the iconic jingle "where in the world is matt lauer" and he shared road stories. but she began by asking about one of the most memorable interviews when going face to face with george w. bush. >> i did and interview with president bush on the fifth an verse i of 9/11 that was contentious. the two of us were standing in front of the desk and we started talking about secret interrogation of terror suspects and he got very animated to the point where he was basically jabbing me in the chest. >> you can't expect me and people in this government to do what we need to do to protect you and your family if we don't have the tools we think are necessary. >> okay. which is always a difficult scenario when you have the leader of the free world in the secret service so you really can't do it back.

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the pride of the yankees, love them or hate them, matt lauer tonight shows us the difference a hometown team can make. tonight shows us the difference a hometown team can make. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening. the president today called it heart breaking. he was able to see it up close. the rest of us can only imagine how bad it is in colorado where relentless wildfires keep on marching across the country side consuming thousands of acres and hundreds of homes along the way. while firefighters have tried to make a valiant stand against them. while the big fires still aren't close to being under control, this was demoralizing. 32 new fires started up just today. it's where we begin again tonight. nbc's miguel almaguer is in colorado springs. miguel, good evening. >> reporter: brian, good evening. a day of good weather helped crews on the ground, but this blaze is still active, still on the move. tonight we know at least two people are dead and others are missing. the rubble stretches block after block. 346 homes destroyed, the dam

. >>> in office politics, alex talks to "today" show's matt lauer. why this interview was one of his toughest ones ever. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm very an veronica de la cruz in for alex. president obama heads back to washington where he touted his economic record despite tough new jobs numbers. the president headlined three fund-raisers in chicago and spent the night at his home. he talked about how his policies helped the economy stabilize and grow. >> we have now seen over two years of the economy growing and jobs being produced. more than 4 million jobs being produced. over 800,000 produced just this year alone. now -- here's the thing, though. we are not where we need to be. we are not there yet. >> the new jobs report released earlier friday showed the u.s. adding just 69,000 jobs in may. the unemployment rose a notch to 8.2%. meanwhile, mitt romney is in san diego today for a fund-raiser. on contraction, romney seized upon jobs numbers. >> the president's policies and his handling of the economy has been dealt a harsh indictment this mor

tonight her exclusive interview with matt lauer. >> i woke up and i was choking. i realized there was a fire. >> did you hear smoke detectors? >> now she's consumed by questions. who is to blame? >> i want to know what caused my fire. and why did they tear my house down? >>> and he's the screenwriter whose characters just seemed to sound better than the rest of us. >> i want the truth! >> you can't handle the truth! >> tonight we get to see savannah guthrie keep up with him stride for stride. >> "a few good men," "the social factor." all contain his unique writing style all delivered at 100 miles an hour. >>> also tonight, we get to see mitt romney as only one other person gets to see him. we'll get a look at the romney campaign through the eyes of his body man, his personal aide who never leaves his side. >> the romney peanut butter sandwich. there is our -- >> our real man with crust. >> that and more as "rock center" gets under way. >>> good evening and welcome, and tonight in the trial of jerry sandusky, the jury has the case. while they have broken for the ni

why was her partnership with matt lauer such a flop? "20/20" sits down with rielle hunter. >> do you think he wanted the baby? >> i think that he thought the timing was terrible. >> do we really need to hear more from john edwards's mercurial mistress? and erin sorkin's the newsroom debuts tonight. >> i didn't know people didn't like working for me. >> do you care? >> of course i care. anybody would care. but honestly, i don't. i do. i am a perfectly nice guy. i have the focus group data to prove it. >> does it capture the craziness of television news? i'm howard kurtz. this is "reliable sources." >>> we want to begin by showing you live pictures of tahrir square in cairo. egyptian authorities this past hour announcing that mohammed morsi, the candidate of the muslim brotherhood, has won the presidential runoff election. thousands of people there favorable to the muslim brotherhood cause celebrating that announcement. candy crowley will have a live report later this hour. >>> it's not that the media have utterly ignored fast and furious

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tonight her exclusive interview with matt lauer. >> i woke up and i was choking. i realized there was a fire. >> did you hear smoke detectors? >> now she's consumed by questions. who is to blame? >> i want to know what caused my fire. and why did they tear my house down. >>> and he's the screen writer whose characters just seem to sound better than the rest of us. >> i want the truth! >> you can't handle the truth! >> tonight we get to see savannah guthrie keep up with him stride for stride. >> aaron sorkin's credits include "a few good men, " "the west wing" and "the social network." all contain his trademark writing style, often delivered at 100 miles an hour. >> thanks very much. >>> also tonight, we get to see mitt romney as only one other person gets to see him. we'll get a look at the romney campaign through the eyes of his bodyman, his personal aide, who never leaves his side. >> romney peanut butter/honey sandwich. >> for real men with crust. >> that and more as "rock center" gets under way. most of us by now know the allegations that sandusky abused these

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from matt lauer to los angeles mayor, you'll hear the practical joke mow ham he had ali played on mattrt with road stories first. >> more than anything else that everyone says to me, they say where in the world is matt lauer? it allowed me to see places i would have never seen and never gone to the slopes of mount everest or to an oil or natural gas platform off the coast of scotland. >> this guy walked up to me and says, hi, are you the mayor? yes, i am. he said, i can't say it on tv. he has a right to his own opinion. you know. feels strongly about things. >> i love riding my bike, one of my favorite things to do, just in terms of thinking through stuff. i find it like gives me a real -- people talk about runner's high which i never experienced, i hateç running. >> i do get a biking high for sure. >> ali was a childhood idol still is. there's a photograph behind you. i called and said i have this great photograph of this fist. he said he wants to sign it for you. i took it out of the frame and put it down on the champ's lap and looked and went -- what do you mean? he goes, not my fi

. ♪ never mind i'll find someone like you ♪ >> tonight, adele sits down with matt lauer. >> what was pinch-me moment of the year? >> i think the grammys. >> was that the most elegant version of adele up on stage that night? zbl>> spanx that night. >> that and much more as "rock center" gets under way. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening and welcome to "rock center" and our new home on thursday nights where you can see us from now on. 50 days to go now until the london olympics. and going into every olympic games, we never quite know who the one athlete will be whose story will emerge above the others. one man vying for that notoriety this time around is oscar pistorius. he could be on the verge of making history as the first double amputee to qualify to run in the olympic games. he races, as you might have seen there, using prosthetic legs called cheetahs, and they have become an olympic saga in their own right to really understand what makes this man go, mary carillo recently traveled to south africa to the home of the sprinter known to some of his fans as

matt lauer with ann curry, al roker and savannah guthrie back from a week off and assignment. nice to have you back. >> good to be back. >> have you a great time. >> a great time on vacation, an amazing experience, a story that's going to come up on the "today" show. i flew in an f-15 with my brother, a pilot. >> it was his first time also. >> that would have been really scary. >> that's good. we look toward to seeing that. >>> coming up in this half hour, jill's steals and deals. >> she's going to help us save 75% off beauty products and jewelry. we'll find out what she has on the table for us. >> exclusive for fans of our facebook page. then on "today's" money 911, on the money you save with jill's steals and deals, answer questions health insurance and retirement, protecting you're newborn from identity theft, some expert advice. >> since i was gone last week, something happened that i thought would never occur in our lifetime, matt lauer began tweeting. >> not really, though. >> he's already up to 141,000 followers, which is annoying because you don't even tweet that much.

i'm matt lauer. in for brian tonight. after a day of courtroom confusion and drama, there's a verdict and a mistrial in the john edwards case. a trial about campaign finance corruption that included weeks of sensational testimony about his private life and his very public fall from grace. late this afternoon, following the verdict, we heard from edwards himself for the first time right outside the courthouse. >> i want to make sure that everyone hears from me and from my voice that while i do not believe i did anything illegal or ever thought i was doing anything illegal, i did an awful, awful lot that was wrong. and there is no one else responsible for my sins. i also want to say a word about my own children. cate who most all of you have seen, has been here every single day. she has been here no matter what. no matter how awful and painful the lot of the evidence was for her. evidence about her dad, evidence about her mom, who she loved so, so dearly. but she never once flinched. she said, dad, i love you. i'll be there

i'm matt lauer in for brian and i'll see you tomorrow morning on tonight -- today. i'm sorry. >> is

i'm matt lauer in for brian and i'll see you tomorrow morning on tonight -- today. sorry. >> is that wrap. thanks to fo our panel. i'm jon scott. keep it right here on fox news channel. we will see you next week for tonight on "justice." missing co-ed. lafayette, louisiana police looking for the driver of this truck. and a teen vanished. her body found months later in a ditch. two separate letters identify the same three people as her killer. police feed your help tonight to find out who wrote the letters. and then. a honeymoon turns into a nightmare. a young groom disappears on a cruise in 2005. but new clues may show what happened to him and it is all on tape. >> we are hopeful that the videotape in conjunction with all of the other evidence we accumulated up to thisoi

i'm matt lauer in for brian and i'll see you tomorrow morning on tonight -- today.nks to fo our panel. i'm jon scott. keep it right here on fox news channel. we will see you next week for >>. >> gregg: we begin with a fox news alert. george zimmerman surrendering to authorities just a short time ago in florida. >> heather: i'm heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> gregg: zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder with the death of trayvon martin. he says he shot the unarmed teen in self-defense while on a neighborhood watch patrol. but on friday a judge revoking zimmerman's bail ordering him back to jail for lying about his finances allegedly. his attorney making this statement moments ago.

i'm matt lauer in for brian and i'll see you tomorrow morning on tonight -- today.nks to fo our panel. i'm jon scott. keep it right here on fox news channel. we will see you next week for another edition of fox news watch. >> you buying gasoline this weekend? there is a lot you think you know that isn't so. >> where do we get most of oil from? >> i think arabian countries, assault and battery. >> india. >> afghanistan? >> john: is america going to run out of gasoline? >> yes. >> why does the pricing up and down. are the oil speculators manipulating it. >> they want to make money. >> john: bill o'reilly agrees. >> i go to gulf, shell, i go to getty, it the same price. >> john: we made a bet about that. >> i won a thousand dollars on that. >>n:

>> that's what matt lauer said on this show. now i'll ask a woman who's been exactly where ann curry is. deborah norville. plus, exclusive, george zimmerman's attorney talks to me about the video you haven't seen. also, the making of an american hero. pat tillman from football star to soldier to casualty of friendly fire. now his window marie tells her story of love and loss. >> i didn't want to live. the thought of living without him was something i couldn't bear. >> and remembering amy winehouse. never before seen photographs of the little girl who became a tragic super star. i'll ask her father, mitch, about living without amy. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. tonight's big story, blaming ann curry. she may be just days away now from losing her job. tonight the hollywood reporter says she'll be replaced by savannah guthrie. it comes as "today" is losing ground to its rival "good morning america." my next guest has been in a similar position. deborah norville replaced an anchor on "today." which, by the way, is co

i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. you know the expression at a snail's pace when something is moving slowly. that is how tropical storm debby is moving as she wreaks havoc in northern florida. >> some areas have already been hit by a foot of rain. another foot expected over the next few days. florida's governor declared a state of emergency and al is going to have the latest in all of this coming up straight ahead this morning. >> also ahead the georgia woman fighting flesh eating bacteria has reached a major milestone in her recovery. this as we see the very first photo of her since this ordeal started. we'll have more on that story coming up. >> nice to see her smiling in that photograph as well. >>> the 13-year-old girl who remained calm in the face of a frightening situation. she was watching her younger brother when a group of teenagers broke into their home. what she did next helped police catch them in the act. we'll share her bravery. her story coming up. >>> we'll begin with tropical storm debby hovering off

i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer, we're excited about this day.g up we'll sit down with the man himself. >> we'll find out what he thinks of all this bieber fever and talk about the new direction he's taking in his music. then justin has convinced me to do something i have never done before. >> are you scared? >> a little bit nervous about that. should be interesting. justin has lined up a couple of special guests who will join him as well, coming up. >> i think they will make the crowd very happy. >>> begin this half hour in florida on a serious story. the prosecution is expected to rest its case today at the trial of a teenager accused of instigating a brutal attack on a classmate, this after the victim took the stand thursday. thanh truong joins us. good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning to you. for the first time since he was severely burned, 14-year-old michael jackson brewer testified against the teenager accused of being the ringleader on the stand. at times he was frustrated about the attack and surprisingly admitted he lied about so

. >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and ann curry. live from studio 1, a in and ann curry. live from studio 1, a in rockefeller plaza. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> and welcome today on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. the trial of jerry sandusky quickly coming to an end. the defense could rest its case as early as today. >> the defense called their first witness on monday after prosecutors wrapped up the case with powerful testimony of the mother of an alleged victim will coming up we'll tell you what brought her to tears on the stand. >>> also we'll ask this question. is it ever appropriate to interrupt the president of the united states. the question is getting a lot of attention after a reporter from an online website repeatedly interrupted president obama last week. we'll tell you what the reporter is saying about the incident and talk about the concept and dynamic with "today's" professionals. >>> they will have a lot to come about that. >>> remember max page, start of the darth vader v

i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone, i'm savannah guthrie in for ann this morning. let's get right to meredith. you look lovely in the garden. i got to say i love the hat. >> thank you very much. well, i have the hat on because in about 3 1/2 hours there are going to be 10,000 people behind me at a very special garden party right before they go and attend that concert. they actually won a lottery, i think over 1 million people applied, and there are 10,000 lucky winners. and we actually have some sun, which is amazing. yesterday it was cold, and it was rainy for that historic flotilla. i went down to the thames to watch it. i'm going to tell you about that. along with more than 1 million other people. then there's that interview with david beckham, matt, where i talked about his underwear a little bit because inquiring minds in the gutter want to know about that. and i also talk to him about his feelings about the queen. he really loves her. like so many other brits he thinks of her as his gran

i'm matt lauer. it's 10:15 a.m.n, where queen elizabeth ii is getting set to leave buckingham palace just behind me for a church service celebrating her diamond jubilee. this is the beginning of a long day of events marking her 60 years on the throne. the queen will be headed to st. paul's cathedral, an historic cathedral, about a two-mile drive from the palace behind me. and, of course, she was supposed to be joined by her husband, prince philip. but on o monday afternoon he ca down with what the palace is referring to as a bladder infection. he's recovering in a london hospital, and will miss today's festivities. instead, the queen will ride to the service this morning with diana, lady farnam, one of her ladies in waiting. and i am joined this morning by nbc's special correspondent, my former co-host on the "today" show, meredith vieira, who's been covering all the jubilee celebrations. meredith, this has been quite a party over the last several days. >> absolutely, matt. this is the fourth day, actually. it start

i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. firefighters are in a fierce battle out west trying to gain control over those wildfires including the newest one in colorado. 41,000 acres have burned there already and that fire is growing. >>> what's making things worse there is the wind. one life has already been claimed. a 62-year-old woman. more evacuations ordered. a live report straight ahead this morning. >> also headed to day two child sex abuse trial of former penn tate football coach jerry sandusky. so-called victim number four was the first one to take the witness stand. his detailed account of the alleged abuse he suffered trans fixed the courtroom. did the defense make any headway in its effort to prove he and some other victims are only talking now because of money. we're going to have more on that side of the story as well. >> a lot of emotional testimony. also former president george herbert walker bush turns 88 today. happy birthday, mr. president. coming up, a special conversation he recently had with his granddaug

i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer.ar from the beautiful catherine zeta jones. >> she's an oscar winner we haven't seen her on the big screen for a couple of years. she's had a lot of things going on in her life. michael, her husband, had some throat cancer and she's back. she's dancing and singing in the new movie "rock of ages." >> she is a triple threat. if you still haven't found your father's day gift, we have some ideas for you this morning. some of them high tech ideas. they're already getting into the act. that is vanilla ice. >> he's a techie now. he's a big techie. >> and a movie star. >> lots to get to. let's go inside. ms. natalie morales is in there with a check of the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. prosecutors are preparing to call their final witnesses at the child sex assault trial of the former penn state football coach jerry sandusky. one of the witnesses said he threatened he'd never see his family again if he ever told anybody. >> syria's ambassador to russia today denied moscow is supplying h

matt lauer will have an exclusive interview.ere's host brian williams with more on tonight's show. >> greetings from our new york studios where we are working on tonight's all-new broadcast of rock center. this was the broadcast where jerry sandusky first did that interview with bob costas. we will have an update on that trial tonight. >>> also tonight the story from this past christmas morning, that more filled everyone that heard about it. the woman who lost her three daughters and her parents when her house burned down, but she survived herself. her name is madonna badger, and she will talk about it all for the first time with matt lauer. >>> also our profile of erin sorkin, the man who gives characters that voice, like the voice of the west wing, as his new show debuts, he will talk with savannah guthrie. it's all tonight on "rock center." we hope to see you then. for now, back to you. >>> today kate snow has an exclusive interview with one of the sandusky's accusers. it airs tonight at 10:00 news4. >>> there's more to come.

i'm matt lauer alongside ann curry.oming up, this is a video that is hard to watch, but it's harder to listen to than to watch. >> it show as group of middle school students bullying their bus monitor with cruel insults for 14 minutes straight. take a listen to what they said to her. >> you old troll. >> it happened earlier this week and it had many people wondering how could kids be so cruel? this went on and on, matt. it's pretty sobering. >> and what we have just told you or showed you is really the complete least of what's on this team. i mean, these kids are merciless. there's the woman they were taunting and we're going to be talking to her in just a little while. let's begin this half hour, though, with that story that horrified people across the country. the connecticut woman who lost her three young daughters and her parents when a fire engulfed their home on christmas morning. madonna badger has never spoken publicly until today. in an exclusive interview she tells her story of unimaginable loss, profound cour

even matt lauer joins millions of twitter fans, just millions buzzing online. technology expert is here. katie, good morning. >> justin bieber stopped by and helped matt get an unusually high number of people following him. >> he has an unusually high number following them. justin bieber and lady gaga have higher than the population of australia following them on twitter. just to put that in perspective. bieber 23 million, gaga 25 million. australia, 22 million population. >> that's unbelievable. everybody seeps to be on the twitter other than recording artists. >> one group we love, we're in the middle of nba finals, 67% of nba players are on twitter. so much in fact, tomorrow they are having social media awards ceremony just for the nba. twitter has absolutely grown substantially. >> "today" show on twitter. we're on twitter. >> that's right. >> youtube videos, very addicting. we can waste a lot of time. how much time are we spending watching youtube videos. >> believe it or not over 3 billion hours of youtube videos are watched every single month on youtube.

i'm matt lauer with ann curry and al roker. what's coming up?you talked about the best commercials of the year. one of them, remember this commercial about the little pint sized darth vader and the car commercial? that little boy, named max in real life, actually is about to undergo open-heart surgery to replace a valve and repair a hole in his heart. he's a sweet boy. pretty inspiring. his reaction to hearing about the open-heart surgery, he's already had eight in the last seven years. this is important. his parents will tell us how he reacted to that. it's a pretty sweet story. they are strong people. >> a tough kid. >> really is. >>> later on giada de laurentiis will be here to get ready for summer. she'll show us how to do father's day sausage grilling and open up about her love of hot dogs. >> that's not a hot dog, that's a planet. that's huge. a small country. >> she actually has a hot dog named after her in that famous place in california. "today" show has a dog there also. >> really? >> a lot of ham in it. >> well -- >> go inside, natali

i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. summer doesn't officially start until later this evening but the heat wave in the middle part of the country is moving east and will have people sweating up and down the east coast today. >> here in new york it's expected to top out somewhere around 95 degrees. cooling centers are being set up in dozens of cities to help people cope with this. here is the real rub, it could be hotter tomorrow. we'll get al's forecast coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>> also the suspect accused of a brutal murder in canada has now made his initial court appearance and pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. now investigators want to know if he has any possible links to unsolved cases in the united states. a live report from montreal coming up this morning. >>> on a much lighter notah reunion 12 years in the making. regis fill opinion and kathie lee spent 12 years on their morning show. they have not hosted a show together since. kathie lee left at the turn of the century. >> you're going to be i

i'm matt lauer. >> i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. the colorado springs fire chief is describing that wildfire as a firestorm of epic proportions. it could become one of the biggest disasters in colorado history, matt. >> here is the problem, driven by 60-mile-an-hour wind gusts, flames flew through containment lines wednesday. it's one of a dozen fires raging in that state now. we'll get the latest on that report. meanwhile parts of florida are dealing with the worst flooding since 1964. that in the wake of tropical depression debby. we'll go there live in a couple minutes. >>> also good news. gas prices are plummeting nationwide down $0.11 in the past week. ironically we have the sluggish economy to thank for that. we'll explain how that works. >>> yesterday on the show we showed you this video of a dad getting a huge scare on an amusement park ride. his facial expressions, screams, all this happening as his 10-year-old daughter gig he would next to them. this morning we're going to meet them both when they join us live that video m

. >> matt lauer telling us just after signing his new mega millions deal to stay on "day" -- >> it has heated up considerably and i think thahat's a good wake-up call for us. we can use a little help from the network and i think we will get it. >> the first big clue ann was on her way out, she wasn't sent to london to cover the queen's jubilee. >> i'm matt lauer alongside nbc news special correspondent memory dith vieira. ann has the morning off. >> "today" going out of the way to showcase the other women making thoops, fasting ann's future a story promo with the graphic here "today," gone tomorrow. >> ann probably would havee to be eased outut at some point or another. >> michael smain said the network wants to find herb replacement fast. >> they wanted to have a new team in place for the olympics. >> we all know who's not in, mer vieira. she was reportedly offered big buck to come back but turned it down. odds-on favorite, savannah guthrie. >> everybody knew the replacement was sitting on the couch next t to her. >> latt on the "today" show shake-up at extratv.com. >> all right time

let's check in with mat matt lauer to see what they're working on. good morning to you. >>> hey, good morning to you. nice to see you. and coming up from london on a special edition of "today," we'll have complete coverage of the queen's diamond jubilee. the royal family attending a service of thanksgiving following the big jubilee concert last night. and all of this will lead up to a royal carriage procession through the streets of london. and an appearance on the famed balcony of buckingham palace just behind me. we'll bring it to you live. >>> then the health scare that landed the queen's husband in the hospital, shining him for today's fess -- sidelining him for today's festivities. we'll have the latest. >>> and the rest of the top stories of the morning as well as we get started on a special edition of "today "live from london. back to you. >> thank you very much. have a great trip. see you soon. >> all right. thank you. >>> 6:37 now. starbucks' $100 million purchase that might get you in the store even if you don't like coffee. >>> some people

i'm matt lauer. >> good morning, everyone. i'm savannah guthrie. the victim in the colorado wildfire was found inside one of the hundreds of homes destroyed there. >> it's an awful situation. president obama will fly to colorado to survey the damage. we're going to get a live report from colorado springs straight ahead. speaking of the president, he heads to colorado fresh from his victory on health care. we'll talk about that with senior adviser to his re-election campaign david axelrod in the studio. >>> also ahead some frightening moments inside an arizona courtroom. a man convicted of deliberately burning down his mouth and to put something in his mouth after the verdict. moments later he collapsed. he was rushed to the hospital where he later died. the question this morning, was it suicide? we'll have the investigation, which is now under way. >> then what appears to be a case of unsportsman-like conduct at a youth hockey game. >> take a look. you can judge for yourself. a judge appears to intentionally trip a child during the handshake. that

and these stars, matt lauer, meredith vieira. you when you did it. >> right. >> you become, for the period that you're sitting there, part of millions of americans lives. >> and -- >> they don't want to be threatened by too much change. the key question i have for you, deborah, is this, do you think it was sexist that ann was singled out for the difficulty in that relationship with matt? would it have been fairer to say, as he has said, look, it may be my fault? >> he's not losing his job so i don't think anybody would agree with him when he says that. you had a similar situation. here you had three guys about whom a lot of reporting was done. you know, the tug-of-war going no, but it's a much better story. what's the one scene you can remember when i say "dynasty"? it's alexis and crystal fighting in the fountain. that kind of story line really goes over very well. what it's legitimate or not, it sells. it does sell newspapers. and it does sell magazines. >> ann curry herself gave an interview to "ladies home journal" and said t