaged. >> first this is "today" on nbc. hi, i'm phil mickelson.

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i know what it's like to hire people and to make ends meet. from those experiences, i had the chance of running the olympics. the games were in real trouble. there'd been way too much spending. and in massachusetts i found a budget that was badly out of balance. our legislature was 85% democrat. and every one of the four years i was governor, we balanced the budget. i want to use those experiences to help americans have a better future. we believe in our future. we believe in ourselves. we believe the greatest days of america are ahead. i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. good morning. temperatures around the region in the 60s. later today we're in the 80s and then tomorrow 80s again but more humid and more clouds, maybe a

morning shower. a greater chance of afternoon and evening storms on tuesday. could get more storms on saturday over the weekend. angie. angie. angie. we need to look for a new van. yeah. i just don't know where to start. glad you found us. start by test-driving nearly every make and model, all in one place. carmax. start here. seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? i'm barack obama and i approve this message the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work.

and president clinton's reaction to the romney ad? it's just "not true." get the facts. jennifer aniston tied the knot with brad pitt in 2000, a marriage that ended in divorce in 2005. but now seven years later she's ready to walk down the aisle again with her boyfriend justin theroux. coming up, all the details of their weekend engagement. it is 7:30 now on monday morning august 13th, 2012. we're back home. good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. >> also ahead the making of the impact. wait until you see what these cameramen had to go through to get the ultimate shot of a great white shark. we're going to show you that. >> speaking of impossible to get shots. we're kicking off today in

history, the story behind the iconic abbey road photograph. the "today" team tends to recreate it. two words, facial hair. >> two words, prom look. we begin with big weekend news from hollywood. jennifer aniston is engaged. natalie has more on that. >> after years of speculation about her love life following her famous split from brad pitt, jennifer aniston will tie the knot again, this time with boyfriend justin theroux. >> i do. >> a real wedding is in in the works for jennifer aniston, the star of friends, who everyone came to know as rachel. as for aniston's boyfriend justin theroux, the birthday president of a lifetime. the couple was celebrating the birthday friday night when aniston accepted his proposal. he called it an extraordinary gift. >> fans will be breathing a sigh of relief, probably opening

champagne themselves. they have been waiting for their friend, jennifer aniston, to find mr. right. >> aniston and theroux started dating just over a year ago when they were making the movie comedy "wanderlust." this will be theroux's first marriage and aniston's second. she famously married brat pit and the couple spent time on the a list. schett as much for the marriage. the trio became fodder for news for years. while the couple moved on publicly, it seemed as aniston could not. >> america has been worried about jenn. they felt she got jilted by brad pitt when he left her and then became involved with angelina jolie. >> despite the jilted lover persona that plagued aniston she was in several high-profile

relationships with vince vaughn and john mayer. when those relationships didn't last, it created a lingering question, would jenn ever marry again. >> when she met justin theroux and they came out as a couple after they filmed wanderlust together, people really thought he would be the one. they want her to find happiness. now it looks like she has. >> no word on a wedding date for aniston and theroux just yet. matt and savannah, i'm sure you'll all be invited. >> matt has been so worried about this. >> wanting to go. >> we're happy for her. let's turn to mr. roker who has a check of the weather. hey, al. >> thank you so much, savannah. this heat wave is causing big problems as far as fire danger. take a look, this outside of ft. worth, wildfires causing some major problems. you can see fortunately no homes damaged but people have been evacuated for safety reasons. and they are expecting more wildfires over the nextthe next. look at these temperatures. in the south where we have excessive heat warnings, heat

watches, high pressure dominating. big ridge of high pressure, jet stream up to the north and it's bringing in hot, humid air where don't expect it. central california into the southwest. you get it. look at these temperatures well over 100 with heat indices near 120. but in the pacific northwest even we're talking about temperatures over 100 and into the mid to upper 90s. that's what's going on around the country. cool and comfy on this monday morning. good morning, tom keer ryan storm center 4 around the region. in the 60s in most locations. the clouds will be with us on and off during the day. not too humid. getting more humid tonight, and during the day on tuesday. cloudy tomorrow. might get a morning shower. greater chance of scattered afternoon storms into tuesday evening. wednesday might get l >> and that's your latest weather.

savannah. >> mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as his running mate is putting ryan's wife in the spotlight. andrea mitchell in d.c. with more on her. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. who is jennifer ryan, paul ryan's running mate, wife, mother, political partner. now along with her husband launched on the ride of a lifetime. after a worldwind introduction to the national campaign, nothing felt better for paul and jenna ryan than coming home to wisconsin. >> this is such a phenomenal place to live, to work, to raise your family. jenna, our daughter liza, our son charlie and sam. we live on the block i grew up on. >> she was a small town girl from oklahoma from a prominent democratic family where democrats often vote like republicans. a wellesley graduate like her mother and sister. she became a lawyer and congressional staff member.

her first cousin, democratic congressman from oklahoma dan boren. then she met a young republican congressman paul ryan. friends say it was a relationship that was almost destined. they were both smitten. ryan, an avid hunter. janna and friends started the washington shoot club for trap and skeet shooting. they married in december, 2007. without hesitation she wanted to raise her family the way she had been raised, in a small town. they settled in janesville, home for five generations of ryan. he commutes from washington, sleeping in his congressional office during the week. rachel duffy, a good friend also married to a republican house member. >> there is no couple on capitol hill that manages their time better in favor of their family than the ryans. i think that's an incredible foundation from which to launch into something like this. >> reporter: in just 48 hours, their small town life has been turned upside down, bopding with

the romneys, a national bus tour, secret service, pictures of their kids playing with the romney grandchildren tweeted by the campaign. still janna clearly didn't want to take the microphone when romney offered her a chance to speak. >> she is an incredibly smart woman. she's reserved, doesn't like to public speak. >> their life will never be the same as the candidate told "60 minutes." >> we discussed this at length. it will change the life. >> friends say she's ready. >> she is a very bright, exceedingly bright person. she knows what she's doing. you can have confidence this is a woman who can handle any circumstance that's thrown in her path. >> janna ryan told people magazine her husband is, quote, pretty low maintenance with one of the sunniest demeanor's and positive outlooks anyone met. she predicted mitt romney would have a lot of fun with him. friends say the same description applies to her.

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are raising the bar even higher going after a view never seen before, looking straight down into the jaws of the shark as it shoots up at the target. in order to get the shot they built a rig with helium balloon. attached to the rig a camera, straight down to the decoy directly under the balloon. casa grande is no stranger to bringing us captivating images of sharks in their natural habitat. last year he captured these underwater images using a special camera with protective housing. >> being able to film great white sharks under water with a phantom to me was a dream come true. to see great white sharks come up to that ton ark, jaws descending, you can see the gills rippling and bits of tuna coming through the gils.

no one has seen that. >> another feat. in 2012, he set to get a shot inside the mouth. >> to build these bite cams and see things no one has seen before, to me that's amazing. >> off the coast of south africa, he and his team are on edge battling rough weather conditions to get that wha they call the holy grail of shots, a great breach from above. >> come on, shark. >> their efforts paid off and now this new footage will give scientists and wildlife experts valuable new insight into great white sharks and a clear understanding of how they attack. wildlife photographer andy casagrande. good morning. i can't get over the fact you're smiling just watching the footage. how long did it take to get

those pictures? >> sometimes it takes days, weeks. it's never easy. to get that particular balloon shot from the helium balloon and the breech. weeks. >> i was told the balloon almost dunked the camera in the saltwater, which would have been a bad thing. >> on day one we thought we were going to lose the camera. for some reason, i don't know if it was the pressure or temperature in the air, the camera and balloon started to fall toward the ocean. luckily we stopped it because it was slap in the face on day one. >> the camera cost what? >> $300,000. >> going to come out of somebody's pocket. when you look at the video here in the studio, does it make the frustration worthwhile? >> definitely. as a wildlife camera, you have to struggle every day to get amazing things people haven't seen before. it was definitely worth it. >> a lot of guys get in a cage, get in the water, great whites

come up. you are known as somebody who likes to get out of the cage and get pictures of things even closer. are you married? >> i am married. >> how does your wife feel about that? >> my wife is my safety diver so she dives with me. >> what's the reason to get out of the cage. what can you get you can't get from the safety of the cage. >> the sharks only have three ways to go, left, right, or down. you get the same shots that are boring. the american public and international public want to see new and innovative stuff. when you get out of the cage you get new angles. >> when you're in the water with the sharks us into a zen-like state. how does it help you? >> you have to get zenned out. if you act like prey they will treat you like prey. if you freak out and swim away. >> no matter how close. >> i have a big camera. they mouth it or bite it. it's like eating spaghetti and power down on your fork. you don't go through it you let

it go. >> tell me about the time splicer. >> it allows you to essentially freeze time. they used it with the matrix with keanu reeves. >> are you going to try again. >> i hope to take it in the water outside the cage. >> mentioned the setup given with these images giving researchers new information. what do you hope people learn? >> one of the perspectives from the balloon breech. you see the snout as it breaks water. that's our first indication of the shark on the hunt. you can see through the water under the chin with the seal decoy. that can give the seal that last split second decision or trigger to get out of the way. >> i think it's nice when you say seal decoy. that's better news for a lot of

people watching. andy, thanks very much. that's fabulous stuff. >> you got it. tomorrow we'll take you to a place off the coast called the great white highway. can you catch 25th annual shark week all week on the discovery channel. still ahead another remarkable image. we'll channel our inner beatles to try to recreate the iconic abbey road cover. but first these messages. living with the pain of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis could mean living with joint damage. help stop the damage before it stops you with humira, adalimumab. for many adults with moderate to severe ra, humira's proven to help relieve pain and stop joint damage. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal events, such as infections, lymphoma or other types of cancer, have happened. blood, liver and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure have occurred.

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7:356 is your time on monday, august 13th, 2012. good morning to you. let's check in with tom for a look at your forecast. a nice, pleasant start to the day. tom, good morning. >> we have not a lot of humidity in the air. temperatures generally still in the 60s to low 70s. here's your seven-day outlook. this afternoon near 90 and partly cloudy and getting more humid. a greater chance of afternoon showers and thundershowers that may linger into tuesday evening. could get a few east of the met fro area on wednesday. otherwise, lower humidity wednesday, thursday and friday. more storms possible saturday. >> we'll take

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it is 8:00 on monday morning. it's also the 13th day of august, 2012. it is a perfect day to return to new york city, sunny skies, about 73 degrees and a big crowd on the plaza. we're going to treat those people in just a while from the very popular band, the fray. i'm matt lauer, alongside savannah guthrie and al roker. a day in history coming up. we have given a challenge, so many iconic photographs. we decided to scour them and pick some to try to recreate. our first order of business is the picture you see right there.

who can forget the cover to the beatles final album, abbey road. did we have what it takes to recreate it? well, we're going to find out in our next half hour. >> it was a lot of fun. >> a new nike ad causing a little controversy showing a lot of people off-guard. instead of an athlete focuses on a 200 pound 12-year-old boy. we're going to talk to him and his mom. >> about finding greatness and inspiring people after the olympics to find their greatness. it's gotten good comments and not so good comments. >> before that we want to get to natalie morales with the news. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah, matt, and al. good morning, everyone. president obama begins a three-day bus tour across weigh today. in chicago sunday he congratulated congressman paul ryan on becoming mitt romney's running mate but the president says he disagrees with ryan's vision for america. after drawing large crowds together this weekend, the republican ticket splits up with

ryan appearing at the iowa state fair and romney campaigning in florida. an afghan police officer opened fire this morning on nato forces and afghan forces. the attack was a fifth in a week against rogue forces and allies. none of its service members killed. athletes heading home with medals and memories after a spectacular closing ceremony at the olympics. the show combined british history and humor with rock nostalgia including a spice girls reunion. u.s.-led final medals count with 104 overall, 46 of them gold. british athletes had their best showing in over a century. now it's brazil's turn to prepare for the next summer olympics as rio hosts the 2016 games. egyptian president mohamed morsi has taken steps to regain power from the country's military. he forced the defense minister and chief of staff to retire

sunday. morsi canceled constitutional amendments that gave top generals wide powers and appointed a senior judge as vice president. a pennsylvania woman is charged with killing her fiancee this weekend just hours before their wedding. police say the couple had an argument in their apartment early saturday and 31-year-old franklin stabbed her fiancee with a kitchen knife. at her arraignment she told the judge she didn't do it on purpose. now for a look at what's trending today, our quick roundup of what has you talking online. sky gazers are enjoying online pictures of the meteor shower, the annual display of stars reached its peak this weekend. miley cyrus wasn't kidding when she tweeted she was ready for a change. first she posted this picture of scissors above her bun, then the product, a platinum pixie bun.

she said i have never felt more like me. something unintended, this viral video. fisherman peterson a pod of dolphins became intrigued by his camera. they followed so closely they come out looking like curious floating cartoons. it's 8:04. back outside to matt and savannah. >> very cute stuff. thank you very much. >> let's head over to al roker with a check of the weather. >> good to know all our friends have come to see us. want to say hi to daddy. all the way over to baltimore, tennessee. let's see what we have for you. our pick city of the day, a while since we've been able to do this, pick city, philadelphia, city of brotherly love, sunny, warm, 87 degrees. as we check out satellite radar you can see heavy rain through the upper midwest, also down through the southwest. southern florida seeing more rain. we're expecting to see plenty of

sunshine but hot weather in the pacific northwest. the heat continues as matt lauer points out my map for me pointing to the risk of strong storms in the midsection of the country, beautiful weathercount the northeast. we're looking at sunshine through the gulf coast. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. beautiful summer morning underway. temperatures around the region are generally in the upper 60s, low and mid-70s now and later today hitting the mid and upper 80s by mid afternoon. a few clouds in and out. getting more humid tonight and a steamy day on tuesday. might get a morning smour and scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. wednesday into thursday, lower humidity pushes in. highs in the 80s. near 90 on friday, over the and that's your latest weather. here is mr. lauer. >> thank you very much. when we come back, the "today"

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every day at this famous crossing, hundreds of tourists from around the world risk life and limb to recreate this famous photo, the cover shot of the beatles famous album, abbey road. >> it's so simple. here is this photo of four guys walking across the street. they are just walking across the street, and yet it screams cool. >> let's try to do it. take the ladder. >> to try and recapture a piece of that cool, we asked photographer neil to get is back. for insight on the cover shot matt stops by for a little help from a friend. >> is it inevitable you cross one of these zebra albums you think of the album. >> exactly. >> like pavlov's dog.

>> i can't look at one without thinking of those days. >> come on, look at it. so when i go in and i try to recreate this photo and i stand in for paul. >> yeah. >> what do i need to know? >> well, you didn't take your shoes off. >> i will. >> you will take your shoes off. you'll paul enter your body through your toes and you'll feel like paul. if you do feel that, call me. >> the beatles had grand designs for the original cover shot. one thought was a picture of the group trekking through the himalayas and they could call the record everest. >> most ideas we had big ideas. let's go to egypt, a volcano, oh let's just walk across the road. that's what we did. >> it was a back-up. >> it was never a back-up. we never booked any tickets. let's just walk across the zebra

crossing. >> they stopped traffic long enough to grab six quick shots of the group walking back and forth. the whole thing took ten minutes. >> john, ringo, paul, and george. >> that's me there, see. >> yeah. >> i was a young man there. >> and ten minutes was all it took for derek seegrove to make beatles history. he was captured in the background with a couple co-workers watching the scene unfold. >> the cameraman waving for us, get out of the way. >> they didn't want you in the picture. >> no, no, no. but being a lot younger in those days and a bit more obstinate we wouldn't move. we stood there. we're in the picture. if i had one penny for every album sold, i would ab millionaire because they sold 100 million. >> just one penny was all you needed. >> nobody has given me one penny. >> we offered to pay derek a

million times what he was paid in the original shot and the rest is up to us. >> why do i have to wear the facial hair. like a small animal on my face. >> why is this a tearaway shirt. >> think i'll get my wig on. >> they are mom jeans. >> getting the four of us to look like the original fab four will take a battalion of wardrobe, hair, makeup artists and a suspension of disbelief. >> does paul have bangs like this. >> do you think he double knotted. >> i would never go back to having hair. >> combination of mr. t and a ninja warrior. my role in life, dress them line a porn star. my biggest fear here is like in life, germs. i have to go bare foot across a public road. >> my biggest concerns are the germs matt will get.

if he starts getting a disease, what if we catch it. >> you look good in that beard. >> i look good for a black man in a white man's beard al is dapper ringo, natalie the cute one, paul, steps in as george harrison. as the newbie i'm playing john lennon, sasquatch or honest abe. >> four score and seven years ago. >> ugly. >> hideous. let's add a hairdo. >> my biggest fear is traffic. we've got to do this in really short intervals. we don't want to alienate london. >> the other wild card, london weather. mother nato appears to ure appe conspiring against us. luckily she turns out to be a fan, too. >> hello, how are you? >> nice to see you. >> the plan is simple. >> we're not trying to walk.

we're freezing. >> stand in the right position and be the beatles. >> all right. got it ringo. >> got it, johnny. >> i'm ringo. >> okay, guys, come on. here we go. >> abbey road. everybody look forward. >> got it. >> that's the wrong leg. this leggos back. >> you're right. i screwed up. >> let me do a test shot. ready? al straight ahead with the face. >> let's move forward with the ladder. one second. >> making friends all over london. >> the london city council agreed to let us stop traffic for two minutes at a time, though the mild mannered brits -- >> they are playing our song. >> are sounding more and more like new york cabbies. >> stoned by londoners.

>> they are honking. >> let's go back. >> shoes, please. >> can we see the bottoms of your feet. >> oh, germs. >> how did they get the hair on your chest. >> it was already there. >> i'm sorry. >> now we're a tourist attraction. >> want to see what it looks like. >> savannah, you look just like him. i'm sorry. >> i guess thank you. >> that looks pretty good. >> i think we're in pretty good shape. >> it's pretty good. >> well, did we do it. here is the original abbey road photo. and -- >> here is our version. >> 43 years later. >> they even took the cars that we couldn't find and put them in the background. we trimmed the trees, not literally but we did it.

>> got derrick in the background. >> it's hard to tell the difference. >> al doesn't stand out at all. >> the black ringo. >> exactly like ringo. hey, man, help a brother out, would you? >> savannah and john lennon, come on. >> i've got to tell you, this the second time you've forced me to dress up as a man. i don't know if this is a bizarre hazing ritual. >> best thing, matt, no germs. >> not at the moment. i've been bathing. >> al tries to see if he can create the amazing grace of air jordan. coming up next, a 12-year-old featured in an olympic ad campaign asking everyone to find their greatness but it's not without critics. we'll have that story right after this. [ radio ] it's a scorcher out there...stay refreshed!

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star of find your greatness ads, nathan. take a look. >> greatness is not some rare dna strand. it's not some precious thing. greatness is no more unique to us than breathing. we're all capable of it. all of us. >> nathan joins us now along with his mom monica and donny deutsch chairman of the ad agency deutsch incorporated. welcome to all of you. you applied for this, filled out a form and auditioned at school. why did you want to be in this ad? >> because i always wear nike, and i really like nike, so i thought it would be a cool opportunity. >> were you nervous at all? did you have any experience in front of a camera doing anything like this? >> not at all. family pictures is about the only camera i'm used to. >> they are actually took you out and asked you to do some

jogging for them, running different distances. did you like it? did you think, i don't know if i'm going to be able to do this? >> it was hard. i think because it was so fun, i didn't really care. it was so fun, i didn't care how hard it was. >> mom, how did you feel about him wanting to do this, actually getting it? >> i was excited. very wowed that nike picked nathan. >> this campaign is all about finding greatness. the people at nike are hoping the people would watch the olympics, be inspired by the athletes and their stories and go out and try to find their own greatness. did you like the message and were you inspired by it? >> i did. i did. i think all the supportive so -- so great. >> when you finally saw, this nathan and monica playing in the olympics, what was -- think of the audience.

what was that experience like? >> just kind of like oh my gosh. i just couldn't believe it. still to this day, this minute, it still hasn't completely set in yet. >> mom, i understand out a little emotional when you saw it? >> yes, i did. something else to see your own son on tv during the olympics. >> at any point did you worry about an embarrassment factor here, that some people, not everyone is nice -- >> right. >> some people might chime in monica or nathan, wow, that little kid is really overweight and he's only 12. did you worry about that? >> i didn't, because i didn't know it would be like that. but now i'm starting to learn even if somebody completely physically fit did that commercial, they would still get, as they say, haters. >> there have been supporters. people who say, wow, it's great. >> most of them are. >> but there have been other people who have been critical, some even thinking this is

exploitation. >> yeah. >> right, mom? >> right. right. i was not even thinking about that at the beginning. so we've learned a lot after something like this comes out, that there are people who will criticize him and i as -- >> how do you feel about that nathan? how do you feel about the fact there are people out there to do that? >> that just motivates me more. i just want to, you know, get off my feet and do extra time for those people that have enough time to be able to sit there and write mean comments on the internet when they could be doing something like i am. >> you've been inspired to get out and do a little more working out. donny, you're an ad man. >> bravo. it's discriminatory if you have a problem with it. we're coming off the olympics and see perfect sculpted bodies. in a strange way who looks like a guy, who like all of us are im

perfect in one way or another is inspirational, motivational. if this gets one guy off the couch and say, wait a second, that guy looks like me. i'm going to get healthy. it's brilliant. >> you think it works because it may inspire people or does it work for nike because we're talking about it? >> all the above. nike has been a brilliant marketer about inclusivity. they have shown every person in their ad, not just lebron james of the world. i saw this ad. we get so moved. we sweep under the rug in this country we all have to get healthy. here is a guy, i'm going out there, i'm running. you said the people critical motivates you more. that ad is inspirational and marvelous. >> let me mention, you said if you can go out there and lose weight, nike is going to revisit you. >> that was said. i don't know how it got out there. i don't know. >> let me tell nike, they should

revisit you if you get out there and keep this up. i agree with donny. i think this is a great ad and i'm proud of you for doing it. i really am. nathan, it's a pleasure to meet you. >> you, too. >> monica, nice to see you. donny as always. just ahead, a live concert from the fray after your local news.

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8:30 this monday morning all 13th, 2012. we had a great time in london but is nice to be back here here in rockefeller plaza. we're having a little bit of a homecoming party, a live concert with the hit band, the fray. >> good news, this the first of a week long of concerts here on the show.

>> that's right. tomorrow on "today," nicki minaj. can you imagine a huge crowd. country superstar carrie underwood takes the stage wednesday, lionel richie on thursday and friday a reunion of the hit band 98 degrees. >> can we say good morning to a couple of olympic champions. two swummers, cullen jones comes home with three medals, a gold and two silver. katie ledecky was the youngest member of the swim team or the olympic team, she won gold. guys nice to see you again, good morning. >> good morning. >> are you both on an adrenaline rush even though your events end add week ago. >> absolutely. every time i watch the race, my heart jumps up. >> katie? >> same. still running on that adrenaline, still trying to catch up on sleep. >> have either of you gone anywhere near a swimming pool since the games? >> no, not at all.

>> i went once to our summer pool to play basketball with my brother. >> floating on a raft, not racing for gold medal. >> cullen, for you this olympics defied expect as. there were some that thought you wouldn't make it to the olympics. you did. now you're back with three medals, how does that feel? >> amazing. a lot of practice went into that. a lot of change in the performance. thankful. lights on in radio. >> katie, we mentioned the homecoming at the airport. people still talking about, so emotional. what was it like for you to get back and see your friends and family. >> it meant a lot to me. i knew a few of them to be there. i didn't expect so many to be there. to share that moment with them felt great. i couldn't be more thankful for their support. >> folks starting -- michael phelps started at 15. people are comparing you to michael phelps. how does that feel? >> it's nice. there's no way i'm going to come anywhere near that.

it means a lot, i guess. >> the power of positive thinking, katie. >> we actually have a cute picture, al, isn't that right, when katie was about 2 years old. >> katie mentioned your grand mom brought you -- >> my grandma lives here. we visited the "today" so. i didn't realize i was wearing a u.s. hat. >> things to come. >> by the way, cullen's trip home, we should mention, you went from london to warrant. >> dulles. >> then a short layover. >> short, 18 hours. >> could visit katie. >> yeah. >> it was fun. i actually had an event there, a group make a splash. unfortunately we had to push some stuff back but it was nice to get to new york, be home. >> when you guys think of the olympics, other than your actual events, is there something you just loved, some moment about being in london, being at the games that will always stay with

you. >> i was fortunate enough to go to opening ceremonies, mine was later in the week. opening ceremonies was very surreal and very neat to be a part of. >> yeah, unfortunately i swam the second day right after the opening ceremony so i couldn't do it. to be able to be in the dining hall and meet with other athletes, u.s. or not, it was a great experience. >> cullen jones and katie ledecky, great to see you. thank you so much for being here. i hear you're going to stick around and help with something. >> cooking. >> we'll need it. mr. roker. >> check it out, show you what we've got for the weekend ahead, above normal in the east and midwest, rainy gulf coast on into the ohio river valley. by the midweek period below normal temperatures spread out a bit. the above normal temperatures out west. going to be a wet midweek for the east down into florida and the latter part of the week those showers move off the coast. beautiful weather above normal out west but of the eastern hal of the country will see at or

below normal temperatures. that's what's going on around the country. good morning. humidity levels are low, temperatures around 70, around the metro area. and still cool in the mountains where it's only in the 50s to around 60s. later today most of the area is well into the 80s, met fro areas up near 90 mid-afternoon. then more humid on tuesday and maybe a morning shower or afternoon and evening thunderstorms. wednesday, thursday and into friday sunshine and that's your latest weather. >> al, coming up, we're going to find out how to make math fun for your children with the help of former child star. live in concert out on the plaza. live in concert out on the plaza. fir[ male announcer ] in 1996,

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star danica mckellar who achieved fame winnie cooper on the popular show "the wonder years." these days she's an advocate for math education teaching girls they can not only be cute but smart and confident. her latest book "girls get curves, geometry takes shape." this isn't a passing fancy. why are you interested in this topic? >> i love math. i was a math major. there's a lot of stereotypes. a lot of women are discouraged about math before they give it a shot because of preconceived notions. we're not supposed to be good at math, cute, not smart. i was like, i'm going to do something about this. >> you are doing something about this. i hear you love pi, p-i.

>> who doesn't live pie. that kind. i love numbers. >> are you trying to recommend mize numbers in pi. >> my 2-year-old son loves me singing the digits to pi to sounds of the sugar fairy. >> 3.14. >> 15926 -- >> we could go on all day. >> we could go on and on but we won't. >> you bring up your little son, he's two now? >> he's two. >> how is motherhood. >> it's great. it is a challenge like many things but wonderful. i'm trial to instill the same things in him i'm telling readers in my book. it's about confidence, healthy self-image. it's hard to start super young but there are things parents can do now even to help their kids see math as part of every day life. the thing about math, it's a foreign language. if it's not translated properly it stays foreign and that's scary. especially for girls. they need to see math as part of being fabulous as part of what

makes you cute and confident and sexy. it all goes hand in hand. >> you do something kind of interesting here. you're introducing concepts of geometry but connect them with body image and self-confidence. how do you make that connection. it's not immediately obvious to everybody. >> here is the thing, doing things like math that exercises the problem solving part of your brain makes you feel smart. the kind of confidence you have from feeling smart changes the way you walk into a room, changes your smile, attitude, makes you witty, gives you something to talk about. logic is the center of geometry. geometry is the best kind of math to practice that kind of confidence building. >> i mentioned this is your fourth book. do you see progress? do you see girls embracing math in ways they weren't before. >> i get e-mails and tweets, i'm a twitter junkie. from all kinds of girls, all ages, even parents, especially girls saying you've changed my outlook on math. i'm no longer afraid of it,

feeling like it's too much. i'm tackling it, feeling smart. it's incredible. what we're fighting, up against is the world of reality television and billboards telling girls they are only supposed to be cute. it's only about being sexy. you know what, that's all fine and good but part of the bigger package. the most important stuff is that confidence you get from the inside. >> you gave us a body image quiz we put on our website. one says when you pass a mirror, avoid it, sneak a look, stow p to admire yourself. 70% said sneak a looking. you find yourself looking at models, what do you think, they are unrealistic, secretly wish you looked like them. what do you want girls to take away from a quiz like this. >> i want them to see first of all the feelings they have are normal but not obsess about their appearance. you don't want to obsess body issues, bad ones but you don't want to neglect your health.

you want to do healthy things. filled with confidence boosting for math and body image. >> two good concepts in one book. thank you so much danica mckellar. great to see you again. >> you, too. >> if you want to read an excerpt or get advice, head to today.com. coming up next, a concert today.com. coming up next, a concert from the hit band, the fray,

i'm drinking dunkin'. i'm drinking dunkin' iced mocha. they make it exactly how i like it. medium, iced, with a turbo shot. french vanilla, hazelnut, caramel -- i love 'em all. they make it perfect every time. america runs on dunkin' coffee. >> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> we have got some great music lined up this week. let's get it started in style. ladies and gentlemen, the fray. ♪ i found god on the corner of first and amistad ♪ ♪ where the west was all but won

all alone smoking ♪ ♪ his last cigarette said where have you been ♪ ♪ he said ask anything where are you ♪ ♪ when everything was falling apart ♪ ♪ all my days were spent by the telephone ♪ ♪ that never rang and all i needed was a call ♪ ♪ that never came to the corner of first and amistad ♪ ♪ lost and insecure you found me ♪ ♪ you found me lying on the floor ♪ ♪ surrounded, surrounded why did you have to wait ♪

♪ where were you where were you ♪ ♪ just a little late you found me, you found me ♪ ♪ in the end everyone ends up alone ♪ ♪ losing her the only one who's ever known ♪ ♪ who i am, who i'm not and who i want to be ♪ ♪ no way to know how long she will be next to me ♪ ♪ lost and insecure you found me, you found me ♪ ♪ lying on the floor surrounded, surrounded ♪ ♪ why did you have to wait where were you ♪ ♪ where were you just a little late ♪

♪ you found me you found me ♪ ♪ early morning, the city breaks i've been calling for years ♪ ♪ and years and years and years and you never left me no messages ♪ ♪ you never sent me no letters you've got some kind of nerve ♪ ♪ taking all i want lost and insecure ♪ ♪ you found me you found me ♪ ♪ lying on the floor surrounded, surrounded ♪ ♪ lost and insecure you found me, you found me ♪ ♪ lying on the floor

surrounded surrounded ♪ ♪ why did you have to wait where were you where were you you found me you found me ♪ you found me ♪ ♪ lying on the floor you found me ♪ you found me ♪ yeah yeah yeah ♪ ♪ yeah

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the fray formed just ten years ago. now they are touring the u.s. with kelly clarkson. here to sing "be still" off their latest album stars and stories, the fray. ♪ be still and know that i'm with you ♪ ♪ be still and know that i am here ♪ ♪ be still and know that i'm with you ♪

♪ be still, be still, be still ♪ when darkness comes upon you and covers you with fear and shame ♪ ♪ be still and know that i'm with you and i will say your name ♪ ♪ if terror falls upon your bed and sleep no longer comes ♪ ♪ remember all the words i said be still, be still, be still ♪ ♪ and when you go

through the valley ♪ ♪ and the shadow comes down from the hill if morning never comes to be be still, be still, be still ♪ ♪ and if you forget the way to go and lose where you came from if no one is standing beside you be still and know i am ♪ ♪ be still and know that i'm with you

be still and know i am ♪ >> isaac slayed of the fray. the band will be back with one more song in a bit. but first your local news and weather. ♪ be still

this is a news 4 news break. 8:56 is your time now on monday, august 13th, 2012. good morning to you. let's check in with fom for a look at the forecast. nice way to start the day, tom. >> a delightful summer morning under way. the temperatures climb into the 70s in much of the region. reagan national is now at 80, and later today we'll be in the

upper 80s and near 90 by mid-afternoon. tomorrow cloudy and more humid and a morning shower and greater chance of an evening thunderstorm. low humidity moves back in and more humid for the first part of the weekend. could get storms on saturday but clearing out for sunday. >> thank you. we'll take a q

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>> we're back with more off "today" monday morning 13th day of august, 2012. we just had great music from the fray on the plaza kicking off

music. we'll talk to the guys in the band in a couple minutes. i'm matt lauer with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> big news in the entertainment world. jennifer aniston got engaged after dating her boyfriend for more than a year. he popped the question, she said yes. we've got the details and get all up in their business. >> get all up in their grill. who is going to be the next mark zuckerberg. there's a new show sets out with tech visionaries. only 20 get a chance to make dreams a reality. we're going to meet one of the impressive entrepreneurs coming up and two impressive junk olympians, cullen jones and katie ledecky will be joining us as well. they will be hanging around to help us out during the next hour. >> all right. first let's say hi to the folks from the fray. guys, welcome back. it's great to have you here. >> nice shoes.

>> somebody has been dipping into the olympic swag bag. where did you come up with these things? >> called a friend at nike. just need to play a little faster on the "today" show. >> that's cool. how are you guys doing? you're on tour with kelly clarkson as savannah mentioned. how is it going? >> really well. >> how did that come about? >> we did a christmas show in december in chicago. we were working out chestnuts and we were like, dude, kelly should totally sing on this. >> you guys have been together ten years. you started the band in denver. a band is like a relationship. are you pretty proud of yourself you've lasted 10 years. >> we've been through a lot of therapy. >> what do you do in ten years, a gift? >> silver, paper? >> i don't know what ten is. it's therapy, the therapy gift. >> aluminum. >> a watch. >> you know what it is, it's bright colored shoes.

congratulations. >> can we also mentioned since you're from the denver area, we know the shooting in aurora hit close to home and you want to make sure people don't forget that. >> we're all sort of reeling from that still. we reached out to the governor and asked them what we could do. there's an organization called giving first.org so we're donating the royalties of that song we played before to help out and trying to get other folks, too. that's the big thing. >> guys, always good to have you here. appreciate it. come back soon. >> thanks. >> go inside, natalie with a check of the headlines. natalie. >> thanks, matt, savannah and al. good morning, everyone. republican presidential hopeful mitt romney and his newly minted running mate paul ryan are looking to divide and conquer today. romney heads to florida and ohio as ryan travels to iowa after the two campaign together over the weekend. while ryan is bringing some much needed buzz to the romney campaign, romney is distancing

himself from some of ryan's more austere economic policies. meantime president obama spent the weekend at fundraisers at his chicago home calling ryan a, quote, ideological leader of congressional republicans. the olympic flame has been extinguished and the torch has been passed onto rio as the london games came to a star-studded close sunday night. if the spice girls reunion wasn't enough u.s. came out on top with the most medals. as for great britain, their finest olympic performance in more than a century. chad johnson formerly known as chad ochocinco out of a job. the miami dolphins dropped the receiver a day after his arrest in the domestic battery arrest of his wife. he's accused of head butting his wife sending her to the hospital with a head laceration. he was released on a $2500 bond sunday barely a month after he married in a lavish caribbean

ceremony. and it is official, jennifer aniston, actress screen writer justin theroux are engaged. seven years after her split with brad pitt, the 43-year-old actress will walk down the aisle again. for theroux's 41st birthday, aniston accepted his proposal. we'll have much more on this coming up shortly. the first large national study on the impact of anti-junk food laws finds they might actually help curb childhood obesity. researchers found in states where unhealthy snacks and drinks are restricted in schools, children gained less weight from 5th through 8th grades. children who were overweight or obese in 5th grade were more likely to reach a healthy weight by the 8th grade. bornee replaced batman, the bourn legacy took over the top spot with $40 million in ticket sales. political comedy "the campaign" debuted in second and "the dark knight rises" fell to third

place. a fisherman trying to shoot a peaceful scenic video off the ocean off the coast of british columbia was very rudely interrupted, a humpback whale had to get in on the action. perfect timing for the voographer. that's a perfect shot. six minutes past the hour. back to al with a check of the weather. >> what's a word for cheese. we have katie ledecky and cullen jones helping us with the weather. let's go to the map. a risk of strong storms from evansville indiana, tornado, damaging winds, mostly a lot of heavy rain. look at it already firing up. looking at heavy thunderstorms down through paducah, little rock, all the way up into central and northern indiana making its way into ohio. rainfall amounts anywhere from three to five inches. generally about one to of rain. katie. >> that's what's happening

around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. bethesda zone, katie ledecky. around your region all the areas of yellow are into the 70s, areas in green in the 60s still. a few places in the 50s now. reagan national is at 80, and it's near 80 right by the bay. later today into the upper 80s near 90 mid-afternoon. more humid tomorrow, in the upper 80s during the afternoon. maybe a morning shower, afternoon or evening . >> all right. that's your latest weather. no pressure, cullen. she did great. >> she did. >> okay. >> that's your weather. back to you, natalie. >> well done, cullen. thanks so much. more now on the news that has hollywood buzzing. jennifer aniston getting ready to tie the knot again. this time with fellow actor justin theroux. >> i do. >> a real wedding in the works for jennifer aniston, the star

of friends who everyone came to know as rachel. for aniston's boyfriend justin theroux, birthday of a lifetime. the couple were celebrating his birthday friday night when aniston accepted his proposal. he called it an eraordinary gift. >> fans will be breathing a sigh of relief, probably opening champagne themselves. they have been waiting for their friend, jennifer aniston, to find mr. right. >> you can really get trapped -- >> reporter: aniston and theroux started dating a year ago making the comedy "wanderlust." this will be aniston second marriage and theroux's first. she famously married pitt and the couple spent years on the a list. aniston got as much attention for the marriage as the breakup. the couple split in 2005 when pitt became involved with angelina jolie. trio became fodder for tabloid

for years. while pitt moved on very publicly, to many it seemed like aniston could not. >> america has been worried about jenn. they felt she got jilted by brad pitt when he left her and became involved with angelina jolie. >> despite the jilted lover persona that plagued aniston, she was in several high-profile romances following her break up with pitt with vince vaughn and john mayer. when those relationships didn't last, it created a lingering question, would jenn ever marry again. >> when she met justin theroux and they came out as a couple after they filmed "wanderlust" together, i think people really thought he could be the one. they want her to find happiness. and now it looks like she has. and bonnie fuller is the executive editor of hollywoodlife.com. in los angeles, jason kennedy, a reporter for e!. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let me start with you. tell me what we're able to find out about this proposal.

>> we don't know a lot. these are two private people. i remember the first time i met justin theroux i couldn't get him to say jennifer aniston's name in the interview. they have a mutual agreement, mutual understanding they are going to keep their private life private. having said that, we know it was this past friday, his 41st birthday. he flew to wilmington, north carolina where she's doing a movie now. the most important part, natalie, she said yes. >> exactly. justin theroux may not be a name a lot of people are familiar with besides being in that movie "wanderlust" with jennifer aniston. what else has he done and who is he. >> when they first started dating, everyone was saying who is this guy. he's successful in the industry, a successful screen writer, did screen play for tropic thunder, "iron man 2," rock of ages. as an actor, american psycho, mulholland drive, most recently "wanderlust." there was a misconception they met on the set of wanderlust.

they have known each other for many many years. if you saw the movie, you could see sparks were flying. the chemistry was undeniable. >> bonnie, you talked about in the piece about how happy fans must be for jennifer aniston. how is it for the fans? what are they saying about this marriage to happen? >> they are saying hurray. they are so happy that their best friend has finally met a man who can be her match again. now, the speculation is going to begin quick. when will the wedding be, what will she wear, what will the gown be and are they going to have a baby. >> a lot of people thinking is she going to get married first or angelina and brad beat her. you can't bring this marriage up without thinking angelina jolie and brad pitt as well. >> it's funny coincidentally there were a lot of rumors there was going to be a wedding between brangelina this weekend. instead no wedding but an engagement for jenn. so there will be, in the fans' mind, a race to the altar.

>> jassin you talked about justin theroux, you interviewed him. what is he like about a person. you said he's very private. what do you know about him? >> really, really nice. a generous guy, charming guy. i enjoyed his company. i asked him specifically you're entering into a new phase where your relationship is going to be everywhere, it already is everywhere. he told me something very interesting. it feels like there's another me, another him living out there in the media right now. this is a big adjustment for him. >> certainly going to be finding out a lot more about the two of them. bonnie, jason, appreciate it. >> thanks, natalie. coming up next, what were you doing when you were 20? we're going to show you budding entrepreneurs making their dreams a reality. later on how to pull off the hottest trends in fall fashion but first these messages. le! lawn clippings! a mattress. a sausage link. mermaid. honey!? driftwood. come on, you gotta help us out here a little. [ male announcer ] febreze eliminates odors

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part of special 20 under 20. follows millionaire searching for innovators competing for a fellowship and mentorship as they work to make entrepreneurial dreams come true. also olympic swimmers cullen jones and katie ledecky. good to see everybody. dylan, currently 20 years old. it wasn't that long ago you were a freshman at brown. what was your major and what were your goals at the time? >> yeah, i spent two and a half years at brown university. i was a junior. i took a semester off. i was studying computer science and mathematics and my goal was to, i guess, find out who i was as a person and learn more about the world around me. >> dylan calls, says i want to take the semester off, what did you think? >> he came home at christmas vacation and said i'm thinking about applying for this fellowship.

we were sort of -- i was secretly hoping maybe he wouldn't get it in on time and the submit button wouldn't get pushed. >> tell us about the project. what was the idea? >> the idea is basically to let people express themselves creatively online. i think everyone has this inner artist. we suppress the artist because our taste is so high. right. our skill level is a little lower. so the delta between that can be changed, fixed with technology. >> so in other words, it's kind of like an artistic facebook sort of? >> a little bit. what we're doing immediately, the first thing is an inbrowser photo editor. go to the website. i saw you guys had the abbey road photo earlier, right? i'm sure the professionals at nbc spent hours getting that right. >> yes. >> with my tool, you'd be able to do that in minutes. anyone can do it for free. >> cullen, what's your -- i know you've got a question?

>> how did you even come up with it? i'm not creative at all. i stair at a black line. it's amazing this is something on your plate. i know goal setting for us is very, very important. you can have that dream but kind of building that bridge. obviously you had the dream. how do you build backwards and build that bridge? >> yeah. i mean, i guess, just work like both of you. >> i can say just like both of you, you're relentless in what your passion is. he's the same way. >> yeah, just different passions i guess. >> katie. >> maybe talk about what the risks were, the pros and cons of your decision and what you're working towards. >> well, the risk obviously is most fail. i'm well aware of. i don't really think of it as a risky situation, to be honest. i think of it as something that

we have to do. >> you say fail -- if you're going to fail, fail fast. what does that mean? >> it means, for example, there's so many things. just like if you're doing a race, something that's a technique you haven't tried before, you just have to try it. the only way to find out if it's going to work or not. so you try it, you go fast. if you fail, that's okay but you keep going and eventually succeed. >> if at first you don't succeed, try try again. thank you so much. cullen and katie, thank you as well. good question. tune in tonight for part one of cnbc's 20 under 20 transforming tomorrow. coming up next, actor dean cain fighting for truth, justice and the way on a new show right after these messages. [ female announcer ] the gold standard in anti-aging. roc® retinol. found in roc® retinol correxion deep wrinkle night cream. it's clinically proven to give 10 years back to the look of skin.

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best known playing superman on the series lois and clark. now dean taking on another heroic role on an nbc series called "stars earned stripes." good morning to you. >> good morning. >> seems like you need your super powers for this job. >> i would have gladly taken them for this job. it was an amazing experience, probably the most dangerous but without a doubt the most rewarding. >> tell us the concept, team up with law enforcement or former military types and perform these amazing feats. >> each celebrity type is paired up with a special forces operative. that's your teammate throughout the competition. then you get a mission given to you by general wesley clark, which is kind of impressive. >> that's cool. >> you train for that mission

and then you go on the mission. once you complete your mission, your time is what separates the men from the boys. >> you're inspiring real weapons, live fire. >> all live fire, no stunt men. it was incredible. you're doing things -- i did a lot of things i never thought i would ever do. one of them is jump out of a perfectly good helicopter. i never thought i would do that. by the end as we went on and on -- you told me to jump out of a helicopter now i wouldn't blink. >> the point of this, though, is charity. >> everything we compete for, every bit of money coming out of this is for law enforcement, first responders or military charities. and because when military guys are out there serving, it's not just them, it's their family and everyone around them serving as well. we're trying to shine a light on these guys and show you how amazing they are. they are so impressive. especially in the heat of battle it is amazing. all the money goes to their charities or our charities we choose to play for. >> who are co-conspirators.

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that is nicki minaj in the video of her hit song "starships." tomorrow on "today" the trinidadian songwriter, sing he, rapper will take the summer teenager for our summer concert series. come on down to the plaza. >> wait, there's more. we still have one more coming up. don't forget, the party continues all week long. wednesday, country singer carrie underwood will be here. then it's lionel richie on thursday.

and wrap things up on friday with a 98 degrees reunion. >> can't wait for that. meantime just ahead this morning still from printed pants to leather leggings, there are some tricky trends you'll be seeing in stores for fall. we'll show you how to wear them so they don't wear you. >> why are you laughing? >> tricky trends. >> you're just happy you don't have to try it. >> al doesn't have to worry about that. >> if you can't stand the heat, get into the kitchen. sweet and smoky barbecue flavor. katie ledecky sticking around. i hope she likes to cook. >> i hope she doesn't get her medal in the sauce. >> detective nick burkheart, descendant of the brothers grimm who can see and fight evil creatures but lives among us. last season he learned his mother who we thought was actually dead is still alive. season two upon us. a lot of surprises? >> a lot of surprises. i meet my mom.

i don't really like her because she pretended to be dead for a long time. >> some mom issues. >> you have to work through that in therapy. >> exactly. years of therapy. that's season three. and then, yeah, just a lot of surprises. my girlfriend is in a coma right now. >> i guess a cat scratched her or enchanted cat. >> an enchanted cat scratched her and she's kind of gone under. hopefully she wakes up but we'll kind of find out. >> the great thing about this, the show doesn't look like anything else. the location. >> we shoot this in portland. all of the fairy tales were set in the black forest in germany. the forest in portland is perfect for this. this rain forest dripping with moss. it's beautiful. >> some kind of describe this show as a crime show, fairy tale matchup. >> i've heard "law & order"

special fairy tales. i didn't coin that so i can't take it. it's similar to that. i play a cop who finds out he's a descendant of the grim brothers. he can see monsters. they mate me and try to kill the grimms. a lonely existence. more to talk about in therapy. >> good luck to that. grab a couch here, we don't charge. the season premier of "grimm" on nbc. now let's get a check on the weather. >> that's what's going in the country. here's what happens in your neck of the wood says. >> good morning. right now it's in the 70s to around 80 in much of the region but still into the 60s. shenandoah valley has more clouds this morning, and later today some clouds off and on and highs near 90. getting more humid tomorrow and cloudy and maybe a morning shower. greater chance of scattered afternoon storms into the evening.

then lower humidity returns for wednesday, thursday, friday up near 90 and partly sunny. over the weekend maybe some storms saturday. >> that's your latest weather. >> thanks, al. >> still laughing about the tricky trends. we're going to have that next. the secret to pulling off tricky fall fashion friends. >> look how tricky she is. >> it's the shoes, guys. olive garden's never ending pasta bowl is back. endless combinations of pasta and sauce for just $9.95. plus, unlimited sausage, chicken, and meatballs for just $2.95 more. the never ending pasta bowl, only at olive garden. nobody beats officemax for back-to-school... with great prices on thousands of supplies. that's a big deal! so is a free 8-gig jump drive when you buy $50 in hp ink.

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let's talk first about the crop top. this is a new trend. >> it is. >> for fall. we're not talking belly baring. >> people think crop top and think bared mid rift. it's the length of the short. it's from forever 21, under 20 bucks. the key to pulling it off is material. you don't want a structured crop top but with movement and flowy. the bottom is key. you want to pair crop top with a high wasted bottom, a pair of shorts, pants or high-wasted pencil skirt. it looks really, really beautiful. i think she looks fabulous. pops of color makes it punchy. >> it looks fantastic on her. she's got the body for it. >> she does. >> claudia, thanks so much. looks gorgeous. next the printed pant trend. >> yes. >> this is something we saw spring and summer so continuing into the fall as we see on gina. >> absolutely. you saw a lot of printed denim,

maybe feel young, maybe more age appropriate for your daughter. if you want to pull off printed pants look for a trouser style like this, j. crew. $88. if you're new to prints, start with classic color combinations, black and white. basic and simple. when you pair it with a great sweater, necklaces and bold pop of color of the shoe, the look is anything but boring. i think she looks fantastic in this. if you feel at vedventurous may printed top. next leather. >> leather. >> leather leggings. that's a look you're seeing everywhere, especially colored leather. >> typically you think of leather as kind of rock stars on stage but now you're seeing leather as a basic. everyone has their favorite pair of black stretchy cotton legsings. why not trade in the fall for something with way more style,

these are $34.95. they are edgy so balance with feminine pieces, a t-shirt, blazer. it helps add a lady like quality to your leather so you don't feel like a rock star on stage like milk jagger. a great pulled together look. a leopard flat. i love my leopard and leather. >> i think the key is a longer shirt. >> when you're wearing leggings, you want it to cover midsection and butt. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> last tricky trend, ankle straps. >> ankle straps. >> a lot of women may not know this. ankle straps a shorter leg or heavier, maybe afraid to wear. >> absolutely, with good reason. if you're shorter and have short legs you don't want to cut anything off. when you're doing the ankle strap trend, huge for the fall, look for an ankle strap that's really thin. this is from nine west. it's really delicate, a quarter

inch wide. you want to avoid chunky ankle straps. you want to pair with skirts and dresses so you can show off detail. i actually was talking to a famous shoe designer. he told me when you wear ankle straps you want it to delicately drape not choke. think of the difference between that visual. abbey looks fantastic. i love the idea of color blocking also going into fall a huge trend. she looks absolutely fantastic. >> let's bring all our models out for the last look wearing the trends so well. not so tricky when you put them together. thanks so much. up next, summer barbecuing indoors with mouth watering ribs right after this. here's my morning routine. gotta start the day off right. wardrobe. cute. then new activia breakfast blend. a great way to help start the day. mmm... creamy lowfat yogurt with grains in yummy breakfast flavors, like apple cinnamon. its hearty, with twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt

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around. thanks. a lot of folks like barbecue. it's too hot, you don't want to fire up the grill. >> for me i live in new york city. i don't have access to the grill. that's what's driven by love for indoor barbecue, finding a way for smoke flavors without the outdoor grill. >> you like grilling. >> i like it. >> you like ribs. find out what kind of ribs. >> spare ribs. really, really great for nice easy cooking at home. i'm a big fan of making your own rub. >> okay. >> every great rub starts with a base of sugar and salt. brown sugar, salt. a few more unique ingredients. cumin, smoked paprika, that smokeness. th smokiness. you want to helm help me? >> sure. >> we shouldn't be surprised. >> both sides.

>> both sides. >> you take the membrane off the back? >> i usually ask the butcher to do it. it makes a difference. i highly recommend it. if you can put your butcher to work, by all means. these go into the oven, all those smoky flavors. a nice big foil pact. >> a big pork hobo pack. >> absolutely. >> these will go 275 for two to two and a half hours. >> in other words, katie, you could do these and go work out. you're swimming while they are cooking. >> take a look at this. you can see how the rub has permeated the meat, looks amazing. at this point a homemade barbecue sauce. >> do that while you're cooking. >> absolutely. we started with molasses in a pan here. i'll let katie add this. accumulated juices from my ribs going in the oven.

applesi appleci apple cider. these are all from your pantry. you want to stir this, katie. this is grated garlic. i'm a huge fan of grating garlic on a micro plane before the sauce. this is a tablespoon of the rub so it allows the flavors to play well with one another. we'll let this reduce, thicken up. then we'll throw our ribs on an indoor cast iron grill. this looking great, a nice char. we're going to slather these ribs with this homemade barbecue sauce. a lot of people are in the camp of either using a rub or a sauce. >> you like to do both. >> i like to do both. >> more is more. >> more is more. these are going to char beautifully, obtaining smoky flavors. >> if you had a wagner power

painter. >> there's something therapeutic about brushing it on. >> head to the back. you have sides here. >> a nice corn salad. same thing with the corn, charred it on the grill. add this, basil vinegarette, fresh basil, apple cider, garlic, pantry staples. >> toss that. >> toss that. >> baked beans, also fantastic. you can make them in a dutch oven or crockpot. my trick using an applewood smoked bacon to implement smoky flavors. this is as eas barbecue gets and it all happens indoors. >> are you going to try this. >> are you going for a rib, katie? >> sure. >> if you're going for a rib, i'm going, too. here we go. >> luckily i got the small one. >> petite. >> that you so much. up next, more music from the fray. but first this is "today" on nbc.

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>> announcer: the toyota concert series on "today," brought to you by toyota. >> our special guest, katie ledecky. >> great job. >> we would have you back but you've got school starting. >> the 27th. >> you've outdone yourself, swim for a gold medal and make ribs and this delicious salad. >> very impressed. >> it is impressive. you've got your required reading list done. >> i'm working on it. almost done. >> summer concerts kicked off with a grammy nominated band, the fray. >> they are currently on tour promoting their latest album, scars and stories. >> here they are. ♪

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>> this is a news 4 news break. 9:57 is your time now. good morning. let's go to tom now for a look at the forecast. if it stays this nice all day, tom. >> it's a delightful summer morning. right now in the 70s near 80. showers are moving between elkins and frostburg. elsewhere a few clouds from time to time. four-day forecast, highs reach near 90 today.

might get a morning shower or afternoon or evening thunderstorm. low humidity back for a couple of days wednesday and thursday. over the weekend might get storms on saturday. how is late morning traffic? >> he metro still see delays because of a disabled train. there's delays on the orange and blue line in both directions. head over to the roadways looks really nice. i-270 making your way from shady grove southbound. no issues to report, and in crossing over the 14th street bridge it's a breeze. back over to you. >> thanks so much. tune into news 4 today tomorrow. wake up with us and get yur day

>> narrator: from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> do not adjustour tv. no hers looking for people tumbling and swimming. no, it's us again. >> we're back and it's monday, august 13th. so glad you're here with us. hope youed had eed had a great s watching the olympics. you were there. >> it was kind of fun. i went for just a short little stint. and while i was there, sometimes

you're like i wonder what event i will see and is it going to be a good one. this is what wil she'll show a e later. you were well represented. >> you were well represented. you were hammered, it was embarrassing. missy franklin, who is one of the swimmers, the 17-year-old, she tapped the wall and i got it on interview her afterwards and she won the gold. it was a great moment. the best moment of all was she hadn't seen her parents in i think a month, so after she swam, she tped the wall, she won. and then we had a secret surprise for her. i had just interviewed her parents, so she was standing there and we were like look. >> aah.

>> she's a daddy's girl, too. >> oh, my gosh. i can't even imagine how they're feeling. what a moment. and speaking of gold medalists, we actually have one. >> katie ledecky, the youngest u.s. gold medalist is with us. >> oh, my gosh, katie, congratulations, hundred any. >> ha honey. >> thank you. >> 15 years old.any. honey. >> thank you. >> 15 years old. and just turned 15 in march. makes you feel like your children are flungkies, doesn't it? >> we'd offer you a drink but you can't have one. >> katie, congratulations. has it hit you you yet? >> no, still pretty surreal. >> have you been back home yet? >> yes, i have. >> was it a big hero's welcome? >> you yeaeah, i had some class and friends greeting me. >> you conibuted to the final medal count. the u.s. won a total of 104 in all, 46 of those gold.

when you look at the numbers, i mean -- >> this is the best we've ever done. >> the first time we beat china in the overall medal count? >> i don't know that in detail, but the chinese must be very upset because wethem. >> and the brits did very well, as well. >> you're so proud of everybody and happy for everyone. something so unbelievably infectious about this darling little girl just so young. >> and she went to iowa to train and she said to her mom, i really want to go and her mom was reluctant to send her and she said when she was there will, she even cried because she was home sick, but she knew she was there for a gold. what were you you doing at 16? >> that's really none of your business, hoda. but the people involved have been nice about keeping it it

quiet. >> gaby was so focused and her mom was such a love. >> and everybody saying sorry, katie, but they're saying that she'll get the most money in endorsements. >> yes, she's already on the corn flakes box, the wheaties hwheaties -- >> oh, corn flakes. i love her. anyway, you're every bit beautiful. you know what the great thing about both of these young ladies, they're at the beginning of their careers. we'll probably see them in four more olympics. >> they have a long run away. speaking of one that's over, though, michael phelps. the most decorated olympian of all time and he said this would be his last. and he was something to watch. in the beginning he was a little shaky. >> ryan lochte won the first and surprised everybody. >> michael spephelps was outtoud

and then suddenly he turned the jets on. >> you wonder if he'll ever be matched. >> mckayla maroney had an interesting look on her face during the ceremony. that picture by the way has gone viral. it's everywhere. people keep positioning that kn photo in different settings. and we should say there's a guy who really rocked the olympics who maybe you tonigdon't even k about. is she behind us? where is she is th? there she is. a by who rocked the olympics, he wasn't an athlete, but -- >> well, he is but he wasn't participating.who rocked the ol wasn't an athlete, but -- >> well, he is but he wasn't participating. >> he ran the show. jim bell, our executive producer. he he really rocked it. >> so proud of him. because it was a huge undertaking. plus making sure the hours were going well. so god bless him, we missed him.

i hope he'll take a little time off. >> can i say the best birthday present ever some i went with my family to the beach and the fedex guy comes knocking on the door. as they do. there was a huge box of crab cakes from baltimore. we cooked those up ten minutes on broil, they he even put the parchment painner tper in the b you don't have to do thinking but cook them. >> your mother was there and your sister. >> there were other women. anyway, it was really, really great and we had fun photos from the beach. we were with the whole family. they did a cake. >> and you fought over the last crab cake. >> and then there's a picture about of all of us looking especially insane. everyone looks like we're on ludes, but we were happy.

>> this morning i was learning how to -- our wonderful tech guy here was teaching me because of my upcoming musical how to tweet and to go on the facebook, you know, scandalous on broadway.com. but i want to show you, he showed me how i could tweet a picture. well, it wasn't that one. >> were you using someone else's hair gel? whose is that? >> it was the one of you. no. okay. >> so far this joke is bombing. that's the worst joke ever. >> that it's not the way it was supposed to go. >> what was the point? that is the worst tweet ever. >> i didn't tweet that. >> what did you you tweet? >> well, maybe i better not say. i didn't tweet it, he hit the button. >> well, apparently someone did it. >> okay. let's talk about scandalous. very excited.

i never -- i had given up a few times thinking i would ever see this, but this is play bill, and there it is, coming this fall. that is our logo. >> that's crazy. >> it's surreal to me. it really is. and we have a special offer today just for "today" show viewers. if you order tickets today a week before the box office officially opens, a week from today is the 20th, use a special code, the word "today," go to scandalous on broadway.com and you'll find out what's available there for you. you'll be able to order the tickets a week earlier than people in general can do it next week. >> so it's two months. >> two months from today is the first preview. when we walked in today and saw

this, because we've been talking about this for a long time, the fact that in november will be opening night. surprising. and there's actually a twitter handle for scandalous. >> i think it's scandalous broadway or something. huh? b way. scandalousbway. thank you, everybody. i'm so excited. >> i am, too. >> and we have good news for jennifer ananiston. she got engaged to her kind of long term boyfriend. she's 43. he proposed on his 41st birthday which was on friday. his name is justin theroux, i believe. >> exactly. >> he's also a screen writer. he co-wrote the screen play for "iron man 2" and he's a fine actor. and they seem just very steady. you don't read about them coming drunk out of places without their underwear, but who knows in the privacy of their own

home, a $21 million home they just bought in california. >> wow. >> of course you can get a good deal now out there. >> $21 million. >> yeah. so we're happy for them. >> we have some fun concerts coming up. we had the fray on today. tomorrow, nicki minaj will be performing. on wednesday, carrie underwood is performing. on thursday, lionel richie. >> love him. and he'll be with us, too. >> and on friday, 98 degrees. so it's a nice week. >> it will be great. sarah is not with us today. she got stuck in paris. so we'll do favorite things and then -- >> okay. this is cool. this one you'll love. >> my favorite thing is an app and my nieces were going crazy over this app. the app is called talking ben and it's free.

you download it -- >> how does anyone make any money on a free app? >> i don't know. you push the button and you say go to scandalous on broadway.com, baby. >> okay. now, i hit play. you're not going to believe this. go to scandalous on broadway.com, baby. >> isn't that cute? you can make birthday messages and you just hit will send or share and it goes sh s similar. and it's free. >> we were talking before about how i struggle with the sleep thing and a lot of you were so sweet and you sent things and you made suggestions. and i started putting a little bit of lavender oil in my bath and just relaxes you nicely. and then somebody sent me this, it's called sleep 18, it's 21 drops, 18 sleeps, exception oils roller ball, so you you take it like this, you put it in

different places on your face. pulse points or something. and it really does relax you. >> it does? >> yeah. smell it. it's $29 at sephora. >> so it works. >> yes. so i've been doing that. they're the pulse points. >> all right. you gave me a list of things you wanted me to do in london and i did some of them. >> but we missed hoda's birthday, so this goes with your crab cakes. >> thank you. >> and let us have a lit candle. >> your birthday is on thursday. >> la-la-lap. >> happy birthday. >> thanks a lot. >> so the things hoda did in london. and i was having a little fun of my own right here in the good old usa. >> look at you and frank. ? . >> we went to the south of

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we have to hand to our facebook fans. you gave me a great to-do list for my trip to london and you couldn't have fun without me. >> take a look. you asked for it, you got it. may to london, england.

♪ you guys had a lot of suggestions of things i should do when i came to london. i printed them up. they're all right here p all of your whacky suggestions. ♪ i can't believe i'm in the heart of pick came pick dilly circus. this is where it all happens. i've brought with me a flat kathie lee gifford. she's coming with me. she's couldn't be here. wah! her favorite song goes like this. ♪ everyone has a story ♪ everyone has a story ♪ everyone has a story

♪. >> we decided what time to see the queen. you wanted me to meet her, so jena, meet the queen, julie, meet the queen. so here we are, buckingham palace. there's a crowd here. i don't know how you get in. i'm going to have to try calling her. that might be the best way. hold on. ♪ hello? yes. i'd like to see the queen, please. it's hoda. not rhoda, hoda. the duchess, yes. the duchess of -- she's not in? oh, that's a shame. nice bling. a glass of wine from gore did not done's wine bar.

it is said to be the oldest wba in london. i'm pretty sure i'm the only one in here. it's early. you're on glad number four? all right. next up, we have a very interesting facebook request from alisha, she says hoda should go to the olympic event of rhythmic gymnastics. you asked and you get it. julie, hey, girl. okay. rhythmic gymnastics. what on earth is she talking about? >> you'll be tossing equipment in the air and doing a million things underneath. >> i'd like to do to my own song. >> okay. i like this song. ♪ >> there you go.

have this bounce. ♪ >> this is the world famous brickly hotel. our next facebook friend wanted me to have high tea with the queen in london. but i'm having high tea with -- hello. the queen. >> not what they were expecting. >> are you loving london or no? >> i do love london. last year i was here at the wedding. were you here at the wedding? >> no. >> i was here for the jubilee. were you here for the jubilee? >> no. there's somebody here that would be upset if she wasn't here with us. >> kathie lee? >> uh-huh. >> oh, my gosh.

look at our table. alcohol, alcohol, alcohol and a little flash of tea. look at the little purse. i'm almost afraid to eat it looks so pretty. it's good. >> ladies, here you go. time to go, ladies. >> oh. >> i don't think high tea was working out for us at all. >> i suggest this bar. >> here is to london 2012. >> cheers. >> cheers. >> can this takstain come out? >> cheers. >> aah.

>> by the way, that flat kathie lee stayed in that beer mug and they left it in the bar. this is an have a one. by the way, a big thank you to meredith and angela for putting that piece together. but you made the rounds. did i tell you how many people wanted to take a picture from this? >> i love the people singing everyone has a story. so sweet. i'm glad you you had fun. while you were offgalavanting, some of us were actually working. look at that hair. we'll show you that coming up. and then we've got all the best highlights of these great olympic games. mmmm, just how satisfying is every spoonful of new light & fit greek? morning donut cookies chips, chips,...! silence those tempting thoughts with new light & fit greek. its creamy thick texture helps satisfy you. it has twice the protein of regular lowfat yogurt.

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we're back and still buzzing around here from all the excitement of the london games. >> there were some unforgettable moments and some you may want to forget. here with all the highlights is our friend and sports caster. so tell us, the gold, silver, what were they? >> we wanted to give out our kathie lee medals. our bronze winner is usain bolt. that may be an insult because all this guy does is win gold. he won all three in two straight olympics. yet we're only giving him the

bronze because we're from america. >> who got the silver? >> what do you think should get the silver? the women gymnasts. we'll give them the silver because you have the all-around individual, the all-around team medal, they won a bunch of medals and we'll give them the silver. but they're coming on the show tomorrow. so tell them they won the gold. >> we will. and the golded 1 egold? >> the gold has to go to -- >> michael phelps. >> 22 medals. will anyone ever have more? >> maybe the girl that was just here. and i was thinking of missy franklin. >> 22 medals. he won four gold, two silver. but he has 22 by himself. will there are over 80 countries in the world that in their entire olympic history don't have that many medals and he has 22. >> and now he'll take up golf

and give tiger a run for his money. >> that will be easy the way tiger's been playing. >> so there are a bunch of moments that didn't get a lot of press. >> spanning the world of the olympics. let's start with the human pole vaulter. he did tie an olympic record for the all time low. >> will that's not his fault, right about will. >> it turns out the manufacturer is the same that makes the baseball bats. but i tied the lowest. so you want to tie the best or the worst. >> so you're saying it was his fault. >> no, poor workman always blames it on his tools. and did you see the german weight lifter? he was the gold medal winner of defending champ and this worked out he was doing great up until

this point. you saw this? >> yeah. i can't watch it. turn away. >> this is tough stuff. and -- one, two, three and -- well, it was the longest set up in the history of the olympics. lift it already! >> is it over? >> it's over for him. >> i told you it was awful. >> and nobody got hurt. he was fine. he was fine. he just didn't defend his medal. these are supposed to be funny. >> that was not funny. please. this is painful. >> the diver also from germany, a perfect reverse belly flop. perfect. right on the back. do you know what his score was? his score was zero. he got a 0.00.

>> i can't believe they don't lose their bathing suits. >> you can't believe it or you want it? >> when i dive in the water, my bottoms come off. >> do you have video of this? >> something comes off. >> you you can't spell badminton without bad. so remember this match where they intentionally serve after serve, they hit it out or they hit in the net. they tried to lose on purpose so they would improve their seeding for the next round. >> which is the most unsportsmanlike thing. >> they were all thrown out. >> they deserve to be. >> but i got show you one more. in tennis, they always complain the women tennis players make so much noise. check out ladies shot put.

>> i like her. sounds like linda blair in the ex- e exorcist. >> thanks. now that the games are behind us, i get to show hoda what i can it while she was going right after the break. [ radio ] it's a scorcher out there folks... stay refreshed! hey boys, i have an idea. [ female announcer ] new lipton tea & honey. sweetened with honey, made from real tea leaves and real fruit flavors. mmm...that is so good. ♪ [ female announcer ] lipton tea & honey. real is refreshing. ♪ it's never felt so real ♪ no, it's never felt so right ♪

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morning that hoda has landed in london. and i understand the weather just stinks. >> a little bit of rain here. >> so sad for hoda. and then i looked out and i thought i'm going to spend the morning in the south of france then. which is what we call this little spot on the side of our property. fundamon in the south of france, baby. >> you cooked again. >> i cooked again and look at this lovely day. >> second time in our marriage. >> cheers, my dear. i wonder what they're doing in london. let's read about, shall we? my one experience at the olympics was wiin 1988 when fra and i hosted the late night olympics from calgary alberta canada. that was the year that the jamaican bobsled team was in the contention. been there, done that. don't need to do it again.

we'll be back in two weeks. it's not two weeks off from work, it's two weeks off from the same schedule so that it frees me up to work on this project that i've been working on for so many years. i started writing a musical about this woman who lived in the 1920s and 30s who fascinated me on a level i'd never had before. she was an amazing feminist before women had the vote. she was a preacher, but she was also a business woman. >> stop, you're drifting away from the things of your fathers. >> there have been well over several thousand rewrites and i write the old fashion way. you cut or paste, is that what it's called on a computer? i put it together with tape and scissors. so it was forever. ♪ >> cara lee carmelo in my mind

is the finest working actress in the musical theater today. we are thrilled to have her in the role of amy. she was born to play it. a year ago in seattle washington, we had our final regional production. based on that, we got the call about two months ago basically saying we're going to give you a theater. neil simon theater. we're announcing today that a musical i'm writing will be coming to broadway this fall. it's called scandalous ♪ most shows want between six months and a year to prepare for a broadway run. we had five months. and so we're really under the gun. got my script. all right. thank you. bye, hon.

so i try to use the trip into the city for scandalous business, as it were. have they announced it's official? ♪ nothing like a show on broadway, nothing like a broadway show ♪ >> first day of call backs. very excited. wish i could take you along, but sorry. ♪ okay. so everybody agrees she was the best. >> she was really strong. >> we'll have them back again tomorrow. >> excuse me, but our star has arrived. hello, star. ♪

>> it's been a thrilling ride. i pinch myself still. ♪ i'm looking forward to november 15th when my husband, frank, sits next to me and jimmy who started the whole process is next to me on my other side and we're watching scandalous on broadway. ♪ >> wow. >> i want to thank meredith for take. she did a gorgeous -- hoda has a tear in her eye. >> i do. that was really great. it's sinking in. >> we'll try not to be obnoxious about it, but i can't guarantee it. >> a reality check. the oldedest jonas brother, that's kevin respect right after will this. >> there he is with his gorgeous wife. ♪ [ upbeat ]

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they are followed by screaming fans everywhere they go. we're talking about the jonas brothers. they've had two number one albums selling 20 million worldwide, but they have to split it three ways. and now kevin is in a new reality show called married to j jonas. are you going to have a baby? >> we don't know fully where we're at. even though we have a responsibility to get on the road and do different things. >> part of the conversation is what that time line looks like because it affects the two of us. >> you need to get back out there and tour obviously. >> i used to like the jonas

family. >> oh, no. >> nice to have you all here. >> thank you. >> and i was surprised when i read that they were going to do this reality because you are very shy, you don't like being public about anything. >> we've been in a good place in our marriage for such a long time. 2 1/2 years. that's a long time. >> when the family starts talking about babies and that's what was going on there, you can at the present ti didn't say a word. >> you looked pale. >> that kind of conversation complaint complai can't be comfortable, much less on camera. >> no, but there are so many new things being married to a jonas brother. >> you didn't know what you signed up for. >> it was fun, though, because we have the opportunity to get

back on the road this year and do another album, to different things. >> it will an great promotion for the tour. >> it will be, but the foe ask us when it's the right time.an r the tour. >> it will be, but the foe ask us when it's the right time. and it led to if you are going to have a kid, they were extremely supportive and it comes down to let us know so that we can go do another broaded wbroad ed way show or another album. >> sometimes the ending of aityd way show or another album. >> sometimes the ending of a reality show isn't always great way show or another album. >> sometimes the ending of a reality show isn't always great. >> sometimes the ending of a reality show isn't always great. why do you think your marriage will stay strong through will this? >> when we started this, i see now that it actually even brought us closer. we talk about so much more than we did. sometimes you get in an argument and you put it away because it's over or you don't say something because you kind of just know

that it will go away or it's not really worth making it a big deal. >> so no regrets so far? >> no. >> well, good. we wish you all the best. tell everybody to back off, it's nobody's business when you have a baby. >> that's right. it's all starting to add up for

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the wonder years and grew up to be a math genius, graduating sue made consume lauddy from ucl after the and she wants girl tsz everywhere to know that math is not just for boys. her new book is called girls get curves, and she's here showing off her beautiful curves here today. >> thank you so much about. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and they're doing well.about. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and they're doing well.bout. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and

they're doing well.out. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and they're doing well.ut. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and they're doing well.t. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and they're doing well.. >> so good to see you. this is your fourth book and they're doing well. >> i guess amazing response from girls like you've changed my life, my outlook on math, i feel good, i feel smart. the best. >> did you always love math or was there somebody in your life that mentored you? >> i struggled in middle school actually. >> so that gives people hope. >> totally. i had a great teacher. and math is a foreign language and it's all about the presentation, it's all how it's translated. so i had a teacher in the seventh grade who did a great job of translating it and making it fun and not so mathy. >> i had the exact opposite and i hated it ever since. >> and it's such a common story especially for women. they get discouraged and they give up on it. and so my goal was, you know what, math is for you. you can be any kind of girl you want to be and doing math makes you more fabulous. >> let's go over to the nbc experience floor because i think hoda is over withere with a few questions. look at their shirts. >> who let the girls out.

>> first question. if klg drinks twice as much wine as i dripping and if we drink a total of nine glasses of wine, how much did i drink? >> she says nine. the correct three. i'm sorry. all right. another one. all right. here we go. where is erin? hi. are you ready? what is the name for two lines that intersect at a right angle? >> perpendicular? >> you're so smart. >> even i knew this one. >> some are harder than others. >> another one. okay. here we go. how many sides, jenny wolf, does a trapezoid have? >> four. >> so smart. >> they must have read your

earlier books. do sxwl we have time for one mo? you found the same pair of a mazing high heels at two stores. which store has the better deal, super shoes for $75 or heel haven for $90 with a 20% discount? >> she says the $75 shoes aunt the answer is heel haven, which one was that? no, that was the $90 shoes with the 20%. who can do math anyway? nice try, jenny. >> so who was right? >> 20% off of 90 is 72, which is less than 75. >> and you're also still acting, right? working on a few films? >> yes, i just finished a romantic comedy set at christmastime. such a fun experience. >> so we'll see that this coming christmas. >> yes. >> and will you come back and tell us all about it? >> i would love to.

>> and you have to right a diet book. you have all the right curves. so beautiful. tomorrow we'll have hollywood buzz. i'm barack obama and i approve this message seen this? mitt romney claiming the president would end welfare's work requirements? the new york times calls it 'blatantly false' the washington post says: "the obama administration is not removing the bill's work requirements at all." in fact, obama's getting states to move twenty percent more people from welfare to work.

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