the next free weekend won't be until april, so get out there. >> maybe even ann curry will come. jeff ranieri is going to be around. nice weather. >> who are you looking for? i'll drop her an e-mail. weather this weekend looks like the national parks have the right idea. some of the warmest weather this year, in fact, for weeks is going to be arriving here this weekend. tonight, the sun setting. but you'll also get the fog right there. you'll be seeing that returning especially until the north bay. that is where our fog advisory is in effect. from santa rosa to nevada where visibility could be at a quarter mile or less. otherwise right now, a sweet day out there. temperatures right now in the low 60s. back into livermore, and currently, 60 in san francisco. is this going to continue to tomorrow? yes, it is. in fact, even warmer. we're still going to have plenty of sunshine and look at this. the best seven-day forecast i think we have had in weeks. at this point. still, we look here at our satellite radar picture. we have cloud cover. very, very close. just 139 miles to the north,

ladies and gentlemen, ann curry! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ann, wherever you are, job well done. >> perfect!ther. >>> good morning to you, it is 8:26 right now. want to check out the forecast. >> log great today and these temperatures that have been abnormally warm for this time of year will continue for the next five to seven days, there's no rain in sight. high pressure dominant this morning and we have a beautiful day shaping up for us. some downsloping winds pushing offshore, going to keep things nice and warm for us today, but a little bit breezy. 64 degrees in livermore, 67 degrees in fairfield and 65 degrees today in gilroy. temperatures staying in the 60s all throughout the weekend. looks like a beautiful weekend to make those outdoor plans. how are we doing on the roadways this morning? >> southbound 680 is very slow coming out of pleasanton. we look at the signal, westbound 580 at park boulevard. it's very slow, westbound 580 coming off of the castro valley. that's slow, pushing folks over toward 880 all the way down to downtown. and here a sig alert continues because of debris in

tonight on "dateline" after the first hour, which will be hosted by ann curry because believe it or not we're on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy in haiti, at 8:00/7:00 central we'll come on and do an hour's worst of coverage from here including our conversation with both surgeons, the head of trauma and brain surgeon who literally can be thanked tonight for sparing the life of this member of congress. lester. >>

must say. >> excellent. >>> right now we want to send it inside for a check of the top stories from ann curry a glimmer of hope, now nearly a week after the deadly shooting rampage in tucson, arizona. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning. four victims are hospitalized, the congresswoman is in critical condition, this as the first of six funerals was yesterday. they lined the streets of tucson, some had never met 9-year-old christina taylor green, still they wanted to say goodbye, a tragic day, just like the day she was born, september 11, 2001. >> she began her life during a tragedy, 9/11 and her life was ended with a tragedy here in arizona. >> reporter: her family paused below a patch work of flags called the ground zero flag, deliver ed from the site of the world trade center. also gabe. >> gabe was my best friend, it's going to be harder for me to get through life on a day-to-day bas basis. >> reporter: and every day, new signs of hope for giffords. >> her eyes are slowly coming open. her husband couldn't believe it. >> reporter: husband mark kelly urged giffords to give t

i'm ann curry along with lester holt and al roker. >> and i'm enjoying it. coming up, we'll be talking about this winter storm some more and how it's moved across the midwest and through the northeast and new england today. it's a fast-moving storm, but enough to cause major traffic and air traffic problems. so we'll get a look at this. >> i love this video. >> aye-yi-yi. stay safe out there. >> look over there, now look over here. we're going to switch gears to talk about an emotional family reunion between the woman who was kidnapped as an infant and her family who has been worrying and waiting for her return for 23 years. now the fbi is leading the effort to track down her kidnapper. we're going to get the latest on that story coming up. >>> if you are thinking about house hunting anytime soon, you may want to go outside the box to find some great deals on some homes. barbara corcoran has empg from a new england farmhouse to a classic cottage and a wine country bungalow all for under $400,000. and the golden globes is known as much

i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and tamron hall.nd are going to deal with below zero temperatures today. parts of upstate new york, minus 35 degrees today. take a look at tamron's car in lower manhattan. >> i should have moved it. >> this is what happened. you don't go with alternate side of the street parking, that's what happens. >> i saw two construction workers this morning and they both -- big burly guys screaming. i'm like really? you can handle this. >> it means spring is coming eventually. coming up, something that most of us would love to know. seven ways to never run out of money. sounds pretty good, right? if you plan ahead, there are steps you can take to make sure your cash keeps flowing to afford a college education and retirement. the key is to start early. we'll get those tips coming up. >> and more real estate questions answered. from staging your home for sale for getting the seller to cover closing costs. we'll tell you what's realistic in today's housing market. >>> if you are one of those women who hates having

. >>> now a check of the top stories from ann curry over at the news desk. good morning, to you ann. >> good morning. >>> also in the news this morning, a 55-year-old american woman was reportedly arrested in iran and accused of hiding spy quill in her teeth. she wille the first american to be detained in iran since those three hikers were taken into custody along the border with iraq back in july 2009. >>> an omaha, nebraska, high school is in shock today after the 17-year-old son of a local police detective opened fire on wednesday, killing his vice principal and wounding the school's principal. police say the teenager then shot and killed himself in a car about a mile away. the teenager had posted his anger at the school on facebook before the attack. >>> passengers aboard a turkish airlines flight tackled an attempted hijacker overnight when the suspect claimed to have a bomb, stormed the cockpit and demanded the plane be returned to the point of origin in oslo, norway. after the foiled attempt, the plane was able to land safely at its planned destination

ann curry back after a couple of days. >> hey, guys. mentioned about congressman gabrielle giffords. lester holt has details now on this story. >> we mourn the dead. our hearts are broken by their sudden passing. >> he rallied the living. >> we are grateful to daniel hernandez. a volunteer in gaby's office. >> with victims and family members on the front row, including mark kelly, husband of congresswoman gabby giffords the president gave a grieving community something to cheer about. >> gabby opened her eyes for the first time. gabby opened her eyes for the first time. >> in his speech the president framed a call for greater understanding, around the memory of the youngest victim, 9-year-old christina taylor green whose budding passion for politics brought her to shah shopping center that fateful morning. >> i want her democracy to be as good as christina imagined it. i want our america to be as good as she imagined it. all of us, we should do everything we can do to make sure this country liveses up to our children's expectations. >>

service and so i said why don't you just type the end of the national information center and run the ann curry through and if you get ahead at least you will know where they are and they said gee, that will be an invasion of privacy and after going through the assassination i just couldn't take that so i went into the security side of ibm and i work for the international and you already have the museum up and running pretty well. >> clinton coming to stay with the service for a while but then you are retired and dealt with the personal situation. what kept you busy since then? >> the other businesses don't work i kept busy with my family to feed that is about the other thing i can do recently. but i did stay with the surface. i was returned to the white house key to 1964 and was assigned to president johnson, president johnson went to his ranch while in texas and i was down there and one day i was walking between the house and the security room and president johnson salami. he recognized me as having been on the kennedy detail. i had met him personally and new york when he had come to visit mr

. >> i'm ann curry in for meredith vieira who is obviously sleeping in from the golden globes. did you catch them? >> i watched the jets game and the rest was a blur. >> once you started it was hard to stop. >> you stayed up for the whole thing? >> yes, and i hate myself. it was hard to get up, but it was an award favorite. the writer, producer and some of the cast will join us live in a little bit. congratulations to them. plus we'll run down all of the night's big winners. >> of course, you can't have an awards show from hollywood without talking about fashion. it was a visual feast with natalie portman, angelina jolie and helena bonham carter dressed to impress. we'll talk about which looks worked and which may have missed the mark. speaking of the red carpet, mr. roker looked dapper as he caught up with oscar winner sandra bulk on. he asked her about ryan reynolds. and it was interesting to hear her response. >> let's start with the winners on stage. al and natalie are in los angeles where they have been rubbing elbows with the stars all night long. good morning to both of

. >>> first let's get a check of the top stories from ann curry at the news desk. >>> good morning oncecond snowstorm in less than two weeks is bearing down on parts of the northeast this morning. it's expected to bring several inches of snow to the new york city area which is still recovering from a deadly post christmas blizzard. >>> president obama has tapped william daley as the new white house chief of staff, taking over for rahm emanuel. and gene spurling will take over the national economic council. >>> meantime in the house, the reading of the u.s. constitution was interrupted by an anti-obama heckler when a congressman read the line that declares "only a natural-born citizen can be president." a woman in the gallery screamed, "except obama." she was removed from the building after some serious words and as you can hear, some gavel pounding. >>> two sisters are being released from prison today on the condition that one donate a kidney to the other who is on dialysis. jamie and gladys scott served two life sentences for luring two men into an armed robbery. >>> the fbi is on the

i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira and ann curry.he announcement of the nominations of the 83rd annual academy awards. >> can't wait for that. >>> plus, dealing with financial infidelity. maybe you have fibbed about how much you paid for something. it might seem harmless, but it can cause a big rift in your relationship. we'll talk about it coming up. >> speaking of relationships, valentine's day is coming up soon. this morning we've got steals and deals that we understand are going to put a smile on your loved one's face. i'm not so sure about that particular one. >> i'm not sure what that movement is. >> boston power stance. >> yo! >> let's say hi to dan evans, the latest contestant voted off the biggest loser ranch leaving his twin brother don to fend for himself. nice to see you. >> thank you. >> instead of losing, you and don both gained nine pounds. what happened? >> as you can imagine, i spent a lot of time thinking about that. it's hard to comprehend the combination of events that had to take place -- either hydration, food o

ann curry is there. >> welcome back to both of you. in new york, lawmakers are praising the president for signing the 9/11 health bill into law over the weekend while on vacation in hawaii. the law provides health care to first responders to ground zero. we'll have more on this story coming up. >>> two u.s. service members were killed overnight in central iraq. the first u.s. casualties of the new year. u.s. casualties have gone down significantly in iraq since the last american combat forces left in august. >>> a rare cold spell in southern california had drivers skidding and stranded over the weekend. heavy snow and winds up to 90 miles per hour shut down parts of interstate 5, which is, of course, the major road between southern and central california. >>> military aid is on the way to hundreds of thousands of australians who have been impacted by flooding, which some are now describing as being of biblical proportions. drenching rain has left a flood zone the size of france and germany combined. at least three people have died sinc

. >>> let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories from ann curry at the news desk. >> good morning. also in news this morning, a third day of clashes rocked egypt today. protesters and journalists were beaten, tear gassed and arrested on wednesday. the clashes are the biggest anti-government protest the country has seen the years. nobel peace laureate returns to egypt today to joint protesters and asking the president to resign after 30 years in office. >>> this morning in iraq, a car bomb ripped through a shiite funeral service in baghdad and at least 35 people were killed and at least 65 people were wounlded. as the military prepares to end policy this year, the't ask, pentagon is expected to announce new plans for training ahead of the shift in procedure. military leaders have called the possibility of retraining the force's 2 at any ti.2 million t daunting. >>> the mine blast in colombia was apparently caused by a build-up of methane gas. a build-up four years ago at the same mine left two people dead. >>> the foreclosure crisis is far from over according to realty

i'm meredith viera alongside matt lauer, ann curry and al roker.w auto biography called welcome to my world. >>> also a subject near and dear to all of our hearts, children and college and paying for college. a lot of people think, wow, that's when the bills really start. but just thinking about college, the tests you have to take t course you want to them to take, the application fees, it can cost a small fortune. we're going to give you ideas on how to lower that cost. >> and we have got your most pressing real estate questions out there, barbara corcoran our real estate guru will help you answer those questions. >>> there is a moment of silence that's going to be held today nationwi nationwide. >> we have got that big storm in the southeast, below normal temperatures for much of the country, above normal in new england and the northern plains and then as we get to the midweek period, wet weather in the great lakes, snow in the mountains. eastern half of the country stays below normal, with snow around the great lakes, rain in the pacific northwe

. >> now a check of the rest of the top stories with ann curry at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning, everybody. as matt mentioned earlier in the broadcast a 50 foot tall fireball rocked a northeast philadelphia neighborhood overnight. it was caught on tape. the explosion killed one gas company employee, injured five and forced dozens of residents from their homes. a gas main exploded. an investigation is under way. >>> a teenage girl is clinging to life after a gun went off in a los angeles classroom. it happened when a 17 year old boy dropped a backpack on a desk wounding the girl and another student. witnesses say the boy apologized and left the room before being arrested at the scene. today the house votes on president obama's health care law and republicans are ready to repeal. kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill with the details. good morning. >> reporter: hi, ann. this is a test of campaign promises and campaign style rhetoric. republicans say the health care reform law is a government overreach and both parties say they can fight it out more polit

i'm matt lauer along with meredith viera and al roker and ann curry. you have, we're talking physical illnesses. >> do you know the difference between a cold and the flu? and how concerned should you be be whooping cough. >> we're going to have important information that you need to know about all this. >> we're not going to laugh about that. >>> and tonight a new season of the biggest loser kicks off.conr olympic great wrestler, he gained a lot of weight. we're going to see what's going on with him. we're also and we're going to talk about how to keep mom fit. >>> also this morning, how would you all like a big bowl of warm, wonderful soup? >> yes. >> that's going to be a big bowl for all these people. >> we have got an expert in our kitchen who's going to teach us how to make a hearty, but also tasty soup. this is the best time of year to have soup. >> mr. roker, check of the weather please. >> first of all as we look ahead toward the jet stream, it's got the frigid air in the plains and also around the great lakes, that's normal. subtropical jet dow

. >>> let's go inside, ann curry is standing by at the news desk. >> as the new congress is sworn inhis afternoon, john boehner will take over as speaker of the house. house republicans are vowing to slash federal spending and dismantle health care reforms. the senate is still led by democrats but by a smaller margin. >> press secretary, robert gibbs is leaving the white house. his tdetar t departure takes pl the state of the union address. >>> there are more signs the economy may be improving. erin burnett has details for us. >> i'm just rejoycing about the three-day reprieve we're getting on taxes. gm, ford, chrysler, all double figure increases. gm, the stock is up 13%. there's optimism there. the fed also came out with minutes from its latest meeting and said guess what, the economy is still improving, that added to optimism, we did get that one little gain. one worry on wall street. gold had its biggest drop in six months. so a lot of people are worried about that. gold was up 30% last year. but the silver lining, gold was up 30%. >> isn't a drop in gold a probable sign that peo

ann curry is at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning. we begin with a t spreading anti-government movement in the middle east. inspired at least in part by the protests that toppled the government in tunisia. thousands are calling on their president in cairo to step down. john, what's the latest there? >> reporter: the latest is that organizers are calling for big demonstrations and again later today. whether they can deliver on that, though is a different question. we just took a walk through the city's center and there we saw rank after rank, truck after truck, riot police intent on snuffing out any protests. the government warned people today that if anyone takes to the streets, they will be dealt with firmly. which is what happened late last night about 1:00 in the morning. security forces here moved in and enforced and water cannons and tear gas. demonstrators off the streets. i think the government here is rattled and have not silenced the calls for an end to core us, end to this government. >> some of these protests, as you know,