that is what's happening today in the bay. we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. have a great day. good morning. back at it. the supreme court taking up the second major case on same-sex marriage this morning as justices openly question whether the polarizing issue at all. new this morning, david the 17-year-old whiz kid who just sold his app to yahoo! for a reported $30 million. we'll meet him and find out if he has any other big ideas today. wednesday, march 27, 2013.

>> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer, and savannah just asked me if that 17-year-old is single. >> i'm just doing -- you don't think the teenage girls of america want to know? >> you were asking for others, okay. fine. >> well, yeah. i think so. good morning, everyone. we'll move on to weightier matters, and the question before the supreme court this morning. can the government deny benefits to same-sex couples who are married in states where it is legal? >> the historic arguments are sparking some intense debate and passion on both sides. at one point on tuesday, police had to separate demonstrators. nbc's justice correspondent, pete williams, is outside the court this morning. pete, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning on a blustery morning here. it's a lawyer for house republicans who will be here at the court today to carry on the

fight to keep the defense of marriage act because the obama administration no longer defends it. the question -- does it violate states' rights? emotions are running high with demonstrations on both sides of the issue outside the court. [ chants ] >> reporter: at the center of the storm, an 83-year-old former computer programmer from new york. edie windsor. >> this is one of my favorite pictures. >> reporter: doma, the defense of marriage act, barred the irs from recognizing her marriage to another woman, so it sent her a $300,000 inheritance tax bill when her spouse died. >> i couldn't believe that they were making a stranger of this person i lived with and loved for 43-something years. >> reporter: it's been 17 years since a strong majority in congress passed doma, defining marriage as "only a legal union between one man and one woman." nine states now permit same-sex marriage along with washington, d.c. 38 others ban it either by law or constitutional amendment.

on tuesday, the court took up proposition 8 which ended same-sex marriage in california. supporters say it makes sense to limit marriage because only opposite-sex couples can produce children. but justice elena kagan asked would couples over 55 not be allowed to marry either? >> i can just assure you if both the woman and the man are over the age of 55, there are not a lot of children coming out of that marriage. >> reporter: conservatives worry about going too fast. >> you want us to step in and render a decision based on an assessment of the effects of this institution which is newer than cell phones or the internet? >> reporter: so while the prop 8 case seems unlikely to produce a sweeping ruling on gay rights, the doma case may result in a clearer decision on who gets to define marriage, the federal government or the state. savannah? >> to hear the oral arguments yesterday, pete, it seemed at least some of the justices were questioning whether they should have take then case at all.

>> reporter: right. and i think especially it was justice anthony kennedy who said, "you're asking us to go into uncharted waters." he said, "i wonder if the supreme court should have even taken this case now." and if that's what the supreme court does, savannah, what it would probably do is find some way to make a decision that results only in a change that would allow a marriage to resume in california but would have no nationwide effect. >> all right. pete williams at the court again for us this morning. thank you. new this morning, an apology from former general david petraeus in his first speech since resigning as cia director or an extramarital affair. nbc's jim miklaszewski is at the pentagon with details. >> reporter: good morning, savannah. after a stellar 37-year military career and brief stint at the cia, his was one of the most stunning falls from grace in washington history. at the university of southern california in his first speech since the scandal, david petraeus has started his comeback.

for the first time in nearly five months, david petraeus walked back into the public spotlight. the most famous army general of our time stepped out to try to reclaim his career and reputation. >> i join you keenly aware that i am regarded in a different light now than i was a year ago. i'm also keenly aware that the reason for my recent journey was my own doing. >> reporter: this leader of men who once commanded authority was now asking for forgiveness. >> please allow me to reiterate how deeply i regret and apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends, and supporters. >> reporter: it was a front page sex scandal that forced petraeus to give up his post as director of the cia. the other woman was paula broadwell. like petraeus, she was a west

point graduate, who made about a half dozen extended trips with petraeus when he was the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan and wrote a book about the four-star general. petraeus has insisted, however, the affair did not begun until after he left the military. >> there's often a view that because an individual was a great soldier he or she will naturally do well in the civilian world. in reality, the transition from military service to civilian pursuits often is quite challenging. >> reporter: can petraeus ever recover? >> can he go on and have an incredibly productive career? yes. can he go on as if nothing ever happened and become president and get people to forget paula broadwell? no. >> reporter: now, sounding again like the commanding general, petraeus vowed to fight on. >> life doesn't stop with such a mistake. it can and must go on. >> reporter: it's not clear where general -- former general david petraeus goes from here. a book is probably in the works.

but his broad base of supporters insist don't count him out, matt. >> all right, jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thank you. we have new information on the legal drama facing amanda knox in the wake of italy's supreme court decision to order a new murder trial. will she have to return there? nbc's michelle kosinski's in rome. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt. it has been confusing, but italy has no power to compel amanda knox back here for trial. in fact, if she arrived here today, she would not be arrested. if she were convicted, italy could ask the u.s. to extradite her. but legal experts don't think they've refused in other cases here. >> this is itv news -- >> american student -- >> amanda knox is again in global headlines. for a court ruling it seemed no one thought possible. >> it's a shocking decision. >> reporter: she and her ex-boyfriend will face trial

again for the 2007 murder of amanda's roommate, meredith kercher. now within three months the supreme court must explain why it accepted prosecutors' challenge that amanda's and raffaele's acquittal that blasted the prosecution case. prosecutors raised what they called 16 errors by the court saying evidence was basically brushed aside. dna, witness statements. once they explain the reasoning, that will shape the trial, whether there might be retesting of old evidence. >> i'm sure it will be more difficult now to defend amanda. >> reporter: for computer science student raffaele, conviction would likely mean back to prison. he said in a statement he is deeply saddened. but is conviction possible now. >> there is a realistic chance they could be convicted. now they have an uphill climb. much negative evidence that was explored overseas will be

reconsidered. >> reporter: even if convicted, amanda will likely stay in the u.s. though travel could be tricky to countries with strict extradition treaties with italy. she would not be able to return here, to the country she still wanted to see again one day. now this new trial isn't expected to start until next year at the earliest. the verdict possibly not until 2016. matt? >> all right, michelle kozinski in rome this morning. thank you very much. the nation's toughest anti-abortion measure is now law tamron hall is in for natalie this morning with that news. good morning. >> that's right. good morning, everyone. officials in north dakota are bracing for legal challenges after the nation's toughest new measure on abortion were signed into law there. one measure passed by state legislators bans abortions as early as six weeks into a pregnancy or as soon as a heartbeat can be detected. another bans abortions based on genetic defects. to wall street, cnbc's

jackie deangelis has the latest. good morning, jackie. >> good morning. the bulls are back on wall street, at least for the time being. the dow shrugging off troubles in europe, logging a triple-digit gain and hitting a record high. the s&p 500 less than two points away from its all-time closing high. the latest batch of u.s. economic data fueling the markets' move higher, also pushing oil prices up. fresh numbers on u.s. pending home sales are due today. housing, of course, has been key to the rally. we'll see if those signs continue to point to a recovery. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. and some big money troubles for singer dion warwick. after selling more than 100 million records over the years, she filed for bankruptcy. she says she's more than $10 million in debt. much of it owed to the irs and the state of california. known for songs including "do you know the way to san jose" and "walk on by." her spokesperson said she was the victim of bad financial management. a couple of close calls and two amazing videos to show this morning.

take a look. a bus driver is being hailed as a hero after -- >> oh! >> i know. a car hit a lamppost sending it through the bus in china. the driver was injured. he ruptured his spleen but managed to stop the bus and saved those passengers. unbelievable. >> reflexes. >> unbelievable, i know. and look at this. in dayton, ohio, first responders were on the scene of an accident tuesday on a snowy road when a pickup skidded into one of the firefighters on the left of the screen. unbelievable. he was injured. dayton, ohio. he is hospitalized but thankfully is expected to fully recover. that's in dayton, ohio. and al, this one's especially for you. the a-team's mr. t. was on the ice last night during a break in the blackhawks/flames game. showed off his skills. icago native was right on target after he was heard saying, quote, i pity that puck,

or day i say i pity that puck. >> much better. much better. it is 7:11. do not put that on a loop tape. to savannah and al. >> yeah. >> i pity that puck! >> you sound like you are doing george jefferson. >> it's chris rock meets george jefferson meets mr. t. thank you. >> wow. mr. roker's got a check of the weather. that's a good shot, by the way. >> right? >> all right. don't count out mr. t. we've got frost and freeze warnings from oklahoma as far south as florida, and as far east as south carolina. look at these temperatures this morning. 38 in pensacola. orlando, 42. ft. myers, 46. temperatures only getting up into the upper 60s in miami. 68 in miami, 62 vero beach. high of 61 in jacksonville. we're going to get to your local forecast in a moment right after this message.

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veteran agent julia pierson as the agency's new director, marking the first time a woman will hold that position. nbc's white house correspondent, kristin welker, has more. good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. julia pierson has worked with the secret service for 30 years. her colleagues say she's experienced just about every aspects of the job, which makes her the right person to lead the troubled agency into the future. julia pierson is set to become the 23rd director of the secret service and the first woman ever to lead the agency, an historic pick from an administration that has recently been criticized for a lack of diversity. >> this comes as welcome news, i think, to a lot of people who were looking for a cabinet and an inner circle and an administration that was much more diverse in this second term. >> reporter: an orlando native, pierson joined the secret service in 1983, right out of college, according to a 2007 interview with "smithsonian." telling the magazine, "i knew law enforcement was my area of

interest." now 53, pierson has risen through the ranks. most recently serving as chief of staff. former agent, dan bongino, worked with pierson for more than a decade. >> she's aggressive. she is tough. she's not going to put up with any nonsense. >> reporter: and it's that no-nonsense attitude that colleagues say makes her the right person to take over an agency recently mired in scandal. last april, investigators discovered that several agents brought prostitutes back it their hotel rooms in colombia just hours before the president arrived for an international summit. at least eight agents lost their jobs. devastating the secret service, an agency once known for its honor and prestige. >> the fact that she lived through that and felt that punch in the gut is going to be important going forward. she's going to do everything in her power that ensure that particular situation is never replicated again. >> reporter: now president obama called pierson to personally deliver the news on tuesday. former director, mark sullivan, said he believes she will do an

outstanding job. by the way, in high school, pierson worked at disney world and said dealing with all of these large crowds helped her prepare for this line of work. matt? >> kristin, thank you very much. we appreciate it. pop star justin bieber is in the news this morning for all the wrong reasons. accused of battery by his california neighbor. nbc's kristen dahlgren is in los angeles with the overnight developments. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. yeah. just when you think things can't get any tougher for justin bieber, the singer is now being questioned in relation to an incident under investigation by the l.a. county sheriff's department. according to the sheriff's department, justin bieber's neighbor tells them the singer made physical contact and threatened him during an altercation tuesday morning. >> battery means unwanted touching. it could be patting on the back. it could be throwing water on somebody. could be spitting. it could be any of those things. we don't know.

>> reporter: so far there are no arrests, no charges, and officials say no injuries. the accusation is just the latest in a string of bad days for bieber. earlier this month the singer struggled with his breathing and collapsed backstage during a concert in london. he was taken to the hospital, then accused of clashing with the paparazzi. days earlier, he was booed when he showed up late to a show. he apologized to fans. in february, pictures of bieber appearing to smoke pot surfaced online. the singer poked fun at the incident on "saturday night live." >> he got busted for smoking weed, and he's really sorry about it. and people make mistakes and he's never going to do it again. [ cheers ] >> reporter: then this week the singer unexpectedly canceled a concert tuesday in germany to return to l.a. but not before these pictures were snapped of him leaving poland in freezing temperatures shirtless. leaving many hollywood insiders to wonder if bieber's behavior is a classic hollywood meltdown or simply growing pains for a teenage boy.

>> it is a very difficult thing for anyone to be in the public eye like he is, but to be as young as he is and have been going through it so intensely for the last few years, you'd almost expect him to have some sort of episodes where he's going to crack a little bit. >> reporter: overnight, nbc news learned from sources close to bieber saying that the neighbor was on bieber's property. there was no physical altercation, and the security guards dealt with the neighbor. >> kristen, thank you very much. let's stay in los angeles for a moment. something getting buzz there. this has probably happened to all of us. you make a restaurant reservation, stuff happens, you end up not showing up. >> the owner of red medicine, a popular vietnamese restaurant in beverly hills, decided to do something about it. he took to twitter and posted the full names of people who failed to show up for their saturday night reservations. didn't just put their names in a list, he wrote things like, "hi," and then the name, "i hope you enjoyed your girlfriend's birthday and the flowers you didn't bring when you no-showed for your 8:15 reservation.

thanks." another, "big thanks to names to be inserted and blank for no showing between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m." >> what do we think? he's taking the naming and shaming approach, saying, look, this is why restaurants have a business problem. why sometimes they have to overbook and you end up waiting for your reservation. >> i don't see anything wrong with it. >> really? >> i don't. >> i don't either. it depends -- >> what would mr. t. do? >> yeah. >> well, savannah -- no. >> first he'd build an attack vehicle. >> listen, you don't know why the person canceled or didn't show. could have been an emergency. i've called before to cancel a reservation and no one answered. >> yeah. >> but there are people who double and triple book and do things like that. and at some point, this costs the restaurant money and inconveniences other people. >> a gamble -- >> to lose money? make us wait? >> quickly, some restaurants take your credit card number when you make the reservation which is pretty good. >> yeah. eventually that didn't work either.

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good wednesday morning to you. it is 7:26. i'm marla tellez. a few dozen people are without a home this morning after an overnight fire ripped through their apartment. it took crews a few hours to control these flames in san francisco's bay view district. two firefighters did get hurt. one fell off a ladder. the other suffered minor smoke inhalation. both are expected to be okay. a slight chance of rain in the forecast. meteorologist christina loren, i can see the clouds behind you. >> they are thickening up. marla, good morning to you. live look here. of course, the bay bridge. sliver of sunshine here. we will notice the clouds increasing, getting darker throughout the day. nonetheless, highs are really comfortable. 67 in livermore. 66 in san jose. 65 in gilroy, taking you through

the next few hours, we'll stay nice and dry until this evening. stopped the clock on your future cast, between 2:00 and 6:00. showers mostly developing in the north bay. thursday we have a better chance. friday a bit of a break. that will warm us up to 75 degrees. saturday and sunday, our chances really ramp up. sunday, yes, for easter, we'll see a little bit of rain at the very least easter morning. 7:27. it's rush hour. let's see how we're doing with mike. looking all right through palo alto. i've turned the camera to the north away from us where there's reports of debris as well as a crash. we'll look at the maps. we do see a little slowing through this area, heading up to the portion of 101 just before you get toward highway 84 -- just after the highway 84 cutoff there. that's a pretty standard flow there anyway. we'll track that. fremont south 880, earlier crash has cleared from lanes and traffic is recovering there. the flow continues to build, coming through hayward. crash over there at thornton is still there.

marla, back to you. >> thanks, mike. we'll be back at 7:56.

looks like your typical teenager, right? 17-year-old nick d'aloisio happens to be one of the world's newest and youngest multimillionaires who cashed in on a popular app that he created. and in a couple of minutes, we'll tell you how he came up with it. >> we'll pick his brain, too. >> i thought you said we would pick his pockets. >> no. good morning, everyone. 7:30 on a wednesday morning. the 27th of march, 2013. i'm savannah guthrie alongside matt lauer. also ahead, a different way to make money. we've got a new clue this morning to help someone out there find that hidden treasure that is worth millions of dollars. we've been telling but this for weeks now. forest finn is the man behind the hunt. he is standing by to share that new clue with us. >> i see janet trying to get

info. there. >> exactly. and a little later on, mannequins that are full figured? why a lot of women are saying it is about time. then a programming note. coming up friday on "today," i'll have an exclusive interview with kate edwards, daughter of the latise iseelizabeth edwards her father, john edwards. she opens up with b her father, his affair and more. that's friday on "today." >> i think a lot of people will want to hear what she has to say. let us begin with the 17-year-old whose simple idea just made him millions. we'll talk to him in a moment. but first, his remarkable story. meet nick d'aloisio. regular teenager and new multimillionaire. designing apps on and off since the age of 12. >> i was revising for history exams and using google and search engines. i realized there was a gap in the market. >> at age 15, he designed sumly,

apple picked it up as one of its new and noteworthy apps. nick got a call from a hong kong investor. >> when are we going to meet you? i was like, before or after school. this is my friend, steven. >> the app's been featured in british commercials. works by summarizing web content for mobile devices. >> gives you 400 characters. that's more than a tweet but less than a fill article. it identifies key points that matter most and summarizes it into a handful. >> gets just the sentences that matter. >> now one of the youngest tech millionaires after reportedly selling his app to yahoo! for around $30 million. nick showed us his app and found a story about himself. >> that story was nice to read because it was a summary. there's a -- there's the example. >> and 17-year-old multimillionaire, how does that sound, nick? nick d'aloisio with us

exclusively. nice to have you here. good morning. >> thank you. >> does money corrupt in 48 hours? have you changed in the last 48 hours? >> no. not yet. >> no? >> no. i think my motivation was never about the money. it was about the technology and the product. so because of that, i don't think going forward it will feel that different. >> but have you at least started to plan a splurge or two? >> well, i can't touch the money. it's like in a trust fund with my parents. so i'll be managing it with them. >> i was going to ask, how did you come up with the software? let's face it, we'll never understand. instead, how does it feel to have sold it, to have this as your baby, you've been working on it for a few years. and now it's become so big and yahoo! has bought it. >> i'm excited that we've sold it because yahoo!'s a great company to be joining now. i think with marisa meyer there as ceo, as a technology it's great to focus on mobile and applications. >> he went right there and buttered up the ceo.

is it not hard to give up control? it's not sumly anymore, it will be swallowed by this company. do you feel weird about the bird flying out of the nest? >> it's going to be different. and going to be different being in a larger company. it's my first job basically. >> you're 17. >> yeah. so that's exciting, as well. will be fun. but i think the plan is to take our technology, this summerization algorithm and integrate it into as many different parts as possible. >> there has to be funny moments. you developed this software. you start talking to investors, venture capitalists, you show up, and you're a teenager. were people shocked? >> yeah. when i was 15, i released a demo of the app. and the hong kong billionaire, li ka-shing, reached out to me. we had a phone call where they didn't know my age. at the end of the call, they were like, when should we meet? we'll fly to london. i was like, before or after school. yeah, college or something -- >> i'm looking at you, i'm listening to you. you are clearly an incredibly

bright young man. do you have -- is there a role model for you out there? do you look at a mark zuckerberg or bill gates as someone you'd like to pattern your career after? >> yeah. mark zuckerberg's obviously inspirational because he's a young ceo of a big company and started when he was 19, as well. i think steve jobs is also inspirational for me because he was persistent in doing what he wanted to do. that's why apple became what it is. >> do you have any other ideas? >> that you could whisper? >> not yet. i wish. >> we want to >> okay. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> you seem like you still have your feet firmly on the ground, as well, which is nice, nick. thank you. >> thank you. let's take a turn and get a check of weather from al. >> savannah, thank you very much. [ cheers ] >> the women's lacrosse team from grand valley state. where is grand valley state? >> suburb of grand rapids, michigan. >> all right. love grand rapids. nice to see the lady lacrossers. let's check your weather.

here's what we have today. a look at april, this just in. the plain, above normal. cooler into the pacific northwest and along the california coast. precipitation-wise, looking wet around the great lakes and ohio river valley. drier than normal along the east coast. gulf coast and out into the west. 7:36 now. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this, of course, is san bruno. live look over the bay. cloudy conditions. not a lot of fog out at the service. fog will be warm with that cloud cover and limited sunshine. 67 for gilroy. right at the immediate coast, 58 degrees in pacifica today, 60 in san francisco. slight chance for showers today, between about 4:00 and 7:00. by thursday, that chance increases and rain widespread this weekend. >> any time you need weather,

check it out, weather channel on cable or weather.com online. savannah? there's a fight underway in california this morning over who should receive a million-dollar reward in the christopher dorner case. he's the former los angeles police officer who went on a killing spree last month before he died in a standoff with police. nbc's miguel almaguer is in big bear, california, with details. miguel, good morning. >> reporter: savannah, good morning. after eluding police for nearly a week, it's here in big bear where christopher dorner was holed up, spotted, and eventually lost his life. police offered that historic $1 million we ward. now as two parties have filed claim for the money, it's unclear if anybody will actually get it. during the six-day manhunt for murder suspect and fugitive christopher dorner, police announced the record reward. >> we raised over the million dollars. >> reporter: accused of killing four, the trail for dorner had gone cold until karen and jim reynolds surprised the ex-lapd cop who had been holed up inside one of their rental cabins. >> he said, "put your hands on

your head. turn around and face the wall." >> reporter: dorner left the reynolds bound and gagged before stealing their car. when they were finally able to dial 911, police quickly closed in on the fugitive. >> we're the ones that made the call to police that gave the 911 call that told them where he was, which direction he was heading. >> reporter: the reynolds aren't the only ones looking for a payout. >> he pointed a gun at me. assault-type rifle. >> reporter: rick heltebrecht was cornered after the reynolds called 911. he called the sheriff's deputy to report the incident and he, too, has filed a claim for the reward. our calls to him were not returned. the lapd now says some 25 agencies must agree on who if anyone should get the reward. and that process could take weeks. >> chief beck has been very clear and very vocal that he believes that a reward should be paid in this case. >> reporter: the city of

riverside has already with drawn its $100,000 contribution saying the conditions of the reward to "capture and conviction of dorner," were never met. now it may be the first of several agencies pulling out their cash. though the lapd is not in charge of distributing the money, they have gone on record saying they do believe the reward should be handed out despite the language of "capture and conviction." they're concerned if a payout is not made there will be less tips made when rewards are offered. savannah? >> reporting from big bear, california, thank you. coming up, a fee for browsing? why one store is now charging customers just to look. up next, the race to find that hidden treasure we've been telling you about. and it is heating up this morning. we're going to get a new clue right after this.

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we will give you the newest clue in a minute. janet is in santa fe first. >> the clue is exclusively for us today. you mentioned the people searching for the treasure. rescue crews went out a fee weeks ago in search of one of those adventurers. when she didn't return. we are hearing her story for the first time. >> reporter: shannon thompson went out by hearse looking for the treasure hidden by the new mexico millionaire. >> i looked for the treasure and knew if i didn't find the treasure that something was pulling me here. >> reporter: it was a ten-hour drive from her home in dallas to the national monument. the weather here, she says, was perfect. >> it was beautiful. just like this. >> reporter: it wouldn't stay that way. shannon took us back to where it became rocky and thick with brush. and where a storm moved in without warning. >> it started sleeting. it didn't even rain. it was sleet!

>> reporter: by nightfall her cell phone had died. she missed a check-in call with her boyfriend who then called authorities. where did you spend the night? >> it was a little hole literally with a rock over the top. i felt down in a ball. >> reporter: in the morning exhausted she started trekking back and when she was met by a rescue team including cindy oliver and her dog. it's not just shannon. it has pursued hundreds and a boom for urism. since the story aired last month on santa fe, the visitors bureau inundated with phone calls. >> our phones are ringing off the help and 2,000 more visitors to our website. >> reporter: shannon didn't find the chest of gold but came away with something of a greater

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we're back n . we're back now 8:00 on a wednesday morning. it's the 27th day of march, 2013. whoa. spring break continues to roll on. we have a big crowd out on the plaza on this wednesday morning. kind of a nice day. bright blue sky. moderate temperatures. some fun people to talk to on this wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer along with savannah guthrie and mr. al roker. >> somebody dropped this. they match savannah's shoes. >> look at that. i was looking for a potato that would pick up the sparkle. >> awesome. thank a you. >> the potatoes don't let you --

>> i thought those were easter eggs. i would have bitten into one of those and been very surprised. anyway, coming up in this half hour, have you ever tried an online dating service? anybody here? >> my daughter will never do that. my daughter will never do that. >> thought you said yes. maybe there's something you don't know, mom. if you tried it in the past without success, there are a lot of new sites that get very specific and match you up with an ideal mate based on your diet to computers. we'll check them out. >> then there's a new woman on the fashion scene. have you met her? a full figured mannequin. is she the wave the future and should she be? we'll get into that. >> here's a question. do you use kitchen tongs just to turn steak over. >> pasta. >> how about your freezer to chill your wine. you've been doing things wrong.

we'll show you how to use them and do double duty. he'll show us how. oh, yeah. >> very nice. >> he's been doing that all morning. >> kitchen tongs are the swiss army knives of kitchen utensils? >> yes. >> good. let's go inside. natalie is on vacation. tomorrow ron hall has the headlines. supreme court taking up a second major case on same-sex -- it prevents the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages even if they're approved by an individual state. tuesday's california same-sex marriage ban was before the court and the justices being questioned why the case had reached them. a public apology from disgraced former cia director david petraeus. he resigned when the fbi uncovered his extramarital affair with biographer, paula broadwell. please allow me to regret and

apologize for the circumstances that led to my resignation from the cia and caused such pain for my family, friends and supporters. petraeus spoke last night at the university of southern california. more tough talks this morning from north korea and the regime of kim jong-un. today, north korea said it has cut off a key hotline with south korea, a move that increases the already high tensions in that region. a hotline had allowed cross-border travel to a jointly run industrial complex. north korea is doing that because in its words, war could break out at any moment. magnitude 6 earthquake strung over taiwan. at least one person was killed crushed by a collapsing. falling objects -- >> a new sinkhole is apparently opened up three miles from where a man was killed by a sinkhole less than a month ago.

this would be the fourth sinkhole in the area near tampa, florida, this month. a 37-year-old man died when his house was swallowed. tuesday, two families evacuated their duplex. officials are testing the soil around the homes. now for a look at what's trending today. our quick roundup of what has you talking online. there is outrage on yahoo and elsewhere over a specialty food store in australia that charges customers a $5 looking fee. if they buy nothing, they lose the five bucks. customers call it ridiculous. too many people come in, find out what they want and then leave and buy it online. when prince harry visits new jersey this may, governor chris christie says he'll be with him the whole time. he tells the queen, trust me and promises no repeat of the wild parties harry had in vegas. no one will be getting naked

during the visit christie says. a meerkat that's very tired. struggling to keep from nodding off. very sleepy. and very -- look at that. there he goes, there he goes. very cute. it is now 8:05. apparently, he's in morning tv. matt, savannah and al. >> all right, tamron. thanks. we'll get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> he needed pumbaa to be with him. >> here's friends from louisiana. >> rebecca. >> where are you from? are you having a good time here? all dressed up looking very festive. very cajun and nice. let's find out about your pick city of the day. dallas, the big d. sunny, mild, 69 degrees. nbc 5, always love them. if you look an on the satellite, not a lot going on.

lake effect snow showers around ohio and upstate new york. wet weather moving into the pacific northwest. plenty of sunshine through the gulf coast. still going to be chilly. 68 in miami. 39 in chicago. and a chilly start to the day in atlanta. up to 55 degrees. look for fog in parts of southern cali 8:06 on a wednesday morning. good morning. i'm meteorologist christina loren. this, of course, the golden gate bridge, now cash lit this morning, we'll test on the drive with mike in just a little bit. temperatures comfortable, 67 on the way to livermore and gilroy, 66 in fremont and 60 degrees in san francisco. we have a slight chance for some showers, very isolated and light starting between 2:00 p.m. and lasting through 6:00 p.m. this evening. we'll ramp those chances up for thursday. widespread rain saturday into sunday. >> that's your latest weather. got a good-looking group here.

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progress today," niche dating sites. some 40 million americans have tried online dating but never like this. >> today's jenna wolfe checked out the newest ones. good morning. good morning you to. for many singles, the frustrating thing about online dating is sorting three endless profiles and messages to find someone you might, might, have something in common with. new web sites are making it easier to connect. from boy meets girl in person to boy meets girl online, more and more singles are logging on for love. and with over 2,000 dating web site s, there seems to be an option for just about everyone. are you a book lover? you may want to try alikewise. a dating site based on your taste in literature. in search of a fellow herbivore? there's no shortage of sites with vegetarians. are you a mac or p.c.? there's a site for apple lovers. >> by going to a site that's

meant for people with your passion, there's a better chance that you and anyone you meet are going to have more to talk about and more to connect over. >> who else is connecting on line? well, for one, pet lovers. hi, henry. nerds. the web site's called geek2geek.com. even fashion hair enthusiasts. yeah, there's a site for mustache lovers. other new sites are making online dating fun, fast, and user-friendly. these sisters tried traditional online dating. >> i personally found it a little overwhelming. so we were like, let's do something about this. >> they founded coffee meets bagel. which finds matches based on your facebook interests and friends. >> our members have a completely different experience. you get to meet a friend, not a random stranger. you can like him or ask for your friend's opinion. or you can even recommend him to another friend. >> do these web sites work? for angie hassy, a pilates instruct

instructor, finding a fellow athlete was a must. >> to have fit innocence common with a man that i would marry was important because i felt like we could be outside together, we could be active together, we wouldn't be just sitting on the couch together. >> reporter: after two years on match and eharmony, she turned to fitnesssingles.com where she found wally. a triathlete and runner. >> she took me to hot yoga where i thought i was going die. >> he almost did die. >> and then the next day i couldn't move. but she was worth it. >> just over a year later, they made it official. >> online dating is challenging, but if you have a passion and you know where you want to go and know what you want in the future, it's going to make it a whole lot easier. >> how about this -- these online dating sites, the match.comes, eharmonies, they started in the mid 1990s. before then, we had to meet each other -- excuse my french here -- but in person. it was insane! it was one of those crazy

old-school things. >> you look great today. >> thank you very much. >> and jenna's here with -- can i say? >> no -- >> you should say. big news. >> i have big news. this is big for me. i'm actually pregnant. i'm quite pregnant, actually. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you very much. my girlfriend stephanie gosk and i, who works here at nbc, we're expecting a baby girl in the end of august. >> congratulations. >> we're really excited. we did put in our order, we got a girl. she's extremely adventurous. you know me, there's not a building i haven't jumped off of. this is not like that. this is the adventure of a lifetime. >> we know you not to be the shy type, you kept the secret pretty good. >> yes. >> you're going to be blogging about your experiences. >> yes. in a funny way. i know i'm not the first person to have a baby, but i am having a baby for the first time. >> you don't say? >> there are terms i did not know about. you have to buy cribs and --

where do you get a baby stroller? the bodega? and have you heard of breast pumpts? this is all new to me. this is a journey i'm excited to take. >> you're sharing more of the story sooner than that because you've got a big article in "people" magazine coming out. >> yeah. comes out this week. we talked about the story. and it's a beautiful story. it's -- on newsstands today. that's us. that works out well. they got the right picture. >> looks just like you guys. >> no, they did really well with that. we're excited. >> when are you due? >> august 27. but i'm told it doesn't actually happen on that day. again, this is all hearsay. this is all -- these are things i'm hearing for the first time. >> congratulations to you both. >> thank you very much. >> keep us posted. i know you will. >> i definitely will. >> now to tamron. >> awesome news. thank you. you probably don't think of mannequins as a hop topic of conversation, but this photo of department store models leading to a firestorm of discussion on line and beyond.

mara schiavocampo, it's hard to upstage the pregnancy topic, but this is good, as well. >> congratulations to you. two mannequins in a swedish department store, not a big deal, right? but what's getting attention is their plus size. many say it's about time that mannequins started looking more like regular women. they're not your average mannequins. for many, these are models of a healthy body image. early this month, a blogger posted this photo of plus-sized mannequins in a swedish department store to her facebook page. the picture instantly went viral, shared over and over, and liked more than a million times. clearly touching a nerve about fashion and body image. >> i think it's empowering. >> not only one size out there. >> i think it's great, i think women are very healthy weight. >> the mannequins are featured in the swedish store ahlens,

which claims it's the only company in sweden using the models in size 8 and 12. proudly displaying more curve was a rounder tummy to a larger bust line. >> if you want to buy something and you look in a different way, you want to see it, how is the fit in this way. this is the perfect way to look at it. >> in the u.s., the average mannequin is a size 4 to 6, while the average american woman is a size 14. >> you go into stores and you see mannequins that are less than half your size. it's really discouraging. it's disheartening. and it's alienating. >> things may be changing. spain has demanded fashion designers stop using unhealthily thin models on catwalks. and british health officials are asking stores to stop using stick-thin mannequins. plus-size models like robin lolly say they're getting more work and more acceptance. >> i think that size debate is actually losing its fight for once. >> mannequins like these may be good for body image and the

bottom line. the market for larger clothes is worth about $19 billion or 18% of the women's clothing share. >> the fashion industry isn't a health institution, okay? we are a business. and wouldn't it be smart for a retailer to showcase their items on all different sizes? it absolutely would. >> one photo and a possible snapshot of the future. now the women who originally took that photo started a web site, swedishmannequin.com. she wanted to create an online space where people can discussion body image in the fashion industry including those who think bigger mannequins like these are a bad idea. some say they're promoting an unhealthy body image toward overweight. >> that's interesting, the mannequin we're showing, that's new. hasn't there been a trend of the kim kardashian and j. lo bottoms -- >> we've seen curvier. i think that's a part of j. lo and kim kardashian, the celebs that -- women want curves but

the mannequins are still small, size 4 to 6. a lot are calling for them to be more average size. >> interesting. hot topic there. thank you. savannah, over it you. >> thank you. still on the issue of body image, now there is a way for pet owners to drop pounds along with their hounds. nbc's kevin tibbles explains. ♪ >> reporter: fighting fat and fueling our obsession with our four-legged friends. it's a workout that brings bow wow to boot camp. >> there's no better workout partner than your dog because they will never cancel on you. >> reporter: this is trisha montgomery 20 years ago. she got the idea for the canine fit club after losing 135 pounds by simply exercising regularly with her dog. >> good boy. >> reporter: and it turns out the nation's people problem with obesity has created an overweight dog epidemic, too. >> dogs have gone from the back yard to the couch.

>> reporter: here there are puppy planks and doggy squats to get everybody moving on two legs or four. and for the mutts, there's a mop at the ready. >> we're going to twist from side to side. >> reporter: for the kids, even stuffed animals are welcome. >> my dog is healthier and better behaved than she was. >> reporter: cindy and khaki are both enjoying a new leash on life. how much weight have you lost? >> i have lost 57 pounds. >> reporter: but there's a lot more to the canine fit club than impressive weight loss. erin harvey has down syndrome. she bonds with 17-month-old goldie and has a newfound independence. do you and goldie get along really well here? >> we have our moments. >> reporter: my partner for the day, the not-is on-aptly named pep pe -- named pug, mr. big, mr. b.

for short. while the other dogs were raring to go, mr. b. remained, well, stoic about it all. and in the end, i'm pretty sure i burned more calories than he did. this dog is not breaking a sweat. still, a great way to keep you and your best friend in tail-wagging shape. good job! for "today," kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. >> cool. matt? >> thanks. we're kicking off a new series this morning called "today's double dut." the goal of the series is to arm you with useful multifunction gadgets to make life easier. we're starting in the kitchen. christopher kimble is the host of "america's test kitchen" and editor of "cooks illustrated." good to see you. good morning. >> good to see you, matt. >> this is a great idea. if you're on a budget or in a pinch around the house, you can use gadgets for many purposes. we're starting with simple tongs. >> or if you're unorganized like

me you can't find what you need, if you want a lime or electric lemon and juice, it take tongs and go like this. it works well like a reamer. >> all right. this is in decision to using it to flip the steak or grab pasta out of a pot. >> or open beer. >> opening the bottle of beer, you've got to have sturdy tongs. you have cheap tongs, it's going to break. >> me? >> perfect. >> this is the best reason to have quality tongs. >> all right. three uses for the tongs. by the way, you were telling me this doesn't work as well opening the bottle with a thong. just the tongs. okay. let's move on -- >> the new matt lauer. >> let's move to crushing spices. a lot of people at home your a mortar and pestle. >> or whack it on the counter. if you want a few, you can take a coffee cup, take the actual bottle that the peppercorns came in. go like that and do your own mortar and pestle. >> second use for your coffee mug. >> there you go. clean it out before you fill it

up. >> this next one -- a lot of people -- people come over unexpectedly. you have wine that's warm, you need to chill it. most people pop it in the freezer. >> takes an hour in the freezer. this takes a half-hour. water and ice gets to 32 degrees, obviously -- why don't you hold this? >> thermometer? >> yeah. >> and angle maybe a little bit. if you add salt to this, what's going to happen is the water temperatures going to go down to 32 to 25, 26, fairly quickly. >> why does that happen? i failed junior high school chemistry. >> it's complicated, but the basic concept is the ice melts, it's drawing energy out of the water, energy means heat. the temperature goes down as the temperature of the ice goes up. >> then to follow your logic, you popped that bottle of wine in that water with the salt in it, it's going to chill faster than in the freezer? >> like 25 degrees, a half-hour instead of an hour in the freezer. salt takes it from 32 to 24. >> a great idea. really good. and bunt pan, most people make a take with a bundt pan.

>> i'm making a chicken because sometimes you don't have a vertical roaster. a great way to roast a chicken. you don't have to flip it in the oven. it's nice and aevent. there you go. -- and even. there you go. don't do it with a live chicken. >> you see? i know -- >> all right. pasta, pasta. problem is you need a cake tester or maybe a toothpick to figure out when a cake is done. you can take spaghetti if you don't have that and see if it comes out clean. >> and if it's sticky, it's not done. >> yeah. if you have a few crumbs with chocolate, but not too many. >> that same piece of spaghetti can be multipurposed into -- >> into a way of covering up a cream pie or cake with -- instead of using toothpicks. i'm dropping them here. >> that's all right. you would take this, create a canopy. put the cover -- >> okay. >> finally, what do we call these? beer cozies? >> a beer -- someone said cuzzy. i do hiking or hunting. i have a knapsack, i put it in,

it keeps them fresh. they don't get bruised. or going to the office. >> there you go. chris kimble. thank you very much. coming up, affordable spring break trips for adults. first -- kate edwards, we know her as john and elizabeth's daughter. friday she opens up about her family and her mother's legacy in her first interview since her father's trial.

good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon. investigators need your help finding a man who molested and tried to kidnap a young girl. take a look at this surveillance video. oakland police released. it's close to the intersection of 94th avenue and b street on monday. officers say a 9-year-old girl was playing when a man grabbed her, sexually assaulted her and threatened to kidnap her. they think the man also tried to abduct a child last year. pretty close video but we wanted to show it to you. >> things starting to recover nicely after a big jam formed at the oakland coliseum northbound 880 starting to move at high street and heading into downtown. we had a two or three car crash at 23rd that caused the back-up.

the toll plaza had an even lighter flow. there you go at the toll plaza. it is a wednesday. slowing on the east shore freeway, west 80 on the map shows you the slowdown approaching central, an earlier crash there. also move to the shoulder, slow out of richmond but not a big deal. heading 101 to holster, latest update, they may be able to move and clear part of one lane in 20 minutes. back to you. >> that would be great. especially the people involved. we'll have another local news update in half an hour or so. hope you have a great morning.

wednesday morning, 27th of march, 2013. what a great day. a little bit cool, but a bright and cheery morning. a lot of people coming by. [ wild cheering ] >> a spring break day. i'm savannah guthrie along with matt lauer and al roker, and tamron hall in for natalie.

coming up, it's clearly spring break time for a lot of people. it's not just for high school students and college students anymore. adults want to take spring breaks, as well. sometimes they don't want to be with that college crowd. kate maxwell is with us. she's got great ideas for adult spring breaks. >> pretty cool. then, do you need to erase wrinkles or put the cellulite in check? coming up, beauty remedies that you can pick up -- i love this part -- at drug store prices. no $400 creams for something that probably won't work. you can try it at an affordable price. >> we know from experience. and carston daly, of course, host of "the voice," is back again. getting beauty tips from kathie lee and hoda. and he's going to be taking part in the next hour in some man scaping. >> whoa. >> he's going -- >> isn't that something you're not supposed to say? >> not in public. >> yeah. we're going to watch carson get

manscaped. >> okay. >> he's a madman. >> we want to mention, hiring our heroes is back. we'll tell you about the latest effort to make sure that millions of veterans are finding work. there they are. the band striking a tune. we'll tell you about this coming up. before all that, we want to get a check of the weather. >> let's check it out, show you what we're starting with. we have a gorgeous day along the gulf coast. a little chilly. fog in southern california. rain and snow showers, interior sections of the pacific northwest. we've got some lake-effect snow showers around the eastern great lakes. tomorrow, more lake effect or lake-enhanced snow, it will warm up a bit. more rain and snow interior sections of the pacific northwest. sunny and cool through the northern tier. that's what's going on around happy wednesday. i'm meteorologist christina loren. of course the sunol area. can you see mostly cloudy conditions. we are expecting isolated showers as of today, the best

chance in the south bay between 2:00 and 6:00. 60 in san francisco today. right around 65 in redwood city. we are looking good as we head throughout the day today. tomorrow light showers but the chance ramps up, saturday on and off showers, sunday, potential for thunderstorms right here in the bay area. and this morning on "hiring our heroes," a nationwide effort to find jobs for veterans who are leaving the service. we're talking about a rather unique job fair in new york. kerry sanders, as you see, is there. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning. matt. i've got good news -- the u.s. chamber of commerce is planning on helping a half million vets get jobs. this morning, they can announce that they've already helped 108,000 vets find jobs in the civilian sector. among them, former navy lieutenant melissa faye. melissa faye is all loving with her 5-month-old emily. but this is also melissa faye, a former lieutenant in the u.s.

navy. a chopper pilot who put in nine years' service before entering the civilian world. >> we're not used to selling ourselves. so you kind of have to put yourself out there and be willing to talk to anyone. >> reporter: for so many veterans, it begins with just trying to explain to someone who wasn't in the military just what they did. >> i had written my resume. and it said, "flew missions in the persian gulf." sounds cool, but how does that translate to a boss hiring you to sit behind a desk? >> reporter: at this "hiring our heroes" gathering that we featured last year on "today," melissa came armed with a rewritten resume. >> led missions through the planning, strategy, and execution to deliver x pounds of cargo to ships in the persian gulf. so you know, kind of translating into words that the civilian sector recognizes. >> reporter: it clicked. a recruiter from general electric saw her experience, her n -- her mba, and hired her as a

financial analyst. >> she's performed across the board because of her prior experiences and training. >> reporter: that is awfully good to hear, melissa. when you hear your boss -- i think you're due for a pay raise after that. you're here to help other veterans make this transition. >> correct. i'm here with g.e., we're doing one-on-one coaching with veterans. anything they want, interview help, resume help, interview skills, elevator pitch. >> carl slender is here. pea spent a career, 28 years in the air force. what kind of job are you looking for? >> preferably one that pays. >> reporter: in the area of expertise -- >> logistics. definitely, production, analysis, office environment. definitely. and i'll bring a smile to your office. >> reporter: lavette, yew with the marine corps. you hope to transition in what sort of job? >> computer tech, network support systems. >> reporter: you feel prepared,

ready for this? >> yes, i'm excited. great opportunities. >> reporter: wonderful. and albert, formerly with the marines. your idea, the perfect job that you hope to connect with today? >> well, given that i have eight years of operational experience in telecommunications and radio operations, i would want something that i could bring to the table with at&t, comcast, any radio communication companies so i can bring to the table. >> reporter: and not only you can do that, but you can do it under pressure because you did it on the battle field. >> yes, sir. >> reporter: we wish you the best of luck. you have help with melissa, and that's what's going on across the united states. they're working on trying to make those connections. the u.s. chamber of commerce has pledged to help a half million people make these connections. the u.s. department of labor statistics says, matt, that there are about 700,000 vets that are out in the market right now looking for jobs. >> and we owe them those jobs, kerry. we urge people to hire them. kerry sanders, thank you. when we come back, simple

and easy fixes for your beauty dilemmas. first, this is our plaza. we'll be back on "today" on nbc.

back at 8:39 with "today's beauty." this morning, the ugly side of things like wrinkles, flaking, is there a pretty side? and affordable solutions, too. linda wells is editor-in-chief of "allure" magazine. good morning to you. we've got some of these really good products. they're not that expensive. >> that's the good news. >> what's your strategy? make sure you know what the right ingredient is? >> you have to do the research, know what the right ingredient is. you can waste money. you can waste time. and then once you've got the right ingredient, use it properly. >> so it's not the case that just because things are more expensive they work better? >> no. this are lots of nice things about more expensive things. maybe they smell better. i don't want to say anything bad about anything. but you can get great things at

the dug store. >> let's start with the dreaded wrinkles. retinol -- >> retinol's amazing because it does almost everything you want it to do. doctors have tested everything and believe this is the ingredient that takes care of wrinkles, makes collagen build up which makes the wrinkles look less deep. then it also deals with dullness, with acne, even acne and dark spots. you get it all in one. the skin-ceuticals retinol is great because it's a high concentration, but it's time release so you don't get the irritation which is common with retinol. >> flake iness. this is nonprescription. >> right. you can get it on line. $54. >> here's the thorniest problem of all for the ladies -- cellulite. >> cellulite, which i hate to tell you, there is no cure. there are surgical things you can do, but really that would seem ridiculous to deal with, have surgery for your cellulite. there are creams, they really don't work. they work so temporarily, you pretty much put them on, go to the beach, by the time you're there, the cellulite's back

again. >> you have a different idea. >> hide is it the key. hiding it with self-tanner is great. it's easy, and the new gradual self-tanners are so easy to put on. this is by jergens, it's like moisturizer. doesn't get too orange or streaky. you put it on and you're done. $5. >> love it. >> let's talk sweat. why do you like this deodorant? >> we all need to sweat to cool off. this is a clinical strength. it has the highest concentration of the active ingredient that you can get without a prescription. you put it on at night, not in the morning. we put it on after we take a shower, but it doesn't stick to your skin. this is sclet clin-- secret clinical. it hides the on, radar. >> and dandruff. and you have a tried and true? >> head and shoulders. good old head and shoulders. dandruff is caused by dermatitis which is flaking, redness, irritation, even a yeast, i'm sorry to tell you that.

but this yeast grows on the scalp. if you get it under control by washing frequently with a dandruff shampoo that contains zinc, you're in good shape. these are $5 each. this is good old head and shoulders. smells better than it used to and deals with those things. >> this used to be only in the french drug stores. this is for acne? >> right. it's micronized and has the benzoil peroxide that gets under the skin and isn't chalky. >> what do we have here? >> neutrogena acne wash for body acne. you can get it when you exercise a lot, the bacteria forms. it sweeps away that bacteria. it really smells good like pink grapefruit. >> good. yeah. >> now to our favorite topic -- fungus. which can happen if you go to the nail salons. >> it can happen to really clean people. and it's toe fungus, a fingernail fungus. what the key is, you get it from the tools and from the pedicure dath. >> even if they sterilize them? make a show of it, putting in the blue water? >> don't think -- put it in the

au autoclave for the full amount of time. bring your own tools. one set of all of these costs $27. by sally hanson. >> not getting a fungus, priceless. thank you very much. >> thanks. coming up, spring break for adults. we'll tell you where to go avoid the crowds. first, this is "today" on nbc. sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home.

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sofa... desk... you know what? why don't you go get some frozen yogurt. i got this. you're so sweet. you got this, right? i do got this. let us get everything off the shelf, and to your home. this morning on "today's travel," spring break for grown-ups. from the shores of nantucket to park city, there are lots of affordable destinations without the college crowds. kate maxwell is editor-in-chief of jetsetter.com. good to see you. good morning. >> good to see you. >> a lot of adults want to get away this time of year but don't want to run into the massive crowds of the college students and the beer and all that. >> right. exactly. and also, it's actually a really good time to travel if you want

to ski, it's the end of the ski season. prices are dropping. it's low season in places like nantuck nantucket, the hamptons, and possible to find an affordable beach escape, as well. >> let's start with beach lovers and people who like to work on their tan before summer. mexico, why? >> going to cancun, two hours south. we won't find the college crowds. you won't find the poem parties, not your -- the foam parties, not your thing. and we love it because it's rustic and charming and unspoiled. >> it's a beautiful stretch of beach. i've been. there a lot of people hear about mexico and worry about safety. what's the truth? >> the riviera is really safe. it is. and the playa is the place we like, a pop-up hotel, it was to be temporary. it was so successful, it's still there. it has rooms for $109 a night. and if you book before april 2, they knock off 15%. it's rustic, a gorgeous stretch of beach. >> answering for the skiing enthusiasts.

you like park city, utah. how long will the ski season sfla last? >> it ends april 15. and the season started slow, but there's an enormous amount of snow recently. a colleague of mine had the best four days of skiing ever. 40 inches in four days. what we like about park city, it's a half-hour from salt lake city airport. so you can really be -- leave the slopes and be at the airport an hour and a half later. >> and park city, deer valley, the canyons, snowbird, all those -- where do you like people staying? >> silverado lodge, one of the resorts on the canyons, $132 a night. if you book seven nights and seven days of ski pass, you pay for just five. >> let's move to nantucket. off the coast of massachusetts. huge summer destination. what's it like in spring? >> yeah. very exclusive in the summer, also very expensive. really peaceful in the spring. the property there is chapman house, it's in the town. it's a good idea if you're traveling low season to stay in the town because then you're near it and restaurant are open.

>> are the restaurants and shops open this time of year? >> they won't all be open but a lot will be. the prices are half what you will pay in the summer. >> affordable, and it is a stunning island. it is. let's move on. where do you want us -- you want us to go to portland, oregon? >> i love portland. i went for the first time in january and fell in love with the city. if you know it, you know what to expect. >> what's the temperature this time of year? >> 50s, 60s, sunny. fantastic coffee, local, seasonal food, great music, vintage shopping. friendly people. >> you like a place called the nines. >> a kind of luxury property. it's $189 a night. they throw in free breakfast and doughnuts. iconic doughnut store in portland. really fun place to stay. >> our last destination, 30 seconds left, savannah, georgia. >> great. all times of year. steamy in the summer, a great time of year to go now. and last year opened, $199 a night. free breakfast and the contents in the mini bar apart from the

alcohol. >> and not only should your kids be beigoing to spring break, adults, as well. thank you very much. appreciate it. 8:48. next up, jane pauley on a guy who traded in his suit and tie for a tougher, more fulfilling line of work. first, this is "today" on nbc.

we're back at 8:51 with our special series "life re-imagined today." jane pauley has been working with aarp, produced and sponsored a series of stories with with us. good to see you. >> look at me with the whole club here. hi. so he went into accounting because he was good at numbers, and he did very well in his profession. when he heard his life calling, the numbers were 911. here's jerry leaner and has life re-imagined. >> 911 -- [ sirens ] >> jerry leaner chose a tough job. >> relax, take it easy. we'll be at the hospital in five minutes. >> he's an emergency medical technician. and at 65, twice as old as his buddies -- do they rib you about it? >> all the time. are you kidding? >> ten years ago, jerry was all

business. a partner at a global accounting firm. >> i went to a baseball game, and my youngest son hit a home run. and i said, i don't ever want to miss another one of these again. his written my notice of retirement, and it took me a long time to send it. and finally, my son said, "just press that button." >> had you already decided what you were going to do next? >> no. >> but he made an inventory of his personal priorities. >> giving back. freedom of my time. working with the community of people. never wearing a coat and tie ever. >> that was a start. then one day, the battalion chief happened to be in his neighborhood. >> and we got into a discussion, and he said, "maybe you should try ems. "it went together. >> being a volunteer emt was harder than he thought. >> i didn't quite even know what i was getting into to tell you the truth. i quit a couple of times.

i was bounced out once. i was bounced out once. >> because? >> i really wasn't prepared for the rigor that they put you through to do this job. [ siren ] >> this is a second language for me. >> medic 701 responding -- >> working code -- >> 40-year-old female with tachycardia -- >> the younger guys, this is their first language, they're better at it than i am. i work hard at it. >> that's humbling. >> yeah. it is humbling. tell me about it. >> there was 18 months of training. [ siren ] >> plus another year to drive the ambulance. >> a big, heavy unit. it weighs 2,000 pounds. >> not many volunteers do that. i notice the sign says silver spring volunteer. but these are professionals in here. you're the volunteer. >> i'm the volunteer. >> they don't treat you like a volunteer. they treat you like a pro. >> that's it. >> not that you'd notice the

distinction. >> firehouse people are a community. they live together. they eat together. they have joy in their life that's very different than any kind of joy i ever felt while i was practicing accountsing. washington and dennis direct -- . t hits you a-- it hits you all three places, mind, body, soul. >> that's the payoff. >> i love the firehouse. it's that community that was important to me. >> once a year, he does everyone's taxes. what do you charge? >> i don't. i don't. >> jerry knows he can't do this forever. >> if my skills are starting to decline, then it's time to move on. >> when that time comes, he'll have to re-imagine his life again. now he knows the drill. >> i think you have to sort of pick and choose out of your daily life what it is that excites you. at some point it will all come

together, and you'll say, wow, this is it. >> jerry only works about 30 hours a week, but two 15-hour shifts. the reality check, obviously it's physically, mentally, and emotionally challenging work, and it is unpaid. but he made good money in his first career, so he can afford to be an emt just for the love of it. at noon today, i hope you'll join me for my first live webcast. go to facebook.com/lifere-imagined. >> does he wish he had done this at a younger age? >> oh, i don't -- i don't think so. but you know, i think what he didn't get in his first career is this wonderful sense of -- of community, and when he talks about that word he almost teared up. the joy of having that. it's kind of like the joy of being a member of your community. >> nice segue there, jane. >> cool story. nice to imagine or daydream

about what you might do if you could totally switch gears and change careers. >> that's what we're all about, susannah. >> all of your stories are great, thank you. ahead, we'll take a severe turn and get a lesson in manscaping. >> that's right. >> cover your ears. only the classy part of the story today. first, your local news. 8:56 now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a mother and a 7-year-old daughter were hit by a garbage truck on embarcadero in san francisco. it happened just about an hour ago, near the intersection of broadway. both mother and daughter taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. traffic in the area is back to normal. what about that morning forecast? we'll check it with meteorologist christina loren.

>> good morning to you at home. slight chance of isolated showers between 2:00 and 6:00. 67 degrees, subtropical activity. temperatures on the warm side. 64 bayside, 60 today at the coast. it gets interesting this weekend. on and off showers for saturday. thunderstorms on the way for sunday. hope you have a fact wednesday. enough about the book, i want to hear about your date. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity. the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a delicious 90 calorie yoplait light. ♪ sorry... about your date, the details of your date. [ female announcer ] just one swap a day helps keep the calories away.

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welcome to "today" on this wednesday morning, march 27, 2013. a sunny morning in northeast. a big crowd on the plaza today, guys. spring break. >> wow. flight attenda >> flight attendants. old school. old school flight attendants. inside studio 1a, i'm willie geist along with al roker, tamg ron ha -- t -- tamron hall, and carson daly. >> look at the socks. >> got to explain it. >> the female clown socks that you're wearing? >> anything "the new york times"

calls fun and whimsical i want to be part of it. >> the journ >> the "journal." >> i'll explain in a minute. >> you have cam oh -- >> you can't see these. >> anchors. >> they come to here. >> i think that means your feet are firmly planted on earth. >> that's good, right? >> thank you. >> we'll talk about these in a while apparently. let's get started on "today's take three." starting with "the voice," part two of the blind auditions last night. did you have a favorite last night as you watched? >> i did. i have to say, midas swal, two guys, john and mike. i liked that they capitalized on what's popular in music in the past year. that's the american, folk, rap, mumford and sons. they came out and did the "prison blues" and rocked it. ♪ [ wild cheering ]

♪ >> could have gone one of two ways, like my socks. it could have been whimsical or genius. it's a razor-thin line. they got all four and picked adam. great guys, though. >> it was cool. i want to see them work with adam. blake was the obvious choice. but to see them work with adam i think is going to be killer. they were awesome. i don't know how it could have gone another way. you said one two of ways. i thought one way because they were awesome last night. >> one asked the other, "do you want to get in a rock band?" his answer was, "might as well." that's what they're named after. might as well. >> that's great. >> there you go. >> the future radio d.j.s, how did you get your name? >> might as well. >> foot-stomping music. >> everything that's popular now. >> right now. >> nobody picked blake as a

coach, right? >> i cannot confirm or deny that. let's say he got shut out. sorry, blake. you suck. >> whoa! >> wow. >> i get to get them in while i can. i get to get them in while i can. you can see the tweets he writes. >> by the way, we should point out the numbers for the first night were -- blew it out. >> we're very lucky. we did quite well. it was -- put the show on two cycles on the network. you wonder, is it too much too soon. the gamble paid off as the first night was -- >> good-bye. >> i don't know about. that we're really excited. people are genuinely interested in the format. and shoo kiakira and usher are great addition. >> kids have so many options, "idol", to your point, has been around a long time, but there's the young audience. i love it. it's awe. some a great show. >> thank you. >> "take two," we'll stay in the world of music and a guy you've been around for a long time. justin timberlake is exploding now to put it simply.

his -- >> not literally. >> no, afternoon -- we'll get to that. "20/20 "debuted on the chart as the fastest selling in the history of itunes. sold 968,000 copies in the first week making it the fifth best-selling album debut in the past five years. "spotify" had 7.7 million screens short of the 8.8 million by mumford in sons. in the past years, only eight albums have opened with over 900,000 as justin's did. as you saw his career in the days with the frosted tips -- both of you. >> we both had different looks. the first time i interviewed justin, he came in -- n'sync hasn't exploded yet. >> that doesn't look like justin timberlake. >> we held on to the interview because they weren't huge. then they became enormous. for him in this business to go solo, to have this longevity and then really to come out of the

blue. nobody saw this record coming. he sort of secretly had been working on these tracks. "20/20" is 20 tracks. you're seeing it sold nearly a million week one, represents half of his vision. the other half on the way. you have to mention, too, jimmy fallon was nice enough to put him on the entire week. >> that's the stunting you have to do to make it. >> and his look, too. he is just so -- classic. >> a beautiful man. he has style. >> he's spectacular. >> yes. no, he's crossed over to the urban audience. everybody loves this kid. chi do -- he can do no wrong. great on "snl." he could win an award in acting. >> this kid? he's a grown man. >> he's boyish. >> yeah. because you look so old. >> his look now is more refined. in a world where, i mean, i love the biebs, but where everyone's wearing pants down and the tattoos, and i have tattoos, i'm

not hating on those either. i love -- i love his look. i love that like slick, cool guy. >> yeah. >> that's what he -- >> does it well. >> he doesn't wear the socks. >> he's smart. >> no one does. >> it's a trend. it's not an easy thing to emerge out of a boy band. something so of its time. that was the late '90s. and he couldn't see the future -- >> he survived. it's not only -- like impossible. >> right. >> he did it and did it well. he tons do it. that's why being here feels like, you know, growup -- >> how you evolved. seriously. >> how much time do you have? >> you look terrific. >> look at you -- >> talk about evolution -- >> look at you. >> look at you! >> you looking at me? >> should i leave? >> sorry. >> look at my socks! >> hold on. >> nice transition, al roker. >> right. "take three," i'm obsessed. people are obsessed with saying they're obsessed. did you notice this? >> no. >> i'm obsessed everywhere.

>> the "new york times" wrote a twitter search for "i'm obsessed "turns up about five results her minute day or night. any time on twitter you'll find the word "obsessed." people obsessed with everything from cream soda to cardigans, ketchup, kale -- nautical decor is another one. >> right. >> we're sick of this word. i think we agree? >> i mean, it's just -- >> who looks -- >> everyone's obsessed. >> you're sick of it? >> amazing. in hollywood, everything's amazing. >> yes. >> that movie's amazing. when everything's amazing, nothing's amazing anymore. >> right. >> if you ride around new york city on your homeowne-- on your it's useless. >> it's to reduce stress. >> new york is hotter. i don't know why does it bother you? maybe because -- >> why does everyone have to be about obsessed? >> i'm obsessed with the word ridiculous. that's what i say constantly why

does it bother you? >> it doesn't bother me, it's overkill. like you said, it renders it meaningless when you use it all the time. >> yeah. >> my worst is literally -- literally is a bad one. my head literally exploded. >> or people say it and go literally. literally. >> british. >> american speaking people -- >> madonna. literally. >> madonna -- >> we were literally going 200 miles per hour. were you in a formula one race? if not, you were not going 1200. >> i literally want to punch you in the face. >> now to the socks, we have to explain. i'm digging this look. i have to say. even though these are guys socks on a lady's foot. >> this is weird. >> you think this looks weird, al roker, why? >> amputated legs on her shoulder. this is from the "wall street journal." these are the patterned socks. apparently you can like wear them to work now. to business meetings and that's okay. >> yeah? >> what does it mean that's

okay? no one's going to make fun of you? when was it not -- >> is it, though? >> with women, we can express ourselves with shoes. >> this is the male version of the jimmy fallon timberlake -- walking around with the mannequin hand. >> i think it's cool because women, we express ourselves with our shoes, our nail color. this gives you guys a chance to kick it up. >> but i think there is a limit. like maybe -- >> of course there's a limit. >> anchors on your socks -- >> i think carson's got overkill. i think they need to be a dark color. with the ronald mcdonald style -- >> hey! >> the clown? >> who are you calling a clown? i like al's. they're still masculine. >> thank you to the brave men and women defending this country. you've got a good theme. willie's are small, little anchors. >> this is a thank you to no one. an insult to dwrenceveryone. >> we'll change our socks while you do the headlines. >> thanks. a new challenge for gay marriage at the supreme court. two days of same-sex marriage cases have brought big crowds of

protesters from both sides to the supreme court. today's arguments question doma, the defense of marriage act. doma says the federal government cannot recognize a same-sex marriage even if it's ok'd by an individual state. disgraced cia director david petraeus is apologizing for his extramarital affair. speaking for the first time since his resignation last november, petraeus said he deeply regret the pain he caused and hopes the experience can be instructed -- instructive to others. the affair came out during an fbi investigation of his mistress, biographer paula broadwell. for a first time a woman will head the secret service. veteran agent julia pierson will take over the things that protects the president. the secret service has been under fire since that prostitution scandal came to light last year. a record price has been set for a picasso. hedge fund manager steve cohen paid $155 million for "le rev," a portrait of one of picasso's

mistresses. he bought it from billionaire steve winn. that's not what the mistress really looks like. winn accidently -- listen to this -- accidently put a six-inch gash into the painting six years ago. $90,000 to repair the gash. this is the highest price ever paid for a picasso. willie says, "and?" i'll move on. stella mccartney is moving up in british society. queen elizabeth honored the designer with an order of the british empire. mccartney designed the uniforms of the british national team for the london olympics. her father, you might know her father, sir paul, received a slightly higher honor with the beatles in '65 and became a knight in 1996. now here's brian williams with what's coming up tonight on "nbc nightly news." brian? good morning. coming up tonight when we join you for "nightly news," another day, another landmark case at the supreme court over the right to marry whoever you wish. also, predicting your risk of cancer early on. the discover improving the way

doctors can repeat treating cancer. we'll have those stories and more tonight. for now, back to you. >> thanks a lot. it's a small world but a big payout. listen to this -- a disabled man was stranded on "it's a small world" ride at disneyland. the man who suffers from panic attacks was stuck there for half an hour when the ride broke. but the music played on and on and on. his lawyer said it took three hours to stabilize this guy after he got off the ride. it is now 12 minutes after the hour. i'm not going to wisecrack. can you imagine? i would have gone cray-cray. >> cray-cray? what, are you 12? >> that's on my list. >> cray-cray? >> that was on my list. hey -- >> that's what kanye and jay-z say. >> that's why we don't say it. [ laughter

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this. sleeping disorders among kids can lead to obesity, misdemeaem problems, anxiety, and depression later in life. we've got young children. how do we know when it's just a 3-year-old's regular exhaustion or something we should be worried about long term? >> for the most part, it's 35i-year-old's regular problem. i -- 3-year-old's regular problem. it's difficult to get young kids to sleep alone, go to sleep. if your child has night terrors or sleepwalking or excessive snoring, those can be signs of a real problem, a sleep disorder that needs to be managed. >> the article says that -- a 5-year-old snoring, parents think it's cute. they said if you can hear the snoring outside the room, if it's that loud, that could be a telltale sign. >> absolutely. this could be a sign of what's called sleep apnea where you stop breathing for seconds to minutes during the night. and this lack of oxygen leads to problems with sleeping. you wake up to try to breathe again, and you never get into that nice deep rem sleep that you're supposed to get into.

this leads to daytime sleepiness even though the child's in bed all night they wake up exhausted. >> and to back track, define a child. if you have an infant that wakes up every three hours -- >> i have this. six months. >> this is different from an 8-year-old waking up constantly. >> children sleep a lot. especially babies. babies sleep 14 to 16 hours a day including naps. >> right. so does my father, by the way. put that out there. he's 80. >> right. they seem to be awake a lot, but they sleep a lot. they just awaken frequently. that's normal. in preschoolers, you want 12 to 14 hours of total sleep a day. once in school, 10 to 12 hours a day is what kids need to be fresh and aware and awake and not cranky. >> we've got a list of ideal sleeping scenarios. you begin with a cold, dark room. >> really cool. not too cold but a cool room is better than a hot room. >> like a wine cellar? >> a wine -- talk about surrounded by wine.

>> cold, dark, quiet. >> so usually a little cooler is better than warmer. quiet in the house. if you can, have a regular sleep time. leave the child alone, give them ample time to fall asleep. some people think you're supposed to get in bed and fall asleep in five minutes. it takes about 20 minutes of just relaxation to fall asleep. also get rid of screens close to bedtime. the blue light from a screen alerting to the body. get rid of those. let the child have time to rest. >> how do you know when there's a problem? at what point do you say, okay, this is beyond normal. i need to see a physician about this? >> sure. those issues we talked about, the snoring, sleepwalk, night tro terrors are three to see your doctor about. if you try to be disciplined in the household to have a sleep time, good bedtime, and your child seems to have daytime sleepiness, crankiness, trouble paying attention, bad behavior problems, those are things to discuss with your physician and see if they might be linked to sleep. a good thing is to keep a sleep

log before you go to the doctor. take a week and measure when does the child sleep, when are they awake. that will give us a good clue as to whether this is a problem with sleeping or something else. >> the doctor described you and me. all right. we need some more sleep. >> the big takeaway is that carson's children sleep in a wine cellar. that's what we learned this morning. >> there you go. >> dr. thornton, great information. thank you very much. >> thank you. coming up, we're getting rid of that stubble. carson getting a close shave after this. [ female announcer ] dove invited women to test their

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as we check with mike for the commute and christina for the forecast after this break.

welcome back now. the time is 9:28. clouds certainly increasing over san francisco. you can still make out the golden gate bridge. we don't have a whole lot of low cloud cover. high and mid level that will increase throughout the day. 68 livermore, 60 the city by the bay, 63 in oakland. today looking pretty good. showers chances start at 2:00 p.m. lasting through 7:00 p.m. a better chance tomorrow. sunday expecting thunderstorms. check that drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. a light flow of traffic through the south bay. we'll talk about that in a second. farther south, sig alert, center divide and one lane south through sergeant. back-up for south 101 extended past highway 25 and making its way almost to 152. still if you're heading to 105, make that trip, okay out of the south bay. there's san jose, light and flowing in the northbound directions and a look at oakland northbound past the coliseum.

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everybody's talking about march madness. president obama has predicted correctly 11 of the 16 teams. when joe biden was asked about his sweet 16, he said, "it was great. his a petting zoo and a clown." >> wow. jimmy fallon taking a cheap shot at the vice president. >> man. >> that's right. come on. man. >> as jimmy said, by the way, the president 11 of 16 teams. >> pretty good. >> very good. does d he get help? i'm willie good night with tamron hall and al roker. and carson getting ready for a shave. for us guys and the ladies who love us, a lesson in shaving and other ways to generally

clean up our acts. >> that was one of the great experience, getting a barber shop shave. >> hot towel -- >> like when we lady get facials. that pampering thing. i think this makes a great gift, as well. father's day and other things coming up. and a little-known fact, carson daly's better half is the voice on your iphone. siri is here. she's going to teach us about sweet treats to east don't think she's going to be part of the manscaping segment, but you never know. >> fabulously wealthy. >> siri, where is carson right now? i don't know. >> joking at your experience. plus, do-it-yourself medical tests. which at-home kits can you rely on for accurate readings on everything from cholesterol to even allergies which is timely with the -- >> a bad season coming up for that, too. before all that, how about a check of the weather, al? >> all right. let's show what we've got today. a beautiful day in the northeast. a lid on the cool side, but not

-- a little on the cool side, but not bad. cooler on the east coast. carson's making noises. beautiful in phoenix, sunny, 87. morning fog in southern california. showers in the pacific northwest. for tomorrow, more rain and snow in the interior pacific northwest. sunny and cold through the northern plains. sunshine, mild weather from the gulf coast right on into florida. and look for some lake-effect -- lake-enhanced snow showers for thank you, al. good morning to you. 9:32. taking a live look over san francisco where we have mostly cloudy conditions. we're expecting those clouds to get thicker as we head throughout the day. isolated showers, light sprinkles between 2:00 and 7:00. keep that in mind overall, still hitting highs on track with our seasonal averages. 67 in livermore, 64 for concord, 60 in san francisco. we'll have even more rain on the way to tomorrow. saturday and sunday, talking about widespread rain at times.

>> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al. thanks a lot. now to the art of manscaping. ars son our guest this week. naturally we've given him the seat of honor. matthew martin of "details" magazine is here to show us how to get the perfect shave. strong enough for a woman but made for a man. >> thanks for having me back. >> let's talk about plan scaping. it's a fraught term. do we like manscaping? >> it's a tricky term. i think grooming is a better way to say it. >> what does manscaping mean? when you think of that concepts? >> today we're going to be talking about everything happening above the shoulders. which i think is, you know, a safe place to keep it. >> that's where i would go. i'm glad we're doing that. >> thank you. >> so a lot of guys shave incorrectly. there's a right way and a wrong way to do it. what do you say? >> a lot of guys don't know, first start with a warm towel or even take a shower first. that will open your pores. the next thing, and this is like the really -- the biggest tool

ever, the preshave oil. softens the beard, and then it also lifts up the whiskers. so that way you have a little bit easier time to get them when you're saving. >> i used to think that that was hokum. i've started using it, and it helps. >> it works. the great thing is you can put the shaving cream over. you shouldn't use an aerosol. they're filled with air and dry the skin out. use a regular cream like he's using here. it's great. that also moisturizes while you're saving. >> should you use a brush with the cream? >> you can. personal preference. some like it, some don't. >> a dermatologist will tell you to shave down only and don't come back up. do you ascribe to that? >> yeah. go with the grain of how your hair is. >> right. >> if you're not sure how it is, you can literally rub your face. if it's soft, grain. if it's rough, it's against the grain. >> how long should it take? >> it's a big process, most of us do it quickly in the morning before we head to work. >> let's check in on carson. we've brought an experienced veteran professional. mike esposito of barban supply

in brooklyn. not you. there's something special about there shave. >> this is the best ever. if you can, i suggest definitely going a barber shop and getting a shave. barban supply is great. it's in brooklyn. it's a good way to pamper yourself. but, you know, we've told you some tricks that you can do at your home easily. >> mike here's great. we've been chatting. he's only been picked up for misdemeanors so i feel better. >> yes. >> mike, have you ever -- >> there's a vulnerability. >> do you remember the "untouchables" when al capone -- >> if you see my tapping, it means help me. it feels nice. i have an electric razor and use the beard trimmer to keep a little of the look. i never clean shave. >> that seems like more work than actually shaving. >> it is actually. and -- but this is nice. and mike's a nice guy. >> keep complimenting mike. we'll check back in with you. >> okay. >> okay.

we have a lot of female products. these are things that men use. >> i have to say a lot of the things that you might not think about, but there are great women's products that men should use. we've got a punch of different options here. >> dry shampoo? >> dry shampoo is amazing. you put it in your hair, and it's a way to give you volume, and it takes -- absorbs all the oil. so -- >> i don't care about this. >> no. >> literally -- >> what does it do? >> you literally spray it on the roots. and it literally sucks up the oil. >> should you -- >> you only should be shampooing three times a week. >> like the ron popeil stuff -- >> you tease it up. a lot of guys use heavy products. it's a nice way to lift it up. >> is there make-up? >> this is lip exfoliant. it's a great -- it sounds weird. but it's a really great way to get rid of dry skin on the outer layer of your lips. especially if chapstick isn't working. >> can a man do a mask? >> definitely. it's a great way to freshen your look. gets rid of oily skin when men

tend to have. this takes down the shine. >> do i see preparation h? >> yes. this is the big fashion secret. this is if you want to use an undereye treatment, if you have, you know, red eyes, puffy eyes, and dark circles, preparation h will tighten that up in no time flat. >> especially if you have that outlook. >> and a scrub? >> men can exfoliate in the shower. it's easy. a great way to get rid of the outer layer of skin. it's a great way to stay fresh and holiday for spring. >> how is carson? >> he's working on my mouth. >> i'm obsessed with your shave -- >> literally. >> we're going to let you finish the job over there. mike, thank you very much. matthew -- >> thank you very much, guys. >> nice to see you. coming up, do-it-yourself medical kits. which can you trust? that's right after this. >> you missed a spot. [ buzzer ] hot dog? i'm buying. i'll use my capital one venture card with double miles you can actually use

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approved. good to see you. >> good morning. >> i was stunned to hear that lab testing, the industry itself, brings in $65 billion. that means either you're paying for that our your insurance company. and it's not always necessary. >> there is no substitute for medical care. some of the tests we're talking about are options for people who are busy and it's tough to get in to your doctors, or you want to do it in the privacy of your own home. you always should discuss the results with your physician. >> absolutely. these tests, are they usually accurate if you follow up with your doctor? >> they're accurate as long as they are fda approved and you read the directions very carefully. user error is what accounts for false results most of the time. >> all of these are fda approved. let's launch in. >> okay. >> the first -- for allergies, timely, obviously. >> that's right. we are starting spring. if you don't know if you have a cold or allergies, this test is for the ten most common household allergens including duftd and mold. -- dust and mold. it's called my allergy test. it's done with a finger stick with a blood sample.

you mail it in and get results e-mailed in a few days. >> are the tests going doctors? >> they're going to a laboratory. >> and the laboratory contacts you and lets you know? >> in this case with an e-mail. >> okay. very good. moving on, this is cholesterol? >> cholesterol. more than 71 million adults in this country have high cholesterol. this is called cardiocheck. and you purchase a device as well as test strips. and it allows you with a blood sample, again, as a finger stick to get your cholesterol results in three to five minutes. pretty instant result. in this particular one, the test for the triglyceridestriglyceri ldl. >> for the hotel kit, a little over $100. but you get the results quickly. >> and the three test strips, you can do it more than once. >> a lot of ladies are familiar with this product. >> an ovulation test called clearblue. it is very popular, available at drug stores. this is done with a urine dip stick. one in two couples try to conceive at the wrong time of a woman's cycle. there is over 99% accurate in

giving you the period of time within two days that the woman after late, so you know you have an optimum time for conception. >> this is fantastic. fda approved. >> correct. >> perfect. then we're moving to another kit here. this looks -- i have to tell you from looking at it, it looks complicated, but it's not? >> it's not complicated. this is a female version, this is the male version. this is for sexually transmitted diseases which many people do prefer to do in the privacy of their own home. for the woman, this is available at getstdtesting.com. it is fda approved. for females it is done with a swab. for men, done with a urine. you mail it in. and your results are e-mailed in a few days of them receiving the results. there is also a blood sample which can test for hiv and hepatitis. it's not here on this table, but that's available on the web site. >> and the ski to follow instructions because -- key is is to follow instructions because of human error -- >> exactly. follow up with your physician. >> urinary tract infections. >> one this three women have a

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>> how hard was that? >> i decided to make five cakes because there are five power rangers. i did one for each color. but i took a lot of shortcuts along the way. that's what i wanted to show. >> look how awesome those look. i was like, buy a power rangers cake, and she's like, no, i want to make it, and it looks cool. >> i bought cake mix. that helped me, you know -- >> this is the ombre cake? >> yes. different shades of one color. this is regular old white cake mix. >> okay. >> store bought. >> yep. store bought. we prepared it like it says on the box. we're going to put varying amounts of food coloring. this is food paste, but you can use this, too. put one drop in there, al. >> different colors here? >> it's the same color. yeah. red. use your muscle. that's our son's favorite color. >> okay. >> i'll put a couple drops in here. >> i'll use this one. >> yeah. you can put like 100 drops in there. >> okay. i'll make mine very red. >> all right. >> then we stir it up. >> stir it up.

>> it's fun when sawyeriri's blg in the kitchen, i know we'll get sdhaert day. if she didn't have a blog, i don't think we'd eat. >> mac and cheese. >> he panics every time. >> we mix this up? >> yeah. different shades. over here, they're already made. >> uh-huh. >> and you layer them, lightest to darkest, whichever you prefer. we'll put this on top. >> right. >> whatever frosting you want. i like to do store-bought cake mix and make my own frosting. >> what kind of frosting is this? a buttercream? >> yeah. vanilla. >> i'll try it -- >> exactly. >> you know, give him that last segment -- hold on a second. then you shave. >> oh, my gosh. >> there you go. that's what happens -- >> and use a sanitary spoon -- >> like at home. >> yeah. the final result -- >> it's great -- store-bought cake -- >> and you blinged it out.

>> you need shortcuts when you're a mother of two. >> cupcakes are so hot now. >> uh-huh. >> all right. >> if you don't have time to bake a cake, buy store-bought cupcakes. and have fun with these candy melts here. you can buy them at party stores or on line. they melt beautifully. and they come in all different colors. put them in these pastry bags. >> right. okay. >> and then we're going to -- no, no, no. >> no, no, no. >> here on, this parchment paper i put a stencil underneath. i'm a lousy artist. we'll trace them. they're easter eggs. >> oh. >> squeeze them out. i like it do the outline first. i think they haven't been snipped. >> oh. >> that's all right. >> oops. >> there we go. >> let me snip threw. >> thank you. >> all right. trace the whole thing? >> yeah. >> and what happens is -- we have -- >> it ends up looking like this. >> here they are, the finished product. >> these are great. >> put one on a cupcake. >> and you can do them larger scale. the cakes, you saw the power

ranger cakes -- >> and you cook them? put -- >> pudding cookies? >> again. shortcuts. i used pudding mix in the actually cookies. >> can you imagine me trying to keep my weight down with this -- >> wow. that's a challenge. it's nice to meet you. >> thank you very much. >> thanks. >> we're back in a moment. so... [ gasps ]

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san jose downtown. meg whitman wants naming rights to go with the arena this summer. the agreement is supposed to run through 2015. slight chance of rain later on. lets get a look at the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> thanks, marla. we've got a slight chance for some showers. you might want to keep that umbrella handy if agnieszkay rain bothers you. mix of sun and clouds. looking good. mild afternoon temperatures, few showers tomorrow, light showers thursday as well. then we get more widespread, organized rainfall as we head through the weekend. temperatures in the 60s. 65 on the way to redwood city. 60 in san francisco. right around 67 right who are in san jose. next few days we ramp up rain chances for the weekend. >> good morning. no a good situation. north 101 at willow. we just saw a crash, back-up and then the crash cleared. recovering northbound, past university, look at the map, slow in the area as well. pretty standard slowing last 10 minutes where it got bad.

880 both directions slow to 101. south bay not bad. southbound 101 much better. all lanes cleared toward sergeant. >> we'll be back with another local news update in about 30. see you at 10:26. until then, back to the "today" show. [ boy 1 ] hey! that's the last crescent.

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this is huge. the way we did it was every single dog we looked at, you and i together were rescues. came from paws chicago and petfinders. great organizations. they were found nears housing projects, some were abandoned, all ten of these dogs are great, great dogs. look at them. let's just go slow down the line. i cannot even stand what i'm seeing. >> that's kevin, i think. >> come on down the line. >> o. kevin. and then there's -- we're going too fast. >> i can't remember all the names. >> she's got the underbite. >> bobbi sue. >> cinnamon. >> that's my favorite. >> look at snoopy -- >> no, his name is -- >> whatever. >> nutmeg. >> nutmeg. i am picking one of these dogs.

oh, that's it? guys, it was so much fun the whole entire doggy dating game. >> every one of them. after the meet and greet, i took three home for a master date at my apartment. i'm so excited. we're going to show it and reveal the one. >> and then we're going to give everyone else an opportunity to adopt the others if you fall in love today. times are changing, hoda. it used to be you are named your dog fifi or fido. my first dog was named zorro. he was all black, and the sign of the z. he was a mutt. >> is this with frank? >> no, when i was a little girl. you never forget your first dog, and in some cases your first

husband. but, anyway, i've had many dogs through the years, and you never forget any of them. they truly are your best friend. >> we never had dogs growing up, because my parents were just busy with the three of us, but my grandmother had a dog we loved named betty. >> your grandmother was -- she was the first -- >> one of the first doctors. >> in all of egypt. bet your grandmother was ahead of her time naming her dog betty. you give human names to your dogs now. >> here are some of the top names for dog -- bela, bailey, max, lucy, molly, buddy -- that seems like a dog name. daisy, maggy, charlie and sophie. >> have you also picked out a name? >> i'm going to wait. our moms are coming tomorrow to cook and my niece, so i want her to weigh in, to make sure -- >> she wanted a couple weird

ones. bibbles. and meatball. if you were up last night "the voice" is huge. >> it's hot. >> great numbers. >> thank you, lord. one of the great rock stars was sarah simmons from memphis, tennessee, 21 years old. they say she'll be the next big thing. i didn't get to see it last night. >> do we get to hear? >> um-hmm. ♪ if god was one of us ♪ just a slob like one of us ♪ just a stranger >> oh, listen to her. ♪ trying to make his way home ♪ just trying to make his way home ♪

>> wow. >> wow. i thought it was kelly clarkson, but then she gets this growl thing in here, which reminds you more of a janis joplin. she looks 12 years old. >> she picked adam. >> perfect. >> blake said he thought she had one of the top voices so far of the blind auditions. >> yeah. >> that will be interesting. >> a good competition. what is going on? >> i'm very concerned about him. >> with justin bieber? >> you and i talked about this. we know his mom very well, and she's awesome. she no longer travels with him all the time. and scooter, his manager, no longer goes with him all the time. i think ever since those two influences have been out of his life on a permanent, nonstop basis, he's sowing his wild oats. he's, what, 19 still? >> there was one incident -- >> oh, kevin. >> he walked through shirtless through the airport, and then

ended up putting on his shirt before he got on the plane, which is a bit weird. then on tuesday there was some trouble with a neighbor, some conflict to what happened. i get the neighbor committed some sort of battery, and the people from the other camp basically say, no, it had nothing to do with that. >> it's all alleged at this point. >> no charges filed. >> so we don't know what's true. >> yeah. >> you know what? that's a good rule of thumb anyway. whatever you read, whatever it is, it ain't necessarily so, you know what i'm saying. >> yeah. >> don't believe it just because you read it somewhere, no matter where that somewhere. very rarely do the people reporting have inside knowledge. >> right. >> of what really, really happened. >> and most of those stories we talk about here. >> obviously something is happening in the young man's life to create these kinds of incidents and i'm concerned about him. he's a really sweet kid.

you can all get caught up in that. when everybody in your life is somebody that works for you, that's a bad, bad thing. >> very good point. >> their livelihood depends on you getting out there. they're yes people. >> the pressure he's under we probably won't understand, but when you saw that confrontation with the paparazzi, i'm sure the paparazzi was baiting him. >> because they get more money for a picture like that. >> that's for sure. >> a nice picture gets very little money, peter, right, peter? our photographer. if you can get -- >> don't hide, peter, we know what you like. >> we just lost him. if you can get them frosting at the mouth, you get -- >> i remember bernie madoff and a photographer stiff-armed him and he jerked back, and that was the picture. >> that's the one they used all the time. so boys and their toys,

thinks bizarre-o, at the phillies ballpark, they have this new -- minor league ballpark -- >> all right, pam, wow. tough room. >> apparently they have urinals there that they've turned into video games. >> why not? >> because a man doesn't want to be bored. >> while they urinate, they play a game and they are skiing, and they point their aim -- it's like a joystick -- of course it is. >> way to go, hoda. >> you point it wherever you want to go, and you get a score. i'm sure they're competing. how did you do, dude? >> i feel sorry for the guys having prostate problems. they're at a disadvantage with this game, and also i think it's sexist, because women can't play. i think it's wrong on every level. >> yes, so do i. anyway, should we talk about the dogs again? no. >> oh, my gosh. how long do we have to wait? we're doing it now, we'll

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♪ how much is that doggy in the window ♪ we all know that our hoda woman has been longing to adopt a dog. tuesday after the show, we headed out. >> we had help from our friends over at petfinder as well as paws chicago and a couple oregon groups. they conducted a special search to find me the perfect furry friend. take a look. s. >> we are in central park in the heart of new york city. this is a life-changing day for me. i am going to choose my dog. >> for a long time now she's wanted a dog. >> i'm looking for a dog that likes to sleep. i kind of want a blobby dog. i don't want a runner. >> she's not thought this through, though. >> i am busting. i'm trying to think when -- >> she thinks she's thought it through, but as everything hoda, she has not thought it through.

>> kathie lee is going to walk each dog and i'm sure try to influence me in some way. >> the most precious poodle mix. it's a boy. it's cinnamon. >> he looks like you. you could be he mother. i'm breastfeeding. o. my god. this boy is reeves. >> he's trained? >> he's trained. >> bonus. >> a definite bonus, because you're barely trained. >> this is baker oh, he wants to go back to you, hoda. he loves me! >> this is nutmeg. he is a shih tzu/beagle mix. we say [ bleep ], not [ bleep ]. is it a boy or girl? you want to go home with hoodie? a lot of strange egyptian art,

but you'll grow to love it. >> c'mon, kevin. ♪ i'm just walkin' my dog ♪ singin' my song ♪ it's just me and my dog ♪ catching some sun >> orla, she's 1-year-old terrier mix, and she's sweet. >> i remember single one is a rescue. ♪ every dog has a story >> wow, hoda, this is not a blobby one. scotland. all right. bye. >> come here. come here. come here. >> this is goldfish. hi. >> he comes with his own bottle of wine. >> oh, goldfish. >> come here. >> i think this will be an extremely tough decision. >> if you're lucky, they'll be

with you a long, long time. they'll be the best friend you've ever had, except for me. >> okay. i'm talking about choosing my pooch. >> oh, my gosh. so many amazing dogs. how did you make a choice, hoda woman? >> i don't know. i realized when you know, you know, and along with paul, she's the founder of paws chicago. >> an amazing foundation. >> how are you? >> she's right, you sort of know. >> it was not a dog i thought i would select. honestly. knowing me, what kind of dog did you think would be the best for me? >> i think for you, first of all, any of these dogs would succeed in your home, because you love animals. and dogs are so adaptable. it's amazing. you know, getting a good trainer, and a good dogwalker, because of a busy lifestyle, being prepared, when you bring

them into the house, you're ready to go. >> i have a dog walker, angela is here. i am prepared, thank god. so all of these dogs will be able to adopt them out minus the one i'm taking. >> there's kevin. kevin was scared of the movie cameras. he's 1 years old havanese mix from the streets of chicago. >> reeves is a 6-month-old male maltese. goldfish, 6 months old, 5 to 6 months, male cockapoo, ola was brought in. yari is a 3-year-old female. >> she's the old lady of the group, but she's precious. >> and bobbi sue is that 1-year-old female poodle. >> a story about billy joe and bobbi sue. >> she was full of fleas, so we

had to shave her. >> but she's a little embarrassed, but her coat will grow back in beautifully. >> and cinnamon is an 8-week-old. >> left his mommy. >> who's next? >> nutmeg. >> he knows his name. >> baker, 10 weeks old. and scotland is 5 months old, female poodle/terrier mix. >> i'm going down. ready? i'm so excited. >> hi. hi. i hear you, kevin. i think it's goldfish. hi, goldfish. >> so cute. >> oh, my gosh, hoda. good choice. he's precious. he knows, he knows.

goldfish. now, hoda, are you going to change his name? >> yes, we're going to pick a name tomorrow. goldfish loves me. >> i'm going to pick one. >> are you? get in there. >> to my friend karen, who is here with her little boy. >> this is his mom karen, if things don't work out, he can come to my house. >> we have eight to good. i want to thank a lot of people, the folks at petfinder, paws chicago, thanks, everybody. adopt these pup yes, sir. >> go to our website to find out how to adopt one of these

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♪ you know what that means -- it means i got a dog hi. >> hello, little one. >> my friend karen wants me to say on camera, if things don't work out with little cinnamon, cinnamon comes home with me, but his little boy colin is not letting him out of his sight. >> hi, sarah. >> go to klgandhoda.com, there are eight dogs there that need a home. >> a loving home. >> our crew is going to walk off with the other eight. so let me -- while you guys are loving on the dog, the first photo, this is the winner from last week. >> what is it? >> this was from jillian kenny.

winning n who let the frogs out? rib bit, rib bit. we'll reveal the next one. photo from bb drummond from falls church, virginia -- if you're drinking to forget, please pay in advance. that's what we need for you two. >> you're not even here, are you? is anyone talking. next, from claudia lowe, historic life-saving station cemetery. >> oh, my gosh. >> what does that mean? it's an oxymoron. next a photo from garnet arndt, from georgia. this is suitable for vegetarians. chicken tenders with french fries. and finally lee whitesman from arlington, virginia -- ask for a free $10 massage.

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broadway. about 7:00 this morning the girl was put inside the ambulance with her leg in a splint and her neck in a brace. the mother was also taken to the hospital. their injuries are considered to be nonlife threatening, though. police cleared the scene within an hour. we'll be checking the forecast and mike will check the roads after the break.

welcome back. the time now is 10:28. taking a live look. what a defense a couple of hours makes over san francisco. cameras starting to bounce around, winds picking up. skies turning dark.

not expecting a whole lot of shower activity. you might get caught under a stray shower or two. the best chance for rain is between 2:00 and 7:00. 67 for gilroy, 65 san jose. your full forecast today at 11:00 with a better chance of rain as we get into your easter weekend. stick around for that. if not, mike is here to help you with your drive. >> golden gate bridge a little bit to help with speed, you don't have to stop there. shouldn't stop there. toll plaza, about 25 miles per hour through there. smooth flow for the morning commute. looking at the san mateo bridge, a nice flow there. you do have to pay the toll there across this bay bridge. a little haze from the hayward side of the peninsula, fremont 880 moves more smoothly. catskills, a late build after a crash, a little slow south of mission into the south bay. marla, back to you. >> you know about the major safety issue facing the eastern span of the bay bridge. an inspector finds dozens of busted bolts. what's being done to fix this

problem and will it delay the grand opening for labor day weekend. we'll have the answers to those questions and more in 30 minutes. see you at 11:00. we're back on this winesday wednesday. "who knew?" with easter sunday in just a few days, we want to hop to the holidays kathie lee is across the street, and ready to hand out a hundred dollars to those who get the questions right. and for those who don't, here to help me out is elaine griffin. are you ready, girl? >> hey. >> i get that means yet. >> where's your dog? >> someone's holding him. >> you're from orlando, right? >> yes. >> finish the lyrics to this easter sing-a-long snooismt he comes peter cottontail ♪

♪ >> hipity hopity easter is on its way. >> get, pick a key. >> those are the lyrics. >> that song was first recorded by gene autry in 1950, the singing cowboy. >> it was? >> and it never ever went away. >> he brought us rudolph the red-nosed reindeer too. how many chocolate bunnies are made for easter each year? >> um, 90 million? >> yeah. >> wow. >> and a lot of them. >> a lot of them are hole low, which is always a disappointment. >> but 76% of us start with the ears first. >> yes. >> because we are ear vampires. >> all right. >> lovely lady from d.c. -- which was the last easter -- the first east -- that's what it

says -- on the white house lawn? 1803, 1878, 1905 or 1950? >> 1950? >> that's all right. she's going to adore this cd. >> the correct answer there is 1878. who was in office there? >> rutherford b. hayes and now they use wooden once. >> wooden? >> commemorative. you can take it home and keep it. >> this question is not fair for this darling girl from leesburg, virginia. how many glasses of wine must one drink during the passover seder? 1, 2, 3 or 4? >> um -- >> is that your mom? she can help you. here's a clue, the same amount hoda has at lunch. >> three? >> no. nope.

it's a little more than that. there you go. >> you're hysterical and hilarious? >> the correct answer is four. they represent the four promises of deliverance made by god to the hebrews in the booed of e-- book of exodus. true or false, easter is the biggest candy holiday? >> think that through. >> false. >> good girl. >> great. >> you're related, right? >> so it's not easter, then? >> halloween. >> for sure. >> americans spend $2 billion in candy trick-or-treating, and it's close for easter, it's 1.9. >> are you kidding? >> close, but no chocolate bunny. the gentleman is from el paso, texas. what does the easter egg symbolize? good luck, hope, fertility or rebirth? >> i would have to say rebirth. >> yes, indeed. >> people are doing very well on

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a result our kids suffer, our marriage suffers, we suffer, so if we're not taking care of ourselves, we're not taking care of our families. so creating some organization within that system will help everything work more smoothly. >> is that because expectations are so high? should we just lower expectations? >> that is a piece of it. lowering the expectations will make you much happier, but moms have so many balls going at one time, and doing things like revisiting routines, that sounds like a no-brainer, but very few families ahead of time work out to work out routines for morning, afternoon, evenings. >> there's an opportunity to cut the fat, like in everybody's budget, like the government, there are places we can cut the fat. >> absolutely. >> i think sometimes you think i'll let the routine go today. >> it's spring break, right? >> what happens all the routines go and everybody is having a good time, but come send night

you have very tired kids and overwhelmed, and monday they have to, days off, maybe they get extra sleep, but not until 2:00 in the afternoon. >> you have to get your spouse to pitch in. sometimes that's easier said than done. >> this is one of the biggest concerns i hear from parents where spouses are not on the same page. if you start with the areas that are in agreement, say you're both fed up to here with the morning routine, that's a good place to start. the other thing to start doing is having family meetings, once a week, bring everybody together on saturday and sunday, talk about the week ahead, what everybody has going on. like everybody's schedule, who has to be where and when, and wrangle everybody. >> so you can find out what the schedule will be. >> but it becomes part of your weekly plan, sunday night, dinner or brunch, whatever, and everybody sits down together. the fact is everybody gets a chance to have a talk, they can air grievances, your kids might have some concerned, punishments they might have.

kids will give themselves stronger punishments than you will give. all research is pointing to the fact more family time, the better emotional health, mental health, and set up for the adolescents and kids in the home. >> aren't certain people just more high-strung than others? is it a dna thing? >> you think? >> some of us are more type a than others, but with a lot of moms especially, i find they do entirely too many things for their kids, because they want everything to be perfect so another frazzle-busting strategy is take time to train your kids for the jobs around the house. the motto is everybody contributes. if you live in the house you have to help keep it running. >> if we do too much for the kids how are they learning what they need to know when they leave the house? we're not saling make dinner at 5:00 action but -- >> they like to be a part of it. >> and what a great opportunity

to have conversations with them. being frazzled, the fact is the more organized you can be, the less frazzled you are, because you're in better control. >> i'm organized and i'm not frazzled. of course i don't have the whole -- >> i haven't taken the dog yesterday. >> scheduling dog walks will be a whole new ball game. >> great to see you all again. how to make starters for stress-free easter enter taining. where's my dog? izer alone isn't enough to fight wrinkles... add the power of a serum. garnier ultra-lift serum plus moisturizer. a skincare first. serums are highly concentrated. highly effective. garnier combines serum with hydrating moisturizer. a powerful skincare innovation. in one powerful step. with 2x the pro-retinol from nature, it works hard to fight wrinkles. in 10 days skin is firmer, smoother, lifted... ...transformed. pure anti-aging power. it's everything my skin needs. garnier ultra-lift serum plus moisturizer. take care. getting ready for the game. what game?

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all right. it's time to go to today's kitchen for easter delights, and we're making easy easter appetizers. >> antoine san antonio as -- is known as the rebel chef. >> i want to make sure you have something before the actual dinner. so great, easy quick appetizers. >> do they call you the rebel --

>> just because i do what i want to do. >> he doesn't give a rip. >> we have balsamic vinegar here, some olive oil in there, a bit -- a mix with pa tricka and cayenne. for people who don't have balsamic and paprika, i do a version with maple syrup and frank's red hot. now we're going to put the asparagus in there. just toss them up. >> you're just getting them damp. >> now we're going to roll them, and with a cured ham from portugal. prosciutto would work great also. how simple is that? you'll have the balsamic vinegar that there caramelize on there,

and the salt from the ham, that's going to give you the result. >> and what kind of cheese? >> i put manchego cheese. >> of course you did. >> but you can put pecorino or parmesan. here i have some spinach and pine nuts i roasted. a and. >> hoda can't have that? make one for her. >> and i'm putting in frank's red hot sauce. >> there you go. mix that up. >> that's what's great. the acidity will really balance that cream cheese, and the heat from that, so we mix it up, one tablespoon in our pizza dough. it's pizza dough we bought from

the store. i love to make my own. it's quick and easy, but you can find it in every supermarket. you put it in there, close it up. we're doing some beautiful, hoda. >> i don't even ask questions, i just make it work. >> one against, 4 hundred degrees. >> is that how they turn out? look how pretty. >> you have this flavor mixing together. >> and canape, olives, garlic, onius, tomato, fresh parsley. same thing again, in the oven, two minutes only on the broil, and here are your appetizers, with a nice glass of white wine or cold beer? everybody will be happy. >> the rebel is here. >> you can find all these re pills here at hoda.com.

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being single has its ups and downs, the freedom, the excitement and then those dates where you think, where on earth did this guy come from? >> ophera eisenberg, if that's her real name, decided to take charge of her love life, by dating and sleeping with 40 men. yes, my mother heard that right. 40 men to find her perfect mate. she says it's the secret to finding true live. she's written about it. i'm saying it only one time, because it's the title "screw everyone." now that we've established what you are, let's talk about what you did. >> first of all, we're happy you did. >> happy that you lived to tell the tale. >> happily. >> did it work, honestly, to

find the right one? >> i didn't have the master plan ahead of time. this is looking back in hindsight, but i was open to trying new things. when you talk about food, you talk about having a refined palate, but my dating strategy was to say ♪ i'm just a girl who can't say no ♪ >> as i was reading your book, it seemed like you were more of what we think of as a man, just sort of could care less, just wants the sex act and move on. >> i certainly cared. i have to say connection was always the most important thing to me, but sometimes i could be tonight is just about fun and that's okay, too. sometimes it didn't have to be so serious. >> what made your husband the one you ultimately chose different from the others. >> my what my mother told me is a lie. >> i was the one who, after being with a lot of people, i

gained experience. i was like, okay, if you find a collector, be wary of that, that might be a red flag. >> one guy collected garfields. >> that is a little weird. >> though at the time i was like -- >> but here's the difference between you and me, and there are a few. i would have gone in, seen all the garr fields and run for my life. not you, you're like, what will it be like? >> maybe we can keep them for our kids, who knows? when i met my husband, i think it's very romantic, but it sounds pragmatic. i was like, this guy is nice. that's new. i might try that for a while. also he and i saw the world the same way. >> it ultimately same down to the same values, like with your dog. >> that's weird. >> what did he think of your history? were you honest with him. >> i don't think i threw out a number. i said you have more experience than you. he said, that would be nice, i would like to have experience, that means you know what you're

doing. >> now what do you think after the book and the whole thing? >> he loves it now. he loves the attention. he feels like he's happy that he met me when he did. >> at the end of the trip. >> it was timing. when we met each other, i was ready to be with him. >> how long have been married? >> seven years. >> you have a good question, don't you? if she has a daughter. >> if you do have a daughter now, would you raise her when she's sexually mature to start having all kinds of discriminate sexual relationships with people? what diseases they have, where they've been. >> it doesn't sound right, does it? i never did anything that was not safe, by the way. but i would instruct her to have goals. and i would instruct her to definitely find someone that she likes, and build on that in whatever way it is, but if she wants adventure, i would say find someone you like and do it

right. >> all right. >> okay. >> i would love to know what your parents thought? >> i think they're happy i found a guy. tomorrow, our moms are here. >> i thought my mother was here just now. some ladies get ambush makeovers. >> and we're going to learn how to walk my dog. and i'm going to make friends with my friend who's ready to kill me.

good morning to you. thanks for being with us. i'm marla tellez. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon in for jon kelley. we begin with new details about busted bolts and the safety on the new span of the bay bridge. engineers are deciding how they want to fix the problem after an inspector found a few dozen bolts had snapped. nbc bay area's kristi smith joins us on whether this will push back the grand opening. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. not at all what you want to hear about construction on a new bridge, 32 bolts have snapped. cal is saying it's overdesigned for safety. they believe it's