it was the same crime as martha stewart.bly do somewhere between lindsay lohan and li'l wayne. so -- can you imagine rod blagojevich in a prison jump suit? he would look like a traffic cone with a koosh ball on top of it. >> of course, now, the world is wondering how this will impact the elections come november. >> uh-huh. >> ha lot of republicans looking at that. saying it could be a sign of things to come. >> with a retrial in the works now. we'll see where it goes. it will be interesting for sure. >> and he's given us a lot of laughs from the late-night comingics, to say the least. >>> that's maets making news on

as punishable by up to five years in prison, it's the same crime martha stewart was convicted on. but a hung jury on 23 of 24 count cans only be characterized as a huge setback. >> hill: what happened here? where did the government go wrong in this case? >> i think there was a sense of overconfidence by the government. when they played those tapes, they assumed the jury would just be shocked and really what the tapes show is that blagojevich was a profane loud-mouthed guy. that's not exactly a shock to jurors in chicago politics. and the defense did a really good job of getting back to the simple concept: follow the money. and there wasn't a dime the prosecution showed went into blagojevich's pocket, it was all talk. so is he a bad governor or a criminal? the prosecution didn't show how the tapes translated into criminal conduct. >> hill: so if there is a retrial when you look at this, is it advantage prosecution or defense here? >> reporter: that cuts both ways, i think this time, though, it really favors the defense because the defense attorney made a huge calculation to open th

coming up, martha stewart. you came on the right day. our kitchen, yours, too. she will help us make a kitchen not only stylish but functional as well. she has some great kitchen tips and she'll be sharing those in just a couple of minutes. >>> and speaking of martha stewart, we think about her and weddings sometimes. it's that time of the year again. time to choose this year's wedding couple. we've narrowed it down to four finalis finalists. this morning you'll meet those finalists and we'll tell you how you can choose the winner. >>> plus, how often do you spend rning in bed while your rtner's dead when their head hits the pillow. what they're calling sleep envy. yeah. >> something we know a lot about. >> i fall right asleep. i do. boom. >> right until the alarm wakes up. >> boom. envy. >>> a lot to get to. let's get a check of the weather. al is off today. stephanie abrams is filling in. no jacket. >> no raincoat. >> this is nothing, seriously. >> i'm wearing that dress. you can see these arms. >> a 3-year-old baby heading back to nige

it was the same crime as martha stewart.l probably do between lindsay lohan and little wayne, so -- can you imagine rod blagojevich in a prison jump suit? he would look like a traffic cone with a kush ball on top of it. today on the bbc, the british news channel, the anchors were tossing to their weather man. this is hard to follow because they only speak english. but watch the weather guy who thought he was offcamera. >> now, we'll have the weather forecast in a minute, and of course, 100% accurate, all the detail you could want. you're preparing for it, so, i'm not entirely -- well, then -- >> jimmy: whoops. let's look at that again in slow motion. watch his face here -- like a poker player. not to be outdone here in the united states on "inside e kwigs dts last night, this question was posed to give us tonight's edition of "how is this news." >> you may have noticed something different about me today. i'm now a brunette. >> jimmy: oh. thanks for the update. who are you again? last week, as you probably know, if you have c

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pretty much as all the martha stewartal agencies have done since the start of the administration, we have had a defense review in our case, which is panned dated by law, but all the other intelligence communities, dhhs is just in the process of completing their first one, so everyone has done a review. and in our review, we had -- i'm not sure if this is mandated or just considered a -- an alliteration because we had the four p's so this is what it was called the four p's prevail, prevent, preserve and protect the all-volunteer force. so these priorities were kind of, if you -- as we like to say at the 30,000-foot level, the base of what we're trying to do and in our budget we turn these into more specific programs and more specific proposals that kind of flow from these, so let me turn to more of a budget per se. the budget this year submitted in february, still with the congress now, our proposals we grew under four themes. i guess four must be a good number, too, since we had four priorities. the first one is the most important one, taking care of people, which is the highest prio

all the recipes in the issue of "martha stewart living."back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. >>> this morning on our special series, back to school today, credit card smart. how teenagers can deal with finances before they head off to school. carmen, good morning. this is the first year where college students cannot get a credit card without proof of a job or having a parent or guardian to cosign. the idea was so they wouldn't amass a lot of debt. >> right. >> but it can be a bad thing for them. >> i am of two minds here. yes, credit card companies went too crazy marketing college kids, extended too much credit, but enabling parents to continue to be shackled to their adult grown children until they are 25-plus, i have heard from too many 25-year-olds with full-time jobs not able to get one credit card because they couldn't establish their own credit in college. this is what's going to happen. this is the future. >> they get out of college and want an apartment, a car, a loan, whatever. >> and the parents have to continue to cosign. th

you're martha stewart. >> sridhar: absolutely. so let's take that cooking analogy.tart with the flour. >> stahl: the flour. >> sridhar: okay. >> stahl: what is that? >> sridhar: that is beach sand. >> stahl: it's beach sand? >> sridhar: sand. ocean beaches in multiple continents has this material in abundance. >> stahl: he said he bakes the sand and cuts it into little squares. okay, so this is beach sand turned magically into... >> sridhar: into that. >> stahl: into a ceramic. >> sridhar: yeah, into a ceramic. >> stahl: and then, he coats it with green and black inks that he developed. okay, is it a secret formula? >> sridhar: there is a secret formula. >> stahl: okay. >> sridhar: and you take that and you apply that. you paint that on either side of this white ceramic to get a green layer and a black layer. >> stahl: and that's it. >> sridhar: that's it. >> stahl: that's the secret. >> sridhar: so what i'm holding in my hand is a fuel cell. >> stahl: this is the fuel cell? this skinny, skinny... >> sridhar: this is a fuel cell. >> stahl: and this'll... >> sridhar:

you can use craft products such as the martha stewart craft line or iron-on transfers, which you canfind at michael's for the kids to personalize and make their own aprons. >> that keeps them busy for a while. once the aprons are done, it's time to eat. >> i chose a pizza party, because what i think is good about it, it's really good for kids of all ages. i would say 4 and up is probably optimal. you can taylor their level of involvement based on the age of the child. what i did, i started with -- i love these downloads from a company called paper and cake. you've got tomato sauce label that you can use to jazz up some tomato -- canned tomato sauce, then labels that we put on the tomato and the basil and the mozzarella, making it fun for the kids. >>> really, these are not only functional, but decorative. you can use them as the theme to decorate the party. >> exactly. for making the pizza, i highly recommend starting with the pizza peel. this one is from williams- sonoma. you assemble the pizza on there and then directly into the oven. >>> you got these little pizza cutters. might b

in what seems like a near perfect neighborhood north of new york city just across the street martha stewart's farm. and nearby the estate of fashion icon ralph lauren. outside the east syracuse up to house where turkki lived, neighbors knew little about the alleged attacker. >> she was quiet, kept to herself. she always looked nice. she had a well-kept car. her house seemed like it was well kept. nothing to lead you that there was any problem. >> reporter: until 2004 turkki volunteered at a horse farm. she was described as a good volunteer. but now her own family and authorities are left wondering why she snapped, allegedly causing this aunt to attack her own young nieces. and police add when lisa turkii was arrested she did not appear to be under the influence of anything. she has since agreed to give urine and blood samples to police. turkki is expected to make her court appearance next week. until then she remains behind bars with no bail. >> all right, peter alexander, thank you very much. >>> just ahead, tv's highest paid actor charlie sheen pleads guilty to assaulting his wife. how did

martha stewart craft academy. move on to one of the national parks, and just a beautiful one. this one is yosemite and has a nostalgic feel for you. >> it does. i had my 6th birthday at yosemite. i still have very vivid memories of it. >> is that you in the corner of that picture? >> that's me, yes. also great things. we went biking and hiking. sang songs around the campfires. you don't have to spend a lot of money to have a great time with the family. >> you like the rustic cabins at curry village. >> and all sorts of different categories. tents, cabins, and some slightly more luxurious accommodation as well. >> you talk about luxury. you're talking about palmia at los cabos. this is known as a celebrity magnet. >> yes, it is. >> during the holidays in particular. what's it like in the summer? >> they've been more and more family friendly. and the one at palmia is where gwyneth paltrow and chris martin had their honeymoon but it's really good for families. they have a good rate at the moment. it's down from $500

just to give you an idea of how ritzy it is, martha stewart lives right across the street from the family home and ralph lauren lives right down the block. once again, police trying to put all this together to figure out why it happened. the girls underwent hours and hours of surgery over the weekend and they are recovering this morning, carl. >> incredible. jeff rossen outside new york city, thanks very much, jeff. >>> overseas markets are higher this morning. cnbc's trish regan is at the new york stock exchange, and trish, it's going to be a big week ahead. >> you said it, carl it certainly is going to be a big week. we've got a lot on the economic calendar. specifically, friday's a big one, because you've got the jobs report from the month of july. the expectation, carl, well, we can probably still expect some weakness when it comes to jobs. we don't anticipate here that this unemployment rate is really going to tick down as fast as people would like, nor are the number of jobs really going to be in great quantity for this economy. so, that's a biggie. keep an eye on it. on the plus, c