natalie? >> al, thank you. >>> the duchess of york, sarah ferguson, caught on tape, trying to sell access to her ex, prince andrew. the royal family is retaining their silence. while they're not talking, everyone else is. stephanie gosk is outside buckingham palace. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. this reporter has made a career out of entrapping celebrities and royals. the trap set, sarah ferguson, duchess of york, fell right in. >> 500,000 pounds when you can to me open doors. >> it would be prince andrew? >> yeah. >> is that a deal? >> yeah. >> reporter: the handshake seals the deal. fergie sells access to her ex-husband, prince andrew, british business envoy and queen elizabeth's second son, for nearly three quarters of a million dollars, not knowing that the man posing as a businessman is actually a reporter for the british tabloid "news of the world." >> it's essentially saying that her ex-husband, prince andrew, who let's not forget is fourth in line for the throne, is up for rent.

no doubt at all. >> natalie cole is on the phone with us. natalie, what did she mean to you? >> hi.dinary woman an an extraordinary performer. my mother and father, of course, knew her very well. i did not meet her until i was a young adult. but she also was reaching out to me as well. the first few years of my career. and her elegance, her stage presence, the way that she would sing a song, i mean i was enraptured. i had a chance to see her one woman show with my late sister carol. and it was quite impressive. i mean she was just a great lady in every way, shape and form. >> and she was a talented singer. let's listen to a little bit of "stormy weather." listen to this. ♪ have i got that the others ain't ♪ ♪ that always seems to please ♪ there's honey in the honey comb ♪ ♪ there's sugar in the cane >> that's not "stormy weather." she was a talent by anyone's account. what was her great achievement in terms of breaking barriers in the united states? >> she, like a few other -- like sarah vaughn. but lena was someone's shoulders that i was privileged to stand upon. and she let me kno

i'm matt lauer, along with natalie morales, al roker out on the plaza. we'll have more with the former first lady, laura bush. she's opening up in a brand-new memoir about her life not only in the white house but prior to that time as well. very revealing and candid look at her life and after her interview with ann, a lot of our viewers had questions. they sent them in on e-mails and mrs. bush and her daughter jenna are sticking around. they're going to answer some of those questions from you coming up in just a couple of minutes. >>> then a little bit later on, on "today's" "money 911," we'll talk about the pitfalls of dipping into your retirement account to pay for your mortgage. plus, where to find out if you qualify for free cash for college. >>> plus in honor of cinco de mayo, what would it be without guacamole? we'll have our first annual guac-off. guacamole. i'm sure some tequila in there, too! >> let's hear it for tequila! >> we made it through the entire open before we got a cheer and it was on tequila. >> tequila! >> let's get the headlines fro

. >>> hello, i'm natalie allen from cnn center become to the viewers in the u.s. and around the world. first, breaking news out of new york to tell with you, times square is shut down as police have found a suspicion package in a car. hotels and restaurants in the neighborhood are on lockdown currently. officials say there was a call that a car was on fire. that happened at about six hours ago. police tell cnn they have found propane tanks, powder and an apparent timing device. again, new york times shut down after a car was found about six hours ago to be on fire. smoke was coming from the fire. and we have reports that it was a nissan pathfinder with connecticut plate that was located on 45th street between 7th and 8th avenues. the officer apparently noticed a box inside the car with smoke coming out. the officer apparently told officials at the scene they were using a robot. you can see the robot there in this picture that we have up on the screen, to search inside the car. the police department's public information office has said the box and other items found

our national correspondent, g t natalie morales, has the latest on this. good morning, natalie. what happened? >> good morning to you, matt. simon has been a screenwriter, photographer, but best known as a grieving husband after the tragic loss of his beloved wife last december. >> hollywood is a village and once you upset the villagers, they talk and they gossip and they rumor and they have blood on their hands, and i hope they wash them with very hot water because the way they treated brittany miv whurphy when she w alive was terrible. >> after the tragic death of his wife, actress brittany murphy. and now tragedy has struck their hollywood hills home once again, as the lapd responsibded to a 9 call for aid, this time monjak was pronounced dead, all too similar when paramedics responded to a 911 call. >> tell me exactly what happened. >> oh, somebody's passed out! >> gone too soon, the hollywood starlet's sudden death was ultimately ruled an accident, a combination of pneumonia, iron deficiency and intoxication from legal drugs. >> you guys talk like grown-ups. >> while best k

there's a wonderful quote in my book from -- i think it's natalie from the "new york times" who is awarev documentaries that they tried to put together on twins to show how amazing they amazingly similar they are at birth but when they start -- they start enlarging the population the anecdotes start contradicting each other. however, there is a body of science on twins where they compare the -- they try to compare the level of similarity indifference in se personality and intelligence of fraternal level of similarity and differences in identical twins. and the idea there is to come up with some statistical reading of genetic influence as we've all heard and as is mostly true. identical twins share -- it's not actually 100% of their genes but it's very, very close to 100%, okay? we can allegedly make -- we can make fairly good statistical observation comparing the differences -- the level of difference between identical twins who have 100% of their genes and fraternal twins who are going to have an average of -- share an average of 50% of their genes which is the same as any sibling would

it is up to mexico to be able to say, here, come on in and we have seen other cases -- look at the natalie where other countries have been slow to the punch to take assistance from the fbi. >> bruce beresford-redman does have a very legitimate motive for wanting to return home to california and that would be his two young children that the couple had a 5-year-old and a 3-year-old. they have been staying with his parents and there's a hearing going on this week for temporary custody because the victim's sister, the children's aunts are fighting to get custody of the kids. at this point since he has not been arrested or formally charged with the crime doesn't he have every right as a father to have his children? >> well, i think there's no doubt about that. where's the direct evidence that he has committed a crime and that he is not able to be a proper parent? i mean they have to have some more evidence than him being a mere suspect in this crime. >> robin? >> well, actually if you look at the family court and the probate court, you don't have the same standard of proof as you do in the crim

most recently, we put forth our new strategy that emphasizes natalie enforcement, but also prevention, treatment, so that we can drive down demand and weak in the grip that these drug cartels have -- emphasizes not only enforcement, but also prevention, treatment, so that we can drive down demand and weak in the grip that these drug cartels have. " i have directed -- what i have directed my department of homeland security, atf, all of our various agencies that have responsibilities in these areas to do is to ramp up our efforts at interdicting these southern closed. i mentioned that we have is it -- southern flueows. as i mentioned, we are now searching 100% of rail cargo that those south. it is the right thing to do. we want to crack down on illegal gun dealers who were selling weapons and to mexico. all of those are steps that we are doing in coordination with the calderon their mid and we will continue to emphasize the importance not only to mexico, but also to the united states, in tackling this problem. ok. thank you very much, everybody. thank you very much, everybody. in, is th

mexico would like to see an active move to a different level where we can have free flows of natalieconnors, but also tracks and labor going across the border. and in terms of mexico, specifically there are a number of very difficult unresolved issues that my colleagues have pointed to. i think while security has loomed largest in the u.s. mind about mexico's situation, for ordinary mexicans, since calderon was elected in 2006, the issue has been consistently the problem of the economy and specifically the fact that still today, approximately 40% of mexicans live in poverty. and by poverty i need burning typically less than $5 a day. also, the issue was inequality, the fact that although so many mexicans live in dire circus ensues, mexico is also home to one of the world which is dash, the richest man carlos slim. and the reason he is so rich is because mexico has an extremely uncompetitive domestic economy. add on top of this as the chariot the idea that in 2012 we are going to see a prefect prefect three. and for people that championed mexican democracy and to have concerns about w

we heard the first lady and those who are sharing the stage with me today talk very, very fashion natalie about this issue. we have gone around the country and looked at the good work happening in communities around the country, both urban and rural, where this problem exists, and making recommendations so that we can address it. also lowering the relative prices so that we can make sure that healthier foods are getting into our communities and our children. finally, making sure that children are leading physically active lives. that includes everything from recess at school to making sure that children are able to access physical activity in the environment. they are able to bike to school, walk to school, and do so safely. those are the kind of recommendations that are embeded in this report. we are very, very proud of it. at this moment i'm also proud to introduce to you a person who has been working on this issue from day one and has given so much in terms of her savvy and in terms of her knowledge to this issue, the first lady of the united states, michelle obama. >> thank you. thank

as great and natalie as jordan was, he really had a sense -- this is what i was impressed most about him. he had a sense of his responsibility. he had a sense of what he had to do not just to be a part of the team, but to be a leader. it went beyond what he learned on the basketball court. the kid had an amazing -- we were playing europe. four of these faculty members, if they have listened to what i had to say they would be your way. they would just not be very good. i told mike, i do not want to get on anyone tonight. i want to relax, everyone to play a lot, and i want this game to be over with in five minutes. i want uruguay to begin -- defeated in five minutes. at four minutes there is a television timeout. we are ahead by 19 points. i look at the scoreboard, mike looks at the scoreboard, he says coach, we are one minute ahead of schedule. [laughter] that is the kind of player i like to coach. coaching the olympic team was very similar, and i and my background, i think, in my lifetime, to the degree that i have received here this morning, one of the great coaches in history calle