>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. i'm savannah guthrie. >> i'm willie geist along with al roker and natalie morales. matt has the morning off. al has a busy morning, severe weather across the country and a lot of people asking why would the woman killed outside the capitol do what she did yesterday. >> a lot of questions being asked. that's the top story this morning. the investigation into what caused a woman to ram a barrier and speed off toward the capitol before being killed by hundreds of bystanders and tourists and her little girl. pete williams is on capitol hill with new details on the investigation. pete, good morning to you. >> savannah, good morning.

police say the woman at the center of all of this was well-known with a history of mental issues. they discovered indications that she believed she was being stalked by president obama. >> reporter: police and federal agents began their search for answers at the stamford, connecticut home of the woman driving the car. miriam carey. she drove into a security barrier at the white house and then took off after striking a secret service officer with her car. >> there was a guy in front of her that did stop it and she hit him and he flew over the hood. >> reporter: from there she sped up pennsylvania avenue toward the u.s. capitol about a mile and a half away doing 80 miles per hour at one point. police and secret service officers stopped her car at the foot of the capitol but she jammed it into revere and took off again as they opened fire. she again lead them on a chase

around the perimeter of the grounds. police put the capitol on lock down and rushed to get visitors safely away as the chaos swirls around them. >> i hear boom, boom, boom as the gunfire is unloaded. >> reporter: a few minutes later carey crashed her car as they fired at her. a u.s. capitol police officer was hurt as he was speeding to confront her and hit a barrier in the street. afterward they discovered her very young daughter was in the car. >> there was a 1-year-old child in the car. one of our officers initially rescued the child and took the child to medical care in the vicinity here. >> reporter: police and members of congress defended the use of deadly force given she ignored repe repeated asking to stop.

she had delusions. >> there was some sort of mental health issue. >> all of the police officers and secret service officers that responded were exempt from the government shutdown and required to be on duty, including the two that were injured but because of the shutdown, they're not being paid. >> pete, before i let you go, do you know the whereabouts or the condition of the little girl that was in the car? >> she was taken to, initially, some medical treatment center here and then to a local hospital and examined. they say she was not injured and now she is in social service protection and i assume at some point will go back to the family. >> pete williams at the capitol this morning. thank you. we're joined now by two eyewitnesses of the chase. jennif jennifer and lou arnold. thank you. >> thank you. >> so much was shutdown.

you went to the capitol. the one place that was open. what did you see? what did you hear? i'll start with you. >> we had just gotten off of the cab and we were paying the gentleman and that's when we saw the black car speeding down pennsylvania avenue and the chase. shortly there after we heard the gunfire and could smell the smoke from it. >> and tim, you had your two little girl with you. did you immediately -- just by instinct, go to the ground or did you hear police telling people to get down? >> well, when i heard the gunshots i knew what it was, obviously, it's pretty distinct and i said get on the ground. get on the ground and they jumped over a barrier that was there and got in the bushes and i got down on the stairs there. >> we see a picture of you actually once you were down trying to capture it on your camera. did you capture anything? >> you know, i caught the

aftermath. you know, funny thing was i had my camera out and i put it away just seconds before all of this happened. >> well, jennifer, it must have been absolutely terrifying, especially because you had your two little one with you. >> absolutely. they were crying and shaking and we didn't know if there was a shooter. the police did the shooting. but at some point we were told to get up and run south by various agents. they were about two blocks ahead of us and i was calling my daughter on her cell phone to make sure she had her little sister and we finally did get reunited. >> we're so glad it turned out okay for you jennifer and tim arnold and sorry your trip to

washington didn't turn out too well this week. we wish our best to you. thank you. >> as pete williams reported a moment ago, federal agents searched the connecticut home of the woman killed outside the capitol. katie is in stamford with more on what we're learning about her this morning. >> there are still some police here but the major presence is gone. this after 16 hours where this entire area was taped off. one of the buildings was on complete lockdown as federal investigators were inside miriam carey's apartment trying to figure out what was going on with the mother of a 1-year-old girl. >> reporter: this sprawling 200 unit apartment complex in stamford, connecticut became the focus of a federal investigation. at about 3:30 thursday afternoon 50 residence den 50 residents were evacuated as they descended on miriam carey's

home but as of 11:00 p.m. they still hadn't entered the apartment waiting on a search warrant from d.c. >> it was the fbi bomb squad, you have ten minutes to get yourself and get out because you probably won't be able to get in for the next nine hours. >> reporter: neighbors, many that say they didn't know her well describe the mother as normal. someone you'd see in the laundry room. employed for a year as a dental hygienist. her former boss said she was an average employee but notice she seemed increasingly stressed over what he calls her unplanned pregnancy. >> we had a lot of come planlts about her from patients. that she's a dental hygienist and rough. we needed to make a change and let her go. >> reporter: relatives say carey fell a few years ago and began to suffer mental problems. other relatives also described postpartum depression after her

baby girl was born. some of those relatives live in brooklyn. carey's sister is a retired nypd sergeant. we're told her relatives are cooperating with investigator. they expect to release a statement sometime later today. >> katie, thanks. she mentioned a 1-year-old involved in all of this. we'll talk about the possibility that postpartum depression may have played a role in the case. that's in the next half hour. a busy day in the weather. several storm systems you're tracking this morning. >> that's right. four big stories to talk about. it's crazy out here. in our today's top weather, we have winter storm, tropical storm karen, severe weather in the midwest and crazy heat in the east with santa anna winds in the west. we'll go to wyoming where mike seidell has been in the middle of all of this. >> they're no stranger to snow in october. last week on the 27th of

september they had 5 inches over 12,000 homes in the state without power. so far we've had 9 inches of snow. that's more than they typically see in the entire month of october. it's a heavy, wet snow. they're snowpacked and snow covered. also we're going to pick up the winds across the state. we have blizzard warnings east of here. rapid city, south dakota could see winds of 70 miles per hour. we have wind, heavy, wet snow. more power outages. the snow will wind down this evening and continue through tomorrow midday and then we are back to typical weather here next week which is a high of 65. it's 30 right now with the snow. >> all right. mike, thank you so much. we are also covering, of course, tropical storm karen and you can see in pensacola, florida not much going on. good news about karen. it's starting to weaken. we'll get to that in a second. let's go back to the big winter

storm out west as we go back to our maps and the weather computer we'll show you we're going to be looking at this storm system getting itself together and pushing it's way to the north and the east. as it does it's going to intensify. the heavy snow around the black hills. ahead of the system, we'll be looking at very severe weather. as far as today is concerned we do have winter storm watches. winter storm warnings and blizzard warnings from rapid city to casper to alliance. as far as snowfall amounts we're talking about anywhere from 18 to 24 inches of snow right around the black hills. we're also talking about karen. the good news is, karen is starting to weaken. we're getting some dry air that's being pulled into karen and so what that means is even though it's 295 south of the mouth of the mississippi, 60 miles per hour winds. it's moving northwest as 10. as it makes it's way toward the coast we'll see some weakening. right now we don't even see it becoming a hurricane. so that's going to be good news. we're going to continue to track

that and we have two other stories, the crazy heat and really severe weather in the midwest, guys. >> you're busy this morning. it's hot in washington and there's also the government shutdown. >> in fact, the president is saying he's going to stay in washington instead of traveling to asia next week. president obama cancelled his trip because of the partial government shutdown that furloughed thousands of workers. chuck todd is at the white house with the latest on this. good morning. >> good morning. third time in three years that something political has caused the president to cancel a trip to indonesia so when indonesia is on the itinerary expect political problems back home, apparently. they thought the look and feel of the president being out of the country while the government is shutdown. he using goovrnment resources overseas wasn't a smart move politically. never mind that house republicans are meeting today. perhaps they'll come up with a new strategy or tactic to decide

whether they try to end this now. focus on what to do with the debt ceiling. we'll see yesterday after the shooting, after prayers were said, after congratulations to the capitol police were said both political parties went back to their corners and decrstrate. it looks like today end with no end in sight. but we'll see. a programming note for you. on meet the press, jack lew with the latest on the shutdown and savannah filling in for david grego gregory. we're getting our first look at dramatic dash cam video on police shoot out on an oregon highway. it left a father of three dead and officer injured. we should warn you the video is disturbing. miguel almaguer has the story. >> reporter: it started as a routine traffic stop outside portland oregon. >> please get back in the car for me. >> reporter: but in seconds.

>> sir, get back in the car for me. >> the exchange became deadly. he opened fire on a state trooper for no apparent reason. >> there were words exchanged there on the side of the freeway but it happened very quickly. >> reporter: dressed in fatigues said to be in the army allen appears to empty his clip. the state trooper, who survived, was amazingly just shot once. allen took a bullet to the chest but stayed on his feet. >> 5326 shots fired. i've been hit in the side. i'm okay. suspect left. >> reporter: allen was found slumped over in his car a half mile away. also in the vehicle, allen's three children, 10, 13, and 15 that were not injured. >> it's upsetting because he was trying to take his children on a road trip. >> reporter: the case into the

dramatic shooting is now closed but what triggered the gunman may never be known. for today, miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. and now cnbc's mary thompson joins us. good morning. >> good morning. twitter is filing to go public in a $1 billion offering. it has yet to turn a profit but has over 200 million users that tweet more than 500 million times a day. the longer you wait the more you pay for airfare. if you wait until the end of the month to make your reservations, budget an extra $140. it's day four of the shutdown and on day three the markets tumbling with the dow at a month low. thank you so much. things got squirrely at a golf event in ohio thursday as the day's competition at the president's cup was winding down. lindsey vonn borrowed a wild

squirrel. aapparently the squirrel defriended him and she put the little critter on the back of tiger woods who didn't seem too amused right there. wasn't playing clearly but at first didn't look too happy about that but then later tiger looked like he was much more relaxed as the squirrel hung out there on his shoulder. became a little friendly. >> al has a serious question. >> what's the squirrel doing there? >> what do you mean borrowed the squirrel. >> the squirrel was friendly with him during a rain delay. >> when you say friendly, what do you mean? >> maybe it was perched on his shoulder and that's where she got the idea. >> okay. maybe he'll repay her when she's going down the ski slope. >> distraction. >> pay back. >> a fast run on the slopes for sure. >> thank you. let's get a look at the rest of the forecast from al. >> yeah, two more stories. first of all, severe weather and some of this weather is very

severe. we're talking tornado. you can see from omaha to des moines and minneapolis we're seeing the activity already fire up. we have tornado watches possibly going up later today but in the meantime we have a strong risk of storms in central iowa. minneapolis, kansas city, on into oklahoma city and this extends into tomorrow where we're also going to be looking at more of the same kind of weather from chicago, st. louis, indianapolis and we're also talking about this crazy heat that's going to be happening later today in the east into texas. we're going to cover that coming up in the next 30 minutes. and, in fact, in the next 30 up in the next 30 minutes. and, in fact, in the next 30 out insurance. because what you don't know, can hurt you. what if you didn't know that posting your travel plans online may attract burglars? [woman] off to hawaii! what if you didn't know that as the price of gold rises, so should the coverage on your jewelry? [prospector] ahh! what if you didn't know that kitty litter can help you out of a slippery situation?

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it seemed to be everywhere yesterday and was how bizarre the events were. it was taken by a photographer for the new york times. this was everywhere. this capitol hill worker either walking by checking his e-mail while the events are going on or using his phone to get the latest information maybe on where to go to get to safety. people online were talking about it. ed wrote, this is d.c. in a shut shell. dear congress is still out there for you to write. day four of the shutdown. when we showed you day one of the shutdown. this lets you know by the size of the words how much these words were being treated. larger themes, paycheck, government, employee, compromise was big. as the compromise has gone on people are starting to pass blame. there's boehner, there's obama and compromise down here is even smaller. we're continuing to track that. keep your thoughts coming into dear congress and we'll have more later in the show.

>> thank you so much. coming up, more on the frantic scene in washington and the possible connection some are talking about to postpartum depression. could that have something to do with it? >> and -- >> oh, gosh. it is this. >> this is it. >> elizabeth smart takes meredith vieira to the place she was held during her kidnapping ordeal and reveals details about what happened and her strategy to survive. we'll sit down with meredith but first, this is "today" on nbc. february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration. even though it's backed by republican governor mcdonnell... ken cuccinelli joins tea party republicans to block the plan.

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7:26 is the time now on this friday, october 4th, i'm eun yang. some troubled spots on the road. here is danella sealock. eastbound headed to the bay bridge, disabled car blocks your right lane at the 301. let's talk about the outer loop of the beltway. earlier accident out of the roadway. still slow on the outer loop. your drive time from i-95 to georgia avenue. the drive will take about 16 minutes. slow, 20 miles per hour. thank you, danella. riding metro could take a little longer. some busy stations are about to close. the union station, along the red line, judiciary fair and

farragut north. gallery place will only serve the yellow and green lines. metro center will only serve the blue and orange lines. things back to normal by monday morning the government shutdown may help prince william county residents put off paying their property taxes. the county board of supervisors will discussion whether to delay collecting personal property taxes known as the car tax. about 45,000 federal workers live in prince william county. the taxes are

legislation. stay with us. good morning. right now arks little bit of fog that will be dissipating over the next hour or so. temperatures in the mid to low 60s climbing into the mid-80s by mid afternoon. summer in october coming up. a lot of the harvest festivals going on this weekend. warm in the afternoon in the warm in the afternoon in the 80s.

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7:30 now on this friday morning. it is the 4th of october, 2013 and the sun is coming up over pensacola beach, florida. pretty shot there. i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist who is in for matt this morning, al roker and natalie morales. >> a blast of winter weather in the rockies. >> and also the gulf coast gearing up for karen. that in the gulf of mexico as we speak. >> and we're following a break in the disappearance of madeleine mccann six years ago. scotland yards analyzing cell phone records. that's coming up. >> and meredith vieira is here with a candid interview with elizabeth smart. how she turned tragedy into

triumph. >> more on the chaotic scene at the nation's capitol and the mother behind it. katie is with us from stamford once again. good morning. >> good morning. details are trickling out about her mental state. we can tell you that she suffered a fall years ago. one that precipitated her issues. others including her mother added that she suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of her 1-year-old girl. that 1-year-old was found in the back of her car in d.c. also her former employer said she became increasingly stressed out over what he calls her unplanned pregnancy, willie. >> katie, thanks. >> we want to get more on all of this with psychologist jennifer hartstien. >> good morning. >> her mother is quoted as

saying she was suffering postpartum depression which raises the question would it ever lead to something like this. >> it's all speculation. we're trying to put pieces together and it could -- in some cases postpartum depression lead mothers to kill their children and do really difficult cull challenging awful things so it does challenge their judgment. it does make them more impulsive and create bigger problems in some people. we have to be ware that that could be an explanation but we don't know. >> she offered a fall acouple c of years ago and started after that. >> head trauma does cause brain damage. did it damage the functioning part, the front part of her brain that might have caused her to have less judgment, more impul impulsiveness. >> she was in her early 30s.

we're used to seeing situations of young males in their early 20s start to grapple with mental illness. sit possible that there's a kind of mental illness that could come on at this particular age. generally we seen it earlier. who knows. they'll have to do a psychological autopsy into her past and think about what might have lead to this and what signs might have been there. >> before i let you go i think everybody's heart is with this 1-year-old child. what can be done for her now? what kind of trauma must she have suffered? >> she'll have the trauma of the chase and losing her mother. she'll be surrounded by family and people and rebuild attachment to those people. she has the benefit of age. she's so young, hopefully that will help her down the road. >> always good to get your perspective. >> as you both point out we're in the early stages of this investigation. we don't know what went wrong. >> let's get a check of the

weather from al and the weekend outlook. >> the other story we're following is this record breaking heat here in the east. big area of high pressure dominating that return clockwise flow of air. look at thedominating that retue flow of air. look at these temperatures. new york city going to be 13 degrees above normal. it's going to be near 90 in d.c., columbia, south carolina, 90 degrees. 85 in cincinnati. as you slide to the west, tulsa, oklahoma, up to 91 as that cold air comes in. that's why we're going to see all that severe weather. st. louis, 87, 13 degrees above normal. as we head out to the west and our friends out there, big area of high pressure, this is going to set up santa ana winds, wind gusts of 80 miles per hour. very high fire dangers, relative humidity. only 5-10%. we have wind advisories, high wind watches and high wind warnings and red flag warnings throughout california. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods you will notice it is more humid when you step out the door

on this friday morning. good morning. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist, tom kierein. we have some patchy fog near 60. later today, most of the region will be into the 80s. right in the cities, it you sh be in the upper 80s by mid afternoon. the summer in october pattern continues through the government shutdown, crazy weather, squirrels on tiger woods, but it doesn't mean anything until sunday night football night in america. candlestick park, the houston texans come in to try to blowout the 49ers in candlestick. can they do it? it's clear, it's cool, it's 55 to 60 degrees. it all happens on the best night of the week. sunday night, football night in america. no shutdown. >> some day you're going to put effort into these teases and i

look forward to it. >> we have texans fans right here. >> we do. >> they're ready for sunday night. >> looking good, al. coming up next, we have an nbc news exclusive. elizabeth smart revealing new details of her kidnapping ordeal and how she turned that terror into triumph. >> then at 8:17, an uplifting story to start your day. how a homeless man that returned $30,000 in cash is now being rewarded for his good deeds. but first, these messages. if yand you're talking toevere rheuyour rheumatologistike me, about trying or adding a biologic. this is humira, adalimumab. this is humira working to help relieve my pain. this is humira helping me through the twists and turns. this is humira helping to protect my joints from further damage. doctors have been prescribing humira for over ten years. humira works by targeting and helping to block

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back now at 7:40, elizabeth smart's kidnapping ordeal captivated the country more than a decade ago and now she is opening up about the experience and just how she survived. her new book is called my story. meredith vieira talked to her

exclusively. nice to see you. >> you too, willie. elizabeth smart was 14 years old when she was taken at knife point from her bedroom in utah. her kidnapper forced her to climb up the mountainside behind her home for hours before leading her into a remote camp and tent. what happened next would shatter a young girl's innocent world. >> oh my gosh. this is it. >> this is it. >> what was here when you got here? >> right where we're standing there were tarps laid out on the ground and then right here would have been where the tent was set up. >> what was this place? elizabeth's first chilling clue came from behind the trees. >> and out of this area walked a woman. she had on long linen robes. >> reporter: then the strange woman lead her into a tent ordering her to undress. >> i'm begging and crying and just so scared.

>> reporter: elizabeth knew something awful was about to happen. >> and then he came into the tent. >> yes. >> reporter: as elizabeth sobbed her kidnapper began performing some kind of marriage ceremony. >> i remember thinking i know what comes after a wedding and that cannot happen to me. that cannot happen. >> reporter: it didn't seem real. just a few hours earlier she had been home, safe in her bed. now, after a climb at knife point, she was trapped somewhere high on a mountain. >> i remember him forcing me on to the ground, fighting the whole way. and when he was finished, he stood up and i was left alone feeling absolutely broken, absolutely shattered. i was broken beyond repair. >> you were worthless. >> i was going to be thrown away. >> reporter: later he chained her to a tree like a wild

animal. days, weeks, then months of abuse followed. >> was there a point, elizabeth, where you shutdown your emotions. >> there was a point that i stopped crying and it's not because i didn't feel pain anymore. not because i didn't feel sorrow. it was just to keep going. it was just to survive. to live. >> reporter: she was only 14. but somehow, she summoned a remarkable determination to survive turning terror into triumph and even finding the courage to outwit her captors. >> you learn to be maybe at the feet of those masters, devious. >> it was a means to an end. i felt that that was my greatest chance i had at getting home, at being rescued. >> and as you'll see in the special, she figured out the one way to outwit this man by appealing to his ego. >> which struck watching her about her strength and poise,

even as she returns to this place of horror. i know it was difficult for you to be up there. how does she keep it together. >> once you go up there you see how remote it is and the underbrush is so thick. there's not a chance she could have escaped from that camp site but i was getting emotional. i said does this give you the creeps being back here? she said it doesn't because this place didn't hurt me, brian david mitchell hurt me. and i don't think she wants to show emotion -- particularly crying at this point because it was just -- it would make him feel that he still has some control over her. she never sheds a tear at all. the only time she gets agitated is if you ask her you had the opportunities to escape, why didn't you? >> and you went up there and you now you understand why that wasn't a possibility. >> totally understand. she say remarkable young woman. >> great to see you.

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if you don't know the story, we played the video on tuesday. 4 million views. it's almost doubled now. it's 11 million views. let's show you this young lady's video that everybody seems to be talking about. there it is. [ music playing ] >> reporter: skip the two weeks notice, she quit her job dancing to kanye west. her video struck a cord with people that only dreamed of a dramatic office exit. imitation i quit videos followed. one from some moms threatening to quit their day job. her former employer even got in on the action. >> well, there you go. how does it feel? everybody makes videos these days hoping to have this spotlight. what has this week been like? >> i don't know. i'm still processing it all. i'm still sleeping.

>> what has been the weirdest reaction you have gotten? random people? your friends, your family? >> my family definitely. my parents have been taking all the twitter proposals very seriously. >> proposals? >> how many proposals do you have? >> well, i have 9 uh-uh read e-mails not because i don't want to read them but because i have been trying to read through all of them but there's marriage proposals. >> you work overnight in taiwan at this video making company. have you been romanticizing the idea of quitting your job this way? did you have any idea it would be this viral here. >> yeah, i worked the overnight shift for a month and when i started it i was going to try and power through it and two weeks in someone said i worked an overnight shift and you lose connection with reality and that's kind of what happens. so i made the video for fun and to tell my parents i decided. >> where did you learn your

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it's 8:00 on today, coming up, that wild scene in the nation's capitol and the troubled young mother killed by police after a high speed chase. plus, oh snap, happy third birthday instagram. 55 million pictures posted on the app every day. we'll meet the 29-year-old bill nary behind the sensation and the new skinny jeans that could make you skinny thanks to spanx, friday, october 4th, 2013. >> happy birthday, mom. >> we're here celebrating our honeymoon. >> yeah. >> hi, it's girl's weekend from florida. >> hi everyone in seattle.

>> hi, knoxville tennessee. >> go texans. we'll go out side and say hello to some of those folks on what is a beautiful morning here in new york city. there's a lot of celebration around this table when you mentioned spanx. >> we have our manx. >> i know. they're improving on the technology apparently. we'll hear about that in a moment. good morning. i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist, natalie morales and al roker. we want to start with the overnight developments on the chaos in the nation's capitol. a woman killed by police after leading them on a high speed chase with her little child in the car. kelly o'donnell was at the capitol as this unfolded. good morning to you. >> good morning, savannah, the political tension has been thick for days here. as we begin now day four of this standoff. there's no sign that it won't be just as frustrating and ugly going forward but for a brief

time everyone here took a serious jolt that halted when this u.s. complex became a crime scene. >> drawn weapons and a frantic foot race away from the danger. >> we heard the pop, pop, just four or five real quick ones. >> chaos swept over the capitol grounds where tourists usually roam. >> four or five gunshots and then the whole swarm of police officer cars came. >> reporter: blaring like an indoor siren, an emergency order to lock down the capitol and shelter in place. >> there's an ambulance that has now responded. >> reporter: senators not giving speeches but firsthand accounts. >> they said get down. get behind this car. >> reporter: later the lockdown lifted and so did the political mood. >> i know all of us want to extend that thanks and just to

let them know we really appreciate it. >> reporter: lawmakers that had been ripping each other over the shutdown joined together to thank law enforcement. with lengthy applause instead of routine bitterness. >> i know that round of applause was heart felt and deeply meant. >> reporter: and shared concern for the veteran capitol police officer injured during the crisis. >> our thoughts are with him for a speedy recovery and, again, my admiration goes to all federal law enforcement, but especially our capitol police. and the u.s. capitol police that are on the job are not being paid because of the shutdown but because of their emergency nature they'll get paid when it is over. today congress will look at how to deal with other kinds of federal workers who are not being paid to see if there is a way to make up for that when the shutdown ends. >> kelly o'donnell on the hill for us. thank you. >> natalie has more on the impact of the government shutdown. >> the president now cancelled

his trip to asia to focus on the situation. he singled out john boehner and said boehner won't call a vote because he doesn't want to anger extremist in his party demanding changes to obama care and boehner called obama care a train wreck. new developments in the 6-year-old disappear in madeleine mccann and what could be a break in the case. michelle kosinski is in london with more. good morning. >> good morning. her parents will make a public appeal on television october 14th. this year british police were able to launch their own comprehensive investigation into what might have happened to then 3-year-old madeline back in 2007 and they are making progress. >> reporter: what happened to madeline who disappeared from her bed in her family's vacation apartment in portugal while her parents were down the street? new british investigators on the

case aren't certain but they do have new leads saying there is new information not previously presented. fresh substantive material on which to make an appeal. it's substantially different. it's not just a bland can you help us appeal, there's some different material and different understanding. and making that public appeal for more information would be the mccanns themselves who made the first appeal years ago. >> come forward, photographs which had people you don't recognize. >> reporter: investigators now also identified more people of interest. 41 of them in several countries including britain. they have a team of investigators in portugal and have gone through more than half of nearly 40,000 pages of documents. run down thousands of lead with thousands more to go. and now are examining every single cell phone number that was present in that area of maddie's disappearance during that time. police know what calls were made to what other numbers and where those cell phones travelled and

say anyone that was in that area may just be getting a call from police. you can look at this in different ways. wow, it's great they have new information. then again, what they're doing is asking the public for help. but police say they are looking for specific information based on specific information that they have and that is better than just saying hey, does anybody out there know anything. natalie. >> all right. michelle, thank you so much. pope francis made a special pilgrimage today to honor a saint and send a message to his church. ann thompson is in italy with more. good morning. >> good morning, natalie. pope francis is just finishing up lunch at a soup kitchen as once again he useds this visit to try to refocus the catholic church's attention on the poor and those that society often forgets. today the pope is literally walking in the footsteps of his name sake. st. francis was a rich young man

who 800 years ago renounced his worldly possessions and catholics believe responded to god's call to rebuild his church. today, pope francis is trying to do that very same thing with the modern church warning it today that it must strip away it's worldliness, it's greatest threat. now, pope francis this week met with a group of 8 cardinals and decided that he is going to overhaul the vatican to try and make it more responsive to the 1.2 million catholics as opposed to being so vatican centric as he calls it. they are with him on this trip and they include sean o'malley who is a friar himself. >> thank you so much. an ohio high school cheerleader went head over heels to claim the world record for the most consecutive black flips. she completed 40 back hand springs to shatter the mark of

36. she said she almost passed out but loved the way the crowd was reacting and kept on going. i'm dizzy and almost passing out watching her. >> i burned 700 cal risk watching that. >> amazing. >> let's get a check of the weather. including an update on tropical storm karen with al. >> all of these nice folks here. you're skipping school instead of -- you're skipping school. where do you go to school? you've been gone so long you can't even remember. >> mom of the year. i love it. let her get out of school. let's get the latestit. let it go and get out of school. >> the latest on tropical storm karen. right now, 275 miles south/southwest, mouth of the mississippi moving north/northwest at 10. it looks like the european model wants to take it to the left. as that's happening, dryer air is getting into it. even though this is the path we're seeing, it may not take

this, because it may start breaking up as dryer air makes its way in. rest of the country, strong risk of storms from oklahoma to minnesota and parts of wisconsin. santa anna winds, southern california. another beautiful day in the northeast. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods it has turned more humid overnight. you will notice that when you step out the door. as a result, we have patchy fog that still lingers in many of the rural areas this morning. it should be breaking up over the next hour. temperatures right now are mild and mellow. we're in the low to mid-60s around the metro area, later today. most of the region will be in the 80s by mid afternoon. this warm pattern continues through the weekend as well. finally, it will be acting lik guys. >> thanks a lot. >> coming up, from comedy to cerimonies, why steven colbert is performing weddings.

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we are back at 8:13 and what is trending today and trending on youtube. amid the blame game in washington they were caught on an open mic talking about how to win the spin war with democrats. >> i don't think they poll tested we won't negotiate. it's awful for them to say that over and over again. >> i do too. >> i think if we keep saying we

want it defunded we're going to win this thing. >> how do they not know. >> he's like i'm on the mic right now. >> one was and one wasn't. >> he warned them. >> maybe they wanted that to get out. >> i don't talk to anybody in the morning. i know i have a microphone on. >> famous last words carson. >> and doing this doesn't really -- >> it doesn't? >> no, sounds like you speak from experience. >> well, this is hardly the first politician to be caught on an open mic. we thought we'd put together some of our favorites. >> this is a big deal. >> this is my last election. after my election i have more flexibility. >> good times. >> god, what is that hair? >> okay. that's a walk down memory lane. >> good stuff. >> well, trending on twitter if you think the battle between

republicans and democrats is childish, check out the feud between miley cyrus and sinead o'connor. she wrote a letter to miley cyrus saying don't let the music business make a prostitute of you. she then responded to messages sinead posted two years ago when she was unwell and seeking help. >> i wanted to make sure she'll be here on monday. a little advertising on that. she now fired back on facebook saying remove your tweets immediately or you'll be hearing from my lawyer and it also contains other choice words not fit for morning television. but last night miley tweeted to sinead if you'd like to meet up and talk let me know if your next letter. another great feud in music. >> maybe they should come here to the orange room and i'll broker peace between the two of them. i did with it jay-z and naz. i can do it with these two. >> miley is doing snl tomorrow

night. i smell an snl camio from sinead o'connor. >> that might not help so much. >> did we mention miley is going to be on the plaza. >> monday here on today. but check out snl this weekend. >> she'll sit down for an interview as well. >> also on wednesday, we introduce you to a couple that hope to marry this weekend at the jefferson memorial but like a lot of other couples their plans were dashed by the government shutdown and then steven colbert steps in. >> and by the power vested in me by the state of new york and the entire viacom family of entertainment networks, i now pronounce you man and wife. you may kiss the bride. yeah. no, keep going, man.

>> groom said he was wicked excited to get married on late night tv. >> that's pretty cool. >> do you think that's legal? >> i think so. >> that's binding. >> they have the contract? >> yeah, speaking of, jeggings. this is a trend worth trying this morning. spanxs leggings that are supposed to fit like skinny jeans. okay. this is not the first time they thought about shapewear jeans. >> they launched their collection last week to major hype. women do love the brand. this has been a big trend online to be talking about and have to say, she actually interns for me, she has tried on so many pairs of denim and because they are more of a legging you made the joke that they were

maternity-like on the top. >> can you lift the top? >> it has a panel. >> so moms everywhere are like this is nothing new but it's a great comfortable option. >> what did you think? >> they're really comfortable. >> you feel like your legs are suffocated right now. >> it's hard for me to find denim but they hug everything and it's comfortable. >> they look good. we saw the before and after. you look great in both but those are nice. >> do they make them for men. >> there's a lot of other brands on the market. >> for spanx fans these are great. i'm wearing something that's more like an actual jean. these are hello skinny. i've had them for five years. they were an investment but i love them. and levi, they have this fantastic new liquid fabric technology and what's great is that wear after wear they won't sag out and for, you know, when you sit down it will keep your booty looking good. check everything out on

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a passport and more than $40,000 in cash and travelers checks. to any homeless man, a fortune, which is why what he did next was remarkable. >> i noticed a lot of $100 bills. and i said, oh my goodness. this has to get back to it's rightful owner. >> reporter: glenn handed the bag of money over to boston police. they along with this town celebrated his selflessness. more than 500 miles away in virginia, ethan wittington saw the story about the good samaritan online and said glenn deserved more than a plaque. ethan started an online campaign. so far people from around the world have donated more than $140,000. thursday, the two men met for the first time at whdh. our nbc station in boston. >> how are you doing?

>> so glad to see you. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> thank you. you're the one that deserves the thank you, for sure. >> glenn that doesn't like to speak because of his stutter wrote his feelings on the back of a desk calendar. >> real clear and slow. >> ethan read his words of wisdom. >> the worst thing about stuttering is also the best thing about it. people assume you're not too bright and so they let their guard down and then you outshine them. >> passers by listened moved by glenn's words and actions. >> thank you, you're a good person and a very kind hearted person to return all that money. >> did you think in the big picture here you'd wind up teaching us something. >> oh, no, this is a total surprise and shock to me that it has gone this far. >> reporter: one man's good deed inspiring another. >> what did you learn about yourself helping him? >> the biggest thing is that if you get enough people to come

together and try to reach a specific goal that it can be accomplished. i never expected it to be the way it has and to change my life the way it has. >> did you hear that? how he said it changed his life but this was to change your life. >> well, it is definitely going to change my life in a positive and big way. everything is good. >> i'll give you a hug. >> okay. >> now $140,000 is a lot of money. so to make sure that it doesn't go to drugs or alcohol and to make sure it's not a burden with tax issues, a lawyer has set up a trust that requires the money will be used to help glenn. first on the agenda, finding a place for him to live near his sister. >> a great story on both ends. he did the right thing with the money and then somebody else does the right thing for him. >> this crowd sourcing thing really works. >> it does. amazing. >> that's a great story. let's go outside to savannah. >> thanks. now when you're shopping nothing beats a great bargain. get ready. we'll do you one better.

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it's 8:30 now on this friday morning. it is the 4th of october, 2013. check out a live picture of the empire state building here in new york city. a great wind down to the work week here on rockefeller plaza and we have a fun loving, exuberant and happy crowd. we'll say good morning to them. i'm savannah guthrie along side willie geist, al roker, natalie morales, and carson daly. >> you're not getting off so easy. we have a young lady here that's had a crush on carson since high school. >> i'm not that old. >> what is it about this guy? >> he's just so handsome. >> stop it. thank you, nice to see you.

>> this is not the first time carson has been called handsome out here this week. >> i try to come out here for that. >> see my space spinning there? it's trl all over again. coming up, al is going to take his turn to test your truth meter. fact or fiction will end today. al has a couple of stories that are apparently both unbelievable. >> i can't wait to see that. hopefully i'll redeem myself from yesterday. >> coming up, how would you like to spend time here? take a look. this is a stunning vacation compound built together by two big stars. one of them by the name george clooney. >> yes. >> yes we would like to see it. if he's there. >> you've been busy. >> that's right. a lot going on. first of all, starting with today, we're looking at tropical storm karen off the coast and then saturday it's threatening the coast. risk of strong storms in the mid and upper mississippi river valley. santa anna winds out to the west. gorgeous in the pacific

northwest. continues that way sunday. that risk of strong storms still hanging out in the upper ohio river valley. karen is on shore. upper ohio river valley. karen is on shore. we'll watch to see how intense that is an the western two-thirds of the country looking spectacular. that's what's going on around the u.s. here is whaegs happening t's har neck of the woods. >> it is feeling more like august than october. good morning. we have a little patchy fog some of the rural areas. later today, it will feel like summer with highs soaring to the upper 80s by mid afternoon. we'll repeat this on saturday. a little bit cooler sunday as clouds increase ahead of a cool front. bringing us some showers and a small chance of tropical moisture from the remnants of karen giving and that's your latest weather. savannah. >> well action they say a picture is worth a thousand words but in the case of instagram it's more like a billion dollars. that's how much facebook paid for the popular photo sharing

app in 2012. kevin systrom is the ceo and owner. good to have you here. they pioneered the use of filter. i thought i'd ask the control room to change the filter. >> it's good. it's a start. >> maybe black and white. >> i look good in that one. >> you do. should we just continue with the interview. >> absolutely. >> let me throw numbers at you. 150 million. do you know what that refers to? >> 150 million people use instagram every month around the world. >> very good. 55 million photos uploaded daily. 1.2 billion. >> likes every single day. >> 3. >> 3? >> age of instagram. 29 age of you. do you ever sit back and say i can't believe this happened? >> every single day. it's really inspiring because we set out to create an app that would make people love sharing their photos with other people and it turned into something

much larger than we could have expected. >> there's a graveyard of start ups that fizzled and died. why do you think it worked? >> what we wanted to focus on solving people's problems. they wanted to share their photos quickly and they wanted them to be beautiful and we focused on those things and it went well. >> a lot of people talk about mark zuckerberg when they talk about you. it's a good comparison. is he a mentor or friend? do you look at how he handled this success at a young age? >> well, the best friends are mentors. we get along very well and the relationship is very much cofounders of different companies and we give each other a lot of advice and it's good to have someone that's been through this as well. >> i wondered what the most commonly photographed thing was. i had some guesses, sunset, animals -- >> dogs. >> in your case? >> definitely food. >> food. >> my personality is something like a balance of art and science and i think that food tends to be the blend of those

two and that's why i love documenting it where ever i go on my business travel. >> we have also seen with instagram it become part of the news. documenting the news. sometimes making news. we saw syria's president joined instagram in the heat of everything going on there. a couple of weeks ago rihanna took a picture with exotic animals. two people ended up getting arrested. was it your hope and ambition that it would shape world events and become part of world events? >> the first day we launched instagram 25,000 people signed up and i said i think we've created something bigger than we think and it's been amazing to watch the ride because, like you said, these things start happening and you realize it has a lot more impact. >> do you have in your mind what the next big thing is. >> the next big thing for instagram is discovering exploration. we have 55 million photos added daily and i want to make sure you can discover the photos most relevant to you and your interests. >> you have accomplished so much. the ultimate status symbol is to

just have your name, @kevin on your instagram page. >> it helps to be the first one to sign up. >> there's someone that has a name, @dolly. >> she is still with her brothers and sisters but we're excited. >> she must know somebody. he's got the @dolly name. >> thank you so much. >> coming up next, your powers of observation put to the test. our final round of fact or fiction. but, first, this is "today" on nbc.

thank you. thank you for that. all right everybody. we are back with our final addition of, say it with me everybody -- >> fact or fiction. >> nice job. it's our way of testing your

judgment in today's age of information overload. on thursday matt and al guessed correctly that the cube man was fiction while the high flying balloon guy was real. you're here with two stories. what have you got? >> here we go. this comes to us all the way from south korea where an unconventional kind of daycare maybe the norm here. >> reporter: like many working moms juggling a million and one things. she was ready to throw a tantrum of her own. >> every day i was exhausted and it was very difficult to perform all the duties of a good mother. >> reporter: she desperately needed a helping hand but a helping hand that looks like this? meet nanny and yes, this say robot which soon could be an overwhelmed parents best friend. once the stuff of science fiction they're in the beta

testing phases in korea where the cost of daycare is third highest in the world. it plays, reads and can warn parents with a text if the kids are up to no good. it's the creation of an engineerer who believes it may one day eliminate the need for traditional daycare. >> it can be used for supervising multiple children for younger periods of time. >> i don't know that you'll get american parents to trust your kids to him. >> on a recent city to pitch investors he showed how his invention works. >> try to grab it. >> how does it know? >> everything is programmed. it's complex but it knows how to recognize dangerous objects and situations. >> he already received orders for over 3500 in asia and even received inquiries from as far

away as iceland and brazil. >> we already use robots in every day life and this is the next thing. >> is it far fetched? al's story number one. savannah, what do you think? quick thoughts? >> i feel this one is real. >> i want one. i'm saying it's real. >> i'm talking to matt who is watching and we have our decision. >> all right. we'll keep that in mind. >> al, story number two. >> it's a look at an unusual company started by three women who wanted to deal with the art of grieving. >> reporter: robert burch has been creating glass sculptors for years. >> we're incorporating ash of people and or pets into pieces. >> reporter: they call it art from ashes. a thoughtful business created by three friends that make a living

honoring the dead. >> so we'll go up and take up the new orders. >> reporter: with their individualized glass art pieces. >> now, we're really 50/50. 50% human, 50% pets, dogs, cats, chimpanzees. >> reporter: instead of merely storing remains, a loved one can reflect the sun and hold a martini or dangle in a tasteful piece of jewelry. >> every other bead has a little bit of my mom and dad together. >> people will come up to me and ask me who am i wearing? >> reporter: selling the idea was a challenge. >> our kids would laugh. >> i have it in writing that in the event of my demise my mom is only allowed to turn me into one piece rather than a bunch. >> clients embraced it immediately. >> when my dog died my heart was broken and i wanted something i could have to carey with me or

hold on to. >> reporter: she had two pieces made from the remains of her dog molly. first a blue paperweight. >> it was beautiful and clear. >> reporter: then a purple one. >> i talked to an animal communiqcommun communicator who said her favorite color was purple. >> turning grief into beauty. >> we're all stuck. >> voting right now? >> i think i might change my vote. >> we're changing votes. >> i found the testimonials very convincing. >> either amazing actresses or that's real. >> all right. let's turn to the plaza. you saw both stories. i want you to hold up the sign you think is the story of fiction. which one do you not believe? the robot nanny? nobody believes that's a real story. >> wow. >> okay. let's lock it in. savannah you're in the lead with three points. >> i think robot nanny is fake because i don't think we would

have done a fake story about people grieving. >> yeah. >> i'm sorry. >> nat? >> i'm going to same. >> willie, if you go against the grain on savannah, you and matt could tie meaning some money would go to your charity as well. we just conferred and we're going with art from ashes. >> you're going the other way. >> so it's either savannah's victory or a split. tweet us what you think is the fake story using #robotnanny or art ashes. we'll reveal the answer. >> what is it al? >> stop laughing. this is "today" on nbc.

all right. it all comes down to this. suspense is in the air. we're back with fact or fiction. the game that challenges us to start the fake story.

so is it yoo-mo the robot nanny or turning your loved ones remains into art? our plaza audience thought robot nanny was the fake story but now at home, 69% of you also think that robot nanny is a work of fiction. before we get to it votes are split here. the battle is really between savannah and matt or willie. if it is robot nanny is the fake story savannah will win this thing and $5,000 for her charity. if art from ashes is a fake story there will be a tie. you'll split the proceeds. al, what is the fake story. >> the fake story is robot nanny. >> robot nanny. >> savannah wins. >> yea. >> congratulations, savannah. >> $5,000 for your charity. >> i'm so excited.

>> what's your charity. >> the national down syndrome society. >> wonderful. >> it was a close one willie/matt. >> i blamed matt for the information. >> he is devastated but he is going to contribute money as well. >> that's nice. >> and what were the clues? the give aways? you don't know? whatever. >> thank you very much. >> up next, a look at one of george clooney's many getaways and the super model he shares it with. but first, this is "today" on nbc. congratulations to savannah. [ phone ringing ]

[ daughter ] hi mom. hey honey, the trip's great, very relaxing. are you sure you can't make it? but you come every year! you could be playing bingo right now! woooo! and there's movie night -- you love movies! [ laughs ] sorry honey, can't hear you -- bad connection. love you! [ laughs ] ♪

[ male announcer ] bold flavors for the bold hearted -- progresso heart healthy soup. back now at 8:50 with today's home. an inside look at a mexican getaway for the stars. it's shared by george clooney and george gerber and cindy crawford. good morning. good to see you. >> good morning. >> explain this to me a little bit. they're the best of friends and have been for many years and they built a compound together, essentially. >> they did. they decided at first to build one house and then decided that maybe they needed two houses but they're two sister houses. very similar, not exactly alike. >> let's take a look first at george clooney's side of the compound. what's the vibe of the place?

>> it's very clubby and masculine. the lanterns are magical when lit. each of the two houses has a courtyard and beautiful terrace opening on to a pool overlooking the sea. >> we're looking at a shot that many people have dreamed of seeing, george clooney's bedroom. the one right before that. what were we seeing there? >> that is george clooney's bedroom with an amazing view of the ocean. it's very masculine and warm and very sophisticated. >> this is essentially -- this say party house as you said? he's a guys guy. he can have his friends come over and stay with him for weeks. >> he can. they're all about family and friends and fun. they go down there to entertain, to bring their friends down. it's a real sanctuary. >> and randy gerber is the design genius behind it. >> he is. he likes design and did a terrific job with the houses. >> let's look at the randy and

cindy side of the place. they talk about feeling in harmony with the setting. i think i know what they're talking about. >> it's a marvelous room. it opens to the outside. almost every room in the house opens to the outside. there's a courtyard and more color and more family friendly. white fabrics. built in furniture. >> there's outdoor dining there. you've got the pool. >> you have a beautiful pool and then all you see is ocean. ocean and palm trees. it's really beautiful. >> now, what are the differences, then, if you had to point out a couple between the two sides? do they have different taste and design. >> they do. each house has it's own personality. they were designed by a phenomenal mexican architect and it was important to them that they were architecturally important but that the design was different. so george's has a more masculine vibe. there's a more family vibe in the two atriums. there's more color in cindy and randy's house. >> a lot of people fantasizing about a weekend at that

compound. >> i had a weekend at that compound and it was fun. >> you got to go. >> was george there. >> george was not there but cindy and randy were there. >> cool photographs. nice to see you. >> nice to see you willie. >> let's go over to savannah. >> thanks. that's fun looking at those. >> amazing. >> why be in the movie theater when you have that view. >> yeah sometimes it rains. >> you have a busy weekend in the weather. >> that's right. we'll keep an eye on the storms. meantime, friday, we love friday. we want to give you a look at how it all unfolded this week right here on today. have a great weekend. >> the shutdown showdown is our top story. >> it looks at this point to be almost certain that the government will shutdown beginning at midnight tonight. >> here we are. much of the federal government shut down. >> this could go on for days and

weeks. >> the supreme court upheld obama care as constitutional. do you think the republicans should move on? >> no, it's a bad deal for the folks. >> suspicious packages that lead to tense moments at the jacksonville international airport. >> two men were arrested here overnight. their actions caused the airport to close here for five hours. >> everybody started running. a lot of people that works at the commerce started ducking behind where the packages go. >> i feel ntastic. people keep asking me that question, i have been declared cancer free. >> what i love about this job that i have is that i see so much hope. i see that you just need to give kids a little bit of love. >> former russian spy anna chapman is back in the headlines this morning. >> she remains very secretive but certainly not camera shy. >> you recently tweeted a marriage proposal -- >> i'm not going to discuss it. >> was it serious. >> richard. >> good morning oscar winner

sandra bullock in the studio. >> orlando bloom. >> sean hayes won an emmy for his role as jack mcfarland. >> that was easy. that's your latest weather. >> everybody say it with me, called -- >> fact or fiction. >> is that fact or fiction? >> look who's here, blair underwood. >> anthony mackey. >> oh, no. >> how did you get out here this fast. monday, on "today."

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pumpkin's back at dunkin'? now you tell me. try the new pumpkin pie donut or any of our other many pumpkin treats today. america runs on dunkin'. we'll take a look at weather and traffic next. good morning. our summer in october weather continues. right now, temperatures, 60s to

near 70 later today into the 80s. then, we'll continue through the weekend. then, cooler monday with possible showers, likely showers later on monday, perhaps a lingering shower tuesday. cooler next week. how is traffic, danella? >> in northwest, a report at an accident, georgia avenue at fairmont street. the inner loop, take the exit for georgia avenue, crash there. they just moved it out of the

from nbc news, this is today's take with al roker, natalie morales, and willie geist. live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. welcome to today on this friday morning, october 4th, 2013. i'm willie geist along with al roker, natalie morales, and brooke shields back with us again. >> brooke has many hair things going on. >> i've got some fishtail. >> oh, i like that. >> they're little fishtail braids. >> but it's like a ponytail. >> it's a ponytail with other things. i'm edgy. >> got creative today. >> i really am. >> she's living on the edge. >> this is it for me. >> living on the edge. >> i like it. >> it's exciting. >> j. crew shirt. >> nice. >> breast cancer awareness. >> yes. >> our colorful ladies here.

>> us not too much. >> so the shutdown is exhausting a lot of people on many levels. >> yeah. >> day four now, we're into it. there was a funny moment yesterday when a republican congressman from north carolina was caught taking a bit of a snooze as he presided over a house session for the affordable care act. >> it's about trying to do what's right for the whole country and if your heart doesn't break when you read these stories and when you -- it's about trying to do what's right for the whole country. >> camera work there. >> it's like an snl skit. >> oh. >> where am i? wait a minute, i'm in the house of representatives. >> and i'm in the big chair up at the top here. >> his fellow congressman there giving a passionate speech. >> let's do what's right for the country. >> i'm asleep right now. >> you're asleep. >> good. that's good. >> yeah, huh.

maybe -- i mean, i've -- listen, i've -- >> where's the weirdest place you fell asleep? >> just recently i went to the opening of the met and there were two intermissions and i found myself going -- >> oh, please. >> i've had some of my best naps. >> my mother fell asleep once in church. must have been after a long night and the funny thing is she woke up and she went -- >> broke into applause? >> yea, god. >> what's your's natalie? >> well, i was doing an interview this week. >> during the interview. >> i was definitely drowsy. >> could you be more specific? >> no, it's coming up. >> were you sitting across from the person? >> yes. >> that's got to be great. how good do you have to feel? you're giving an answer and you notice natalie dozing off during your interview. >> i did not fall asleep but

let's say i was like -- >> did you start to drool. >> no. >> you've got kids too. you were probably up all night. >> we're not letting it go. now we have to watch. watch the "today" show next week and guess which interview it was. >> wow. >> no, no, no. >> that was the day that changed my life. >> natalie. >> news with nat has become narcolepsy with nat. >> it's snooze with natalie. >> so sometimes, you know, there's a little lull in the room and it's a little quite. >> like the guy paused during the interview? >> just to tell our audience, when you do one of those interviews there's two giant lights shining. it's really hard to fall asleep. >> no, it's easier because it's so warm. >> it's cozy. >> we should give you a blankie next time. >> did you crawl into the guy's lap? start sucking your thumb? >> it was a guy.

>> no. it's not. >> it's a woman. >> i'm not saying anything. >> was it a robot. >> no. >> you were just snoring. >> hey, our hours are grueling. >> okay. >> let's not start -- oh, come on. a lot of people work these hours. >> i know. what about you all? >> i had one yesterday. i was at the dentist yesterday, in natalie's dense you find these moments, not necessarily during an interview but you find moments to catch a few minutes and -- >> drilling? >> there was something going on. i had the orange goggles on and i just kind of. >> i've done that. >> it was like 30 seconds but i was out. >> in the dental chair. >> i went to a dinner where you fell asleep when your wife deborah was mcing. >> that's right. >> darn right. >> i'm outing you mr. roker. >> happens all the time. >> i look up and al's like.

>> i'm dozing off. it's warm. i had a meal. it's 9:00 at night. i'm gone. here's the deal -- see, i don't apologize for it. that's the difference. >> up front. >> you know what, i'm going. this happens in our household. by friday night i'm literally dozing off during dinner and our 14-year-old is like, well, so, gee, dad, can't you stay awake and they all mouth the words i'm about to say which is do you have any idea what time i get up -- it's become a joke. it's become a joke in our house. >> boy, we are a fun group. >> yeah. >> you want to party with this crowd. >> that's right. >> we're asleep. >> the blue light -- the early bird special is late for us. we are there sitting there at denny's. >> so much fun. hang out with us a little bit longer, brooke, and you'll see. >> thank you. >> it's fun. i love this story. did you hear about the pinterest

wedding? he surprised his girlfriend with her dream pinterest wedding. he snuck on to the site and used his girlfriend's dream wedding pin board to create the big day. it started when rye i don't know overheard amanda telling a friend -- >> they look like models. >> amazing couple. >> that's a handsome couple. he overheard she wanted to get engaged and married on the same day. he plans the wedding. uses 200 or so imagines to put it together. chose the flowers, the decorations, even her dress. >> that's gutsy. >> for a year. >> but if it's on her pinterest. >> and there's that wanting to get in shape for your wedding too. >> yeah, she looks really out of shape. the two of them are really slackers. >> okay. so part of what -- i've gotten to two it twice so i had fun planning two weddings.

but -- >> you digress. >> i digress. >> your husband is sitting at home going, okay. >> part of the fun is the planning of it but because it was all on her pinterest i think it's amazing. >> she planned it. >> how confident he must be. >> well, they seem very happy. >> i could never pull that off. >> in june they flew from dallas to miami. he told her they were helping a friend move. >> didn't you stop that in college? >> but that sets up the moment anymore. moving a friend to getting married. >> amazing. >> well done, we're impressed. >> tiger woods was less impressed by his girlfriend lindsey vonn. why he has a squirrel in his pocket we may never know. >> hey, look at my squirrel.

>> oh -- >> she pulls the squirrel out of the pocket. >> watch how mad he gets. >> tiger doesn't love that. >> look at the focus, though, he hardly even looks at it. >> get the rat off me. >> i love how mad he gets at her and then he realizes later he's on camera and he's like oh, cute. it's a squirrel. >> oh, we're so playful. >> i love it. >> could you find a lemur. >> i love that there's a squirrel on the golf course. >> in his panlts. >> there were moments before. there was cuddling going on. >> with the squirrel? >> we'll have to find out what's happening on the pga. >> that's crazy. >> in new york -- that's good. but in new york they're all like rabid squirrels. that seems like a nice little -- >> they're aggressive here too. >> i had one pull a gun on me.

come on. >> give me your nuts. >> and you gave it to them which was the sad part. >> mr. roker, you have a lot going on in the weather department. >> all right. let's the weather department. >> they stole my car. >> we'll show you what we've got. this is tropical storm karen, 275 miles south/southwest, mouth of the mississippi, 60-mile-per-hour winds moving north/northwest. dry air starting to get into this thing. it may not be the big problem that we see it is. we are going to continue to watch this. it makes landfall sometime early sunday morning and makes its way into the southeast. this path could be changing. check with the weather channel, weather.com. rainfall amounts could be up to 8 inches of rain. we have a big, big winter storm to talk about pushing ahead of it. severe weather. behind the system, anywhere from 12-18 inches of snow and the black hills could be up to three

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we've been talking about miley cyrus lately, how about britney spears. >> okay. >> just a change of tune. >> she claims she had to tone down her latest video because people around the shoot wanted her to be too sexy and she said no way. this is toned down, i guess. >> that's really toned down. >> it aired on thursday on boston's 103.3. britney admits while the final version of the video is sexy she demanded that some of the early footage be cut out. that's what she said. >> we showed way more skin and did way more stuff for the video than what is actually there. i cut out half the video because i am a mother and i have children and it's hard to play sexy mom while you're being a pop star as well. >> so in some sense are they pushing you further than you want to go and you sit in the editing room and you say that has to go.

that's how it's all lined up. >> yes. yes. >> okay. >> i think part of what she is saying there is now that she's a mom she feels differently about video shoots. >> instant mom. did a little stork drop a baby? >> she also did in this interview which i appreciated, i'm glad she said it, she said she does wish for the way it used to be when you wore one outfit and you danced the whole video and there's was some kind of -- for britney to then want to go to a pure time, you know what i mean -- i think to a certain extent also that everything has become so overproduced and pushed, the envelope keeps getting pushed. i mean -- >> sounds like she wants it both ways. >> she's a young mom. i mean, those babies are so young. >> we do have a statement, britney's father and her manager said britney is never pressured into anything. she reviews all creative and for

her work b word video. >> i like that there. >> video -- she is being a mom. >> she says there's a lot of sex put into what we do in music videos. >> it's not like the finished product is not sexy. there's a lot going on there. >> don't you feel like nowadays, as we see with miley cyrus and the wrecking ball stuff, this generation of kids they feel they have to push that envelope in order to be relevant or to appeal to this generation? i don't know. >> no. >> everybody is always trying to keep up. >> think of madonna with all of her videos in the past. they were pretty out there. >> i think there is -- you know, they're just able to go farther and farther and it's -- i mean, i get it. it's been going on for a long time. >> yesterday we said there's going to be a day where right around the corner somebody is

going to be naked in their video. it's happening already. >> and asleep. >> everybody kind of hungry like the wolf was a big deal. >> so long ago. >> all right. why do we have these bizarre you s utensil in front of us. >> they're tin. >> this is desk cutlery because a lot of people eat at the desks at work. >> why can't you have a pen and a fork? >> if you're done with the fork -- we're hungry. >> it's a salad here. >> but if you're done with the fork and you want to clean it, you don't have a cap for your pen. >> are they throw away. >> did you have a salad. >> i'm going to go with this. >> not the fish, the squash. so when i have this stuck in my teeth will somebody tell me. >> how do these work? >> i'm using a spoon.

>> i eat my lunch and then what -- >> if you want to clean it, you don't have a cap for your pen. >> they cost $8.49 for the set. >> seems a little high. >> well, it's handy. >> it's called pen cap cutlery for the cube cal captive. >> nobody can walk and get the plastic you sutensils. >> right. >> i feel weird licking my pen this way. >> that's the miley cyrus video. >> i feel weird with you licking your pen. >> are you uncomfortable? >> this is not a good work environment. >> how's the salad. >> do you want it? >> how is the chicken. >> it looks fantastic. doesn't it look more appetizing with a pen laying on it. look at that. oh, man. >> wow. >> now when you're done with this, is it the right way to cross it like that. right over left.

>> and your man servant comes takes it away. >> they started with pencils but people would get lead poisoning. >> all right. >> moving on. >> coming up next, all the news you need before you leave the house. >> and we've got your ticket to hollywood including the feud between miley and sinead. let's put britney in there too. plus what

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wake up. >> i was bored to tears. to today's local news and weather. good morning. 9:26 on this friday, october 4th. i'm aaron gilcrest. our headlines, mid-shipment at the naval academy, seeing a change in the classroom because of the government shutdown. more than half of the faculty is furloughed because they are civilians. month are than 900 professors an other staff members 6789 they are try tog get military faculty to

we will get a look at your forecast and the commute next. good morning. around our region, temperatures around 70 degrees. later today, temperatures should easily be making it into the mid and upper 80s again. summer and october weather will continue into the weekend. then, a break comes on monday. some showers likely. highs in the 70s to be followed by highs only near 70 on tuesday, wednesday, thursday, which is about the average for that time of year. next week, drying out. now, danella, how is traffic? >> we are going to start with metro. delays on the orange line, signal problems at west falls church metro station. still causing delays in both directions on the o

hi, ladies. >> welcome back to today on this friday morning, october 4th, 2013. some people having lunch just across the way. i'm willie geist with al roker, natalie morales and brooke shields with us this week. listening to little secrets by passion pit. great band. >> love. >> you and i can speak to this one. once you become a dad you become a cliche in some ways. >> absolutely. >> our friends at buzz feed pointed out the ways we become cliches. the online list, things dads like. cell phone holsters. >> i don't use that. >> barrack obama. >> president of the united states enjoys a cell phone holder. >> there it is. >> you do wear the mom jeans so well. >> yes i do. >> do you rock a mom jean? >> that's what my kids call them. >> how's the smile on the je. there's an area called the smile. >> the things we talk about

during our commercial break. >> being superstitious about sports. >> yeah. i've got one of these. >> i went to vanderbilt. >> yeah. >> the vastly improved and getting better every day there headed by james franklin. so i'll slip this on for the last decade on a saturday. because if i wear my shirt that helps them win. >> absolutely. >> clearly. >> they've had a few slips along the way. >> but that was your fault. >> i blame myself. >> my college, our mascot was the great laker. he looked like the fwgordon's fisherman. hard to get behind that. let me get fish sticks. >> speaking of grilling. are you a griller? >> my husband is a passive griller. >> does he wear an a problpron. >> no but he makes his own dry rub.

>> that's not a cliche. that's a skill. >> that's a skill. that's what you strive to be. >> absolutely. >> what's wrong with that? >> taking a really long time in the bathroom -- >> i wasn't sure where you were going with that. >> you men are notorious for that. >> there's a lot of reading to be done. >> my mother used to call it the library. you've been in there 20 minutes and my dad would yell out who died and made you time keeper. >> wow. a look behind the nbc.com. al, how about a check of the weather? >> let's see what we've got for you. >> the weekend. we have a couple of things going on. tropical storm karen. we're hoping it is not going to be as bad. a lot of dry air getting into it. not a problem there. there is a risk for strong storms stretching from wisconsin down into the northeastern part of arkansas. santa ana winds. gorgeous weather ang lo the eastern seaboard.

for sunday, sunday, look for more rain stretching from new england down to the gulf as we watch karen come onshore. western two-thirds of the country going to be spectacular. risk of strong storms in the upper ohio river valley. that's what's going on around the country. here is what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> a summerlike haze in the air now that the fog has dissipated. hazy sunshine around the metro area. temperatures up around 70 degrees. much of the region and it will continue to climb. it will feel like summer later today, highs reaching mid to upper 80s and again on saturday. partly cloudy both afternoons. increasing clouds on sunday, highs, mid-80s. then, we'll that's your latest weather. why does natalie have these signs? we're going to find out in just a little bit. >> i'm a buy, though. >> that's a tease, al. thanks. >> this morning in your ticket to hollywood, the war of words deepens between miley cyrus and sinead o'connor. a.j. calloway has the scoop for

us. >> how are you? >> how's the baby? first thing is first. >> we saw pictures. she is beautiful. >> it's that face but in the bahia algondones form. >> she rolled over. >> that's a big moment. >> that's a big moment. usher checking kids the abc's on sesame street. let's take a peek. >> get up and dance with me. [ music playing ] >> i love when stars do this. we grew up watching these videos with my kids on youtube. chris brown had one me did with them. >> he is incredible. he could sing with dictionary and get away with it. he is basically doing that right now. >> he is. >> he's so good. >> i love these. >> remember these growing.

>> i loved them when i was little too. >> brooke is very excited because we're hearing about a second ted movie. >> i love this movie. >> ted 2. it is happening. >> yea. >> 2015. ted 2 is happening. last year they came out. it was a blockbuster. grossed $540 million worldwide. so why not do a 2? >> of course. >> you have to. >> mark walhberg -- you love this movie? maybe seth will write you in. >> i would love it. it's so wrong, it's so right. i love it. when they're yelling at thunder and they've got that little song. >> how many times have you seen it? >> i have seen it so many times. >> i've seen it three. >> for an r rated comedy starring a teddy bear to make half a billion dollars is outrageous. >> it's incredible. >> when he's running through the names of all the white trash girls. how they're going to top it, i don't know. >> we're going to see brooke

shields in ted 2. that's going to happen after this segment. >> i think we should date. i think i should date ted. >> they're saying summer of 2015. summer of 2015. >> we'll wait for that one. let's get to our photo of the week. gwyneth paltrow joined instag m instagram. >> she has a picture of her and jason wu. over 6,000 followers already. people love to see her. she's a beautiful woman and she loves social media. >> she doesn't tweet as much but maybe she'll instagram. >> she'll probably instagram a lot more. >> do you do a lot of selfies? >> no, i'm not a selfie. >> no selfie? >> no. some privately maybe. my husband. but i'm not going to put them on twitter. >> really? wow. >> we broke through something. this is new territory. >> there's so much you don't know about me. >> do you have instagram? >> i don't. i have twitter.

well, i have them all but i'm nervous about getting called out on twitter. i keep it monitored. >> nice on twitter? >> not nice. just careful. >> we got to get an instagram. >> we'll talk later. moving on. >> let's get to this miley sinead back and forth. she says don't let the music business prostitute you. those are her words and miley tweets back and says let's talk. >> is that what she said? >> well, she tweets back. miley responded to sinead saying she is busy hosting snl and then she tweeted again and said i don't have time to write you an open -- miley basically said that she is busy doing snl and then she wrote another tweet saying if you'd like to sit down and talk, let me know in another open letter. kind of jabbing at her even though she did a video kind of giving -- paying respect to

sinead o'connor. nobody was talking about her before but now she is getting in a few but i think sinead is just saying a lot of what everybody is feeling. they want her to tone down. they want miley to calm down a little bit. everybody is tired of it. >> you wonder why she has taken an interest in this to write open letters about it. >> it's that thing. if you really do want to have an impact on someone personally just call them yourself. >> if it's a letter, send it to them. >> exactly. >> but put her into the limelight and i think miley is aware of that so she is jabbing at her a little bit. >> and she's going to be on snl so now she can mess with her on snl. >> miley is on snl saturday and here monday and interview with a concert with us. >> thank you a.j. >> great to see you. we need to break so we can check out the photos she is talking about. >> what's the number one rule in buying a home? is it location,

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if you're in the market for a new home there's a lot of myths and misconceptions when it comes to buying. we called in the experts to help you out. she's the personal finance contributor for the street.com and jay is a real estate agent. >> you'll read a statement and we'll guess if it's a buy meaning it's fact or bust because it's fiction. go ahead. >> the first we have, your

credit score is the single most important factor when applying for a mortgage. >> i'm staying there on bust. >> i'm saying buy. >> oh, good. well, so it's actually a bust. there are lots of different factors that go into determining whether or not you get a mortgage. your credit score is important but so is how much cash in the bank, what your income is. the type of property you're buying. it is true that your credit score is the biggest factor when it comes to your interest rate. >> that makes sense. >> okay. >> there's a highlight that our american heros, our vets can get 100% financing with a 620 credit score. >> oh, okay. >> who's next. when buying a house, the number one rule is location, location, location? buy or bust? >> i'm saying that's an old myth. >> i'm saying that's a buy. >> i'm sticking here. >> right and wrong. >> come on. more right. yes it's a buy.

you lost willie. >> you lost willie. >> so here's the real life scenario. i have a house for sell, 10.7 million. beautiful architect and builder built the thing right but you take the house in alpine and put it anywhere else in new jersey it's not 10.7 million anymore. location, location, location drives up the premium. >> all right. >> i guess you're going to sell that house then now. >> i hope so. >> all right. >> okay, you should never make an offer below more than 10% of asking price. >> i'm keeping this guy right here on the bust. >> bust. you're right. when you're making an offer, take two things into consideration. the fair market value of the home and what you can afford. the seller might have priced the home high emotionally because they might be attached to the house. you can come in low but be prepared to justify your price. you don't want to offend the seller. >> the best time to shop for a house is during the winter

months. >> buy or bust. >> bust. >> i just don't want to move my thing. >> so, willie, the theory behind that is that 365, any day of the year say great time to buy a house if it's your dream home. never be the person trying to play the market wanting to move in the summer months and you miss out on what could have been. >> don't you get better deals during the winter months? >> you may. because there's less activity. it say little true but never pass up on your dream home. >> not that i'm keeping score but i think i won. >> i think you win. >> i'm okay with that. >> i'm not done yet. >> we're out of time. sorry. so willie wins. lauren and jay, thank you. >> thank you. >> coming up next, if you have more questions you're going to stick around and you'll be tweeting with some of our viewers as well. the hashtag is buy or bust all

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tacos and tequila event. >> it's all about tacos today. i am hosting the tacos and tequila event. it's a great event. i invite 31 different chefs. a taco is something you can put anything in. we have pulled pork. so i'll start with the pork shoulder and some spices, some red chilis and onions and garlic. >> and you braise it. >> let it go for 90 minutes covered in the oven. okay. actually there's dressing right there. you can dress this. we have cabbage and cilantro. contrast of texture is important. brooke has the taco shell. we're not going to use a tortilla for this. you can use a boston lettuce

leaf. >> it's healthier. >> and gluten free. >> put barbecue sauce on the pork. your favorite barbecue sauce and take some of the slaw. >> they're tart and sweet and have a little punch. give this a taste. >> in the meantime -- >> what's next. >> let's get to the chicken. so we have chicken tacos, obviously very popular. i flavored mine with flavors of spain. so i blazed some chicken. >> chicken thighs. >> yes, they get nice and tender and you pull the chicken off of the bone and try not to shred it too much. i like it to be in bigger pieces and i take cheese which is a spanish cheese and mix it with the chicken and then i put the chicken on top of a corn tortilla and this is a pepper relish. you could use roasted red peppers if you want to put they're spanish. i'm trying to keep the spanish

theme. and also we talked about crunch and contrast of texture. i used pickles onions here that i pickled in a little bit of saffron. >> finish that off. >> now, you have taco night? >> we do. >> who cooks? >> my husband is such a good cook. you know that. it's a really fun thing. >> i met brooke's husband on a plane, the first time we met and all we talked about for six hours was food. and i wasn't talking. >> all right. fantastic. >> she is going in. >> come to the food and wine festival. tacos and tequila everybody. >> information about it and the recipes on our website today.com. we're back in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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preview of weekend today. >> this weekend, what are we talking about? the unlikely pairing in the classrooms. retired seniors mentoring elementary students but they're not just helping them with their school work. they're also teaching them respect. we'll ask the question are young people lacking social graces because of today's technology. more on this weekend on today. >> they can teach them more. just basic respect. >> we have lost a lot of that. it's good to bring it back. >> absolutely. >> actually we're becoming a meaner culture with social networking sometimes. >> we can get away with a lot. >> sinead o'connor and miley >> we can get away with a lot. >> sinead o'connor and miley cyrus.

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from nbc news this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> you made it, everybody. congratulations to you. it is friday. friday, october 4th, 2013. >> yes, it is. >> still gorgeous glorious weather here in new york. we've been blessed. >> yes, it is, and a nice weekend too. >> i'm going to the cayman islands. >> i know, hoda. >> it's a breast cancer event which is great, but it is nice to go -- >> it is nice to go to the caymans. >> what are you doing this weekend? >> i don't know yet. waiting to hear from two people. regis and joy, if they're around, we like to hang with them a little bit. we'll see. >> okay. >> otherwise, it's me and frank. couple of old gnarly farts

looking at each other and putting the dog. that's what it's all about. keep tweeting, we like that. so where did you meet your spouse? >> i met my spouse at a competitive show to this one across town. >> you were both working? >> we were both working. >> the premise is couples who meet at work are more likely to stay together because -- >> and more likely to marry. >> yeah. you met frank at -- >> across the street. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> okay. so you met and because you spent so much time together? >> you know, it's kind of fun. when i was first in new york, 31 years ago, frank was already, of course, a big deal and all of that. he used to hang out with don meredith a lot, his best friend. and when don was in town, they'd get together. and he called me one day, we were only colleagues a little bit. he goes, the cowboy's in town and wants to have lunch. and i said, okay. and i go to lunch with them. they sit across from me and i'm

feeling -- you know, those pinch me moments. i'm sitting across the table from frank gifford and don meredith, where's waldo, why am i here? and all of a sudden i was telling him about this guy i was dating and it was rough and not going to great. and don looked at me and goes, kathie, darling, i'm going to tell you what i'm going to do. i'm going to take a tour of you from the tip of your toes to the top of your head with lots of intermittent stops. >> and i went -- help me. i said i am out of my league here. but i just -- >> wait. >> frank was sitting there like -- >> uh-huh. >> we just became great friends for four years. >> and then you started -- >> and i was going with another guy and frank didn't like him because he didn't think he was right for me. he said you're not going to marry him, are you? and i said, i might. no, you're going to hang out with me until you're over this guy. and i'm still hanging out with him. that's really it.

how about you? have you ever had an office romance other than that one? >> no, that's all there was. >> who shall remain nameless. okay. let's move on to the benefits. there are benefits if you enj enjoy -- >> a morning delight. >> a morning delight. >> if you like to go to poughkeepsie in the morning. >> there are benefits for doing it in the morning. i guess opposed to at night. they say that morning sex is very healthy. >> well, of course, why wouldn't it be? >> because you get -- >> who do you think? ♪ >> yes. okay. >> so they say it's good for your heart, it's like exercise. >> but any time of the day it's good for you and your heart. >> no, but you're starting your day -- you're leaving the bed and going out into the world. otherwise you're -- >> wherever it happens. i'm saying at night you just fall asleep and the endorphins go away and you wake up. >> in other words, you can

change your mood for the time. >> yeah. >> for the day. the biggest problem is most people have very little time in the morning. >> it has to be weekend mornings. >> unless you have a different kind of a schedule. i don't know why. we just tried to get your attention talking about morning sex. that's it. there's really nothing we intended to teach you and nothing for you to learn. >> but -- look. >> are you about to tell us when you like it? >> no, i'm saying when you go out for a nice dinner, you're full, come home, no one wants to be rolling around. >> a lot of people do, hoda. >> no, they're full. >> no, that's why they eat the rigitoni. energy, baby. >> there are a hundred things guys never ever want to hear. this comes from our friend who always has some funny bits. let's hear what he's got to say. >> i still live with my ex. >> do you have any hot friends? >> the bachelor's on. can you help me move next

saturday. do you want to watch the notebook? do you want to go shopping with me? you're not listening to me. what did i just say? i think we should make a joint facebook account. do you want to meet my parents tonight? she's pretty. is she prettier than me? i don't like watching football. are we official? i think i love you. what do you like about me? we should go on a diet together. i don't want to do this anymore. did you ever have abs? you look a lot like my ex-boyfriend. maybe we should date other people. oh, you're so cute. like what are we? i'm thinking of cutting my hair really short. is your brother single. do i look fat? be honest. we need to talk. >> he's so clever. we should have him live here some time. he's a delight. >> he's funny. >> he's cute. >> all right, we have a prop as we tend to have on friday. >> and we have a props person. it is called tryday friday. >> looking swell. >> this is not your ordinary

clip-on. >> it's not. >> this has a purpose. >> show us what it is. >> so there's -- >> drinking again. >> is there liquid in the tie? >> yes, there is. enough to get you through what? church? >> maybe out the front door. >> gerard, you are adorable. >> we love you. $24.95. >> who's better than gerard? everybody? nobody! >> on classtie.com. very nice. >> oh, cute. scientists have discovered we don't have the light, we have our laser, that a laser aimed at a certain part of your brain can control your hunger. >> they did something with rats or mice or something and had mice in a room with a big pile of cheese. so they took this laser and pointed it at the mouse's -- one of the mice -- one of the -- one of the --

>> meece. >> wait a second, let's regroup. >> one of the mouse's brains. the part of a mouse's brain. >> read whatever anyone writes. is it mice? one of the mouse's -- one of the mice. >> that's what they wrote, hoda. >> mice is plural. >> i know. one of the group of mice. >> one mouse -- it was part of the mice. >> the point is -- >> what are the furry creatures? they pointed a laser at the brain and that particular mouse didn't go for the cheese. he walked away. >> did he walk away toward a pile of hot dogs? >> no. he was out. so if they can figure out how to make that work. >> oh. it was a big old mess. whoo! . >> you know what -- >> i don't think so. >> let's give you -- let's do

something really cute. okay. so if you wondered what the world's tiniest puppy looked like. >> i thought it was bambino, but it isn't, it's angel the terrier. >> he weighs 1/3 of a pound. >> look at him. >> look how cute. >> he was born in england. >> he's the weight of a banana. >> look at him eating out of a spoon. >> a vet says angel could be on track to claim the world's smallest dog title. have to see how big he grows by one year. but a banana, that's how heavy. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's about the size bambino was when i first saw him. yep, he was already living with us for six months by then. but, yeah, but 7 pounds, 2 ounces, my big, big boy. you know what i call him nowadays? >> what? >> bambo. >> oh, god.

look who's sitting in our green room. gina greshom. we watched your movie, we're going to talk about "house of versace." all we could talk about was your body. it's insane. it's sick. acting was good too, but let's talk about the body. >> yes. >> will you give us your secrets when you come over? >> yeah, i have a laser point in timed at my head. >> good, good. >> if i looked like her, i'd point a laser -- >> me too. >> you know what it's time for? friday funnies. >> one morning a man came into work with both of his ears bandaged up. everyone's wondering what could've possibly happened to him. his boss asked, what did you do to your ears, the man replied, yesterday it was my turn to do the ironing and i was ironing a shirt, the phone rang, i accidentally answered the iron instead of the phone. wow, the boss said, that may explain one of your ears. what did you possibly do to the other?

the man goes they called back. >> good for you. i like it. it's time for okay or not okay. >> okay. is it okay or not okay to -- >> to -- >> i'll tell you. to refuse to be a role model. here's what we had to say. you may think you're not a role model but you are. kids will model their behavior after yours whether it's good or bad. >> good point. here's mine. it is not a choice if you are in the public eye, you should consider it your responsibility and a privilege. >> go, girl. >> excellent. >> baby of the week announcement. let's hear some music it's time for our baby announcements when we celebrate new moms and the adorable new additions to their families. our first johnson's baby is hayden piper tober. born in minnesota on july 27th, weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces.

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>> we give away more couture gowns than we sell. do you have any idea what it costs? >> do you have any idea how much free publicity we get when they wear versace? >> oh. >> and that's just the beginning. >> hello. >> it is so nice to have you with us. >> thank you. >> and you bite into this role and you don't let go with those. >> the ones behind us, how did you capture her? because she has such a distinctive look, the lips, all of it. >> you know, her face, you know -- it's movie magic. almost like taking a painting and you just see where the lights go and the darks go. >> you're fine featured in person -- did you use a little something, cotton under the lip to get that? >> i kind of pulled my face back and you change the plains. my cheekbones are different than hers. at some point i was using stuff under my mouth. sometimes she doesn't use her

lip and i'm like -- >> she's always sucking on something. >> a cigarette. >> you're killing me. >> or a glass of wine. >> did you have to get in character with the cigarettes and the whole -- >> i'm not a real smoker. i'm one of those annoying smokers with a te kequila or something. i was up to two packs a day. you can't do it -- >> i've been to the versace mansion where johnny was killed and it's -- >> incredible. >> it's incredible how that all. you don't dwell on that. you dwell on how much the death of johnny who you had a love/hate relationship, real sibling rivalry at its most shakespearean, almost. and you add all of the empire on your beautiful shoulders. >> it's so tragic. i think we think about donatello

at and mya doing her on snl. she's had this look as long as we've known her. but the thing that was so interesting when i read the book and the script, there was so much about this woman that i really didn't know and i didn't understand how the family worked. >> what family -- >> what did you learn about her you didn't expect to learn? >> well, you have to -- i didn't quite realize. you know, she really comes from that strong southern italian family. they're tight. they might as well have been married if they were brother and sister. and it was the three of them that created the empire. the mother was a seamstress and made beautiful dresses. it was a close knit family. and she was kind of her own person and johnny basically pulled her in and then when he went, everyone's looking at her. and she never really ran the company. she certainly had her ideas and had her style ideas. which is slightly different.

>> have you heard from her since this movie's come out? >> no, i've never met her, never heard from that. >> it was supposedly not with her blessing. >> it's tough on her with her addictions and stuff. >> she's an open person about everything. she's so funny. i can only imagine watching. every time i'd be doing something, i'd hear her in my head going, oh, are you kidding me? look at those arms. i'm like, i'm trying. >> the accent -- >> you were great. >> it was fun to see raquel welch too. >> oh, my gosh. she looked so hot. and she walks in and you're like, oh, my gosh. she's amazing. i love her. >> it's such a terrific movie. a lot of fun. >> it premieres tomorrow night on lifetime. >> tune in. >> that's right. you know who else is getting a lot of buzz? >> who? >> our girl bobbie. she's got items that will make you look good and help you do some good, as well.

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it is time for bobbie's buzz. great items that will make you look and feel great. >> october is breast cancer awareness month and "today's" style editor bobbie thomas has stylish finds that will have you giving back to a good cause. hi. >> it is pinktober and i just thought this would be a great time to kick off the month with products that will do good. >> okay. >> i just want to say it's really important if you can to make a direct donation, most of the money, all of the money will be, you know, going to the charity versus -- >> sure. >> but if you do want to shop, there are some great products. everything i'm featuring gives 100% of the net proceeds. at least for this month or not. but the first thing i want to give somebody a kudos.

bethany is a survivor who said she got this free wig and thought how do people find out about all these cool things? there's so many people giving away beautiful free scarves et cetera to patients. she creates breastcancerfreebies.com. we can go to the website and donate back to the charities and you'll see estee lauder this perfume, it's a solid perfume compact. and one of my favorites, kohl's has this great gear line. it's inexpensive from $7 to $20. >> wow. >> such a great way to get yourself active and avon has great crusade watches to fight for the cause. go to our website, these are great products because they give all the proceeds back. >> love it. >> love you. >> all right. thank you. >> okay, hoda -- >> i don't know what you're talking about. >> i don't either. >> apparently we're going to find out. but you have to wait a little bit.

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welcome back to this "today" on friday. no matter our age, we need mentors to keep us on the straight and narrow. >> when you're a kid, that person's usually a parent or teacher. what about when you're an adult. here to talk about the importance of a mentor is jennifer hartstein a psychologist and author of "strings attached: one tough teacher and the gift of expectations." welcome. >> thanks. great to be here. >> we don't think of mentors -- i guess we get to a point in our lives where we know our job -- >> so we don't seek out somebody else to help us along the way. we know it all. >> you don't know it all. there's always someone who is a few steps ahead of you. even as adults, it's important to take a step back and say what do i want to do next in this trajectory? who might be able to provide guidance with a firm hand and

figure out my next step to where i want to go. >> is that not called a friend, joanne? >> not necessarily. so our book "strings attached" is about the toughest teacher in the world, essentially. the guy we did not appreciate at the time. definitely not our friend. and yet, many years later when this man passed away, hundreds, thousands students rallied and said this was the guy that really taught us things like resilience and perseverance. >> i think women watch, do i seek someone out and say, hey, can you help me. >> you can do both, i think. there are organizations out there where you can actually go put up a profile of what you're looking for for a mentor. my father's involved in something like this where he mentored young people starting businesses as he was an established business person and they kind of pair them up on this website so you can ask around, ask people you know, go seek someone. the reason a friend might not always be the best, they're so emotionally invested in you they might not give you an honest

opinion. whereas a mentor, you want to build a relationship of respect. >> is this a commercial venture? do you have to pay for this? is this all free on the internet somewhere? >> it's both. all the different levels. you can do both. you do have ways if you don't have them. >> that's a tough love person you would try to avoid at all costs. you don't learn about it until later. sometimes the best mentors are the ones tough on you. >> it's about tough love. what a great mentor is not the person who coddles you and pats you on the head and says you're so great. they're the person who is really honest with you who says, you know, work harder, who says, you know, the best teachers and end being. and if you think about your own best teachers, it's probably not the one who let you get away with everything. it was probably the one who kicked your butt. >> i had one in sixth grade. no, tenth grade, no 11th grade said she was going to fail me if

i didn't enter a certain pageant and it was a scholarship pageant kind of thing. i don't know if she would've but she scared me enough i did it. >> it's finding the balance between being able to say you have to do this. you can do better. and i'm telling you that because i know you can do better. and they're pulling the best out of you. it's finding that fine line balance between driving you so hard it demoralizes you but driving you hard enough it lifts you. >> it could be anything. you might not know -- >> for me, it was a teacher in sixth grade who i loved. she had us doing all kinds of things and i never forgot it. but i think you get to a point in your life where you think, oh that person knows how to do it better than me. should i ask for help or do my own thing? >> it's so true. it could be in the workplace, might be someone you really admire. >> yeah. >> say something. >> who is a bunch of levels ahead of you. but they've been where you've been and they can share with you that experience. >> most are willing to also. they're flattered. >> they are flattered. >> and if we can learn from an

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kesha, we're waiting for kesha, here's what happened. >> oh, my god. >> hi. >> what the hell. >> hi, justin. how are you? >> what the hell? oh, my god. >> yeah. i'm kesha. >> we bleeped out the cursing that happened later. >> you guys are acting like you're 12 years old. >> yeah, it's pretty embarrassing. >> it was so amazing. he's so lovely and it was nice that he did that and our crew set that up for us. >> it was. >> we didn't have to think. >> if we would've known we were going to meet -- it would have been -- >> what did you ask him? >> he interviewed us. they gave him questions. i get choked up thinking about it. he knew stuff about us. >> he did. >> he did. yeah. >> he just asked us about all the bits we've done involving him.

and we had to explain our comedy to him. it was awesome. >> oh, my gosh. >> you're still on a high from it. >> i love it. >> who would be your dream guests? >> kathie lee and hoda. kathie lee and hoda. >> all right. let's talk about some pop culture topics. >> sandra bullock in gravity. >> this movie, hot people in space is what i'm calling it. >> i'm already stressed out. it's stressful. >> because they're too hot. >> no -- >> they're floating. >> the trailer gave me such anxiety. that's your worst nightmare. >> to be separated from george clooney. >> yeah. >> just disappear. >> look what's going on. >> yeah. all right. >> snl this weekend is going to be huge. >> yeah. it's a big deal. miley cyrus -- and this is her -- this is her first post

twerking. >> what are you smiling? >> i can't wait to see what they do with -- are they going to do a parody of the vma thing? i hope they do something like somebody comes out dressed up like a foam finger or -- i just want -- >> like gumby. what about -- do you think robin thicke might come by? >> cameo. >> that's going to happen. >> i should produce -- >> you're basically writing it for them. >> what about britney spears. she's got a new music video out. >> it's called work -- >> she tells you to work a lot in it. >> she looks amazing. >> she's back. she's never looked this good since -- it's been a few years. and -- >> i don't know the message, though. i like the words, you know, she's like if you want a lamborghini, you've got to work. she's doing that, but then she's wearing nothing.

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why is ken cuccinelli interfering in our private lives? he's focused on his own agenda. not us. all right. it seems women have moved on from obsessing over their weight and now we all complain about getting old like someone i know. take a look. >> i'm too old for this. >> please don't say six decades. honestly. six decades. you want to throw me into a bus. >> decades. >> say decades. >> i'm an old-timer.

>> i'm the oldest person at the "today" show. live strong and well, willard. >> i want my own smuckers jar. >> all right. i would say that's probably my way of using humor to battle what's obvious. has old become the new fat? here to help us stop focusing on the negative is the editor in chief of "self" magazine. and co-author with lucy of the nine rooms of happiness. welcome, ladies. >> thank you for having us. >> we make jokes about our age, we do it a lot and do it for fun and for laughs. but you guys say there's a line between doing it for the laugh and being -- >> exactly. well, you're not old, you're awesome. and when we complain about our wrinkles and, you know, our gray hair, maybe it's also a way of saying i wish i felt better but when you feel great, old is an attitude. i'm just saying it's all about how you feel and maybe it's a signal if you're feeling old or you need to take a little better

care of yourself. not you, but some people. >> everybody could take a little bit better care. look at betty white, she's made old sexy. 91 years old. >> she has. >> and we've had people -- we had cher just on who looks awesome. there's something different, i think, now that comes. there's not such a stigma with age, is there? >> i think we're taking better care of ourselves, living healthier, living longer and it shows. i think that's why you can be older and look younger. >> sometimes i think when we put ourselves down, i don't think it's because we hate ourselves. i think it's because we're like, oh, you too, i feel fat. it's like a bonding fun thing. >> that commiserating happens at every age. we saw jennifer lawrence and selena gomes doing it. and all these young people. you can only compare back, you can't compare forward. >> i think there was a line in a musical that said i don't want to be older, i want to be the old me. it's sort of like that. i want to be that girl -- >> what i want to point out. the opposite of old isn't new or

young it's healthy and energetic and your best self at every age and stage. that's what i'm trying to promote. >> right. >> i do think it's funny when young, beautiful people complain about their weight or age, it gets annoying. oh, i'm turning 27. >> smack them. >> don't you? is that a newer thing that's happening? >> you're hearing it at younger ages, you know. and i think it is a problem if it's too much. but i think a little bit motivates us to look our best and feel our best. but when you're doing it all the time and that's all you're hearing about, preoccupied with how you look, it's not so good. >> what's the take away, guys? what do you want -- >> i want people to understand you can't necessarily get a new vehicle, but you can take really good care of the one you've got. >> get a lube job. >> careful. >> get exercising. this is permission to take better care of yourself, you know, like high octane fuel. >> it's going to benefit everybody around you. >> you're right. >> shiny new isn't real. let's be the best we can be.

>> and be kind to yourself. when we talk like this to ourselves, it's not nice. >> and our kids are listening. >> some people say it behind people's backs, hoda. >> why are you looking at me? >> i know you don't. >> yes, they do. >> i don't think old should be bad, i think unhealthy's the opposite. the opposite is not feeling healthy. let's make healthy. >> all right, lucy. we got it. we got it! . >> thank you, ladies. >> we love you. thanks, guys. >> i feel so healthy. >> me too. >> and young. listen up, new moms, want to see some things that will make your life easier? check this out. any idea what this thing can do? is that a birth control device? >> oh, please. that's sick. >> first, this is "today" on nbc. [ superfan ] we're hitting the road to help america discover the new helper.

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car seats, chairs. >> what's going on here? >> oh, my goodness. >> claire's -- >> this is our graco travel system. >> and she's making good use of that. this, we love this stroller because it has one wheel in the front it's very easy to maneuver. you're not going to make as big of a footprint and when claire needs to hop in the car, we have a terrific -- >> you go girl. >> she's a go kind of girl. >> absolutely precious. thank you. and thanks to all of our babies. >> listen, we want you to have a great weekend. but join us this coming week, orlando bloom with us, kenny rogers. >> and elizabeth smart talking about her fascinating new book. plus a performance by "the voice" winner cassidy pulp. >> we've got a busy week. if you have one thing to do, it's have an awesome weekend. have fun in the cayman islands.

>> thank you, sweetie. >> bye, everybody. >> that was awesome.

. we are following three developing stories. new information on the possible motive of a woman who crashed into a white house barrier with her baby daughter in the car before police shot her. veterans are again at the world war ii memorial, but this time they are voicing concerns. what they say the government shut down is doing to their benefit. and tropical storm karen is expected to make landfall this weekend. storm team 4 has the latest on the storm and how it could impact our weather. good morning, everyone and welcome to news 4 midday on this friday. it's october 4th, 2013. there many unanswered questions about the woman whose came to a violent end on