The Trayvon MartinGeorge Zimmerman trial. And George Zimmerman was acquitted in that case. And a lot of people it raised a lot of emotions. And i think because it fell on a saturday night at 10 00 it was probably one of those that the eyes of the nation werent all focused because people on weekends tend to do what they are doing in their lives. They arent sitting by the television waiting for the most part. Lots been talked about. We dont want to talk it to death. But one of the things interesting were the celebs who were tweeting kind of when they were angry the minute they heard the verdict. And i dont think sometimes celebs dont realize when they tweet something, they arent just voicing their own opinion, which is fine, but they have 1. 8 million followers who could be on the verge of being inflamed. Who knows. They could incite violence by whatever they say. One of the tweets. New york giants victor cruz who is a great guy, by the way. Ive seen at many events and a kindhearted guy tweeted thoroughly confused. Zimmerman doesnt last a year before the hood catches up to him. He ended up apologizing, deleting and sending five more tweets apologizing for that comment. Roddy white said all them jurors should go home tonight and kill themselves for letting a grown man get away with killing a kid. He later apologized for that. Richard dreyfuss said its 2013 and an american jury just acquitted a man who admitted to stalking and killing an unarmed child. Anyway. And it goes on. But if you listen to trayvons own parents, which is really i am so impressed with them. Theyre unbelievable. Amazing. Given what they went through. Tracy martin tweeted even though im broken hearted, my faith is unshattered. I will always love my baby. The brother of George Zimmerman also tweeted our whole family is i dont have the rest of that. Our whole family is relieved. Today im proud to be an american. God bless america. Thank you for your prayers. Of course it depends on which side you were on. But the thing is, we can never know what that jury was going through. You know, these are six women, which florida is an unusual state in many ways. Six people and people get mad at a jury but the truth is juries are chosen by both sets of attorneys. When they do the selection. So you cant, after the fact, be upset about it because everybody both sides agreed these were the six people they were going to have on the jury. Most were saying the prosecution didnt do a good job proving its case and the two charges they had against George Zimmerman, they didnt have the they didnt have the impact to convict him on either of those two charges. Most people were saying from what the jury saw and heard from the evidence that was allowed in, they made what most professionals, it seems to me, said thats the only one they actually could because of the law which is the stand your ground law in florida. I think theres a legal thing and then an emotional and moral thing. You think, if i were driving a car down the street, fell asleep and hit someone accidentally and killed them, i would be charged with something involuntary. Something. Like something happened. And i think when common sense comes in people go, wait. That wasnt nothing. Something happened there. But whats the something . An innate sense we all want justice but we cant know what actually went on that night between those two people. We just cant know. And i think the last gentleman who testified on the forensic evidence was, you know, after that it was all over, i think. Yeah, i think so. You know how i felt about this from the beginning. I thought that many in the media made it out to be immediately racial. And there are, what, 300 murders like that every and why this particular one . And to me its almost like when we have an election. And the person you wanted to win doesnt win, thats our system. And we have to respect it. And we have to abide by the rules. And we cant rule by mob in our country no matter what because youll be on the other side of it sometimes. Lets move on. Lets talk about well, they are actually crookies. Oh, crookies. We have the cronuts. Its so passe. We have some breaking news. I dont know if anyone has even seen this crookie. Its its first outing. Its from a bakery in toronto. It came over the over across the border. It came across the border thanks to amanda. Amanda is one of our producers. They said they could not ship this in time. Amanda on vacation nearby said i will stop by and get them. So she smuggled them across the border. It was excellent. Its called amanda, you are looking good. So its a combination of a croissant and an oreo cookie in it. Lets taste it. I just got the croissant part. You are the sweet girl. You go. 3 each. Wait. Is that canadian or american . Canadian. 3 canadian. How is it . Light . Yeah. I could use a few more oreos in there. Of course you could. Why dont you take your own oreo and stuff it in there. We should point out, we were just talking about the zimmerman trial. Zimmerman had a lot of supporters also online. And in on twitter and stuff. So it wasnt all just one sided. Okay. And its time for the royal baby watch. And you know who was at her post . Natalie. Natalie morales. The first to arrive outside royal the st. Marys hospital in paddington. Weve got a little delay. Right. This is where shes expected to deliver. Hi, guys. Yeah, so any minute now, im waiting, as is everybody else. The media here, theyve all staked out their territory. A couple of weeks ago. Our nbc crew, they got here late june. And carved out a Perfect Little path right here for us. So tells you how much is invested in capturing the first photos and capturing that moment when william and kate will expectedly walk the little baby out and display the baby to the world. Already causing such buzz. Natalie, you have had two children they will want to come out and display the baby. Yes. At some point. Youve had two babies. You know that baby arrives when god says its time. You know . Absolutely. The storks i thought, too, yeah, exactly. But, i mean kates mom did leave a little indicator. Didnt she Say Something about the baby is going to be a leo . Whats that story . Well, heres the interesting point is that its emerged in the press that people are now thinking, well, this socalled rumored due date of this past weekend saturday, specifically the 13th, may actually be august 23rd now, which would put us into next week because apparently Carol Middleton dropped that the baby is going to be a leo. So now everybody is sort of like, well, maybe this wasnt the due date, especially because Prince William was seen along with harry playing polo. 100 miles away. Why would he go 150 miles 100 miles away from here and play polo if he knew the baby was going to come at any moment, even though he is a helicopter pilot and he could get a helicopter and get here as quickly as he could to be by her bedside. Kate was also spending the weekend with her own family in buckleberry. So a lot of question as to, they know a lot more than we do certainly when it comes to i hope you packed a lot of spanx because you may be there a while. I may be here a while. Im doing a lot of shopping. I figured the longer this goes on we can come up with a royal baby drinking game. So every time i say royal baby and theres still no royal baby, we have to we have our sippy cups. We have mamas sippy cups. Wine in a sippy cup. Natalie, were saving one for you. Love you, natalie. That is one of our favorite things. Save me a drink. Sip for you. Favorite things, this is a sippy cup. Theres a woman named well, well call her square peg. She works in rehoboth. She sent you and me both little gift baskets. Yes. Yes, she did. And one of them that wound up in this was a sippy cup which has a nice glass of wine and you can drink out of it. Anyway, square peg accessories. Com. Thats the website. Now my favorite is something called they were heroes. Its the Granite Mountain hot shots. These are the 19 brave unbelievable firefighters who lost their lives on june 30th while fighting the yarnell hill wildfire. These are 20 each. And 15 of that goes to the hot shots and the families. Can you imagine . The families they left behind. For more information go to, i think its gmhotshots. Com. Thats great. Sara . Mine is not so meaningful. Its an old navy tank. I wear tanks under almost everything. This happens to be a fun new with the lace but they have the perfect ribbed tanks and i probably own 100 of them and theyre only 8. Oh, i love that. Thats a good one. And a tank doesnt need to be really expensive. Those white tanks you can get those in the drug store. Those are great. The mens tanks are great for that, too. Over the weekend, i wasnt able to go to savannahs Wonderful Party that matt threw her. I heard it was sensational. I had a friend that was dying in the hospital, someone ive told you about for years. Precious dana marella who has been battling a disease since she was a 5yearold little girl. She passed away on friday. So tomorrow i wont be here. Im going to be actually at her funeral. But i wanted you all to know that thank you for your prayers for her but tomorrow night, i will be at can you go back, please. Im going to be at the barnes noble on 86th street in manhattan with Carolee Carmelo singing three songs from the scandalous cast album. My love and prayers out to the marella family. I know. Its tough. Its very, very tough. Okay. Someone is going to win a fabulous prize. Well find out who our fan of the week is. Also, halle berry and jimmy kimmel both have something in common. They both tied the knot, but not to each other. All the latest hollywood buzz with Brian Balthazar. We love him. I need a sip of my sippy cup. Me, too. From happy wedding news to a very sad and untimely loss, a lot of hollywood news made headlines this weekend. You going to eat that cookie . Here with a recap of all the latest buzz is Brian Balthazar, editor of popgoestheweek. Com. Hello, brian. And a friend of ours. Hello. Good to see you. Happy news for jimmy kimmel and halle berry. Both of them got married. The Cory Monteith story, the star of glee was found dead in his hotel room in vancouver. We dont know exactly how he died but theres some speculation because he did have a history of addiction problems. And they said there was no foul play. They were interviewing the people he was with the night before. He didnt check out on time and they checked on him and this is what they found. Many of his cast members certainly found it shocking. He was dating lea micheles character on the show and in real life. How long were they going out, brian . Two years . I think its close to that. Shes 26 and hes 31. This is shocking for her. She hasnt personally given a statement but a rep for her said to please, you know, respect her privacy right now. Must be devastated. I dont know how you couldnt be. He was incredibly loved by his costars. A gentle, gentle person. And also he had successfully gone through the rehab recently in april. We dont know exactly what happened. They are performing an autopsy today. Eventually well find out. Some of his costars have spoken. Jane lynch said it was very sad. And Matthew Morrison who plays mr. Schuster on the show was performing yesterday at 54 below in new york night spot, cabaret spot, and he sang a song in honor of him from a chorus line, what i did for love. A tribute to that in glee itself. So its very sad. Well find out more about it. Lets move to happier news. A lot of weddings this weekend. Halle berry tied the knot. She said shed never get married again. Never say never. Shes pregnant again. Shes pregnant with her second child. I think shes in her 40s. Congratulations to her. Shes just gone to pot these days, hasnt she . Its hard looking like these two. Wasnt he in unfaithful . Yes. Thats one of the few movies i own. She is truly one of the most beautiful women on the planet. They were married in france. Gorgeous wedding. But the real wedding story is Jimmy Kimmels wedding. He married one of the cohead writers. Who shows up but gabourey sidibe. She stepped out in a full on wedding gown. Did she come down the aisle . No, she did not come down the aisle. Thats what i had heard. Thats genius. She took people by surprise certainly and she did change eventually but when you are jimmy kimmel, you have to expect that game on. Gabourey has always been a good sport. He does all these videos with celebrities and shes in almost all of them. Is there a new hot couple . Jenny mccarthy and donny wahlberg. I would show you a clip because it got racy and kind of dirty real quick. Hoda would love that. He whispered dirty things into her ear. This is part of the show. She loves that. They are dating, so yeah. The sexual tension on this show was, literally i watching was like, get a room you two. It was hot, hot, hot. Now they are reportedly dating. Good for them. They were talking about how they behave in bed and all that good stuff. Well, her show is racy. And he was certainly going to rise to the occasion because look at her. Again. She ends up going to the view shes going to have to tone that down. Well see. Time will tell. What about the movies . We always think that the big blockbusters are going to win. Were learning now theyre not. Lone ranger did terribly. Now pacific rim was supposed to do well. That tanked. Despicable me is on top. It cost only about 76 million to make. It has made over 200 million just domestically. This i probably because of those minions. They are getting their own spinoff movie. This whole world of blockbuster movies, they are rethinking it. No more blockbusters ever. 200 million. Thank you Brian Balthazar from pop goes the week. It took 30 moving trucks to do it but Candy Spelling is finally moving on. Well find out how shes coping since trading in her 56,000squarefoot mansion for an l. A. Condo. Why shes really downsized. Are you are fan of the week . Probably not, but well find out right after this. Good student and multipolicy discounts could save you hundreds of dollus. Engineer uh geicos discounts could save you hundreds of dollars. It sounds like youre saying dollus. Dollus. Engineeif you could accentuate the r sound of dollars. Are. Are. Are. Engineer are. Arrrrrr. Arrrrr. Someone bring me an eye patch, i feel like a bloomin pirate. Geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Honestly, i feel like i nailed that. What do you think about caffeine . We consume over two billion cups of coffee every week without a second thought. 5hour energy has less caffeine than some starbucks coffees, plus it has vitamins and nutrients. Its simple. Caffeine with vitamins and nutrients. Its the combination that makes it so great. Before you make a decision, get the facts. Try a sip and find out why so many people love 5hour energy. It is time to find out who is our lucky fan of the week. Sara haines is here to fill us in. Our winner this week is Julie Mcelhaney from boca raton, florida. Julie, congratulations. Thank you so much. Hi, julie. Okay. Hello. You must be so excited. Let me tell them a little about you. Julie watches it on nbc 6 south florida once she gets home from a long day of teaching kindergarten. Not only does julie love the fourth hour, but so does her class. Oh, no. She reads Party Animals to them. Good girl. Even has today on her word wall. Julie has been watching the today show since she was a kid and her family and friends know that you are her girlfriends. Do you want to know where were sending you . Tell me all about it. Well, get ready to take a break from teaching because were going to send you and a guest to the foxwoods resort and casino in connecticut. Youll have a fiveday fournight stay in deluxe accommodations for two in the mgm grand at foxwoods or grand tower at foxwood resorts casino. Plus youll be able to enjoy dining credits at the paragon restaurant. It sounds like a fun getaway for a hard working teacher. Hotel and airfare provided by the foxwoods casino. What do you think . You made my summer. Thank you so much. Were so excited. Julie, thank you. Imagine the tag sale. Candy spelling is here to tell us how she downsized from the biggest home, i think in the country. Definitely los angeles, but 123 rooms to a mere condo in the sky. She was quick putting on her sweater that girl. The call of the wild from captivating creatures are right in our studio. Shes usually here when theyre here. All right. After your local news. We are back with more of today. She had only 30 days to do it. And more than 4 Million People watched as Candy Spelling packed up her things and moved from her legendary 56,000squarefoot mansion, spelling manor. Thats 123 rooms of stuff. Really nice stuff. Now on hgtvs beyond spelling manor candy puts on her hard hat to tackle renovating her new digs, a 47 million penthouse condo. But one question remains. How to downsize the gift wrap room. Take a look. In the manor, i have three gift wrap rooms. In the condo here, i have one. I needed three because aaron had seven hours of Primetime Television on at one time and we had over 1,000 gifts of which i wrapped every one of them. Now my life has calmed down and its i only need one wrap room. Oh, my god. The gift wrap room. Cheaper than a psychiatrist, right . Absolutely. Absolutely. It was very therapeutic. I loved it. So it took so many years to build up that the manor that you had to get it all just right. Disassembling it must have been extremely difficult for you. Emotionally as well because you spent so many happy years there with aaron. Not only emotionally. Im really still going through the emotions now because im still im now going through all this stuff. You put a lot in storage because you went down to is it 19,000 square feet, the new condo . Right. So you took the top two floors of the penthouse in this brand new gorgeous building called the century in l. A. The views are amazing. Yes. And she when they said you cannot have a rose garden, what did you say . I said, of course i can have a rose garden. They said you cant have a pool you said . Of course i can have a pool. How did you get those things you werent supposed to have . Well, it kind of happened that we i had a wish list of things that i wanted. They wanted me in the building, and a couple times i started to walk away. So we really went back negotiations. Yes. I have been one time to your house before on your 25th wedding anniversary and i just thought how genius in this huge, huge home. You decorated every inch of it and you thought you were in the warmest, coziest home. You made nooks. Beautiful nooks. Im looking forward to seeing what youve done in l. A. We have people who sent in pictures and need help with decorating. They are on a budget, candy, so consider that. Brittany wants to spruce up we should have a photo popping up of her living room. How would you spruce that up . All right. First of all, i think that the orange chair in between the two brown sofas kind of looks like it was added in there and maybe stuck in a corner there. Id take and move it on to the other side of the room if they feel they have to have it for seating. Get rid of it. I would remove the carpet thats on top of the carpet and pick which i think which coffee table they like the best and put that. Because once this sofa is moved over, it wont look so cluttered and it wont look like two different tables. Heres a picture that jean sent in. Lets look at this next one. What would you do to this one with the fireplace. Ahha. Okay. First of all, i would, one half of the room is green and one half of the room is white. And i think the left side of the fireplace, i would paint that white up to the if they feel they have to have the green up to the corner so both walls match. And i think i would take the frame off around the air conditioning unit so it doesnt make it stand out like its a piece of artwork. What about all the knickknacks and stuff . I would get rid of some of them. Pick your favorite things and just put them out so they look more important than, you know. All right. And one other thing i know that unless they love lavender, i have gone i have gone to the fabric store and gotten inexpensive fabric and just made a little slip cover for my dogs favorite bed to match the room. We wish you all the happy ness in your new home. Coming up, can a hornbill fly . What is a hornbill . Well find out. I bet it cant. Too heavy. What do you think . I think youre right. Were going to go wild. Ee every week without a second thought. 5hour energy has less caffeine than some starbucks coffees, plus it has vitamins and nutrients. Its simple. Caffeine with vitamins and nutrients. Its the combination that makes it so great. Before you make a decision, get the facts. Try a sip and find out why so many people love 5hour energy. With hotwires low prices, we can afford to take more trips this year. Hit the beach in florida. And a reunion in seattle. 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She was hatched out at seaworld of texas. You can just go like this. Right down the hatch. These guys live off the islands off of maine. And many years ago, we had actually hunted these guys. Their eggs and feathers and for meat, almost to extinction here in maine. So basically project puffin restored the population. We have our keepers who actually go down there. Linda will come on and grab makias from you. Went down there and worked on metinicus rock with the puffins there. Okay. Whats next. So hoda, you were so good with that bird, weve got one thats slightly larger for you. Hold out your arm, hoda. I am not hold out your arm. Tell me when its over. Youre going to help feed. All right. Here we go. Now go ahead and use your hand. Hes very gentle. No, hes not. You feed him. He is very gentle. Hes got my hairdo. Will he take it right out of there . Yes, he will. Why should i lose a finger. This is a hornbill. Out in the wild, they lay two eggs but only the first chick survives. So we actually help to raise the second chick up and then return that one to the wild. Population of this vulnerable bird can hopefully be restored as well. Hoda, you are so good. I am so proud of you. Can i get him off. Turn your arm around and hell slide back to melissa. She was going for your bracelet. All right. Melissa will get him going. Come on, melissa. Hes like, im staying. All right. And here you can have your bracelet back. He likes that. Not leaving while theres food there. Oh, no. Bye, camera two. Oh, my god. Oh, no. Hes called a ground hornbill. Hes gone. Wow. Thats okay. We love having fun. What is that . All right. Next weve got a Little Critter here. This is a cotton top tamarin. Like a monkey . Yes it is a primate. Cute. Critically endangered. Only 6,000 of them left in a very small area of colombia. But we work with projecto to protect the forest. Were not going to have time for the next one. Well do it really quick over here. He made the trip. The least we can do. This is cypress born at discovery cove. And we can see weve got little animals climbing all over the place. Were going to give you seven ways to help you find your what is it . Zen. Were going to calm down. Well be right back. Everything you need to know the first thing. Tap into us. Wake up with al with Stephanie Abrams and al roker weekday mornings at 6 00 and 10 00 only on the weather channel. Chances are, youre not made of money, so dont overpay for boat insurance. Geico, see how much you could save. Diarrhea, gas, bloating . Yes one Phillips Colon Health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues. With three strains of good bacteria. [ Phillips Lady ] live the regular life. Phillips. Kids, jobs, money, relationships, animal segments. Demands of daily life can be overwhelming but there are some simple things you can do as part of your normal routine to calm your mind and body. Here to put us on the path to serenity with ways to destress is chivan oconnor from prevention magazine. Help us. You just had a crazy segment. Right. We combed Scientific Research and found seven recent studies that can help you keep a cool head when things start heating up. Most think they need a vacation. You cant always have one or afford it. It starts the second you wake up in the morning. A calm mind starts when you wake up. What we tend to do is sleep walk our way through the coffeemaker or hit snooze. Do a little stretching in bed before you get up. You dont have to be a yogi. Just pull your knees into your chest. Stretch both sides of your body. Calms your nervous system. Okay. Meditation for a lot of people is something. The day is so hectic and chaotic, you dont really have time. Id be in an asylum or somebody would be dead if i didnt do that. Meditation is another word for mindfulness. We suggest you take it outside. The benefits are manyfold if you do it that way. You are centering your mind, staying in the present moment. You are just focusing on the present moment. Waking up with a moment of gratitude that youre still here. Got a pulse, got a purpose, hoda. Sometimes i listen to music but a lot of my friends dont. They soak in their surroundings. The kind of music you like. Come on. Its not serene. Its better to just stay quiet. Just focus. Okay. You say give yourself a ding every day. You want to do this before you get really messed up or wound up about something. Set a timer. 60 seconds is all it takes. Mindfulness, quiet time. I like to do this in the bathroom where no one will disturb you. Set a timer for 60 seconds. Just breathe. Stay in the present moment. Chill out, 60 seconds and youre done. Maybe you should do that before you tweet. We do. So gardening has amazing benefits. If you dont have outdoor space, its good to have plants around you or get the bottled version. A whole bunch of different scents. Any Health Food Store has them. Find a scent that speaks to you. We like lang lang and orange. What do you do with it . Put a little on a tissue and inhale the tissue or dilute it in another oil and put it on your body, your pulse points. A lot of people say if you smile fake it until you make it like its a good idea. I did this on the way over here. I was stuck in traffic. Sometimes you have to fake it to make it. It sends the same messages to your brain as a real smile. It does . It does. Its impossible to be in a bad mood when you are smiling, even if you are faking it. They say if you help someone else, thats the best way to help yourself. We talk about that a lot. Its amazing we do research on these kinds of things that should seem so obvious. Thank you. People would have nothing to read in your magazine if you didnt, though, right . Thank you. Justin timberlake, kanye west and snoop dogg are among his fans. We have a Live Performance from Mayer Hawthorne. Remember that name. First, this is today on nbc. Announcer the toyota Concert Series on today brought to you by toyota. Singer and songwriter Mayer Hawthorne is known for his soulful sound help his last album debuted at number one in the r b and soul chart. His new album is where does this door go. Welcome. Welcome to all of you. Thank you for being here. You have a great fan club. Yeah, thats always a bonus. When did you get your big break . When did that happen . I moved to los angeles from detroit to make hip hop music. I wanted to make rap music. And what happened along the way . I gave my rap demo to this guy named Peanut Butter wolf. He runs a label in los angeles. And he didnt like any of my rap music but he really liked these demos that i did in my bedroom of soul music that i really just made so that i could sample myself to make records. Were going to do her Favorite Song . Yep. Her Favorite Song off my new album. Take it away, hon. Friday night and the scene is bright at avalon walked straight to the bar in her party dress told the bartender pour a shot and make it strong because she needed cheering up she proceeded to get drunk you could see it tearing up in her eyes but when she gets home she puts her headphones on she plays her Favorite Song and fades away and when the musics on she can do no wrong and she feels safe and calm and its okay and she says the world keeps turning life goes on yeah she says, ba, ba, dee ba, dee, ba the world keeps turning life goes on the night before i had a date with a boy from Highland Park said hed meet her at the diner at 9 00 leather boots, eyeliner laid on extra dark she got a table set for two but he never made it through and she tried to play it cool and she cried but when she gets home she puts her headphones on she plays her Favorite Song and fades away and when the musics on she can do no wrong she feels safe and calm and its okay and she says, ba, ba, dee ba, dee, ba the world keeps turning life goes on yeah she says ba, ba, dee ba, dee, ba the world keeps turning life goes on the world keeps turning you got to shake it off you got to shake it off shake it you got to shake it off you got to shake it off got to shake it off shake it got to shake it off shake it got to shake it off shake it got to shake it off got to shake it off shake it got to shake it off got to shake it off shake it got to ske it off shake it got to shake it off shake it got to shake it off yeah Mayer Hawthorne. Yeah. Lookg good. Doctor in america. Dr. Drew pinsky. Joined by adam carolla. You are the most comfortable person in your own skin. Somewhere between drunk and narcissist. Jeff pushes the line. Were banned from being together on the air. Jeff and driving us too. Wow. [ applause ] hello roll it all right. A little about me. Im recently married. I work with my wife on this show. And im learning how to be a dad to two amazing kids in a blended family. Im hosting a