you, madelyn.o get control of my weight. she did. it's not just about eating s salmon once a week, but doing things every day, cutting down on saturated fat, choosing wisely and losing weight with portion control. it doesn't happen automatically. you have to learn this. >> you did something of a detox essentially. you got rid of some things from your life. >> i had to. bread. i'm not a big dessert eater. i don't need to have heavy, heavy car bow hydrates. after 8:00 at night, i don't have car bow hibohydrates. that's something i continue to this day. >> that works for star. she has her own personal insights going, here are the thi things i need to change to keep my diet healthy and to keep my weight off. for everyone it's different. >> exercise routine, star, what did you start doing? >> i was the laziest, most s sedentry human being on the planet. i never ran for a ball, kicked a ball. now i work. i spin. i look crazy but i'm doing the challenge for this month, 30 minutes a day for the entire mont

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. >> 17-year-old madelyn hart net and other students sent messages to seven is members -- to service members overseas. >> we had the opportunity to give back to our troops to give them cards to tell them we love them. >> organizers say service events took place in all 50 states. >> now the president created this national day of service and he is hoping that it is continued under future presidents. >> in washington, thanks so much. and stay with cbs 5 for complete coverage of the inauguration with special reports tomorrow and monday from you are very own kristin ayers in washington. >>> a bloody end to the hostages in algeria. special forces stormed the gas plant where islamic militants were holding foreign workers hostage, including americans. cbs reporter charlie daggett on the raid that killed all of the militants and what they found inside the plant. >> reporter: these hostages were able to escape from the gas plant before algerian special forces launched their final assault. state media reports that a number of foreign hostages survived, including two americans. but in the chaos,

you'd feel really good if dylan and madelyne and catherine and chase and jesse and james took the bus to school this morning. you'd feel really good if grace and emily and jack and noah and caroline and jessica and avielle and ben were alive today. you'd feel really good if parents all across this country didn't have to wake up every morning worrying that without action that their kids were at risk just like those kids in newtown. >> senator chris murphy of connecticut, who before winning election to the senate in this past year he was the congressman who represented newtown. joining us now is not only connecticut senator chris murphy but actually the entire senate delegation from the state of connecticut, senator murphy joined tonight by his colleague senator richard blumenthal, who you saw speak just before him. gentlemen, i really appreciate you both being here tonight. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> senator blumenthal, let me start with you. you said today that this is going to be a hard fight, that nobody should think this is going to be easy. giv

>> guest: well, madeline married another biographer -- madelyn died before i started this book. i did not interview her. david mandel who did the first obama both that said madeline described obama, sr. to him as very strange. and i of course interviewed everybody else around him. they were not happy. i won't say for five it is very difficult for them. it wasn't necessarily because of race. it had a lot of elements to. his personality, the of so much older and and that their daughter was only 17 when they had met and when she got pregnant. she was an incredibly intelligent young woman. so they had a very difficult time in life. they didn't know, but another outlet to this whole thing was obama, sr. was, i know the family -- i was reluctant to use the word womanizer. but he was. so she was by no means the only american woman that he had been with, and he was trouble from the start. >> host: barack obama, sr. married four times. did they ever get divorced? >> guest: interesting. they got married in kenya, and in the luo coulter, according to obama, sr. come in that area you could

. >> madelyn fernstrom, very good advice for us.ead to today.com for more information on these books. >>> a calorie-freeway to enjoy your favorite drink. but first this is "today" on nbc. >>> 8:49 now. we've got "today's" trends of 2013. it's going to be a big year when it comes to technology, especially in areas like transportation and medicine. katie lynendahl, talk dirty to me blog. my favorite blog. >> this is a hybrid electric bike, believe it or not. three different ways to power. you can actually power. there are solar panels right on the ruth and lithium ion batteries. you want a little electric, a little boost, no problem. >> 30 miles per charge, takes two hours to charge. 1,800 miles on the equivalent of one gallon of gasoline? >> one gallon. this isn't made by gm or audi. this is made by north carolina start-up company that actually has sold over 72 units to date, will start delivering in march. >> how much? >> $4,000, which is kind of pricey. >> right. >> you're saving a lot of money not purchasing gas over the years. >>

it can be a challenge. >> madelyn fernstrom, happy new year. >> happy new year to you, too. >> what do0-calorie range, but it can be less, as little as 75 to 100 or a drop more, depending on the circumstance. if you're a smart snacker, you can make this work for you and not overdo it. >> snacking kills you. at the airport, what do you need to know? >> perfect world, i'll take things along with me. but getting through security, you want to make your plane. if you're looking around at restaurants, there are things that can work with you. you can't go wrong with a piece of fruit, something like an orange or banana. a small latte. if you're not a coffee person, have a steamer with some milk, yogurt. lifestyle snacks that do the heavy lifting for you. small snacks around 150, 180 calories, little mixes of fruits, nuts, crackers, good for you things in little packages or do something as simple as a kind bar. they fill you up. they are satisfying. they have a good taste profile. that's what you're looking for, just little snacks. >> no more cinnabuns and chick-fil-a. >> it looks like a snack

madelyn fernstrom is "today's" diet and nutrition editor.el crumby and often you don't feel like eating or drinking anything, but you must drink. the fever, you're sweating and you need to replace these fluids. there's some easy ways to do this. you might think a glass of water is fine. often times that's just plain water, it doesn't give you the salt that you're losing as well. you might want to take some fruit slices and put them in water. that doesn't taste -- or sports drink and juice. if it's too acidy, like orange juice, water it down. having this mix of fluids is really important. if you're feeling like a weakling and you can't drink, use this sports bottle and squirt it into your mouth. you may not feel like you need a lot of fluid but you do. >> what about cold versus warm? does a warm drink help? >> it's a personal preference. because there's no rules here. if the warmth makes your stuffy nose feel better, you can hold it up, it's a sense of comfort. the most important thing is to have caffeine free. >> why caffeine free? >> it's a