at ritz-carlton in the wonderful city of new orleans, chef matt murphy is making unbelievably smellinggo but we're great to see you back on your feet. feeling all right? >> i love being in the kitchen. i love cooking. it's been like a recovery in the kitchen. >> you live in new orleans but your accent is clearly not -- >> i'm originally from ireland but i've lived in new orleans for 12 years. >> you know the people. >> i know the taste, i know the food. >> we're starting with a bunch of shrimp here. folks watching are wondering how is the seafood. what's the latest there. >> everybody's worried about the seafood. we thought we'd do a shrimp and chicken jumbalaya. these are shrimp i just got out of the gulf the other day. we're worried about how they're going to contain this oil but the fishermen, too, both leisure guys that want to take people out fishing, just don't cancel your trip, this is their livelihood. the fishermen, the gulf is pretty good. they have to travel farther to get the seafood but it's a big worry. >> let's cook. it smells so good. jumbalaya is a new orleans staple.

life. >> reporter: over the next three months, doctors fought to get the infection eating away at matt murphyscitations later, matt's condition stabilized. the worst was behind him. >> the bacteria started attacking here, and for me, after the doctors explaining it, usually they amputate. when i woke up, i looked at my hand and said i'm not going to lose my hands. this is how i make a living. >> the doctor said, matt, we've had eight people in the last 25 years who have had this. you're the only one who's survived. it is a miracle. i have my wonderful husband who is healthy and here and we're a lucky, happy family. >> matt murphy is here with his wife and one of their daughters. dr. nancy snyderman is here as well. good morning, everybody. let me talk to you guys in a second. nancy, necrotizing fasciitis. it's very rare. 1,500 cases a year. was the bacteria already in his body and the injury triggered it? >> on his body. we're kcolonized with this bacter bacteria. it got into this wound, started to fester and the turning point was it produced this powerful toxin. that is what attacked the tis

lindsay murphy files this report. >> reporter: matt cap's first blown save of the season was easier to swallow thanks to josh willingham's walk off home run in the 10th and the nationals win in extra innings for the first time this season. >> that's what you dream about when you're a kid so you know when you're up at the plate you can't really be trying to do that. it usually doesn't happen. i was just trying to get a good pitch and hit hard. >> he's a professional hitter and squared it up as good as he could and save the day for us. >> reporter: the battle of the beltway bragging rights belong to the nationals who will hold a 14-13 record all time against the orioles. from nationals park, lindsay murphy, fox 5 sports. >> lindsay, thank you. >>> last night's game 3, settles and magic, rajon rondo back and reverse and fakes everybody plus the foul. wow. later second. red i can's pass deflects off tony allen. rondo out hustles williams. boston led by as many as 32 points. celtics pound the magic 94-71 to take a game 3 to none series lead. >>> nhl playoffs game 4est western conference fin

about a month ago, simon monjak and brittany murphy's mother, sharon, talked about getting out of hollywood hills and starting over here in manhattan. matt? >> natalie, thanks for that. >>> let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> thanks a lot, matt. we are outside, little bit of drizzle out here. nothing too horrible. let's check your weather, see what's going on. for today, the week ahead, show showers along the southeastern atlantic coast. pesky system could become a tropical system. below-normal temperatures out west with mountain snows. midweek, we are looking for more hot weather for two-thirds of the country, below-normal temps along the west coast with rain there. as we move on into the latter part of the week, below-normal temperatures spread into the >> we are off to kind of it would start on this monday. conditions should improve as we head through the afternoon. >> and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you. >>> now to that awful case we've been following out of florida. one teenager slowly recovering from brain damage, another behind bars, charged with trying to kill her. it was all over some text mes

about a month ago, simon monjak and brittany murphy's mother, sharon, talked about getting out of hollywood hills and starting over here in manhattan. matt? >> natalie, thanks for that. >>> let's get a check of the weather now from al. >> thanks a lot, matt. we are outside, little bit of drizzle out here. nothing too horrible. let's check your weather, see what's going on. for toda >> good morning on this monday. we have low grade clouds from the east and they are producing a few scattered sprinkles this morning and a passing shower. mostly cloudy in the low 70s. partly sunny and milder and should make it to 80. feels like summertime on wednesday and thursday with highs into the 80s and morning lows into the second that continues into friday. >> and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you. >>> now to that awful case we've been following out of florida. one teenager slowly recovering from brain damage, another behind bars, charged with trying to kill her. it was all over some text messages. now we know exactly what they said to each other. the story from nbc's michelle kosinski. >> what's your favorite class? >> probably ja