. >> who better to get a lesson in beauty from than bobbi brown, pretty powerful women who excued confidence. first jenna wolfe with a preview of what's coming this up weekend. >> hey, guys, good morning. a nice show this weekend. lester is live in afghanistan where he was embedded with a unit on the front lines and talked to the troops about what it's like right now. he's also going to take a look at where things stand after 11 years of war in that region. then it's one of the biggest mysteries in u.s. history. what happened to jimmy hoffa. new clues this week under a driveway in suburban detroit. we will have the latest on that case. and alana stewart stops by to say how she's honoring the memory of famia farrofai farrah >> that's all coming up. >> look forward to it. all right. let's get a check of the weather once again. he is in los angeles. >> jenna, one more preview of the gun show? >> always, al. >> here we go. >> you go first. >> you go first. >> first you, and then me. >> al. >> okay, jenna. >> jenna. >> with the drama. >> oh, boom. >> wow. >> do you have a license to carry those.

. >> who better to get a lesson in beauty from than bobbi brown, pretty powerful women who excued confidence. first jenna wolfe with a preview of what's coming this up weekend. >> hey, guys, good morning. a nice show this weekend. lester is live in afghanistan where he was embedded with a unit on the front lines and talked to the troops about what it's like right now. he's also going to take a look at where things stand after 11 years of war in that region. then it's one of the biggest mysteries in u.s. history. what happened to jimmy hoffa. new clues this week under a driveway in suburban detroit. we will have the latest on that case. and alana stewart stops by to say how she's honoring the memory of famia farrofai farrah >> that's all coming up. >> look forward to it. all right. let's get a check of the weather once again. he is in los angeles. >> jenna, one more preview of the gun show? >> always, al. >> here we go. >> you go first. >> you go first. >> first you, and then me. >> al. >> okay, jenna. >> jenna. >> with the drama. >> oh, boom. >> wow. >> do you have a license to carry those.

beauty at any age whatsoever with "today" editor bobbi brown. she has brought friends to discuss overcoming insecurities and defining beauty on your own terms. we'll chat with her. there's a lot of giggling going on behind me. are you saying something about lester that i should pass along or -- no, just random giggling. you know how that goes on a sunday morning. first, a check of the weather with dylan dreyer, surrounded by pink. hey, dylan. >>> you can't miss this crowd. a group of high school students from virginia. what is pink'd? >> pink'd is a fund-raiser that students host. we host a pink event every year. this is the loudoun breast health network. we raised over $40,000 for breast cancer awareness and local charities. >> $40,000 and they're all in high school and they took a van up here, too. i they're all in high school and they took a van up here as well. thank you for what you're doing. as for the weather, we're talking about the heat out west.

now exciting news for beauty editor bobby brown. she just announced a new partnership with katie holmes to become the first celebrity face of bobby's makeup brand. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> you caught kind of a big fish here, this is exciting. >> how did this come about? >> went out with mutual friends, a tea together. we clicked, from the midwest. working moms. she's an actress, i'm not. we had a great time together. we talked about life and main things. we started talking about her fashion show. i told her i'd love to do the makeup. we collaborated there. organically it was like oh my god, would you consider, she said yes. >> this company, so successful, been around 21 years. >> 21 years. >> you've never had a celebrity spokesperson. why now and why katie? >> honestly, i'm not looking at this, i didn't hire a celebrity. i hired a woman who i think is really cool, who is down to earth, sparkles when she walks in a room and photographs really well. >> doesn't hurt she's beautiful. >> no, but she's beautiful. she's rel

. >>> sir paul notches another honor, and bobby brown is out and says he's clean. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus what daring kind of fried food can you expect to see at the texas state fair? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday. if you're just joining us, i hope you had a wonderful three-day holiday weekend. a lot of people, back to work, back to school. heading out the door this morning many areas need umbrellas on the earn seaboard. also thunderstorms rolling through kansas city. very hot in the middle of the country for the next two days. easily today and tomorrow above 100 in dallas. well, if you're watching us on on channel 2 news in buffalo, new york, learn about the notable land mark at architecture exposed at the burchfield penney art center. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. you can add yet another honor to the beatles' long list. this coming weekend french pre

. >>> sir paul notches another honor, and bobby brown is out and says he's clean.our early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, what kind of daring fried food can you expect to see this year at the texas state fair? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back on this tuesday. hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend. for a lot of people it's time go back to work. we are seeing temperatures in the northern half of the country still very warm today hot in texas all the way through oklahoma and the eastern half of the country, the humid is way up. we have a chance of thunderstorms not just today but even as we go into your wednesday. not a lot changes in your country. weather pattern remains the same. well, if you're watching us on on channel 2 news in buffalo, new york, learn about the notable land mark at architecture exposed at the burchfield penney art center. and that's your "early today" event of the day, lynn. >> all right, bill, thanks so much. >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. you can a

bobbi brown talks to women of all ages as they open up about their personal challenges and accomplishments the" bobbi is here with liz murray, known for chronicling her journey, chriscal gainer and writer all featured in this book. good morning to all of you. thanks for being with us this morning. >> good morning. >> bobbi, let me start with you. so many beautiful pictures photographed. the footage was so stunning in this book. why this one? what was the message in this book compared to the others that you've written? >> it's a makeup book because i am a makeup artist but this is about women's stories to help you understand who we all are and to help empower other women that anyone can feel good about themselves. >> i like the way you broke this down. you sectioned it off. you sectioned it on liz is pretty authentic, crystal is pretty strong, and ann is pretty classic. why divvy up the book this way? >> all of us have different parts of our personality and once a woman understands who she is, there's a pretty bold chapter, there's a pretty natural chapter. it's about discovering your perso

. >>> sir paul notches another honor, and bobby brown is out and says he's clean. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, what kind of daring fried food can you expect to see this year at the texas state fair? you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." update on your forecast. you can see a little bit of that moisture up in baja. central portions of nevada. a little more humidity in the air trying to keep temperatures down. high pressure off the west coast and intermountain west is keeping the west coast dry. if we get any showers out there, it will be very isolated. another very hot day out there in many areas. well, if you're watching us on kiem, news channel 3 in eureka, california, you see how winds and water help create the weather you see and feel at wind, water, weather at discovery museum. >> we would have gone for that. >> i know. i haven't been there already >>> and now here's an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. you can add yet another honor to one former beatles' long list. a

in her new book, makeup mave n bobbi brown talks to women of all ages as they open up about their personal. it is called "pretty powerful beauty stories to inspire confidence." bobbi is here with liz murray, known for chronicling her journey, crystal gainer and writer all featured in this book. good morning to all of you. thanks for being with us this morning. >> good morning. >> bobbi, let me start with you. so many beautiful pictures photographed. the footage was so stunning in this book. why this one? what was the message in this book compared to the others that you've written? >> it's a makeup book because i am a makeup artist but this is about women's stories to help you understand who we all are and to help empower other women that anyone can feel good about themselves. >> i like the way you broke this down. you sectioned it off. you sectioned it on liz is pretty authentic, crystal is pretty strong, and ann is pretty classic. why divvy up the book this way? >> all of us have different parts of our personality and once a woman understands who she is, there's a pretty bold chapter, the

she's just been hired as the new face many bobbi brown cosmetics.ho finalized her divorce just two weeks ago, will be the first celebrity spokeswoman. she also has her own clothing line, and bobbi brown will be the lead makeup artest for the spring's 2013 fashion show. >>> nearly two years after lady ga gaga made the due abu of her meatdress, it's on display until january. along with other artifacts from the women of rock, the dress is made of real meat, so it's not exactly in original condition. the meat is preserved though, and it's painted to look the same. gaga herself will be in washington in just a few months, bringing her "born this way" fall tour to the center. tasty dress there? owes tasteless, depending on your taste. drake and rihanna are leading nominees ahead of tonight's mtv's video awards. nicki minaj causing a real buzz on the internet. >> here with the deails georgia alfred alfredas, co-host on "the rick parr show." drake and rihanna may be the big winners? >> they're both nominated for five music video awards. katy perry, m.i.a., c

she's just hired as the new face of bobbi brown cosmetics, holmes who finalized her divorce two weeks ago will be the first celebrity spokeswoman for the makeup line. she has her own clothing line and bobbi brown will be the lead makeup artist for the line's spring fashion show. >>> amazon has a updated version of kindal. amazon also announced a new stand-alone e-reader. the new gage either could boost sales of e-books and movies. it comes in the midst of several advances in the high-tech gadget market. nokia and google have just announced new smartspoken. apple is expected to announce a new iphone and possibly a mini ipad in the weeks to come. >>> when we come back, a bank robbery and >>> it was an elaborate bank heist. police say two suspects captured the manager, strapped what they said was a bomb to her stomach, and police are still looking for those suspects. >> reporter: before daybreak detectives returns to the home of a bank manager who found herself at the center of wednesday's bank height drama. they spent nearly two hours searching inside her apartment and outside where she

bobby brown faces a new reality. >> the cat's out of the bag about rihanna's next project.e is georgia, the co-host for the morning show heard week days on wkys. how on earth did rihanna get scooped on her own announcement. >> france tweeted yesterday, rihan rihanna's got this big announcement coming. she's got a single coming out monday. they immediately de cleetd that tweet and reposted another tweet saying we've got a really big announcement. we don't need that announcement. we already know what it is now. guess she's got a new single coming out monday. >> and we all know it. >> yeah. >> bobby brown, not finished with reality tv just yet, huh? >> not yet. he and whitney houston had the reality show that was really incredibly popular. now b.e.t. has picked up a show starring him and his new family. and his business, the things he's doing with business, but i know he's on tour with new edition right now. maybe a little bit of that will be on there. not sure if whitney's daughter would be on that show. >> she was on the last one. >> i don't think she'll be on this one. she

and bobby brown is out, says he's clean. plus, justin bieber has a new tattoo, bill, what is it?oo of lynn berry? >> how many does he have? what was his first? >> i love lynn tattoo. >> coming up in entertainment. >> this never gets old. cle has re olcedr d w i just served my mother-in-law your chicken noodle soup but she loved it so much... i told her it was homemade. everyone tells a little white lie now and then. but now she wants my recipe [ clears his throat ] [ softly ] she's right behind me isn't she? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> welcome back, time for a little entertainment news. and you can add yet another honor to one former beatles' long list, he's sir paul mccartney. this weekend, french president will decorate him as an officer of honor. >>> a canadian power company has taken shape as toronto maple leafs captain, dion phaneuf and calgary-born actress alicia cuthbert are engaged. >>> bruce willis's wife emma shooting down a report that the 57-year-old actor was considering legal action against apple because he wants to leave his digital

today bobbi brown is off with her new book.ng daughter of billy joel and christie brink y brinkley, alexa joel. take a look. >> when we sat down to choose women for the book, alexa popped up immediately. i have watched her grow up. i used to do her mother's make-up when she was a little girl. she has a light in her eye, a sparkle, and when she arrives, you feel her presence. ♪ >> she's had her own struggles as most of us women have. and she has decided to take them and make them positive. and i really believe if more women talk about who they are and where they've been, it's a lot easier for women to relate and feel good about where they're going. >> how long? >> good morning again to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> bobbi, the last time i saw you, you were telling me katie holmes was the new face of bobbi brown. >> well, i wrote the book first. >> tell us about this concept of pretty powerful. it's more than make-up. >> pretty powerful to me is women look pretty without make-up, but powerful with make-up because it ma

today bobbi brown is off with her new book.ng daughter of billy joel and christie brink y brinkley, alexa joel. take a look. >> when we sat down to choose women for the book, alexa popped up immediately. i have watched her grow up. i used to do her mother's make-up when she was a little girl. she has a light in her eye, a sparkle, and when she arrives, you feel her presence. ♪ >> she's had her own struggles as most of us women have. and she has decided to take them and make them positive. and i really believe if more women talk about who they are and where they've been, it's a lot easier for women to relate and feel good about where they're going. >> how long? >> good morning again to you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> bobbi, the last time i saw you, you were telling me katie holmes was the new face of bobbi brown. >> well, i wrote the book first. >> tell us about this concept of pretty powerful. it's more than make-up. >> pretty powerful to me is women look pretty without make-up, but powerful with make-up because it ma

get anything from him in the divorce because she had signed the prenup, she is the new face of bobby browner, and she's apparently got a speaking agent, she's looking for many ways to make money. so yeah, starting a new life in new york. >> i can't believe she didn't get any financial stub. >> some change, some loose change. >> let's talk about the box office, because nobody went to the movies. >> worst weekend in, like, ten years in hollywood. >> is it because football started? >> warner bros had a movie that was supposed to come out this weekend that they had to recut because there was a scene that would have been inappropriate to show in light of what happened after "the dark knight" incident, so they moved it off the schedule for this weekend, so there were no new releases, so it was a really crappy weekend at the box office, kathie lee and hoda. >> i sure didn't go. >> i didn't either. i saw madonna saturday night. >> did you love it? >> loved it! >> anderson cooper was with you. what's going on with all this? >> nothing, we're pals. >> okay. you guys go off to europe as well with kel

bobbi kristina brown's new show will debut october 24 on the lifetime network and will feature he grandmotherr cissy houstonheher aunt and guardian pat houston, and her boyfriend. there's a new bachelor from dallas and he's confident he will find his soul mate when "the bachelor returns in january for its 17th season. we have had the first elimination on "dancing with the stars." pamela anderson and drool saew lechet were in the bottom. >> pamela. >> the judges gave anderson the lowest score out of the all stars on monday night. the fans did not come through to steeper dancing another week. of celebrities will return to the dance floor monday. night on abc monday we continue to celebrate this week of the premiers on abc. we are giving away gift baskets filled with $200 worth of prizes including show dvd's. you have until 6:00 a.m. to go to our facebook page to sign up. we will announce a winner each day this week during our 6:00 a.m. hour. it is 65 degrees. a story that will perk you up. we will take a look at the top [ male announcer ] the magic of nature blooms in every seed in deep red appl

. >> bobby brown has checked into rehab. >> jimmy: it is already? he never disappoints.here's a big scandal rocking the world of competitive scrabble right now, which is a sentence i never thought i'd say. the national scrabble championship has been going on for the last five days and yesterday, a young contestant was ejected from the competition after he was caught cheating. you know, you expect this kind of thing from boggle, but not scrabble. apparently he was stashing the blank tiles down on the floor by his feet and another competitor noticed and the scrabble police were alerted and the kid is going to get, like, six years in prison or something. they stripped him of his previous wins, they kicked him out of the tournament. he's not allowed to compete again. they are saying the poor kid might even end up with a girlfriend. [ laughter ] i'm glad that there are still kids out there who are playing scrabble, but it isn't like it ides to be, with the computers and the video games. american kids are falling behind when it comes to learning. and our first guest tonight is

today, we've confirmed that she's just signed a deal to become the first-ever face of bobby brown cosmetics just be a pretty face, designing exclusive pieces for the line. she's really -- >> is that what you're wearing? >> this is what i'm wearing to the fashion show. yes. thank you, josh. >>> finally, a big victory for shoe designer christian louboutin. his rival fashion house began copying the red soles he's used on all of his shoes since 1992. he was seeing red. so angry, he sued rival french design house yves saint laurent for having the gall to market the similar shoe. if anyone puts a red bottom and the color on top. while the company cannot own the color red, it is legally louboutin's trademark. and that is "pop news". >> i'm not surprised about that. >> it's a fair ruling. and the shoes are pretty. >> they sure are. >> informative "pop news." it's awfully chilly in here. >> it sure is. >>> sam, i think lara blames you. >> for the trench coat? well, you look gorgeous in anything you have on. a barrel, you'd be beautiful in. >> thank you. don't worry about it. >> thank you, sam. >> i

holmes is lending her name to the collection of cosmetics and her face to a new ad campaign for bobby brownsimultaneously taken on the world of retail. in the article, she describes her reaction to buyers who rejected some of the pieces in her collection. that was new, she said. but i think that's kind of a life thing. what? you don't want all of me? that rejection certainly isn't stopping holmes and her stylist-turned-business partner, from revealing their fall line at new york's famed fashion week. >> she describes it as classic but with a tiny bit of a rock 'n' roll edge. >> reporter: holmes says the clothes are for real women that want to look pretty and have it be easy. holmes admits things haven't been easy for her. but she tries to keep things in perspective. >> as she correctly pointed out, there's a lot of people who have a lot worse problems in the world. i think she's been an amazing, multifacetted woman. i don't think the public has seen all of the facets that are katie. >> reporter: as far as where suri will be going to school, all holmes would say is they're finding out in due

in the meantime we're going to take a look at katie holmes who has a new job, official face of bobby brownbby to find out about her new campaign which i think is one of the most beautiful woman and talked about woman in the world days. >> stars coming out tonight for stand up to cancer, airs live simultaneously. good morning. >> hi. >> here to tell us about it. the third telecast for it. how successful has it been? >> extraordinarily successful. it's ground breaking that mostly spearheaded this, all four networks aired the telethon commercial-free for an hour, kind of unheard of to have them do that. >> your personal connection, you were diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009. i believe during the last telecast you were just finishing treatment. >> my hair was like that. >> how are you doing first of all? >> good, i think. >> is that what has you committed to this for the long hall? >> i directly benefited from this organization. dennis layman, one of the researchers for stand up to cancer, a drug i took, which is i think why i'm going to be here for a while. i have a personal connection. it

she's the face of bobby brown cosmetics. she's launching her fashion line.he's having a fashion show for holmes and yang. broadway, her favorite thing. this is a nicole kid man-style comeback. that's what you want to see. >> maybe that's why you're with him in the first place. >> who is fading fast? >> tom cruise. >> did you see rock of ages? no one else really did either. he doesn't have a lot going on. he's got one movie jack archer coming out towards the end of the year. oblivion, which he filmed during the split with katie holmes. not looking good. there's a creep factor from the bad press he got from the whole thing. it's not like everyone is lining up waiting for his next project. there's a vanity fair expose about him now. biz. >> what's your pick for best hottest couple. >> jessica biel and justin timberlake. that and brad pitt and angelina jolie. >> this one is the wedding everyone is talking about. the cool young, young hollywood wedding. rumored to be in italy next month by some people. others are saying there's no date. they're still working out

. >> brown: romney then made a change to his schedule and diverted to louisiana to survey hurricane isaac storm damage with republican governor bobby jindal. >> i'm here to learn and obviously draw some attention to what's going on here so that people around the country know that the folks here need help. >> brown: it was all part of building on hoped-for momentum from the convention, which last night focused on mitt romney, the man and the leader. friends gave testimonials to his many unpublicized works and acts of kindness. pam finlayson spoke of romney's repeated help when her daughter struggled with health problems. >> as i sat with her in intensive care, consumed with a mother's worry and fear, dear mitt came to visit and pray with me. >> brown: florida senator marco rubio painted romney as a candidate who's lived the american dream. >> america has always been about new beginngs, and mitt romney is running for president because he knows that if we are willing to do for our children what our parents did for us, life in

this shocking twitter photo of bobbi kristina brown's boyfriend brandishing a gun has her family worriedis account. 22-year-old nick and 19-year-old bobbi kristina who have gotten closer since whitney houston's death, have been in hawaii shooting scenes for a docuseries for lifetime. >>> steven's "idol" comeback. los angeles. >> what happens in life -- >> steven tyler telling "the insider" that he would be open to coaching on "american idol" next year. also adding that the new panel of judges which includes mariah carey and nicki minaj may need time to gel. ♪ >> they have to sit next to each other and deal with each other, we'll see what happens. >> aerosmith's new album, music from another dimension, out november 6th. >>> jake's watch. hollywood. it's your first look as jake gyllenhaal straps on camera gear too shoot his character's point of view in "end of watch" out friday. >> some of that footage is mine. everybody's using their camera phone to record everything. >> it's about a pair of cops patrolling southeast los angeles. some of the footage is from personal cameras and phones to

brown voters, native american, and bluish voters of all time. right? >> stephanie: right. >> one of the things that most infuriated bobby to black voters and jewish voters in miami all in august when the snow birds went back up north. because they weren't home and the letters said do not forward. they went back and these voter's votes were challenged. the soldiers at the naval air station in jacksonville. why do you think a soldier would not be at their home base? >> maybe they are deployed somewhere. >> stephanie: right. >> you can tell a fraudulent voter because the return address was afghanistan. >> stephanie: yeah. greg the good news seems to bewe have won a lot of these voter suppression laws they have been trying to put in place, we have been winning, right. >> well, no. >> stephanie: yes, we have. >> oh, yes, i'm sorry. in places subject to the voting rights act it's been -- the justice department has been doing a pretty good job lately they vehicle up and said, oh, people can't vote. but in states like indiana we had for example 87,000 voters mostly african-americans knocked out of the last vote because they did