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savannah, you're out there. >> i would say beer drinkers. that seems like a fake reason. >> i'm with savannah on that one. >> i'm going with the perfume. >> i say beer. with savannah. >> no, the answer is c, wearing floral perfume does not make you more susceptible to being bitten by mosquitos. >> because they're going for the carbon dioxide. >> yeah. so al, you can keep wearing that floral perfume. >> there's more. okay. same thing. which of these does not make you more susceptible to mosquitos, having foot odor, being pregnant or exercising, wearing dark clothing, or having black hair. >> black hair. fake reason. >> dark clothing. i'm going to go with dark clothing. >> yeah, dark clothing. >> it's black hair. >> interesting. got that one, savannah. >> those others are all things that will get you bitten. if you're a beer drinking man with type o blood on a full moon night, you're toast. >> with foot fungus. >> with foot odor. exactly right. >> winner. >> but no one else wants you but the mosquitos. >> you're repelling more than mosquitos. you're not attracting anybody but mosquitos at that point. meantime, guys, trending on today.com, how many of us would have loved for something like this to happen. listen what happened to emily, she is a big fan of the dave matthews band and on her way to a concert with her boyfriend last weekend when she spotted a stranded cyclist on the side of the road. despite being late for the concert, she pulled over to help. her kindness paid off. the hitchhiker, none other than david matthews himself. the singer was out for a preconcert ride. he got a flat tire, did not have a cell phone to call for help. later matthews thanked emily by name on stage. he also took her and her boyfriend to dinner, gave them front row seats to his show, invited them backstage. on facebook emily said her cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing all night. guys, i have a special guest here in los angeles with me. a hitchhiking expert. maria shriver is here. >> oh, my gosh. >> good morning. >> you were just talking that's trending. i've hitchhiked. have you? no, never. twice i've done it. i didn't get picked up by dave matthews or anybody like that. >> you got picked up by a car but no one exciting or attractive picked you up. >> nobody attractive. i was 13 and 15, something i would not recommend. >> no, maria when you're dating -- i did the same thing dating ourselves a bit. that's something we used to do when we were teenagers. you don't do it anymore. >> no, you do not. >> matt could have picked me up. >> yeah. >> that's another story. >> yeah. >> that's when we go into a dream sequence now. okay. never mind. >> good to see you, maria. >> good to see you. >> also, trending on youtube, would you recognize one of your favorite sports stars? jimmy fallon put that to test last night with matt harvey, one of the hottest athletes in new york right now. the mets' ace is the starting pitcher for the national league at the all-star game. after gaining national attention for posing nude in espn magazine. in fact, tamron has that on her wall. >> i do indeed. >> but he's still unknown to a lot of folks, even those who claim to be his biggest fans. >> who's your favorite player? 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"today" national investigative correspondent jeff rossen has details on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. we always hear horror stories about health insurance companies denying claims but some experts say this case could take the cake. you're about to meet a man who is dying. there's a drug out there on the market that could literally save his life but he has been battling his health insurance company for more than a year to get it and now a new development in this case that no one saw coming. kevin dwyer can't breathe. he can't even sleep without choking. his condition so serious kevin's new wife has to help clear his lungs every day. >> what are you afraid of? >> of him dying. >> i didn't think this would come to this this fast. but it's come down to fighting for my life. >> reporter: kevin has cystic fibrosis, a deadly disease clogging the lungs, causing dangerous infections, even internal bleeding. the average life span of a patient, only 37 years old. kevin is 40. >> i'm suffocating to death very, very slowly. >> because your airways are closing. >> and it's getting worse. rapidly. >> reporter: so why is his sister martha who has the same exact disease doing so well? her lung function is stable, even improving. >> i feel able to hope for the future in a way that i never could before. >> that's a big deal. >> it's everything, yeah. >> reporter: and she credits this little pill for all of it. a new drug called kalydeco, actually slowing the disease in some patients and ideally extending their lives. but it's expensive. $25,000 a month. so martha and kevin, brother and sister, asked their insurance to cover it. they have the same insurance company, united healthcare. they have the same mutation of cf. they see the same doctor who wrote the same letter to united that both will likely benefit from treatment with kalydeco but in a stunning twist, martha was approved and kevin was denied. >> it crushed me. i was devastated. i was baffled. >> have you said to the reviewing company you already approved my sister? what do you mean you're denying me. >> yeah that was part of my appeal. i sent in a copy of my sister's review. i let them know you already approved this. >> what was the response. >> denied. >> reporter: in fact, kevin was denied four times. the company's reason, kalydeco is not fda approved for his mutation but remember martha has the same mutation and she got approved. her reviewer saying the drug is medically necessary while kevin's reviewer said not medically necessary. >> it's too random. it can't be like russian roulette. >> reporter: healthcare advocates say the system is broken. >> there needs to be more transparency, more accountability and it shouldn't be luck of the draw. >> reporter: as now time may be running out. here was kevin two years ago, a model of fitness. today, he can barely make it up a flight of stairs. >> i want to live to the end with him and i certainly don't want him to leave me. >> if i don't get this medication, i don't what other options i would have. this is life and death. it's completely life and death. >> reporter: some of the bravest people i know. kevin his wife katie and sister martha joining us live this morning. they're here on the sofa because we have a big development to share in this case. we called united healthcare for our story. we always do to get a comment on these things and we got action. united has done a complete reversal and has just approved kevin's claim because of the quote, unique circumstances of his case. so matt, he is finally getting the drug that he has worked so hard to get and that's great news. >> logic finally in what seemed to be a completely illogical scenario. what's your reaction first, kevin. >> i'm ecstatic obviously and big sense of relief. this was a long stressful battle. and just to be able to finally say that and know that i'm going to get this drug. >> when i read about this story i could picture hundreds of thousands of people sitting at home getting angry. millions maybe. people who probably have fought their own insurance companies over situations like this. i mean, when you go back to that original phone call you got saying you were denied, how did you react to that? >> there was a moment after i hung up where i sat stunned in silence and then i just cried. all of these emotions, you know, joy, relief came out. and, you know, this was a lot of people, this was a big effort. there was a lot of thanks from, you know, david ratner, senator squadrons office, community health advocates. these two ladies here and of course jeff and the producer robert powell. huge thanks to you guys. >> of course. >> wouldn't have been without you. >> what should people know who are in a dispute with their insurance company, what advice would you offer martha? >> just keep fighting. it took so much work. it took -- we did so much research before we even submitted the first claim. and we knew that this drug would help us and so -- and especially when i got the drug and started taking it and knew how much better i felt, kevin had to keep fighting. >> have you started taking? -- when will you be able to start the drug. >> tomorrow. >> tomorrow comes in the mail. >> it started working for you in two weeks. >> two weeks i had noticeable improvement in my lung function but within days he'll feel a difference in the way he can clear his lungs and the energy that he has. he's going to feel it right away. >> and must be an enormous relief for you as well. >> huge, huge relief. when we received the call that kevin was going to be getting this drug, many of the fears that i had for our future were lifted a great deal and i feel as though now we can really start getting excited about our future and planning. >> keep us posted, please. >> oh yeah. >> let us know how you're doing. >> a lot of people are watching this saying i'm fighting my health insurance company too. we have a list state by state of what you can do on our website today.com. go to the rossen report section. in most states there's a healthcare advocate that will help you fight your legal battles against these health insurance companies. >> thank you all. good luck. >> thank you. >> let's send it over to savannah in los angeles. >> matt, thanks. we'll switch gear with the royal baby watch. the duchess of cambridge is keeping out of sight but the waiting game for the rest of the world is highly visible and natalie is in the middle of it at st. mary's hospital in london. nat, good morning to you. >> good morning savannah. well, the great kate wait continues here. now i'm going to go out on a limb. are you ready for this? i'm going to tell you, the new baby, baby cambridge will arrive -- you fill in the blanks but one person who is dropping a hint is a royal. >> reporter: when will kate give birth? one person who may know, william's step mother, camilla the duchess of cornwall who on monday caused a stir with her own royal baby guess. >> we're all waiting. hopefully by the end of the week, he or she will be there. >> you may say this waiting game began a little less than three years ago when william and kate stepped into the spotlight to announce their engagement. >> obviously, you know, we want a family. so we'll have to start thinking about that. >> reporter: from the wedding to tours overseas, to the olympics last summer. the world watched with eager anticipation. >> all over the world turned on the tv and were swept away by this royal romance. they are very, very interested in the outcome. >> reporter: so when the news came last september. >> official word that prince william and kate middleton are having a baby. >> reporter: the count down begins. we have admired the fashions, measured the bump and crunched the numbers and now the time is here. well, almost. just ask long time royal photographer arthur edwards. he camped out for william and harry's births. >> how much longer do you think we'll wait. >> a whisper from someone else at the palace it could be next week. next tuesday. >> really? >> that's the due date. you never know. >> reporter: whenever it happens day or night, the media is camped out watching the clock for the faithful hour. >> real estate comes as a premium when you're standing here playing the waiting game. i secured the prime spot. this one come with a free panoramic view. >> reporter: the media aren't the only ones playing it. some need the babies gender and name before they sell their wears. >> people want it to happen. >> i hope it kicks off now. i hope it kicks off now and we'll be right here. >> i think people secretly kind of love it. >> there's going to be a wait when kate goes into labor as well but for now i might as well be comfortable and have myself a spot of tea and as the britts are known to say here keep calm nd carry >>> good morning, everyone. it is 8:26, i'm scott mcgrew. >>> santa clara county sheriff deputies say this morning they want their boss out. the deputy sheriffs association says it will not endorse sheriff laurie smith in next year's election. instead, it's supporting captain kevin jensen for the position. the union says sheriff smith is out of touch with the rank and file. now the sheriff did not want to go on camera for a response but in a memo, she questioned the voting process of the endorsement, labeling it "old soviet style." >>> let's check in with mike and traffic. good morning, mike. >> good morning, scott. taking a look at the san mateo bridge, traffic tuesday style, westbound is the slow down. look, coming off of the high rise, jams up through foster city, approaching 101. showed that you whole area, slow, north 101, the pleasant route, south very slow out of burlingame and millbrae, the same scene. the san mateo and dumbarton bridges are smooth, heading to the peninsula, 101 and those routes. showing slowing, 880 recovers over the last half hour. southbound has been riddled with a crash, all cleared from the lanes, slow from 238 past san mateo bridge and hayward with 50, scott. >> thank you much. we will have more news for you in half an hour. 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'cause we love chex. >>> 8:30 now on this tuesday morning. it's the 16th day of july, 2013. a nice crowd on the plaza on a tuesday morning as our heat wave rolls on. we mean that literally. day three of temperatures what, above 90 degrees. feeling closer now. earlier it was pleasant. not so cool anymore. >> i love how people are waving. they're like how are you doing. >> don't want to exert themselves much. >> i'm matt lauer along with al roker and tamron hall. tamron is here while natalie is in london and savannah guthrie is in los angeles. >> and i have maria shriver with me. she is going to share research that could lead for better treatment with millions of americans with alzheimer's. >> also ahead a live performance from sarah who is out with a new album today. >> we love her. >> she's amazing. >> and then from music to books, best selling arthur daniel silva is here. he's going to tell us all about his new thriller and reveal some of his favorite summer reads. >> mr. roker is going to give us a check of the weather. don't ask tamron about her walk home from work in the heat wave yesterday. >> i turned to milk shock lateral and melted. just a little spot. >> you don't want to know. >> visualize. you understand. >> you look very much like an m&m right now. let's show you what we've got going on today. the heat spreads from the northeast mid-atlantic all the way into the central mississippi river valley. heat in the pacific northwest. in fact, it's hotter in seattle than it is in san diego today. a lot of rain down through texas. it continues in southern texas tomorrow. risk of strong storms as cooler air makes it's way from the upper midwest on into the northern new england area. we're looking at sizzling conditions in the southwest. hot through the gulf coast and the heat will continue here in the northeast into the mid-atlantic states. that's what's going on -- we, i can do all of this stuff and he >>> and right now at least east of downtown san jose, got a little bit of sunshine on the hilltops. i can show you here on the view from the satellite, the marine layer, 3,006, up at the lick observatory, closer to 4,000 feet, you got sunshine. nowhere else around the bay area now, take until probably about lunch time for all the inland low clouds to break up. all-day seabreeze, temperatures today mainly in the 60s to mid-70s, come tomorrow, temperatures climb up, high pressure builds in, 90s in the forecast thursday, mid-90s approaching the weekend. >>> even our monitors spin. holly, spin the monitor. there you go. look at that. that's impressive. savannah. can't do that in l.a. >> no, but don't exhaust yourself in that heat, al. >> i won't. >> all right. well, meantime, now to your chance to own a little piece of hollywood history including remarkable photos of a true legend. >> never before seen imagines of marilyn monroe. the seven year inch. bus stop [ singing ] >> the prince and the show girl. >> just try me. >> photos taken by famed hollywood photographer milton green now up for auction. green and monroe first worked together on a magazine shoot in the 1950s and became close friends. >> when you look at the photographs, there's something magical about them. she looks happy and there's a sparkle in her eye and she was relaxed. she had total confidence in milton green. >> head of the auction company profiles and history says most of the 37 uh-uh published negatives and transparencies have never been seen by the public but it's not just the photos up for grabs. the winning bidder also gets the copy wright for these imagines. >> not only do you get to buy the collectible version you get the intellectual property which never happens. >> milton green's son joshua seen here as a child plans toed by on his father's photography saying he would like to bring one third of his dad's collection back to the family. >> i'll be bidding on this auction to bring back home some of the pictures that i feel are important to his life's work. i'm sorry they got separated out but i'd like to bring them back under one roof. >> the collection contains more than imagines of the blonde bombshell. 75,000 photo negatives of other movie stars are on the auction block as well. >> if you think of an important person from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, this person is represented in this collection. it isn't just a slice of american cultural history, it's a chunk. >> a pricey chunk of hollywood history now up for the highest bidder. >> and in case you are wondering, the photos could go for more than $1 million. coming up next, maria shriver on painful path of allianz timers. >> this is what retirement was supposed to look like for nancy albertson. >> is that grand pa? >> playing with her grand children and spending time with her husband of 39 years. she didn't expect to become the face of early on set alzheimer's disease. >> why did you think you might have early alzheimer's? >> i taught english as a second language so i wanted to say something or write something and i thought i can't get that word. >> nancy is experiencing a symptom of early alzheimer's known as language recall. >> i think it's something that you don't think of in people under the age of 60 very often. >> nancy was only 59 when she first revealed her problem to her family doctor during a routine physical. >> made me think we need to look into this further. this is not normal. >> dr. golden referred nancy to a neurologist eventually leading her to a diagnosis of early on set alzheimer's. >> this is an excellent example of how physicians diagnosis should be done. >> she is overseeing the presentation of new research this week at the alzheimer's associations international conference in boston where early detection is a hot topic. >> do you think it really did cause -- >> researchers will present new guidelines that could help family doctors like nancy recognize and identify the symptoms of early on set alzheimer's. >> it's important to know what's happening in the brain when these brain changes are starting and if it is alzheimer's disease that future planning needs to happen with the planning now. >> reporter: nancy watched her own mother die from alzheimer's so she struggled with the decision to tell her four siblings about her own diagnosis. >> one thing i am fortunate for is that i am able to get more help than mom ever did. >> reporter: she revealed her diagnosis in a letter telling her siblings they shouldn't worry about her. >> i feel much closer to god and between god, my husband, and the medicine, i think my life is better now. because life is more precious, you know? that's why. >> today is friday. >> reporter: in this video diary nancy gives us a peek at her daily routine and how new medication is helping her retain some of her former life. driving to the local market for groceries, also making breakfast. for now. >> you don't know what tomorrow is going to hold. one day could change everything. >> how do you not get angry about that? >> i was angry for a long time. >> a local support group gives rick and nancy a safe place to talk about their new roles as caregiver and patient. >> you're going to do the best that you can and that's why she has such confidence in you. >> rick also hired a part time caregiver for nancy to relieve him of some of his daily responsibilities. and nancy is doing her part indulging in one of rick's passions by learning to play the wash board at his weekly bluegrass jam. >> your husband said that he is proud of you. >> and i am him. >> you're proud of him too. >> it's a hard thing to go through as a couple. >> it's important to stress that one of the toughest decisions nancy made was, in fact, to speak up and admit she was having a problem. by getting an early diagnosis she is giving researchers time to study her and to help not only her with the symptoms but also so many other people he struggling to find a cure in the future. >> it's an incredibly courageous thing to do. let's bring our own dr. nancy snyderman into this conversation. she looked so young and noticed she was forgetting words. how do you know if it's normal aging or something potentially more serious. >> when you look at her speak you can tell she is searching for words and that can be a real issue and early warning sign, especially for someone that already mastered language well. problem solving. major lapses during the day of memory. the inability to figure out why you're going to the store, why you have a laundry list sometimes getting lost. all of those issues, when they become destructive to normal mundane tasks we undertake every day, each of those can be an early warning sign. >> and maria, you mentioned this enabled the researchers to look at the early stage of the disease and allow someone to have more control about their future. >> as nancy also knows, doctors believe that alzheimer's is present in your system 20 years before it's actually diagnosed and the earlier that doctors are able to get people into clinical trials, the better they think that they can deal with them and hopefully we can find a cure but we need a lot more money for research and a lot more people volunteering and coming forward. >> ten seconds nancy, the sad news is we're not close to a cure. >> there's no great drugs on the market now but the earlier you know, the more you can get into clinical trials and increasingly we'll be looking at genomics for this. get things under way and knowing you're legally and financially okay. we don't have big conversations enough this in this country. >> dr. nancy snyderman thank you. maria shriver, thank you. nancy will be answering questions about alzheimer's this morning in a google plus hang out on air 9:00 a.m. eastern. if you want to join the conversation you can head to today.com. coming up next, a sizzling summer read from best selling arthur daniel silva. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> >>> we're back with today's sizzling summer reads. we have a new thriller from daniel silva. he has only seven days to find a kidnapped rising star from the british government. nice to see you. >> good to see. >> you can i start by flattering you? amazon calls it one of the best books. >> i was very proud of that review. it hit upon all the things that i liked about the novel. >> this one starts with a beautiful island and a beautiful girl. so far it sounds like a jackie collins novel, but it's not because she disappears. >> she is madeline park. she is a rising star within the british party. she works in the machinery of the party. but she's got, you know, member of parliament written all over her. cabinet minister one day. but madeline has a dangerous secret. she is the mistress of the british prime minister. when she disappears the prime minister has a serious problem. >> and the clock is ticking to find her with, i don't believe giving anything away, we end in russia. from what i read, and these aren't always accurate. but some ideas came from the coverage of a real news event. >> it was inspired to a large degree by the revelation two years ago, three years ago, we had this mass of russian spies living in the united states, here in new york city, operating under we call illegal cover. they were living under false identities. people were shocked that the russians were some infiltrating russian citizens to spy on us. i was not. i knew it was taking place. >> by the way, some of the spice were not the highest talent level. >> you know what -- >> that was the anna chapman group. >> it was the anna chapman group. i think it was a lot of th spin that came out. the administration wanted to get this out of the way so it wouldn't be a distraction. >> unck it was more serious? >> i do. >> you are big on social media. you have a big loyal following. do you listen to what they say a lot or do you try to put that in a different compartment? >> i do listen to what they say actually. for years they have been asking me to bring back a character that i wrote in a book about 10 years ago, a gentleman named christopher keller. he's a british commando turned assassin. i brought him back. i paired him with gabriel. it worked like magic. >> ask and ye shall receive. books to read this summer. >> butter back bacharach. henry winkler hank zipzer series about a kid with learning challenges. warm, funny. most importantly, they are hopeful. and finally, i would like to say that vince flynn was a dear friend of mine. this is his last book, the last man. i didn't have time to change the dedication of the english girl. >> good recommendations from the guy who knows a thing or two about great books. daniel, good to see. >> you thanks so much. >> you can read an excerpt of "the english girl" on our website. much more ahead on a tuesday morning. but first this is "today" on nbc. website. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> the toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> sarah burrell burst onto the scene in 2007 with "love song." big news, her new song under number one. you released "brave" and it went crazy. does that give you great confidence when you release the rest of the album? >> absolutely. it was so nice to have that first song received so well. it is nice to have the next one come and not hanging on so tight. >> i know you're just about to head off on tour in a short while for two months. what are you playing this morning. >> i choose you. i'm a big advocate and activist in the gay rights movement. i want to dedicate that to all the people who can new newly get married today. >> all right. sarah burrell. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ there was a time when i would have believed them if they told that you could not come true ♪ ♪ just love's illusion ♪ but then you found me and everything changed and i believe in something again ♪ ♪ my whole heart will be yours forever ♪ ♪ this is a beautiful start to i lifelong love letter ♪ ♪ tell the world that we finally got it all right ♪ ♪ i choose you ♪ i will become yours and you will become mine ♪ ♪ i choose you ♪ i choose you ♪ we are not perfect we'll learn from our mistakes and as long as it takes i will prove my love to you ♪ ♪ i am not scared of the elements i am underprepared, but i am willing and even better i get to be the other half of you ♪ ♪ tell the world that we finally got it all right, i choose you ♪ ♪ i will become yours and you will become mine, i choose you, i choose you ♪ >>> good morning, everyone. it's 8:56, i'm scott mcgrew. neighbors and farmers on alert this morning after three guava fruit flies were discovered in east san jose. the flies are native to south asia, somehow made it over to the bay area. they attack trees, could cause problems for the fruit and vegetable industry. the county is working on trapping the insects to get a scope of the problem. >>> let's check the weather with rob. good morning. >> good morning. seeing the coolest day of the week today, inland spots mostly in the 60s and 70s, 80 perhaps inland around livermore, then starting tomorrow, temperatures climb into the upper 80s and 90s on the way to wrap up the workweek. we will have another news update in 30 minutes. right now let's send you on back the "today" show. good morning! wow. want to start the day with something heart healthy and delicious? you're a talking bee... honey nut cheerios has whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol. and it tastes good? sure does! right... ♪ wow. delicious, right? yeah. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... ♪ well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>> welcome to today on this tuesday morning, july 16th, 2013. i'm willie geist with al roker and jenna wolf in f natalie while she is on royal baby watch. >> what folks don't realize is willie, like myself, we do like crazy and they have this fan blowing mach 2. >> it's the most model like i have ever looked. it is freezing just in this little area where i'm sitting right now. >> it's 106 outside so we tried to cool it down here and now we have gone too far. >> they haven't ever come out this far but i'm going with it. there we go. >> okay. you are a hot box aren't you? >> it is hot outside. we're going to talk about the weather in a minute. want to talk about the news going on, though. last night one of the jurors that acquitted george zimmerman gave an interview to anderson cooper on cnn, the woman identified as juror b-37 offered new insight as to what was going on behind closed doors. when the six jurors went into the room, one believed zimmerman was guilty of second-degree murder, two thought he was guilty of manslaughter and three believed he was not guilty. three people thought he was guilty of something and three who didn't. she said she believes it was trayvon martin that threw the first punch and then said zimmerman had the right to defend himself. here she is. >> you had the parents of trayvon martin testifying, you had the family of george zimmerman and friends of george zimmerman testifying on whose voice it was. whose voice do you think it was? >> i think it was george zimmerman's. >> did everybody in the jury agree with that? >> all but probably one. >> and what made you think it was george zimmerman's voice. >> because of the evidence that he was the one that had gotten beaten. i think george zimmerman is a man whose heart was in the right place but just got displaced by the vandalism in the neighborhoods and wanting to catch these people so badly that he went above and beyond what he really should have done. but i think his heart was in the right place. it just went terribly wrong. >> in that jury room, what was -- emotionally what was that like. >> it was emotional to a point but after we put our vote in and the bailiff had taken our vote, that's when everybody started to cry. >> tell me about that. >> it's just hard. thinking that somebody lost their life and there's nothing else that could be done about it. i mean, it's what happened. it's sad. it's a tragedy this happened but it happened. >> a little window into what it's like to serve on the jury. the question here was since there was no living witness unfortunately, because trayvon martin was killed, what happened and what was your interpretation of what happened because no one knew and the juror b-37 said right there she thought that zimmerman's heart was in the right place. those were her words. he meant well. he was trying to stop something he thought was wrong and it went bad. that's a window into what she thought and apparently what the jurors thought anyway. >> here's the other thing. we can say what we want about what the jurors may or may not have been thinking. she said she was completely unaware, they all were of the national attention this entire trial was getting. she had no idea how much it was being talked about. so for them they were isolated in a small room. they had only the evidence presented to them every single day and that's what they were judging this on. not listening to anything else happening around the country. >> general consensus is the prosecution maybe made some misjudgments as far as what they did and the case they presented. so there you have it. >> there were some reports yesterday that this juror, b-37 had ray book deal and was going to write about what happened behind closed doors and there was pressure on her and the publisher not to do the book and she said i want to leave my life as it was before this trial so no book from this juror anyway. but there are five others to come. there was violence last night. at least 20 people arrested in california during protests over the verdict. protests in los angeles began peacefully but a small number descended into violence. the mayor there asked protestors to stop vandalizing the city saying, quote, the martin family did not ask anybody to break car windows. meantime, eric holder promised the justice department will continue to act in a manner that's consistent with the facts and the law as it considers whether to pursue criminal civil rights charges against george zimmerman. >> it's not over by a long shot. >> no. the other big story across what, half the country al. >> at least. >> is the heat. >> yeah. in fact, you've got this dome of high pressure. it's just dominating from mid-atlantic northeast, new england but even back into michigan there's heat advisories up there and even as you get into int the pacific northwest, seating will be hotter than san diego. up to 87 degrees in seattle today. >> that's getting all technical. i'm going to tell you, you have this build in water mound you're walking around with at all times it's awful but the only thing about being pregnant is you have built in personal space. you can't have anyone -- you don't have any of this hoe's things going, are things really good. i don't want any part of that. this gives me a one foot barrier at all times and i am 100% welcoming it. >> you have no problem. >> does this bother you. what if we were outside right now and it was noon. that would bother you. don't tell me that wouldn't bother you. >> that bothers me any time. >> i was going to say. >> i'm going to have nightmares about that. >> it boggthered the baby. >> you were at the h derby. >> the all-star game is out in queens tonight. last night was the home run derby. it was a bunch of people doing this number the whole time and then at the stadium itself, they had cooling stations. they were throwing ice at people and the crowd was a little subdued because they were all head back in the seats trying to get through the night. it was incredibly hot and even when the sun went down still in the 90s it was outrageously hot. >> some argument that one of the reasons there was so many home runs hit that it's the heat and humidity and the air is more buoyt so there's less friction on the ball. >> fun night and supposed to be hot out there again tonight. jenna, we're talking about keeping cool, do you have any pictures of you in pabathing suits. >> we were all three sent a e-mail that said send in your pictures of how you stay cool. >> just show the picture. >> show the picture. >> oh, no -- >> that one is okay. >> the next one. >> it was the only picture i had. >> look at me. look at my abs and incredibly toned legs while i do the hand stand. >> did you send pictures in. >> well, there's staying cool and then there's being cool. >> oh, i see that. >> yeah, i forgot. i forgot i was vacationing in rome with bruce springstein because we can all that. i did a back flip into a pool. >> was that a one handed cart wheel. >> it wasn't while i was pregnant. >> okay. there's got to be another topic. perfect. >> you look great. >> thank you very much. >> as you reminded us just now. let's get to the royal baby watch. natalie is in london. day two now. natalie. anything going on over there? >> great kate wait continues here guys. that's right. we're awaiting word, any word, any time now but i can tell you one royal is dropping some clues as to when baby cambridge may arrive. take a listen. >> we're all waiting at the end of the telephone. hopefully by the end of the week he or she will be there. >> so the duchess of cornwall out and about in cornwall yesterday along with prince charles dropping a big hint saying she expects by the end of this week we'll get to see the new royal. so we'll hold her to that and hope she knows more than we do about when kate is actually expecting to deliver. but i can tell you, the people here are all excited. everybody is, you know, waiting on stand by, pins and needles. even the royals themselves as you heard camilla say that they're waiting by the phone just waiting for that phone call as well guys. >> natalie, this survey that you alerted us to, there's a british survey about what moms that just had kids are waiting to do. can you explain that? >> that's right. well, there was a survey of about 400 new moms and apparently about 10% of them, so about 40 moms have left their children, their new babies unnamed as of yet because they're waiting to find out what the royal baby will be. they're baby x, y, z until they know what they decided to name their baby. >> wow. >> it's not just us. >> they have about six weeks to finally narrow it down. to finally give the baby a name. >> that's nothing. i waited two months to get pregnant after her so at least i would know the name. >> top that brits. >> there you go. >> in your face britain. >> this last one is a good one. >> yeah, this is a great one. there's this new beauty secret i'm told. there's a salon in tokyo that has an unusual facial. it claims it's the only place in japan, perhaps in the world where you can try a live snail facial which acts as a moisturizer. runs about $250. the therapists put them on the face of the clients and allows them to move around leaving a trail of slime which is good for your skin. >> how is this supposed to go? why don't we talk about that. >> originally jenna was going to do this and then in our make up room, we decided with you being pregnant and so close it's probably not the best thing to do. >> i have 15 calls into my ob so because of that you are now on the hot seat with the snails. >> and lori is here to give her opinion. is this for real? does it work. >> there's not enough well supported studies to tell us whether or not it works. >> what a shock. >> everyone brace yourselves but here's the thing, there's always that beauty innovation. you'll remember the fish eating pedicure, the. >> how many animals had to crawl on your face before you were like snails. >> let me explain what's happening here. al, if you'll be my spa technician here. what happens in the facial is you get a massage. you get electropulse treatment and three snails put on your face. al, you're going to give me a heart attack. they go on donna. >> donna, you're a trooper. >> ready. >> head back. >> they have a slimy mucus and what's in there are antioxidants. >> just went back into his shell here. >> people have reported they do feel like they're smoother and more plump because snails have something in their slime pretty much -- >> it's like the cartoon turbo. >> which you can find in a lot of beauty products. >> oh god. >> do you feel refreshed. >> nobody move. >> no thanks. i'm good. thank you. >> it's better than i thought it would be. >> is it really? >> it's moving to your nose. >> i'm trying not to look. >> you just keep that will. i'm going to do the weather right now. let's see how your face looks after this. >> you won't recognize her. >> big area of high pressure dominating. it's going to continue to bring the heat we have been talking about. two of them are getting together on your forehead. look at this. we have heat advisories from michigan all the way to new england. we'll see temperatures that continue to climb and feel like they're in the upper 90s to low 100s and not just in the northeast. 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