good morning. holding on. the gulf coast still being pounded by what is now tropical storm isaac. homeowners trapped by rising floodwaters in louisiana and mississippi. this morning we're live as a new round of evacuations gets under way. >> the speech of his life. paul ryan accepts the republican vice presidential nomination and then takes aim directly at president obama. >> college congratulations graduates should not have to live out their 20s in their childhood better room staring at the obama posters and wondering when they can move out and get going with life!

>> tonight a mitt romney's moment in tampa. >> and we showed you this adorable video on wednesday, twin babies dancing to their dad's guitar music. >> ready? ♪ ♪ but can we really get them to do it on command live today or will our producers be throwing a tantrum today? it's thursday, august 30, 2012. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is a special edition of "today: the aftermath of hurricane isaac" with matt lauer, live from tampa, florida and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller center. >> good morning, i'm savannah guthrie. >> and i'm matt lauer in tampa.

paul ryan had delegates in the convention hall doing a lot of cheering last night. former governor jeb bush joins us live. by the way he, he doesn't think the thing with the twin babies is going to work out all that well. >> none of us are all that sure. >> first let's get to a serious subject. the images out of louisiana and mississippi, emergency crews are going door to door trying to rescue people trapped in homes. >> we want to get to the latest on this storm. isaac is drenching the region with more heavy rain, adding to those problems and spawning at least one tornadoes, power out to more than 40,000 people across the region and late last night president obama declared federal emergencies in both louisiana and mississippi. al roker and lester holt are in

louisiana this morning. lester, good morning to you. >> i think people are just weary now. this storm has been agonizingly slow in its pace, still slowly moving out of town. sheets of rain fell, adding to the worries. residents still facing evacuation as the waters continue to rise. behind me is a flood gate as part of that multi-billion dollar system, it did its job. on the other side, however, is a rural community in plaquemines parish underwater today. >> rooftops stood out like islands in a sea of floodwaters. >> i ain't never soon water like this. >> reporter: dan mason never expected to leave his house through an upstairs window, the price of his underestimating isaac. >> by the time i realized water was coming in, it was almost

halfway up the flight of steps. so it was quick. >> reporter: in plaquemines and st. bernard parish, dozens had to be rescued by boat after the storm surge sent waters over the top of an earthen levee. among them, this 73-year-old dialysis patient. >> they got me out before the water came to the attic. >> reporter: rainfall and driving winds made landfall in plaquemines parish. its levees are not part of the federally financed and built system. still, the man in charge here is stunned by what isaac has done. >> this wasn't supposed to be a katrina. it's turning out for the east bank to be as bad if not worse. we have areas on the east bank that flooded for this event that never flooded for katrina. >> reporter: to the north new orleans was hard hit but escaped a repeat of its fate seven years

ago. the post-katrina upgrade of its levees and pumps by the army corporation of engineers paid off. >> it's operating as designed beep have no reason to believe the system will be compromised. >> still, the big easy had big problems with localized flooding, roads, a ballpark. there were lots of downed trees and power lines, too. three quarters of a million people lost power and is in no hurry to leave. in bay st. louis, mississippi, they navigated parts of streets that had been turned into rivers. parts of biloxi and gulfport underwater.

later tornadoes tore down this pair of homes. this man made it out alive. now comes the hard part. >> start all over again. >> and to the north of new orleans communities around lake pontchartrain now still feeling rising floodwaters. they brought in buses to move people out of their homes there that are starting to see water gather around. you can probably tell still pretty windy around here. they're hoping to get wind to a level they can get the cherry pickers out and start strengthistrengtinging the miles and miles of power lines. >> al is in new orleans. good morning to you. >> reporter: we're on the shores of lake pontchartrain, savannah. the banks are back that way. in fact, the city of slidel, louisiana, we're getting reports

that there's as much as eight feet of water in old town slidel, that's just to the north here of lake pontchartrain. the latest on tropical storm isaac right now, it currently is dumping more rein so far, audubon park, 20 inches of rain, gulfport mississippi, 9 inches of rain, new orleans coming close to 10 inches, biloxi over 8 inches of rain. the latest, it's 55 miles south of alexandria, 48 miles an hour moving and by early sunday morning it's in central illinois bringing drenching rains, unfortunately too late for drought-ravaged farmers. we also have tornado watches in effect. as can you see on the live radar, we've already had reports of tornadoes early this morning throughout parts of florida and mississippi. rainfall over the next 72 hours anywhere from 3 to 10" of rain.

and as i said, for the formearm hoping for rain earlier in the season, this rein comes at the wrong time as they try to ha harvest their drought-stricken crops. >> thank you, al. let's go back to matt and tampa. >> paul ryan delivered an impassioned speech here last night as he officially accepted the vice presidential nomination. tonight mitt romney gets his turn. peter alexander is here with more on last night's speech and what to look forward to today. good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, to be very clear this is the most important moment of mitt romney's political life. the stage is certainly set here, or to be fair, you may hear it behind us, the stage is being physically set. they're rebuilding it for tonight. this room was more electric last

night than so far paul ryan going on the attack saying the president has squandered his opportunity and promising a romney/ryan ticket will not duck the responsibilities. the 4 2-year-old conservative quickly assumed the role of attack dog. >> these past four years we have suffered no shortage of words in the whitehouse. what is missing is leadership in the white house. >> reporter: the pride of janesville, wisconsin, ryan tried to appeal to a wide audience, including tea party conservatives. as well as younger voters. >> college graduates should not have to spend their 20s in their

childhood bedrooms staring up at faded obama posters. the greatest threat to medicare is obama care and we're going to stop it. >> reporter: ryan also poked fun at his running mate, 23 years his senior. >> there are the songs on his ipod, which i heard in the campaign bus and i also heard in the elevator. he urged me to play some and i said my starts with acdc and ends with led zeplin. >> we can get the economy growing again! >> reporter: the night also touted two fellow republican

party heavyweight ps. >> we do not have a choice. we cannot be reluctant to lead and you cannot lead from behind. >> we must return to our best traditions of american leadership and support those who face down the brutal tierney of their oppressors and our enemies. >> reporter: notably absent, presidents george w. and george h.w. bush. >> dad and i know what it takes to be a president and there's no doubt in our minds that mitt romney will be a great president. >> he's a great man. >> reporter: he offered his own many pregs -- impression of dan carvey. >> gotta do it.

>> reporter: tonight it's important to note he'll be introduced not just by the florida senator marco rubio but by a mystery guest causing a lot of buzz here in tampa. some of the names being floated around this morning, nancy reagan and clint eastwood. >> peter alexander just below us on the floor of the convention here. jeb bush is the former governor of the state of florida. thanks for coming in. you watched the speech last night. did paul ryan do what he had to do? >> first of all, he introduced himself to the american voters. he's from the heartland of our country, comes from a background many can relate to. he's been extraordinarily successful. i love his mom. i love the whole package. >> most of the reviews were pretty strong in terms of the power its speech and its tone. some were critical. the obama campaign manager said

40 minutes of vitriol. >> i thought it was a good speech. normally they submit budgets and have ideas and present them to the congress. the only guys who have has substantive plans to deal with our structural problems is paul ryan. he tacklked about that and talk about the failures of the president's economic policy. that's fair game. >> one of the things he criticized the president for was rejecting the urgent recommendations of a bipartisan debt commission. but congressman ryan failed to mention he served on that same debt commission and as the gop's ranking member of the house budget committee, he ultimately voted against the same recommendation. where is the truth in that? why is he barking up that tree? >> i don't think you've ever heard barack obama say

simpson-bowles in the same sentence. he didn't say if it was good or bad. he never acknowledged its existence. paul ryan didn't deal with it because it didn't deal with entitlement reform. >> let's talk about women. they are going to be key to this election. governor romney has chipped away at the gender gap. it was about 25 points in the advantage of president obama. it's down to about 10 or 12. but some worry about the addition of paul ryan and bringing him him his staunchly conservative views on issues like abortion it will slow that momentum? >> if you create an environment where people can pursue their own dreams, that the republicans can win. >> social issues will play that big a factor in your opinion? >> i'm pro-life and i know paul ryan is. these are deeply held views.

but that's not going to create a job for someone who is laid off. >> remember in 2008 that somewhat favorite hillary clinton ad about the 3:00 a.m. phone call and was barack obama prepared to answer it? voters decided he was. now he's had four years to work with foreign policy and national security. governor romney and congressman ryan don't have that same experience. are they prepared to answer that 3:00 an phone call? >> absolutely. absolutely. the president gets pretty good marks for foreign policy efforts but it's because his economic policy is so bad. compared to that it looks all right. i think if you had a debate about not just is he capable of being president, of course he is. the president has served but his politics have been week. i love conde rice's respectful description of a weak foreign policy and i think mitt romney will restore a sense that the united states has a powerful moral role in the world. >> you talked about this election and said "this probably was my time" and it struck me.

are you having second thoughts about not running? >> there was a comma there and it said "and i'm completely comfortable with my decision." >> no second thoughts? >> no second thoughts. >> they call it rnc 2012, the road to 2016. does it make you laugh or make you think about 2016? >> it makes me laugh as much as these twins. i'm going to stick around to see these twins perform. >> we're happy we could provide a little laughter for you. you can see mitt romney's acceptance speech on tonight's coverage of the republican national convention right here on nbc. coming up, we'll talk to the always interesting bill o'reilly. for now let's head back to natalie. >> good morning, everyone. another deadly day in afghanistan as two nato service members have been killed this

morning in a helicopter crash in the country's south just a day after three nato troops were killed in an insider attack when a man in uniform turned his weapon on coalition forces. >> the west nile virus shows no sign of slowing down as cases nationwide are up 40% from last week. at least 66 people have died. the cdc is warning this could become the worst year on record for the mosquito-borne virus. >> a 100-year-old driver who backed his car into a crowd of school children have police vetting was the accident a case of bad brakes or bad judgment? >> reporter: it was a low-speed accident but still terrifying. police say preston carter, 101 next week, had backed out of a parking space into a crowd on the sidewalk near south l.a.'s main street elementary school. >> it was a cadillac down the

street was backing out of one of the parking stalls. he misjudged the street and backed up into the sidewalk where the kid and parents were standing. >> reporter: carter, who had a valid driver's license and was not cited for any infraction said his brakes faed. >> one thing i want to say is thisi have sympathy and love for each family. it was on no purpose. >> reporter: in 2003 an 86-year-old driver hit thegasga instead of the break and plowed into an open air market killing 10 and injuring 63. as for carter, his own daughter, rose jenkins, said she'd long worried about his driving. >> i'm very concerned about it. i wanted him to stop driving for the last year. i think this is a wake-up call for him and i don't think he'll be driving anymore.

>> reporter: several children were pinned under his cadillac while others pounded on his window to get his attention. while there's no legal reason he shouldn't have been driving, friends and family whether there's another question that should have kept him from getting behind the wheel. >> and courtney reagan is at the nasdaq for us this morning. >> investors will see retail numbers this morning. and elsewhere isaac continues to be the focus for the energy market as investors and traders alike pay attention to those refinery shutdowns along the gulf coast. prices at the pum many already up 5 cents this week to a national average of $3.80 a gallon. natalie? >> thank you. and a practice that seemed like pure dollars and cents to a popular mexican feud chain is

getting some customers fired up. chipotle foundation had been rounding customers' tabs up to the nearest nickel. they say it helps keep lines down and think say they'll stop rounding up. >> and bill rancic took to twitter to announce the arrival of edward duke rancic. a huge congratulations to them. we cannot wait to meet little edward it is now 7:20. back offer to savannah. >> like the name, too. sounds very regal. >> edward duke, yes. >> now back to al in new orleans and get the rest of his forecast. hey, al. >> reporter: hey, savaute to jo

you never know. let's look at your forecast around the rest of the country. new york city sunshine, 85 degrees. beautiful in the pacific northwest seattle will see sunny and 70 degrees. risk of strong storms in the lower mississippi river valley. look for more heat in the southwest. high surf advisories along the southern california coast. we have a beautiful day in beautiful miami, partly cloudy skies to partly sunny and a high of 89 degrees. while we get remnant rain from isaac here along lake pontchartrain. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, i'm tom kierein on this thursday morning. clear, cool and calm. down to the low 60s throughout much of the region, near 70 right on the tidal potomac and by the bay. we're under a clear sky thanks to high pressure over the region with low humidity. that is in place for the rest of the day today, tonight and

tomorrow. sunny tomorrow with low 90s and getting hotte >> and, savannah, i know i'm standing in what's outside of lake pontchartrain. we've actually had fish. a couple of local guys tell me they're called mullet. you of course about mullet. >> the mullet i'm familiar with is a little bit different. al, thank you for the education. appreciate it. see you later. >> and just ahead, prince harry apologizes to the queen for the las vegas party pictures. as william and kate step out at last night's opening of the paraolympic games. we're live with the details. but

just ahead here in tampa, bill o'reilly's thought on the convention and mitt romney's speech tonight. >> and the dancing twins who love dad's music. will they have the response here

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good morning, it's 7:26 on this thursday, august 30th. i'm richard jordan. we have breaking news on the roads right now. danella sealock is here with your first 4 traffic. >> thanks, richard. if you're taking the beltway, looking about a five-mile backup. the inner loop of the beltway at pennsylvania avenue. earlier crash was cleared and blocking the left lane and delays remain on the inner loop. heavy on the brakes, again, solid delays all the way to pennsylvania avenue. back over to you, richard. >> danella a,

another gorgeous morning. low humidity. we have a clear sky. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. 50s slennen doa valley into the mountains under a clear sky.

terrific day today with high pressure over the region and highs reaching the upper 80s and lots of sun. sunny, again, tomorrow low 90s. might get tropica president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from... the ground up, investing in innovation, education... and job training. it only works if there is a strong middle class. that's what happened when i was president. we need to keep going with his plan. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message.

7:30 on this thursday morning, 30th of august. take a look at the crowd back at rockefeller plaza. they're gathered to see one of the hottest new names in music, cher lloyd. she's a british sensation and she'll take the stage in our 8:30 hour. i'm matt lauer in tampa, florida, savannah guthrie is in new york. a man who never shies away from sharing his opinion, bill o'reilly is here and we'll ask him what he thought of paul ryan's speech and what he wants to hear from mitt romney. >> also ahead, a 3-year-old deaf

boy whose parents say he was told to chang the way he signed his name at school because they say school officials say it looked like a gun sign. we'll have an exclusive live interview with his family. >> and, go ahead, we dare you not to smile with when we see this video of 1-year-old 2010s jamming out to their dads guitar. the question is will we be smiling when we try to get them to jam live. what could possibly go wrong? >> you know how i feel about most of these viral videos. they make me feel like i a haha virus. this one makes me laugh. >> the royal family, some of. this attended the paralympic games while prince harry prepared for his first outing

since the trip to las vegas. we go to buckingham palace. >> reporter: last night several members of the royal family were out for the paralympics. prince harry was not expected to attend and he didn't. very soon we'll see him back in the public eye. the whole family wanting to put, no doubt, last week well behind them. >> i declare open the london 2012 paralympic games. >> reporter: another global sporting celebration, another night for london to shine. as well as the royal family. the queen, prince edward, princess ann and william and kate back in the olympic stadium supporting the paralympians. no prince harry. ever since the embarrassing party pics, he has stayed far

away from cameras. >> prince harry is currently back in scotland. he did spend some quality time with his father, prince charles, up there. and of course he went to make a formal apology to her majesty queen, very much a strong telling off from granny, i can imagine. >> reporter: after her own somewhat difficult year, kate's sister pippa just released her new book. harry had been a star lately representing the firm, good work and military service. even his more laid-back antics made him the guy everybody seemed to want to laugh with. the stunned reaction has been how could he or anyone around him let this all go public? still plenty are defending him with humor. tens of thousands have liked his facebook page called support prince harry with a naked salute and soldiers of all stripes

have, male and female fully armed the full monty, the mankini. >> he would like to go back out there and forget exactly what's just happened. of course if he does good deeds and comes backs commended, then hopefully people will forget. >> reporter: harry's good deed will begin at home. next week he'll be at the paralympics. there are certain to be some changes to his security detail. >> michelle kosinski in london, thank you. >> al is in new orleans. hey, al. >> savannah, how are you doing? we're standing just outside of lake pontchartrain. can you see the horizon but it has overflowed its banks.

it is slowly receding. the good news is the winds are coming in this direction so they'll be pushing that water back into the banks of lake pontchartrain. the latest on isaac it is now a tropical storm. it is slowly making it's 55 miles southeast of alexandria, louisiana. 45-mile-per-hour winds and winds out of the northwest at a 8 miles per hour. as it makes its way, the path of the storm by early friday morning, it is just a remnant low into ara ar. eventually moving into missouri by saturday morning and then by sunday morning, it's a low-pressure system bringing rain to central illinois and indiana a. rainfall amounts are going to be the next big story out of this system. we're talking about seven to ten inches of rain as far north as central illinois. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> it is clear, cool and dry here this morning.

good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein and right now around the region, we are down into the 60s in the suburbs and rural areas and out of the mountains, it is in the 50s this morning and later today into the 80s, much of the region and upper 80s in the metro area and more of the same tomorrow, maybe a little hotter. increasing humidity on saturday with increasing clouds and might and that's your latest weather. matt? >> the republican national convention wraps up here in tampa tonight with mitt romney's acceptance speech. so what should we expect? bill o'reilly is the host of "the o'reilly factor" on fox news and he has a book "lincoln's last days." you got here yesterday but you've been watching this. what do you think so far? >> it's the usual. nothing different than the other 1,500 conventions that i covered. the republicans are -- they're a little bit energized.

i think they think they have a pretty good shot to defeat barack obama. i think they're a little more optimistic than they were four years ago with john mccain. >> this is supposed to be mitt romney's coming out party. they say there seems to be more enthusiasm for some of the younger faces. talk to delegates and they're more likely to talk about chris christie and they point enthusiast click to paul ryan. is this mitt romney's convention or a new face of the party? >> most people who do this kind of a thing, travel on political ventures are conservative people or liberal people as you'll see next week in charlotte. they're not the mainstream votvote voter. they're very committed and id ideologic ideological. it's conservatives are going to go for the conservatives. it's not a big revelation. >> when you talk about the

conservatives and we talk about the gender gap and how important women are, do you think this convention is reaching out to the people who are going to decide this election, independents, moderates and women? >> yeah, it does because what ryan said last night, what romney's going to say tonight gets on the internet and the internet dominates now. so they get their applause lines, they get at least some kind of visibility to people who aren't paying that close of attention. 20 million people watched some part of the convention had year. there's 320 million people in the country. so political candidates have to get their word out. this is the only way to really do it. >> what do you have make of chris christie? he gave a speech that got a lot of mixed attention. some people thought he talked more about himself and what was happening in new jersey and not enough about mitt romney. what do you think about chris christie? >> today i saw the word narcissistic attached to

christie. i didn't think it was that bad. i think he said this is what i have what i've done in my state, smaller challenges. maybe he should have worn a romney t-shirt, "like mitt" but i didn't think it was that bad. >> when you look at what's gone on and what will go on here tonight, are conventions necessary anymore? >> two days, not four. this is like one of those marathon dances they had in the 20s where you never stop dancing until you collapse. hope bloviating can you take? two days? one night for the vice president, one for the presidential nominee. and it's going to be worse in charlotte. what are they going to be talking about there? what? >> when i saw you here, i

thought you came here to see me. >> in is a children's book, matt. >> children. >> as you said very eloquently, which i wrote by the way, it's an adaptation of "killing lincoln," the adults book. it was so popular, 2 million people have read it, we should kid should really get it. we put a lot of pictures in there, big print and some adults will probably like this children eaves book as well. we got to get the kids back involved back with their country. they think the united states of america lives on the internet. we've got to get them involved. >> when it comes to politics, don't you think one of the big problems getting kids involved is all of the negativity in. >> kids like negativity. >> but when they hear all the negativity -- >> that's way too pin headed. it's boring. that's why they don't like it. we make it exciting in

"lincoln's last days." if these guys would make it a little more, sighting here, less predictable, less scripted, more people would watch. people think politics is boring because it is. >> are you now going to go from the 16th president right down to current day? are you going to do one of these president as year for the next 40 years? >> we have "killing kennedy" coming out october 2nd. we're going to hire somebody to read it to lauer. >> just put it on tape. i'll read it in the car. >> do i have to get someone to put the tape in and push a button for you? >> and if could you provide head phones, that would be good, too. >> coming up, twin babies. they like to rock out to their dad's guitar but will they do it on television? we'll find out right after this. [ elizabeth ] i like to drink orange juice

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we're going to see if we can get them to do it live in a moment. you came from kansas, it's your first visit to new york city. all do you it post a video on youtube and now it's a sensation. >> it's kind of crazy. >> it's unexpected. >> are you overwhelmed by the reaction? i'm sure you guys find these little girls adorable. did you know america would? >> no, not like this. didn't see this coming. >> in fact, there's even i believe a parody of this. they've taken what the girls did and play it now to "the night at the roxbury." the song is a song you composed. do you girls just love music? >> they do. they love all kinds of music. we kind of emphasize all genres of music. they appreciate it all. >> are there other songs they like?

are you doing "free bird"? >> i play nianything i can thin of, britney spears, pearl jam. >> and you seem to play at meal time so it's a way to get them to eat their green peas? >> it's working. >> what people love about the video is the way they check each other out right before as if to say okay, let's get this party started. are they in sync a lot? >> yeah, since they're identical, a lot of stuff they do is the same. >> kind of like there's our theme song, let's go. so cute. what has the reaction been in. you put the video up. how did it become a viral video? >> we had no idea. ellen had it on her twitter page and facebook page and all of a sudden millions of views. >> do we have stars in our

future? are you thinking maybe they'll be on a commercial or something someday? no, she doesn't like that idea. okay, i'm sorry. don't be mad, alexis. >> did you drop something? >> oh, no. well, she didn't like the commercial idea. she's like, i'm only 1 years old. what do you think -- >> should we go ahead and give this a shot and have dad get the guitar going? >> i know it's hard to play guitar on national tv but it's okay. do your best. >> oh, look, daddy's going to play for you. >> maybe we'll work that out for you, daddy. >> here's your cheerio. >> honey -- >> poor girl. >> you know, earlier in the

green room we did this very experiment and they did great. we should show the video. this was a little bit earlier and they were dancing right on cue. the poor girls have flown all night. they didn't really get a chance. they're probably really tired. this just proves why we don't do live experiments with little babies but, alexis, you're right. it's early, we all feel like crying. >> radner family, thank you so much. chloe and alexis, we really appreciate it. if the girls want to stick around, we have cher lloyd, very popular with the kids. they can dance to that on our concert stage. thank you very much. you want to play us out to commercial? >> sure. >> great to have you here by the way. and we're back in a few minutes. stay refreshed! . hey boys, i have an idea. [ female announcer ] new lipton tea & honey. sweetened with honey,

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good morning. approaching 8:00. temperatures are beginning to climb into the low 70s around the metro areas and still 60s in the suburbs and rural areas. out in the mountains still in the 50s but a rapid warm up by mid-afternoon. lots of sun with low humidity and more of the same tomorrow, little hotter. more humid over the weekend. increasing clouds saturday and might get tropical

♪ 8:00 now on a thursday morning, it's august 30, 2012. our crowd is filled with brats this morning, that's what music sensation cher lloyd call her fans. in fact, some of these guys have been here since wednesday. cher stopped by and gave them a big thrill. in a few moments she'll be here to perform live on our stage. i'm savannah guthrie in new york. matt is in tampa covering the national convention. >> we'll look forward to the music coming up in the next half hour. here mitt romney will take the

stage behind me tonight to delivery guess you'd have to say would be the most important speech of his campaign. they're rebuilding part of the stage this morning so it will have a slightly different look when mitt romney and his wife and family take to the stage tonight. there is ongoing buzz over the possible with guesses from clint eastwood to tim tebow pip ran into the owner of the new york jets on the floor yesterday morning and asked him about the possibility that tebow would be here tonight. heap said considering the jets are playing in philadelphia tonight he doubts he can get tim tebow here in time p. you might crossed that one off the list. meanwhile we'll look ahead to next week's democratic national convention. you're going to be doing the honors in charlotte. >> i will. maybe we should get the identical wins come and perform

on demand. it worked so well for us. >> i think you may want to let that one lay. >> yes. a little 3-year-old boy who is deaf, his parents say the school asked him not to sign his name the way he does because according to the parents, the school told him it looks like a sign for a weapon. we're going to talk to this family live. the school denies it, by the way. and another story to catch your attention, a grandmother is about to give birth to her own grandchild. she's serving as a surrogate for her daughter. let's get a check of the day's other top stories. we have natalieorales at the newsdesk. >> good morning, everyone. evacuations still under way for gulf coast residents stranded by isaac, which is moving inland as a tropical storm. president obama declared federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi. kate snow is in new orleans with

the look at the damage there. kate, good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, natalie. this was a real test for new orleans, seven years to the day after hurricane katrina. and while isaac was not nearly as strong a storm, it did linger over this city. the damage looks nothing like katrina damage but the wind and the rain did take a toll. the wind has died down but nearly 24 hours since isaac roared ashore here. look at the rain. it's still coming down. we're going to go down in our car to see what kind of damage we see in new orleans. this is probably why 75% of new orleans doesn't have power right now. these could be live wires so we're not going to get out of the car. you think they've been out of that house since katrina probably? >> there's been nobody in that house. somebody is actually living there. they have a little roof left on top there. >> no, that's bad. this is the canopy that used to

be over the pump. it's completely upside down. look at this. there's a couple cars in here flooded out. despite sporadic flooding and damage, the mayor says the billions spent to protect this city worked. >> the most important thing is the levees that were completely rebuilt, they acted exactly like they should and protected the city like they were supposed to. we have a huge amount of rain, power lines down, sporadic flooding. nothing came close to what katrina offered. >> reporter: that said, they won't let their guard down. >> humility is the better part of valor. it's the start of hurricane season. if this had been a 3, 4 or 5, you and i may be having a different discussion today. >> reporter: that green grass back there, that's a levee. it keeping the waterom standing in from getting into the city of

new orleans. mayor tells me this morning it's all about clean up. they really want businesses and stores to reopen this morning, natalie, so people can get out and start getting food and supplies. the power company will be out, utility workers out this morning trying to restore power. natalie? >> kate snow in new orleans. thanks, kate. mitt romney accepts his party's nomination for president tonight at the republican national convention in tampa. paul ryan accepted the vice presidential nomination last night. he pledged that he and romney will turn the economy around. you can watch mitt romney's acceptance speech tonight of the republican national convention at 10:00 eastern, 7:00 pacific time. and what's trending today? venus has a face that's divided right down the middle, black with the green eye on one side

and the brown with the blue eye on the other. >> and iconic disney characters have been stretched and slimmed down for the new holiday store campaign. people are complaining the new runway ready mini is too skinny. and jennifer lopez has been banned from a restaurant over n an -- and lindsay lohan has been banned from a restaurant and an unpaid $46 tab. lindsay said she thought the producers were paying.

and gaga tweeted, um, are those my earrings?" that joke may be too soon. >> just north in lake pontchartrain, the old town section is underwater. they have evacuations going on right now. here's the latest on the it's a tropical storm. 35 miles southeast of alaxen alaxenedria, louisiana. it's moving northwest at 8. path of the storm brings it up as a tropical storm through northern louisiana and then by friday afternoon, a remnant tropical low becoming a depression and then a low pressure system by sunday morning into illinois and then on into indiana. we do have tornado watches in effect for parts of louisiana, mississippi and alabama through this afternoon and rainfall amounts still going to be kind of heavy. we're talking about anywhere from -- make that 5 to about 12

inches of additional rain from new orleans all the way on up into central illinois. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> here, it's clear and dry. good morning, i'm storm team 4 tom kierein and on this thursday morning, temperatures now past 8:00 are in the mid and upper 60s in the immediate metro area and, still, in the low 60s many of the rural areas of virginia and later into the 80s throughout the region. lots of sun with low humidity and a bit hotter. getting more humid over the weekend. yes, we might get some tropical showers from the remnants of isaac and that might >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> al, thank you. coming up next, a touching and rather unusual story. a grandmother set to deliver her own grandchild today. >> and then a bit later, a live concert from cher lloyd. but first these messages. si zzli

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>> i was going to have to have a radical hysterectomhysterectomy. >> right before surgery, emily received even more shocking news from her doctor -- she was pregnant. >> i can't describe what that was like. >> though they couldn't save the fetus, emily's doctors assured her they would try to save her ovaries so she could produce eggs. >> it's not necessary to remove the ovaries. the decision was made to take out the uterus alone and leave the ovaries in place. >> after the surgery, they used in vitro fertilization but they needed a surrogate to carry the baby to term. help came from an unlikely candidate. emily's mom, 52 at the time, wand too give her daughter a gift, a grandchild for her, a child for them. >> the thought of emily and mike not being able to have children

and share that piece of their lives with someone just broke my heart. >> mike and i were both pretty much like i don't think you could do that. >> but dr. helen kim, an in vitro specialist, told them it was possible. >> when women get older, sometimes their uterus develops abnormalities that make it difficult to carry a pregnancy but her mom's uterus was perfect. >> this month 49-year-old linda serious gave birth to her own grandson, acting as a surrogate for her daughter who has a heart condition that made pregnancy danger for her. and in 200856-year-old jackie gave birth to her daughter's triplets. she smoke to meredith vieria. >> it's amazing but i'd do it

again. >> now almost at term, cindy admits she had some concerns but says it was worth it. >> i worried about the physical ramifications of being pregnant at this age because i had no idea what to expect. the end result of this is that two wonderful people are going to get to raise their baby. >> a bond between mother and daughter now sem engtcemented ad on to a new generation. >> this is a continuation of everything she's done in her entire life, which is to make sure i have the best life possible. this just reaffirms everything that i know about her and love about her. >> and as we mentioned, cindy is set to undergo a scheduled c-section today. good luck to all of them. dr. nancy snyderman, we just saw three women giving birth to their grandchildren. how common is this?

>> it's not common. because it's scientifically possible, we're seeing it on an increase. one, people may be infertile. healthy grandmothers can step in. >> what does it take for a grandmother to be successfully a surrogate? >> i think one of the things you really saw in this piece was how healthy grandma looks. she's fit, she's not heavy, obviously not a smoker. she's really taken good care of her body. so it requires her to go see the doctor, make sure she's physically fit, it means she's going to have to be on hormones to plump up the lining of the uterus, like any other surrogate that gets ready and from a psychiatric standpoint, the surrogate has to remember you're the vessel, you're not mom. and then the long-term problems. older moms can go into labor earlier. that's why these moms get sectioned. and if they get implanted with

too many embreyoembryos, they r risk of gestational diabetes. they can put on a lot of weight. >> always a c-section delivery. >> always a c-section because that's what makes it safer. >> coming up next, a 3-year-old deaf boy allegedly told to change the way he signs his name because it violates the school's weapons policy. we'll talk to his parents right after this. sperry top-siders were the right choice for my daughter. daughter + friend: *screamsá (in her head) nailed it. how'd you know mom? the styles they really really, really want for back to school are here. famous brands. famously easy. famous footwear. victory is yours.

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he uses this gesture, crossing his fingers, to sign his own name. his dad, brian, says it's the only name hunter has ever known. >> show me houw you sign his name. >> that would be like this, crossed fingers like this, thumb on the inside and up and down like this. >> reporter: and this is what has caused the issue? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: because that looks like a gun. >> that's their statement. >> reporter: he says the principal at hunter's preschool told them hunter's name sign violates a zero tolerance weapons policy and therefore he can't use it. >> that's the name we gave our son. that's how i communicate with him since day one. i don't see why we should have to change it. >> reporter: the toddler goes to a public school. the school teaches american sign

language or asl but says privacy laws forbid him from talking about hunter's family's claims. >> the grande island school has never required them to change their name. >> reporter: but hunter's parents insist after several phone calls and meetings with school official, the principal insisted hunter use a different sign for his name. >> i can tell you that how any parent perceives something is going to be different from any other parent. >> reporter: hunter's family says the principal offered several options for hunter, like spelling his name. or -- >> like this. except it would be pointed forward and to me that's more of a gun than what his name sign now is. >> reporter: now after a week of nearly no communication, his parents say school officials have asked them to come in and

talk and they say they're willing, but they also insist hunter's name will remain what it's always been. for "today," ron allen, nbc news, grand island, nebraska. >> hunter and his parents are now with us. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> brian, you have two totally different accounts of what happened. you say hunter could not use his sign for his name. what do you say the school officials said to you exactly? >> at the meeting with the principal, the quote from the principal when i asked which policy we would be in violation of was, well, technically it's a violation of our weapons policy. >> you say they told you he can't use that sign anymore. >> right. they said in school it is unacceptable. >> well, the school has said

flat out they never made such a request and if you take the school at its word, hunter would be free to go to school today or tomorrow and continue to sign his name that way. you have tried to do that? >> we've been sending him and to the best of my knowledge at this point they're still finger spelling his name and they've made conflicting statements at this point. >> morgan, when you heard this, how did you feel about this request you say the school officials made? >> i was hurt and upset at first. i'm kind of just overwhelmed mainly right now. i really don't know how to feel. >> so both of you, can you put into words how important this is? i mean, he's deaf. this is his me. for you does this feel like the school is asking you basically to change his name? >> yeah, because i mean, if he

was a hearing child, would you say his name. he doesn't hear so we sign his name. that's the way we feel. >> morgan, hunter's just 3 years old. does he have any idea or any sense about what's going on h e here? >> i don't think he does. he's been around the camera a lot lately but he doesn't know what's going on. we've kind of been sheltering him a little bit when it comes to all this. >> brian, were you pretty upset when you had these meetings with the school officials? >> i was disappointed in the school definitely. i couldn't believe that that would be a request that somebody would make. >> in your view what's the solution here? >> i couldn't believe that would be a request they would make. >> i understand the school wants to meet with you, they want to resolve this. they say they never made the

request. would you be willing to meet with them? >> i returned the call yesterday, have gotten a voice mail. left a message. i'm hoping to have that meeting today atn phone call. but as of yet, haven't made contact with them. >> thank you for your story. good morning, it's 8:26 on this thursday, august 30th. i'm richard jordan. today the lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend will learn his faith. george huguely's lawyers will ask to reduce the sentence of 26 years offering an appeal from his mom. she was found guilty in february of killing yearedly love. we'll check the roads when we come back. right now around the region we have a clear sky and cool temperatures. generally in the 60s across most of maryland and virginia. near 70 in washington and by the bay near 60. later today into the 80s, upper

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♪ i want you back, i want you back ♪ >> 8:30 now on a thursday morning, this 30th day of august 2012. we have a great concert crowd. they're here for the music of the sensational british import cher lloyd. in a few moments she's going to perform her hit "i want you

back." matt is in tampa covering the republican national convention. hey, matt. >> hello. we have heard this morning that our friend over at abc, our colleagues has announced this will be her last morning on the air for a while. she is about to undergo a blood transplant for a blood disorder called mds. as our guest cher lloyd would say, we want you back. >> lots of thoughts and prayers going her way, that's for sure. al is in new orleans. i know you wanted to send along your best wishes, too. >> absolutely. we've shared many a good day and evening with robin. here in louisiana, she's the pride here. everybody's thoughts and prayers are with her. she's going to come back stronger than ever. we know that and we miss you and we love you, robin. >> we'll check back with you in just a little bit, al.

the concert just about to get under way here with cher lloyd. this music is just the start of the concert because tomorrow grammy winner jason moraz will be here along with caty perry. do come down on the plaza for that one as well. >> we have some good advice. do you ever as a parent wonder how you should talk to your teen-ager? >> tough. >> might as well go right to the source. we're going to talk to some teens who will tell parents how is the best way to talk to them about homework and dating and all kinds of issues. before we get to that, we want to seasonnd it back to al for a check of the weather. >> we have the leftovers of tropical storm isaac. beautiful in the and toasty as you get into the southwest and gorgeous day in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow, sunny and hot in the northeast as we get ready to

start off the labor day weekend, mild and beautiful with sunshine in the pacific northwest. sunny and hot through the southern tier states and more heavy rain moves up into the mid mississippi river valley and sunshine and more heat continues in the southeast down on into florida. that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> gorgeous summer morning here. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. right now 73 at reagan national and still in the 60s, many of the rural areas to 50s out of the mountains and later today into the 80s and lots of sun with low humidity and light wind and more of the same on friday, still not very humid but getting hotter and more humid over the weekend and increasing clouds saturday and then the remnants of isaac may move through our >> isaac is still out there causing a lot of problems. you need to get updates, check out the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. let's head to uncle willy scott

with those birthdays. uncle willy. >> good old water mellon in the summertime and seed spitting contest. i can get it ten feet. halle barren, louisville, kentucky, one of my favorite towns in the world, love working the parade there. 111 years old, loves spending time in the beautiful flower gardens. york, pennsylvania, city of roses and regina peters is 102 years old. her secret to longevity is enjoying a manhattan cocktail in the evening. yes, a little cherry in there. william pollard from beautiful washington, d.c., the town that's good for you and me. 100 years old today. life long athlete and a great golfer. has had three hole in ones m his li -- in his life time. that's exciting. and hair is clara harding right

up the road, silver spring, maryland. 108 years old. loves dining with her son and eating dessert. eat dessert first and up won't gain weight. richard and marjorie lull, coatesville, pennsylvania. 75 years married and they love to have a little kiss before they go to bed. isn't that nice? i think that's very sweet. on the forehead, anywhere. and take a look at ferne austin, utica, michigan. 102. secret to longevity, clean living and having m & ms. i love m & ms. >> savannah, you're heading out of here to l.a. to be on the "tonight show" tonight, right? >> yes.

i'm terrified. i'm usually in rem sleep at 11:30 at night. >> good luck to you. coming up next, what your teens really want to you know as they do head back to school. plus we've got that live concert from cher lloyd. crowd getting excited about that. but first this is "today" on that. but first this is "today" on nbc. anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more. a new world-class resort casino in prince george's county.

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back now at 8:38. what your teens want you to know as they head back to school. it's great to have you both here. >> thank you. >> we get it straight from the source so to speak. let me start, lucy, with you first. a lot of you as parents, we want our children to succeed and be

happy. what is it that kids want that is different from what parents want them to do? >> as kids we want our own space. we want to be left alone a lot of the time. as much as we love our parents and we might not say it every day, we do want some time to ourselves. that's very important for us. >> parents need to respect that time and give them the free space. >> yeah. >> homework. this is something about parents are guilty of nagging their kids about. we did the survey, sam, on today.com. we asked the question do you have to nag your children to do homework? 52% said yes, 48% said no. i'm guessing the 48 % is there's not a lot of parents being truthful. would you guess? >> i would definitely guess that. it's hard for parents to stay away from their kids and not invade on doing their homework because they care so much about their kids. when kids do badly on homework,

parents get angry or punish them. i think celebrating good work with as much passion as you celebrate the bad is really important for parents to do because then kids remember how it feels to do well and it kind of creates an incentive to do well. >> you have points of advice. you say the tips are define good role models, discuss expectations early and create an incentive plan. walk us through tloou these tips. >> if you have friends who are working hard and compare with how they're doing or they're proud of doing well, that goes a long way towards you wanting to work hard as well. if you're surrounded by kids who doesn't care at all about school and are partying all the time, that's not going to incentivise doing hard work. it's also important for parents, as i said, to celebrate when their kids are doing well. i think those two things are really the most important. >> let's move on to asking for

help because we know it can be very difficult for you all to reach out to your parents and say what can i do in this situation in we again on our survey asked parents and only 26 of their parents said their children actually come to them often for help, 66% said sometimes. how should a parent respond when you have a child coming up to you and saying what should do i in this situation? and what should parents not be doing. >> sometimes -- not all the time but sometimes kids are coming to their parents not for advice, even if they say i need help. they're not necessarily looking for a definite plan right at that moment. sometimes they're looking for an outlet, a shoulder to cry on. we just want to vent and complain sometimes it seems. and you are the perfect people to complain to, mom and dad. >> they want the parents to support them. >> we want the support, hug us, kiss us.

if you start pom barreding us to solutions to the problem right off the bat, we might freak out a little bit. >> what about peer pressure? how do parents handle that? >> it's tough because kid don't really view parents as cool. >> what? what do you mean? >> i'm sorry to break it to you. i nope it's a shock. but kids really focus much more and what their friends have to say. i think it goes back to surrounding your kids with all the right people or finding an adult role model who is acceptable socially and sclasically. then kids can see it's possible to succeed sclasically and socially are mutually exclusive. >> thank you

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> she has one of the hottest songs on the radio right now. we're delighted to welcome her to rockefeller plaza. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome cher lloyd. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ ♪ hey, you never had much game, so i walk away ♪ now you've been hanging with another girl in town

♪ looking like a pair of clowns, clowns, clowns ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're doing them with her ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ and everywhere we went, come on ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ boy, you can say everything you want ♪ i don't give a, no one else can have you ♪ i want you, want you back, i want you back ♪ ♪ please, this ain't even jealousy ♪ she ain't got a thing on me trying to rock the jeans, jeans

♪ you'll be crawling back back, back ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're with her, you're with her ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ and now you're taking her to every restaurant ♪ you'll be crying and now i'm looking at you ♪ i want you back, i want you, want you back ♪ i thought you'd still be mine, be mine ♪ and you might be with her but

i still had you first ♪ ♪ yeah, yeah ♪ remember all the things that you and i did ♪ and now you're doing all that with her ♪ boy you can say anything you want ♪ i don't give up, no, i want you back ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you, want you back ♪ i'm looking up thinking you'll be crying ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you back ♪ i want you back, i want you back, i want you, want you back ♪

[ cheers and applause ] >> cher lloyd, thanks. we'll have more music in a moment. but first this is "today" on nbc.

cher lloyd first rose to fame on the british version of

the "x factor." her debut album is coming out called "sticks and stones." cher, good morning. >> good morning. >> when you see crowd like this, are you a little shell shocked or does it seem naturally for you? >> i come from the u.k. i didn't expect anyone to know me. >> they love you here. >> thank you. thank you. >> by the way, you don't know this, a little surprise for you, you've gone platinum. that hit song has now earned you this. you've sold more than a million units. cher lloyd's first platinum album. >> and you've gone out and bought it, thank you. it means a lot to me. >> what people might not know about you, you're actually kind of shy, 19 years old. when up go out there and perform, you have all this confidence, where does that come from? i'm not quite sure.

i think it just hits me that i've got to do a good performance and go out and do my best. >> what are you going to do next? >> i'm going to sing my next sing single. >> i'd like you to sing along. are you ready? ♪ ♪ ♪ baby you're the best, you work me out ♪ i keep ul the walls up but you tear 'em down ♪ you don't even know it, how would you know it, how would you

know it ♪ all the other boys can walk away ♪ you got this swag, you got this attitude ♪ when i hear you saying my name, my name ♪ i feel like everywhere about the world we go love ♪ ♪ i feel like i'm on top of the world with your love ♪ everybody wants what i got with you ♪ inspired, feeling like a million, you're one in a million

♪ it's crazy what you're doing to me ♪ how you do it to me, to me, to me ♪ all other boys can walk away, because i know that you own it ♪ you got this swag, you got this attitude ♪ when i hear you say my name, my name ♪ got you have me crying with your love ♪ shining with your love, i'm on the top of the world with your love ♪

♪ ♪ ♪ i feel like i'm on the top of the world with your love ♪ i feel like i'm on top of the world with your love ♪ ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> cher lloyd, thank you. and look who i have here joining me. coming up in the 9:00 hour,

you're going to help me. >> i'm so excited to be here! >> you know her from "punky brewster." but she's all grown up and she'll be here in the next hour. first your local news and weather. good morning. it's 8:56 on this thursday, august 30th. i'm richard jordan. the former university of virginia lacrosse player convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend will learn his sentence. george huguely's attorneys will ask to reduce the sentence offering an appeal from his mother for leniency for her son. he was foun guilty in native of

killing yearedly love. here's storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. hey, tom. >> good morning. we're off to a delightful start here this morning. temperatures, as we approach 9:00 are into the low to mid-70s around the metro area and still low humidity in the air and highs in the 80s with sunshine and more of the same tomorrow. a bit hotter. over the weekend, turning more humid and some of the remnants may give us passing tropical showers sunday,

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back now with more "today" on this thursday morning. a crisp and cool start in new york. on the plaza, british sensation cher lloyd. savannah had to leave a little early to head too l.a. for her appearance on "the late show with jay leno." you see who is sitting next to me, formerly punky brewster. >> i love punky.

>> i know you're a mom of two. you have poet and jagger. >> i have to say hi to them. i love you girls! >> and you have a birthday coming up, a 4 -year-ol >> next week. have i have to put in the order today. >> mine are all about cars right now. >> rainbow, cars. >> coming up this morning, we had babies on earlier today and now we've got the animals to follow the babies. we have the quest for the best this morning. we have a real dog and pony show for you. we set out to find the best pet trick and some furry friends are getting prepped backstage to show off their talent. so, soleil, do you want to take this next tease? >> coming up, paying off student

loans, our experts answer your questions. >> you do everything perfectly. >> you are the sweetest. can i stay here forever? >> first we have some serious headlines to get you. i'm going to get to the headlines. tropical storm isaac is dumping more heavy rain, up to a foot in some places. this morning officials in mississippi are reporting the first death related to the storm, a man killed when a tree fell on his vehicle. president obama has declared federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi, following damage from what had been hurricane isaac when it came ashore. isaac forded the evacuation of thousands of people whose homes were flooded up to the roof. more than several hundred homes and businesses are still without power today. >> today mitt military accepts his party's nomination for president in what is being called the biggest speech of his political career.

and last night paul ryan accepted the vice presidential nomination with tough criticism for president obama saying the leadership is missing in the white house. ryan said he and romney can get the economy growing again. and a proposal that was anything but political. rnc production manager bradley come ton dropped to one knee and proposed to his girl friend laura bowman and she said yes. you can see mitt romney as he says yes to his party's nomination, tonight during nbc's coverage of the republican national convention. >> two international service members were killed this morning in a helicopter crash in southern afghanistan. the crash comes one day after an afghan wearing an army uniform killed three other nato service members, all of them australians. >> another sign that the west nile virus is spreading. health officials say cases of the virus are now up 40% since last week. so far at least -- 1,590 cases

have been reported leading to at least 66 deaths and this could become the worst year ever for the mosquito-borne disease. >> the man charged in the shooting of trayvon martin will get a new judge to preside over the trial. they argued that lester had made negative comments about zimmermann's character during a july bond hearing. >> a terrifying scene wednesday across from an elementary school in los angeles after a 100-year-old driver backed his car on to a sidewalk and into a crowd of people, including nine children, pinning some children under the car. the driver said his brakes failed and said he has sympathy and love for the people who were injured. police are now investigating. >> a 25-year study on the impact of extremely low calorie diets on monkeys found the thin ones

did not live any longer than those kept at more normal weight. lab tests did show lower cholesterol and blood sugar levels but only in male monkeys whose calories were cut by one third once they reached old age. >> an uninvited guest swooped into a canadian tv studio earlier this week, bringing the news staff to a frenzy as they tried to scare a bat away. eventually the bat was encouraged to go outside and leave the humans alone. good thing there are no bats in the studio here today. let's go out to al inorleans, w of the weather for us. hi, al. >> reporter: hey, thanks so much. good to see you, soleil. weep have rain going on here at

soleil. rain here at lake pontchartrain. that's the shore of the lake. it is slowly receding, but we are seeing remnants of thunderstorms and showers making their way from tropical storm isaac. right now, it's 35 miles southeast of alexandria, louisiana. 45-mile-per-hour winds moving northwest at 8. look at the path of the storm making its way later today and on into tomorrow into arkansas and then into missouri as a low pressure system finally petering out as it makes its way into central illinois and indiana. we have extended tornado watches now. this is something you always have to worry about when you have a tropical entity, especially a vigorous one. extended until 4:00 p.m. central daylight time and the rain from this system is going to be an issue. we have water rescues going on right now in eastern mississippi and here in slidel, mississippi, just east of here we have water rescues going on. rainfall amounts in the next 24 to 48 hours we're talking

anywhere from 5 to 12 more inches of rain as far north as a central illinois. that's what's going on around the country, heerdz here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> another delightful summer morning under way. good morning, i'm storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. right now near 70 in suburbs and rural areas and mid-70s by the bay and 60 shenandoah valley and the mountains. later into the 80s and lots of sunshine with low humidity and more of the same on friday. then saturday getting more humid. a nigh near 90 and increasing clouds and, yes, some of the remnants of isaac moving through our region on sunday and perhaps into labor day and tuesday with a few passing tr >> and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's quest for thbest," outstanding pet tricks. we asked for video submissions and we have narrowed down the best. >> our three finalists are here.

joe rappaport is here with a little help from ruby. >> i'm here because i'm very easy. i love every animal but this one, very little impresses her. >> very picky, right? >> she's going to be a tough judge so i need a little help. >> what are you looking for? >> obviously talent, the most unique trick they can do. a little personality doesn't hurt. right, sweetheart? >> i have a rescue dog at home. >> they're the best. >> let's bring out our finalists. let's start out with linda wright and her australian cattle dog ruger. they're here from lake elseinor. linda, how many betso you have exactly? >> i have four dogs. >> what is ruger's special trick? >> he's going to ride a scooter. >> my kid are just learning to ride a scooter. amazing. >> did youer that?

>> yeah. you have to get working on that. >> look at that! that's great! >> how did you teach her to do that? >> i just tried it one day and he did it. >> how did he try it the first time? did you just bring a scooter out? >> yeah. i just put him on it because he already knew who to push a stroller. >> great. >> do you want to come help with my kid? >> that's a great thing. excellent. what do you think? >> unbelievable. i'm impressed. >> he pushes a stroller with a baby in it, a butty in it. >> good job!

ruby -- do you -- okay, ruger. >> we have our miniature -- >> we have a miniature horse here. >> we have a miniature horse here. if i could only bring this home to my kids, they would go crazy! >> you've probably never seen a horse this small. >> amos is from boca raton. i understand amos is a huge twitter and facebook follower already? >> yes. >> i was looking at his twitter feed last night. he's very popular. >> apparently he's even performed with the harlem globetrotte globetrotters? so he's somewhat pro. >> i think you're pushing him a little bit too much, natalie. you have to be objective. >> is it true that your horse can actually play basketball? >> he can play basketball. you want to see?

>> let's go for it. >> get it. ♪ ♪ >> go get it. >> the balls are getting bigger so it's going to get harder. >> this is a tough one. >> that's his globetrotter ball. >> that's a hard one to pick up. want to try another one? >> they have to be a little bit soft. >> how did you get him to start playing basketball? >> great job. >> treats. >> isn't that unbelievable? >> there we go. >> amos, 3 for 3. >> wow! >> that's pretty impressive. >> i can get my dog to give me licks. >> exactly. >> one more? >> one more. >> there we go. for the slam dunk! >> can you believe how calm this giep is? unbelievable.

>> so impressive. thank you very much. >> my girls are going to be so jealous. >> that's a tough one to beat. >> i think ruby's leaning towards the horse. >> she's even making a noise. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> we're supposed to be objective. calm down. >> all right. last but not least. all the way from california, we have april robert and her husband ski, sk-- husky sky. i understand she's loves the theme song to "brian williams." >> she does. ♪ ♪

>> okay. now what about this theme song? a different theme song? an nbc theme song. >> no. >> one more time. ♪ ♪ >> she's a big fan of the news. >> how did you discover -- no other theme music as far as we know, right? >> no. and a little bit of stage fright. she usually has a full-out how will. >> there's a lot going on here. >> i think brian is looking at a new co-anchor. could be a whole new future here. >> have i to say all very impressive acts. >> this is a tough one.

>> they're so talented. you are so blessed to have these animals. i know we can't give them all awards, can we? >> i'll bring them all home to visit the girls. they'd love it. >> so i'm going to grab the trophy. >> i'm going to walk over. >> oh, they're all so wonderful. >> they're all winners in our book, right? >> they're all winners. but excuse me for walking in front but tada! they're all amazing. >> you're very sweet. congratulations!

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goes first to late payments if you have any, then it goes to interest and then it goes to principal. if your loans are federal loans, there a lot of choices in payment plans. the ten-year plan is your best option to getting out. that's the standard repayment plan. however, if you need to defer for any reason, you want to make sure that if the interest is not being picked up because your loans are subsidized that you at least make that payment on the loan to just stay on top of it and it wil not hurt your credit rating. >> all right. thanks so much, jennifer. appreciate the question. next we're getting a question on our facebook page. christina from easton, maryland writes "i have three children, ages 10, 9 and 7. i want to know the best way to save money which will get the most gain without putting it into an education al -- if she

just wants to use a regular investment, the most important thing is saving the money automatically. with three kids she needs to be saving at least $500 a month. it's hard to hear right now but it has to be saved automatically from your checking account going right into a mutual fund every single month and i'd break it up so it's $250 every two weeks. if i wasn't going to use a 5 to 9 plan, i'd use a balanced mutual fund, 60% stock. i would use the van guard balance fund, low-guard, conservative, the returns have been over 7% for the last ten years and over three years have been over 13%. if you're worried about a balance fund, i'd look at a target dated fund at 225, right around the time you're continuing to give --

>> but you won't get the flexibility. >> the roth ira. let me just make a plea for the roth ira. she's probably worried about retirement at the same time as college. the report ira, if you put the money in there, you get the ability to use it for college or retirement. >> good point. >> let's get back to skype again. we have a question from boulder, colorado and sydney joins us. good morning to you. i know you're a college student there. what do you have for our panel here this morning? >> through my university e-mail, i receive advertisements from companies that pay decently for answering survey. they all have a one-time fee. how do i know if they're a scam or not? >> that fee is a red flag. i would be wary of these

companies that say you make money filling out surveys and then they pay a fee approximately many times, maybe it's worth looking into, but it's not going to give you the type of money you'd want from a paid job. if they want your personal information, social security numbers, all those are red flags. if you want to try to make some money and get a part-time job, i and also we're talk about scholarship money. you want the free money first. you probably signed up to a site like fastmoney.com. you can get linked to internships and job opportunities in your area. >> sydney, i'm sure as your parents say all the time, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. >> thanks so much. appreciate it. coming upneck, more back-to-school advice from our mom expert, talking tech stuff.

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♪ ♪ ♪ it cannot wait, i'm sure there's no need ♪ >> that is jason mraz who hit it big ten years ago and hasn't looked back since. his latest album debuted at number two on the charts but he'll be numero uno when he hits our stage tomorrow. and monday the match box 20 crew. if you're here in the area on

labor day, come and join me. i'll be here. >> we have with us actress and mommy blogger soleil moon frye. you probably know what questions moms ask about getting kids back to school. >> i love the social community. we've had a lot of moms weighing in on those questions. we'll talk about what they said. and we'll talk about some of the must have and mother-approved tech gadgets to make learning interesting and fun. >> and our favorite bobbie thomas is here with a look at the hottest fall trends from your nails to your hair. >> and if you think ramen noodles only belong in a college dorm room, we'll show you how to transform them into delicious, easy dishes for the family. >> and from "america's got

talent," todd oliver and his boston terrier -- >> good morning. give me a scratch, kid. would you give me a kiss on the head. >> so clearly the judges loved you. they think you have a great act. what do you think happened in the end? why did you get booted? >> you know, that's show business. it was a great ride. we had a great run. they are the nicest people, everybody there. but that's just the way it goes, you know? and i'm just going right back to work. >> and you've been doing this for 35 years. what made you choose to use this adorable dog instead of a dummy? >> well, i'm better looking. >> yes, you are! can i give him another kiss? >> yes, give me a kiss. >> i'm a lucky dog! i'm a lucky dog! >> do you ever feel like todd's puppet, though? >> no, i actually make him talk. >> you're the one who writes all the material? >> yeah, i write the material.

but i got news, i'm going solo. how are you going to get to your job? >> i'm going to get a chauffeur. >>ho loves the dog more? >> america does. america, we love our family pets. and he's family dog who goes to work with me and we're having a ball in missouri. >> you're doing five shows a week. >> at the beautiful new americana theater. >> you love branson i hear, right? >> yeah, it's like mayberry with a cover charge. >> i'm glad you guys have an act going on. >> and three more acts on "america's got talent" will come one step closer to that million dollar prize. >> and we do want to head to new

orleans and a check on the forecast and the path of isaac with al. hey, al. >> thanks so much. this is the levee at lake pontchartrain. it's a levee built to keep water out. lake it's got 45-mile-per-hour winds. 35 miles southeast of alexandria and moving northwest at 8 miles per hour and as we take a look and show you what's going on as far as the next couple of days. beautiful day today in the northeast, gorgeous day. lots of sunshine, 85 in new york city. pacific northwest sunny, seasonal conditions. of course, a risk of strong storms down through the lower mississippi river valley, thanks to isaac. for tomorrow, that risk of strong storms heads up into the mid-mississippi river valley. another beautiful day in the northeast. sizzling weather in the southwest and into the central plains and the rockies, as well.

that's what's going on around the country, here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm team 4 team meteorologist tom kierein. delightful morning under way. not too humid. few clouds coming through. later today into the mid and upper 80s. lots of sunshine, just a few clouds coming and going. low humidity today, tonight and tomorrow. little hotter tomorrow afternoon, but lots of sun and then on saturday, increasing clouds getting more humidity, too, highs near 90. some remnants of tropical storm isaac may come through sunday and labor day >> and that's your latest weather. back to natalie and soleil. >> coming up next, the best new apps, gadgets to make learning fun. right after this. ♪

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classroom," soleil moon frye has brought along some of her best gadgets. >> talking gadgets first, this is the leap pad2. >> the leap pad2, my kids love it. my 4-year-old made a movie on it. i love this is an education. >> you have these bracelets. >> i love these. these are memory cards that the kids can wear to school. they can carry their homework with them in a very fashionable way. i just think it's such a great idea that they have the memory there, kids are always so stressed about losing their homework. here it is, no excuses anymore. >> next these portable speakers, which i love. these are amazing. >> this is a fantastic speaker. it's under $50. it's a great gift. it's great for the kids to plug

into the computer, the iphone. amazing sound quality. >> good. let's move on to our web sites. these are all educational web sites. >> absolutely. education is big in our household as i know it is in your as well. when you are looking for homework help, cosmeo helps the kids with science, math, social studies. i love it. it's fantastic. it's a great resource for kids that need help with that homework. it's a great resource. >> very easy to use. another web site you love -- >> this is amazing. for all those parents who have kids that want to become computer coders, this allows kids to write their own code and create games. >> is it possible to do that? >> it's doable. you have so many teen-agers that are so tech savy and that want to create apps and this gives

them the opportunity to do that. >> it probably triggers the creativity. >> you and i should create our own apps and start coding. >> i'll leave you to the code ing. >> the new york city has a great web site for kids. >> the learning network, which is so incredible. i love this. it keeps them up with current events. it's got all of these incredible, insightful stories so that teen-agers can go online and really know what's happening in their communities. >> much more relatable than them picking up the newspaper -- >> absolutely. it has its focused on the topics that are important for them to know, to be aware of. it makes them super user friendly. i like that they have a highlighted word of the day. it's great. >> for the younger set and moving to apps, you like an app called alpha toss.

>> my 4-year-old is obsessed with this. they have a tool, they make it super user friendly. j for my jagger, she loves it and it puts the words together. >> this next app is brain pop. >> it's fantastic for the teen-agers. it quizes them with movies and does it in a fun way but all around education. it's fantastic. i'm a huge, huge fan. >> i've got some work to do downloading apps. >> and one more for your little one, me genius. it's helping kids with reading. >> coming up, update your look for the cooler temps. [ mini ] ah, the first day of school.

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and fall looks. >> an aies cost-freeway to update your look is to section your hair and part it down the middle. it's so easy. giselle, a lot of different models have their hair sectioned in all different ways. we have a couple pictures of kim kardashian to show you it's really easy but can really change your look. >> getting to hair accessories. they're in and they're back. when it came to the runway, we saw a lot it have. >> at the drugstore, can you find runway worthy hair accessories. honestly, for just a few doll s dollars, this is a great accent for hair day. this is the called the perfect pony. i have this hidden in my hair. it's how you get a really great, thicker looking pony tail like

the runway looks. it's just a silicone base. it looks like a tube sticking out. then you can wrap your hair. >> does that does not look good. i did not go there. you're going to put that on my head? >> yes. >> all you do is section the top part of your hair and apply this at the base. stop, natalie. >> oh, no. >> and then you pull all the hair up into your pony tail. you're killing me. and basically then you can wrap this and you great really full pony that you see. >> i still think it's bizarre. >> brows. brows. >> they now send beaded brows down the runway, and these girls have these really exaggerated sparkle brows. >> we're not going to do that.

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you want. these are served hot. they've been cooked according to the package direction. i'm just going to drain them. lift them right out. we're making a little bit of a peanut sauce. i have peanutbutter this here, soy sauce. >> my favorite recip is with lots of butter and soy sauce in college with my ramen noodles. >> i like that. it's sort of like the sauce that you put on to a chicken wing. >> there you go. >> i put soy sauce, ginger, sugar, peanutbutter, lime juice. blend those up. what else you can do with ramen noodles, these are already cooked. toss them. i have the same ingredients in this little marinade.

do you mind whipping that for me. >> for the beef. which is really, really thinly sliced. >> put me to work. >> marinate those. only ten minutes. so this is still super fast. it's not instant but it is super fast. we have some over here that were marinated and we're just grilling them. flip them over. >> and they're cooking so fast. >> super fast. >> what are we going to do with our stood l our neeoodles? >> you can just eat them plain. they're great with tofu if you're vegetarian. >> this is great for kids. >> it's such a fun spin on the ramen nu een noodle. >> and it's good because can you ramen nu een noodle. >> and it's good because can you toast them and eat them anncr: it'll start out as concrete and steel... but it'll become so much more.

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>> other people read the stories, but i haven't got my glasses on. apparently there are good stories. >> you told me you learned something. >> what did i learn? >> everyone downstairs is -- >> oh, i can't believe everybody is like clean as a whistle. when did that happen? >> when did that started? people started doing that downstairs. >> disgusting! >> this is our special guy edition. this is going to be a fun show. you know why? >> why? >> because we get to drink beer like guys do. can we show our cute mugs? s. >> we can spit and scratch. >> this is coors light. >> we're just hanging out in our man cave. we are going to talk about the battle of the sexes. >> this is cool. there are a lot of guys looking for work and they are all

schlubby. they are getting a makeover. we'll have a complete makeover. >> our guys are here. we love our guys tell-all panel. ryan, chuck, rick, and remember this guy bob is here, remember from "the bachelor?" >> he got married. >> but it didn't work out. >> that's a shame. welcome, bob. we are so glad you're here. >> one out of two, bob, you know? my first one didn't. hoda's first -- we're all in this together, all right? >> are you comfy? by the way, i get why guys sit in these easy chairs. >> i understand how you get in them, but i don't know how you get out. these are unbelievable. they are ugly assassin, but i like them. >> and you've got your frank gifford shirt on? >> i wouldn't show up with anything but my frank gifford on. we only have 100 at home. we had a big reaction yesterday to o question.

everybody except myself as read "the 50 shades of gray" trilogy. we asked how think of when you're reading this. >> you picked yesterday, in case people didn't see it. >> who should play it in the coffee. >> you picked kevin costner. >> in "no way out." not as the hatfield and mccoy. >> you picked the one and the only. >> frank gifford, when he was about 27. >> he looked hot. >> which is how old christian gray is supposed to be. >> i picked from the great movie wall street, gordon gekko, sexy in charge michael douglas. >> you wrote in with your ideas. a lot of people, a lot of women thought ryan gosling. >> yeah. >> he's an awfully good actor, too. he's cute on the eyes, but a great actor. a lot of people because of "magic mike" thought of channing tatum. >> no, matt bomer first.

he is totally hot. >> and channing tatum. he is the sweetest guy. he was here last week for "magic mike." he's from alabama. these southern boys, they've been raised with manners. >> i agree. >> i didn't mind being called ma'am. >> i like southern boys, too. have you ever had a funion? get involved. these are so good. >> christian ball, a lot of you thought. he is not anywhere near 27. >> bite into it. tell me how bad your breath is right now. >> oh, my god. >> they are awesome. you have to sit alone and tear through a bag of these, fununs. >> they fit right on it. it's unbelievable. boy, do i need a pedicure. >> here is the question. if your friend's husband hit on you, what would you do?

if your friend's husband hit on you, what would you do? would you tell your friend? frisky.com -- there is a dot-com for everything. they talked about ways to handle this situation. >> don't blame yourself. you can't help it that you're gorgeous and hot. >> and your cleavage is out. >> and your friend isn't. >> no one is perfect. remember that. this is one of the, i guess one of the solutions. should you never be alone with your friend's spouse. >> after that? no. >> would you tell your friend or not. >> it did happen to me one time. >> it did? >> yeah. it's such a cepy feeling. it really is. they weren't close friends. it was a friend's husband. >> what did you do? >> i acted like i didn't hear him and moved to the other room. >> the yes is, they also say, i would stay away from the person and i would -- i don't think i would say anything.

>> the guys have some things about that. what? >> i want to say if my friend's husband hit on me i would tell him i am very flattered, but it's not that kind of party. >> the thing is that it's a slippery slope. if you say something to her, she may take his side. >> you're the femme fatale who brought it on. >> there are a lot of women in the world. >> do not tell her that her husband hit on you. you will be the enemy from that point on. >> right. she'll think you brought it on or you misread it. >> it's a nowin. >> his response will be, honey, she's a whore. >> i personally love it when guys hit on me. i'm okay with that. >> i'm a divorced guy. >> what does the divorced bachelor think? >> thank you for that wonderful introduction, kathie.

i say run. that's all you've got to do is run away and lie about it. >> send the wives and mothers to me. >> all righty. that was fascinating. >> they're still talking. >> are you all still talking? >> that's my favorite line of all times. if you guys are wondering where the manlyiest city in the united states is -- >> it isn't here. it ain't new york. >> they did this study. they found out the places that had the most gyms and steakhouses and home depots and the one with the least number of manicure, pedicure places and hair salons. here are the top five manlyiest cities. >> number five birmingham, alabama. >> number four is nashville, tennessee. >> number three is memphis. >> which is a lot like nashville. >> number two is columbia, south

carolina. >> are you noticing a southern trend? number one the manlyiest city in if the country is oklahoma city, oklahoma. >> wow. okay. there you go. >> my wife is from there. >> thank you for that. >> i said my wife is from there. i was about to say she knows manly men, that's why she chose me. >> why did she leave the manliest city in america? >> she wanted the manliest man in the most cultured city. there you go. >> that was nice. >> this next story is going to upset a lot of people, we think. in germany this mayor decided women are not good parkers and they can't park their carswell. this mayor decided -- >> you think that's funny, do you?

>> the trickiest spot he was giving for men. there is a male symbol. >> male-only parking lot. >> look at him smiling and pointing. what's wrong with him? >> i say tase him and vote him out. >> he said it's too complicated. >> too many difficult angles and cement pillars in garages. >> the spaces for women are wider, well-lit and closer to the exit. what is wrong with that? >> you think that's funny? s. >> you did research on this topic. >> the whole women can't drive thing, you know where that came from? >> where? >> science. >> when you get mad, make sure you get the right black guy. >> it's all scientific. >> what does science say,

professor? >> it says that i am a dummy. i can't believe i just said that. >> we can't believe it either. >> they have these cars now that will do it for you. >> you push a button and it will parallel park for you. >> i've seen people have such a hard time you start to panic. you sweat like gravy. you pretend something's wrong with the car. you just get out of there as fast as you can. >> i have trouble parallel parking, i'll admit. i'm not great at it. what? i'm not good at it. can you parallel park? >> i learned -- the problem is people don't pull up to the perfect spot. there is a spot you've got to pull up and then -- >> i don't like when you're that close to the other car. >> they've got the beep, beep, beep on both ends. if you can't do that, how can you do a magnificent television show like this every day? >> i can't get my chair down.

>> the trouble is we have rear ends. that's why women cannot get out of these chairs? are you sunk in there? >> i couldn't breathe. i was getting swallowed. your good buddy cheyenne. >> he let us know he started writing songs. so you know him from tv's "30 rock" and terrific star of broadway. today he's releasing his brand-new single which he wrote. i love this song titled "before you." sounds like michael buble. the entire video is available on aol's music home. i want you to see a little of his video. ♪ there had to be a way for me to find a sunny day ♪ ♪ now you made me want to sing ♪ i was lost in my head ♪ trying to forget

♪ before you ♪ i never really had a chance >> isn't that great? >> cute. >> he is cute. >> he said we could show it only if we promised to let him come back and sing it in the studio for us live. >> maybe he could play christian guy. >> a little cheyenne jackson. >> we are so happy for him. most talented people you meet do something else very, very well. so he's a doll. we are very, very happy. >> how is your coors light? >> i'm not -- i have to have maryland crabs to go with it. got any of those back there? all righty. let's face it, men and women are different. will we ever truly understand each other? >> our tell-all panel will chime in on, well, everything, as you already heard. first these messages.

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about women. bust the myths about men. one of them is that i think men are more romantic than women are. they fall in love faster than women do. what you they are visual. >> is that falling in love? >> it's falling in love. we put them in a brain scanner and studied the brain circuits. it is falling in love. >> how long does that last? >> overnight. >> men are 2 1/2 more likely to kill themselves when a relationship is over. not only when they fall in love, they also want to do more kissing in public because it's called mate guard. you want to show everybody this is theirs. they want to move in sooner. >> really? >> they want to introduce the person -- >> they want somebody to do their laundry. >> they have more intimate conversations with their lives and lovers than they do with their friends. women have more intimate conversations with their girlfriends. we don't share as much with our men. >> let's look at photos. this depicts what you're talking about. first picture is two women

talking face to face. this is how women discuss. this he look at each other in the eye. >> we are face-to-face, we do the anchoring gaze and talk. it comes from millions of years of holding that baby in front of your face, cajoling it, educating it with words. >> let's look at two men. maybe not. there they are. >> side by side. the guy on the right looks up, good night on the left will look away. i think it comes from years and years of sitting behind that bush on the grass ends of africa trying to hit that buffalo in the head with a rock. you can't talk to your neighbor while you're doing it. look at the third picture. >> it's fun when you're talking to a man. when you're walking they reveal more because they are not looking at you. >> absolutely. if you want to have a real conversation with a man, do it while he's driving a car. he can't go. you're side by side, you're not looking at him. >> third picture is a man and a woman. check this out.

she's all wrapped up in him. >> no, no, no. >> you're saying he is more romantic? >> she is trying to reach him and he is feeling invaded. he is trying to reach her. he is talking, she is sitting next to him, they are looking forward together. that's the way men can talk. >> we took a quiz that would tell us about our personalities. we don't know the answers. >> it's a questionnaire i did, 10 million people have taken it in 40 countries. linked with four brain systems. >> what did you learn about us? >> very high estrogen and very low testosterone. >> and post menopausal. >> the brain is built in the womb. it's building more connections between the front and the back, between the two sides giving you

both your verbal skills. >> it asks about empathy. >> without empathy, you won't be able to do your job. i am not surprised you couldn't park your car, you were both very low on the testosterone scale. >> why do i have so much facial hair? >> you're a girl. >> you're a lot of fun. thank you for coming. >> we'll find out if our guys agree with this. do they? >> they are going to give us advice or whatever they call it. for all the ladies out there. [ female announcer ] caroline penry began using olay total effects in 2001. since then, there's been one wedding, 2 kids, and 43 bottles of olay total effects. so in spite of 185 tantrums 378 pre-dawn starts and a lot of birthdays, caroline still looks amazing.

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he's been married. >> this is a set up for the guy, he's been married a lot. >> sara, first question. >> allison from rhode island has a dating question. >> why when you ask me out on a date i have to plan said date? >> said date? s she may be working, too. >> here's the thing. that is me being very considerate of you. i'm going to do what you want me to do as opposed to what i want to do, which is probably not go anywhere and spend money on you. >> guys do not like to be wrong. we took enough of a chance to ask you out. we took the chance you would say no. we don't want to mess us up any more. >> i will eat anything, clearly, anywhere, and women tend to have

more particular diet, let's say. if they only like a certain type of food, we'll go with it. >> all right. let's go one more to sara. >> hi, gentlemen. i'd like to know why do guys walk like a mile in front of you instead of right beside you? >> where you at? that guy might be trying to get away. >> you better pick up the pace. >> we've got places to go. we are doing things. let's get it done. >> honestly, if you notice, we do the same thing with our children. if you ever see women walk with your kids, they are like, come on, come on, guys are like where's the kid? i don't care. >> it's also because i'm texting my other girlfriend at the time. >> those kind of jokes don't go over well. >> sorry, sorry. >> good for you. >> maybe it's not a joke.

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♪ walk like a man >> we are back on this wines day wednesday with a special edition of "today." you can't do a guys show without the guys-tell-all panel. >> let's pick up with our next question. >> jenny from florida has a mom question. >> why do men compare the women in their life to their mothers? >> she is the first woman we ever meet. >> it's a great love affair. even when you're not trying to, there are things about your mother -- he find myself, so much that my wife and mother

have in common. >> you love your mother. >> i love my mother. >> love, i think. you're always comparing, do you do things like her that are good or do things like her that are bad? >> that's why i love myself. i am just like my mother. >> you are sick. >> that was just weird. >> katie says, what if a guy asks you out but you're actually interested in his friend? >> chuck and i have been friends a long time. >> yes. that's why his wife left him. >> she left me for chuck. i think it works out who the friend is. if it's chuck and i and chuck asks a girl out and she is more interested in me, go for it. definitely date me. if i ask you out and you're interested in chuck, don't do that. >> that happened to me though. a girl comes up to me at the bar and she got me drunk. she gave me a lot of drinks, then got me to give her my friend's number. that's how she did it.

>> were you broken hearted? >> sort of. >> did you feel used and abused? >> no. i found somebody else. >> and you got free drinks. >> right. >> don't go for the guy you don't want. especially if he's hanging around a guy you like. >> let's go back across to sara. >> a question about vacation. >> so we are on vacation. girls are on vacation. wives are on vacation. we left new charge, why do you feel the need to micro manage or have us micro manage texting and calling and asking us the schedule when we're on vacation? it's why you are job. >> i didn't understand a word -- i didn't get what she is asking? >> they're on vacation and the husbands are calling back to find out how to do stuff. >> you understand that? >> where and when and what to take and where is the valet bag?

>> i'm actually glad when my wife goes and leaves me with my son. okay, now we're going to do things my way. tell him, hey, now is your chance to do things your way and leave me alone. >> it should make you feel good. he likes being told what to do. even when you're on vacation, tell him, make sure you text whoever you need to text. >> why aren't they vacationing as a family? >> that's not what she said. >> i was concerned about the breakdown of the american home. >> back to bob. >> should i ever approach a guy or should i wait for him to approach me? >> approach, for sure. >> you all say that. >> i'm here with kathleen from oregon with a question about fashion. >> i'm wondering where most men get their fashion sense from? >> or lack of? >> i think that it comes from your father. >> i don't dress like my father

because my father eventually became a cowboy. he used to wear all black, looked like a black johnny cash. but he was stylish for what he likes. the it's like i kind of got an appreciation for at least trying. >> you got the vest thing going. >> i'm urban cowboy. i take it to another level. >> i think you get it from your friends. you are what your associations are. >> i have always enjoyed dressing up in men's women's, all kind of clothing for me. i don't care. as long as i look good. i don't judge. >> i think it's the women in your life, too. >> that's a big thing. i'll tell you when i first started trying to be fashionable, i had a girlfriend who said you need to be more fashionable. that did it. >> thanks so much. >> you'll stay with us for the rest of the show and comment, right? >> of course you are. things are going to get messy. sara is going to show us how guys live. >> it ain't pretty.

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join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. we are back with more dirt on the other sex. we sent our very own sara out on a mission to get men and women to come clean on how guys like to live. >> we did encounter some neat men. let's say if your guy's mess and clutter is driving you nuts, you are not alone. >> would you mind telling me please what all these clothes are doing here in the living room? >> that's where i took them off. would you put them away for me, dear? >> from "i love lucy" to "the break-up." >> i want you to want to do dishes. >> why would i want to do dishes? >> men are often portrayed as messy. >> when he comes home from work, he takes his shoes off, leaves his socks and everything there. >> he's a neat freak. >> laundry basket is right there. the dirty socks are right next

to it. >> the bathroom. guys leave everything everywhere. >> leaves the toilet seat up. >> samantha who owns a public relations firm in new york city invited us into her home to give us the dirt on her husband andre. we start with the kitchen. >> i don't understand why we have to recycle paper towels. wash our hands, use paper towels, leave them on the counter because apparently we are going to use them again at some point. he loves to pour coffee, but only drinks this much of it. makes me crazy. five glasses of coffee. leaves glasses out. >> samantha's list of complaint continues. >> he's not good towel hanging. when we remove water from the refrigerator, we don't know how to put it back. he lays this way. toilet paper rolls and leaves another on the counter. >> if you sprinkle when you tingle, be a sweetie wipe the seaty? >> yeah, we won't go there.

>> now unchartered territory, andre's man cave. >> i don't come down here. i'm too afraid. >> we need to see the messy. clothing, we predicted this. >> sorry. >> oh, my gosh. >> we have one, two, three cups of coffee. >> one is not enough. >> we said food items. e condition! ew! >> clothing, coffee. food. >> his side of the story? >> i suffer from psd, post samantha distress. it's kind of like almost living in a museum. it's a byproduct of living in a house is a little bit of mess. >> for the record, samantha and andre have been happily married seven years despite his messiness. >> i like him. >> they seem darling. you learn to expect it and see

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as you probably know, there are certain guy issues that can drive every woman crazy, especially when you live with them and you love them. we are not just talking socks on the floor. >> interior designer and the host of "house hunters on vacation" tanya is here with solutions for happily co-habiting and she brought along messy husband andre. >> andre is back. >> he's a sweetheart. >> these are all things that are correctible, right? >> i think so. it's all about compromise. some women like to go over the

top with their fancy fru-fru pillows. i'm here to help andre and samantha to figure out what they can do in the bedroom. >> let's talk about dirty clothes on the floor. >> are you aware you're doing that when you do it? >> no. totally not conscious. >> how do we unring that bell? >> what we have to do is, not the nagging. nagging does not work. we have to figure out ways to find where things are landing and just make it easier. for example, i know, why do we have to make it easier for them, but we do. keep baskets in a place where he is typically dropping his towels. see if he can get that in there. >> won't that look nicer in your home, baskets everywhere. >> this is for -- >> andre can play games. >> this is for good night who is a kid at heart and you want to make it easier.

>> see if she can get it in. >> all right. >> turn it into a game. >> that might not be the most appealing thing. >> not unless you love basketball things hanging in your home. >> this would be plan b. take a hutch. this was under $200. you can get it at a thrift shop. cut a hole out of the top and let that become your hamper. >> that's smart. >> now you don't have anything showing. it looks like a book shelf and your clothes are tucked away. >> i like that one. >> bob was leaving coffee all over the place. he also has water bottles. we want to fix up that issue, what is the way to do with that? >> what's the thing with all the coffee? >> it's easier to bring another one down. >> then to bring one up. >> it's easy when you bring them all up at one time. >> which you never do, andre. >> i do once in a while. >> i have a method to the

madness. instead of too many water bottles, get a carafe. fill it up with water and keep it on a tray. this is a tray you can use in your bathroom. when all is said and done, you load up the tray and take everything together. >> great idea, but i wouldn't bank on it. >> i like the idea. >> you like the idea? >> i do. >> it makes it easier. >> same with the coffee cup over there? >> exactly. >> no, not at all. >> we only have a minute left. you say this carpeting is great because it doesn't show stains or anything. >> they ask if you like the way this looks. >> i love it! >> if he can hang up on a hook. hang it up. >> we don't feel like folding. look at him, he's smiling like, yeah. >> i need the chair to put the clothes on.

>> a compromise would be some hooks. >> a chair with a hole in it. let that be the hamper. >> all right, kiddos, we've got to run. >> oh, shoot. >> life goes on. we've got to do our makeovers. >> this is great, we are doing man makeovers. a little primping. this is "today" on nbc. president clinton: this election to me is about which... candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. this is a clear choice. the republican plan is to cut more taxes on upper-income... people and go back to deregulation. that's what got us in trouble in the first place. president obama has a plan to rebuild america from...

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and we are back with our special show dedicated to all men everywhere it's time to turn the spotlight on three special guys who deserved a little primping and pampering. we searched high and low to find lucky gents to transform and put them in the hands of beautiful lady eve michael. >> you're so funny, by the way. what is your philosophy behind this makeovers? >> every person in this country deserves to know how to look

their best. we've kind of fallen asleep at the wheel. i want to make over america teaching everyone my method on how to look good. i wrote about it in my book. >> of course you did. >> what else would you be doing? >> there it is "dress code." >> first guy is george. >> george has been married 2 1/2 years, but feels he let himself go a bit. he asked for your help to make him look great for his wife. this is his before picture. let's see what he did to himself. come on out, george. >> oh, gentlemen! >> dude! dude! >> tell us what he did. >> our guys are yelling, "you are sexy." >> as i work internationally and i really want americans to compete on a global level. i want us to see ourselves as more. george said i look like a pasty

janitor. he is in the maintenance business. i see you as so much more. so i dressed him up so he could look great for his wife who is on a meditation retreat. >> you like? >> i do. i got all the stuff. i'm ready. >> you bought it? >> yeah. >> you look good. >> you know what the best part is? is wife went on a meditation retreat. she's been silent, he'll have her screaming now. >> next up we have tim. tim recently lost his job as a financial analyst and is looking to jump back into the job market. his business attire is golf clothing. this is his before picture. come on out, tim. >> y

>> you're making my heart throb. i to get up there with the fortune 300 and 500 companies. he is a brainiac. he was making himself too humble. i want him to walk into those interviews. >> he already has a job. that suit is so nice. >> do you feel different? >> i feel fantastic. >> with the haircut and the outfit? >> oh, yeah. >> no more helmet hair. andre, move over, tim is here. >> careful, his wife is here. >> a big round of applause for tim. >> thank you, honey. >> we're falling apart. >> finally we have matt. he is a building contractor. he dresses like he still works in construction, which he now no longer does. he wanted to amp up his look.

it is the stripes and the angle of the camera. >> we hope. >> this is matt's before picture. come show us. >> oh, yeah! >> that is a home improvement. >> thank you. i clean up nice. >> look at that hair. >> i tell you something. first of all, we lightened his hair so he has that sun-kissed look. he can go meet his multimillion dollar clients with and they can relate to him. we also put him in spanx. >> all right, guys. come on out. >> women are not the only ones that have figure issues. >> that's true. >> guys have tummies and thighs,

too. >> you were terrific. thank you. >> a big thanks to our guy panel. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com