doing more to get more success at work and may be holding themselves back, we've got more fuel for that fairly debate. this morning an exclusive int interview with a woman who wrote a "new york times" op-ed, saying she regrets how much time it spent on her career and it may have hurt her personal life. on a completely different topic, justin bieber lashes out at critics of his recent behavior. they seem to be growing in recent weeks. what he's saying. and why some companies are encouraging employees to take a nap at work in some cases using energy pods like that one right there to do it, mr. roker gets a jump-start on a nap this morning. i think you put wheels and an engine and i'll ride around town. >> jane! jane! stop this crazy thing! >> i thought it was more "mork & mindy" than "jetsons." but okay. >> we're going to talk about whether that will improve productivity in the workplace. >> all right. we're going to begin with that breaking news. two carnival cruise lines

now facing mechanical problems ending the vacations of thousands of passengers. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in miami with the latest. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: savannah good morning. this latest incident involves carnival's "legend" a day after the "dream" reported problems. carnival says no passengers are in any danger and this is all happening just a few days after the company's ceo promised a comprehensive investigation of its fleet following last month's "triumph" disaster. problems aboard two carnival ships in two days. the carnival "legend" slowed down overnight by a technical issue. with its propulsion system in hon duress. its visit to grand cayman now canceled as it slowly heads back to tampa. this as 5700 passengers and crew of the carnival "dream" are waking up in st. maarten. their vacations also cut short. >> things break down, they can't help it. >> reporter: on wednesday while in port the crew discovered a problem with the ship's backup

emergency diesel generator. carnival says the docked ship never lost power and elevators and at least one restroom stopped working for a few hours. "the dream" was on the last leg of a seven-day cruise that started in port canaveral with stops in nassau, st. thomas and st. maarten. now passengers will be headed home for on flights paid by carnival. the company extended their sincere apologies. >> they've been great. there's no trouble. it's like a regular port day. no trouble. >> reporter: some passengers cracked jokes on twitter, how dare they strand us on a tropical island. others were not amused. >> carnival better step up to the plate because it's not looking good for them. >> reporter: a much less dire situation for carnival last month when 4,200 passengers were stranded in the gulf of mexico for five days, no power, no working toilets and no running water. experts wonder how customers will react to the recent problems. >> for the industry as a whole

it puts a black eye on it. >> reporter: the carnival "dream" has canceled its next cruise tomorrow, and the "legend" has cut its trip short. carnival is offering passengers a partial refund and half off a future crews. >> gabe, thank you very much. we appreciate it. now to another breaking story overnight, ohio senator rob portman, a key republican and one of mitt romney's close confidants, reversing his stand on same-sex marriage. this as governor romney returns to the spotlight today, addressing a major gathering of conservative leaders. nbc's peter alexander covered the romney campaign, good morning. >> good morning to you. senator rob portman is growing a list of republicans supporting gay marriage. saying he now has what he called a new perspective as a dad learning that his college-age son is gay. his change of position comes a week before the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments over a 1996 federal law, that law asserts that gay marriage is not legal and it's a measure

that portman himself co-sponsored at the time. >> i see the romney/ryan team going all the way to the white house! >> reporter: for the prominent ohio conservative, senator rob portman who was a fixture at one time considered a favorite to become mitt romney's running mate it's a dramatic reversal on gay marriage. >> i've come to the conclusion for me personally i think this is something that we should allow people to do, to get married and to have the joy and the stability of marriage that i've had for over 26 years. i want all three of my kids to have it, including our son, who is gay. >> reporter: portman has voted against same-sex marriage many times in the past. today mitt romney marches back into the political spotlight, his remarks at an annual conference for conservatives marking romney's first public speech since he exited the stage last fall. since then we've seen rare glimpses of the former republican nominee. >> move on. i don't spend my life looking back. >> reporter: these days he's enjoying more time with his grandkids and just this week

celebrated his 66th birthday. his oldest son tagg says he doesn't want to be back, he's done. >> he wants to show conservatives across the spectrum he's not in hibernation, that this defeat last november has not devastated him. >> reporter: the republican party faces an identity crisis with no clear leader and no clear path to widening its appeal. ♪ among those vying for conservative support thursday, florida senator marco rubio who insisted americans should be able to respectfully disagree about gay marriage. >> just because i believe that states should have the right to define marriage in a traditional way does not make me a bigot. >> reporter: governor romney is not the only high profile speaker on tap today, matt. also taking the stage jeb bush, donald trump, paul ryan. if you need any more evidence of the divide that exists in the republican party consider this, one of the most popular figures

in the party, new jersey governor chris christie, a guy who praised president obama's response to hurricane sandy last fall, was not invited. >> all right, peter alexander in washington. peter, thank you very much. to the vatican where pope francis is addressing his cardinals as he settles into his role as leader of the vatican church. natalie is at the vatican, good morning to you. >> good morning to you, savannah. well in style and substance we're seeing a new tone already for the papacy. a message of simplicity, shunning wealth, and a message of humility. in his meeting with the cardinals this morning, pope francis was getting off the throne and just stumbled there, proving he is human, and proving that he is not perfect. in his first mass before them thursday, according to reports, the pope refused to even deliver the homily that was prepared for him and instead chose to preach off the cuff using his own words, and not from the papal throne but from the pulpit like

a regular parish priest. in clementine hall at vatican city this morning the college of cardinals had an audience with their new boss, pope francis met with the group who elected him less than 48 hours ago along with those cardinals not allowed to vote because of an age restriction, 80 and over. tomorrow the pope meets the world press where he's expected to outline his vision for the church, one sure to include his deep concern for the poor. >> pope francis, coming out of latin america, is very much impassioned by a desire to make the church present to people in the suffering. >> reporter: in buenos aires where he spent most of his life archbishop bergoglio is beloved in the poor neighborhoods where he ministered. >> translator: everyone who comes to the church has a picture with him. pictures of their confirmation, first commune yub, pictures when

he came to visit. >> reporter: there is debate over his record when he was a priest 30 years ago during argentina's dirty war. some human rights activists say he failed to confront the military dictatorship that kidnapped and killed thousands of its opponents. known for his humility he avoided the luxuries afforded a cardinal, opting to catch a bus or ride the subway, instead of a chauffeur-driven car. that didn't change after he was elected pope. >> we walked out of the sistine chapel and there's the car, which had been used for about 12 days. i thought, well, we're back to normal, and they have the little pullmans to take him to saint marta's. so he got on that. he said that's okay i'm going with the cardinals. it was beautiful. >> reporter: in argentina they call francis the slum pope because he was known to visit the most dangerous parts to preach to the poor and considered to be one of their own. meanwhile on sunday, from that

window right there, outside the papal study, pope francis will deliver his first noon blessing before the thousands who will be here in st. peter's square. and as he will do from now on every sunday, as long as he is here at the vatican. savannah? >> natalie morales at the vatic vatican. thanks so much. >> i'm going to head to the vatican for the pope's official installation. i'll do that early next week and we'll have complete coverage next tuesday right here on "today." >> tamron hall is here for natalie with the other top stories. >> good morning, everyone. a terrifying accident overnight in downtown miami where a massive l.e.d. screen collapsed on workers, injuring at least two people, that screen was part of the stage for the ultramusic festival set to begin today. ahead of his trip to the middle east, the president spoke to an israeli tv station detailing his position on iran and nuclear weapons. >> now we think it would take over a year or so for iran to

actually develop a nuclear weapon, but obviously we don't want to cut it too close. >> president obama said all options are on the table to keep nuclear weapons out of iran's arsenal. in the meantime he said that the u.s. will keep the toughest sanctions in place on iran's economy. a subatomic particle discovered last summer is looking like an elusive higgs boson. on thursday the scientists made the breakthrough announcement about the so-called god particle that experts say gives mass to all other particles in the universe. particles were detected during experiments in the large hadron collider on the swiss/french border. no budget break-through after the president met with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle but parties are scrambling to avert a government shutdown later this month. meanwhile, democrats have unveiled their budget blueprint that could see a full senate vote next week. a full speed ahead on the tsa's plan to allow small knives on board. passenger planes.

the agency head told the house homeland security committee on thursday that he is, in fact, standing by that proposal, despite growing backlash. now to wall street. cnbc's mary thompson has the latest from the new york stock exchange on this friday. good morning to you, mary. >> good morning, tamron. blistering senate report accuses jpmorgan of misleading investigators and regular laiders about a $6.2 billion trading loss. former executives testify before congress today. a study by the urban institute says that people under 40 have saved less money than their parents did at the same age, suggesting they could face a tougher retirement. and the dow makes it eight in a row, eight straight record highs. tamron, back to you. >> thank you very much. a search is under way in sioux falls, south dakota, for two people who apparently jumped into the freezing waters to save a 6-year-old boy. rescue crews battled the river currents and thick foam that made visibility difficult. that boy is now safe at home

with his mother. and you have to be pretty cool to rock out with the former leader of the free world. take a look, check it out, bill clinton stopped by madison square garden last night, look closely, there, to hang with louisville cardinals after they beat villanova 74-55. that's sophomore shane brennan having fun with the 42nd president of the united states, giving him at some point bunny ears, never even before on television, and posted these pictures on instagram. i'm sure he has a ton of followers now on instagram as a result. it is 7:14, back to matt, savannah and al. that is a super cool story. this god particle thing. >> i had a few questions on that, actually. explain again how the big boson particle is interacting with the other mass in the universe? >> the scientist in my pocket is jumping out, i'll confirm with him. but how spectacular is that? >> when you read about the discovery and read try to explain you read the whole article and go -- -- >> on youtube there's this whole article on what is higgs boson

and this gentleman who's got the maps, and the -- let's just say it's interesting. >> all right, tamron, thank you. >> mr. roker. >> i got no colliders for you. you but we have basically the clipper that's coming across, going to collide with snowflakes and bringing snow from bismarck down into minneapolis, chicago as well, basically looking three to six inches of snow and out west we're looking at fog along the california coast, with temperatures in the 60s as you .ove inland we're going to see rising up into the upper 80s to low 90s into the southwest. we'll get to your local forecast right after this message. use only natural ingredients. make something original. genuine. real. so peel it open. stir it up. and raise a cup to the real.

you made it to friday, a beautiful weekend chasing us. much-needed rain back in the forecast. i'm meteorologist, christina loren. a live look at san jose. a little hazy here. happy to report good air quality all across the bay area. we are going to be comfortable in the heat of the day. 69, san francisco. 76 degrees in places like fairfield. getting into the weekend, staying steady. >> and that's your latest weather. we have a heart warming study this morning brought to our attention by our nbc station in atlanta, wxia. a 9-year-old boy and his ten-year-old friend are being hailed as heroes. a. a 9-year-old boy and his 10-year-old friend are being held heroes this morning after helping a mother save her young son. susannah was sitting in her living room when she noticed something was wrong with her son.

>> he seemed non-responsive to my smile so at that point i put my finger under his nose and realized he wasn't breathing. >> rome ran outside for help and found 9-year-old rocky hurt and 10-year-old ethan wilson across the street. >> we were out there playing football and somebody yelled called 911. >> back inside rome panicked. >> i was continuing to scream, not knowing what to do, and then rocky runs in, who i'd never met, and he's standing behind me. >> reporter: rome says she splashed water on the baby's face and began to do cpr when the boys stopped her. >> and i just said, this cpr, you're not doing it correctly. i told her to push on the baby's chest five to ten times with only two fingers, tilt back the baby's head. >> plug the nose. >> plug the nose. >> and breathe into the mouth. >> the baby's mouth. >> he said it so confidently i listened to him right away. >> within seconds the baby responded, a short time after,

paramedics arrived. >> because baby isaiah, he like screamed and i told her that's a good sign because the baby is breathing. >> reporter: the boys said they've been friends since they were toddlers learned how to do cpr two months ago from signs posted in their school cafeteria. >> we wanted to know in case it happened but we never knew we'd have to do that. >> in our lives. >> if rocky hadn't been outside playing right then i definitely wouldn't have him sitting in my lap right now, so. >> pretty amazing. now here's matt. >> savannah, thanks. we've got proof this morning of the power of the internet and something many of you have heard of. a website called kick-starter. the creator of the canceled tv show "veronica mars" put out a call to raise money to fund a movie version and the donations are still pouring in. tamron is back with that story. >> this is the largest project in the history of kickstarter, raising more than $2 million in ten hours. this morning the total is now well over $3 million, and "veronica mars" fans appear to

be well on their way to seeing their favorite show on the big screen. when show creator rob thomas wanted to make a movie version of the now canceled tv show "veronica mars" he didn't go to a studio to raise money, he went straight to the fans. and boy did they respond. >> oh my god, $3 million! >> it all started when he suggested to star kristen bell that they try the crowd founding web site kick-starter who reach loyal fans who were always asking whether they make a movie. >> i'd say we have the fans fund the movie. >> if we reach our fund-raising goal we'll shoot the movie this summer. >> fans were quick to respond, contributing an average of $50 apiece. but what did they get? >> $2500 they could spend the day on the set being an extra with veronica mars. >> for $400 they'll personalize your voicemail or follow you on twitter. >> one person paid $10,000 to have a speaking role in the movie. >> i play a waiter, it's a really a renaissance. >> a renaissance that bypasses

studios. other kick-start projects include indy record albums and fashion like the griz coat. projects that make fans truly invested. >> this could be a model employed over and over. i think hollywood is looking at us as sort of a guinea pig. >> veronica, honey, could i see you in the kitchen? >> this show is over. we've been off the air for years now. >> six years. to be exact. the "veronica mars" tv show lasted just three seasons and ended in 2007. >> we've got something that was a cult hit. >> a cult hit with fans now willing to pay for more than just a ticket for the chance to see their show up on the big screen. some more than 49,000 have already contributed to the campaign, it still has 28 days to go but beyond "veronica mars" this kickstarter thing is exciting because you can fund all of these independent projects. pretty cool. >> i like it. that's great. coming up, a powerful new voice in the debate over striking a balance between your career and your family. woman who rose to the top of

wall street opens up about her regrets in an exclusive interview. why sleeping on the job is now a good thing. we'll try out this pod that lets you nap at the office. an idea whose time has come. first this is "today" on nbc. te

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one year ago tomorrow, lasse sierra lamar disappeared. we had a chance to talk to her mother who says no one is giving up. >> there hasn't been anything to indicate. her body hasn't been found. as far as i am concerned, i, as a parent, i am not giving up. there is no real resolution at this point. >> two separate events will be going on to honor her. there will be a balloon release in morgan hill.

at 1:00 in fremont, there will be a fund-raiser. christina loren, looks like nice weather. >> we are going to see some comfortable temperatures. a live look over oakland. gorgeous start to the day. a really nice day. beautiful sunset on the way at 7:30. 46 degrees to start in livermore. 45 degrees in sunnyvale. you are at 45 in napa. comfortable conditions. not too cold. by noon, upper 60s. low 70s. we are going to wrap up the day at 75 degrees. here in san jose, comfortable weekend. this is the rush-hour drive through the south bay. underneath the 887 interchange. on the maps, we don't have the beautiful sunrise but we do have the red to illustrate that section. 87 and 101, minor slowing. typical congestion at 85, turns

green again. speeds close to the limits. we are looking southbound 880 coming out of hayward and in towards fremont. smooth drive. speeds in the upper 50s. lights on. minor backup at the bay bridge. smooth incline and freeway. back to you. thank you very much. another local update in one half hour from now. in the meantime, the "today" show rolls on. hope to see you later.

it's kind of a show band. >> okay. >> not the orange? >> this isn't the orange marching band. they are from kir sues, -- syracuse, university. they are called -- >> 7:30 on this friday morning, the 15th of march 2013, that was the scene yesterday on our plaza. we had a surprise appearance by this band and now fast forward 24 hours. >> that's right, you do not try to trump the folks at vcu, syracuse did well yesterday. the folks at vcu i believe part of the atlantic 10 actually rented a double-decker bus and brought their band to our plaza this morning, and actually, al, who was the friend of syracuse yesterday, was now among the faithful of vcu, al? >> that's right. these are the vcu showband and they are going to be taking to the big ten, the big east tournament later today, as they are up here and they are ready to play.

i don't know what's going to happen on monday, but i can tell you, yeah, this is how they roll! >> think we have mayor started something. honestly, we did not plan this. this bus rolled up and we noticed it four minutes ago. >> come on, ohio university, you can get yours here in time for monday. my alma mater. >> university of arizona, are we really going to start this? >> al, thanks very much. we'll check those guys out in a little while. also coming up in this half hour. a special pod being installed in a growing number of offices around the country so employees can actually take a little bit of a nap during business hours. >> unless there's a marching band. >> unless there's a marching band. that's right. coming up, why it could hold the key to your most productive day of the work week ever. >> erica hill, you are not the first person in that pod. just saying. also ahead. justin bieber lashing out at critics of his recent behavior. he has a lot of fans talking.

we will check in on that. what did you register for when you got married, china, pots, pans? a coffee pot? what about a fish tank or car parts? we will show you how some couples are taking things to a whole new level. let's begin with more fuel in the heated debate over work and family, dropped by one of the big power players on wall street. in a moving op-ed in the "new york times" former lehman brothers cfo erin callan opens up the regret she feels for putting her career ahead of her personal life, the opposite of what you're hearing from other top women in business right now. nbc ann curry spoke with calan exclusively. >> reporter: erin callan is a surprising new voice in the growing national discussion about women at work. >> lean in. take a seat at the table. tell people you want to lead, whatever it might be but just be aware of what may come from that. >> reporter: she was one once one of the most powerful women on wall street.

cfo of lehman brothers. she completely disappeared from the public eye after the bank's demise and says she still can't discuss it for legal reasons. in this exclusive interview she's adding her voice to the ideas of sheryl sandberg like in this piece. >> do not lean back, lean in. put your foot on that gas pedal and keep it there until the day you have to make a decision, and then make a decision. >> reporter: was there something in the message that sheryl sandberg was sending out that sparked you to want to speak out now? >> yes, and also in terms of some of the reaction to that message, and i would probably look at myself as someone who lived that message, and i did achieve great success in my career. i'm just trying to provide a bit of what i'll call a warning label that, hey, there's something else to think about as you're leaning in, so to speak. >> reporter: you have leaned in. >> i leaned in far, very far. i had many young women over time

that i've tried to give advice to, guidance to, and i would always be very honest and say don't do it like me. >> reporter: you mentioned consequences. what are they? >> a lot of things during my career that i missed out on, you know? events, relationships with people, birthday parties, just spending time with friends and family and enjoying it, and enjoying myself. there was a big thing i missed out on which is i didn't have children. didn't have children. >> reporter: now 47, erin callan is trying to have children and offering a life lesson she wishes someone had offered her. >> i wanted to be a little bit sort of a cautionary tale, like you can achieve, you can accomplish, you can have an amazing career with great success, even in a male dominated field that i did, but be careful what you wish for and the choices that you make. >> that was ann curry reporting.

you can see more of ann's story on "rock center with brian williams" tonight 10:00/9:00 central time here on nbc. so much discussion it seems in the last couple months about this difficulty people are having, men and women, in finding balance between work and life. >> and it actually new research shows this is not a problem exclusive to women. lot of dads are confessing to feeling some guilt about not spending enough time at home. we'll have results of the research to talk about. >> almost 50% of fathers say they feel guilty not spending enough time with their children so they'll talk about how you could perhaps alleviate that guilt. we head outside to al and his band for a check of the weather. >> actually the band had to leave and i misspoke, the vcu peppers are from the atlantic ten, the atlantic ten so not the big east, atlantic ten. let's take a look at your weather as we look ahead for today. look at these temperatures, afternoon temperatures, teens and 20s in the northern plains but look at how hot it's going to be in the mid plains from

texas into oklahoma, kansas, temperatures will be in the 80s and 90s, even the 70s. sadly though in the same area is where we're looking at extreme to exceptional drought. we're already starting the warm weather season way behind as far as the drought is concerned, so this does not look like another good year, hopefully not as bad as last year but it's on track to be that way. clipper bringing snow from the dakotas into upstate new york. record highs in the center of the country, beautiful weather along the mid-atlantic coast. rip currents continue along the east coast of florida and gorgeous day aening 7:36. taking a live look over san francisco. really cool picture here. you can actually see the sun breaking through the clouds and shining a spotlight on the trance america pyramid. aeautiful day shaping up. as we head throughout the day. 75 degrees on the way. happy friday, livermore. 75 in santa teresa and 78 for gilroy. meanwhile, along the coast, a little bit cooler.

69 in san francisco. 70 in oakland today. getting into the weekend, comfortable and we need the rain. on its way tuesday into wednesday of next week. >> and a good group of kids, kids who care incorporated, musical theater in ft. worth, thank you for coming down. nice to see you guys. all right, let's head back inside with savannah. >> all right, al, thanks. teen superstar justin bieber is in the headlines after responding to some recent criticism about his behavior. nbc's mara schiavocampo has more. >> in the last few months the 19-year-old's squeaky clean image has taken a hit. ♪ let me talk to you, if i was your boyfriend, i'd never let you go ♪ are a rough few months of negative press, 19-year-old justin bieber had a lengthy instagram rant, "everyone in my team has been telling me keep the press happy but i'm tired of all the lies in the countless

press right now. if anyone believes i need rehab that's their stupidity." a wild night in london after his 19th birthday sporting a gas mask, getting booed by fans for starting a concert two hours late and on stage health scare followed by a shirtless night at the hospital and a near scuffle with pop ra with paparazzi. "i honestly don't care if you don't believe in me because i believe in me and look where that's gotten me so far." at 19 his behavior is not that untypical from your college freshmen. jen cortez worries about the impact his latest behavior could have on her 12-year-old daughter elizabeth. >> as a mom i'm concerned, i'm afraid that he will go slowly down a path that he won't get out of perhaps.

>> his recent behavior has affected me a little, but it won't make me stop liking him. >> reporter: like bieber's fans, his critics are unlikely to go away but the pop star seems determined to persevere. "i'm human. i'm gonna make mistake, i'm gonna grow and get better from them." following his online rant, bieber performed a concert in madrid that went off without a hitch. he moves on to the rest of the european leg of his tour doing what he does best, performing. >> thank you so much. still ahead some of the most talented young people in the country, we'll introduce you to "today's stars of tomorrow." up next, would a nap at work improve your productivity? erica hill says oh yes. choose university of phoenix.o our average class size is only 14 students. our financial tools help you make smart choices about how to pay for school. our faculty have, on average, over 16 years of field experiene. we'll help you build a personal career plan.

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recommended by dermatologists 2 times more than any other brand. now that's beautiful. neutrogena®. ♪ ♪ we're back now at :43, it's note a secret. lot of americans struggle to get enough sleep and now some businesses think they may have come up with the answer. it is the office nap. erica hill is here with a story that has my undivided attention. >> investigative journalism, making sure what i'm talking about. this is the energy pod, a chair designed for the power nap. instead of the afternoon coffee or getting up for a walk you could find yourself catching a see's ta in this. >> i'm refreshed! i finally found a way to sleep in my office! under the desk. eh? >> reporter: maybe george

costanza was on to something. >> i lie on my back, tuck in the chair, i'm invisible. >> reporter: in nationwide planning there are 20 workers and a nap room. >> we come up to the rejuvenation center to put a positive spin on it. people associate napping with laziness. >> reporter: james pushed this pocket of zen and company execs noticed a payoff, more productive, happier employees. >> as time goes on you will get used to it and 10 to 15 minutes will do you very well. >> the nap for me allows me to really approach the second half of the day with a lot more force. >> we all get sleepy in the midafternoon and it looks like our body clocks are winding down a little bit then. >> reporter: 43% of americans say they don't get enough zs, and while a power nap can't replace a solid night of rest, it certainly doesn't hurt. >> if you need an extra two hours sleep, getting half an hour is good, and it helps. >> reporter: enter the power

nap. >> sleep makes us more productive, more creative, less stressed and much healthier and happier. >> reporter: arianna huffington has become a major sleep advocate. five years ago "the huffington post" founder and president fainted from exhaustion, ended up with stitches, a broken cheekbone and a new appreciation for rest. >> how i grew up, thinking that, you know, if you work around the clock, you're going to be more effective, and i realized that's not true. >> reporter: lack of sleep makes it harder to focus and to function. >> this is the one i like. >> reporter: so there are two nap rooms for the more than 400 workers in huffington's new york office with a third on the way. >> 20 minutes off the computer, on the couch, makes all the difference in the world to me. >> i firmly believe that napping breaks will become the new coffee break. >> to make the most of your nap time, do it in a cool, dark room

and limit yourself to 20 or 30 minutes, otherwise your sleep is too deep. this is a very high-end solution, these range between $8,900 and over $12,000. >> whoa. >> it can really relax you but if you're going to the cool, dark room the first company we went to with 20 people the employees banded together, painted the room themselves, somebody donated that recliner and that works perfectly, too. >> does this fully recline? >> yes. i think you can put sound on. >> music in it, that's right. i like the storm trooper look. >> it is cool. >> very nice. >> they give the nobel prize out for the wrong thing. this is what you give out the nobel prize for. >> there's a little collider in there. coming up, the wedding registry gets an extreme makeover. hub cabs anyone? right after this.

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♪ and when the daylight comes i'll have to go ♪ wedding registries are traditional as weddings themselves. couples are now asking things far from the norm. jenna wolfe joins us. >> you me, not married, that was english. picking out the perfect gift the easiest way is off the registry, china, glassware, maybe a juicer if you're adventurous. these days more couples are thinking way, way outside the box. stick a car part, any car part, windows, wipers, dashboards or doors, all part of a new kind of wish list for the happy couple. >> it's kind of crazy. >> very crazy. >> reporter: crazy or not, brandi and michael said why not when they saw this dodge dart commercial. >> a website that works like a wedding rental stree but for a

car. >> reporter: a few clicks later the car went to the registry. your best friend will logon and maybe buy you a steering wheel and maybe a friend buy you the muffler and they put the parts together? >> you start with the basic car, you pick the color and the features like fog lights or steering wheel and it starts racking up your price. >> reporter: if racking up wedding wheels isn't your thing not to worry, you can dream big. these days it's a brave new world when it comes to wedding registries and brave as in just about anything's possible. >> now the flood gates are open, you can add absolutely anything from any store on the planet. >> reporter: ditch the dishes. good-bye glassware and say ciao to the china. bucking tradition is gaining traction and nancy lee of myregistry.com sees it all. >> we see robots, fish tanks and things that traditionally anybody would look at it and say whoa that's whacky for a bridal

registry. >> the robot and the fish tank which doubles for a toilet. kegerator beer keg, a submarine or think really big like a private island. whacky wedding registries are not a passing fad. >> one couple's whacky is another couple's desires. >> reporter: as for michael and brandy the big day is a few months down the road and on the road is exactly where they'd like to be. kind of neat. >> yeah. >> reporter: build your own car and your friends pay for it. >> it's awesome. >> one of the hottest trends is good old-fashioned cash, it's easy, practical and a piece of cake to wrap. there's not many choices. >> i like the car idea. i like that a lot. >> coming up, "today's stars of

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good morning. i'm jon kelley. san francisco police involved in a confrontation with a suspect. it happened earlier this morning. somebody vandalized a taxi cab near jackson and buchanon. that person jumped into the driver's seat and drove off with the cap. the suspect reportedly rammed their police car. that driver was able to take off but was later found near fort mason. at this hour, no word if the officer or the driver were injured. we would like to call it feel-good friday around here. christina loren adding some good vibrations with another beautiful forecast. really, a feel good friday. a beautiful day shaping up. i want to show you this live picture as the tranceamerica pyramid illuminated by a break of sun. it is also partly to mostly cloudy. 75 for livermore.

high pressure still in control. 74, san jose. 69 degrees today in san francisco. we need the rain. yeah, our pattern is going to change if we head through tuesday and wednesday. we bring in the showers. we should clear up thursday. maybe picking up an inch of rain in the north bay. >> good morning. it looks bad. this is oakland. so folks familiar with the travel past the coliseum on the northbound side, it is not really that bad. it is a little slow from san leandro past the coliseum. the map shows you the same situation for the same zone for 580. this is about as bad as it is probably going to get over the next half hour to 45 minutes. we will see traffic start to ease up again if it is a friday pattern. east shore, a nice drive. the toll plaza metering lights are on. the fast-track doesn't have a problem. they may turn the metering lights off. >> it looks smooth. we will have another local update one half hour from now. enjoy your weekend! i'll talk to you soon.

♪ we're back now, 8:00 on a friday morning, it's the 15th day of march, 2013. we've still got the music behind us from the vcu band of the atlantic ten. they rented a bus and they're back with us here on the plaza, we're listening to the music and the energy, good to have them with us out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and al roker. >> i can't hear you. >> we'll have the battle of the bands i think. that would be great. >> i like it. i really do, i think it's great. we should invite all the bands from all the universities to stop by one day, only let's do it one day at a time. >> exactly. >> coming up in this half hour, in the last half hour we heard

from a top wall street executive, a former wall street executive who was talking about the difficulty of balancing life and work, not just an issue that women deal with. more and more men are saying that they are feeling daddy guilt, about 50% of fathers say they don't spend enough time with their children. what can you do about it if you're feeling it? >> we are devoting our entire 8:30 half hour to today's "stars of tomorrow." we put out the call for the best talent in the nation in the under 15 set and boy did you answer. we have a painter, musician, a baker. we'll meet all of them, coming up. and from what's hot on tv to the hottest fashions, the hottest movies, everything you need to know to get ready for your weekend with what's new, what's up, what's in, and let me just take back something i said a second ago i'm not sure we should have a band here every day, or if we do, we should have a volume control. >> i think every day. i love this! >> thanks to vcu. let's go inside.

tamron hall is at the news desk while natalie is at the vatican. >> thank you, good morning everyone. passengers from two separate carnival cruise line ships are having their vacations disrupted. the carnival "legend" is skipping its scheduled stop in grand cayman and heading back to its port of tampa because of what carnival calls a technical issue affecting the ship's sailing speed. and thursday "dream" passengers learned they'd be flying, not driving, after "triumph" was stranded for five days out in the gulf of mexico. we're getting a look at pope francis meeting with the college of cardinals including the men who cast votes at the conclave and senior members who were too old to vote. we a brief stumble while rising from his seat. pope francis urged the cardinals never to give in to "pessimism, to that bitterness that the devil places before us every day." the state of michigan has hired an emergency manager to

troilt from the brink of financial collapse. kevin orr is a financial expert who worked on the chrysler turn around. detroit has more than $14 billion in long-term debt. detroit is the largest city in the country to fall under state financial oversight. a reuters journalist is facing charges he conspired with hackers to face a story on "los angeles times" website. matthew keys is accused of providing hacking anonymous with login information to the company's computer system in 2010. "the tribune" company owns the "l.a. times" and sacramento tv station that fired keys months before the alleged incident. reuters is not commenting on keys' current employment status but the 26-year-old tweeted last night that he's fine and will be back to business on friday. for a look at "what's trending today" what has you talking online, facebook may be turning to hashtags in its escalating rivalry with twitter.

the network will reportedly roll out hashtags made popular on twitter. hashtags provide a way to group messages around a common theme or topic. duchess of cambridge kate middleton's nose is a top search on women paying as much as $7,000 to have their own version of the royal nose, they find it regal, refined and strong, not upturned and pinched like a pop star. and seeing is believing, yes, take a look. that is a dog in pink, pretty in pink should i say. this video from china takes the online walking dog craze to an amusing or some of you might think disturbing level. how long does that dog walk like that? it is 8:05, back to matt, savannah and al. what do you think?

>> that's cute. >> we have something truly extraordinary this morning, do we not? >> now that we've got a new pope in rome and that installation mass will be tuesday we have some guy who claims he was the first runner up in the voting right here. >> and next to him is the second runner up. >> and third. >> and sister congeniality. >> that's great. sorry it didn't work out for you but it's good to have you here. >> home of the cardinals. >> exclusive to everybody. mr. roker? >> so much for the secrecy of the conclave. >> it's all been blown unfortunately. all right, that's what's going on the country. here's what's happ 8:05 now taking a live look at live clouds. just a beautiful green shot of the rolling hills here. and st. patrick's day weekend, so very fitting. today, 74 in san jose. 69 in san francisco.

70 degrees in oakland this weekend. holding on to the 70s. that will continue into monday and then the rain arrives tuesday into wednesday. temperatures drop off. we should clear you out, though, by late thursday. hope you have a great weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al, thank you so much. coming up next, daddy guilt on the rise, why more men are struggling with that work life balance. and then "today's top clicks" the hottest online videos of the week and the stars of tomorrow show off their fourth down coach, what do we do? tell you what we.

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more men are wrestling with that as well and it's leading to a dramatic change in the family dynamic. >> you want a relay huh? >> the all-american family of the past, dad goes to work and mom stays home and raises the kids. >> bye, dear. >> back then, everyone seemed balanced and happy. >> what's for dinner? >> enter mr. mom. >> last night i asked joe to put his shoes away. he told me "you have arms, do it yourself." >> reporter: now more and more moms in the workplace, traditional gender roles are converging acording to a new pew research report. >> in terms of the roles of moms and dads at work and at home, we do see a convergence, dads taking on more housework and child care responsibilities. >> reporter: and dads are now getting a taste of the struggle over work/life balance. nearly 50% of fathers reported having difficulty finding the right mix. and then there's daddy guilt, while only 23% of moms say

they're not spending enough time with their kids, 46% of dads want more time at home. >> frankly, in the impact surveys, dads don't always even get asked these questions. it's usually how are moms managing it all, but dads expressed in our survey it's not easy for them to juggle these things. >> so what's a guilt-ridden dad to do? hal runkel is author of "scream free parenting" and therapist, and "go the blank to sleep" and chris, good morning, nice to see you. father, father, father, correct. 43% of dads feeling guilt they're not spending enough time with their children. should we be guilty? >> i don't think guilt is the right response. you should be feeling conflict. women have been feeling conflict for a long time saying hey well now you get to feel what we've been feeling for a long time. >> how do you think it would compare if the survey were taken 20 years ago? >> i think the bar is set low

for fathers. if i go out in public with my kid and she happens to be wearing watching socks i'm father of the year, i get free parenting advice from strangers on the street. mothers there's a high level of confidence expected from the public. we have to overcome the bumbling father. >> if you're a dad and feeling guilty should you tell your kids, should you express it to your kids or is that something you keep private? >> i don't think you can keep it private. i think it shows through your actions. i think feeling guilty is just another way of improving yourself, making yourself work harder, and being a better dad. >> when you deal with dads, do you encourage them to express it or do you think it hurts the family dynamic and how do the kids feel about it in. >> i'll tell you a story, i travel for a living so i missed a recital and i asked my daughter and told her, you know

what, i'm sorry i missed it, i wish i could have been there. she's like what? i wish i -- no, you don't, you chose to be at work. don't you tell us to take responsibility for our own decisions? yes. so you chose to be at work. i'm not upset about that but own up to your own choices. >> sometimes it's not we choose to be at work, we have to be at work. >> i think it's still a choice. >> i think the key is that when you are there you've got to be fully present. my daughter certainly tells me when i am splitting my attention between her and my cell phone and my computer. i might not be there all the time, i might be on the road but when i am there i try to let her know that it's about connecting. >> and i think that we are, society expects dads to keep the same role that we had 20 years ago of always working, working, working, and when we take that extra step to be there, to be more active and i think it's more surprising and so we know where we might be just dads --

just every day we're trying to do that extra step. >> and adam makes a good point. what i found in my life is that it takes very little time to make a big difference in terms of them thinking you are right there with them. >> but if you're motivated by guilt then it's harder to fully be present. guilt is a good motivation to get things started but it's not a lasting motivation. we're talking about conflict, you're trying to do a lot of great things with a finite resource, time. you're going to experience conflict. if you feel guilty because you haven't spent enough time, fine. if you're feeling conflict because you're trying to do great things with a finite resource, welcome to adulthood. >> clear subject on the minds of half the fathers in the country. thanks, guys, appreciate it. coming up, what's new, what's up, necessawhat he's in hottest lines for the spring. so let's break down this play. charles? uh, charles couldn't make it. his single miles card blacked him out here and here.

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mall and gets abducted by this weirdo creepy creek and halle berry is on the other end of the 911 line and it's a thriller. >> this is a big leap here a couple of disney stars, vanessa hudgens and selena gomez. >> this was explicit, almost rated nc-17, both women are in their 20s, trying to grow up, they go on spring break and meet james franco this gold toothed character but parents need to be cautioned because there's a lot of sex, nudity, drug use and violence. >> how do you think the audience will feel about the leap the two ladies are making? >> i think audiences should stay home and see their next press. >> elsa fanning, sister of dakota fanning, a new movie

coming out. >> she was in "we bought a zoo" and playing a london teenager coming of story in limited release. >> savannah? what's up, jennifer paros is a reporter for "us weekly." >> good to see you.. >> miley cyrus and liam hemsworth, getting married but trouble in paradise? >> they might be on the rocks. liam was spotted in australia last week, miley spotted without her engagement twice as well last week. nothing confirmed yet. obviously something is going on since people are talking about it but of course we're hoping this pair works. >> good news for michael buble, expect ant father. >> expecting a baby boy with his wife, just about to celebrate their two-year anniversary. funny they found out they were having a baby the day pope

francis was announced and his wife is argentinean. great week. >> new pope, new baby, exciting stuff. fans of "jersey shore" rejoice there is a reunion coming. >> it's nice to see the reunion isn't for them to party it up, it's actually to thank volunteers helping out in rebuilding from hurricane sandy so they'll have a huge concert in atlantic city so it should be fun, seaside heights, definitely a place this group met and fell in love with each other and became famous so obviously was a hard-hit area of the jersey shore. >> the shore put them on the map, good for them to repay the favor. this next one i'm fascinated by, robert redford a new documentary where he revisits "all the presidents men." >> a huge hit from the 1970s and should be interesting to see that he's coming out with the two-hour documentary, jon stewart, tom brokaw, lists of 25 other people who are participating in this. >> pretty cool. how did justin timberlake week go on fallon?

>> timberweek great success. it was the first time ever he appeared five times on any late night show so happy for justin timberlake. he has had a huge year so far. >> jennifer paris from "us weekly" good to have you. here's tamron. finally what's in and trending in the world of fashion and beauty, lori bergamato good morning. >> good morning. >> florals are the hot thing for spring. >> everything is blooming florals, tamron. we have a dress, head to toe floral, that's from maggie london and just use it as an accent to lighten up your spring wardrobe, h&m, loft, the gap, affordable, accessible places, pair it with some neutral. >> my favorite color green is in. >> green is the color of the year but not just emerald green, it's mint and hunter greens, not just for st. patrick's day. all season long, so we have a

bag from kohl's, $35, charming charley and even jewelry which is huge. everybody at lucky and here at today was going nuts over this watch, it's from shop op, under $100. you can get fun, adordable things, that mint cuff under $30 at bauble bar. you are wearing an ankle strap. i wanted to dispel the fashion myth that ankle straps make you look hot. you want it less than an inch, banana republic, the ankle stress is less than an inch. >> and makeup? >> all about a hot bright pink lip, find them at the drugstore, that's sephora and brightens everything up. >> guys over to you. >> tamron thank you. top clicks, you vote for your favorite viral video of the week. willie, what do you have today? >> the reigning champ being mentioned in the same breath as

the great yankee team, bill russell's celtic dynasty, march madden, ucla team under john wooden for a fourth week in a row it is gangnam, baby. ♪ >> you see why it's still there, it never gets old. baby amiah dominating and for the past month the question is, can she be dethroned? >> i don't see anything on the horizon. >> i've been looking through the notes. here are the challengers this week, 24-year-old alex permin, thought he'd won $50,000 at the missouri valley conference basketball tournament p a lay-up, free-throw, three-pointer and half court shot in the space of 24 seconds. he makes the lay-up, makes the free-throw but you notice he

skipped the three-pointer, goes right to half court. >> you heard somebody yell what about the three. >> boom. >> he celebrates, the officials say wait a minute you didn't take the three-pointer no dice. truth is he wouldn't have time to make all four shots but the conference will let him come back for life to that tournament as a fan. >> okay. >> but it's a feel bad story so i don't think it can knock off the kid. >> what else you got? >> this is the only one that has a shot, beckham, an online sensation for snoring like a duck. >> not just any duck but donald duck. >> do we think they augmented the audio? >> i'm nervous about that. i'm glad you're the one who said it. i'm always the cynic. >> just wondering. >> you bring the dog in and re-enact it? how do you find it out?

>> can you win the contest when you shoot a video that badly? come on, you got to widen that out. >> all right, mr. cranky pants. >> you think it's a fraud. >> i didn't say it was a fraud. >> you implied. >> film critic here. click number four he was here in our studio wednesday, michael poll ac, of the sensational vanderbilt university a freshman who bravely asked his idol, billy joel if he could join him on stage and play. >> i was wondering if i could play with you. >> okay. ♪ i'm in a new york state of mind ♪ >> wow. >> that kid is great. all over the web this week so here are your choices, gangnam baby, basketball hit and miss, the snoring dog a billy joel dream come

good morning to you. it's 8:26. a former san francisco crime lab technician accused of stealing cocaine is expected to change her plea today. she is expected to plead guilty today to a lesser charge of misdemeanor cocaine possession. both trials previously ended in hung juries. arrests in 2010 forced the district attorney to drop hundreds of cases. let's check the morning commute now with mike on this friday. >> it looks horrible. but, really, this is the peak of the commute through this corridor. the match will show you, both 885 and 580 just starting to ease as they hit their peak just after 8:15 this morning. we're seeing speeds start to ease now. the metering lights have been turned off at the bay bridge

toll plaza. towards 680, we had a stall in lanes north of highway 884. things have just cleared and cleared as far as those speeds go, as well. south 880 through fremont, a typical flow of traffic south of the dumb bow. northbound, easing up a bit into this morning's commute. 87, they just cleared. >> thank you very much and thank you for joining us, as well. we'll have another local news update for you.

♪ :30 now on this friday morning, it is the 15th of march, 2013 and who could forget that, that is the terrifying scene that played out live on "today" in 2008, dare devil nick walenda high above the streets of newark, new jersey, setting the world record for the longest and highest bike ride on a high wire. he'll announce his next death-defying stunt he has planned. the band just struck up in the plaza, you asked for it, you got it, al roker, tamron hall in for natalie morales and matt lauer with us.

we look forward to hearing what nick has up his sleeve. >> no question. >> and up our sleeve for the next half hour "today's" stars of tomorrow, we'll dedicate the whole half hour to some of the best talent out there. >> we asked to you contact us and send us information about your favorite young artists out there and boy did you respond. >> our stars age in range from 10 to 16, their skills cover everything from baking to fashion design. they're going to show us what they can do in just a moment. >> first let's take a look at some of our favorite "stars of tomorrow" entries. we were blown away by all the talent, hua hoops, puppets. painters, and pint-sized athletes. with moves like jagger to the modern day mick jagger, an overwhelming number of submissions. ♪ wannabe singing stars. ♪ don't stop believing.

>> reporter: covers of piano man. ♪ sing us the song you're the piano man." >> reporter: adele, pink. all talented kids reaching for the stars. >> and somebody watched every single submission. not us, though, we're going to watch the top four, coming up. >> that's right. okay, let's get a check of the weather. >> yes. >> it's that time. >> let's go down to miami, it's chilly here. let's head down to miami, shall we? that looks nice our friends from wtvj showing us how nice it is down there in miami beach. remember jackie gleason in "come on up"? as far as your weather our pick city happens to be savannah, georgia, for savannah guthrie, wsaz news channel 3, they got a big st. patrick's day parade coming up there. speaking of st. patrick's day look at the difference in

minneapolis a year ago it was 80 degrees. this year it will be 28 degrees, a 52-degree difference, and in chicago, it was 82 degrees a year ago. this year 33, almost 50 degrees below normal from what they had last year. check out what's happening as far as today's weather is concerned, clipper bringing snow across the great lakes on into new england. look for rain in the pacific northwest, record highs in the central plains, plenty of sunshine along the gulf coast, rip currents along the eastern coast 8:33. you made it to friday. taking a live look over a hazy sky over san jose. happy to report we're still until the good air quality department and that will be the case all weekend long. beautiful conditions, beautiful temperatures. you won't notice the winds picking up today, mostly between 60 1k3 75 degrees. liver motor, 75 today.

na napa, weekend looks great. not getting outdoors inspect check out the giants. right here, 3:00 p.m. nbc bay area. >> got some nice friends from chicago, what's your name? >> isma. >> zurek. >> rihanna. >> having a good time in new york? >> yes. >> to savannah guthrie. coming up our very first star of tomorrow but first this is "today" on nbc.

we're back now 8:36 with a kick off of "today's stars of tomorrow." we searched the country for young talent and we were overwhelmed by the response. our first finalist is maria sarah from indiana, just 14 years old. she sings, writes her own lyrics and music, plays the piano,

mandolin and guitar. good morning. >> good morning. >> i understand you were a baby in a baby seat and belting out songs back then. >> i started singing when i was 2. >> do you still get nervous when you perform or are you kind of an old pro? >> sometimes i do but i think it's a lot of fun. >> i mention you write your own music and lyrics. the song is called "broken dreams" so what is that about? >> it's about the japan tsunami and it's called "broken dreams." >> i can't wait to hear it. you're a delightful young lady. ladies and gentlemen, maria sarah. ♪ longing for the window ♪ it's singing about life wishing things were new that they need the same ♪ ♪ everything washed away ♪ she's got to find strength to live again, asking where does she begin ♪

♪ her world has changed, in a moment it all changed ♪ ♪ she ain't got no time for faces or throwing coins in a wishing well ♪ ♪ she's picking up the pieces ♪ all she has now is her memories of what used to be ♪ ♪ she's picking up the pieces of a broken dream, of a broken dream ♪ ♪ now it comes rolling in, it can't be real, it has to end ♪ ♪ the reality is agony ♪ she ain't got no time for faces or throwing coins in a wishing well ♪ ♪ she's picking up the pieces of

a broken dream, of a broken dream ♪ [ applause ] >> way to go, maria. that was beautiful. >> thank you. >> fantastic. i know you live in indiana, i think i mentioned that. >> yes. >> but you take trips once a month go down to nashville? >> i do vocal lessons, i recorded my first album there. it's a lot of fun. >> what is your dream? >> to be successful in music to be happy and to make other people happy with my music. >> you're well on your way. maria, great to meet you. thank you so much, maria sarah. up next a talented 10-year-old painter gets his chance to shine but first this is "today" on nbc.

♪ back at 8:42 with more of

"today's stars of tomorrow." our next finalist found his gift at an exceptionally young age. he's just 10 years old. and "today" contributing correspondent jenna bush hager got a preview. >> i did, good morning josh and savannah. josh doesn't sing or dance, he paints. i recently caught up with the young artist at his home studio in massachusetts. a lighthouse may just be a lighthouse to most of us. but to josh chase, it's an inspiring seascape. paths of color made with a small hand and a big imagination. >> well, one thing about painting is to do the brush stroke you need to pretend you're a giant reaching in. >> reporter: the 10-year-old boston native began painting only nine months ago. >> this would be good for the bathroom. i asked if i could paint at home with my mom. she said i couldn't paint

anywhere with carpet and my house has a lot of carpet. so. >> reporter: he takes an art lesson once a week and works entirely in oils. josh, tell me when you first realized you loved art. >> well, i like arts and crafts. i really don't know, i bet it was when i was little in preschool. >> reporter: his first masterpiece, a gift to his dad, philip, for father's day. >> i was just really amazed. >> my grandpa, when he saw it, he thought it was a paint by numbers. >> he thought it was a paint by number? >> yeah. >> what did you tell him? >> i told him it's not, it was just a blank canvas. >> from van gogh to monet he's inspired by the masters, but a true inspiration 80 years his senior. >> did you find that picture somewhere else and decided you wanted to recreate it? >> it was in a book of ray allen's paintings and i thought it was cool. >> if you could meet any artist in the world who would you want to meet?

>> raelis. >> raelis is known around the world for his beautiful depictions of nature, 91 years young he paints from his home in martha's vinyard. >> you have a ton of brushes. >> ray and josh met this week for the first time at ray's studio. >> i think it's remarkable what he's done with oil painting at 10 years old. >> reporter: two painters, decades apart, brought to the by their love of the art. >> when you squint your eyes at it, it's sort of a light blue, right? >> i was lucky enough to get a short lesson from josh and i'll tell you oil painting is very unforgiving, it's tough. >> it is and josh chase is here. we are so impressed. why did you decide to start painting and to figure out you're pretty good at it? >> yes, i decided painting because i like a lot of different arts and crafts and i thought painting would be fun and i found oil paints and

started doing them and i really like them. >> we have a bunch here. is there one that's your favorite that you want to show us? >> yeah, i like this one, my brother. >> it looks just like your brother, i have to say. >> yeah. it's not as good close up but farther back it's good. >> looks good to us. was it pretty cool to meet your hero, ray ellis? >> it was fun, his studio is cool and his paintings are awesome. >> this one you're inspired by ray ellis with this one. >> this is my first one so i was looking through books. i didn't really know a lot of the painters, and then i saw this one and i thought the trees in the background were cool and the house and the little person in the yard. >> this is the one you gave to your dad, right? >> yeah. >> what did he say when he got it? >> he was amazed and then my grandpa saw it and he thought it was a paint-by-number. >> all talent. josh chase thank you so much. we're so impressed. good luck to you.

>> okay. >> here's tamron. >> all right, savannah. most teen girls are worried about school, boys and their friends, but our next "star of tomorrow" is busy building a fashion empire, meet 16-year-old courtney allegra, here alongside very well established fashion designer rachel roy. good morning, ladies. good to see you. >> good morning. >> thank you. >> i'm sporting one of courtney's designs, a vest and skirt. you have 50 pieces in your collection and started designing at the age of 12. >> yes. >> let me bring out some of your collection here. i instantly thought rihanna, funky, edgy, downtown. >> classy but at the same time fun. as you see the neon it's an a-line shape and it shows enough of your leg but also the balmer jacket is cropped so it's slimming and super cute. >> turn around in the bomber jacket, you have the name on the back of this jacket with the yellow. it's so cute. courtney allegra. where did you find your inspiration? >> i found my inspiration

everywhere, traveling, different movies even. >> wow. >> and rachel, you've been in the business a long time. >> i have. >> you started out young as well. >> not as this storied lady. >> what does she have? >> she has an idea and she implemented it and not many people do that. a lot of us have an idea but we're not willing to work it all the way through. so for her to take a sketch and then go find the fabric, and then find the pattern, and get it made. you know that just shows her dead significance and choosing a passion doesn't feel like work as much. >> how do you balance it with school and the other things that 16-year-olds do. you're a normal 16-year-old girl. >> i'm busy, i have no social life anymore but i really love doing it so i'm going to stick to it. >> it's your dedication and passion. what about her brand? how does she develop the courtney allegra brand? >> she's doing so well. we actually spent some time together yesterday and i really got to learn a lot more about her. but what i would say, and probably the best advise that i got when i first was starting out is to really have a point of

view. to defend it. to define it. and to stick to it no matter what is going on. what trends are going on. really know who you're designing for. and what i love you already have e-commerce. >> she's got a website. >> she has her own website and you're always going to have a customer if you have your own website. you don't have to depend on others and that's key as well. >> that's great advice any person can take but especially kids out there. you're working on which collection now? >> i'm working on, as you see the neon is spring and then the other two are pre-fall. >> oh, into pre-fall. congratulations. i love this outfit. >> thank you. >> it's rockin'. thank you courtney and rachel. up next a star of tomorrow from the world of baking, yes, baking, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

back at 8:50, 13-year-old lila patin, the creator of her own online cupcake business called flourgal.com. lilja is here along with her mom, monica. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> how did you know you have this passion for baking? >> my grandma would bring treats when she came to visit and i wanted to make treats just like that so i developed a passion for baking. >> you're selling 30 dozen

cupcakes a month. are you surprised at her success, monica? >> not at all, no. she is just a very driven child, we're very proud of her. >> a talented one. the first one is fascinating a mexicali jalapeno jelly with an avocado buttercream. >> yes. the afrivocado jelly is a recip you can put on cream cheese or crackers. you take the core and core the cupcake. you want to try it? >> i'll give it a try, pull that out like that. >> and squeeze that in. >> is this a sweet spicy thing? >> yes it's very savory. >> then you have your icing here. >> swirl that on like that. >> very nice just like that, and you've got something that's

perfect for st. patrick's day. >> the dubliner, it is a chocolate cup take with stout in it and then irish cream frosting. >> how did you come up with this combination? >> my dad, he's irish and he said you need to make a cupcake for all the irish people out there so i did. >> and monica you're okay with her handling beer and bailey's irish cream? >> yes, i buy all the ingredients for her. >> that's fantastic. that is really great. perfect for irish eyes, they'll be smiling. what's the last one? >> this is a lilja original, and it has a lemon buttercream, a vanilla cake and raspberry filling. >> are you hoping to be one of those cup take war type people open up your own cupcake shop? >> i'm hoping to win cupcake wars. >> you want to be on cupcake wars. maybe they'll do cupcake wars jr. >> that would be awesome. >> you want to move and take baking courses? >> i want to focus more on business so if i ever do lose my

passion for baking i can do another business. >> i don't see that happening. >> no. >> not with what you created, that is fantastic. >> hi, delicious. what is your favorite, what should we try? >> the lilja's, that's very good. >> monica, how difficult is it to have such a talented daughter in the kitchen? you feel a little competition there? >> no, because i've never been a baker. >> works out. where did she get her baking talent from? >> i think my mom, definitely not from me. the family is supportive. her older brother and sister are the official taste testers and my husband and i are the delivery drivers. >> what's going to happen when she's doing 30 dozen cupcakes a month, if this explodes much bigger? >> we're hoping to get into a storefront, and www.flourgal.com. >> congratulations to all of our "stars of tomorrow." first let's take a friday flashback look at how our week

unfolded here on "today." >> all eyes are on the vatican this morning where the cardinals are just hours away from taking their first vote in the process of selecting the next pope. >> the black smoke signaling that the cardinals had taken two votes this morning as expected, and both votes were inconclusive. >> the surprise and thrilled reaction from catholics around the world with the election of the argentinean cardinal francis bore goal yo. a black hawk helicopter went down. >> bringing to a number of 12 american deaths in afghanistan. >> are you hopeful? >> sure, sure, more than hopeful, savannah, i have an intention to live each day's moment fully, like right now all there is is savannah and val. ♪ the amazing david copperfield showing us one of

the illusions that made him a living legend. come on! >> magic monday on "today." >> future "today" show host. ♪ so glad you made it all right. >> okay, suddenly not the coolest person anymore. >> oh! ooh! >> jirard butler welcome back, good to see you. and the duggars have taken over t is filled to capacity which is always is. >> woo-wee. ♪ some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood ♪ >> playing before billy joel. >> we have nicole paluzzo, aka snooki. >> i got a chance to try out, my gosh it was crazy, a dream come true. >> this is going to be great. >> i like it! >> i do, too!

good friday morning to you. the search has resumed for a scotts valley man. canine units will be used today to try to find 29-year-old matthew abraham. he was last seen at his home on doby lane. he recently suffered a head injury and they're worried. let's check the forecast now with meteorologist christina loren, and a nice day ahead. >> beautiful day and a beautiful weekend, which is great news because it's st. paddy's day on

sunday. the parade is actually on saturday, so keep that in mind. 75 degrees. 67 at the coast. we need the rain at this point. it is on the way. tuesday into wednesday, most expected on wednesday. shop like a fashionista. today i got these amazing designer heels. save like a maxxinista. what to get rid of this time? designer brands at t.j. prices. t.j.maxx.

welcome to "today" on this friday morning, march the 15th, 2013, it is the ides of march. >> pictures, the babies. >> we hope the ides of march turns out better for you an julius caesar. inside studio 1a i'm willie geist along with al roker and prince's favorite tamron hall. >> what do you say that? >> it's a compliment. natalie morales is at the vatican. we're getting take three more joe biden, being biden, yesterday the white house launched a new series on its website an audio series called "being biden" which is a glimpse into the world of the vice president. basically what he's going to do

is take a still photograph from time to time and explain it, give the back story, tell what he was thinking, who are the people in that photograph, his first one he says he wanted to give, start the audio series to give a closer look inside the life of the white house and the presidency, so we're going to get a lot of back story and a lot of joe biden. >> i can't get enough joe biden. >> you're biden's favorite anchor/meteorologist. >> yes he wrote a theme song for me. >> you want to hear it, here it goes. so what do you think, what is being biden? >> you know what? i think right now it's probably going to be kind of tame because vice president biden doesn't want to scare anybody but then i think as things go along and the white house stops paying attention he's going to let loose. >> we'll get the full biden which we hope looks something like this, remember from january? >> you've got a million-dollar smile. >> there's a lot to smile about. i want you next to me, i want to you next to me.

need any help working on your pecs, let me know. holy mackerel. >> holy mackerel! >> it was really off that clip that in january there was a formal petition posted to whitehouse.gov to give the vice president his own show, it was on parks and rec, the ideal man had the brains of george clooney and body of joe biden. >> i love the touch of the face that he does, rub the face. >> how did that go? >> there it is. >> doesn't feel the same, biden does it better. >> no, no, no. >> so more joe biden by popular demand. our take two, this is veronica mars movie on kickstarter, it's a film based on a tv show a few years ago that was canceled in 2007 after three seasons but has a big cult following so on the website kickstarter fans contributed $2 million in less than 12 hours.

as of this morning, we're over $3 million and still with 28 more days to go. >> what do they get for that? >> kickstarter is not an investment. you're just backing it. in return you get things like a walk-on part in the film or kristen bell will -- >> kickstarter i have an account, a hair stylist focuses on women with alopecia, lost their hair in breast cancer treatment i made a donation and if she reaches her amount by that goal date my money goes to her but if she doesn't the money goes back to you. it gives people a chance to invest in the media and you can invest in movies. >> a lot of documentary films are made this way, iphone apps. >> it's my new favorite thing. i really like this. >> there's a place on the site to fund tamron's soundtrack for her show. >> wow, it all comes back to --

>> starts with prince and -- >> my mom used to do that, what is that buzzing here? >> buzz, buzz. >> go away. >> we worked that out, we'll move on to our take three. >> what have you got? >> a big one. talking men and lying. tamron we need you. "men's health" is breaking down men and their tendency to lie. the truth about lying, men come forward, men objectively lie more often than women. they found in this study of 1,092 average men -- >> knno we don't -- told 1,092 lies and most men think they know when their woman is lying. 63% are confident know when their wife or girlfriend is telling a lie which may be more

naivet. the most they lie about is their height and women it's their weight. >> makes sense. >> and the fourth finding watch out, single ladies, one in two men have lied on a first date. >> hmm. >> so al, are you like a white liar or -- >> i will admit i -- >> uh-oh. >> that's a tell when you tap your face that it's lying. >> or i could just itch. anyway -- >> i'm telling. >> i used to lie a lot about what i ate. nobody knew -- >> you felt you would be judged. that makes sense as well. i think men lie more to cover their tails and women lie more to make people feel bet sore if your friend says do i look good in this dress you'll say yes and men lie because when you were boys, who knocked over something, who did that, not me. but i was think being this last night, i think women really don't care if men lie more as long as it's not the man in their life. i don't care what you two do but as long as the man in my life,

wink, isn't lying to me. >> good to know, al, we can just lie to her face on a daily basis. >> you do, you tell me you like me. >> we love you! >> i was fishing for a comment. oh, do your wives know when you're lying. i would not have asked you that question because i didn't want to get you in trouble but does your wife know? >> i think so. >> what is your tell in. >> i don't lie on big things. i'm a white liar. if i'm left with the children, 5-year-old and 3-year-old, she'll come home and say did you give them a bath, i go yes and george comes out with pea nunut butter in his hair and says george, did you take a bath, he goes no. sells me out. >> does your wife know? >> absolutely. >> how? >> because it's my mouth moving. >> you guys have been married so long though. so can you go back in your mind and think did you lie on the first or second date with your

wife? >> no. >> that's a lie. >> i'm sure i did about something. i don't know what. >> no. >> that's what the study said that men lie on the first or second date. >> okay, no the all, did it say 100% of all men? >> well, you said when your mouth is moving you are lying, so. >> it was a joke. >> again, so the tension today is here. >> people tweet, my feelings are a little hurt because people said that i was mean to you guys yesterday. >> not true at all. >> i don't believe that. i thought that i'm the guest in your home, and i should have chocolate, flowers, gifts, candy. >> we bought you some. >> you are part of the family. you're here. >> but i'll lie and say i am a guest. do you think i lie? >> there's no question about it. >> absolutely, every day especially right around 2:00. >> for about 60 minutes. >> it isn't msnbc. >> whoa!

>> i would never bite the hand that feeds me. >> not much. hard to read the news with the glove in your mouth. >> it was humor. it was a joke and it's one block, quote me, i will deny it. other than me suffering these poor people on the carnival cruise, they are suffering, passengers if you can believe this from two separate carnival cruise line ships are having their vacation disrupted. carnival is calling technical issues that affect the ship's sailing speed and get this on thursday, from the carnival "dream" they learned they would be flying, not sailing home, because of an on board generator problem. the headaches come one month after the carnival "triumph" was stranded without power for five days in the gulf of mexico. we're getting a better look at the man chosen to head the roman catholic church. pope francis met with the college of cardinals including the men who cast votes at the conclave and senior members who

were too old to vote, a brief stumble, look at the video, when he was rising from his seat, he recovered. his plan is to urge the cardinals never to give in to "the pessimism to that bitterness that the devil places before us every day." full speed ahead on the tsa's plan to allow small knives on airplanes. he is standing by that proposal despite growing backlash. a terrifying accident overnight in town town miami where a massive l.e.d. screen collapsed on workers, injuring two people, the screen was part of the stage for the -- isn't that incredible -- ultramusic festival set to begin today. the subatomic particle looking like the elusive higgs boson. look at scientist's reaction to the so-called god particle that experts say gives mass to all other particles in the universe. it was detected on the hedron

collider on the swiss french border. kate moss turned up the heat shall i say, moss who famously doesn't like to speak in public arranged to read passaging from "50 shades of grey." >> i place my arms on his upper arms and he growns as i squeeze tightly. >> whoa! kate moss, everybody! >> and now for a re-enactment, "as i squeeze tightly." >> ow, ow, ow! >> kate promised to do the reading if listeners pledged 200,000 pounds. >> you sound like katherine hepburn, not kate moss. >> that's your update. that doesn't sound like kate moss? >> the lilies, the ka callalill.

>> she should read more often. msnbc president phil griffin is now on the phone and just wanted a word with you. >> phil, i was kidding. >> look at the weather and show you what's going on. >> this is the place for politics i love you. >> we have a clipper coming across the plains states headed toward the great lakes, going to bring maybe three to six inches of snow, not a big problem from the dakotas on down into central michigan and we've got a lot of fog along the southern california coast, san diego, oceanside, l.a., temperatures only in the 60s but then you get away from the water, get into the twes, temperatures are going to be into the 90s anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees above normal, texas, oklahoma, on into kansas, missouri, looking at above normal 9:11, happy friday. take a live look at sinole. we have rain on the way to keep these hills nice and green.

mostly cloudy conditions out there. 77 in fairfield and 69 degrees in san francisco as we head into your st. patrick's day weekend. great weather continues. if you don't want to head out and about for the festivities, text the giant here on the nbc bay area at 3:00 p.m. >> and that's your latest weather. >> now to the rubber band chair for our bonus take, a chair made of 65,000 rubber bands, constructed by preston moehler at appalachian state university, he won $3,000, took 336 hours, three feet tall, it weighs 35 pounds. tamron would you mind taking a seat. >> boing! >> thought i'd bounce back. >> lean back because it gives for you. >> it's actually comfy. >> a little more, a little more, hold on. >> easy. how is it? do we like it? >> i love it.

i think this is so cool. i could see this in a funky apartment, something very modern. congratulations. >> guy went through a bunch of stationary shops in four different towns and spent about 200 bucks and put it together, 65,000 of them. >> physician fifty shades of grey" and my kate moss accent. >> i hope it gets better. >> as i grabbed his arm and i caressed it. >> no. up next the expecting elaria baldwin, wife of alec baldwin on having a fit pregnancy. we're pregnant! what? we're pregnant! we're pregnant? yeah! you're going to be a mom! you're going to be a dad! there's a little baby in there? there's a human being growing inside your stomach? yeah! now what? i don't know? what? introducing huggies mommy answers. the best advice in one place.

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fitness, fashion, celebrity and the news. if her name sounds familiar, she's married to alec baldwin and is pregnant with her first child and we know it's a girl. she's here for tips for a fit and healthy pregnancy. >> good to see you.. >> congratulations. >> this is your first baby. >> this is my first baby. >> what made you decide to reveal the sex of the baby? >> somebody said to me it's going to be a surprise at some point so why not have the surprise be sooner and i find it's not something i want to keep a secret. it's not a bad thing to keep and we get to openly buy pink things. >> and that's awesome. i'm sure alec is enjoying that being a dad and another girl in his life. is he over the moon? >> he is over the moon. we have two girl dogs, he has ireland, who is his daughter she's almost 18. >> stunningly beautiful. >> gorgeous. >> he's outnumbered by the women. >> a lot offest gen in the house. >> how does he hand tell? >> very well. >> will he reveal your due date?

>> it's going to be late, late summer we'll say. >> for you, being fitness and focused on health and lifestyle, what was the first thing you wanted to do upon learning that you were pregnant? >> i wanted to sleep a lot. >> i love that. >> i wanted to sleep. your body makes you do what you're supposed to do. my body made me sleep right away. i had to eat more than i was eating. i had to chill out my exercise quite a bit. >> how often were you exercising prior to? >> my job is exercising. >> daily. >> it's daily and it's a lot of hours during the day. i love running. i love swimming. i love doing studio 57, i love doing yoga so i have an entire day where i'm really active and when you're pregnant that's just not in the cards. so i mean it's important to still stay fit but. >> show us some of the yoga stretches with women you have to focus on your hips. alec looks fantastic. >> yes.

>> i don't want to ask how much he's lost but this has to be the inspiration of you. he's your best work so far other than the baby? >> it's a combination. you can't change somebody else. they have to want to change themselves but at the same time he i guess it was an influence. >> i'm sure you're very proud. >> i am very proud. i'm going to show you a couple of postures that are really great, if you're pregnant, at home. >> i'll sit down. i can't do the stretch but sit down. >> you're extending one leg out and this is great for opening up your hips and releasing your lower back. i don't know about you but i get a lot of really bad back pain i'm squaring myself off over the extended leg and walk myself forward. if i have a bigger belly than i have right now i don't have to rotate as much and lean forward slightly. if i am a little bit more flexible i can lean down all the way. >> you can do this, all day? >> daily, you can hold it for a

minute if you want. just listen to your body. the other one i love doing right before bed i lie down on my back and between 20 and 30 weeks it's not safe to completely lie on your back. earlier for some pregnancies and your doctor will tell you but i butterfly my knees open and lying propped up on pillows. as i great more pregnant there will be more pillows. this is great because it opens up your hip for birth. >> i'll get up and we'll go to the food. i did it. okay, real quick, morning sickness we talked about kate middleton having morning sickness. what do you advice for people? >> i had quite a bit of morning sickness and i took ginger and i boiled it with a lot of lemon, and occasionally honey, depending on how i felt, if i

was queasy i didn't put the honey in. this is a great thing. >> hilaria, thank you, congratulations to you and alec and thank you for coming on the set. while they're talking about staying sick we'll help you plan a healthy diabetic friendly menu right after this. this ginger smells amazing, that's soothing in itself. start with the best. use only natural ingredients. make something original. genuine. real. so peel it open. stir it up. and raise a cup to the real.

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good morning to you. 9:26. new details about a former soldier who killed two santa cruz police officers last month. an army spokesman says there was not enough evidence to prosecute jamie gulea on two rape charges he faced in 2006 while serving in the military. the army dropped the case after fingerprints and dna did not point to goolet. goolet was under investigation for sexual harassment when he shot and killed two officers in 2006. goolet shot and kildz himself in a shoot-out with police that very same day. a 3-year-old is now in protective custody after being found living in a home filled with trash, used needles and piles of human waste. it happened in ma defendaedesto. two men are now under arrest.

they were squatters who moved into a home on west union avenue after the owner died. they're now charged with child endangerment and the house is boarded up. we're going to take a quick break but we'll have a look at the forecast and a morning commute right after this.

welcome back. taking a live look, hazy conditions over the bay bridge, but we have beautiful blue skies out there. partly cloudy conditions. that will be the case throughout the day today. beautiful warmth, as well. 75 degrees in livermore. 68 degrees on the way to gilroy. the only thing you have to beware of on these ides of march are the winds. the rain moves in tuesday and thursday into next week. we need it at this point. let's check your drive. mike. good morning. we're looking over here towards the slowdown which continues for northbound 880 up past the coliseum. the earlier crash at 29th has cleared from the roadway. you no things are quickly

recovering and 580 is no longer an issue. we hit the peak of the commute about 40 years ago. we see eastbound 24 heading out of oakland and in towards arenda. heading in towards berkeley and the caldecott tunnel. slowdown through san mateo, but a quick look at the pal a lot alto shows no problems there. have a great friday.

it's rumored that lady gaga and her boyfriend are planning to get married this summer. in fact just today i saw her at a deli pibi inpicking out her d. it was beautiful. >> the infamous meat dress. jimmy fallon. it is timber week, one more night of timberlake on fallon. i'm willie geist along with al and tam ran hall, natalie is at vatican city and "weekend today's" heery ka hill. >> more than a quarter million americans suffer diabetes, we have healthy but delicious diabetic friendly meals. >> plus live champion synchronized skaters, we've been watching them rehearse. >> 20 of them doing the exact

same thing on ice. >> all dedicated to sterling hayden. >> we'll have a live performance coming up in a few minutes. first erica has a look at "weekend today." >> we are preparing a fine weekd of "today" show fare for you. we'll be live at the vatican, the pope is leading a public prayer on sunday and lester is making his way back here from the vatican and bringing us postcards from rome from the city's really incredible coffee to a harrowing ride through roman streets, that he did survive, but there were some moments where it was touch and go so he'll bring us that as well. plus we've been talking about tomorrow's stars this morning on "today." this little guy may be the next tiger woods. >> whoa. >> how about that? >> got the celebration down. probably not surprising, he's internet sensation. >> ooh, nice. >> he's big off the tee, too. wow. >> look at that swing and the

intensity. >> i love the clubs. >> they're like four sizes too big. if you want to come in for lessons his rates are fairly reasonable. beyonce is here this weekend. >> what? >> that's huge. i'm surprised you didn't lead with that. >> the world's smallest dog, celebrating her birthday. where else? here. >> she's shaking it like beyonce, wagging it a little bit. tiger woods was on "the mike douglas show" when he was 2 years old. maybe this is his home on the "today" show. >> he was here on the "today" show when he was 4. >> look forward to that. >> see you then. >> al, how about a check of the weather. >> let's show you what we've got for your weekend ahead, we've got some rain along the mid-atlantic coast into the appalachians, pacific northwest looking at rain, frigid along the plains, sunny and hot from texas into the southwest, mild and sunny, gulf coast into the southeast, then on st. patrick's day we're looking for some rain, wearing the green, stretching

from the -- >> that's an accent, tamron. >> kate moss? >> getting close there but no. >> kate o'moss. sunny and warm from texas on into 9:33. you made it to friday. congratulations. we've got a beautiful weekend shaping up start, a live picture of the golden gate bridge. you can see the camera shaking a little bit. those winds are mixing up our atmosphere. 75 degrees for livermore. 68 degrees in gillroy. 70 in red wood city. right here in san jose, a comfortable 74 degrees. getting into the weekend, beautiful conditions persist. we need the rain. rights on the way tuesday into wednesday, clearing by thursday. >> that's your latest weather. >> that's your latest weather. willie? >> announcer: "tooled's health" is brought to you by polident. use polident every day. >> thanks this morning on

"today's health" treating adult acne. here to talk about how to treat it in adults is dermatologist dr. deborah wattenberg. >> good morning, goed to see you. >> this is a pretty big problem for adults. >> more than 18 million people suffer from acne and more than 50% of adult women complain about their acne. the biggest difference between adult and teenage acne is its location. for adults it tends to be on the jawline and on the chin and on the neck so it changes quite a bit from teenage acne. >> what about our lifestyle contributes to acne? we used to hear the wife's tales not eating chocolate when we were teenagers. what is the truth with that? >> diet, there's scientific evidence to show that people who eat a diet high glycemic index, things high in refined sugars, carbohydrates, dairy, those products are aggravating acne and making acne worse so there's not enough science to do a

complete elimination diet but i recommend a healthy diet because the sugar and not necessarily the cocoa but the sugar is causing acne. the other thing is lots of stress. it releases cortisol which causes acne in a lot of people as well. >> we're going to talk about some of the more conventional treatments. there's high tech light therapy you're excited about. >> the light therapy is a great addition to treatment for acne. there's one called pdt or photo dynamic therapy i'm particularly excited about and in this machine they show a blue light in conjunction with a chemical to get applied on to the skin. the chemical gets driven into the skin, and causes the sebaceous glands and oil glands, and it works well. the before and afters you can see the improvement in someone's skin remarkably allowing them

not to need antibiotics. >> any risks people should think is about? >> there are risks associated with it, mild arithema, dryness, sun senseivity and there's another machine called the isolase which is high tech as well and that actually sucks the blackheads and the whiteheads out of the skin, it's a pore purification system and this machine flashes broadband light onto the skin and cleans the skin, removes the bacteria and improves the acne. >> cool technology, costs you between $200 and $600 a session. >> it depends on the number of sessions you need and the amount of treatments you're going to get. >> let's go through some of the basics here. this is stuff you can find in a drugsto drugstore. >> people with acne need cleansers, topical products and the key thing is to look for ingredients so you want to use products that contain salycylic acid and retinol but you want

them mixed with products not so irritating. for the adult female worried about drying out their skin products that contain glycerin, soy, green tea, anti-oxidants that help the skin. >> looking at the prescription stuff, how long should you try this stuff before you jump to prescription? >> i recommend at least six weeks, acne is not a quick fix and you need to be able to use the product for some period of time, 6 to 12 weeks f you're not seeing improvement, see your dermatologist. there are a lot of prescription items available and you might need something more targeted to your problem rather than using these over-the-counter. >> exciting stuff for people, dr. deborah wassenberg good to see you. >> good to see you. coming up, delicious diabetic friendly recipes, that's next after this. to clean a denture. but dentures are very different to real teeth. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can grow and multiply. polident is specifically designed to clean dentures daily. its unique micro-clean formula

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this mission in a sense to create food that tastes good and by the way it's healthy. >> exactly. the marketplace is full of information about what you should and shouldn't eat, often contradictory, so i thought if we treat it with food and flavor you want to eat, maybe the strike rate will be higher. so far people are responding really well. >> we're starting off with a rib eye with a pickled chili relish. i love bone-in rib eye. >> it's great and if you can pick grass fed meat it has more omega threes and helps the dry effect as well. little bit of salt intake, important to keep your blood pressure down. >> while this is cooking how long on each side? >> only takes two or three minutes. it's your personal preference. >> now you're toasting what? >> mustard seed and we make a simple pickle, red wine vinegar, onions, slice of lemon, a little bit of a squeeze that goes in there and some water. >> that smells good.

>> that is your basic pickle that will come up to the boil and move along quickly, it's perfectly organized here. this is the best place in the world to do a cooking segment, let me tell you. >> my staff is better than any kitchen. >> into that goes the chilies. the medium sized red chilies aren't too hot. if you like it spicy put the smaller chilies in there. >> you're using super fine sugar. >> you need a little bit of sugar when you eat this, there's a small amount of it but the sugar has sort of a complexity that makes the pickle come together as a pickle. agave nectar i use a lot in cooking but they don't make the pickle form the way it should so sure sugar is a powerful commodity. once it comes back to the boil let it sit there for about an hour, let it cool in liquid, drain the liquid off and you end up with this. >> what do we have? >> agave nectar, which is low glycemic index. and that's the key to that and a

little bit of the -- >> let's bring that back here. >> okay, let's go around. >> and so you're going to slice up the bone-in. >> yes. you can put the pickle into jars if you want. >> how long will that keep? >> a jar like that i keep it in my fridge a couple of weeks. the ribeye. >> it's perfect. >> a little bit medium thaone. >> um-hum. >> you slice that nice and thin. >> you serve this on top? >> this is this beautiful mustard frill leaves. let me put the chili on first. >> while we're going you've got sweet potato fries. >> they are the best of a bad thing. sweet potatoes if you're going to have a steak and fries and the idea is that the food, you don't realize it's healthy. >> for dessert you have a biked apple upside down pudding. >> made with a ricotta base. delightful flavor. fresh horse radish. >> and a healthy meal that will

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has to be good. ♪ i like the way you move >> the reigning u.s. national champs in women's synced ice skating, the haydenettes, jenna longo and hannah he will puck, good morning. the championship in boston in your backyard, is that home ice advantage? >> i would say it's home ice advantage, we're excited to be competing in boston and again at a world championship and hoping to bring home the gold this year. >> hannah we've been watching you practice out here. it's a beautiful sport. what makes it different than figure skating or ice dancing? >> it's different because it's a combination sport, we incorporate all the different types of figure skating into synchronized skating so the pairs and the lift and the ice dance and different intricate footwork and such. >> 20 members of the team. >> 20 members. >> all synchronized. >> all synchronized. >> fabulous, i love it. >> you can't afford to have

anybody have a bad day. >> and we practice hard to make sure we have great consistency on the ice. >> what do you make of tamron hall's figure skating, is this appropriate, the way to go? >> i wasn't ready. i'm even ashing it's so cold. we can't wait to see you perform. >> and the haydenettes! >> doing their thing. ♪ ♪ ♪ you can feel it, can you feel it, can you feel it ♪ ♪ because you want to be loved

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hearts ♪ ♪ but you came and found me with the smell of sweet perfume ♪ ♪ she called me to her room, hey, hey ♪ ♪ billie jean is not my lover ♪ [ applause ] >> that was incredible, the haydenettes performing to michael jackson melodies, fantastic. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc!

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good morning to you. it is 9:56. today is deadline day, the fate of city college of san francisco's now in the hands of the accreditation panel. today is the day all 14 accreditation deficiencies identified by inspectors last summer were supposed to be fixed. not all were, but the administration hope their recent reports about how they are going

about making the proposed changes will help accreditation to keep the college open. inspectors will now visit ccfs early next month and the panel has 45 days to make a decision. meteorologist christine lorenz is standing by with a look at our weekend forecast. >> we have a gorgeous day and a gorgeous weekend to get through before the rain moves in. 78 degrees in gillroy. 75 on the east shore in fremont. if you are celebrating st. patrick's day, showers moving in late tuesday into wednesday. by thursday, we'll clear you out, but we're expecting maybe an inch of rain up in the north bay. folks, we're looking at the san mateo bridge. the hayward loop tonight at 8:00 p.m., check out the details on

facebook. i have reroutes through downtown hayward. over on the peninsula, the southbound 101 continues the slow drive heading down towards the san mateo and the san mateo bridge. northbound, we see some slowing through mountain view. no big surprises. also on the 101 past the airport, we're seeing 880 also with some late slowing, but that is starting to clear up over the last five minutes. but bay bridge has been cleared. back to you. >> okay, mike, thank you so much. we'll be back in 30 minutes with our next update.

hey, everybody, how are you? it's try-day friday, march 15th. >> it is, already? >> a very exciting day. you and i later today are going to be shooting another cover. >> we can't reveal what it is. it's top secret. >> we've already said it. >> new york city no, don't reveal it. >> don't. >> i won't say a word. >> it's top secret. >> we're going to go down to florida and shoot it. we're going to have jars of clay at my house for a concert. >> are you staying with me? >> of course i am. >> there will be music and wine will be flowing. >> happy st. patrick's day. in honor of that we're having

beer. >> we want to wish everybody a very happy st. patrick's day. >> can we break into song? >> not really. ♪ i met a sweet lassie on my way to blarney ♪ ♪ she told me she came from the county of cork ♪ ♪ she showed me the way to her house and back ♪ ♪ next thing you know we were greeting the stork ♪ ♪ hey diddle diddle come tell me the tales -- ♪ >> we changed the lyrics for the show. ♪ laughing and love everlasting and all the sweet lover who is came here before ♪ ♪ hey, hey, they laughed and they cried ♪ ♪ pray, pray, they lived and they died ♪ ♪ the forests of guinness ♪ i'll mind my own business ♪ and try to forget the sweet lassie from cork ♪ >> please, keep it down. >> i know what an ihoda day feels like for you. >> thank you, thank you, i got

it. >> there's a difference. >> i voted so i get paid for it. >> it's time to get your weekend grooming on guys, and that means we're talking about your weekend grooming. not just your nails. >> this is more important than my song which i'm about to reprieve? >> yes. we're talking about taking care of your grooming. ♪ so pour me a guinness -- i'll get down to bidness ♪ >> there you go! do i get paid twice? >> anyway, frisky.com took a look at what women -- do downairs and how they groom. >> okay. there are certain people who do different things, for those who vajazzle. and you know who you are. >> sara i'm sorry you have to hear this. >> vajazzling is putting jewels and things downstairs. why? i don't know. >> how does anybody get pregnant before there was vajazzling. how did anybody find anything

attractive down there until we started shaving and dyeing and vajazzling and mowing. how did anybody find anybody attractive? think about it, hoda, we've been on the planet about six billion years. somebody didn't have nothing going on. >> if those people like a landing trip -- >> that's just a thought. >> what? >> i have friends who like landing strips and some of you are in this room right now and had is wrong. >> why is it wrong? >> is a guy supposed to make like -- >> hey, coming in for a landing -- >> i mean, come on. >> dude, what's a landing strip? >> they're idiots. >> and they shouldn't be having sex if they -- >> if you have a landing strip, you're the kind of girl who never has to pay for a date and you only wear a thong and you'll only attempt things you know you're going to be successful at. if you do bald, you never do anything halfway.

>> no, you do it all the way. >> your dishwasher is perfect. you're ocd. this sounds like you. >> that's why i know this is bull, because that is not me. >> if you don't do a thing down there -- how about you -- >> how about you just do what's necessary. >> you probably have strong convictions, you don't own a flat iron. >> not true. >> you sing joni mitchell in the shower and you order your steaks bloody. >> no. >> so that's 50%. >> what? >> that's 50%. i think this is a -- >> two out of four? >> hoda. ♪ i met a sweet lassie >> don't make me break into that song, hoda-woman. >> you mentioned four things that a person who does that is, and two of them were true and two of them weren't. in my mind, that's 50%, accurate. >> okay. anyway, it's -- >> which one are you, missy? >> i'm the landing strip.

>> woo! woo! >> see, seen any 747s recently? >> you asked and i answered. >> oh, my gosh. >> anyway, let's go to try-day friday, because i -- >> no, i want to have a little more fun with this. >> no, we are done with that. >> hoda just told the whole world she has a landing strip. >> these things live on in infamy, hoda. >> it actually it didn't hit me until you repeated it again. okay, anyway. >> wow, you think you know somebody -- ooh! is that a new landing strip or an old one? nobody likes old landing strips. >> no, everything is new. so let's move on. love is in the air --

♪ everything old is new again >> apparently, this is where you meet men, at the airports, it's called hub-a-luv, in the airports. >> maybe you need a pilot. >> you have to stop. here are the top five airports to meet people in case you are wondering -- philadelphia international airport is the number five place to meet men. number four is -- boston's logan airport. >> that's a good one. >> okay. and newark international is number three. and -- >> with all of those problems in security. >> you know why it is, because there's lots of delays and lots of time to meet people. number two is miami international. and the number one airport for meeting men is the orlando international. i believe it's number one because a it has a lot of restaurants and bars and two on the premise that there's a hyatt hotel inside the main terminal. >> what's that supposed to mean? >> i don't know, i didn't get

that far. >> oh, because if you meet -- >> you can just go to the hyatt -- >> and somebody can land -- on your strip. apparently. this is where children go, this is orlando, okay? this is where there's sea world and disney world and universal and you know. please, people. think about that. >> all right. so anyway -- the best beaches -- >> i'll never look at you the same. >> what do you do? >> i just told you? whatever is required. >> what does that mean? >> it means what it means. it only matters to the person that has access. and you don't have access. you're not my type. >> what is, of the four, which one are you? break it down. >> i told you. >> it doesn't make any sense. >> you're the last one? >> no, not that.

>> you're the nongroomer -- >> you're the nongroomer. >> that believes whatever god created on this planet -- >> you don't groom. >> is beautiful. >> wow. >> sometimes gardens need tending. >> we can't -- >> however -- >> this chat is not usable. >> it doesn't mean it's not still a garden, okay? >> let's -- >> look i finally got a rise out of -- which one are you? we haven't asked young one over here. >> which one are you? >> hardwood floor. >> all right? >> hardwood floor. >> bare. >> what about bobbie, what are you? >> bobbie bobbie -- >> bobbie? >> you embarrassed me enough, i can't. >> we can't use it. >> it's time for my friday funny!

okay. you owe us, bobbie. karen crawford, three sisters, 92, 94, and 96, hoda-landing strip, lived together in a house. one night, the 96-year-old draws a bath. she dips her foot in and pauses. then she yells down the stairs, was i getting in the bath or out? the 94-year-old hollers back -- i don't know, i'll come up and check. she starts up the stairs and pauses. then she yells -- was i going up the stairs or down? while this is going on, the 92-year-old was sitting at the kitchen table having tea and listens to her sisters. she shakes her head and says, i sure hope i don't get that forgetful. and she knocks on the table for good measure and then she yells -- i'll be up as soon as i answer the door! >> that was a great one. >> we have another go at bobbie. >> bobbie! bobbie's buzz. >> i have things that you never

thought you needed. >> really? >> so how many times have you been on the computer and you want to show your friends a picture of something? never. now you just can now twist -- yes. so thanks to laptop suzy. >> $30. this is a great little laptop for your laptop. then we have these that are called petal panties. this he is are made, they're called bicycle lingerie. there's a little extra padding in the landing strip area. >> so when you go to spinning class or on the bike, it kind of hurts. >> sometimes you get -- >> i don't even know what's going on there. >> so then i'm moving on. so then how many times do you get out of the shower and you go to wrap the towel -- >> oh, i look it when you do this. >> these are from spoon sisters,

one of my favorite websites. and they have all of these great things, this is called the towel topper. so if you just hang this strip in your bathroom on the door, it will keep the towel up. >> strip? >> i thought that's ha she said. there might be another use for that as well. >> what else? >> then if you decide that you are starving, you can actually turn your pen into a utensil. i would love that. >> with these dine spoons. >> and this is the best thing, you guys, bobbie brought this up. i don't have a shredder, i don't know. so i rip bills in half and pray no one sees them. and then i pour spaghetti sauce on them. this is an i.d. blocker, that you can stamp on your bills over and over. >> do you use it? >> i just got it. >> will you use it? >> i don't know. >> everything is online, you can learn how to win this on our

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going anywhere and another few days i had the baby. >> now the baby is 2 years old and thriving. >> thank god. >> those have been tough years. >> i'm sure. >> the difficult stuff -- a big change. >> and he fit in my hand. he fit right here. >> and when there's a big, big life change like she had, there's some, there are certain things that obviously your world gets turned inside out. it's hard to find any normalcy, isn't it? >> yes. in fact what maggie and her husband, craig, figured out is when you go through a big change like that unexpectedly, you have to become your own advocate and you really look to the routine that gets you through. so how do you put control around something that feels like chaos in a big life transition. you want to focus on the small every day successes or tweaks, that build a foundation of well being and order. so you want to -- you want to harness the power of the smau things to get through the big things. >> what did you do? what kind of things kind of helped you along. >> cally was the first person i

called after everybody in our family. we're going to be here for a while. >> did they tell you you'll be in for a long haul. >> they said his due date, which was three months. my husband and i both freelance so we could work, but i had a radio show. and cally said, can you do it remotely. i went back two weeks after i had the baby and some people were shocked by that. for me as cally said, it restored some sort of normalcy to the routine and it gave me something else to focus on. because having a baby in that situation is so intense and you're not in control, there's nurses and doctors in control. it made a difference, that kind of tweak to do the show. >> sometimes if you take your eye off the main problem you're not paying attention to it, sometimes the little things, to make you feel a little stronger. >> you carve out those small actions so look at the areas in your life that are meaningful to you right now. and then break those into activities and actions that you can put into the next seven days. so for example, with maggie, she

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welcome back. the time now is 10:28. taking a live look over san francisco, cameras shaking a little bit. as winds pick up, that will be

the case for today. you'll notice plenty of mid and high clouds out there. as we head throughout the day today, temperatures will be comfortable and on the cloudy size. 69 in san francisco. and a great looking st. patrick's day weekend before the rain arrives. we'll time that out for you today at 11:00. but first, we want to check your drive with mike. >> good morning. the drive is just across the san mateo bridge. we'll have that reconfiguration in haifward. if you need more information on that, check out my facebook page. here 880 moves nicely, as well. we had a tough morning for a short period of time. now it's clear across the dale and to the toll palazzo yeah. westbound 80, they had a few cars through berkeley. moving at the limit. no problem. just low clouds and haze. visibility for the drive, just fine. >> thanks. we'll have more of the day's top stories coming up in 30 minutes.

. back on this try-day friday, with more of "today." sandy beaches, warm waters and tropical drinks beckon thousands of college students to spring break. but you also want them to play it safe. >> here with advice and gadgets all of us can use before we pack our bags is the safety chick, kathleen baity, the author of "college safety 101" miss independence guide to empowerment, confidence and staying safe. >> what's more important than now, when everybody is packing their bags. >> absolutely. >> good to see you, kathleen. >> a lot of things kids do and grown-ups do is tweet or facebook or instagram, i'm getting there, i'm here. >> and the problem with that is thieves, criminals know that people are out of town, for long periods of time. i can't tell you the number of people i've heard of that have had their houses, come home to their houses being completely cleaned out. because the neighbors or people casing the neighborhood saw they

were going to be gone. >> so don't do that. >> no. >> let's talk about must-have apps. for college kids or anyone going away. one of the first ones is called emergency-see. >> this is one of the best safety apps i've seen out there. and the reason is, there's a lot of tracking. >> what's happening? >> what's happening is -- >> if i am in danger and this is on my cell phone, i hit a button and it goes to my emergency contacts by text and email and it immediately starts streaming video live video, live audio of where i am and it starts gps tracking me so that help is on the way. >> and there's a million clues on that screen as well. >> exactly. and that's the thing, there aren't any other apps out there that i know of that do the immediate streaming. it's so vital, time is of the essence. >> talk about ice standard. >> i love the concept as we all do, of putting your emergency contacts under your phone under

the acronym i.c.e. this is an app you can put object your lock screen and see the color coding at the top. so as you scroll through, you fill in what your, your -- i'm allergic to coating, so mine goes from red, from green to yellow to red. yellow is a health issue red is stop and this is for first responders. again, time is of the essence, they want to know what they're dealing with. >> there's an app that you like for foreign travel. >> this is m-passport. the great thing about it is whatever foreign country you're in, this tells you, via gps where the closest emergency room is, pharmacy, all that and they're vetted, they're not just random. >> now all of these apps are great. but if your phone is not charged, and it happen as lot when you go overseas -- >> hello, hoda. >> this is one of the great phone chargers. it's made by luna, and game day fusion.com has them. and it charges your cell phone

three times. especially with the iphone 5. those batteries drain quicker. this for sure charges your batteries three times. which for most of the other chargers, they're not as strong. >> tell us about if you're worried about peeping toms in your room. >> we all remember the erin andrews issue, right? >> yes. >> and this is a peephole reverse viewer. $12 on the internet. >> what happens? >> i can look through here and see into your room. privacy logic came up with a great, they're peephole covers. >> well, a towel on your door. >> tape doesn't always stick. >> these are $9.99, they come in a two-pack, you can pop them on and take them off. >> hotel doors aren't safe. what's a way to make sure you stay locked in. >> the locks are flimsy. these are door wedge alarms that you can put under your door that makes the door hard to open and it has a 120-decibel alarm to

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lingerie very intimidating. >> but style expert jenae luchiani can tell anyone how to dress. >> you take six real women who have been through body changes. >> exactly, all these points in life where you feel like, i can't wear that or i don't feel sexy for my husband, we're going to totally transform these ladies today into sex vixens. >> let's bring out kelly. kelly recently had a baby. >> and there's the proof. >> this is her third. every woman in america will hate her right now. but you know, she still feels like she has a little bit of a belly, like most new moms do. so we want to sort of mask that. by having the brown stripe, the seam hit just under her bust, it draws the attention to her narrowest part and the all-over leopard print with the skinny

shimmies, is slenderizing. >> noby looks at your belly, they look at your baby. >> that's a great tip. >> thank you so much. next up is paulina, she's eight months pregnant. >> not feeling so sexy. >> that's adorable. >> you're eight months pregnant, that's unbelievable. >> well, she's eight months pregnant and so part of the problem obviously she looks amazing, part of the problem is that she says she always has very sore breasts. which a lot of pregnant women have. >> wait until she starts nursing. >> so i encorporated this barely there push-up bra, so she's getting a boost into her longry look with this adorable romper from jcpenney and some nice fuzzy uggs australian slippers. she's young, fun, flirty. >> happy baby to you, sweetheart. >> next out, rachel. we should point out rachel lost 50 pounds, here's her before

picture. rachel, look at you now, girl. >> look at that new body. she got it going on. >> tell us about her. >> anybody that knows me knows i love a corset. there's nothing that will make you look better than a corset. i took a full yummy tummy slip and a frederick's of hollywood corset over it. shows you that corset doesn't have to be all about teddys, you can work with different things. she really gives her that the ho hourglass shape. >> did sure does. >> annie is next, she also lost a lot of weight. look at annie's before picture. >> wow, annie looking good. believe it or not, i'm going to out you here, she has a 21-year-old son. >> she does not look like that. >> annie looks unbelievable. >> she wanted something that was really comfortable. sort of like a nightie. i gave her this little chemise

from tj maxx, masking a multitude of sins. >> i don't think she has any sins. >> let's bring crystal out. she's over 50, not sure what's appropriate. but we think we've found it. >> it looks great. >> well crystal works in a suit all day long and she doesn't have a lot of time when she gets home to change so i put her in this sexy bra from bali that she st sort of unwraps, throws on the nice silky robe and she's good to go. great for ladies over 50, to show off those legs. >> cover up the arms and show off the legs. >> and last out -- >> kayla. >> full figured and sexy, tell us about her outfit. >> well kayla, she is full-figured and lovers the skin she's in. she loves to rock her figure. >> nothing sexier than confidence. >> showing a little bit of cleavage. >> actually showing off quite a bit. >> yes. >> great legs, nice cleavage,

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i've got three ecofriendly options and one an industrial. >> if you want to grab the goggles and -- >> steam involved it hurts her hair. >> hot and strong -- you see that? it instantly gets into the grout line, pull it is right up. and it doesn't cost you much. you can get one of these for around $50. >> that will work for old grout? >> because it gets so hot. if not you put a little bit of this on, a mixture of white vinegar and water. >> good old vinegar. >> you spray it down if it works. >> we believe you, frank. >> scrub it down, you can get into the grout lines and hit it with a steamer. >> if none of that works, go industrial with something like this from magic, it's a grout cleaner. spray it on, scrub it, let it sit for a couple of minutes, it will get out most of the grout issues. >> can you regrout over it? >> it's clean at that point. >> but if you can't get it out, frank. >> if they do, they sell grout paint. it's a pen that goes right in

the middle of it. problem solved. >> there you go. >> is that difficult? >> no, i had another solution for you, which is no grout, kathie lee. if you're doing the kitchen over and you have an opportunity to start fresh and you don't ever want to deal with grout issues -- >> ever again. >> kill it, do a little bead of silicone, bump your tiles together just like this. right up against each other. i don't recommend it without doing a tiny bead. but use white caulk and it will look beautiful. >> you can caulk after that? >> or use one of those sealers. but i don't recommend it. >> that's what hoda would do. >> and your tile is chipped, just keep going with it. it's all scratched up? this happens from time to time. >> and you don't want to throw out your whole bathroom. >> with porcelain chip fix from magic, you can mitch this two-part epoxy together. it's like white-out for your tile, you paint it on. >> and then what?

>> and it slowly fills in the lines. >> you have to reapply. >> now if you've got a sink issue, porcelain sinks, you can use this to fix the chips in here and this product here which is a refinishing kit from magic. spray it right on, it's an epoxy, you mix it together, once it seals, it looks brand new, under $35. >> finally girls -- >> it's women, actually. >> ladies. >> we're fine. >> careful. >> you sure you don't want to talk about -- >> no. >> shower wall behind you, check it out. if you didn't want a demo, you don't want to break your back. i've got the solution, it's called milestone. i'll show you how to use it. milestone can go over any surface, especially tile. you seal it with a waterproof sealer. it's going to be gunky, smelly and loud. >> while you're doing this, we're going to have to say good-bye. >> i know that you -- >> are smooth -- >> and that's what i prefer. >> as we head out to st.

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. accused of having images of child pornography on his home computers, parents in san jose. today we'll get clarification on exactly where he taught.í#togno. a gorgeous day shaping up. christina loren join us us in just a few with your st. paddy's

day forecast. good morning and thanks for being with us. i'm marla tellez. >> and i'm john kelly. we have new details surrounding a south bay substitute teacher accused of possessing child pornography. that teacher now in the hospital on psychiatric hold after allegedly trying to kill himself. this as the school district continues searching for answers. nbc's christie smith joining us from san jose. christie, we could soon learn exactly where this man taught, correct? >> that's what we're hering today. i spoke with the superintendent here at the school district and he tells me he's been fielding calls all morning. of course parents very concern about this substitute teacher. now, accused of having child pornography. he was taught here as recently