that was jeff rossen and his team, they guide you to the best deals and promotions and they can tell you if you move your trip one day later, we can give you another $100 off. >> that happened with us and that differently. >> timing everything here when it comes to getting good deals on the trips. >> and you might want to get out of town. >> i was about to show you today, nothing but sunshine as we show you the temperatures across the board. 87 degrees, hazy sunshine, this time of year that is close to the average hoi temperature. check out the temperatures across the east bay, up to 88 degrees. 70s closer to oakland. closing in on 90 already in concord. 78 degrees, it has been so cool but not yet. no low clouds, you go south of monterey. that is where the ocean air-conditions is parked for now. as they continue to climb, check out what is going on in santa cruz. we don't have the sea breeze going. until they make a come back, even as the winds turn later on this evening. also air quality issues, areas of smoke in the east bay. and south of san jose into the 90s. and the tri-valley t

today jeff rossen is answering important questions for you, where is the safest place to sit on a train in case there is a crash? and how do you get out alive? >> reporter: in this latest accident, chaos,. >> loud shrieks, people just screaming for their lives. >> reporter: passengers scrambling to make it out alive. >> we just heard people screaming in the first car that they were trapped. they couldn't get out. >> would you know how to get out in a crash? >> to show us how to survive, we're here with ul transportation, and i have always wondered on a commuter train like this, where is the safest place to sit, the middle of the train, the middle cars, the front of the car, the back of the car, where. >> the middle of the train, it's the least likely set of cars to derail. you don't want to be on either end, if there's a crash, that's where the energy is. the energy does the damage. you want to be in the middle of the train. >> just look at these crashes. in 2008, a commuter train in california colliding with a people. 22 of them sitting in the first car. and last year, another train hi

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nbc investigative reporter jeff rossen kicks off "the great escape" with how to beat the traffic. >> a traffic nightmare. bumper to bumper with no relief for miles. can your gps or smart phone really get you out of this. >> we're setting up a driving challenge of our own to see if the apps save us any time. here with my producers, lindsey and josh, josh is using the regular inckin-car gps, lindsey using apple maps, and i'm using the ways app. right away, ways is diverting me to the sir vaurface roads. >> i'm flying by all of this high traffic. look at it, look at me. josh's car gps, just programmed for the shortest route, steers him straight on to the highway. >> we're crawling in right now and i still have 39 miles to go on this highway. >> in lindsey, she pro-programs apple maps for shortest time, but it takes her on to the congested highway, too. not for me, it is smooth sailing. >> it has me getting off of the exit. i love it. >> taking me down backroads and on to another highway. >> i have to keep on moving. >> josh -- he is not moving much at all. >> more brake lights. >> take

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. >> and that was jeff rossen reporting. experts say it's not just how heavy the backpacks are. it's also how your child is wearing it that's important. the top of the backpack shouldn't be lower than their shoulders. the bottom shouldn't hang lower than two inches below their waste. >>> still ahead, bay area doctors are using a device that could be a game changer for breast cancer patients. 'l breakthrough and what it means for you. >>> today on better call behnken i'm trying to help a widow lay her husband to rest. he died two weeks ago. his body is being held at a funeral home and no one can tell her why. so i came here looking for answers. >>> ju a couple days after 8 on your side crawled all over his case about dep keeping the mosaic sink hole a secret, the i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. i'd look her right in that fat ugly face of hers. she's a slob. she ate like a pig. a person who's flat chested is very hard to be a 10. does she have a go body? no. does she have a fat [expletive]? absolutely. do you treat women with respect? visit your localup local hyund

today jeff rossen shows us the simple thing he's doing to stop it and you can too. >> reporter: it's as creepy as it gets, a stranger spyi moments and you wouldn't know it, in an instant, your computer web cam becomes a dangerous window into your life in realtime. fbi director james comey making headlines today. admitting he's just like the rest of us. >> you still have a piece of tape over your cameras at home. >> heck yeah. i think people august to take responsibility for their own safety and security. and there's some sensible things you ought to be doing. and that is one of them. the threat is real. including the former miss teen u.s.a. cassidy wolf a hacker spying on her inside her house. >> you would never think somebody would be watching you inside your room. and this guy had been. the thought of that gave me nightmares. >> how did you find out? >> i received an anonymous email from an anonymous person and the it was extorting me and blackmailed me. he attached nude photos of me he took in my bed room. >> the hacker was sentenced to prison. but it can happen to any of us. we s

jeff rossen will put them to the test. >> what was behind the breakup of angelina jolie and bra pittshe asking for sole physical custody of their six children? we'll talk about that and many other things as we get started on a wednesday morning right here on "today." vai and tracy, back to you. >> savannah was watching on twitter. she was watching every step of your way yesterday. we happy you're in safely today. >> yes, much calmer today. >> excellent. see you at 7:00. >> thanks. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> 12 minutes before 7:00. you're seeing a few scattered clouds in delaware this morning. that's a live view from frawley stadium. you'll see enough sunshine for wilmington to experience a warm summer day today. in fact, the last warm summer day as autumn arrives tomorrow. sunshine and into the 80s this afternoon. there will still be a few scattered fair weather clouds this afternoon but completely dry. right now, 70 degrees in delaware. low 60s in the suburbs. we've seen a few spots of light fog for the suburbs and the lehigh valley. 61 degrees. more fog in new jers

today national investigative correspondent jeff rossen has a hidden camera on tablet. can be a great baby sitter. we know that. but kids are spending too much time staring at all kinds of screens according to the american academy of pediatrics, seven hours a day on average. doctors say it makes them feel rewarded so they keep on staring. it could also impact their social and verbal development too. this morning, you're about to see just how oblivious kids can here. school's out. and these kids are zoned out on their ipad. entranced by the screen. how entranced? >> in this experiment we're going to test just how absorbed these kids are with their devices. >> this new video going viral overseas. parents pranking their own kids. >> this is a classic mom swap. >> trading out their mom for a complete stranger. >> sisters arrived. >> swapping >> the brother leaves. in comes a massive new brother. the kid never noticing a thing. >> by the way the same exact thing happens with my kids. they probably watch ipads too much. my fault i know. right now my 6-year-old daughter sloan

today, national investigative correspondent, jeff rossen, is on a train in raleigh, north carolina, to try to show you. jeff, good morning. >> reporter: hey, matt, good morning to you. and we are sitting in a this is a view we don't often get to see, where the engineer sits and operates the train. so many questions as tom costello was just reporting, about what happened in new jersey. was it mechanical error? could it have been human error? and tom mentioned that dead man's alert system. i want to show you exactly how that works. every 20 to 30 seconds, the engineer has to move a control. move the throttle, hit the brake, this button here, called the alarm reset, or hit this, called the dead man's pedal, you probably heard about it before. if they don't, it tells the train, something is wrong with the engineer. he may be dead. he may have had a medical emergency. and isn't alert. and so the train automatically stops. but sometimes it is just too late. this morning, we want to answer all of your questions, the safest place to sit in the train so what to do if there is a crash, how to ge

. >> "today" correspondent jeff rossen is here. >> very easy fix. if you are watching this at home right now you must think i'm in private in my living room. but now look around. you will a laptop open? you have a computer around? turns out hackers have gotten so good at taking control of our webcams remotely, even the fbi director himself is worried about his privacy. this morning, this simple and i do mean simple thing he is doing to stop it. and you can do it, too. it's as creepy as it gets. a stranger spying on you in your most private moments and you wouldn't even know it. window into your life. in real time. fbi director james comey making headlines today admitting he's just like the rest of us. >> you still have a piece of tape over your camera at home? >> heck yeah. heck, yeah. i think people ought to take responsibility for their own safety and security. there are sensible things you can be doing, and that's one of them. >> reporter: the threat is real. countless victims, including the former miss teen usa,si a hacker spying on her inside h

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