its feet. >> when i got here in 1996, corcoran frankly was under an intensive media barrage.cannot maintain a prison like this well if your staff morale is poor. so, the first part of it was getting the staff morale up. the next thing that we focused on was the issue of violence. >> you might have to fight. >> in a prison like this one, because of the types of inmates that we have, violence is a real thing. >> you might have to kill. you might have to stab. >> the inmates generate violence among themselves. >> one of the places where inmates have always posed a threat to one another is corcoran's main yard. while it may look like an open community space, to the educated eye, it is a complicated network of neighborhoods ruled by several prison gangs. >> without order, we have anarchy. and when we have anarchy, people die here. so we have to have lines where the races are divided. and we do this to protect ourselves. >> on the south side of it, you have your southern mexicans and your whites. they play there. on the north side of it, you have your black cripps and your others h

i guess they have heard a lot about corcoran. >> what do you know about corcoran? >> what i know? i know it ain't no joke. that's what i know. i know this is serious business. >> corcoran is a pretty rough prison here. it's one of the rougher prisons. >> this is how serious it is. it's a life or death situation. it is like that. i don't care what they tell you. it is like that. okay? it is hardcore like that. >> corcoran's general population inmates are split into three main yards. the level one yard consists mainly of low security inmates, many of whom are in on parole violations. "b" yard holds the level three inmates, and "a" yard is home to the maximum security level four inmates who are serving time for more violent crimes. but first they have to get past sergeant rangel. >> i'm currently assigned as a receiving and release officer and i'm responsible for all operations of the intake of inmates. and of the outgoing departure of the inmates that are paroling, transferring to another institution. we'll get them processed, i.d.'d. what's your number? >> date of birth? >> 4/3/81.

this is "lockup, corcoran, extended stay." inmates have been dreaming up ways to smuggle in contraband since 1988. >> there is drugs in prison, obviously. >> whether in the form of drugs. >> it's usually like this. >> or weapons. >> looks like it's made of aluminum. >> piece of stainless steel here. >> off a food court. >> always a race against time for the officer to find the contraband. >> look at that. before it's too late. during the months our crew spent inside corcoran we witnessed our fair share of searches. today on a yard maximum security facility we caught up with an officer beginning his shift with one of three standard cell searches. looking for contraband, stuff they're not supposed to have. not too many apples -- razors, they break them apart. an awful lot in the cell. good weapon. piece a metal. just sharpen that. can't tell what it came out of, but she sharpened that, that would make a good shank. make a couple weapons out of that. >> is it sharpened to a point? >> no, not yet. >> we can only book him for havin

this is "lockup: corcoran extended stay." >> get on the ground! on the ground! hold him on the ground. on the ground! >> in corcoran, survival is the number one priority for inmates and officers alike. >> you have to live with it. this is what i want to do. so, i'm here. >> whether it's inmates adhering to racial politics. >> i will probably set off a race riot, if i sat right here. >> or officers keeping themselves and the population safe. >> this is what we're looking for. we're always looking for weapons. any time we look for weapons from a cell, that means one less weapon out there on the yard. one less weapon that could be used against staff. >> when these two sides are fighting to survive -- >> i don't care because he wears green. he bleeds just like i bleed. >> the results can be explosive. >> what? >>> in the four months we spent inside corcoran, our producers saw violence erupt many times. though never between inmates and officers. as we neared the end of our stay, no one foresaw that the greatest threat to corcoran staff might come from an event in a c

this is where we have all the workers for corcoran.ur northern inmate population seems pretty active, we're trying to combat that right now. these are really hard to find. >> there's codes of conduct, it's like respect yourself and others. treat everyone equally. have a positive attitude, be well mannered. the last code of conduct is no fraternizing with the canine or enemy, which is us. >> these are handed over to the igi. it's up to this elite group of officers to monitor gang activity on all the yards in corcoran. >> we folk us on the prison gangs, you have seven, aryan brotherhood, low rider, texas cindy cat and the mexican mafia among them. we monitor their mail, activity when they come out of cells. whatever they do, we're watching them. we get a lot of information from the building cops. we can't stress that enough. they help us out a lot, with a lot of kites they find, letters, weapons, dope, everything. >> i say it's never ending. every day we find something new. this letter just came on my desk this morning. we may find kites

this is "lockup: corcoran -- extended stay." inmate interaction in prison is volatile at best. >> dude told me he was going to stab me. i told him to get his knife and i went in and got my knife. >> whether it's with officers. >> you are the captain, man. something has happened to you. >> disputes with other races or gangs. >> i got in a fight on the level one yard. i had lied to home boys, prison home boys of mine and i guess i had it coming. >> or even a prison romance. >> i had sex with my cellie. >> in corcoran it's not a question of if there will be violence, but when. >> everybody down! get down! >> violence flares in the gym on "a" yard and officers move quickly to reclaim control. david salazar, the victim of the battery, refuses to identify his attacker, and the corcoran officers launch a massive investigation. >> let me see your knuckles. >> flip them. you can pick up your shirt? >> take your whole shirt off. >> hey, salazar, are you a -- >> this inmate apparently got assaulted really, really bad inside the gym. we're

he's actually doing time right now at corcoran. all right?e brought a program it's called "another way." what the "another way" program does is it talks about the realities of the choices that you are making right now, okay? the choices that could lead you to prison. >> i can tell you how to get it to prison. it's not that hard. we're here to tell you how to stay out of prison, if you want to hear it. we all know there's crime out here in these streets. we all know there's gangs out here. but how do we stop it? that's why i'm here. all right? mr. sanders. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> my name is sanders, my number is do 9582. i've been doing time since the early '80s. every morning you wake up, get up at 5:30, you go eat chow, you go to your job assignment, whatever. it's no fun. you know what i mean? >> how many people in here have family in prison? >> yeah, family or friends. >> i have. >> how many have brothers and sisters and family and cousins that say it's cool up in there? oh, they say it's cool up in there, huh? come

>> parro went on to tell us that in order to survive in corcoran he had to understand corcoran. >> you know, at the beginning, when i was facing the 41 months i thought how in the hell am i going to make it. i didn't see myself as being a part of this community. it is a community. no matter how dysfunctional it is. no matter how bizarre and asinine and ridiculous and stupid. it is very stupid. there's a lot of rules here that are enforced by inmates. >> many of those inmate-enforced rules revolve around racial politics. >> a lot of people here have affiliation with gangs. they ask me who i run with. i run with teachers and librarians usually. when i find them, i will run with them. i haven't found too many of them yet. >> parro must also deal with racial politics in his prison job as a housing clerk. >> i got a message you called over here. usually i come in in the morning, see who's paroled, if there have been any roll-ups in the last 24 hours and beds open. i got 109 up, 242 up. those are open since yesterday. i kind of look at those and see who we have waiting and place them. it is

one of the corcoran inmates we sat down with was christian knight. and nobody describes the daily pressures, the ups and downs of being a predator, like he does. >> it's seductive you can love the game but the game loves nobody. know what i mean? so you can sit there, give it your all, and think that everyone's supporting you, and before you know it, just like that. you're getting your throat cut. i've seen it, done it. >> knight was serving time for murder and attempted murder. crimes he committed at the los angeles county jail while awaiting trial on an outside murder-robbery charge that he was convinced would send him to prison for life. but when he went on trial for that original murder charge, something completely unexpected happened. >> they find me not guilty. and it it righteously blew my mind. i laughed. the irony was classic. >> knight should have walked away as a free man. instead, he remained incarcerated until he was tried for his jailhouse murder. this time he was found grill the and given 79 years in prison. but that murder was no rand

our today real estate contributor, barbara corcoran is here with more.ommunity in hernando, mississippi say they're the community where community always comes first. a four-bedroom, four-bath home. >> you're right about that, what's great about hernando, they have lots of reasons to bring people together. they have the christmas, the fourth of july parades, movie and sunset concerts in the historic square. they love each other and they make sure they spend a lot of time together. this is a massive brick house with over 3,500 square feet. what it is crying out for in the front, is a big old tree. it needs a tree to ground that house. so the living room has wood fors and a fancy wrought-iron bannister. the kitchen has granite counters, black wood cabinets and a tile backsplash. the dining room has w wainscotting. the great room has high ceiling, gleaming wood floors and french doors to the back deck. the back yard is landscaped with a covered patio and drapes that block the sun, which you needs in that part of the country, mississippi. >> the second-larges

. >>> just a little bit we'll talk with barbara corcoran, she'll take us house hunting and see what you can get around the croix for $300,000 or less. you may be surprised how far your money can go these days. >>> also taking care of your health. if you have symptoms that may seem mild but actually may be more serious, we'll be talking about what those may be on our "daily dose" coming up this morning. >> lots to get to. natalie is standing by with the headlines of the morning. hi, natley. >> good morning, everyone. strong december hiring has pushed the u.s. unemployment rate to its lowest level in nearly three years. the labor department says employers added 200,000 jobs last month, that lowered the december jobless rate to 8.5% from a revised november rate of 8.7%. >>> some trouble on the campaign trail for rick santorum this morning as a former pennsylvania senator faces new scrutiny over his record. on thursday, santorum was booed at a college in concord, new hampshire, when he compared gay marriage to polygamy. meantime in iowa, reports showed there may have been vote counting erro

the entire first family walked from the white house to the corcoran gallery of art., the museum is featuring an exhibit called "30 americans." the corcoran describes it as a showcase of many of the most important african-american artists from the past three decades. earlier today mr. obama and his daughters played basketball at the interior department. >>> well, it was a heartbreaking mistake for some high school seniors. on friday they learned they'd been accepted by early decision to vassar college in new york. only to find out later that they'd actually been rejected. nbc's gus rosendale explains what went wrong. >> reporter: when mary hanley logged on to check her acceptance status at vassar college on friday, the news was great. at least in the beginning. >> 4:00 at log on. it says, dear mary, you're in. and i was -- i called my mom. i called all my friends. i updated my facebook. it was a good old time. >> reporter: but mary was caught up in a computer glitch. vassar college says for about 30 minutes, 122 early decision applicants were told they were accepted t

here to tell us what to expect is today's real estate contributor barbara corcoran. >> good morning, jenna. >> we'll start with bad news with the housing market. we'll see more foreclosures. >> of course we'll see more foreclosures. we have 1.5 million homes in the foreclosure process. another 3.5 million people who are behind in mortgage payments and another 10 million people struggling with their mortgage because they can't refinance their home, and they are underwater. >> home prices also down right now. >> home prices again go down 3% this past year, but there is good news. we'll go on to later. but most important in the home price, when you look at the big numbers out there, it paints a dire picture. right now when you look at the regions of country, home prices are down. but you look at the towns and cities, one by one across the nation, 1-3 have already hit bottom and are coming back up. >> okay. getting a little glimmer. analysts say it's just as difficult to get a home loan in 2012 already. we know that. >> of course. everybody knows it's hard to get your hands on cheap mone

. ♪ >>> when we met brian at >>> when we met brian at california state prison corcoran, we had a prettyood hunch that the origin of his nickname would play a major part in his story. >> my nickname is lefty. never been called lefty, it's because i have one arm. at 18 i was the victim of a drunk driving accident when i was in the air force. >> the other thing that was significant about brian to me was he was the height of irony on a lot of levels. he was a good example as to why you don't want to take justice into your own hands. his crime was that of a vigilante. >> you know being a christian means you don't have to be scared of your past because your sins, no matter how ugly they are, and we have some ugly ones in this room -- >> he is an inmate preacher at the prison's chapel and can trace the ugliest of his sins to a bizarre series of events that began with the loss of his arm. >> after the air force medically retired me, i retired to little rock, arkansas, started selling clothes in the mall. all i thought about all day long was having one arm, being in the big city where i didn't k

walking from the washington to the corcoran gallery of art. currently the my museum is featuring an exhibit called 30 americans. the corcoran describes it as a showcase of many of the most important african-american artists from the past three decades. >>> we had a beautiful sunrise out there this morning. gorgeous pink sky against that light blue. >> it was gorgeous. >> i snapped a photo of it and put it on twitter and facebook and we had it on tv this morning. yes, a wonderful sunrise. it's been a cold start though. temperatures were down into the 20s to just around 30 degrees right around dawn. but now it's warmed up nicely. chopper 4 was up a little bit while ago. there's mt. vernon. isn't it beautiful in the morning sun there on the banks of the potomac river? just south of alexandria. george washington's home. he knows how to pick a site. these are some other scenes along the potomac river there. the lower potomac, the tidal potomac. another scene, the wilson bridge. and off in the distance we can see the washington monument, jefferson m

the first family enjoyed an afternoon out today on a trip to the corcoran gallery of art. president obama, the first lady, and their daughters walked the blocks from the white house to the museum. the current exhibits include 30 americans which the museum describes as the showcase of many of the most important african-american artist for the last three decades. still ahead, hazardous conditions at a florida highway. ten people are dead and more than a dozen in the hospital. police are investigating. and it's almost here -- at the super bowl. we will show you how fans are preparing for the big game. >> the clippers produced a burst of snow to our west. we will talk about the insta- weather-plus forecast in a minute. we had gusty winds and that cold front approaches. the temperatures are in the mid 40's right now. we might be seeing a couple >> back to our report from the florida primary were mitt romney has a big lead. brian moran has the latest. >> newt gingrich is trailing mitt romney in florida but says he can still sees the nomination. >> we have no evidence that romney

. >>> california state prison corcoran has one of the largest populations of many dangerous inmates ont coast. our crews have visited here several times and correctional staff is always blunt about the danger. >> when talking to the cos at corcoran, they told me, you come in here, you have to join a gang for protection. immediately. >> when you come to the prison, you have to join a gang. you have no choice. it's a must. >> the prison cannot protect you from the other inmates. it's an incredible admission. >> so you have to have that backup from your other races that are out here, whatever race backs you up, you need to be in their gang because you have no protection. you're on your own and anything could happen to you. >> correctional officers know anything can happen to them as well. >> i'm very well aware that the gangs can reach outside these walls. it may hold them in, but it doesn't hold in their power, the things they can do. i keep my family business to myself. i don't go to areas in the public where i know gangs are known to hang out. i avoid those locations. >> the dangerous

group of our crew this weekend went skiing, but i don't think they got quite the powder that joey corcoran is in japan. he's enjoying some deep, deep powder. shooting the whole thing with a gopro camera. we've seen stuff like this before. but i just like joey's -- i don't know. he appears to be so at peace with himself while he's skiing. this whole video was set to "chariots of fire" which gives it a whole other peaceful feel. ♪ >> "chariots of fire" makes it better, i don't care what it is. >> that makes me want to put on my ski pants and ski somewhere. it looks so peaceful and serene. ♪ >>> i'm going to be the challenge. >> steven joe not only wants to be a rap star, he makes web videos. and in this one, he does the old swallow the cinnamon trick. so the challenge is to swallow cinnamon dry. nobody has been able to do it. >> they say it's apparently impossible to swallow that spoonful of cinnamon. it won't go down. >> hey, shoutout to my girl. whoa! >> i'll tell you what. that's the worst attempt i've ever seen. >> comes halfway out of his mouth before he swallows any. >> he was so tough

there's a moment when michelle obama decides to go to the corcoran gallery of art, this is well intotration, and she's shocked to discover that the corcoran is only a block away, because she's not even allowed to walk around her own neighborhood. >> jodi, quickly before we go, i think the big challenge of this kind of investigative writing is how do you figure out or how can you ever figure out who is telling you the truth. >> you cross check it and check it like crazy. i mean, you know, that's why -- the big blow-up scene with robert gibbs is a good example, because it was so sensitive that i just needed to go to person after person in the white house, because what he said was really difficult. and i needed to be fair to both him and valerie jarrett to make sure that it was right. >> jodi kantor of "the new york times" and the author of "the obamas," thank you very much for joining us this evening. >> thank you. >>> coming up, dr. king's words have been written in stone and now they have to be rewritten. that's next. ♪ what started as a whisper every day, millions of people choose t

. >>> the first family wrapped up their weekend with a walk to the core cran gallery of -- corcoran gallery of art. >>> listen up car enthusiasts. the washington car show is revving up with all of the latest models. >>> and you've got to be asking, just how long is this warm weather going to stick around? we'll have an update on the weather when we come back. >>> the washington auto show is underway this weekend. hundreds of new models are on display at the convention center. thousands upon thousands of visitors are going to be down there to check out the latest models. it runs until february 5th. >>> are you into cars? >> a little bit. i love my little volvo that i've had for many years. >> well go look. i don't buy, but go look. it's great. tons of people. >> if you've got a convertible car this week i think you're going to use that convertible. take the top down in the next couple days. things are going to warm up over the next couple days. we are still talking about some snow showers. we do see a fast line moving -- a fast line moving through the area. right now 45 degrees. here's a loo

and joining us right now is "today" real estate contributor barbara corcoran. that conversation with the seller and say, look, you have to get rid of some of this junk? >> the seller never really wants to hear the truth because they love their home and they're a little sad about letting it go. this was a house that was $400,000 an hour north of new york city in polling, new york, and they did a lot of things right. but that seller had to hear about a lot of things they did wrong. >> and every house, including that house looked best in spring. what other things can you do in the wintertime? especially when you think of dry leaves and all the things that come with winter outside? >> winter is the hardest time to sell. a house with stuff outside is a total turnoff to the buyer. they have have patio furniture. . to photograph a house in the winter, it's almost impossible to get a good, experienced shot. put all the lights on in the inside and take a shot at night. it makes for a great photo. >> will perspective buyers sometimes look in draws and closets? >> they lo

obama, first lady michelle obama, and their daughters took a stroll from the white house to the corcoran gallery of art last night. currently the museum is featuring an exhibit called "30 americans." the gallery describes it as a showcase of many of the most important african-american artists from the past three decades. earlier in the day, the president played basketball with his daughters at the interior department. >>> we're now less than a week away from super bowl xlvi. the new york giants will arrive in indianapolis today while the patriots came in last night. the giants and new england are both looking for their fourth super bowl title, while the patriots are looking for revenge. new york defeated new england four years ago in super bowl xlii. even though the game is six days away, fans are already flocking to indianapolis to take in everything before the big game. >> it's pert than what we expected. there's a lot more to do here, not just for adults, but for the little kiddos, as well, which is really nice. >> never been anywhere close to the super bowl. it's cool to enjoy this.

here's barbara corcoran.ter. >> existing home sales rose 5% in the year. that's the highest. the average rate is 3.88%. does this mean sellers are back in the driver's seat? >> no, we've got a long way to go. it's very good news and optimistic, what it means is you're going to have a lot less competition selling your home because there are a lot fewer for sale but it does not mean that you should raise the price on your house or get excited. sellers get excite and it takes buyers at least a year to catch up and believe in it. you really ought to take it with a grain of salt and be happy. >> it mean use have to find new and innovative ways to market your house. one of the way, the internet. it's a no-brainer. >> it's where the battle to sell a house is fought every day. you're either going to fail on the internet or win. >> what places do you want to post it? >> there are five websites that drive almost all of the traffic into the home and they are yahoo! real estate, realtor.com, zillo daurjs trulia and msn r

he actually purchased this painting in 1915 from the corcoran gallery of art, which again is still across from the white house today. it's an elliott clark landscape. and elliott clark was a contemporary of wilson's first wife, ellen, who in her own right was a painter. she painted the painting that we see across the room here of the madonna and child. this is a painting that she painted in the 1890s while wilson was a professor at princeton university. and it hung in each of the wilson's homes, at library place in princeton and prospect house when wilson was the president of the princeton university and in the white house for eight years. we know from the accounts of wilson's funeral which was conducted in this room in 1924 that this painting hung above the casket. the gifts of state that wilson received, again first of our american presidents to travel to europe while president, less than a month after the signing of the armistice in november of 1918, woodrow wilson boarded a ship and headed off to europe to personally negotiate the treaty that would bring an end to the first world war

the four of them walked from the white house to the corcoran gallery of art.ibition is a collection of works by african american artists. >> a starbucks near the national cathedral disclosed. yesterday was its last day. alas starbucks opened in 1993, the first open on the east coast. it became a popular gathering place. >> this is what i like to do with my dogs. come here for coffee before we start our walk. >> a nice day on the patio, you cannot beat it. hanging out on a nice day. >> i used to go there and college. it opens a new store at the cathedral commons, which is still in development. some customers say it will not be the same. >> it was an all-star weekend for a pro hockey and pro football. the nhl was noticeably lacking in star power. alex ovechkin sat out the annual game. the new york rangers's gabrick there. and in the nfl. brandon marshall, the receiver had a record of 41 touchdowns and led the afc passed in the nfc. it was enough to earn him mvp honors. >> the super bowl is 6 days away. if we are getting a look already at some of the ads you can

. >> in the exercise yard at california state prison corcoran, we met an inmate whose art is inspiredtell me your name. spell your last name for me. >> my name is kevin moore, m-o-o-r-e. >> what were you convicted for? >> i'm doing a parole violation for sales of marijuana. >> the yard is an interesting place because you never know who you're going to run into, you never know who you're going to talk to, you never know the personality, who they are. i kind of just started looking around and tried to find interesting-looking faces. i happened upon kevin moore. he started telling me that he's a rap artist. he is a ghost writer. >> i have a record deal waiting on me. death row records. for anybody, any rap fans that's listening, my akassassoon. and i got a demo coming out in a few months. if you're a rap fan, listen to it. >> when you start talking to inmates you are not sure what to believe. they start telling you these stories. you're kind of like say, all right. >> i have been a ghost writer in the rap industry for about 13 years. a lot of stuff i have written from behind these walls

when we met christian knight, he was serving 79 years for murder at california state prison corcoran. >> just seeing christian the first time, you kind of knew he had some kind of story. very dramatic looking. you know, with all the tats and very intense. >> it turns out knight had several incredible stories but one involved his attempt to attack a sex offender at the los angeles county jail. >> got this freaking child molester on the tier. he's actually in the van talking about what he does. you know, i like to keep myself, hey, i don't lose my temper. keep myself calm, cool, and collective. that dude made me snap. i get in the van and i tell him, i'm going to rip the toilet off the wall. i'm going to bust through this frickin' glass. i'm going to drag it down the tier, and i'm going to bust through your glass and cut you up your [ muted ]. you're a dead man. yeah, yeah, yeah. then all you hear is steel bending. i got behind the toilet, pushed the toilet all the way back. long story short, i ripped the whole toilet off, wrapped my hands up with my socks, smashed through the glass. he

. >> we found an even more unlikely bond at california state prison corcoran. >> like anything.ove and respect. it will treat you with love and respect back. >> we were out on the yard shooting. i looked over and saw these guys petting something. at first i thought it was a kitten. and it ended up it was a gopher that they had tamed. >> we shampoo him. give him little baths. let him run around the cell, feed him apples. lettuce. take care of them. they're good little pets. >> like the best little companion i ever had. >> a lot of the guys we ran into probably have never had anybody to love or anything or anybody to love them. and when you run into somebody who has, you know, adopted a gopher and it gives them some sort of outlet for affection. it's got to be a good thing. >> but we found a very different case of inmate creature bonding inside california's san quentin prison. >> i'm mike miller my real name. and the staff here call me birdman of san quentin. >> the first day i got here at san quentin. the birds seemed to have flocked to me for some reason. and i don't know they p

corcoran museum of art is usually closed on monday.s year they are staying open martin luther king's holiday. fantastic exhibition. called 30 americans. which will allow -- which will allow guests to come in and see the show for free. this is -- show closes february 12th. >> all right. sounds like a lot of good things going on. i'm sure there are even more. thank you for sharing those with us. for more ideas you can logon to washington -- nbcwashington.com or the going out guide on washingtonpost.com. a look at the stories we will be following for news4 this afternoon. pat lawson muse joins us in the newsroom with a preview of things to come. well, we will have that for you coming up shortly. right now, i think we are going to go to tom who is standing by to tell us about the weather. tom? >> yes. what we had all that rain overnight but now the rain has ended and there is a live view of capitol hill. we have sunshine in washington now. and it is at -- 54 here in northwest. and elsewhere it is climbing to around 50 degrees or so. mid 50

"today" contributor barbara corcoran scours the country for great deals and is here now to show us what she found. >> good morning, al. >> we'll go to dallas, texas. a nice three-bedroom home for under $250,000. way under at $199,900. >> that's code for 200 is a better way of saying it. don't be fooled. this is on a quiet cul de sac street. it has a pool, tennis club, club house all for $28 a month included. >> wow. >> it looks neat and trim and that grass in the front needed a little ferfertilizer. my only critique. a sunny yellow kitchen with vaulted ceilings, blonde floors and i can't picture it without that pretty window. the highlight of that kitchen. a wide open living room with high ceilings, cozy fire place, master bedroom with cathedral ceilings, extra long arches and windows that look out on to the front yard. almost feels like a villa. doesn't feel like you're in dallas, texas. there is a community lake that has green lawns and shade trees surrounding a little bit of the green guacamole on the top. not sure what's going on there. out back there is a deck that's been freshly p

our own brick house "today" real estate contributor barbara corcoran here for are the first time this's get somebody a new house. in the midwest a nice family community, brookfield, wisconsin, a four-bedroom home for $288,888.88. >> enough on the 8s. families love brookfield because of its outstanding schools and abundance in parks, seven in total in the town and this is a traditional ranch style house on a grassy lawn with four bedrooms, three baths and two and a half car garage. the contemporary interior has hardwood floors and marketry incen incense. too bad they didn't put the crown moulding all the way on the top. large windows let in plenty of light. the kitchen is plain and simple with natural maple cabinets and a tile floor and tiled back splash. you see it there and the master bedroom has cathedral ceilings, a gas fireplace and sadly, two chairs set up for an interview back there. who would want to sit in the chairs, excuse me, al, how long have you been working here? that beautiful backyard slopes downhill to a woodland of your own. not a bad house. $288,000. >> you might go

the first family spent their sunday at a museum walking from the white house to the corcoran gallery of art. currently the museum features an exhibit called "30 americans." the museum calls it a showcase of many of the most important african-american artists from the past three decades. >> nice night nature a downtown walk. -- night for a downtown walk. >> always good to see the museums. >>> let's go to tom kierein to see what the forecast calls for. tom? >> a cold start. good morning, mostly cloudy in storm center 4. down into the 20s to 30 degrees for most of the region. watch for patchy ice as we got an area of sprinkles and snow showers coming through overnight. now we've cleared and will have plenty of sunshine today with temperatures climbing into the 40s this afternoon. sunrise at 7:16. sunset, 5:27. the evening planner, clear, down to the upper 30s by midnight. big changes on the way for the week. we'll look at that and the weekend in ten minutes. danella, how's traffic? >>> good morning, expect delays on the blue and yellow line because of an earlier malfunction at king stre

barbara corcoran is here. good morning. >> good morning.mething you read about in the new york times magazine. what can you learn about theme from their home? >> you can learn a lot. they are all very, very rich. but when you look at the homes they reflect the individual's personality. i think you will get a kick out of seeing how different they are. >> let's start with the man to beat, mitt romney, who's won in iowa and natural and is looking good in south carolina. he's giving you a lot to chew on. he has six homes. first is his lakeside compound which is worth $10 million for the one home. it has a main house, boat house and guest house. it is the kind of house i can picture the romneys baking apple pie but i doubt they have time. everything about the house says, i have arrived and i'm important and tasteful. >> looks like a great kitchen, big family. >> big family house. >> let's move to ron paul. he has a different home. his home is in lake jackson, texas, outside of houston. it's a four bedroom. he's trying to sell it for $325,000. >>

the corcoran real estate agents said with perfect calmed as sprayed holy water dispensed from a pink plastic spritzer on the carpet, ceiling, and walls. a one-bedroom in a doorman building with an open terrace overlooking st. martin's dazzling armenian cathedral and the east river. priced reasonably at $680,000. when you're doing a book tour like in iowa and use a $680,000 they gasp and laugh. oh, that's a steel. can i get in on that. it wasn't moving. so a black jacket tigress weather, of this italian. a former retail executive with the supernatural experience call sandra on the recommendation of a colleague. nashua's standing in the living room. is any of this hard to swallow? he shook his head and offered the best of a new wages and i have encountered, absolutely not. some extent a language of his own. peculiar, but the idea, the space reflects on habitants. bad energy. she had diagnosed this property. the fate goes by many names kamal rituals, true or false, you're wrong metaphors, our own creation. these ideas are perfectly ordinary. paying like a puppet on strings and left the