You call it, money week . This week is money week. Were giving away thousands and thousands of dollars to a lucky audience member. When the audience member gets into the booth, theres a purple and gold bill. If they win the gold bill they win a very special prize. If they get the purple bill, the whole audience gets a prize. And we have a sled that you can ride in the snow or in the grass. They made me get on it, of course. All kinds of things you might no manly way to sit on it. You look happy about it. No manly way to do it so you just sit on it. Youre going to answer some questions from folks on the plaza and over at the nbc experience store. Can we discuss your other segment, the pregnancy story . There was a guy who showed whats called an empathy garment. He put the suit on so he could get the feeling of what it is to be pregnant. He wore it for nine weeks. I think a lot of women are going to have a little problem with this. He doesnt get the rest of the stuff like, does his, you know you know what . We look forward to that segment. Swollen feet and milk. Hormones. Losing his mind and biting his own hand and, you know. Well look forward to that in your interview. Thats coming up this hour. Well also take you to a unique school here in new york city. Its aim is to teach a wide variety of kids of different abilities and backgrounds all in the same classroom. We want to remind you about this fridays friday field trip. Savannah, natalie, willie and i are going to miami. Thats right. Were hitting the south beach, south beach wine and Food Festival and everything it entails. In fact, savannah, willie and matt will be my celebrity helpers at the barbecue thursday night. Were going to be your sous chefs because i cant cook. Wondering why he couldnt have been invited to that show. Miami show with the barbecue, can you really grill, al . Oh, yeah. He grills good. I have two barbecue cookbooks. Oh, thats right. Come on. Im ready to go. And you used to have a little weight on you. Thats right. I used to wear that pregnancy empathy suit. A lot to get to with our celebrity cohost steve harvey. Lets get to Natalie Morales with a check of the top headlines this morning. Good morning to you once again. Life troubled by addiction and problems has ended in an apparent suicide for Country Singer star mindy mccready, suffering a single gun shot to the head. Her boyfriends shooting death last month at the same home was also being investigated as a possible suicide. She topped the charts with guys do it all and 10,000 ainngels Oscar Pistorius has canceled all races he was scheduled for, spending his time behind bars charged with the murder of his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. South African Media sources are saying she was first shot in his bedroom, then through a bathroom door. They also report that the womans skull was damaged and a cricket bat is being examined. Sending hundreds of russians to the hospital friday could turn into a financial windfall. Keir simmons joins us with the latest. Good morning, natalie. They now believe it exploded in the atmosphere with a force of 30 Russian Nuclear bombs, shattering into pieces, every one worth thousands of dollars. Falling spectacularly, as if from heaven last week, now russian websites are advertising fragments of the meteorite for sale. The question, how would you know you were buying the real thing . Fragments are worth more than almost anything else on earth, one smashing a hole in thick ice. Crowds gathered. A piece of meteor a valuable find, selling for up to 20 times the price of gold. The worlds museums display them. This is one of the first meteorites weve ever studied. Reporter this one worth a royal visit last year. Meteorites such a big deal that the science channel is running a special tonight, russian meteor explosion with experts who spend their lives hunting meteors. People like to have something from out there. These are actually alien visitors from other parts of our solar system. Reporter the meteor the size of a baseball over california. Such nightsky displays are frequent. The size of the russian meteor was rare. 1,200 people were injured. An event like this is one in every 50 years. Others say its even rarer, 1 in 100 years, making this meteor gold rush even more competitive, experts say. 53 real fragments have been found so far, natalie. Keir simmons in london. Thanks so much, keir. Our quick roundup of what has you talking online. Marco rubio is cashing in on that notorious reach for water during his state of the union rebuttal, raising more than 1 million in the past week by selling real water bottles. He even earned a spoof on saturday night live. Can you not see . Where . Its never that far away. Its right in front of you. Where is the water . Its back where you were. Which way . Back where you were. And there it is. Snl, as rubio jokes that his thirst was brought on by eating dry roasted peanuts and beef jerky. No laughing matter, but thanks to his squeaky sound he is becoming a viral sensation. The frog may sound funny but check out this intimidating shot the photographer also posted online. I dont think thats anything to squeak at. How about a hole in nine . Take a look. That shot, part of the Golf Management business curriculum at Campbell University in north carolina. I think they all get as for that. 8 07 right now. Lets go back outside to al for another check of your weather. Hello, mr. Gopher. How are you . Oh, were out here too long, al. Never too long. Say hi. This is when we talk to some soft folks, find out where they are from. Can i show you one . What . This is my best sign today. Four score i mean nine years ago i was born. Whats your name, sweetheart . Jade. Where are you from . Doilstown, pennsylvania. Ready for some wet wither . Lets go. We start with the pick city. Austin, texas. Been there many times. Isolated showers. Mild and 76. All right. We have another oh big storm coming. The next one moving into the west coast tuesday with rain and snow. Spread it around a little bit. This coast, that coast. Rain a quarter inch to half an inch around the west coast. Heavy mountain snows in the southern sierra and northern sierra as well. Looking at rain in chicago. Glad youre here. Im on the way back to chicago this evening. No, youre not. Yeah. Im kidding. Oh, wow. Look at it snow in the upper great lakes and wet in the Pacific Northwest. Windy and cold. You may be delayed leaving because of the winds here. Really . Al, ive got to go back. Youre going back. Set the way back machine, sherman. Thats whats going on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Still sub freezing with a light wind. Lots of sunshine. We are with still just near 20 degrees here just past 8 00 in the morning. Reagan national is up to 25. All around the region later today we should make it to the low and mid 40s with sun and a little bit of a lighter wind. Tomorrow there may be a brief wintry mix north and west of the metro area. Otherwise rain. Well have the rain off and on. You ought to think about doing your whole show outside. No this would never happen. Were already out here too long right now. Actually its going to happen again at 8 30. No, its not. You make the rules today. To all the people, were all going inside. When we come back, open mike with steve harvey. He will answer some questions from the crowd. Inside. From inside. Then well take you to an Innovative School started by parents who wanted to include everybody. Later, a pregnancy suit for men. First these messages. One. Two. Three. My Credit Card Rewards are easy to remember with the bankamericard cash rewards credit card. Earn 1 cash back everywhere, every time. [ both ] 2 back on groceries. [ all ] 3 on gas. No hoops to jump through. 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Were going to play ask steve. All right. Go ahead, sarah. My girlfriends and i have all been married over 30 years. Do you have any advice for us or our husbands . I think youre doing great if youve been married over 30 years. You should actually write a book. Most people dont make it that far. Congratulations. Keep doing what youve been doing. Keep it fresh and new. Thats all. All right, sarah, thank you. Its working. All right. Weve got leslie from georgia. She also has a relationship question. Hey, steve, good morning. My mother is going to kill me. Shes in her mid 50s and shes looking for love. Do you have any relationship advice for her . Hey, mom. Well now everybody at the church knows its your mama now. That will be real good. I tell people all the time, i used to be against Online Dating but it really is a smart way to go. It helps you weed through some of the garbage without wasting your time going out. No need getting dressed up for a guy thats not worth it. Stay at the computer. Okay. Kan from florida about parenting. I have a very strong willed 6yearold that will not get out of my bed. What do you suppose i do . How about you buy the 6yearold a bed . Thats a new concept. Its called childrens furniture. No, you know, i mean, are you married . Yes. Yeah, its got to be the only one that wont get out of the bed. Well, you know, you just have to make it a little more interesting in his bed, you know, because he cant be in there because dads really not happy, im sure. Dads little playpen is pretty much shut down. All right. That brings us to christina from mississippi. Another question about parenting. Good morning. How are you . Good. How are you . Im great. Hypothetically speaking if you were on the airplane and your child got slapped in the face, what would you do . Well, im familiar with this story right here. And you just want me to give you an honest answer . Theyre going to need a lot of policemen at the gate when we land. If you slap my child, youre completely out of line. I dont slap my children. You cant come on a plane and slap my child. Im going to have to do some very undaytime things to you. Lets leave it at that. Its probably a good place to wrap up. Steve harvey and our questioners, thanks. Well do it again. Teaching the spirit of inclusion. Well be back after this. [ male announcer ] make your escape. Twice as rewarding. Earn Double Points or double miles on all your hotel stays through march thirty first. Sign up now at hiltondouble. Com. Advil pm® or tylenol pm. The advil pm® guy is spending less time lying awake with annoying aches and pains and more time asleep. Advil pm®. The difference is a better nights sleep. Announcer brought to you by citi, supporting progress for 200 years. Back now at 8 19 with stories of progress today. Msnbcs alex wagner is here to tell us about a school here in new york city putting students of different abilities in the same classroom to learn side by side. Good morning. Good morning, carl. As more and more attention turns to learning disabilities and education, the ideal school is expanding the definition of diversity and adding inclusion to the lesson plan. D. What was the word . Democracy. Reporter max is not a typical child but his mother wanted him to have a Typical School experience. When it came time to looking for school for kindergarten we wanted something that was similar to the preschool experience we had, go to school with his peers and other kids his age regardless of their ability or situation. Reporter audit ra zuckerman and the parents of two other children with down syndrome founded the ideal school in new york city. Arrested in 1964 reporter representing a school with a new learn alongside children with no special abilities. When we talk about inclusion. Education and mental ability, ideal offers unique solutions. Teachers build a curriculum based on each child. Entire class will focus on the same top he can, each student has a lesson plan drawn to his or her needs. The sixth debride is reading beowulf. They can learn something, maybe by differentiating through the different books. They do know when someone is bragging or boasting, they do know when someone is putting their lives on the line to save others and they also know what its like to be at a table saying beowulf, beowulf. Reporter students never miss lessons or feel stigmatized for being pull out of class. The head of the school believes that a social education is as important as an academic one. If you are only in a class with peers who have special needs youre not having role models for the typical behavior that would perhaps help you move at a faster pace. Reporter she says for children without mental or physical disabilities, diversity teaches important lessons. Those students also are gaining so much from being teachers from learning empathy, compassion, kindness. Reporter parents see the effects firsthand. The kids are partners with each other. They support each other. They advocate for each other. Reporter ultimately, ideal believes accepting others begins with accepting yourself. You dont have to leave part of you at the door when you come to this school. Reporter in the best case, that acceptance becomes something much bigger. Pride. He is a ham. Hes accepted for that. That is part of who he s he is so proud of the fact that he has down syndrome that he doesnt think of it as a negative. Its just something about himself and who he is. We should mention that the ideal school is private and students with special needs do pay more to attend the school, which is how its able to have multiple teachers in every classroom. Financial aid has been a big part of the schools mission, to ensure, of course, a diverse student body. Carl . Watching some of that video, alex, the impact on those kids with special needs must be amazing. The kids with special needs grow up not thinking that anything theres nothing different about them, that they have nothing to be ashamed of. On the other side, the kids that grow up, quote, unquote, normal, have a completely different conception of what it means to have down syndrome. They just treat each other in a really, actually, beautiful way. Its a very special place. How easy would this be to replicate around the country . Should parents who see this in california think maybe this is coming my way, too . Resources are part of it. Raising the money for it, tuition piece and Financial Aid piece is definitely a consideration. It begins with parents and teachers and educators saying, look, this is the kind of environment we want to establish. Maybe if the school isnt singularly dedicated to bringing these students together, its about integrating the classroom. If your kid is, say, gifted or talented and slowed down some way in this classroom . I think its mitigated by the fact that they have tailored experience. Youre getting special attention in the classroom no matter what. Alex, thanks for the story. They say you cant be a little bit pregnant. One man who tried to be, after your local news. Youre getting special attention we are following breaking news in Northern Virginia at 8 26 on monday morning. First a house fire in falls church. Flames tore through a home. Firefighters tell us everyone there got out safely. We are trying to learn more information about this fire in an Apartment Building in herndon. Firefighters say they found an unconscious person on waterside view drive. We dont know that persons condition at this point. This cold weather is the other big story. Lets check in with tom kierein. Probably the last morning well see it this cold for the rest of the winter. Right now it is still just in the low to mid 20s later today. Low to mid 40s. 7day outlook. A brief wintry mix tomorrow morning. Otherwise light rain tomorrow with highs near 50. Sun back and chillier wednesday and thursday. Maybe more rain friday into saturday. Well take a break and check good morning. Traveling the beltway, the inner loop at telegraph road. The earlier accident blocked the left lane. Its gone. Travel lanes are open. Thank 8 30 now on this monday morning. Its the 18th of february, 2013. Chilly day out here on our plaza. We have a lot of hardy folks who decided to come by, say hello. Lots have stopped by, not the least of which, steve harvey, our cohost. Im here. How do you like it so far . Oh, come on. Still thawing out . I love work iing outside. Who thought of this . I know. This is our last moment outside. Okay. Coming up, youre going to go inside and speak to the pregnant man . This guy wore the suit because he wanted to see what his wife was experiencing. He thought by wearing this suit he could tell us what he has learned about being pregnant. I dont really think a lot of women are going to be too fond of this, but well see what he has to say. Nine weeks, not nine months. I think he did the easy part. Very easy part. What else is coming up . Pioneer at the helm of one of the most popular magazines around. Well find out what made her switch jobs to launch her groundbreaking career and what career advice she has for other women as well. Youre on an allliquid detoks plan . Im in the second phase of getting into the best shape of my life 2013. Im doing the detox portion. Its a cleanse . Yes. Im cleansing right now. Uhuh do seem very it shall. Even as you speak . You are so clean. Yeah. You are. Do you drink crazy drinks and that kind of thing . Its actually pretty good. Its not for everybody. Its challenging. Its fruits and vegetables, right . Fruits and vegetables. Gets you very, very healthy. Well find out what makes steve so clean coming up in a few minutes. Lets say hello to keri russell, who has a new show called the americans. Good morning, guys. Look who just happened by. This reminds me of the story that was in the news recently. You play a spy, kgb agent living undercover as an american. Its true, there have been a few reallife episodes of this. Really our show is more of a fictionalized version of that. But its really a story of this very complicated marriage of these two kgb spies living very, very deep cover in suburban d. C. And all the things that spies have to do. During the 1980s cold war era. Does that mean 80s fashion . Yeah, a lot of that. No cell phones. Not the only thing you have going on. Dark skies is coming out. Tell us about this. Thats true. Its a really good, scary thriller. Kind of more in the vain of like poltergeist. Keeping outside forces and that bird hits the window. If youre jumpy, its not the movie for you. This movie does what its supposed to do and its really great. Youre a very busy lady. Look for dark skies and the americans on fx. Lets get a check of the weather. Tas cold. Yes, it is. Thanks, guys. Lets check on the weather. Its cold. Yes, it is. For the week ahead we have above normal temperatures with wet weather in the east. Below normal out west. Snow in the plains. For the midweek period we have another big system coming across from the Pacific Northwest bringing snow from the rockies into the central plains. Below normal temperatures in the northeast and Midatlantic States and the latter part of the week looking for wet weather. Warmer through the south. We expect below normal temperatures and snow in the upper great lakes. Below normal temperatures out west. Thats whats goinging on around the country. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Way below average temperatures now. Im tom kierein. Now past 8 30 on this president s day morning. Still in the low to mid 20s much of the region. It is going to be gradually getting above freezing by 10 00 this morning. This afternoon low to mid 40s and a blustery wind that will settle down. A lot of sunshine. Then cloudy tomorrow with a brief wintry mix far north and west of the metro area. Rain after that. Dry chilly days. Nice group of people from cleveland. Whats your name . Julie. Mark. Sue. Thanks for coming down. Nice and clean, just like cleveland. There you go. Guys, back to you. Cleveland, steve harvey. Yes. Al, thanks. Want to welcome Michael Dorsey as the latest contestant to get cut from the ranch on nbcs hit show the biggest loser. Good morning to you. Good morning to you. You were the heaviest going into this. I was the big boy. I lost 91 on the ranch and so far ive lost over 125 pounds. Unbelievable. I thought it was horrible that you got kicked off after your goal was to lose 11 pounds in a week and you lost 10. Lost 10. 10 pounds is a lot of weight to lose. Any other day, 10 pounds would be awesome but not in the biggest loser world. What are you doing at home to stay on track . Keeping up the exercise, enjoying working out, which was not the case before. Eating right. My wife is on me like a guard dog. Taking care of things. And i got too many people who ir making sure im doing what im supposed to do. Whats your favorite thing to do to work out . I love spin. Im loving going on the bike and oh, yeah. Im loving it. Loving it a lot. I know on the ranch it looked like you had an alliance formed with jeff but in the end he voted you off. How upset were you by that . You know what . At the end of the day, everybody reminded me that it was important for us to do what was important for us. For me, whats important for me is to get what i need to get. I still got weight to keep on losing. Theres still a prize relate to weight that you lose. Im working real hard to get it. Ive got to take care of my family, my life and get this thing moving. Were so proud of you. Theres still so much left of you to love. Congratulations. Biggest loser airs tonight, 8 00, 7 00 central here on nbc. Steve harvey will come face to face with that man who decided to live as a pregnant woman in that suit. The story is coming up. First this is today on nbc. There is no massproduced human. Every signature is unique, and every fingerprint unrepeatable. At sleep number, we recognize the incredible diversity of human beings, and know that up there with your Social Security number and your phone number is another important number. Your sleep number. So we created the extraordinarily comfortable sleep number experience. Its a collection of innovations designed around a bed with dualair technology that allows you to adjust to the support your body needs. Each of your bodies. And youll only find it at a sleep number store. Where during the ultimate sleep number event, queen mattresses now start at just 599. Save 50 on our innovative limited edition bed. Plus, through monday, special financing on all beds and a free comforter with selected beds. You wont find your sleep number setting at an ordinary mattress store. Youll find it exclusively at a sleep number store. Sleep number. Comfort. Individualized. Well, folks, a lot of men have wondered what its like to be pregnant. Benjamin percy decided he wanted to find out himself. He wore a socalled pregnancy suit for nine weeks, visited a laboratory in japan where they were able to simulate the different stages of pregnancy. He wrote about his experience for the march issue of gq magazine. Benjamin, good morning to you. Morning. Morning. Good, good, good. So, this is kind of groundbreaking right here, right . Tell us exactly what the empathy belly is. Well, this is the empathy belly, also known as the zero dark thirty. And i had to wear it for nine weeks to compress the version of the nine hadnt month temonth. The idea behind it is that our grandfathers never held babies and fathers never changed diapers. These days its grounds for divorce. I have a lot of pals who are stayathome dads and pals who are involved with their kids and i feel a little inadequate in that regard sometimes. Wait a minute. So you wanted to accomplish what by doing this . To make up for my mouthbreathing, hairy chested caveman deficiencies. So by putting this on that did it for you . Its a sort of stunt, of course. When i say that i wore this for nine weeks, you know, i am a novelist first and fiction writer second. I punctuate that claim with a i took it off now and then. What were the reactions you were getting . You wore this, i take it, under your clothes. Actually, i had to wear it on top of my clothes during the most armpity time of the year between july and august. I started smelling fungal and rashed over. You can see from these flattering picks theyre putting up on the screen this i was glistening for nine weeks. Whats been the reaction from women, though . Theyve got to be a little bit perturbed about this whole thing. Here is a guy that puts on a suit for nine weeks. Youre saying it was a rough time of the month in july when a lot of women spend time being pregnant in the summer months. You really think that showed what it was like or i was expected to get a nice pat on the back. Women were completely fixated on the suits inadequacy. They wanted me to have heartburn, varicose veins, pee every five minutes, be consequence pated for a week and jab me full of hormone oozing needles essentially. Once they saw me in the suit, they were like, nice try, wuss. Well, this was a successful venture. You wore this suit but, i mean, you have to understand womens reaction to this whole thing, though, right . Well, sure. I mean, i have, from waking up in the middle of the night to accommodate my children crying and from changing thousands of diapers, learned that im not man enough to be a woman. And this suit just sort of underscored that. You know what . I think thats a good place to be. Because i think women just dont get enough credit for what theyre doing. I mean, its a nice try for you to do it, of course. You realize it didnt quite measure up to the actual business of being pregnant. Sure. And i knew that from the very beginning. Okay. Well, its good for women to know at home. I thought you put it on because you thought you would actually simulate pregnancy. Have you ever bit a man before . Ive never bit a man before. My pregnant wife bit me. Im wondering how you could work it in next time you put the suit on. Im never putting this suit on again. Great experiment. Wish you the best. Thank you very much. Up next, a woman with a groundbreaking career at the helm of brides magazine. First this is today on nbc. This morning on the g richlt grio 100, list of africanamerican history makers and brides magazine head honcho made that list. She has risen to the top of but it was a journey that required a leap of faith. Mara schiavocampo has that story. Determined to chase her dreams. Not only has she achieved them but inspiring others to dream big, too. Were thinking about this as the possible cover. Reporter work can be an awful lot of fun. Does this excite you . Every day. Every day. Reporter as brides editor in chief, she is in charge of the most popular magazine in the country, published by conde naste, behind other powerhouses like vogue and vanity fair. Our job is to carry it because a bride could drive herself crazy looking at all the options out there. Reporter not just making editorial choices but making history as the first africanamerican editor in chief in conde nast history. Theres historical note worthiness but she has the job because she has the talent and will to succeed. Reporter has it sunk in . Has it sunk in . No, not really. The appointment is wonderful and worth celebrating. I still every day want to be the best editor that i can be. Reporter she didnt start out in publishing. The 40yearold who called d. C. Home graduated from Howard University law school and spent four years in corporate law. She soon realized it wasnt for her and started to plan her exit. A years worth of mortgage payments. I wont be able to eat but at least i wont be homeless. Reporter following a lifelong passion for magazines, and taking an 85 pay cut. Within two years, she was editor in chief, a title she would hold at two bigger publications before moving to brides. What do you think it is that makes you good at this job . I think it starts with being passionate about it. I really do love it. And Love Learning about my craft. If youre passionate about something, i really do believe that the success will come. Reporter and it did. Now minor oversees every aspect of brides, including how they adapt to the digital landscape. Thats not the only thing thats changed over time. Today, 40 of the magazines readers are minorities. It is of importance that conde nast adjusts to the fact that they have a diverse reader ship. You want that reflected not onlin on the pages of your magazines but at your mast heads and in your board rooms. How do you consider being a role model . Theres less pressure and honor in that. When i think of role models i think of Michelle Obama and anna winter and people like that with proven track records. Im still growing and theres still work to do. Reporter minors career advice for other women, surround yourself with a great team, make time for yourself and be grateful for what you have. She also says if youre considering a career switch, just go for it because, savannah, face it none of us are younger. Way to put a fine point on it. She is pretty inspiring. Thank you very much. How does steve harvey keep his figure . He will tell us about the diet hes on right now. Its a cleanse. But first hes very clean. Its a cleanse. But fimy mom doesnt drinkan. Starbucks coffee because she thinks its too dark, and so i brought her some blonde roast. She loves it now. My son made me this coffee, you should try it, its delicious. And some people found that a little bit strong. But as soon as they tasted blonde roast, boy they were on board. Announcer todays kitchen is brought to you by new smooth roast coffee, only at burger king, where taste is king. Back now at 8 51 with todays kitchen. On the lighter side. This morning, we take a look at the Marthas Vineyard diet detox, a tough 21day regime with juices and soups only for three weeks. The author behind one pound a day. Shes a registered nurse and has a phd in natural health. Madelyn fernstrom is todays diet and nutrition editor. We should mention, steve currently on the program. Good morning to all of you. Steve, your on it right now, like on day six. Im on day six right now. What is it and what is it like . For me its a great way to get healthy and cleanse out my system and give it all a chance to rejuvenate and start over again. Ive been putting a lot of bad stuff in it, processed foods. It helps me clear it out. Side effect, benefit is that im going to lose weight. The real benefit for me is to get healthy. The book makes clear people dont understand the toxins that our bodies take in all the time. This is sort of a way to try to reverse that, right . Absolutely. Its over 300 different toxins that we come across on a daily basis. So this is a program for 21 days only fruits and juices to transform you from the inside out. And not only do you lose weight, but the whole purpose behind this program is to get healthy. How is it different from all the juice cleanse that are the big craze right now . Right now we tell everyone, this program is you have to be really careful. You just cant go out and drink five, six different juices in a day. You have to be careful of the sugar content. But the way i designed the program is for many years of studying the Science Behind detoxing. Its convenient. Packages that we use are vegetable and fruit based. Youre not drinking sugar all day but drinking vitamins and minerals and vital nutrients. The whole thing is designed for you to get healthy. You not only lose the weight but deinflame your body. Your skin looks better, hair looks better. At the end of 21 days your focus and memory you just feel healthy and lighter. I hear you saying yes to all these things. I did it before but i only did it for 14 days. In the 14 days, my focus was really good. I was really sharp. But i lost 18 pounds, but i was really clear. Im on it right now and im not lethargic or anything. You really do get the energy. Madelyn, are there concerns about going for 21 days without any solid food to speak of . The issue is not solid food but the protein. The really low level of protein for a few weeks. After a couple of days, your body gets it from itself and thats the protein source like muscles. Thats something to be aware of. If your body can tolerate that, youre a healthy person like steve, youre doing well on this. The important thing is to not extend beyond, as roni says, 21 days. Youre reintroducing real foods and lots of protein. And thats why its always important to talk to your doctor if you want to do this. As steve said last time he went on it for 14 days. You really have to listen to your body. When youre feeling great, youre do iing fine. If you dont feel great roni, im sure youve seen many people like this as well. You have to have a heads up. If you have any medical illness and youre not 100 a healthy person, heart issues, diabetes. If i go 21 days without ice cream or Fried Chicken on the 22nd day im going to want some, right . Whats to keep you going from right back where you were 21 days earlier . Its a lot of information. Go to my website and grab the book and the program. The Martha Vineyards diet detox. One thing you have to remember is in one day you get more nutrition in one day on this program than the average person gets in two weeks. On the third or fourth day, youre not hungry. After 21 days, you have to transition yourself back to a Healthy Lifestyle not for a week but for life. Thats what the book is going to teach you. Its going to teach you how to be healthy forever. Have you been able to do that, steve . Can you go back to regular eating in a healthy way . Yeah, yeah, yeah. Except this time ill be more focused about it. And i didnt lose muscle tone last time. I can tell that. I got you boys in college. You have to find a plan that works. Ronni deluz, madelyn fernstrom, thank you very much. Steve will stick around and dish out some relationship advice. First your local news. Breaking news at 8 56 on monday morning. One person has died in the fire in a hearn don apartment complex. Firefighters arent saying much about the victim or the fire itself. We can tell you it broke out around 6 20 this morning on waterside view drive. We are continuing to get new information in the newsroom. Well keep you posted on the situation throughout the morning. Lets check in with meteorologist tom kierein for the latest on the bitter cold weather. Tom . We have bright sun. Still below freezing around the region in the mid and upper 20s. Later today, low to mid 40s. Maybe a brief wintry mix tomorrow morning early. Otherwise just some chilly rain during the Morning Hours ending during the afternoon with a high near 50. Thank you. Good morning. Traveling around the beltway, nice and clear heading out i66 from hay market past Fairfax County parkway. Nice and clear. Not slow at all. Nice and clear to