well most out of time you're going to go to erica new york i agree with your last comment is that you know the u.s. state department particularly victoria nuland is stumbled all the way through this crisis what's going to stop them from stumbling. well the only thing that's going to stop them is the political calculation that it's and no win situation for them and unfortunately as it stands right now they're they haven't come to that realization and i think that there's got to be a political price for them to pay and to some degree i think obama and the democrats are going to pay a price for this unfortunately in the wrong sort of way because right wing republicans will say that they were not that they were weak and not aggressive enough which is a complete absurdity and so unfortunately i think that as we go into twenty fourteen midterm elections and then twenty sixteen presidential elections there will be a fallout for u.s. policy for obama administration policy on the right and you're all right and i don't mean to i wish we had more time but we've run out of time many thanks to my

anthony mason, cbs news, bridge hampton, new york. >> yeah erica gets to go on after that. and she's up next with the best time to make your outdoor weekend plans when we come back. >> that's rice yeah. how do i follow that act? we have a gorgeous start to the weekend. but things kind of heading down -- downhill as we go further along into that weekend. we'll get your full weekend forecast update for you coming up after the break. with the first alert seven day with the first alert seven day forecast. a woman who loves to share her passions. grandma! mary has atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. that puts her at a greater risk of stroke. rome? sure! before xarelto®, mary took warfarin, which required monthly trips to get her blood tested. but that's history. back to the museum? not this time! now that her doctor switched her to once-a-day xarelto®, mary can leave those monthly trips behind. domestic flight? not today! like warfarin, xarelto® is proven effective to reduce afib-related stroke risk. but xarelto® is the first and only

a woman who does this and say well is erica karp at cornerstone at new york but she does innocent boy. i want to reinforce this is not require technology. she simply asked for employers, how was your day? much actually means it. not saying hey, what's up? she's asking, how is your day? if they said i had a good day, she says that's not good enough. what was the moment, the purposeful today that made it a good day? they shared. over a couple of weeks maybe a month or two she started to make subtle changes in the job, giving them projects, sobering things differently around them. tailoring the close to it than she does this on a team and i was shocked, there's an investment banking group out of midtown manhattan and walked in, they were all wearing black suits. no way any purpose going on here. it's not biologically possible. and yet i walked in and of so rich and purpose almost more than it was adamant and it was because of the ceo. she had invested in tailoring people's clothes that fit them. we can do it for ourselves. it does require permission. we can do it for our peers, we can do

erica pitzi, aljazeera, new york. >> we call it a hurricane, they call it a typhoon, whatever you call it, the massive storm is leaving its mark on asia right now. meteorologist eboni deon is tracking that system. >> it's still bringing a lot of rain across the southern areas of china and unfortunately has weakened considerably after making three land falls. it has certainly made its way into china. at least it has weak understand and will continue to do so making its way over land. this storm was the strongest the region had seen at least in the last 40 years, so we will continue to watch out for the rain, although the wind is winding down, there have been reports of winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour, even higher peaks around 100 miles per hour, so that clean up will get under way, but conditions right now still not looking all that great. let's look at what else we are dealing with, because now we have another typhoon out there. it was a tropical storm at this time. it is expected to make its way parallel along the coast of the fill teens and then eventually crossing over taiwan

new questions to solve a mystery. >> how they can determine what happened in another p >>> welcome back. the "today" show is next on news4. >> erica hill and lester holt joining us live from new york> good morning. good to see you. coming up on a saturday morning on "today," we'll get is the latest in ukraine and the pentagon in the downing of malaysian flight 17. officials say they're closer to finding out who may be responsible as concerns grow over the security of the crash site. we'll also peek live to the grandfather of the only american on board about his devastating loss. >>> also ahead this morning, a raging wildfire in washington is not showing any signs of slowing down. more people being forced from their homes. we have a live first-hand look this morning at some of that damage. >>> plus tim mcgraw taking heat for apparently slapping an overzealousat a concert. >>> also an extraordinary miracle for a girl who lost her ear several years ago. wait until you see how doctors were able to reconstruct it for her. >>> those stories and more as we get started on a saturday morning right here on "today." back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> well, this weekend in vermont search tea

new york. and she does -- erica carp. this does not require technology. she simply asks her employees, how was your day? but she actually means it. she's not just saying, hey, what's up, right? she's actually asking, how was your day? if they say, i had a good day, she says what was the purpose moment today that made it a good day? and they share it. and over a couple weeks, maybe a month or two, she starts to make subtle changes in their job, giving them projects, celebrating things differently around them. tailoring their clothes to fit them. and she does this with her team, and i was shocked. it's an investment banking group, they're out of midtown manhattan, and i walked in, they were all wearing black suits. i was like there's no way there's any purpose going on here, it's not biologically possible. [laughter] yet it was more than any place i'd ever been, and it was because of the ceo. she had invested in tailoring people's clothes to fit them. we can do it for ourselves. it doesn't require permission from your boss. we can do it for our peers, we ca

. >> my name is erica from the children's defense fund in new york and children's defense fund has been working the freedom schools, it will be 20 years of the freedom schools which comes from the history of the mississippi freedom summer and the freedom schools 50 years ago but we have five main components to the freedom school, parents and family involvement, civic engagement and social action, intergenerational leadership, nutrition, health and mental health and the fifth and final leads to a lot of things panelists are talking about, high-quality academic enrichment and we do this through integrated reading curriculum and when we started the panel we were talking about answers and solutions and we think the freedom schools are the answers and solutions communities are looking for and we talked about windows and road maps and we have a few books i would like to share with everyone that i feel help to frame the conversation. the first is lee & low's how we are smart. i see this as a road map. these are stories of people like patchy mink and thurgood marshall and how they are smart and

. >> erica hill and lester holt join us live from new york.d morning, guys. >> hey, good morning to you. just ahead here on a sunday morning on "today" we'll take a look at increasing concerns over the possibility of war in the middle east. israel may be close to launching a ground invasion into gaza and the two sides are escalating their strikes against one another. live in gaza. >> we'll share the powerful words of a soul survivors of the deadly texas massacre as she remembers her family at a memorial service. >> a look at the growing on-line movement to demonstrate the dangers of leaving children alone in a hot car, a demonstration you should not try. one police officer did lock himself in his car himself. and he'll tell us why. >> and we can't wait to share this update with you. what started out with one baseball game has turned into so much more for dylan's brother. how he's helping the wounded warrior amputee softball team on an important mission around the country. more on that when we get started on a sunday morning on "today." send it

erica edwards, nbc news. >>> distracted driving is nothing new but have you heard of distracted dining? a restaurant manager in new yorks service times have almost doubled in the past ten years. the manager says customers used their cell phones while eating and that's slowing down service times. the manager reviewed surveillance videos and posted the results anonymously on craigslist with rants and raves about how long people are taking to eat. >>> time now for a final check on our forecast. tom is here. >> if you hear thunder, get inside, turn on nbc4 and you may likely be hearing thunder later this afternoon. this is a weather alert day so we'll have special storm team 4 updates into the afternoon due to the chance of damaging winds, heavy downpours. the risk time 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. all of this coming from a disturbed area out of the midwest and developing over our region later this afternoon. already heating into the mid and upper 80s. at noon reagan national at 87 degrees. highs low 90s this afternoon with a chance of strong storms 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. staying very humid too. could get more storms tomorrow and nice wea

new york giants in the middle of the field. there will be free fitness classes, cooking demonstrations and screenings for everyone. erica?ks. >>> turning to the controversy surrounding tim mcgraw. he's getting backlash after slapping a female fan trying to grab him. you know it was caught on camera. ron mott has been following this for us. there's debate here, too. >> a lot of opinions out there. >> fans like to get close to stars, we know that. stars like to get close to fans and sometimes that can be a problem. he's a hands-on star, tim mcgraw. writing some of his own songs, flexing his acting muscles occasionally. during his entertainment career. after this video surfaced on tmz of him hitting a female fan, a debate is raging online about whether he was heavy handed or protecting himself. tim mcgraw lost it said one twitter user. not going to lie, wrote another, she deserved it. he greets fans lining the stage, the woman grabs his leg and holds on. he slaps her in the face. it's not the image he and his wife have cultivated. >> tim has a reputation of being a laid back, easy going guy who loves his fans. in fact, he's