>> donny is here.e'll help you figure out what you guys are thinking. >>> we're back on this winesday wednesday. we play our trivia game who knew. did you keep your resolution or fall off the wagon. kathie lee is with the crowd across the street. she's ready to hand out $100 to those to get the questions right and those who don't get a copy of kathie lee's cd. hello, mr. matt. let's go across the street. >> this lady is from richmond, virginia. true or false, crunches will help you get a flat belly. >> you're supposed to give me a hint back there. >> true. [ buzzer ] >> oh, no. >> she was going say false. >> that's one of those things. people think if you do crunches it will flatten it out. you can't spot reduce. you have to do 250,000 crunches to lose one pound of body fat. that's what you're trying to get rid of to reveal those rippling abs. go to the gym and work your whole body if you want to shed the fat. >> where are you from? >> melbourne, australia. >> by law how accurate must the calorie infor

and chairman of deutsch incorporated donny deutsch is here, as well. >> what's going on, donny? >> look at him. >> that's my -- >> he's an ad guy. >> he is. >> i'd love to know what he thought. the marketing guy. >> i thought it was a wonderful speech. >> it was america the beautiful, baby. >> you thought it was wonderful. >> pledge of allegiance, it was all there. the few versus the many. that's all it. and all you had to see was the republican response to know that the republicans are in a corner. if deficit reduction is going to be their answer to fairness, they've got a problem. >> well, there you go. >> i wouldn't say taking care of the debt is an answer to fairness, it's an answer, though, to -- >> you're right, but -- by the way, when you're a guy who says, hey, look, 4 million jobs lost before i took office, 4 million before my policies took place, 3 million new jobs, i put a bullet in the bad guys' head and isn't it time we get fair as a country and relive the american dream? it's hard to argue. >> well, before we start fighting over -- >> yeah, i'll put you down as und

." >> donny remembers "lost in space." mitt romney, holy cow. >> scarf? >> i don't know -- seriously -- >> yeah scarf. >> what's so exciting is, seriously, you know the guys over at "the today show" -- can you call matt and tell him we found waldo. he doesn't have to travel all across the globe any more. >> are you guys making fun of me? they all told me to wear it. >> it's an ali mcgraw, "love story." >> i think it was sent to you because it's the crimson. >> so newt last night, man. holy cow -- boom, frasier's down. he gets back up. boom! i'm sorry, newt just keeps getting up. boom! he hops right back up. >> it does matter. and it matters, because while mitt romney has the organization, and the money, newt gingrich has a 30-year brand, 40-year brand in republican politics, that apparently can just plow right over one problem after another. >> how would you characterize that grin? >> as an outsider. as -- a revolutionary. that's how he came to washington, d.c. he's always been loathed by washington. he's made a lot of money off of washington. but i'll te

we've got star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy snyderman ready to weigh in on all the topics. >>> and we'll talk about mommy stress. why do moms feel like they reach the boiling point? we have seven strategy force how to cope, including getting more exercise and how to reach out to family and friends for support. >> hopefully it will work for dads, too. >> absolutely. >>> and also, timeless style. that's right. women of a certain age are just as beautiful and they can also be just as fashionable. we're going to look at betty white, debbie reynolds, we've got a fashion show with a twist, our models are all 80-plus. look at the style and as confident as anyone. >> i'm sorry, i said 80-plus, i didn't give specifics. >> yeah -- >> she gave awe look like -- >> she's going to get you. >>> let's go inside -- >> a lady who is over 50. >> and now natalie has a look at the headlines. >> good morning to you guys once again and good morning, everyone. parts of texas are drying out this morning after heavy downpours caused flash flooding

please welcome back to our show, donnie wahlberg!>> jimmy: you look great. thank you for coming back to our show, buddy. >> thank you. >> jimmy: i appreciate it. we just had your brother, mark, on the show. >> yeah. i watched. >> jimmy: he was here for "contraband." oh, you watched? you saw. >> yeah. i like when he talked about us playing in my band playing his prison that he was in. >> jimmy: that was interesting. >> i played in two prisons that two of my different brothers were in, in new kids. in our early -- we took any gig we could get when we were 15 and 16 and trying to make it. >> jimmy: i would never let a new kids near a prison if i was the manager. how old were you? >> we were like 15, 16. we used to play birthdays, barrooms, bar mitzvahs, prisons. wherever we could get a gig. we would do it. >> jimmy: your one brother, he promotes shows from prison. >> yeah, he was in prison. and he asked the warden if we could come in. he was rehabilitating himself. so he asked the warden if we could come in and play. we were just kids.

donny, it is the new year. turn over a new leaf. >> we don't get to talk about -- >> an honest answer. are you less than -- >> none of your damn business. >> i'm less than 8 for a man. >> got to go. star jones, donny deutsch, dr. nancy. >> wow. >> i thought it was in the 60s. >> i'm kidding. >> we don't need cameras. carry on. >>> coming up next joy bauer helps you stick to your resolutions in her diet s.o.s. and a little later the real work begins for the duchess of cambridge. kate middleton makes a royal announcement. first these messages. about whole grainere's surs and the cereals your kids love. ♪ now all general mills big g kid cereals have more whole grain than any other ingredient. the same great taste they love in cereals like lucky charms and cinnamon toast crunch with whole grain that they need. just look for the white check, only on general mills big g kid cereals, the delicious way to help them grow up strong. now with more whole grain than any other ingredient. ♪ [ female announcer ] silky smooth

donny, go? >> my password is leo, 4567.mitment, we've got a problem. i believe as individuals or as couples, you decide what level of connection. but i do think we live in a world where privacy is okay. there's such an overexposure. >> would you share your passwords with a significant other? >> i'm very practical. significant others don't last all the time. and for always and i've got to tell you, i'm not giving you my password that has all of my personal and private information. >> what about like netflix passwords. you're not going to give the code to your american express card. >> correct, netflix password is fine. but what i'm not going to do is give you information that can be used against me later on, if we're no longer together. >> nancy, is it a situation, should be it mutually assured destruction, like the cold war? in other words, if i give you my password, you have to give me yours? >> you know, you show me yours, i'll show you mine? no, listen, i'm with ann on this one. if she doesn't show her husband, i'm not s

this is all i'm saying, donny. media are going to have to take a -- if santorum moves forward and peggy, i think you can speak to this, they're going to be very careful not to let their own blind spots on social policy get in the way of their analysis of what republican can win. because the thing -- and peggy, you can answer this, as well. a lot of our good friends and most of my friends are in the media and most of them live in manhattan. they have a complete blind spot when it comes to social policy and the way people in middle america think. i have found libertarians that have worked with me at networks and that i've talked to in newsrooms before, i just haven't found any social conservatives that have worked in the mainstream media outside of fox news. and peggy, i think this is why there may be a blind spot in whether santorum can win or not. >> you know what, joe, let me throw something out and see if you agree. in the media, in the tops or the establishments "of both parties." the democrats and the republica

>> i'm going to pass to donny deutsch.no longer be part of a show that discriminates against women. they literally physically removed you from the set during the football segment and i have an issue with that. >> at this point he's making me tired. >> what did you learn? >> it's a great opportunity to play the victim, but i chose to leave, sorry. i chose to leave. >> what do you like? >> look at those gangsta stripes. >> you want gangsta stripes. >> red stripes. i've got gangsta

and we're also joined tonight by donnie box, who was laid off, donnie good to have you we'll start with you first, what do you want people to know about what you went through and what it was like going through this experience and what do you want them to know about mitt romney? >> to start with mitt romney, i kind of moved on, beyond all this stuff, after eleven years, you start moving on, you can't dwell on what's happened but i started hearing all this stuff about the job creator and i got nothing against staples or some shoe company, all these other places he supposedly brought to life and wonderful things he did with it. i kept thinking what happened? what happened down where i worked? what the heck, where was all this go get them attitude then, this is not what we saw at the plant. >> what effects did the layoffs have on kansas city once the steel mill was gone? >> well, you know, you start out and you think that was just 800 jobs in the middle, we were the biggest consumer of electrical natural gas and water in about a six-state area. and once they shut the mill down it didn't aff

star jones, donny deutsch and dr.tt romney has a new negative campaign ad against newt gingrich. it features none other than our own tom brokaw from a broadcast in 1997 talking about then speaker gingrich's ethics problems in the house. is it a fair ad? is it a good ad? >> it's very unfair. political advertising isn't vetted the way real advertising is. say brokaw said, walmart is breaking sales records. you could never run it in an ad. this is an implied endorsement by using his likeness. it's wrong. if i'm brokaw i have a problem. >> nbc news asked the romney campaign to withdraw the ad. >> multiple times. >> is that smart on romney's part? what's his name? gingrich has been saying he's a liar about the issues that were brought up. to tie yourself to one of the most respected broadcasters in the world that's exactly why they did it. >> representing, i guess, from the three of us nbc news and the news standards and what we try to do every night on "nightly news" and this program to tie it makes us all as journalists

donnie yarberry has been in and out of prison for much of his adult life.y better things to be doing in life -- going fishing, going to a movie. walking hand in hand with your girlfriend. >> release photographs are taken of every inmate processing out. for donnie yarberry, who has a history of substance abuse, parole includes a halfway house dedicated to helping recovering addicts get on their feet. >> i heard they had a six-month aftercare, so i volunteered for the program. so that i wouldn't have to parole to the streets and have nothing. i go to a residential program for 60 days, and then i have sober living for four more months where i don't have to pay any rent. >> inmates released from corcoran are given $200 and a clean set of clothes to start their new lives. >> it's not enough to survive on. it doesn't last three days. i've had opportunities in recovery before, and i was never adamant in my heart that i was never going to use again. i just know in my heart i don't want to come back. >> that inmate there, i believe, based on my experience of almost

. >> donny, star and dr.in the uk who wouldn't reveal the gender of their child for five years. they have revealed it's a boy. what did they accomplish? we'll talk about that and other topics with the professionals. >> also this morning we'll get a listen to the nominees as they happen for the academy awards. it's always very exciting. of course you are looking at an image from "the artist," "the descendants." george clooney won for best actor in the golden globes. we have great movies to choose from and we'll hear who's nominated. >> later on we'll head to the kitchen with lydia, one of our favorites. she has the secret for a fantastic -- smells so good up there. a fantastic braised pork shoulder. we cannot wait. >> we're talking comfort foods with with a capital c. >> before that let's go inside. natalie is standing by with a check of the headlines. >> good morning, matt, ann and al. we are getting a first look at the tax returns of republican presidential candidate mitt romney which show he paid about $3 m

tonight she's joined by the roots to perform the donny hathaway classic "this christmas" from her newhe mistletoe i'm gonna get to know you better this christmas ♪ ♪ and as we trim the tree how much fun it's gonna be together ♪ ♪ the fireside is blazing bright we're caroling through the night ♪ ♪ and this christmas will be a very special christmas for me yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ presents and cards are here my world is filled with cheer and you this christmas ♪ ♪ and as i look around your eyes outshine the town they do ♪ ♪ fireside is blazing bright we're caroling through the night ♪ ♪ and this christmas will be a very special christmas for me yeah ♪ ♪ ♪ shake a hand shake a hand ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ fireside is blazing bright we're caroling through the night ♪ ♪ and this christmas will be a very special christmas for me yes this christmas ♪ ♪ will be a very special christmas for me yeah ♪ ♪ shake a hand shake a hand shake a hand for donny ♪ ♪ ♪ this christmas >> jimmy: oh. [ cheers and applause ] that's how you do it. that's how you do it right there. oh, my gosh. carole king and the roots. that was phenomenal.

you'll love this one, donny. is sexting attractive? the girl thinking about him in a sexy way before they see each other. and "the huffington post" thought it was a good idea. >> i would like to wage a complaint with nbc, whenever there's a salacious topic, you start with me. my pants are vibrating. bad statement. i think sexting is a fun, seductive thing. i think it is using this device in a fun way. the problem i think for young people they often will do things that they wouldn't ordinarily do with actual words. and they tend to be more open or more overt than -- >> donny, are you out of your mind? kwame kill patrick, the former mayor of detroit, went to prison because of sexting. >> there's a difference -- >> it wasn't illegal. >> anthony weiner. >> there's a difference between a guy showing his weiner and a guy who is -- >> you're lying. >> this is the one thing that makes me crazy. i'm a lawyer. be smart. don't put that stuff on paper. that lives therefore ever. >> you're missing the point. nobody said, there's no legalities, the

joy, donnie, madeline, louis. rosemary came up with an alphabet of 26 words to describe you. it may say zany in there congratulations for being a creative and dedicated fan. we are going to send you to argentina. >> what? >> you and your husband will enjoy a three-night stay. >> can you believe this? >> daily breakfast and dinner with two spa treatments and a tour to the iguaza falls. round-trip airfare. it pays off to be a fan. >> excuse me, rosemary, can we come with you? oh, my gosh! >> still to come, the right diet for your age. >>> we are back with more of "today." >>> we are back with more of "today." you may be in store for a cleanup job around the house. >> sometimes it can be difficult to figure out what you should keep and what you should throw away. we called in meghan murphy, deputy editor of "self" magazine to help us out. hello, megan. >> look ou beautifully pregnant are you? or did you eat a lot over the holidays? >> exactly. >> this is that time of year when you can say should i still hang on to this? some things are tricky. >> everything to you. >> i like to

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. >> donny? >> i would say to my 16-year-old stuff don't be afraid of anything.lot of different times. the bookie man is never what you think it is. do not let fear dictate what you do. >> you get to be more than one thing in life. when people say, oh, you can't do that. if you follow your passion, you can have multiple careers within one segment on this life. >> good advice. >> real honor to be here. >> especially to be a part of this place. >> see you next week. >>> up next, one of the hottest tickets in tinseltown giada de laurentiis gives us a peak at what she's serving for the golden globes after this. t ache. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and for some people, it can work in as early as the first week of treatment. so now, i can do more of the things i enjoy. lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or