roker is right here. right here.-- look at the heat. heat indices. first of all, afternoon high. 102 in new york city. that's going to be a record. 103, washington, d.c. head out to the west, you can see those hundreds continue to spread out that way. 104 in topeka. let's add the humidity. make you feel worse. heat indices, new york city, 111. 108, topeka. the good news is we're going to see a change in the pattern. big upper level ridge. great lakes. the real relief though is right along the canadian plains, border, by tuesday, the heat breaks in the northeast. seasonal in the mid atlantic states. unfortunately our friends in the gulf coast and southeast around the southwest are still going to cover. that's what's going on around >>> well, we've got a nice, cool break for you today. temperatures falling by ten degrees on average from yesterday's highs. 86 degrees. no more 90s in the east bay. 88 in fairfield and 86 degrees in livermore. oh, yes, the weekend has finally arrived and temperatures will stay cool all wee

and al roker is smack in the middle of it. >> actually, ann, we've got up over on top of it, the new york city police department for the first time in my memory for our concert series has closed off 48th street from vehicular traffic and they closed off 49th street, our biggest concert crowd ever. 12,000 people. you can see there the intersection of rockefeller center and 49th street is now closed off. it is completely filled with people. folks have been camping out for this concert since wednesday. overnight, the line stretched on 5th avenue all of the way to 51st street for chris brown. people have been waiting for this concert to see this young man who is on the top of the charts and really just ready for a big, big concert. matt? >> i tell you, al, this represents this morning, the motorcade had to actually move these people out of the way. anyway, we'll get back to you in a couple of minutes. >>> meanwhile, there has been a major development in the ongoing budget negotiations. president obama suspended the talks for the today. we'll tell you why and we'll talk to one of the sena

roker has a check of the weather for us. >> absolutely.throughout 20 states where there are heat advisories and warnings and those will continue tomorrow with a risk of strong storms in the mississippi river valley, sizzling through the south with heat indices up to 125 degrees. that is dangerous. that's what's going on around >>> our neck of the woods is clearing out nicely. half an hour ago you couldn't make out the top of the trans america power. now you can see the entire thing. let's show you what we're expecting by noon today. 63 degrees today. a thin veil of clouds left over. by 4:00 p.m., 68 degrees and breezy. this is the cool spot. inland, we'll see a really nice day. 82 in gilroy. tomorrow, quite a bit warmer. 94 for wednesday. >>> some game shows ask contestants to estimate the costs of regular retail items, like a bottle of detergent or a bar of soap, like "the price of right" but what about the price of a life-size replica of the white house? >> how much would that cost? this is a new nbc game show called "it's worth what?" >

roker is out in los angeles this morning. al, good morning to you. i think we may have gone to see beach volleyball at the olympics? >> we saw a lot of beach volleyball -- that's another story. let's take a look at the weather story, speaking of getting hot, we've got a lot of hot weather to talk about still from parts of nebraska all the way down into louisiana and mississippi. we've got heat watches and heat warnings and heat advisories as well. the temperatures today getting up into the 90s again with high humidity levels. we also have a risk of strong storms stretching from denver up to fargo as far well as billings where the possibility of a few tornadoes out there. the rest of the country, we can expect sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard. the northeast will be picture perfect today. you cannot ask for >> picture perfect in our neck of the woods as well, mr. roker. we're looking good as we head throughout this afternoon. we have more sunshine to start. that's going to make for a nicer afternoon and warmer conditions even at the coast. we'

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al roker will have the latest on the nation's deadly heat wave and when the scorcher will finally end, and grammy winner and the voice coach c lo green performs live on the plaza for the summer concert series. >>> keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

ann is up and al roker is here as well.ng to have much more on how long this heat wave might last and what can you do to stay cool. >> and some of the hot topics in the news. as the 2012 campaign gets in to gear, voters sometimes choose a candidate based on their face and expressions. we're going to get in to that. and the wake of high profile scandals. why more women than men admit to sexting. that surprised me. >> not me. i don't know why, it didn't. >> who's part of that panel? >> star jones is there. nancy is there. >> there they are. >> there they are. >> they need no introductions. that's why i forgot. >> awe. >> if you think about taking a vacation this summer, there's a lot of ways to save big buckles. going to the beach, house swapping, the cheapest to travel. all of it coming up. >> stand by at the newsdesk with a look at the headlines. >>> good morning, everyone. you mentioned, 140 million americans are sweltering under extreme heat again today. the combination of heat and humidity will make it feel like 110 to 1

al roker on the deadly heat wave scorching much of the country with the worst temperatures still to come. and generation x couples are opting not to get divorced. learn why they're sticking to their vows when things get tough. now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports, and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

by the way, he is al roker. get our steals and deals. we're showing you a five star resort. the first time ever we'll offer a steal and deal, steal or a deal on a five star resort in cancun, mexico. wow. for "today" show viewers only. that's just ahead. that's kind of exciting and stepping outside the box. also this morning we'll help people get off the couch and get to the gym. if you are one of those who has trouble being motivated, this morning joy bauer has creative motivators. she always has good ideas and will also be talking about how to sort through the cereal aisle to give your children a nutritious breakfast whether they know it or not. she's got a treadmill that has bacon on it. the aroma is all i need. a continuous strip of bacon. let's go inside. natalie is standing by with the headlines. good morning. the dog days of summer are here as 100-degree temperatures scorch much of the country's south and midwest. nbc's mara sciampavo is braving the heat. >> reporter: things are already starting to heat up

meantime, i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer and al roker.his morning, including an inside look at what it must have been like to be married to charlie sheen. >> and more. denise richards has written a new book, memoir about her life, before during and after that man right there, charlie sheen. in it, she does talk about dark revelations that made her realize that that relationship was over. there's a lot in the book. not a bashing book, i want to mention. and we're going to be talking to denise in just a couple of minutes there. she is in our studio. >>> and also coming up this morning, we will be examining a growing trend where women are deciding not to have children. you know, it's sort of something in my generation, where you never really even thought if there was a choice to not have children. but now there are a growing number of women who are thinking they're fulfilled without them. we're going to look at this trend that's happening. >>> a little bit later on, summertime, think about picnics, you want to maybe move beyond the ham and c

roker. >>> let's show you what you've got.tern new york all the way back to the western plains. beautiful in the pacific northwest. sunshine in the low 80s. rain in the gulf coast. for tomorrow, a slight risk of strong storms for the northeast. also through the central plains. tropical storm don will approach the gulf coast bringing rain there, sizzling weather elsewhere through texas. and moistur >>> and you just saw on the national map some of that heat creeping closer to the bay area, certainly out to the central valley. temperatures close to 100 today. it's the tri-valley that has a chance of getting into the low 90s. we're talking los gatos towards morgan and gilroy. 80s san jose, 60 san francisco and 76 for oakland. forecast so keep those temperatures just about the same range to kick off the weekend, trending cooler early next week. >> 24 hours a day. get your weather on weather.com or on the weather channel on cable. let's go to uncle willie in dc. >>> summertime and living is easy. every cat fish is delicious. happy b

roker, thank you very much. we'll get back out to you in just a couple of minutes.acrest foundationed dated for quality of life for seriously ill and injured children is opening a brand new broadcast media center. it's called the voil voice. ryan is there now along with his friends behind him there. ry ryan, good morning. nice to see you. >> good morning, matt. >> tell me about this place. what is the voice? >> this is a tv and radio studio that's built in the lobby here at children's hospital philadelphia. they broadcast up to each individual room at the hospital. so it's meant for the kids to come down and use. they can be a deejay or a host. they can be interviewed. they can interview each other. and also we'll have celebrity guests stop by and perform for them. i wanted to come up with something that they can do while they're here because some of them are here for quite a while. >> it's a distraction and it's something for them to do, but i think it probably in the back of your mind, and correct me if i'm wrong, you're thinking maybe you might find that young pe

roker, if you can recover, how about a check of the weather?ocker in my life. we have a really nice day today. everybody is jealous of the weather we've had over the last week. envy of the nation. things changed for the last couple of days. 95 degrees forecasted for a high today. 896 inland. warmer tomorrow. meanwhile, at coast, upper 70s. san francisco, it's as clear as a bell. over the city, we'll back off in temperatures. enjoy the brief warmup. >>> that's your latest weather. >> can i tell you something? >> sure, you can. >> did you know that emma was once a 10-year-old in our crowd? >> her grandmother brought her by. >> you know, you may have a future like emma stone. anyway. >> you've come full circle, no question. >>> when we come back, barbecue with a twist. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ >>> this morning on "how to cook everything," steak barbecue with a korean twist. we've got mark of "new york times," the columnist and also the author of "how to cook everything" cookbook. mark, good morning to you. >> hi, ann. >> i love korean barb

roker, thank you very much. when we come back, the hottest performer of the summer, pitbull. cuisine. the new tour of america menu. starting at $4.99. only at denny's. america's diner is always open. >> announcer: the "toyota concert series" on "today," brought to you by toyota. >>> kicking off our party with the number one song all around the world -- ladies and gentlemen, here is pitbull featuring ne-yo with "give me everything." ♪ ♪ ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tonight give me everything tonight ♪ ♪ for all we know we might not get tomorrow ♪ ♪ let's do it tonight >> are you ready? >> everybody ready? hands up! ♪ grab somebody sexy tell 'em hey ♪ ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ give me everything tonight ♪ ♪ put it on my life baby ♪ i can make you feel right baby ♪ ♪ i can't promise tomorrow ♪ but i promise tonight ♪ excuse me ♪ but i might drink a little bit more than i should tonight ♪ ♪ and i might take you home with me

ann curry along with matt lauer and natalie morales and al roker.>> how do you recognize her? >> right away, not only do we have journey, platinum albums. their greatest hits album has sold so many copies it is certified diamond, which is ridiculous. >> unbelievable. >> incredible. we're going to hear from them in just a little while. >>> and a man who had a collection of bowls. "antique road show" said this was the highest value they had ever seen. we are going to see those bowls on the back of one of our stage man, stage manager moving him out so you can see the collection of bowls. live tv! >> all right. and then a little bit later on, jill martin is back with a popular series of steals and deals. something for everyone. sure to be a crowd pleaser. >> have you got anything? >> no, i'm just here. >> you're here as a prop. >> mr. roker, before we get to this great concert, how about a check of the weather? >> i would like to see another jot of the back of joe's head. you should see him full throttle. unbelievable. i mean, from the face. >> no. >> i

roker. al? >> thanks so much. let's take a look at your week ahead.emperatures. some rain through the rockies. above normal temperatures eastern two-thirds of the country. mid week period, warm down south with more rain. chilly out west. and then the latter part of the week, we're staying normal along the east coast with rain still continue tling through the so t southeast. westw normal out west. >>> good morning to you. we're at 53 degrees in san francisco. grab a jacket because it's going to take some time before that sun comes out. breaks through that cloud bank. we end up the 70 degrees later on today. elsewhere, we're warmer. 79 in fremont. same scenario, though, mostly cloudy conditions to start and the sun will shine through making for a really nice second half of the day. we continue to cool down. 75 tomorrow, down to 70 degrees on wednesday. and then temperatures kind of come up. not too much. just 83 degrees on friday. >>> natalie, savannah, that's the latest weather. back to you. >>> now let's say hello to david who is here to tell us about

it was so hot out there, al roker walked two blocks and won a wet t-shirt contest. [ laughter ] >> stevei'll take it. >> jimmy: have you guys seen this? in a new interview, president obama has said he wants a debt ceiling deal for his 50th birthday. then he was like, "but if i can't have that, ipad." [ laughter ] here's some business news, bank of america announced that it lost $9 billion in the second quarter. that's not good. in fact, when i put my card in the atm, it said, "do you mind if i borrow this for a while?" [ laughter ] "no." "are you sure?" "yes." wait. you guys, today was the release of "captain america"! [ cheers ] going to be good. that's the story of a man with an indestructible shield. in the movie, he faces his mortal enemy, anyone who just takes away the shield. [ laughter ] "she's choking, choking." [ laughter ] he's an amazing ducker. [ laughter ] "i'll stop that crime! what do you think of that?" listen to this. the u.s. postal service will start offering online previews of the stamps in its 2012 collections. yeah. [ cheers ] that's right. stamps previews. finally

up next, al roker reporting. you have yourself a very good saturday.e days before copd. my son and i never missed opening day. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better, and that means... game on! symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. [ whistle ] with copd, i thought i might miss out on my favorite tradition. now symbicort significantly improves my lung function, starting within 5 minutes. and that makes a difference in my breathing. today i'm back with my favorite team. ask your doctor about symbicort. i got my first prescription free. call or click to le

. >> reporter: at least the heat dome left al roker feeling hot. >> when will it end?orter: it's not every day al gets labeled too hot to handle. the heat wave brings out a wave of weather chefs. >> we put this egg in this pan out under the sun for about an hour. this is the result. it's fried right to the pan. >> reporter: the julia child of weather reporting is abc's matt gutman cooking steaks. >> we're going to see if we can cook it on the dashboard this car. dashboard reads 151 degrees. we came back about two hour later. it's proenl about medium -- probably about medium well. >> reporter: well done, now let's see you eat it. ♪ and

al roker. >> felicia flockhart? okay wait. is it an actress? >> jimmy: it's a woman.tyler moore? >> jimmy: no. >> come on, i need more of this. >> jimmy: -- i can't think of what it is. an interview talk show, barbara walters, "the view." >> "all my children?" >> jimmy: oh my god. she has a bunch of kids. oh! oh, my god, kate! "kate plus eight!" [ buzzer ] "kate plus eight!" >> wait what is it? >> both: "the bachelorette." >> what! >> jimmy: your voice just went so high. tie breaker. here we go. let's do one more. tie breaker. we'll do a showdown. we have to go same one, okay? >> do you want to pick the number? >> jimmy: no, of course you, you're my guest. >> yay! okay. come here. >> jimmy: hmm. >> sugar. >> here. >> thank you. you're such a gentleman. >> jimmy: that marker doesn't work. [ laughter ] are you drawing? my gosh, go! >> star. >> star of david. [ laughter ] >> america. >> american flag. [ yelling ] >> president of the united states. >> superman. "captain america" ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that is awesome. come on, i love you! sorry, sorry, sorry.

i'm al roker. >>> 911 emergency. >> he was my good friend one day and gone the next. >> it was a high school of rich kids, fast times. except for one boy lost in the crowd. a shy, young student who one day just vanished. >> i absolutely to my gut knew that something bad had happened to this boy. >> in this circle of classmates somebody knew the truth. a chilling story kept secret for many years until a discovery that shattered the silence. a belt buckle, a boy's boots, and human bone. >> i knew right away, oh my god, all this was real. >> what really happened that day on this lonely hiking trail? >> this body's been there for 13 years. >> could police uncover a crime concealed for so long? in this hour, "buried secrets." >> i never heard a teacher or anybody ask a question about what happened to this boy. not one mention as to where this boy has gone. >> this boy, he had a name of course. russell jordan. but most people didn't seem to know who he was. seemed to ignore him. hardly noticed he was gone so long ago. but sally did. >> he was my good friend one day and gone the next. >> for

now back to "al roker reporting." >>> while the use of illicit drugs like coke and speed has droppedcially among older teens and young adults abuse of prescription drugs has risen. according to the federal government today more first-time users turn to prescription pills for their high than marijuana. that means a steady demand. as we all know in our market economy where there's demand supply will follow. seattle, washington. land of lattes, microsoft, and mount rainier. but beginning in 2004, the pacific northwest became known for something else entirely. agents of the dea were the first to notice. >> the dea brought to my attention that we were having an alarming number of pharmacy burglaries. washington led the country in pharmacy burglaries. >> under law, any theft of controlled substances must be reported to dea. >> dea showed me, every time a pharmacy is burgled this is what's being taken. it's all being dumped on your streets, into your neighborhoods, all over the state. >> it wasn't just washington. up and down the west coast dea plotted out scores of pharmacies in oregon, id

al roker. coming up, we've got a very interesting subject.as a dad, for example, if you had to register with police to go on vacation or if you were banned from coaching your child's soccer team. >> experience for a texas father of four. he deals with that because he's a registered sex offendser, but there's a back story here because his crime is having sex with his future wife when he was 19 and she was just 16. he says the label has ruined his life, and we'll be talking to him and his wife coming up about it. >> what a controversial topic. >>> changing gears. we have all done a cross word puzzle or two. never finished one. jenna bush hager caught up with a man behind some of the toughest cross word puzzles in the world, actually made a special "today" puzzle just for us. jenna is going to show us that in just a little bit. >>> before we go any further, let's go inside. natalie morales standing inside at the news desk. >> the house could vote tomorrow on speaker john boehner's plan to temporarily raise the nation's debt ceil for six months t

roker, how are you?a that what you started writing, that during that period, during your breast cancer survivor -- >> it's weird -- >> did you know you were going to do that. >> when you just said you were sitting next to my bedside, i got this wave of emotion remembering that day. that's so weird. you know, it's so funny, it's been almost five years, and you think that at a certain point, you say that was then and this is now. but i did journal. and i remember you sitting by my bedside talking to me and i was writing stuff down and i figured if i could put it on paper it would get it off my heart and sometimes you need to get rid of things. i didn't imagine it would wind up in a book ever. but i thought at least i would have a choice, get it off my chest and then decide. >> you talk about getting rid of things, 2007, you got rid of a bad husband. and you got rid of the breast cancer. >> o thank you, al. yeah, it was weird to have both of those things happening in the same year. bus normally you would th

roker. >> all righty. let's check it out for you. again, the heat continues.got the boundary of that coldaioor ler and the warm air. that's where the thunderstorms g areinirup. so the heat will continue this morning through the gulf coast on into the southeast. but beautiful conditions as you make your way through the northeast on into the great lakes. 76 in minneapolis. risk of strong storms. the western half of montana. look for sunshine through the midwest. midwest. northwes >>> good morning to you. you may look out your windows and seeing gray skies and wonder if it's going to rain. probably not. the marine layer is so thick in some spots that it's presenting a drizzle. enough to make you want to turn your windshield wipers on. it's not rain showers. it's just really, really thick fog and it's going to make for a cooler than average day in places like san francisco, 60. 71 in los gatos and 71 in fremont. we continue to cool off into your thursday. >>> all right, al. thanks. now to "today's" money 911, this morning we're tackling everything from rolling ove

. >> reporter: at least the heat dome left al roker feeling hot. >> when will it end?wers. >> reporter: it is not every day al gets labeled too hot to handle. heat wave brings out a wave of weather chefs. >> we put this egg in this pan out under the sun for an hour. this is the result. it is fried right to the pan. >> reporter: the julia child of weather reporting is abc's matt gotman cooking steaks. >> we are going to see if we can cook it on the dashboard of the car. dashboard reads 151 degrees. we came back two hours later. it is probably about medium well. >> reporter: well done. now let's see you eat it. ♪ it burns burns burns >> reporter: jeanne moos, new york. >> combat and childhood obesity is michelle obama's signature issue. research shows more than 23 million americans including 6.5 million children living in so-called food deserts. these are urban areas generally but areas with no access, no easy access, to fresh and healthy food. some of the nation's biggest retailers are teaming up were the first lady in an effort to turn food deserts into oasis of health

. >> reporter: but at least the heat dome left al roker feeling hot. >> when will it end?>> reporter: it's not every day al gets labeled too hot to handle. it brings out a wave of weather chefs. >> we put the egg in the pan out under the sun in an hour. this is the result, it's fried right to the pan. >> reporter: but the julia child of weather reporting is abc's matt gutmann cooking steaks. >> we'll see if we can cook it on the dashboard ofhi

and outside i'm ann curry along with lester holt and al roker. matt has the onning off.pretty much a tough story for any parent. >> it's a story about a mom. she crosses the street when her 4-year-old son was hit and killed. in a strange twist, that mother may serve more time in prison for the accident than the monday convicted of killing her little boy. we'll talk to her exclusively in a few moments. >>> also, make a turn and talk about people turning 40. and essentially having a new way of looking at it. you know, it used to be something you did not look forward to but a lot of women are saying that get that we're going to start doing things that inspire us and rethink how we look at turning 40. let's make it a celebration. we will be talking about that coming up. >> speaking about inspired and celebration. we've been following this story all year long for the past year. a young bride-to-be paralyzed in a freak accident at her bachelorette party. coming up, how she finally got the wedding of her dreams. >> look at that. look at that. beautiful girl. what a great attitu

. >> reporter: at least the heat dome left al roker feeling hot. >> when will it end?>> reporter: it's not every day al gets labeled too hot to handle. the heat wave brings out a wave of weather chefs. >> we put this egg in this pan under the sun for about an hour. this is the result. it's fried to the pan. >> reporter: the julia child of weather reporting is abc's matt gotman cooking steaks. >> we'll see if we can cook it on the dash board of this car. dashboard reads 151 degrees. we came back about two hours later. it's probably about medium well. >> reporter: well done, matt. now let's see you eat it ♪ and it burns, burns, burns >> reporter: jeanne moez, cnn, new york. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it's today today on the east coast. 7:00 a.m. out west. a new warning from u.s. terror chiefs. they say private utilities in the u.s. may be the next target. water, electricity, even nuclear power plants. >>> the space shuttle "atlantis" lands in the history books. we'll have the predawn ending to the shuttle program. >>> the nfl owners gathering in atlanta. a