Jill martin will be on to talk about all the good stuff. She is always saving us mountains of cash. We love it. Millions always promise this time of year to eat better but snacking can be the biggest setback, especially if you dont have a plan or you spend a lot of time at the mall or youre traveling. Weve got great caloriesaving solutions. Little changes can make big differences. They can. Also, words of wisdom and secrets of success from people who have made it big. Warren buffet, coach tony robbins, spanx creator, sara blakely, and san antonio mayor julian castro. I thought you were just all fit. Those exercises we were doing earlier. The butter churn. President obama says he will sign the bill that pulled the nation back up from the fiscal cliff. Last night a divided house vote diverted income tax hikes for most persons but delayed decisions on spending cuts. Congress now needs to raise the debt ceiling, he says, so the government can keep paying its bills. If not, he says the consequences could be far worse than the impact of the fiscal cliff. Secretary of state Hillary Rodham clinton will fully recov recover, doctors are confident, from a blood clot in her head. She is said to be in good spirits and making excellent progress. The blood clot behind her right ear formed after a concussion from a fall. Justin biebers sports car. He was not in the car at the time. The photographer was struck by another vehicle as he returned to his own car. Officials say no charges are expected against the driver who hit him. Today an open house is being held in connecticut at a Repurpose School for survivors of last months sandy hook elementary massacre. Teachers and other workers have been busy get thing the space ready for the students, painting and moving furniture. Classes at the new facility begin tomorrow. Counselors say its important for children to get back into a normal routine. If your new years resolution is to lose a few pounds, researchers are weighing in on a new study. Looking at almost 3 million people, those with a body mass index that ranked them as overweight had a lower mortality rate as people with normal weight. Cholesterol and diabetes are as important or perhaps more important than weight alone. Those who are obese have a greater risk of dying overall and Health Official s caution the study should not give anyone the green light to gain weight. Emotional scene tuesday at the tournament of roses parade in pasadena. Sergeant eric paz deported to afghanistan, was on one of the floats. His family told they won a front row seat to the parade didnt know he was there. He walked off the float and into the arms of his surprised wife and 4yearold son. His wife, miriam, called it amazing and awesome. Eric said he was choking back tears the whole time. Four men in Central China ushered in the new year on the rocks, living inside an ice hut. One gave up after 14 hours. Endured the entire day in rooms made of ice without eating, drinking or sloping. Two of the winners, if you want to call them that, also hold World Records for surviving in extremely cold water. That is the news. Its four after the hour. It remains unclear, al, why they did this. Thats why they did it. It was worth it for the hug. Bring it in. All right. How about a check of the weather . That was very awkward. Yes, it was. Okay. Lets see what we have for you. Starting off with today, we are looking at wet weather from the gulf coast into the southeastern atlantic states, part of a weak frontal system thats draped down there. Clipper coming across, bringing blowing snow across the plains, lakeeffect snow later on today and on into the eastern great lakes. Plenty of sunshine into the southwest. But temperatures throughout much of the country anywhere from 10 to 20 degrees below normal. Quiet as people had back to school and work. Clearing into the afternoon. Highs in the 40s. All right. Now to todays take three, where we take on three top he cans that we hope, at least, have you talking. Take one turns out the most searched gift item online this year, more people searched online for ugg brand than any other gift. Are you ugg wearers . I believe this. I struggled with whether to buy my kids because theyre expensive, like 175. I bought them for my girls, that was their one big ticket item and i can share my fourth graders, the same shoe. Double dip. What size are we talking about . A good 5 1 2. Okay. You do such great stunts. Im a are they furry . I have to say uggs, it is a funny thing with your kids when you want those. You cant get those bear paws for long because they want the ugg brand. Theyre big now, for girls of that age, the age of your kids, bright pink and purple. You have the uggs . I do. They are so warm. I resisted for so long. I have a pair of ugg slippers. You do . Wear them around the house. Or out to the stores when you get older, start losing it. You wear pajamas. Men cant wear the ugg boots. No, does not work. Ive seen a couple of men i dont know. Does not work. Number two was kindle fire, ipad, amazon kindle, bar by was number five, ipad mini, ipod touch. You get the idea of technology. Technology. There it is. The end of gangnam style. Its time. Its time can we watch it a little bit again . If this is the end we want to drink it in. Psy new years eve here we go. Horsey dance. Gangnam style so he said on new years eve that this has got to be the end in america. He said he has a few dates where he has to play it still but he feels it has run its course. Give a call to mc hammer. Hes still rocking it, but he has embraced, you know cant touch this. Dont give that up. Just as you see David Gregory make a fool david, do it again. Look at al. Whoo little hip action. But look at david. There it was. He already has one name, madon madonna, cher. Psy, take it to vegas. Celine now. Celine. Im thinking road trip. Take three, banished words of 2013 for the 38th time Michigan Lake superior State University has released a list of words to be banished from the queens english for misuse, overuse and general uselessness based on nominations from around the world. The word or phrase that topped the list, are you ready for this . Hit it. Fiscal cliff banned from the queens english. Based on the deal we got yesterday well hear that. For a while. Into 2013. Maybe fiscal ravine. There you go. Little twist. Wouldnt it be great if wile e. Coyote fell off the fiscal cliff . You only live once. Im so late to the party that i looked at this list. Theyre a little bit new to me. Yolo, im just learning about these. Main ball, what . You just heard of mace balls . No. Spoiler alert. I guess were not allowed to use that anymore. Used in full caps warns readers of the spoiler, as it would indicate. Introducing the early days of the web. I would rather know. The worldwide web. Become in the good old days. Spoiler alert you go right to it. It says not to look at it. That makes you look at it. Great for the people putting it out there. Exactly. Bucket list. Im okay with bucket list. Whats wrong with bucket list . Was that from shake the bucket . Originally. Bucket list. Trending something currently popular. Apparently were not allowed to use that word anymore. What happens if you use it . Are there word police . Yes. The black helicopters sweep in and take you away. Guru is another one. Whats the matter with guru . This list just guru has been around for a long time. Kick the can down the road was on there. I fully support that. Getting rid of that term . I was ready to get rid of it in 2012. How about craycray, does that bother yall . If youre 12 or 13 its okay. The word i want to get really . Its time to put that to rest. Really . Really. I go for literally. That was mine ill think of another one. There it is. Tas not just that its overused but so wildly misused. Literally means you are literally doing the thing. Which is kind of like seriously. Seriously . Im going to change mine to like. With the young kids it drives me crazy when everything is like this, like that. Or you know. If youre on facebook you want to be liked. This is getting really confusing. Whos on first. Right. 75 off, this mornings steals and deals. Jill martin is next. Id like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios mom, are those my jeans . [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who dont. Multigrain cheerios keeping up with the kids is tough, so i drink emergenc. With vitamin c for immune support and b vitamins for natural energy, im ready for whatever they get into. Get your free sample at myemergenc. Com. Stay healthy and feel the good. To make just about anything delicious. Introducing new jif chocolate flavored hazelnut spread. Whatever you put it on. 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We have great items with deeply discounted prices exclusively for today show viewers. Jill martin is here to walk us through the office. Good to see you. Good morning. I love a bargain. Lets start over here. I like the idea of these. This is new year new you. You can get these items right now on today. Com. If you want them, go on right now. Were all into working out, getting our bodies in shape. Thats what this series is dedicated to. Starting with this fabulous line. Now retail 36 to 58. The brand says that the materials are in your everyday exercises will help you tone and burn calories. How great is that . Theres five different styles. Whether you want it high wasted or regular tights go online to today. Com and well explain which is which is. Retail is 36 to 58. The deal 16 for any of them. Thats up to 72 off. Well done. Good way to start the new year. We all like to start the year looking thinner. Looking thinner. I like the smoke and mirrors approach. 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You have to be careful with the scale. Lot of times youre building muscle. Its not relevant on the scale. After you have your shapers on, learn your language and work out, now we get to the scale. Retail is 79. 95, escali bathroom scale, body weight, body fat percentage and body water percentage. It helps determine if you are losing body fat and how much muscle youre gaining. Sometimes that gets confusing. Thats key because the number on the scale doesnt always match up. Retail 79. 95. The deal 24. Thats 70 off. Its nice looking. You can have it in the bathroom. I like the glass look in there. Thats good. Who doesnt love a nice pair of sheets to curl up with . These are a great gift if you want a new years gift, beautiful box with the bow. You feel this. Microfiber. Retail 149 to 189. Egyptian comfort collection, machine wash and dry. They dont wrinkle. Available in 12 colors. Retail 149 to 189. The deal 49 up to 74 off. This is the first bed ive ever made here. Are you going to lay in this thing . Ill let you do that for the wrap up here. I like all the different colors it comes in. 12 colors. Great deal and a great way to spruce up your new year. Jill marpt, great to see you. Happy new year. Again, all the products are online. Shatobu shapewear, living language platinum, Tracy Mallett workout series, escali. Any questions you have about our steals and deals. Good stuff. Coming up, healthy snacks on the go. First these messages. This is 100,000. We asked total strangers to watch it for us. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Ill be right back. They didnt take a dime. How much in fees does your bank take to watch your money . If your bank takes more money than a stranger, you need an ally. Ally bank. Your money needs an ally. Were spreading the word about honey bunches of oats fruit blends and their unique taste combinations. Like peach raspberry. With one flavor in the granola bunch and one on the flake. Two flavors. In harmony. 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But it works. It works. It works for you. Im not on a lot of red carpets. Bob yager, our camera guy. Show them your look. Lets see it. Good one. Thats good. Kind of a variation on the roker. I have a picture of bob at every concert going well have matt talking to some of those successful people in the country about their keys to success. First your local news. Weight. I just got started and im like hey, that first 20 came off, well it wasnt too hard at all. I love breads. You can still eat bread. I love my sweets. I can still have a cookie on Weight Watchers. I love the barcode scanner. Occasionally, ill use it at the bar. Of course thats what its for, right . Bar code. Oh i think im never going there again. I feel healthy. And just. Young again. [ female announcer ] Weight Watchers online. The power of Weight Watchers completely online. Join for free today. Into john stamos. Honey i think im getting burned eat. Tastes pretty good, huh . [ men grunting ] open [ male announcer ] oikos. 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Temperatures hover around 40 each and every afternoon. Minimal chances for any rain or snow. 20 chance on sunday you start to notice a pattern of some of these poses you may be on to something. Do celebrities strike the same pose in every shot . Some do. Im willie geist along with al roker and kit hoover. You put me in the middle. I thought it was this guy. How about bieber . A peace sign, you have to bring it in. I would be the dorky, like, hang loose. Throw some gang signs. Very nice. If your resolution is to lose a few pounds, eat a healthy diet, snacking can be a real issue. When youre out and about, whether youre on a plane or at work, we have great healthy choices thanks to Madelyn Fernstrom as she continues to read the paper. You know the spanx, amazing body shaper. My friend. Got them on right now. Female billionaire, she joins warren buffet, tony robbins and mayor castro of san antonio. Ill be listening. How about a check of the weather first . Little weak frontal system to the south bringing showers to texas and southeastern atlantic states. Clipper coming across the states. No big deal. Chilly throughout much of the country today. Then for tomorrow, more lakeeffect snow. Its going to be cold throughout much of the u. S. Rain moves back into the pacific northwest. Few scattered showers along the georgia florida border. Lots of sunshine in the northeast. Temperatures anywhere from 10 to 20 grease below normal. Thats whatsal starting off with clouds. High temperature in the upper 30s to the low 40s. No major and thats your latest weather. Al, thank you very much. Up next, keeping face. Celebrities who strike the same pose with every single photo, after this. Standard in antiaging. R ]d roc® retinol. Found in roc® retinol correxion deep wrinkle night cream. Its clinically proven to give 10 years back to the look of skin. 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Paul mccartney does it, its straight up. Mccartney can pull that off, though. Hes the original. What about Victoria Beckham . She doesnt like to smile. She likes that pout. She has a lot to smile about. Very severe. She does not smile because when she hits the red carpet its all about business. Shes playing a role. She wants to get in, get out. And she does looks like somebody took a whiz in her cheerios. Shes working it. Women like the way their face looks is that the thing . Yes. When you smile you get and do this, because it makes you look smaller. Your supposed to hold your mouth open. A lot of women do it. A lot of women do it. What . On the red carpet theyre like, huh . It brings sex appeal. So paris hilton is the queen of the side like this. She has one eye thats smaller than the other one. No, come on its true. She has a twinkie eye . She tries to do the side that she covers up that eye. The hands on the hip. Make you look smaller, skinnier. Hands on the hip all the time. One side or the other, depending on which eye one side or the other. How does she prevent shots from the other side . You can never prevent it. She wears an eye patch. P pirate look. Hair covers it up on one side. How about lady gaga . Slightly opened mouth as you were talking about. There we go. She brings that couture to red carpet. How about willie . Side head shot. Hes smiling. Half smile. I like it. You do have that boyish thing that i love. What is it you say you do . Do we have some of kit . We do. Ill show it to people. Oh i didnt wash that day. A beautiful smile. I dont know why theyre messing with you. Its beautiful. I just dont get it. I get all choked up and go especially with the mustache. You look good. Couple of pistols. Lets do yours because were talking about everybody. Al roker. Get that off. Come on straight to roker. Whenever im out saving lives. Its the hair i love. I love the hair. People with good teeth like al have a toothy grin. Hey, how are you doing . Good to see you. You dont really smile big, you kind of cover it up. Is there an alicia quarrles, by the way . Hand on one hip. It makes the waist look better. People not want to mess with you. Im the enforcer. Ill have to try your boyish grin and the mustache. The sta krchstache. Alicia quarrles, thank you. Snacking on the go. In the parking lot. Shut up thats it lets go in the car. Snacking on the go. Msnacking on shut up thats it pretty much got it down to a science. Pretty much. We also really like a great pulled pork sandwich even when we cant make the game. You ruined it some people even like it better. Really . Yep. [ male announcer ] new carving board pulled pork, get that delicious slow smoked taste without the hassle. Its game time food. Its oscar mayer. Its game time food. Are you flo . Yes. Is this the thing you gave my husband . Well, yeah, yes. The name your price tool. You tell us the price you want to pay, and we give you a range of options to choose from. 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Try some activia. Activia helps with occasional irregularity when eaten three times a day. Keep a video diary and let me know about your new normal. This morning on eat smart today, Healthy Snacking on the go. It can be a challenge. Madelyn fernstrom, happy new year. Happy new year to you, too. What do we want to do when youre grabbing a quick snack . Were talking about 150 to 200calorie range, but it can be less, as little as 75 to 100 or a drop more, depending on the circumstance. If youre a smart snacker, you can make this work for you and not overdo it. Snacking kills you. At the airport, what do you need to know . Perfect world, ill take things along with me. But getting through security, you want to make your plane. If youre looking around at restaurants, there are things that can work with you. You cant go wrong with a piece of fruit, Something Like an orange or banana. A small latte. If youre not a coffee person, have a steamer with some milk, yogurt. Lifestyle snacks that do the heavy lifting for you. Small snacks around 150, 180 calories, little mixes of fruits, nuts, crackers, good for you things in little packages or do something as simple as a kind bar. They fill you up. They are satisfying. They have a good taste profile. Thats what youre looking for, just little snacks. No more cinnabuns and chickfila. It looks like a snack but will weigh in at about 800 calories. It doesnt have to be a snack. Once youre on the plane. Now youre on the plane. What do you do . Long flight. Theres a lot of things that you can look for. Lets start with the free stuff. A lot of this stuff is really pricey. Perfect world, you bring something with you. Think about the drink cart, nonalcoholic, that comes around. You can get a juice, orange juice or vegetable juice if youre trying to trim some calories. That stuff is free. Make a little spritzer and mix it with some seltzer. Have some water. But this gives you something around 100 calories or so. A leader in keeping up with snacks, popped corn chips around 100 calories for them. Think about what you want to have. Caramel. Animal crackers, these kinds of things. Portion control is one thing. Barely give you any. And in snacking case, thats a good thing. Be careful when airlines have a snack pack, delta, jetblue, its about 500 calories. Think of that for two or three people. Nuts and different things, but split these things. Lets go over to the car. We both have kids. Yeah. This is a huge issue on a road trip. This is great. I wish mine looked like that instead of the cheetos in the back. You want to have stuff thats not a mess. Water, small bottles. Thing that is your kids would actually like, and you, too. Buy things that are preprepared or make your own. Teeny bags of cereal, few chocolate chips in, raisins, dry fruits. You can buy them already made if you have the time or money or make them yourself. You get that vat of gold fish crackers, is that bad or good . Buy the little 100calorie ones so you can have the satisfaction of eating all the way through the bag. You can find a lot of this stuff at a rest stop or gas station but youll see them in much larger ams. You can get turkey jerky. Or even something small from a fast food place. Lets stop by the mall real quick. What do we do in the food court . There are plenty of good things in the food court. There are . The smell sucks me right in. Youre looking for that cinnabon. I totally am. Tiny yogurt parfait, frozen yogurt with berries on it. Want something warm and savory, have some soup or asian vegetables. Thats good especially if you want some crunch. Think before you eat and what you want to get. You can be a smart snacker and it still can taste good. No sauce on that, by the way. You can do it on the side. You have to give somewhere. Were still going to chickfila. Madelyn, thank you. Back in a moment. I do interior decorating and styling for bars and restaurants. 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So get 100 fiberoptic fios for as low as 94. 99 a month when you sign up online, with a twoyear price guarantee. Visit verizon. Com choiceforbiz. Verizon. Matt recently sat down with people offering tips for the new year. Julian castro, sara blakely, the founder of spanx, warren buffet and tony robbins. In a down time when youve been battered and a rough time to splurge . Good idea . Maybe occasionally, sure. But splurge means you do it once in a blue moon not folks that dont save, that, you know, spend their monies in ways they shouldnt. The best investment you can always make is in yourself. It changed my life in a big way. Before that, i could not speak in public. I was a total disaster. It gave me the chance i was going to go sell stocks and i knew i had to be able to talk to people. Any time you can invest in yourself, youll get a payoff 1,000 for one. Thats an amazing piece of advice, especially for the coming year. Have you done Something Like that . The first thing that popped into my mind was when i could not really afford it, i splurged on a nice watch when i was selling fax machines door to door and that watch became my symbol to myself where i was headed. And it was just something i made a decision to do. I still have the watch. Inspiration . That was inspiration for me but also the belief in myself, im going to get there. I mentioned that youre all successful. Youre all self made, all right. Was the drive to succeed in your dna . Or did you find it somewhere else . How about you, mr. But haffet . I think it was but i was encouraged by my father. If i had a different set of parents, it might have been different. I always i always liked to do business. I liked to buy when i was 5 years old, i would buy six cokes for my grandmother for a quarter and sell them for a nickel each. Something in your dna . Circumstances of pain made me look for answers. I wasnt a popular kid. I loved people. I would bake cookies and take care of people. I was the oldest of three, i had a lot of responsibility. It made me want to find answers, what makes a difference in peoples lives and it made me obsessed with that. Part dna and part circumstance. There were events that catapulted me stronger into wanting to be self independent financially. Ive always had such great tud for being a woman in america. Lotto ticket hi had no control over and im grateful for it every day. The people that have worked so madder hard to give me opportunity in this country is so exciting for me. I think its both. The circumstances of how i grew up. Also one of the neat things in my life is that im a twin. I have a twin brother. Im absolutely convinced that the competition between us as twins fueled both of our success. That always wanted to outdo the other. Lets say youre talking to someone out there who has tried everything to be successful. What would you say to that person who thinks maybe this just isnt going to work out for me . How do you encourage a sense of optimism in that person to keep digging . My dad lost his job in 1931. I was one year of age. Two kids, a mortgage on his house. He worked with the bank. The bank was closed. Money was in the bank and he just started the company. He didnt have anything else to do. And for a year or two, it was tough. But america comes back. And youre riding with the tide in this country. And you keep clawing at it. Who you spend time with, and getting yourself in proximity with people who are succeeding, even if you have to work for free for somebody, you begin to see what the opportunities are. One of the challenges in our country, when people are doing poorly, we put them together in an environment where other people are doing poorly and we wonder why they dont get better. For me, in a very rough time in my life i became specific, what am i good at . One of the things on my list is sales, selling fax machines door to door. I said i wrote down the words, i want to come up with an idea i can sell to millions of people. I was very specific. I would tell these people, what do you want . Take time to sit with yourself, be specific and ask for it. Then your life will start filling in the blanks. If you take the time and the energy to invest in yourself in all the different ways that you can, and you keep knocking on the door, i think everyone would agree that eventually that the door gets opened. Maybe its not the biggest door in the world that you see right away, but a small door. But a door gets opened that can lead to the great things that folks are looking for. Great invoice. Great selection of talent there, too. Just ahead, hoda and her very special guest cohost. Cant wait to see how this oh, yeah meredith vieira. Oh, yeah, oh, yeah. Al talks about his new weight loss book. First your local news and weather. 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