>> pear pad. i feel bad. you gave her an easy one. i mean a -- >> jimmy: oh, my god. i'm so sorry.da, what is the name of gibby's younger brother? >> guffy. >> jimmy: hey, that's right. [ applause ] so we're tied. writers, for the win -- where is carly and spencer's dad? >> he's in the navy. >> jimmy: that is correct. he's in the navy! all right, yeah. [ cheers ] >> this is good. >> jimmy: on a submarine in the navy. you guys, our thanks to miranda cosgrove. check out "icarly" on nickelodeon or nick.com. andy cohen joins us next. he's hanging out in the bud light green room! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: does it take two to tango? ♪ ♪ anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. go it's one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. one a day menopause formula. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. our next guest is a bravo

cheers and applause] that breaks my previous record of the first four results from googling the phrase "pear-shaped pundit." [laughter] since i brought them to the nation's attention in april, 17 new super pacs have been created, including "turn right usa." who have released some great ads. including one that makes some salient points about congressional candidate janice hahn. >> in an insane effort to reduce gang violence, janice hahn hired hardcore gang members with taxpayer money to be gang intervention specialists. she even helped them get out of jail so they could rape and kill again. ♪ >> give me your cash, bitch, so we can shoot up the street. give me your cash, bitch, so we can buy some more heat. give me your cash, ho, so we can get out the-- give me your cash, ho, cos we uh! >> stephen: i know that ad may seem racist, but if you look past the racism, there's also a real message of misogyny. [laughter] but to the weak minded, that ad is very effective. for instance, they got me to play it on national tv. [laughter] this is why i want my own pac, to make ads like this only less responsible.

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but at hawks restaurant in granite bay, they're exploring different ways to use the alligator pear, otherwise known as an avocado. >> we like using california avocados 'cause they're grown as close as an avocado can be. these are froe the simi valley. they're really versatile. they're rich. as you can see, we puree them, we serve them somewhat chunky, we can wrap things in them, and they're just real versatile. and they're tasty. >> but chefs like michael are just part of the equation of educating consumers on the many fabulous attributes of avocados. the real groundwork begins just there on the ground of the 6,000 farmer across the state who now grow avocados. california farmers produce about 90% of the nati's total avocado crop, and that includes farmers like mark and linda bruce of simi valley in ventura county. not from a farming background, and surrounded by a huge housing development, the couple really didn't know what to do with all of the lush land they had when they bought the property back in 2000. >> because we had always talked about having a ranch. mark and i had talked about it.

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joan rivers is a prickly pear, as they say. joan rivers and melissa rivers and that other lady, that guy that criticizes people with her, they are an odd trio of-- i don't mind people making jokes about stuff like that. i'm a comic. it's gotta be clever, though. you gotta use your brain a little bit. they have some incredibly unfunny, unintelligent comments to make on that show. like i said, i've got no problem with anyone making fun of me, but you gotta use your brain a little bit. like, that-- you can't just oink, which is what joan rivers has done to images of me. she'll just oink at the screen. you know, let's get creative. like, i've had mad tv make fun of the way i look, and very funny. like, they had a bill clinton character referring to me, thinking i was a guy. like, alex borstein, who does an amazing impression of me which i think is hilarious, and bill clinton-- we were doing politically incorrect in the sketch. and he kept saying, "you be quiet, fella," like that, like he was-- now, that's very funny, and i really l

ball in theory basis to do transactions in gold or silver right sell walk us through this little bit pear david margan in other words i've got a pocket full of soul or a bully and i can walk into the store and i can buy a pair of shoes and give them seller biljana as a work first of all the merchant so a new shoes or whatever you want to purchase is gross yes i do except sort of because he voluntarily does or does not so it's going to be voluntary on both sides the law is very stripped of what silver and gold it would accept and for right now bill it's in the law you can only use silver eagles were gold eagles so only core image that's minted by the federal government is accepted by the slot current time so chris sort of important so what is going to take place is there is a depository. bed is already set up that people can deposit their silver eagles into and be issued a debit card now makes the whole transaction process pretty transparent where you're able to walk into a merchant and you know use it debit cards similarly debit card and buy whatever you're going to buy and it just takes

it is interrelated with such a fertile mixture that they use oranges, lemons and apples and pears the size of a peach and apricot. they're so delicious that whoever tastes them will despise the watery taste of those which we have in england. and yet such is for them that they are given to the hogs and great quantities. as we've got a little slip between the cup here don't we between the reality. >> concerning the cost which is my gene pool down in scotts irish types, i grew up in tennessee so i would be a good example of a hillbilly. others grew up in the mountains in or was settled in the mountains of north carolina, and virginia which some indian property was opened up in the 17 seventies they came in droves and these were people that didn't smell so good most of the:and most of them couldn't read or write. good presbyterians though. and one of the trustees, the english trustees that described him best disorderly vagrants, agreed villans, steelers, etc.. by no means who should settle our land, in of quote, which was pretty accurate. in 1020 years the idealism of a perfect utopian co

>> pear pad. i feel bad. you gave her an easy one. i mean a -- >> jimmy: oh, my god. i'm so sorry.'s right. [ applause ] so we're tied. writers, for the win -- where is carly and spencer's writers, for the win -- where is carly and spencer's dad? of some of the annoying symptoms menopause brings. go it's one a day menopause formula. the only complete multivitamin with soy isoflavones to help address hot flashes and mild mood changes. one a day menopause formula. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back, everybody. our next guest is a bravo tv executive responsible for many of your favorite shows from "top chef" to all the "real housewives." he's awesome. [ cheers ] he also hosts "watch what happens live" thursdays and sundays at 11:00pm. please welcome andy cohen, everybody! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> i've always wanted to hear the roots do "tardy to the party." it's perfect. >> jimmy: i love that you're on my show. i've been on your show a couple times. >> yes, you have. >> jimmy: it is such a blast. >> its so fun. >> jimmy: i love going on there, but everyone is drunk o

samsonite's share plunged more than 10% before it peared some of the losses.ock was down 7.6% at the close at 13.4 hong kong dollars right there. tim parker, he's ceo of samsonite international here in the studio. thanks very much for being here. >> pleasure. >> samsonite's ad campaign is called step out. and basically you guys stepped out today but you sort of stumbled in the market today. tell me about that. >> i wouldn't say it's a stumbling. the market stumbled and we've stumbled a bit less than the market. to end up where we have, to be honest, is not a bad result, considering turbulent conditions out there. >> all right. what are you citing right now for the performance. >> in what sense? >> the terms of it pluni inging and coming back. >> my view is you have to take a medium term perspective on these things. a lot of the people investing in our company are investing for the medium and longer term. it's been a tough day on the market. i think over the longer term people will be rewarded for investing in our business. >> the last few weeks we've been talk

enjoying the long white nights of sunner but is not considered a bright light when it comes to its market pears. global competitiveness survey it's the bottom of the pile. near the bought the om of the g-20 rankings and also of the broader industrialized nations of the oecd. those grades don't deter global companies wanting to plant a flag in russia. the purchase of a russian fruit juice and dairy giant for $4.5 billion is a high-profile example of a push to get in now. invs.ors are drawn to this market of 142 million consumers. more than 10 barrels a day. but that has meant an overdependence on the energy sector. >> change the structure of the economy, to invest in alternative sectors. to a certain extent to try to hold back growth of the traditional sectors is both politically and technically difficult. >> reporter: the two leaders of russia who at times vie for power are well aware of the short comes. on their near term to-do list privatizing 900 state owned companies in the next three years, cutting one in five federal workers, and redirecting energy funds to rebuild russia. a lack of inves

dear friends and family, the pear tree across the street has just erupted into full blossom.ng is here to enlighten us again. after 9 1/2 months, 29 nights in the hospital, 100 visits to the doctor, my chemotherapy has come to an end. thank you very much. i'm done. >> kiss her, bruce. kiss her. >> reporter: done. it once seemed unthinkable, but now seemed possible. >> the pivotal moment in the entire 12 months occurred the day before i came home. >> reporter: it was 11 days after bruce's marathon operation. doctors had successfully removed the bone and implanted the prosthesis. and now the news. was there any cancer left in his body? >> you've got clean margins, meaning what he had taken out, there was no cancer in the bones that are left behind. and more important, you had 100% rate. the chemo had slaughtered the tumor. i'm now vertical in this stretcher. >> reporter: bruce was ready to go home. for four months, he was confined to this bed. much of the time spent with the girls. >> the girls came up from the basement, kind of jumped on this bed. it was one of those moments.

. >> a steady stream of apples, pears, and carrots keeps her occupied, but dr. murray still has an up hill battle. >> right there. yup. there's fluid in it. you look at it and think wow, there's a lot going in there. there's bowel filled with bamboo. it's hard to see the reproductive tract. >> pandas are fertile just 24 hours once a year. so when one of the four female pandas in u.s. zoos get pregnant, it's a big deal. but the tricky part is, it's almost impossible to predict the blessed event in advance. >> we know for sure that a panda is pregnant when a little baby is born. then very often that's the only way. >> all right. try and get to this other side. >> each year, a female can have a real pregnancy or a false one, called a pseudo pregnancy. >> the hormonal profile is the same. the ultrasound findings up until the last ten days are also identical. it's very difficult to figure that out. >> the last panda cub born at the national zoo was six years ago. the arrival caused an international stir. >> when tai came along, the entire world was excited about it.

physical urges and to not have aphrodisiacs in your diet and this was picked up -- it was the few pear graphs i was playing with of how easy it would be a caricature it were taken out of context, originally by an article in "the wall street journal." >> this is an draw roberts? >> yeah. he calls gandhi aexual wedo and this leads to a piece in the great londonhich says gandhi left wife for gay lover. >> that's the heline >> and this got to about 10,000 indian internet sites in about five minutes and wentiral. >> so what are the lessons of this, if any, for the biographer? >> well, perhaps the lessons is don't be so playful in your write. >> that's a serious question. thinking about the next bioyou could write -- >> i think it's clear to anybody that reads that without the whole investment in gandhi as the father of the nation of what i'm saying, that this is a very important and intimate relationship for gandhi but not sexual. >> without gandhi, what would have india have become. >> i think india would have become -- i think india would have lapsed into independence as the british weake

maybe a prickly pear. watch out for the marigolds.oing these things can try to make homes safer. >> technology the key thing for the mayoral debate tonight. the contenders will talk about how they would use technology to improve the city and increase civic participation. the public will have a chance to join the debate by voting on line. the nine major candidates will be attending the event. it starts at 6:00 at pier 38. >> let's check the morning commute, see if it's picking up. it was light earlier. >> you know, we found our reason why some of the shots we saw were lighter and the reason for the backup. the car fire i found that would cause a distraction. that's westbound 80. it just cleared north of the university. as you approach around golden gate where we saw that slowing it's cleared from the roadway and no injuries but that was enough to distract folks about 20 minutes. look at that backup approaching the merge. that starts to move as it clear, folks will head to the bay bridge toll plaza. that is going to back up. right now a

will palin be the next pear he is waiting for or is there someone else in mind.ere is whether she will run or be a king maker. let's listen. >> whether it is me throwing my name is the hat or supporting the right candidates the response has been great confirmation of the need for a real positive change in this country. >> and you have always been really straight with me. after this week, and obviously you got a lot of attention. there was a big response. does it make you lean more towards running? >> i tell you, the response has -- i haven't interpreted it as being about me, aboutmy maine as a candidate or a potential candidate. it's been about the message, chris. >> she wasn't talking to me obviously. is that the end game to be the 2012 king maker? ed rons will be a strategist. tea party for two, a beautiful cartoon. let me go to my friend ed rollins. here is what i think you're facing, tell me if i'm wrong. sarah palin didn't want romney. we have a lot of reasons. she is not him and he's not her. she doesn't want bachmann. she wants a nominee that she can claim

prickly pear. we call it cyberand hebrew's mom and objective. she explained the fruit was the informal name for israelis because they were and tough on the outside from years of toil in the desert and they remain sweden on the inside. i tried one. the fruits flush with sugary and the seats were pesky and difficult to you read it. you could chew and swallow them but they went down rough. you could spit them out but with everyone watching this was a bit awkward. sort of like the israelis themselves. after the mail everyone reclined lethargically in the living room which is really the same space is the kitchen and dining room. a mets game was rebranding on the tv providing ambience backed round stimulation, the modern-day fireplace. is time to go we stood up and said our goodbyes. thank you very much. it was great i said to dan's mom giving her a hug. jeff did the same. dan wished to me he was a bit chagrined about his family's dinner table argument especially his mom stripping. i apply this made me feel more at home. combine equal parts embarrassm

that's basically onions, ginger, garlic, orange, asian pear an green onion.sesame oil, 57and a little bit sugar. pulse that just like a very simple marinade. >> how long will you keep the meat in that marinade? >> we do it about 24 hours. 36 hours is great, but as short as 12 hours. in the fridge. ginger and pear, there's enzymes in there and it breaks it down and it makes the meat very, very soft. >> tenderizes the meat. >> exactly. that's what we have here. we've marinated this now for about 24 hours. it's really broken down. have you this really nice extra. the flavor's permeated the meat. it's just lending for a really great terrific summer barbecue. >> smell terrific. how long on each side? >> we do about three minutes on each side. we have some here we've done already. you see the beautiful caramelization there with the soy. to go with that, we like to do mushrooms. i have some beautiful mushrooms here from washington. many different varieties but you can get them at any local high-end grocery store. king oyster, shiitake. i've cut them all up. we like

pear. >> this is about saudi women themselves. they have joined together.behalf of their own rights. this is not about the united states. it is about the women of saudi arabia. what these women are doing is brave. what they are seeking is right. >> as i said, many times it's shocking that women, half the population of saudi arabia are not allowed in this day and age to drive a car. saudi arabia, the only country in the world that prevents women from getting a driver's license and driving. >> as you point out in this day and age, you think that would have changed, but that is indeed the case. >> shocked. >> the alleged bank robbery, please give me $1. why he then stuck around for the police to arrive. we're thinking about them. a couple decades ago, we didn't even realize just how much natural gas was trapped in rocks thousands of feet below us. technology has made it possible to safely unlock this cleanly burning natural gas. this deposits can provide us with fuel for a hundred years, providing energy security and economic growth all across this country. it

the 94-year-old's husband said they need to pear doare down ex and move closer to the hospital. >>> anthonyeiner is an example of men behaving badly. we'll talk to a therapist about what is behind awful this raufrmgy behavior. host: could switching to really save you fifteen percent or mnsurance? dchuckchk wo man: hey you dang woodchks, quit chucking myood! vo: geic fifinutesould save y fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> here's the new, first, afghanistan drawdown. second, faked air strike, people in libya show reporters damaged in the neighborhood. they claim nato air strikes hit their homes and injured civilians. hear of a secret note that put their story in doubt. and, third, party chaos, a sweet 16 party with a social media lesson. how one teen accidently invited thousands of party guests and the chaos that forced her to flee her own party unbelievable. you can vote by texting 32660. afghanistan drawdown, 2 for faked air strikes or 3 for party chaos. winning story will air next hour. >>> another politician caught in a scandal. with the latest, democratic congressman anthony w

issue last night, i think these candidates almost all sounded like they were singing out of the tea pearlaybook as well. so i think they stirred the base. i think they did a good job of the conservative base. it's pretty hard line conservative stuff for hardline voters, it's interesting to see how they respond. >> thank you very much. it will be interesting to watch the candidates and see who picks up steam there. thank you, david. >> three weeks and three days, we are counting down to the final flight of nasa's space shuttle program in a few minutes. you'll get to hear from the astronaut piloting that shuttle. [ male announcer ] this is charlie whose morning flight to london starts with arthritis pain... and a choice. take tylenol now, and maybe up to 8 in a day. or...choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain. enjoy the flight. t-minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6 -- we have engine start. >> five, four, three, two, one. we have liftoff. >> space lab two -- there they go, one after another. 134 lunchaunches of the space s. last to blast off april 12th 1981. that was 30 years ago. four others, "a

peared down after personal income data was just released and it was slightly lower than expected. >>>ta congresswoman michele bachman is in iowa today, set to formally announce her gop bid for president. >>> michael jackson's "thriller" jacket solid for a cool $1.8 million. one of his famous sequinned gloves went for $430,000. "american morning" is back after the break.  >>> i love it when that happens. there's a -- good morning to that little bug in atlanta right on that camera lens. cloudy and 71 right now. thunderstorms and 92. it looks like a ladybug. minding your business this morning, nearly one in every six homes in this country are in foreclosure. state governments are up to their eyeballs in repossessions. at the current pace it would take new york lenders 62 years to foreclose all those homes. illinois, ten years. that's how many delays they're seeing in those states. who is defaulting on their mortgages? and what are these so-called strategic defaulters? those are people who are not paying their bills on about purpose. not because they can't afford to,

. >> in this case we have prickly pear which is cactus fruit. >> great colors. >> also in season forve a look back at meredith's last day. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> how you holding up? >> tough day. i'm kind of drained. >> i think we all are. >> a celebration of five years of meredith in the anchor chair. >> then we have a three-card monte tomorrow. you're moving to the anchor chair. >> right. >> natalie to the news desk and savannah guthrie joins us from d.c. >> so we welcome here. >> it's exciting. >> favorite moments this morning, besides the obvious. >> the look on meredith's face when she realized how much we love her. at the very end of the dancing, singing, just the look on her face. >> and being serenaded by carole king. >> abe vigoda! >> he was a trending topic today. that's great. >> here's a farewell to meredith. deep breath, count to ten. welcome to "today" on a bitter sweet wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm meredith vieira. looks like i'm leaving, doesn't it? >> i lost a bet. i said you would call in sick today. >> always been a big fan. >> thank you. >>

this is a fantastic dress that you can pear some fun blue shoes with. >> it a mixed media. >> mixed motifsigners doing it for you. >> thank you so much, julie. next is the mismatched quirky look. by quirky, you've got a little retro. >> i would never thing to put these looks together. >> this is what i love. sometimes you can go into a store and a mannequin can inspire you. you might even see items in a room that are masterfully woven together. this is a great look. it's kind of fun because i stuck with sort of one vibe and then added a colorful solid cardigan to a kind of bring the look together with a neutral shoe. >> the stripes tie it all together. >> what i love are the printed shorts. those are from anthropology. so many great shorts this summer. i really love it. >> you light great, julie. thanks so much. finally the graphic mismatched ensemble. and for this we've got a mother/daughter set showing all this off. mother and daughter, really? >> she went to high school with hoda, right? they're friends. le so they were willing to help me out with this bold graphic look. what's great i

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>> this is the pear. someone who gains weight through hips and thighs.that is what will put the weight on in the hips and thighs. real spicy pepper and salsa. and then fruits, vegetables are good. oats and lean proteins. >> okay. and what is the last one? >> the apple. the person who has long legs but gains in the middle. their metabolism gets turned on by high fat dairy. and sweets. you really need to stay away from that and refined carbohydrates. this type gets turned on by lean meats. proteins turn them on. nuts. whole grains. almond nut butter. >> and some of them lap over one another. this showed up. >> right. low fat down there, we have the athlete that needs to stay away from the high fat dairy but high fat turns on the apple shape. >> thank you so much. that is a fascinating subject. >> thank you so much for having me. >> tomorrow? >> we will have the must-have shoe s to slip into. >> have an awesome winesday wednesday. >> book signing.