good morning. breaking news, tropical storm isaac taking aim this morning at the florida keys after pounding cuba and haiti with heavy rain and high winds. now it is expect to be at or near hurricane strength when it hits. already isaac forced republicans to push back their convention by a day as tampa prepares to get soaked. this morning, al roker is in the path of the storm. remembering an american hero. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> neil armstrong dead at the age of 82. a look back at the life of the first man to walk on the moon.

and fresco frenzy. remember that century old painting of jesus that got a botched restoration? well, it is hard to believe, but now the refurbished panting is more popular than ever, today. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. they're getting things ready down in florida now. tropical storm isaac has made its mark on cuba and haiti. it is now taking aim at the florida keys, suspected to come later today. >> and picking up speed. the storm packing top sustained winds of 65 miles per hour, expected to strengthen as it moves over the warm waters of the florida straits. already the wind and waves are starting to pick up in the keys. and officials there are saying

if you haven't gotten out already, you should remain indoors as isaac prepares to arrive. >> isaac dumped torrential rains on haiti where at least four people were killed there and in cuba, the storm surge flooded the entire seaside. as we mentioned, concerns over the storm and now delayed the start of the republican national convention in tampa by a day. more to get to morning including a utah doctor behind bars charged with the murder of his wife. a big twist in this case, she died five years ago. so why the delay? we'll take a closer look at the case. plus, with the economy struggling, a lot of adult children are now being forced to live at home with their parents these days. forget the empty nest this is called the full nest syndrome. have you heard of this? >> i have. >> oh, yes, you have adult children, but they moved out. coming up, advice on how to cope and let your kids spread their wings, if you will. first we start with tropical storm isaac, we have complete coverage this morning. we'll start with the weather

channel's mike seidel in havana, cuba. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. the storm first haiti and the dominican republic over the weekend. yesterday with widespread heavy rainfall, mud slides and flash flooding, at least four people have been reported killed in haiti and officials are now worried about a worsening cholera outbreak following that earthquake two years ago. that country is a real mess. then it arrived in cuba yesterday, thousands were evacuated by the army with buses. most cubans do not have cars. many of those have moved in with family and friends this morning. they also evacuated thousands of head of cattle. in the seaside town on the eastern coast they got hit hard with coastal flooding, huge wavers destroying homes. we're hearing flights between havana and miami have been canceled. these are charter flights that bring in thousands of cuban-americans every week from miami and the u.s. to cuba and back and forth. those flights are suspended as well as all flights to the eastern part of the country. we're watching isaac, a tropical storm, it is going to move along

the coast, behind me, across the florida straits, over towards the keys today. we're go heing to get some very strong calls with gusty winds, heavy rains and no real stopping this from intensifying in its path. we have very warm water, jenna, the water behind me is a very soupy 87 degrees. by and large, though, cuba coming through this in pretty good shape. back to you. >> all right, mike seidel. mike, stay safe. thank you. >> want to go to al roker now, he's in key west, florida this morning, where isaac is expected to strike later today at or near hurricane strength. al, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester this is still a massive storm. 850 miles roughly in diameter. that's the distance between atlanta and new york city. and as this storm system makes its way out over the warmer waters, the worst is yet to come. >> we're going ing ting to rend drive, drive out of harm's way. >> reporter: here in key west, tourists have been warned get out of town. officials taking no chances with just hours left to get ready for

isaac. storm shutters are going up and everyone who is still here is hunkering down. plenty of survival supplies are on hand if the storm knocks out power. meantime, power crews have taken over the daytona speedway, now a staging ground to mobilize for emergency repairs. >> this is like moving an army. when the storm passes, power can be restored as quickly as possible. >> reporter: the red cross is in action as well. >> we have everything from supplies for shelters, food rations,eri rations, everything they could need to shelter a large number of people. >> reporter: the gop is scaling back their convention just to be safe. >> we need to be prepared, not afraid, but prepared and ready to take action to protect ourselves. >> reporter: and this is the latest just in from the national hurricane center, the 8:00 advisory, currently we now have this system, it is about 135

miles -- 135 miles east/southeast of key west, florida. it is moving northwest at 20 niles per hour, west/northwest at 20 miles per hour. it has 65-mile-per-hour winds. we have the watches and warnings that are up. the hurricane watches are all the way up to parts of the gulf coast, we're looking at hurricane warnings right now making their way down through southern florida, the tropical storm watches are all the way throughout much of coastal florida and the bahamas. and the path of this system basically is go to be bringing it right over the keys later this evening. by sometime early wednesday morning, this system makes landfall along the northern gulf coast at a category 2 storm. it is very concerning because the track of the storm now has been moving slowly to the west. and that now includes new orleans. if it stays on this track and makes its way fartherwest, that's going to be big problems

for new orleans, lake pontchartrain, and on to mobile, alabama. we continue to watch this. rainfall amounts, we're basically looking at anywhere from 5 to 12 inches of rain before this is over in the next five days. and storm surge a big problem as well, including tampa. anywhere from 3 to 5 feet of storm surge in that area and that could cause big problems for the republican national convention. lester? >> al, thanks. >> al, thank you again. even though it is not set to make a direct strike, it is now forcing republican officials to effectively push back the start of the national convention until tuesday. david gregory is moderator of "meet the press," at the convention site in tampa. david, good morning. thanks for being with us. >> good morning, jenna. >> it would be a tough week for republicans. the mitt romney mentioning the birther situation, then tropical storm isaac forcing the convention to be pushed ahead a day and now we heard an op-ed in the tampa bay times, a former

republican governor of florida charlie crist throwing his weight behind president obama. >> there say lot of distractions that mitt romney has to cut his way through here. you mentioned the weather cutting short the convention. but the mission for romney is really about his biography here. he does have image problems. i think the party has image problems. and yet you talk to his top advisers, they say, look, we're in a tight race. we're not behind as we thought we might be, we're in a very good position. nevertheless, he's got to deal with these negatives that have started to pile up about him, his perception among voters, how he plays with certain voting groups, latinos or women, he's really got to go to work on that and there is a lot to accomplish with his own convention speech. >> let's talk about the work he's got to get doing here. we saw romney connect on a political level, not so much on a personal level. he'll have a chance to do that this week. do we know specifics of how he plans to roll that out?

>> you know, conventions really matter. even in the age when they're not decisive, because they are an opportunity to really talk about vision for the country and a road map of how you're going to get there. i think that's how romney wants to approach this, where he talks about why he's running, what he wants to do, he'll go on the attack and assail president obama's record. i think he has to let people in a little bit too. he has to debunk this idea of him as being out of touch, and super wealthy and disconnected from people's problems. he's got to amplify on the fix it strategy and reputation that he has, and even talk more about his faith, about his mormon faith and what really motivates him as a person. i think all of that is on the table for him to do, even as he also has to try to rebrand the republican party. i think it is crucial for romney to assert his leadership over the republican party. i think there have been questions all along about whether the party is leading him, rather than the other way around with some of the fissures you're seeing, todd akin and the

abortion issue or the birth certificate issue or the tea party generally. >> we took a look back in 2008 to see what the hot topic was back then. then it was the undecided vote. not only that, but the folks who just weren't thrilled with their party's candidate. at the time, that vote made up 38%. that according to an ap poll. today, that figure is down to 23%. how are republicans looking to appeal to the discrepancy there? what are they looking to do? >> well, again, i think that's a test for governor romney. i think part of this is do you demonstrate some practical leadership? can you use this opportunity to say, look, not only do have i a vision, but here is how i'm going to get it done. you talk to people around the country, people are so frustrated with washington, they don't believe the election will change anything. i think romney has to deliver a message that, yes, it can change something based on what he's willing to do. he certainly will play to his base, there is evidence this is more of a base election, but

make no mistake there are people watching who are just tuning in, who may be committed to their candidate or just flat undecided. >> david gregory, david, thanks. we'll check back in with you in a little bit to preview what is coming up on "meet the press" in a little bit. nbc's coverage of the republican national coverage convention continue gwynn begins tuesday n neil armstrong is being remembered as an american hero, a man who made his country believe that with enough know-how, we could do anything. the first man to walk on the moon died saturday at the age of 82. nbc's tom costello is in washington with a look back at a remarkable life. tom, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. it was remarkable. consider for a moment what apollo 11 was all about. it was the most daring mission ever, undertaken in human history. neil armstrong was selected commander because he was the epitome of cool under pressure. they are words that are forever etched in the world's collective

memory, transmitted from 240,000 miles away. >> these one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> reporter: with those words, neil armstrong gently touched his foot down on the moon, followed soon after by buzz aldrin. minutes late, armstrong destroyed to all destroy described to all of us what it was like. >> much like the desert of the united states, it is different, but very pretty out here. >> reporter: nbc's veteran space reporter jay barbree covered every one of nasa's manned missions and knew neil armstrong personally. >> neil armstrong was without question the greatest person of the 20th century. historians will write his event was the greatest event of the 20th century. >> these are the astronauts who will orbit in the gemny.

>> reporter: americans were first introduced to neil armstrong in 1962. he was the quiet farm kid from ohio who had flown fighter jets in korea, then became a test pilot and a rising star at nasa. another ohioan and the first man to orbit the earth, john glenn. >> all of his life, well, he'll be known for the lunar landing of course, but all of his life he was someone dedicated to this country who was willing to dare greatly, i put it in those words, dare greatly. >> reporter: in 1969, just before his mission to the moon with buzz aldrin and michael collins, the soft spoken armstrong spoke to frank mcgee about what he expected. >> i hope -- i hope it will be relatively mild. there is no intention to make a smooth touchdown that you might expect in an airplane or a helicopter. >> reporter: the final seconds of apollo 11's landing were anything but smooth. as the spacecraft was headed straight for a boulder field,

with fuel running low, armstrong grabbed the controls and flew to a safe landing in the lunar dust. >> lights on, forward, forward, 30 feet down. 2 1/2. picking up some dust. >> reporter: then the radio message that meant humans had accomplished something truly unbelievable. >> houston, the eagle has landed. >> reporter: back home, the crew of apollo 11 were hailed as true american heroes, but neil armstrong never cashed in on his fame or name recognition. instead, he returned to ohio to teach. rarely giving interviews, never signing an autograph that could be auctioned to the highest bidder. and always sharing credit with others. he talked to the "today" show in 1984. >> i think it was about 99% dedication of the people who put our spacecraft together and ensured it worked the way it was

supposed to work. >> reporter: in 2009, he celebrated the 40th anniversary of the mission and talked about the next generation of explorers. >> young minds in our own country and around the world now believe they can do great things. and they can. >> reporter: you know, we think of him as an american hero, but i've heard this story, in belgium, a father of four was jumping up and down when he landed on the moon, screaming, we did it, we did it. that was my father-in-law, and he did it for all of humanity. neil? >> and, tom, you and i are of the generation, we were kids and watched that and what an impact it was. i was struck this morning thinking we can't even put a man in orbit now. it is hard to believe. >> reporter: he took issue with the current administration's approach to the space program. he felt that we have lost our focus. >> all right, tom costello with a look back at neil armstrong. thanks very much. time now for the rest of this morning's top stories from tom llamas at the news desk. good morning to you.

>> good morning, jenna and lester. good morning, everyone. there has been a fatal grizzly bear attack in alaska's denali national park, the first in the park's history. officiales say 49-year-old richard white of san diego was photographing the bear when it mauled and killed him. photos he took show he had walked within 50 feet of the bear, far less than the quarter mile buffer required by park rules. authorities are charging a 25-year-old man with aggravated criminal sex abuse in connection with a st. louis teenager who said she was held captive in his home for nearly three years. authorities say 25-year-old steven elliott johnson repeatedly had forcible sex with the girl who was only 15 when she disappeared. overseas, syrian rebels are accusing government troops of committing a massacre in the town the army had just retain from them. rebel leaders say more than 200 people were killed saturday, most of them execution style, as troops conducted house to house raids southwest of damascus.

and, of course we have some big reality tv news. mtv is reporting that tv celeb snooki has given birth to her first child, a boy. lorenzo dominic lavi was born this morning at a hospital in livingston, new jersey. we're told the jersey shore star, her fiance and their newborn are all doing great. that's the news. now back to lester, jenna and bill, we have an update. we confirmed that. little lorenzo just did his first fist pump. so mom and dad are very happy. back to you guys. >> good for lorenzo. tv career is just minutes away from getting started probably. bill karins is here with a check of your national forecast. all eyes on -- >> all eyes still on isaac and what that storm will do. but yesterday, in southeast virginia, you probably felt like you had a hurricane overhead. one of the heaviest rainfall events in the history of southeast virginia. they're saying the worst since floyd back in 1991. this is the new port news and hampton, virginia area,

extensive flooding, even i-95 closed in both directions at one point. police are urging people to stay home if possible as many of those road over head. they are saying it was the worst since floyd. even i-95 closed in both directions at one point. police are urging people to stay home if possible. again, isaac, the affects will mostly be felt in south florida today. a tropical storm and minimal hurricane, and a little wet weather, rainfall in iowa yesterday, which, of course, we desperately needed. that's a look at your national forecast. that heavy rain is pinwheeled up annapolis and baltimore this morning. baltimore county has a flash flood warning until 10:30. of course, more on isaac later in the show. back to you, lester. >> bill, thanks.

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good morning. it's 8:26 on this sunday, august 26th. tropical storm isaac baring down on florida and virginia is ready to help. red cross volunteers are on stand by and they are waiting to see if the storm makes landfall in florida. they packed supplies to help 200 families. also preparing for florida, dominion virginia power crews. six virginia trucks from hampton will meet up with other crews in richmond and are on call in case needed. albert payton refused officers' orders and they were forced to shoot him. forced to shoot him. he was taken to the hospital we sent him there to fix it, forbut somewhere along the way, hesomething went horribly wrong. george allen voted for trillions in debt while voting to raise his pay four times,

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investigation. meteorologist, kim march taou chi. students in d.c. and phupblt montgomery county will be heading back to school, and it looks like the weather will cooperate but first we have to get through today. let's get to kim martucci in the weather center. >> 73 in d.c., and 72 in leesburg, but we have the showers impacting the area, especially annapolis and off to the west over fairfax county a handful of showers, too.

showers with thunder, especially d.c. and points east, 67 to 74, and by the afternoon, a few soaking thunderstorms and we'll reach highs in we're back on a sunday morning, august 26th, 2012. a beautiful day here in new york city. our thanks to the lovely crowd for being here with us, outside on the plaza. i'm jenna wolfe alongside lester holt. still to come in this half hour, a utah doctor arrested in the death of his wife, which happened five years ago. >> it was the couple's children who fought to have this case reopened and to have their father arrested. then all eyes going to be on tampa, florida this week for the republican national convention. we'll find out why the candidates' families will play a pivotal role, even if they never say a word. and the storm collikoh comi.

a lot to talk about down there. looking for sunglasses, not as easy a feat as you might think. we have help for you. you have to fit the shape of the sunglasses to the face of yo se face, which i did not know. and we'll talk about the full nest syndrome, which is when your kids never leave or they come home and it changes things financially and for a lot of parents their whole outlook and all the -- >> you didn't have that problem, though? your kids left right after -- >> my youngest just graduated college. she's still around. we want go to key west, florida, they're the next to feel the effects of tropical storm isaac. let's talk to al roker now. al, will it be a hurricane or tropical storm when it hits there? >> reporter: it will be awfully close, lester, but it certainly will make its way then into the atlantic and certainly strengthen.

here in the keys and in throughout much of southern florida, folks are not taking this lightly. they're getting their preparations, boarding up is going, people are laying in supplies, they're getting ready. plywood is a very hot commodity as people get ready to board up their windows, their doors, their homes. they're not taking -- they're getting generators, fuel, everything to ride this system out as it gets ready to make its way. and its effects felt. here is the deal. even though the path of the storm moved farther to the west, this storm system is 850 miles in diameter. and so that means we are going to feel the effects a wide swath. 135 miles east/southeast of key west, 65-mile-per-hour winds, it is moving northwest at 25 miles per hour. we are looking at a very, very strong storm, the path of this thing will come over the keys tonight. and then make its way toward the gulf, the northern gulf, sometime on wednesday. now, let's get more of your weather with bill karins. bill? >> thanks so much, al. be safe down there as the storm

passes by during the day today. other areas of concern out there over the weekend, do not a lot. it is typical before we get you weather with bill karins. >> other areas of concern out there over the weekend, not a lot. it's typical before we get the big storms heading for the u.s. quiet weather conditions. we showed you the video of extreme flooding in northern virginia. and also the other rainy spot where we are loving the rain and appreciating it, west of dallas and heading towards springfield, missouri, and central missouri, and some areas got 4 inches yesterday. they would love some of the moisture from isaac to work its way up there as we go through the next week. here is the forecast map for your sunday. the west is heading for serious drought concerns and lot of smoke out there. here is a look at the weather

outside your door. >> basically two bands of rain affecting your area. conclipping northeast maryland, and then another little band of rain showers coming up from the northern neck of virginia, cut into our northwest suburbs. we are mostly in the 70s with the clouds and showers around we have our friends here, our cleveland friends going across here -- where are you from? connecticut? i was going to say kentucky. trying to confuse me. i had them all over the map. if you want your hour by hour forecast, get that at weather.com or on the weather channel. back to you, lester. >> bill, thanks. a utah doctor is behind bars charged with murdering his wife more than five years ago. when michelle mcneil died in april 2007, the cause of death was initially ruled natural causes. as nbc's kristen dahlgren reports, it was the couple's children who demanded the case be reopened. >> i was murdered that day too.

my whole life changed. this was -- she was my whole life. >> reporter: five years after her mother's death, alexis summers is still grieving. and still convinced it is her father to blame. >> it was horrifying. i mean, he killed my mother. he killed my mother who was my best friend. most wonderful, incredible person. and she was murdered by him and he was released waurking the streets. >> reporter: on april 11, 2007, 50-year-old michelle mack neil was found dead in the bathtub of the utah home she shared with her husband martin, a prominent doctor. at the time, an autopsy ruled the death was from natural causes. but authorities now believe martin urged his wife to get cosmetic surgery and drugged her while she was in his care. mcneil served time in federal prison for fraud. it wasn't until friday that he was arrested for his wife's death after some of his children pushed to reopen the

investigation. in a statement to nbc news, an attorney for martin mcneil writes, it is regrettable that other bad acts which mr. mcneil admittedly committed have apparently led to the wrong conclusion that he's a murderer. such determination is seemingly ignorant of the conclusions of the medical examiner who twice found that mrs. mcneil died of natural causes. mr. mcneil will vigorously defend himself and is confident the truth will set him free. mcneil is scheduled for a court appearance monday. his daughters say they'll be there. >> i miss her. you know? we all miss her so much. >> reporter: vowing to do all they can to see their father spend the rest of his life behind bars. for "today," kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. up next, their moment in the political spotlight, how all eyes are on the families of mitt romney and paul ryan during this week's convention. i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not about to always let my frequent bladder urges,

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[ music playing ] mitt romney and paul ryan will spend this weekend getting personal with voters. they want to use the republican national convention to communicate their life stories, sending the message that they are the best choice to lead the country. it is also a chance to introtuesday theintroduce their families to a national audience. here is nbc's ron mott. while mitt romney and paul ryan are household names by now, their respective households and extended families are not. but with an expected national television audience in the tens of millions, this week's rnc convention will put them center stage, directly in the spotlight, some for the first time. and while ann romney has a speaking role in tampa, most of their family members will speak volumes without upering erinupee word. >> this is different than what

it was in earlier american history. you couldn't imagine eleanor roosevelt going before a democratic convention and telling anecdotes about what a great guy franklin is. but nowadays it is essential. >> reporter: for the romneys and their five adult sons, 2012 is another round on the national stage, this time in a leading role, where the ryans, wife and mom janna and three small children, it is a sudden brush with fame. for both families making just the right impression is paramount. >> traditionally american voters are looking for almost any clue they can get into what the candidate's soul is. if you see a candidate and his wife and his children are all on good terms, they seem to like each other and have a happy history together, that sends a message to the voter. >> reporter: the message is in conventions past are as varied as the families who headline. who can forget al and tipper gore's lingering smooch, or the bush twins all grown up the second time around in 2004. >> ladies and gentlemen, one of the two most loving, thoughtful

people we know -- >> your president and our dad, george w. bush. >> bristol palin's closely watched baby bump. >> hi, daddy. >> sasha obama's scene stealing performance in denver four years ago. >> hello, everybody. >> the applause, the winks and nods, the colors of the clothes, it is all on display now with no do-overs. >> conventions are now largely a commercial for the candidate. and one of the rare times a candidate gets the opportunity to display his family in a crowd pleasing with a for a long time. >> reporter: for "today," ron mott, nbc news, columbus, ohio. now here's lester. >> jenna, thanks. remember the fresco in spain basically ruined when a church parishioner took it upon herself to restore it? the botched paint job may not be such a bad thing after all as nbc's duncan golestani tells us, it is more popular than ever. >> reporter: the lines reached

the door and everyone wants to get a photo next to the art work of cecilia gimenez. of course, the fresco of jesus suddenly became cecilia's art work when she painted over the 120-year-old original thinking it needed restoring. we fixed it, she claimed. but not everyone felt the same way, especially the artist's granddaughter. >> translator: she's destroyed this painting. >> reporter: the fresco known as ecce homo, meaning behold the man was becoming famous as behold the monkey. >> this is not good. >> i cannot even look at it. >> reporter: maybe someone was watching down on the elderly churchgoers and saw her good intentions because the painting's value has gone from simply sentimental to being so popular, the crowd have to be kept back. a visitor says the original was beautiful, but she likes this one. even the mayor is leaving flowers for cecilia and parodies are sweeping the internet.

the last supper, leonardo da vin vinci's mona lisa and the scream raises a smile. all getting that distinctive gimenez restoration. >> doesn't have any artistic merit at all, but it has a social quirkiness to it which makes one want to go there. >> reporter: tomorrow, a group of professional art restorers are expected to arrive in the town to decide if the fresco can be saved. but maybe they'll think this was the divine intervention. for "today," duncan golestani, nbc news, london. just ahead, how to handle it when your adult children move back home. [ female announcer ] kraft singles have no artificial flavors

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family," the full nest, what you should do when your adult children come back home to roost. joining us, "today" contributor and parenting expert michelle borba and cnbc personal finance expert sharon epperson. sharon, let me begin with you, it is clearly a growinging trend. there was data from 2007 to 2009, almost a quarter of americans, 20 to 34 years old, were living with their parents, up 17% from 1980. fair to state economy has driven these numbers. >> fair to say that and the most recent data on unemployment holds that to be true when you look at the fact that youth unemployment is more than double what the national unemployment rate is, over 17%. and for black and latino youth, of course, much higher than that. there is a real issue in terms of young people being able to find jobs, that will be able to sustain them, to live outside of the home. that's a major reason why many of them are coming back home to live. >> is it all economic or is

there a case where sometimes young people get very comfortable living in the nest and uses this as a way of delaying taking on major responsibilities in life? >> economy is certainly what is fueling the largest trend, but we started to see a trend that was prior recession, and that was what we called the boomerang generation. a little too micromanaged, a little too dependent on us and as a result, they were failing to launch. their development was kind of arrest and we called them the peter pan syndrome kids, weren't growing up. if that's the case with your child you need to start taking that step back so you can launch them. >> let's talk about the effect on mom and dad. sharon, the survey says a quarter of parents have taken on debt to support their stay at home kids. how do they deal with this or having to put off retirement, what do they do to make sure the stay at home kids don't bankrupt them. >> one thing you don't want to do is jeopardize your own financial future and one of the things that a lot of young

people have come to be very comfortable with as michelle said is the sense of entitlement, that i grew up this way, so that way as soon as i graduate from college, i should live this way, not realizing their parents struggled for years, for decades to get where they are. >> why not charge them rent? >> you need to let them know that's what i did. i had to stay with someone and pay rend. you're staying with me, but still going to have to pay rent. that's a good idea and a lot of parents say why should i do that? figure out how many rooms you have in your house and charge them a fraction of that for rent. make sure they're doing chores or something to contribute to the household. >> michelle, how would you set up boundaries in the case of stay at home kids? >> have the family talk asap and you're going to be doing four different things. first, you're going to spell out your expectations and we're talking immediately that you will be helping, but you're not going to be running a bed and breakfast here. you're expecting the kid to chip in, lend a hand, do the chores. number two, this is probably the hardest one, you want to respect

your child's privacy a little more because they left as a teen, but they're not comie now back as an adult. you want to make sure you keep fuelling that relationship so they see themselves as an adult. you need to help them set an exit plan, create a plan so that eventually they will be leaving that house. you need to sit and most importantly figure out the why factor, what is stifling your child from keeping on. is he lacking interview skills? he doesn't have an internship and needs to get out there and do t maybe his resume needs tampering up and maybe that degree he had isn't right for the political job market. he needs to go one step more with it. most importantly, you also need to create what is called a time limit. there is a point where you keep watching your child's intention, you keep making sure he's out there trying to get that job, but if he's not, now you are going to be doing boot camp parenting and that's a little tough stuff. >> tough conversation.

i love you, but get out. time to go. >> no bailouts, no handouts, stick to your guns. >> you're tough. michelle, sharon, thank you very much. now here's jenna. ♪ get yourself some cheap sunglasses ♪ this morning on "today's style," finding the right sunglasses to your face shape. they frame your face, protect you from the sun and can be classic or trendy. you could even call them the most important summer accessory. style expert jackie stafford is here to show us how to choose the right look for our face shape. good morning. can sunglasses really make or break your face? >> absolutely. sunglasses can make you look ten pounds slimmer, can make you look younger, they're a miraculous accessory if you get the right ones for your face shape. >> we'll start with claudette. she has a square face shape. let's take a look and talk on the other side. >> i'm claudette and i have a square-shaped face.

my challenge is with sunglasses is that i never know what is right for me. i try on tons of sunglasses. >> the key if you have a square face shape is to look for rounded frames. when that does is soften any angular features. angular lines are going to make your face look more angular. you want to soften them with round shapes like this. >> all right, jackie, why do you like these sunglasses? >> a square-shaped face you want to contrast that by adding roundness. it makes it softer. you think about sunglasses, they should counteract with your face shape. you want to counteract the square shape of her face by adding nice curves. >> claudette, thank you very much. i appreciate it. the next face shape is a round face and dawn. let's see what fits a round shape face first. >> i am dawn and i'm extremely picky about my sunglasses and i have a round face. >> the rounder face, the squarer

the frame should be. you want to try and look for opposites. something like a very round ones like this won't necessarily do you any favors. they're beautiful glasses and would look great on somebody with a square face shape. so when you're looking for things, you want to look for glasses that have more of a rectangle frame, maybe something like this, and always look for pieces that are the same width or wider than the width of your face because it slims down your face. got it? >> thank you, jackie. >> all right, jackie, why do you like these glasses for a round face? >> it is very modern silhouette. but also take a look at the actual color of these. these are by nine west. the reason i love them, look at the tan, very flattering for her skin tone. >> dawn, thank you so much. next up, the heart-shaped face, which i didn't know what this was until i looked it up. debbie has a haeart-shaped face. let's see how she did shopping for her frames. >> my name is debbie and i have a heart-shaped face. i spend hours shopping for

sunglasses. >> when you have a heart-shaped faces, one of the styles that looks good is something like an aviator. the reason this one looks good on you, it mimics your natural face shape. it is broad at the top and narrow at the bottom, so it complements a beautiful heart-shaped face. what you wouldn't do for this shape is go for a very big rounder face shape or big square, an oversized sunglass. what that will do is overwhelm the delicateness of your face shape. >> like the oversized shaped glasses for her? >> no, i like the aviator. you want to go for an aviator. that mimics with the natural face of your shape. >> last one we have is oval. oval. that's my face here. suzanna has an oval face. let's see what looks greatest for the oval shaped face. >> hi, i'm suzanna. i learned today that i have an oval shaped face. i love fashion. i'm open to trying any trend.

>> so when you're lucky enough to have an oval faced shape like suzanna here, you can basically wear anything. what try to recommend is embrace the trends. you can get away with anything you want. this is what we love. maybe like something printed frame for example, neon, a big trend, for the cat eye trend. so any one of the style trends you can embrace with gusto. >> suzanna, come on out. so is the gist here if you have an oval shaped face, you're in the money because you can pretty much sport anything. >> you are in the money. when you have an oval face, can embrace any trend. you're very lucky. you have -- >> i'm lucky with my face. >> you can wear anything. >> so, what do you got? you something you think would suit me? >> i brought these for you. i know you love an aviator. i brought these, these are very modern, squarer, modern cat eye. they're a very, very --

>> just you describing them as a square, modern cat eye makes me feel fancy. >> look how fabulous they look on you. doesn't she look great? really well with your hair as well. we have the beautiful light lifted sides. >> thank you. i can keep this on as i read this, as we bring everybody out here. jackie stafford, thank you and all the models. we really appreciate it. mornings are a special time for the two of you... and now you can make them even more special... with new fancy feast mornings. mornings are delicious protein rich entrées... with garden veggies and egg. each one perfectly designed... to start her day with a little love. new fancy feast mornings gourmet cat food. the best ingredient is love.

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and in an exclusive interview. and john mccain, who also had weather impacting his convention will join me as well as our political round table. all coming up this morning. >> david, thanks very much. that's going to do it for us on a sunday morning. >> we're going to leave you with a special "today's" life illustrated. a tribute to neil armstrong. >> i'll see you tonight on "nightly news." ♪ i hear babies cry i watch them grow ♪ ♪ and i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪ ♪ yes, i think to myself what a wonderful world ♪

on a sunday morning. >> we will leave you with a today's tribute to neil armstrong about that . right now danger just the u.s. the remem thepñ a destructive path behind. >> that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> plus, the world remembers the first man to walk on the moon. this morning, condolences c