i'm natalie morales with "dateline nbc." did you question him if he was okay to drive?er: these girls did not get the message when it comes to drugs and driving. >> i kind of think about it more of drunk driving. >> lesson learned. >> yes. >> reporter: and parenting experts tell us it is more important to talk to your teens about drugs and it limits your driving ability. it is good to show them accidents that are caused by impaired drivers. many more, texting while driving. it is all on "dateline." >> we were all so eager to get our licenses. now we know why our parents were worried. you can see more on "dateline" tonight on nbc. we'll be right back. and who doest want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said, "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ you can spell. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? ha ha. ♪ ha ha. i bathed it in miracles. director: [ sighs ] cut! sorry to interrupt. when's the show? well, if we don't fin

natalie morales is here with an eye-opening hidden camera report.g to you, lester. well, in a recent study by sadd, students against destructive decisions, more teens admitted they had driven while high on pot than drunk, and more than 30% of teens in that study didn't think pot impaired their driving ability. we wanted to see if teens would agree to get in a car with a driver who said he was high. their parents secretly watched to see what they would do. >> seriously, are you legit? >> reporter: will these girls, sarah and sydney, get into a car with a driver who just told them he was smoking pot. >> you're high right now? >> yes, i just smoked about five minutes ago. >> reporter: the girls won't know he's just acting. their moms, watching on monitors, predicted they will not get in the car. they hold their breath, waiting to see. are they right? >> so, you're going to drive, so hunter has the keys. he's been instructed to do the driving. how are you feeling about this, lisa? a little uncomfortable now. >> reporter: the group gets up and leaves the

natalie morales, thank you. well dr.rector of the skin and laser senter in new york is joining us along with dr. nancy snyderman. good morning to both of you. so first of all we should say that cellulite is not a disease. it's something that's a common, normal characteristic of between 80% and 90% of women? >> yes. i think when we talk about the word cure, i guess i'm approaching this as a cancer surgeon. i always think it's not cancer. we don't talk about cure, we talk about long-term results to a cosmetic problem. >> that's right. and this treatment, we just got an idea of how it works. can you give us a sense about how long we think it's effective and why we think it might be effective beyond maybe a year or two years? >> well, we've been doing this for about two years now. and we think if the cellulite hasn't come back in two years it's probably going to be pretty much permanent. but we have to wait and see because that's only been our experience so far. >> mm-hmm, this procedure is invasive, it requires anesthesia,

. >> natalie morales with "my kid would never do that." welcome to "dateline," everyone. i'm lester holt. we all want our kids to shine in school and on the playing field. and so do they. but how do we make sure they do well on their own? and not by cheating? natalie morales joins us with important information that could help as we continue our hidden camera look at the secret life your children. >> lester, everyone knows the key to success is hard work. unfortunately, as some kids discovered, cheating is easier. but there are things you that you can do to raise a kid who doesn't cheat. now you may think your kids would never take the easy way out. but watch and learn. >> every day, every class. >> just turn left and you look at the other kids' paper. >> everyone cheats at one time or another. >> it's an open secret in just about every american school. >> i'm up all night studying and they're cheating. >> experts, an epidemic. students say it's an art. >> they try to be a better cheater than to be a better student. >> i've seen girls right in the slits of their skirts. th

i'm natalie morales, nbc news, new york. >>> as you just heard, the man accused of the shooting that has captured the nation's attention appears in court for the fist time since being charged with storic groundbreaking is great news for job seekers and commuters. i'm stephanie truong live in fremont. >>> and torrential downpours led to flooding and problems on the morning commute. we'll show you what's in store for the rest of the day. news at 11:00 starts right now. >>> good morning and thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon in for jon kelley. >> and i'm marla tellez. happening right now, the national attention over the trayvon martin shooting moves into a florida courtroom. in just the last few minutes, george zimmerman, the man who admits to killing the unarmed teenager, makes his first appearance after being charged with second-degree murder. jay gray is live in sanford, florida, with the latest for us. >> reporter: good afternoon, marla. a very brief court appearance by george zimmerman, his first in this case after being charged and arrested late yesterday. he walked in

studio from the grammy-winning band train coming up. >>> the top stories of the top morning from natalie moralesood importanting, everyone. baby boomers may feel like they've lost a member of their television family with the death broadcasting legend dick clark. he died from a heart attack wednesday in santa monica at 82. he's being remembered today as a pop culture ambassador whose "american bandstand" brought rock music to the masses. each december 31st in times square, he counted us down to the promise of a new year. >>> the texas nurse charged with murdering a woman to kidnap her newborn makes her first court appearance today. officials say 30-year-old verna mcclain ambushed kala golden outside a houston pediatrician's office tuesday and shot her several times before taking her three-day-old son. mcclain was later arrested and the baby found unharmed. officials say mcclain wanted a baby because she had recently suffered a miscarriage. >>> new fallout this morning from the secret service prostitution scandal. the agency says one supervisor has been fired. another will retire. and a third nons

natalie morales is over at the news desk. good morning, natalie. >> good morning, carl and ann. good morning, everyone. the u.s. security council meets this morning in the wake of a failed rocket launch in north korea. incomes's chief pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has more. >> good morning, natalie. this rocket launch was a total bust from the very beginning. u.s. officials say that within 90 seconds of the launch of that rocket, it appeared to just fall apart in midair, dozens of pieces that fell harmlessly into the yellow sea, just west of the korean peninsula. now, korean officials there in the north had claimed this mission was an attempt to launch a weather satellite into space. but u.s. officials had set an alarm, this was a thinly veiled mission to test the nuclear -- or the military ability of north korea to launch a long-range missile that could ultimately reach the united states, perhaps armed with a warhead. now, this failed test is clearly a huge setback, militarily and politically, for the north korea's new leader kim jong-il. and the fear here in washingt

also the top stories is natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning, ann and matt. good morning, everyone. u.s. defense secretary leon panetta spoke out about the ongoing prostitution scandal allegedly involving the secret service during a visit to colombia on monday. nbc's mark potter is in cartagena, colombia, with more. mark, good morning. >> and good morning, natalie. the u.s. defense secretary came here to colombia to talk about regional security issues. but with the prostitution scandal still front and center, he ended up talking about that, too. as defense secretary leon panetta arrived in bogota for a previously scheduled meetings with colombian officials, a senior u.s. defense official said the number of american minimum military personnel being investigated in the prostitution scandal has risen to 12 and that security clearances have been pulled. >> my biggest concern is the issue of security, and what -- what possibly have been jeopardized by virtue of this kind of behavior. >> reporter: the pentagon says the latest target is an army soldier who worked fo

natalie morales also this morning. are a number of things that we always think of as forbidden that actually have some positives for us. we're going to find out how we can possibly lose weight and still eat them. >>> we're also going to meet some interesting preache ecreat waiting for us inside, not the stage crew. in this case, something called an ichidna. >> is that what that is? >> i think that's the horn bill if i'm mott mnot mistaken. it's going to be very interesting. >>> and a little later on, we've got "today's professionals" in the house. they'll be weighing in on everything from whether people are born nice to a new friend. this one was actually already done by donny deutsch. it's the he-max bikini waxes for men. >> so maybe donny's going to reveal all coming up. >> oh! i don't think so. >>> what else is coming up? let's move on. >> okay. on a more serious note, as parents, i think all of us have had that conversation with our kids, what to do when they're approached by a stranger. this is such an important c

i'm ann curry along with matt lauer, natalie morales and al roker. a harvard professor. >> this is fascinating stuff. we live in a society where just about everything has a price tag on it. you can buy almost anything. you can -- but should you, for example, pay your kids to get better grades? should you pay to jump the security line at an airport? the question that is asked in this book over and over again, you can do it. but should you do it. >> hmm. all right. >> and also then we're going to keep it simple in the kitchen. one of our favorites around here, mark bittman, is hire. he's got three quick and easy springtime pasta dishes. guaranteed your family is going to love them. >>> and martha stewart is here to show us how to make some of her favorite treats. >> but before we get to all of that. can we say hello to jason siegel? he's a big star. >> hello. >> of the "five year engagement." great to have you. is it true that you participated in writing this movie? >> yeah, yeah. i'm one of the cowriters. this is our third collaboration. >> both talen

natalie morales over at the news desk. >> good morning, savannah and matt. good morning, everyone. as you heard a newborn baby has been found safe and alive after his mother was brutally gunned down outside a houston pediatrician's office. baby keegan is less than a week old but he's already been through so much. keegan's mother, 28-year-old kayla golden took the newborn for a routine checkup tuesday in a houston suburb. police say the mother and baby were leaving the office when kayla got into a verbal altercation in the parking lot with a woman sitting in a lexus that was next to kayla's pickup truck. >> i seen the lady get out and struggling. >> reporter: during the scuffle the woman pulled out a pistol and shot kayla several times in the chest police say. she then grabbed baby keegan, put him in her car and sped off with a male companion. witnesses say kayla screamed, my baby, my baby, as she lay dying. after a manhunt of more than five hours, police found little keegan safe and sound, but they aren't saying where and who had him. earlier, officers stormed a nearby housing comp

i'm natalie morales in new york.ith his new lawyer. if he is found guilty of the murder charge, zimmerman could face life in prison.

natalie morales explains. >> reporter: you're looking at the latest tool in the fight against cellulite called cellulase, recently approved by the fda. doctors use a tiny laser to target cellulite under the surface of the skin. dr. bruce katz participated in clinical trials at his new york city office. >> for the first time with one simple treatment, we get long lasting results, very safely performed and quick recovery. >> reporter: the procedure begins with a local anesthetic so the patient is awake the entire time. once the area is numb, doctors katz inserts a tiny laser under the skin. it's a three-step process. the laser heats the skin and actually melts the fat. then it cuts through the bands that pull the skin down to create the dimple effect. finally, the laser heats the skin to enable the growth of new collagen, which is company says increases the elasticity. >> usually in several weeks, you start seeing those bumps and valleys go away. >> reporter: after the procedure, dr. katz says the patient may experience soreness and bruising. most can go back to work the next day. the com

natalie morales is back at the news desk. >> welcome back. >> thank you, ann and david.ood morning to you guys once again. good morning, everyone. we begin in north korea where this morning south korean intelligence officials say pyongyang may be preparing for a third nuclear test. this as the country gets ready for a rocket launch that has the u.s. concerned. nbc's richard engel is in pyongyang with the latest. richard, good morning. >> good morning, natalie. today, north korea began what will be two weeks of official celebrations here. it's all designed to reinforce the transition of power from the late kim jong-il to his son kim jong-un. in one of pyongyang's main squares today, a sea of people expressed joy for their great leader, and eternal president. and praise for his descendants. one stirred their excitement was this, a giant mural unveiled today of the latest kim jong-il. and when the assembly was over, the thousands just walked away. orderly. no trash left behind. uniformed schoolchildren, families and workers, simply left. in a nearby park, accompanied by a g

roker and natalie morales, as well.ore they actually hit the covers. there's scarlett johansson. she's on the cover of a magazine talking about her split from ryan reynolds. also nicole kidman and cameron diaz. come ran by the way, about to turn 40. she talks about that. >> 40 is not too bad. also we'll meet the queen of mommy bloggers as she's known. heather armstrong. she has really made a wonderful business out of her mommy blog. but her readers were shocked to learn that she has recently split from her longtime husband. she'll be here to talk about that as well as her new book. >> all right. and making a lot of headlines overseas, across the pond in particular is a picture of pippa middleton on the cover of a paper and in it she appears the driver of the car that she was in appears to be pointing what looks like a gun. it could, in fact, land her maybe in some hot water. we're going to have much more on this story, as well. >> and we'll be looking at sustainable cooking. the lowdown on that. how you make the freshes

i'm ann curry alongside al roker, matt lauer and natalie morales. >> apparently this movie is a darkrtician who ends up killing a wealthy widow. we're going to talk to him about that role and some of the controversy surrounding it. >> you want to feed the crowd. not to fear, giada de laurentiis is here. she's going to show us what we can make. she's got some family favorites she's cooking up for us as well as a classic dish with a twist. >> hard to believe, but it has been four years, joy has been running the joy fit club. >> really? >> we are going to look back so the some of the remarkable stories she's broken. >> oh, great. >> great. >> but first let's get a check of the weather. it's supposed to be brutal. >> it's going to be like that in the northeast but all in all not too shabby. as we look ahead for today, wet weather here, heavy snow back through western new york and western p.a. all the way down to west virginia. record highs in the plains down to the southwest. some clouds in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow, we look for the rain to be banked up along northern new engla

we'll show you what happened when our natalie morales put her own son to the test using an actor andcameras. >>> and what is actress lisa rina doing in a new commercial for adult diapers? guess what, she's going to join us to explain all here on a friday morning here on "today." back to you. >> didn't see that coming. >> i know. >> see you in a bit. >> somebody needs to use a turn signal. >>> 6:36. the new innovation aimed to prevent sleepless nights and fights between couples in bed. >>> a school system which now wants to give students a little more time to sleep. >>> and the major initiative metro is starting today and why it comes at an ah. so much better than last year. [ both screaming ] food out the window! throw the food out the window! [ roaring ] never again. everyone deserves a great vacation at a great price. get onboard a carnival cruise and get more fun for all. [ horn blares ] what do you think "artisan" means? i believe art is latin for "well-crafted" and isan is greek for "one who cares." so, well-crafted by one who cares, huh? either that, or it just means "really, r

will make that mention and i also want to also say it's time for a check of the top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning once again. good morning, everyone. record breaking high temperatures this spring are bringing more extreme weather today. at least two tornadoes have touched down in northwestern oklahoma, injuring two people and damaging a county jail with grapefruit sized hail. meantime brushfires in florida, new jersey and on new york's long island forced some residents to evacuate and interrupted amtrak service between connecticut and new york city monday night. >>> in north korea, nbc news has learned this week's rocket launch is set to go. this as space experts in pyongyang say all preparations are pleat ahead of takeoff. the u.s. is telling north korea not to go ahead with the launch, saying it would further isolate the asian nation and would violate u.n. security council resolutions. >>> the shooting death of unarmed teen trayvon martin will not be presented to a florida grand jury. the special prosecutor investigating martin's slaying may still file charges

. >> meantime let's go inside and get a check with natalie morales who also knows how to color block but also to tell us the news today. >> thank you, ann. good morning, everyone. in the news this morning, the u.n. security council meets this morning to discuss the north korean rocket launch. that rocket failed within minutes of liftoff. breaking into pieces, and falling harmlessly into the yellow sea. despite failing, the u.s. and its allies are calling the launch a provocation and are condemning it as a violation of international resolutions. >>> the lawyer for george zimmerman is working to free him from jail. the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting unarmed teen trayvon martin may face a bail hearing next week. on thursday, zimmerman made his first appearance at a jailhouse courtroom but did not enter a plea. his lawyer has previously said that he will plead not guilty, saying he shot martin in self-defense. an aft from the prosecutor's office, mean tile, said zimmerman confronted martin sparking the struggle between them. >>> a police raid turned deadly ove

natalie morales has more on what led to this crime. >> reporter: baby keegan is less than a week oldeady has been through so much. keegan's mother, 28-year-old kayla golden took the newborn for a routine checkup tuesday at this pediatrician's office in a houston suburb. police say the mother and baby were leaving the office when kayla got into a verbal altercation in the parking lot with a woman sitting in a lexus that was next to kayla's pickup truck. >> they were talking and i did see the lady get out and the struggle. >> reporter: during the scuffle the woman pulled out a pistol and shot kayla several times in the chest, police say. she then grabbed baby keegan, put him in her car, and sped off with a male companion. witnesses say kayla screamed, my baby, my baby. as she lay dying. >> the child has been found alive. >> reporter: after a man hunt of more than five hours, police found little keegan safe and sound but they aren't saying where and who had him. earlier, officers stormed a nearby housing complex, forcing their way into one apartment. outside they recovered the lexus. fa

here's natalie morales. >> reporter: for years it's been the ritual destination for spring breakers. cancun, mexico, providing fun in the sun by day and a nightlife full of girls and boys gone wild. but there is another part of cancun that isn't quite so wild or sexy. >> this was the place that had a spa, that had, you know, high class restaurants, that had 24-hour security and was kind of gated away from the riffraff of cancun party life. >> reporter: this quieter, family-friendly corner was where a young california couple traveled for their own version of spring break in 2010. but that vacation would turn into a hellish ordeal. >> a person that does something like that has no heart, you know. no heart. it's just horrible. >> reporter: life seemed to be sailing smoothly for bruce redmond and his wife monica before that time. monica borgos was a bright-i'd girl from rio de janeiro from brazil. her two sisters later followed her. >> she was helping people find places to stay, cars to bichuy. she was always helping someone. >> reporter: she settled in los angeles and opened up this bra

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natalie morales is here to tell us about her "dateline" hidden camera series that puts parenting skillsgood morning to you. >> good morning to you, lester. we really wanted to see what a child would do when a stranger used free ice cream to lure them into a truck. would they remember what they've been taught or would they put themselves in danger? >> hey, guys. >> hi. >> i'm matt the ice cream man. >> reporter: our fake ice cream man approaches these twins, mia and dallas. >> what are you guys doing? >> reporter: as their father and sister watched them on cameras. >> we're doing a cost. >> for who? >> people that served in the war. >> you know what? i usually give out free ice cream for anybody who does things for the troops. would you guys like some? >> reporter: will they take the free ice cream? >> well, we have to ask our parents. >> no, it's fine. i have the truck right here. >> come on. >> reporter: mia is reluctant. so our actor tries another tactic. >> have you guys ever been in an ice cream truck? >> no. >> have you ever seen the inside of one? would you guys like to try that o

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she says that news reader natalie morales is behind this.she doesn't understand what exactly happened but m morales apparently thought the comedienne was rude to her at a golden globes event. according to the story this isn't the first time she says she has been banned from nbc's morning show. almost like a badge of honor for her. she says at various times katie cure ing and matt lauer banned her. of course this all could be a publicity stunt because her new show, "kathy" debuts thursday. bravo and nbc are both owned by comcast and kathy joked in the article that this is an example of corporate synergy. she is joining a very crowded field of tv talk shows on the air right now. so actually, you know, almost any publicity is good publicity. >> she always gets a lot of publicity. either way. let's talk a little about there are some new talk shows. celebs joining on this. what do we know? >> kathy's one of a long list, suzanne. there's a lot of new talk shows this fall. katie couric, steve harvey, jeff probst, ricki lake is returning to the talk

for msnbc, i'm natalie morales. thanks for watching.

al roker and natalie morales.> that's right. for example, the turmoil over there, the economic turmoil over there, is creating some great deals, which is the upside of all of that. >> right. >> so we're going to basically tell people how they can take advantage of that which, of course, will help with the economy in europe. that's coming up. >>> okay. and then some important advice for young adults who may be struggling right now to find work, build a future. this morning the author of a new book with a great title, how do you like this, "how to be richer, smarter and better looking than your parents." love that title. the author will be here to answer your questions. >>> and we've got a little more to chew over with star, donny and, of course, rosie, "today's professionals," including the mom who faced criticism for the way she publicly shamed her daughter on facebook. >>> before that, can we please say good morning to jenna fisher, "the office" star. she stars in it and she produces it called "the giant mechanic

. >>> but first we want to get a check of the day's top stories from natalie morales over at the news desk. >> good morning, savannah and matt. >>> photos posing with afghan suicide bombers. leon panetta says the photos are from two years ago and do not present the values of the vast majority of u.s. troops serving in afghanistan. an investigation is now under way. the pentagon had asked the paper not to publish the photos. >>> a texas woman is being charged with capital murder. police say she abducted a newborn baby after gunning down the boy's mother outside a houston pediatrician's office. that baby is safe and alive this morning. baby keegan schuchardt is less than a week old but he's already been through so much. keegan's mother, 28-year-old ma la kayla marie golden schuchardt took the newborn for a routine checkup tuesday in a houston suburb. police say the mother and baby were leaving the office when kayla got into a verbal altercation in the parking lot with a woman sitting in a lexus that was next to kayla's pickup truck. >> they were talking. i did see the lady get out, and

on that note let's get the rest of the morning's top stories from natalie morales who is at the news desk. >> good morning, ann and carl. and good morning, everyone. new allegations of its conduct overseas have the secret service investigating a trip to el salvador back in march of 2011. nbc's white house correspondent kristen welker has the latest. kristen, good morning. >> good morning to you, natalie. well these new allegations certainly raise the specter of concern that the misconduct which we saw in colombia could be a part of a larger pattern. but u.s. officials emphasize there's no proof of that yet. investigators are looking into new allegations of misconduct by secret service and u.s. military personnel. >> well, i know the allegations first broke about two days ago, and the secret service is on it immediately. >> reporter: according to a television station in seattle, the reported misconduct occurred just before the president's 2011 trip to el salvador. the reporter quotes an unnamed government subcontractor who claimed he joined secret service agents and a few u.s. militar

. >> let's get a check of the other top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning, ann and carl. busy morning here today. we begin with secretary of state hillary clinton is threatening what she called quote appropriate action if north korea goes ahead with the launch of its long-range rocket. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is again in pyongyang with more. richard, good day. >> good morning, natalie. north korea says its controversial rocket is now being fueled, the satellite loaded, and ready to go. earlier today we were taken to pyongyang's main mission control room. it's the very basic facility. we counted just 16 engineers, only 6 telephones, and western experts tell us, they have serious doubt that the satellite will actually make it into orbit, and say there is a risk the rocket could come crashing down sometime after launch. that, of course, would be a major embarrassment for north korea, and pose a risk to people on the ground. north korea, however, is expressing confidence in both the satellite and the rocket, and says once the satellite i