environmental affairs anne thompson is reporting. >> reporter: the mountain is covered in snow. a boon for skiers and snowbirds. >> last week, we went to june. this relives 1983. randy packs the snow pack for the government. >> this is a green line. right here is 1983. this year pretty well eclipses everything we have seen historically. even thou, giant snow caps are the only way to get up to the 10,000 foot side. where jim gets it in and weighs it. >> it's so heavy, it's breaking the ski pole. >> we're talking about all the snow that is filling the 11 reservoirs along the salt lake, not once, not twice, but three times. snowpacks are anywhere from 200% to 700% above normal. experts bring lunina and warmer air can hold more vapors when it snows. this year, it might be 4 to 6 weeks to melt because of thewar pushing water into every state except arizona and new mexico. there is already flooding in montana and river rescue tooms are getting ready for what is sure to come. as the light turns into a destructive force of nature. anne thompson, nbc news, salt lake city. >>> up next, an

nbc's anne thompson has our report from brick, new jersey. >> reporter: we know design can reimagine, but liz ballow believes it can do more. >> we're ready for you. >> she redecorated the family room where cindy anne levida recovered from chemotherapy. from breast cancer that spread to her lungs, rib and spine. >> thank you, sweetheart. i can't even begin to say how much more i think it is and how i can even begin to pay back. >> don't pay back, like i said, pay forward. >> reporter: liz calls her decorating mission liz's linen, after liz's inspiration, her sister, lynne solerno, enduring her own bout with breast cancer. >> i wanted to create a space that lynne would never think of to do for herself. >> lynne is an outdoors girl, liz, an interior designer. >> i wanted to turn that bed into a place that she could go to as a sanctuary instead of a place where she had to go to when she felt sick. >> reporter: one day as lynne got chemo, liz went to work, using nontoxic paint, high thread count sheets, three rows of pillows and plenty of touches to reflect lynne's love. >> every time i g

nbc's anne thompson is joining us with that side of the stoifrmstory. >> it's eroding in the u.s.reengage the formerly faithful and the answer may be just a click away. >> reporter: for religions steeped in ancient traditions, critics would say stop. the high-tech informal 140-character world of social media might seem to be the devil's playground. i think again. this is father dave dwyer, host of the busted halo show. five nights a week on sirius xm radio's catholic channel. >> so what is the different between eucharist and communion. >> reporter: carrying on the interactive tradition is as old as the church itself. >> if you never interact with the people, then you're not really a minister of god. jesus didn't do that. he didn't stand on the mountain and say no incoming please. what do they say and how do we respond to that? >> reporter: this 2,000-year-old institution is gone. need a prayer? there's an app for that. want to know what pope benedict is doing? follow youtube. follow christopher coin. he blessed the cars at the indy 500 and provided a response. some believe the 24/

anne thompson is in times square with details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann.some thought spiderman would never open. this extravaganza is taking its place on the great white way. at last, "spiderman: turn off the dark" officially landed on broadway. after six postponements, it brought out an a-list including superstars, and a former president to see the most expensive show ever. ♪ i'm a $65 million circus tragedy ♪ >> reporter: u-2s bono wrote the songs. >> everything went out of control. >> reporter: the $70 million reach for the stars spectacular was caught in the high-flying web. previews to stop the show. actor christopher tyranny was one of six injured. the rock stars turned off insiders and critics. >> when you are told something great is about to happen, you sago ahead, show us. then you set up. >> watching a couple rock stars slip on a banana is kind of funny. >> reporter: backstage, it wasn't about them, but the cast. >> the prayer is, it's a serious prayer now, a blessing on tonight's show and safety first and all of your charisma. >> reporter: the a

. >> anne thompson will be looking at the age of the church and social media. we'll show you the secret archives at the vatican that go back centuries. and i will get to talk with the swiss guard. i don't think i can put on the uniform, but it's a special, elite force that guards the pope. >> by the way, highly trained. during the audience with the pope it was about 85 degrees here in st. peter's square. members of the swiss guard stood at attention, the staff they carry, for an hour and 35 minutes, never flinching a muscle. we were dying. and they were making it worse. we have a great show in store for you tomorrow morning on "today." back to you guys in new york. >> matt, before i let you go, can you tell us what the gift was or do we have to wait even longer for that? >> i can tell you what it was. we heard this pope has a love for cats. so what was in the box was a beautiful crystal cat that, who knows, could be on his table. he seemed to accept it and like it. we wanted to offer a gift to show our appreciation for the time and attention he showed us. >> th

anne kreamer andark truss are here. she teamed up with mark truss from j. walter thompson, the advertising giant. together theyondued surys to see how americans working together balance their feelings in the professional environment. i am pleased to have both of them at this table. welcome. great to see you again. so why this? what made you decidehat this was going to be the next ann kraemer project. >> there were a couple reasons. one was the fact that the recession meant for the first time in americ history women were over 50% of the work for. >> rose: right. >> so that was one of those ah-ha kind of lightbulbs. is this a moment to stepack and rethink workplace norms, how offices function. the second piece was that in and around the two t 2000s the functional magnetic resonance image magazine allowed us to look at working human brains as so i thought are women and men different in any kind of neurobiological way? and that led to the exploration of the book. >> rose: what didyou find out abouhow men and women are different in a neurological way? >> well, neurobiological there's a lot of differen