yes, ndeedy, it is wines-day wednesday. one of our favorite days of the week. it is august 15th. >> it is. we're only going to ask this one more time at least. we love that you guys are being so nice on our facebook page and liking us. keep going there and click the like button on our page. >> even if you don't, just do it. >> what is our page?

>> joan -- i don't know. go to facebook. the same page. >> yesterday, a huge loss in the world, not just the musical world, but the loss of marvin hamlisch, when they were talking at his service -- >> tell everybody who he is. >> he is the great composer who wrote "chorus line," "the sting." "the way we were." at the time, he was the youngest person ever to go to juilliard music conservatory in new york. he was one of the most lovable tender heart generous, funny funny people on the planet. regis and joy and frank and i went to his service yesterday. i had to run out of here so fast -- >> you were sprinting. >> because his service was starting at 11:00. the worst thing you can do, you think, is walk into a service

late, no? the worst thing you can do is what i did. rege and joy were there and frank and i sat right next to joy and rege. and this is what i heard coming from my purse. >> ♪ papa are you weary papa can you help me ♪ >> barbara streisand singing while president clinton is speaking. everybody's looking around like is barbara size sand singing at marvin hamlisch's -- i'm going, oh, my god. we love barbara streisand. and i couldn't shut it up. my gosh, regis is looking at me, really, really, kat. i don't know you. >> what did you do? >> it finally went away. oh, my gosh! wouldn't you think that if somebody heard somebody else's phone go off, they'd go, i didn't turn mine off either. four more times people's phones went off.

i felt terrible. normally, you go into those things and turn off your phone. i rushed over there. >> you forgot. >> i im -- i'm so sorry to his beautiful wife. there was a beautiful song from "chorus line." and a group of great writers and actresses from the broadway community, they all sang "the way we were" at the beginning and it ended with -- "kiss today goodbye." >> i love that song. >> as they were carrying out his coffin. i was okay until then. then i lost it. i thought that's the last melody we'll ever hear this incredible man play. i'll just miss him. i saw him a couple years ago and we met to talk about doing something together, a project. on a personal note i'm so disappointed that could never be. just what the world has lost. look what he left us. that's the beauty of it. >> i want to make one quick confession because i feel bad

about what i did this morning. >> did you pee in the shower? >> no. i was at my gym across the street. it was 5:30, the elevator wasn't working, i was up in the gym, i changed my clothes and go running in central park. i couldn't get down the stair, waiting for the elevator, it's broken. i said, where are the stairs? he said, the stairs are here. i went down the stairs, pushed the thing and all the alarms went off, and i ran to the park. i didn't know what else to do. oh, my god, i look around, a couple of security guys, i looked around, like, hey. why am i running? i literally, i felt guilty, all the way around the park, i came back and i said to the guy, look, i set off this thing and i felt terrible afterwards. i can't believe i just ran to the park. >> like a hit-and-run. >> it really was. >> first, i don't want you running that early in the morning anymore. >> there are other people there. >> i don't like that, hoda woman, i told you that.

>> we talked about the worst chat we ever had together yesterday. >> it was fun. >> we talked about how ryan lochte said he peed in the pool just during warmups. >> and michael phelps agreed we all do. >> we talked about urinating in the shower, apparently a lot of people do that. >> 75% of people admit -- >> and the others are lying. >> this is our facebook page. this little boy was shocked. this little boy was watching us with his diaper on and his quote was, these ladies pee in the pool. that's how rumors start. we do not do that. we then segued to we were showering. we were segueing. >> some people do in the shower. >> you never confessed. >> i have. look, you're naked, you're in the shower, are you getting out to go right there? no. you're right here.

it's already going down the drain. no one has time to dry off, go over there and get back in. >> i've been learning how to facebook and text. >> worst nightmare. >> and to tweet. i tweeted something i thought the whole world had already seen, right? my favorite picture of you. i guess there's been -- how many thousands and thousands of hits on that thing. that one. it's the most watched ever. i'm very into this now. >> what bothers me about this, we had 466,000 views of that ugly picture. i don't even think we have that many facebook people on our thing. barbara carter summer says, can you put the picture back? she say, hoda, are you my mother? >> that's rude. you know what, that was

pre-keratin. i got keratin. >> what if they ban that keratin for life. >> i'm going underground. i will find it. you don't even want to know what i will do to get that crack. no way. i don't care what's in it. >> apparently, this is amazing on "america's got talent." this clint car valo is known as the birdman. he shows off his incredible parrot. >> we have to deal. he stands on the stage of "america's got talent." he claims his bird, which is caged 150 feet away. >> high up. >> in this tower in newark, new jersey, will somehow fly down at 85 miles an hour top speed and somehow figure out how to get onto the stage. >> that seems impossible, like a trick. he calls him kitty. >> kitty, kitty, come on, kitty. here, kitty kitty, come on, kitty, here, kitty kitty. come on, kit cit. here, kitty kitty. come on, kitty, here, kitty kitty.

come on, kitty, here, kitty kitty. come on, kitty. come on kitty. [ applause ] >> okay. >> how is that possible? >> how did that happen? >> how did that happen? >> see -- they kept the door open for him. if he could have opened the door, then i would have been impressed. they left the door open for the bird. >> i can't believe that happened. >> he can't hear -- i have to stop doing that, i really do. you can't hear from newark, i'm telling you, you cannot do it. >> by the way, happy pre-birthday. my gosh, her birthday her -- is tomorrow. frank woke in this morning, i cannot believe it, what age he's going to be tomorrow. i said, i know. well, you can google him. he's going to be 82 years old tomorrow. >> how old will you be? >> 59. i cannot believe it.

[ laughter ] >> that is funny. thank god though for willard scott or i'd be the oldest person at the "today" show. willard, stay strong, stay tough, stay healthy. >> today is julia childs 100th birthday, a world famous chef. >> she would have turned 100 years old today. >> there's a funny thing they did. they used a bunch of her things and put it to a song. it's been auto tuned. take a look. ♪ look at this perfectly done chicken ♪ the rosemary and garlic rosemary rosemary ♪ >> rosemary ♪ feed me feed me ♪ don't let it cook too long ♪ beat it to soften

♪ feed me feed me ♪ soften it soften it >> i like it. >> i met her a few times. she was absolutely delightful. >> we don't have any cocktails, which is very strange. what we do have is a bell, i guess they fell somewhere. watch, hold them. >> hear one. it's called ring for drinks. >> gary's not here today but we have gerard. >> gerard and wait a second -- >> the kitchen cousins! >> hi, you guys. >> how are you? >> i haven't seen you in a while. >> look how cute they are. >> they are adorable. >> how good to see you. what a nice surprise. >> i didn't know they were so cute in person. >> i told you. >> i was going to stay. why don't you guys stay? what did you bring us? >> a special drink. how do they taste?

>> anthony, you didn't make it? >> my bartending skills are lacking. >> what is it? >> we do kitchens, we don't do drinks. >> tell them what happened about a month ago. >> about a month ago we saw the clip you did with the country singing. >> amazingly impressed. >> severely impressed. i like the word severely. and she was redecorating. she hang with us. we put her on the couch and had her tools with her. these are her tools. >> this will be a special? >> she integrates into our episode at 830 tonight. >> that's great. >> and the young lady that we helped, what's her name? >> sada. >> how's she doing? >> she's fantastic. does she love her place? >> when she saw it all done, the living room and kitchen. you didn't get to see it totally done. >> no, hardly at all. >> we walked into hehouse. she had this terrible thing that happens when you're in the middle of a project and this guy

leaves, this contractor goes away. >> he left her. >> these guys came and saved her and i came in and redecorated a little for her. >> you have to watch tonight at 8:30. >> i'll be very busy. >> she has a busy social scene. >> she will be on jimmy fallon tonight. if you don't catch kathie lee on this show or hgtv, you canatch her later on jimmy fallon. >> thanks, guys. >> great to see you. say hi to sada for me. all right, god bless. >> i call them the kissing cousins, i love those guys. >> molly ringwald is here. she's got a great book. she is quite the writer. >> i had no idea. >> yes. we're going to talk to her in just a moment.

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"pretty in pink." she is now a writer with a new book of short stories called "when it happens to you." so nice to see you again. this is quite the book. >> who knew? i'm the person that reads this first page, if i'm in, i'm in. if i'm out, i'm out. your book draws people right in. >> thank you. >> i'm an aggressive reader. what made you decide to write fiction? >> i've always done it. ever since i was doing movies, i was doing short stories on the side. i was kind of learning how to do it. it wasn't until recently i finally felt like i had gotten to the point that i reached my own standard. i felt really passionate about the story and these characters. >> tell us why. tell us about these characters, they're interchanged. >> it's a short story, collection of stories, a novel of stories because all the characters are interconnected.

the theme is betrayal, about how we betray each other and betray ourselves. i don't think there's a person you can meet that can say that they haven't been on one side or the other and very often both. i just thought it was a universal subject. and how you get through it, and how we're very flawed but lean towards the light. >> a lot of women who watch our show and the first few pages, when you start feeling estranged from the man you love so much, notice his looks aren't the same, doesn't touch you the way he used to and you can see kind of the signs. >> yeah. my main character, greta is a stay-at-home mom, put everything, even though they met at stanford and started out in education, she made that choice, to put everything in family and her marriage. when that abruptly, when you reach that breaking point, i think it's really heartbreaking. >> devastating. >> hard to get through. there's all kinds of different

characters, everybody betraying each other right and left. but finding their way through it -- >> so much so it will be made into a film now, we hear. >> i would like very much for it to be a film and i've been thinking how to adapt it and given it to different people. dmitry martin is interested in playing the role of peter, an actor in a television show. he's one of the main character's love interest. >> you capture -- the girl is 6 in your book? >> she's 6 years old. >> that's not an easy age to capture just right. you have an almost 9-year-old, right? >> i've been through it. the character is very different. not pretty different but very different from my daughter. i'm around kids a lot because i'm always picking my daughter up from school and i have the voices. i think it helps. >> would you be upset if your children came to you and said, mommy, i want to be an actress like you. she asks me everyday. >> what do you tell her? i say, no.

>> what if it's her dream? after college, after she graduates from stanford or harvard, then i will support her in whatever she wants to do. i just want her to get a good education first because i think it will make her a better actress and more interesting person. it's a really hard business. there's a lot of rejection. i just want to protect my kids. if she wants to do it later on, by all means, she can. >> we wish you good luck. >> tough woman, tough love. it's a great book. >> "when it happens to you." >> great to see you. >> sara haines sends in the photos that make you go what the what? ♪ i dare you to dare me what's today's dare? erase the damage of 100 blow-drys [ female announcer ] with daily moisture renewal from pantene. the pro-v system nourishes to lock in moisture erasing the damage of 100 blow drys for a silky, soft touch. think only salon brands can do that?

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time now for our what the what? our fun weekly installment. >> that's right. it's the funniest and most usual photos that you send us. >> the pressure gets harder every week. i'm really nervous.

our first photo comes from diane myers from michigan. this is her dog -- her dog -- her horse, lucky, tries to get a picture and turns around and that has the -- that's what he was doing. >> my gosh. is that how many times he has done that? >> and she wondered how many times he does this. >> and from minnesota submitted this photo. this is the back of a car in a parking lot. clearly, there might be some family changes going on, no, little one, it was not your fault. mommy's not going to be there. >> my god. you can kind of see him taking the picture. >> i think there are family dysfunction issues. >> how funny to discover that. you're really leaving the message. it's not the same as it used to be. >> we have a photo from lindsey bikford from washington, d.c.

ta da dump. >> isn't that interesting? can you imagine sending mail to that, 1225 ta da dump? >> and speaking of dumps, clothing and poop drop. >> what do you mean poop drop. >> you can leave pop. there's no misspelling there. no one knows what that was supposed to say. you're trying too hard to make sense of this. it does not make sense. >> we're trying to make it through. >> couches only, no poop. >> doesn't say couch, says clothing? that's what i want to know. >> clothes are in the little thing. >> i want to know why those are there! >> don't go looking for change. let's keep the potty humor going from anchorage, alaska. this is an aisle for huggies and it says chocolate bunny. that's nice way of identifying what's in that diaper.

>> and finally this photo from pennsylvania. >> and this is accepting fall enrollment. can i maybe defer? that was next to a little preschool but it was an unfortunate placement of the sign. >> you think? >> that's hysterical. >> i saw you laugh. >> send more funny photos. >> guess what we're doing? ♪ >> and olympic gold medalists adrian, they just got back and guess where they're stopping by first? to talk to us. and back to school fashions. hoda, fabulous hair. >> we're twins. [ female announcer ] women are strong. not strong with an asterisk. not strong "but." strong. period. degree created an antiperspirant that's just as strong. degree clinical protection. up to three times the strength of a basic antiperspirant.

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last-minute vacation. we're testing your knowledge in everything travel related. kathie lee is there to give out a hundred bucks to those who get the questions right. to those who don't, they get a kathie cd. so everyone's a winner, kinda. >> with us from travel & leisure, ready? >> you said we're whining down. the word is winding. >> no, it's whining. >> you're from syracuse. what city is the most popular vacation? >> london, paris, new york, or maui. >> new york, new york. >> [ buzzer ]. >> that would surprise me. hey, hey, hey. enjoy that. >> the number one most popular vacation destination is london, england. >> all eyes have been on london for the olympics. more than 2 million people headed there to see the olympic games and they were excited

about the evolving skyline to the aquatics center where you just spent a lot of time. so everybody's excited and ready to head to london now. >> lovely lady from jacksonville, florida. you have to finish the lyrics to this famous summer beach boys song. here you go. ♪ aruba, jamaica ♪ ooh, i want to take you to bermuda, bahama ♪ >> you look like a deer in the headlights. >> i am. >> i think that goes under the cheating thing. no, don't know it? she doesn't know it. >> nice try. >> all right. the correct answer is -- >> key largo. ♪ key largo mon tog -- mon teagueo ♪ >> a couple things you might not know about this song is the music video was filmed at the grand floridian hotel in florida in 1998. they have never admitted which

cocoa mo they're referring to but the other one is in indiana. >> is that right? okay. >> look at this beautiful mom. she is from, you just told me, germantown, maryland. the bahamas is one of the most popular destinations for residents to travel in the caribbean. what is the average temperature there during prime time travel season? >> 60 degrees. >> [ buzzer ]. >> you have to look at this precious boy of hers. do we have a baby's album for him? >> no. >> this is surprising, 70 degrees. >> the correct answer is 70 degrees because the bahamas is known for its trade winds. from september to may, it actually cools down. a great tip is to go in the off season, july and august, temperatures are in the 90s and you'll have the private beaches all to yourself. >> can i tell you my mother, sister and i just came back from

there and the weather was perfect. >> lady from st. vincent island. great to have you there. what is the most visited tourist attraction in the world, times square, disneyland or the eiffel tower. >> can i confer? >> sure. >> let's go for times square. >> conferring and not cheating. time square is the number one. >> we found 39 million people pass-through times square every year and it beats out these iconic landmarks. 2009, the city devoted a large area to pedestrian only traffic, so that's another reason why it's a great destination. >> people love it. a nice place to walk around. >> where are you from, ma'am? >> nashville. >> champagne is less than 100 miles away from paris, approximately how many bottles of champagne are shipped around the world from that place each year? 1.5 million bottles. 322 million, 525 million or a billion bottles.

>> this will be a pure guess. c. >> a perfect guess. >> 322 million bottles. >> champagne, france is known for his perfect climate to produce that champagne that we all love. >> 322 million bottles come out of there every year. it is just an hour away and great place to visit and, of course, drink champagne. >> excellent. thank you, sweetie. i like your hair up by the way. it looks very cute. kathie lee will come across the street and a homecoming for two athletes, nathan adrian, i -- who i think is scared of us, and track star alison felix, when we come back. playing golf all day can make you tired. i've been taking the product for about a year. and, after taking 5-hour energy, i feel more energized. i have more energy. you know, i'm not tired anymore after taking it.

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team usa rockets the london olympic games. two athletes that struck gold in the track and pool have made their way back home. >> they struck gold in the genetic pool.

they are beautiful! >> nathan adrian earned two golds and a silver and did what no other american swimmer has done in 20 years, grabbing gold in the freestyle. >> and allyson felix wins two golds. >> beautiful and talented. is it hard to go through the security now with those babies hanging from your neck? do they set it off? >> yeah. if you have it in your carry on, it will raise a few flags. i usually take them out and put them in the little thing. >> may i see how heavy they are? >> wow. you've got three of them on you? >> i do. >> most people try to weigh less. you want to weigh more. >> bring it on. >> this is a big olympics for you. i know you've won the silver in the last couple of olympics. and this time in the 200 meter, you won gold.

tell me what it felt like when you achieved that. it finally came together. i was overjoyed when i crossed that line. who was the first person you wanted to see? >> my family. as soon as i crossed, i was searching for them. >> that's great shot of you and your dad. how did you find him in the crowd, did you know just where he was? >> i didn't. i went searching, where are my people? i finally found them. in beijing, i was so devastated and here, we were just so happy. >> what a difference four years makes. >> your swimming race, the one you won a gold in was the most watched swimming race of all those races in london. i was surprised to see that. you won it just by a hair. tell us what that felt like. >> it was a good feeling. you never know in swimming, it's difficult to try to keep your head in line to be as fast as possible and you never know if you will hit the wall first and you have to check up at the

scoreboard. >> has it hit you guys yet? you're watching it actually did happen. is there a sense of unreal, surreal about it? >> yeah. every time i see it on tv like that, i guess goosebumps and when i see her race, i get goosebumps. it's exciting to be back in the states and experience it all over again. >> do you guys want to do in rio? a lot of people are making those choices right now, they will continue on. allyson, what about you? >> i definitely want to. i'm just still so passionate about it and i can't imagine my life without it. >> nathan, how about you? >> the same. i've never had more fun in the sport. i'm really excited. >> will you take a little time off? what food did you eat when you were done? i hear you're a big foody. >> i'm not a big foodie, but i wanted a big burger with some ranch sauce. >> i love what he tweeted, i will be on with kathie lee and hoda. should i be scared?

that's what he wrote. >> that's exactly what! >> we haven't hurt anybody yet. the day is young. >> congratulations. >> coming up, the hottest styles for the cool kids on campus after this. good morning i'm crystal egger with the weather channel. we're stuck in a stormy pattern. so many cold fronts moving through. with that we get the cooldown, but also the threat of severe weather. later today, much quieter in new york city. lingering showers, maybe a few thunderstorms rumbling across northern new england, but here comes the next cold front, a more significant front, really dropping our temperatures here across the upper midwest and the ohio valley will feel more like fall and showers and thunderstorms will prevail. we'll also see a few showers and storms over the southeast. notice wrat cold front is doing across the high plains and the western lakes. we're at 71 for the high in minneapolis.

actually jacket weather early in the morning. some of these areas temperatures will start out in the 50s and 60s. friday, we still have a lot of heat across the desert, the southwest. most of the showers will be for the four corners region. and the cold front will track across the east to the interior northeast and back across the gulf coast. so not done just yet. late week, round two approximate with the next cold front. 74, minneapolis on friday, the heat is still building all the way up to the northwest. excessive heat warnings for western oregon and western washington. where a lot of people don't even have air conditioning. cooling down in seattle down to 81 on saturday. 84 in denver saturday. most showers will be across the southern tier. in new york city, at least are if the first part of your weekend on saturday, keep an eye to the sky for a few thunderstorms. by sunday, we'll start to dry

out in the northeast but keep an active pattern, especially in the southeast on sunday. you can wake up with al and stephanie at 6:00 a.m. on the weather channel. playing golf all day can make you tired. i've been taking the product for about a year. and, after taking 5-hour energy, i feel more energized. i have more energy. you know, i'm not tired anymore after taking it. i was skeptical but i decided one day i'd try it. 5-hour energy works fast. i have the energy to get through a meeting, to get through a workout. it keeps me alert for a long period of time, and keeps me going. on or off the course, play with energy, 5-hour energy.

time for back to school today. we have some campus cool looks for college bound students. >> everything about college is expensive these days. the clothes don't have to be. with great ideas is "lucky" magazine contributing style editor, hi, lori. >> clothes really put a dent in the wallet, don't they? >> yes. they do. and dorm rooms and books are already so expensive, so we found fun, easy pieces, everything under $100. you will get a lot of mileage out of these looks. which is what you really want. >> why don't we start our preppy look. these two who both attend

college. >> so preppy. what we wanted to do was channel that collegiate look, make it modern for 2012. that sweater is from ll bean, under $60. put it over a plaid shirt and gave him a chino from a different color, under $60. love that on him. >> fantastic. >> she's so adorable. really simple. we gave her a shirtdress, something every collegiate girl needs. great to go to classes, but also for interviews. that one, $50 from american eagle. throw a cardigan over it, just $16, ballet flats and she can walk around campus and is really cute. >> all right. nice job. >> let's go sporty. we have arun from northeastern and nicky who attends new york conservatory. >> you can see in the room -- they're really having a good time, these two.

>> something is going on there. >> we wanted to keep it really flirty and really fun. we gave him a double hoodie from target, $16.99 and put another hoodie on top of it, channeling that nautical sporty vibe from jc penney and fun kicks, sneakers. on nicky, girls tend to veer away from the sporty look and think it might be too casual. we gave her more feminine colors, t-shirt and it the pants stop at the ankles and ballet shoes, and the jacket from the gap, under $70. >> always. >> okay, kids. >> go out and do what kids do, whatever that is. >> now the hipster look, we have robbie from washington university.

>> hello. this is really that hipster look. a lot of college kids are really getting into that more bohemian vibe. on robbie, we wanted to give him a chic look. and the sweater vest from h & n. and threw it over a chambray shirt, at target. and a pair of gray jeans. every college kid needs jeans. this is a way to play with that trend and make it different. a bright bright orange backpack so he never loses his books. >> let's go to monifa. >> how great is her hair? i love her. >> amazing. >> that shirt in bright green from joe fresh and the pants are fun, from macy's under $70. they look super super trendy, also smarty-pants, those, too. >> come on out. >> thank you, everybody. i have your hair some day and i like it a lot!

>> they look amazing. >> we wish you all the best. >> good luck. >> call your parents once in a while. >> uncork the wine. we will be doing campfire cooking, my kind of cookout. ♪

back now to"today's" kitchen. we're gathered around a campfire from biscuits to anti-past stow sandwiches. we're reinventing the art of the cook-out. who better to show us done than dana, editor of "food & wine" magazine. we're used to stakes and chicken on the grill, but not all this. >> you have heard of glamping, glamorous camping, this is deli camping. >> ooh, i like it. >> you grill, you're done.

you grill your bun. you're basically done with your food when you use the deli. you have marinated artichoke, red pepper, a little garlic. take the prosh yuto, wrap it around prof lone. >> are you kidding me? that's what that is? >> yes. i need you to help me out here. you pull. excellent. you've got the beginning of your deli sandwich. wrap these up. add the extras. and you have a great healthy speedy sandwich. >> all right. >> that's a great idea. >> in this perfect little -- i call it the sweetheart grill because this is good for two, we have the update of the smore. it's a biscuit with chocolate chips already mixed in. you don't have to get your fingers all gooey with a little smear. >> i love smear. >> me, too.

>> who doesn't love a good smear. >> you roast your marshmallows -- >> it's on a rosemary secure. >> that's a little much, don't you think? >> i think it's fantastic. >> you have another one. >> look how big. >> ooh, that's not as easy because of the rosemary sticks. >> there you go. >> you have one big, call it dessert, call it breakfast, call it love, a delicious beginning or ending. there is cowboy chili, right? this is sexier than that. brazilian cowboy chili, the national dish. >> getting a visual. >> you have beans, beef, stock, put it in these cute kiosk containers and cook it up. you are not stuck anymore flipping the burgers one by one. >> on a grill? >> a big cast iron skillet, does great on the grill. >> those are cute. >> yeah.

the brilliant trick here is using beef jerky, preserved as deep fantastic flavor. no camp-out with you guys would be complete without vino. >> these are cute. >> these are stainless steel. important to the camp site because you can't have glass. you have wine in a box, a black box. >> why can't you have glass? >> campsites do not let you bring glass. it could break. >> then i'm not going gorking. >> whoa! you are one step ahead of me. >> i think that's a really good pairing. the chardonnay from the box and marshmallow. >> black box chardonnay. >> there's four bottles of wine in here for 23 bucks. >> that would be good for lunch. >> thank you. good to see you. >> tune in tonight for jimmy fallon because somebody is going to be shaking her you know what.