." >>> this being national ice cream day, taste experts at baskin-robbins are trumpeting you are what flavor you eat. chocolate, you're supposed to be charming. vanilla fans are idealistic. we're surprised to learn mint chocolate chip fans tend to be curious while rocky road mavens are good listeners. >>> when we come back a jewel in the crown of the crescent city still singing after all these years. new orleans where the past easily ming else with the present and something old is always new, nbc's kevin tibbles and a band leader who is still keeping time with the changing times. >> reporter: in a city renowned for letting the bones temps roulet, a birthday party. at 102 years old, ferbos remains a jewel in the crescent city's musical crown. >> how old do you feel when you're playing? >> i don't feel old at all. i've been playing so long, since i was young. >> reporter: think of it, ferbos was born in 1911 before the sinking of the titanic. as a young man growing up in the creole community he watched a group of women playing trumpet in a brass band. >> if they could do it, i could, to

baskin robbins gives them experience in asia. much baked into it, no pun intended there, with relations to growth in the international markets, but if you did get dunkin' going into asia, korea is one market that baskin has a big foothold in so dunkin' could piggyback in there and that's instrumental to the growth story not there now and domestically other channels like the green mountain k-cups, just came out with a new product, ice coffee and green mountain machines so it's even growth outside of their stores. >> got t.matt, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you. >> what is it with priceline? that stock seems unstoppable, edging ever so close to the $1,000 mark. what's behind the run? and walmart reaching $1 billion in annual sales faster than any other company at that time. do you know what year that was? the answer when we come back. of back pain... rpe and a choice. take up to 4 advil in a day or 2 aleve for all day relief. [ male announcer ] that's handy. ♪ [ male announcer ] that's handy. could save you fifteen per

in celebration of national ice cream month, baskin-robbins researched what your favorite flavor saysy. if vanilla is your top choice, you're more likely to be impulsive. or mint chocolate chip more likely to be argumentative and cheap. i don't want to ve a lot of mint chocolate chip. what is your favorite flavor? >> they did not have mine, cookies and cream how do you not have cookies and cream on the list? melissa: mine is chocolate chip. >> that is really th. >> they didn't have bacon flavored. it is my favorite, the only i will eat. there is a place where they actually make it, it i homemade. i will bring it for you, i promise. melissa: who knew. surfers, check ts out, these wetsuits are designed to protect you from sharks. new research suggests sharks are colorblind. supposed to make swimmers invisible. black-and-white make them look poisonous to sharks. is this a false sense of security? >> i feel like people woul be too adventurous because if you are surfing or a scuba diver, more than likelyou are an adventurous person anyways but somedy may get too close with a camera. sharks

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this is a new study from baskin robbins. we can't back up the science on this.favorite ice cream flavors say about our personality? take a look. the most popular ones. do we have -- those are all popular. let's be honest. what do we think -- vanilla? impulsive, easily suggestible and idealist. >> impulsive? if you like vanilla, you're not impulsive. you're standing there and there's 1,000 flavors. and you pick vanilla. >> the other flavors like chocolate means you're dramatic. mint chocolate chip means you're aggressive. aggressive, angry, impulsive. these are things you feel when you're on a diet and you snap and eat ice cream. >> how about when you're being deprived or denied of ice cream. >> when you finally give in and you have the pint of rocky road, you probably feel a little bit aggressive. >> exactly. >> one adjective, all flavors share, joyous. thank you, kate, again. >> thank you. >>> also burning up "the heat index" this morning, the secret pick-me-up for some beverly hills moms. they say it's marijuana. and that's mommy's new helper. it makes them be

according to research done by baskin-robbins, your preference in the cup gives insight to your personalityerous, competent and go getter. what about rainbow sherbert? rocky road? you are engaging and a good listener. embrace your unique characteristics. raise a cone. take a lick and give thanks for the creamy, delicious treat that we call ice cream. >> now it's our turn. our friends at ample hills in brooklyn made an ice cream just for us. it's the "today" show smash up. you are starting already. you don't know what's in it. >> it's melting. >> cookie dough and praline. what do you think? a lot of stuff going on here. >> it's early for all that yumminess. >> i like taking vanilla ice cream and putting a bunch of toppings on top. that's what this is. >> vanilla was most popular because people mix it with other things. >> thanks to the folks at ample hills. nice job with the smash up. i would change the name. smash up. >> it's good. everything is in there. >> it's mash up. how do you feel about that name? anyway, we'll be right back. [ laughter ] smoke? nah, i'm good. [ male announcer ] cele

folks at baskin-robbins found an expert that matched flavors with personality types.olate, firth arabs, dra malgts, mint chocolate chip, argumentative, reserved, cautious. those that choose rocky road, good listeners, engaging, aggressive. they made need to chill out. i got one of those and it was totally wrong. in great britain the great kate wait continues. the united kingdom is waiting for kate to have her baby. jim maceda in london. good day to you. it's been a couple weeks, right? any idea when this thing is going to go down? >> boy, if i told you, if i knew the answer to that one, alex, i would be considered to be a seductive person, probably chocoholic here. i've got to tell you, you've got to recall there was a due date, july 13th. that slid to the right. that was pretty much media generated. the hospital behind me, a source cited the hospital cited this july 19th date. we think kate is overdue. we're not sure because we never got an official date from kensington palace. we understand she has returned to the cottage at kensington palace for the stay with her p

baskin robbins, our other brand in the u.s., is coming back strongly.1.6% comps, net growth, they have been in a steady decline for many years. we had two quarters where they have grown stores. we're optimist big that business. franchisees feel good. profitability is very strong. based on dungeon brands, joe. i think the company is going very well. >> fantastic, nigel, thank you. we appreciate you playing along with us this morning. and happy birthday to little george alexander. i'm excited. he was so cute. >> george alexander louis, right? >> and then they had the little -- they took the little seat and put it in the back of the car and william drove off. that's nice. they don't have to do that. they could have a driver like sorkin if they wanted. nigel, thank you. >>> coming up, southwest airlines is purning into the earnings gate. we'll have the earnings results and outlook next. my mantra? always go the extra mile. to treat my low testosterone, i did my research. my doctor and i went with axiron, the only underarm low t treatment. axiron can restore

the duncan donuts baskin robbins combined. >> who wants to go in for morning coffee and see ice creamt it. it seems weird. you want to get your coffee, have a bagel. not oreo ice cream. would you? >> the mark, greg, get this, we're going to add another voice, but this guy, he's a little tiny fly on the wall a lot of 250i8. oh, we have a sound boit t. markets are focusing this morning on comments from fed chairman ben bernanke, he says the u.s. economy still needs help from the fed's accommodative monetary policy. >> the dual mandate is to pursue maximum employment and price stability. currently, we have an unemployment rate of 7.6%, which i think if anything overstates the health on price stability. inflation is now about 1%, which below our 2% objective. both sides, both the employment side and the inflation side are saying that we need to be more accommodating. >> the chairman defended his decision for asset purchases. joining us now the break down, how the feds speak, they switch that around like a pie. you would be so much cooler. u.s. economics editor. >> how do you get cooler th