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shaken to its core, "today," tuesday, may 4th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. this morning, a suspect, 30-year-old faisal shahzad of bridgeport, connecticut is now behind bars. less than three days after he allegedly tried to blow up an suv. of course that was the heart of times square. >> here's what we know. shahzad is a naturalized u.s. citizen board in pakistan. he attempted to board an emirates flight to dubai. >> investigators say shahzad recently returned to the united states from a trip from pakistan and bought the suv used in the failed bombing for $1,300 cash a few weeks ago. while the investigation is ongoing, authorities have not talked about a possible motive. >> we'll get the latest on this from nbc's justice correspondent pete williams who has been monitoring this story overnight. pete, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. fbi agents and new york police made the arrest just before midnight as the suspect faisal shahzad was at the airport preparing to plea from the u.s. on a flight overseas. he'd been the focus of an intensive investigation that moved remarkably quickly. at 11:45 monday night, police and fbi agents made the arrest at new york's kennedy airport accusing faisal shahzad, a 30-year-old american citizen board in pakistan, of being the man behind the car bomb plot in times square. a u.s. officials says he was detained by customs and border protection agents as he tried to leave the country on an emirates airlines flight to dubai. overnight, the attorney general formally announced the arrest which was made just two days after the bombing attempt. >> this investigation is ongoing, as are our attempts to gather useful intelligence and we continue to pursue a number of leads. but it's clear that the intent behind this terrorist act was to kill americans. >> reporter: the key evidence officials say was the 1993 nissan pathfinder that was driven into times square at 6:30 saturday night. investigators found its vehicle identification number on sunday which led to the registered owner in bridgeport, connecticut, who sold it through ads on the internet and the craigslist website offered it for $1,300. the seller could not remember the buyer's name, officials say, and the transaction was done in cash. because the sale was set up by e-mail, the fbi was able to get those records and find the buyer's name, faisal shahzad. early this morning, police and federal agents certainlied his home in connecticut and another address where he was thought to have lived. shahzad was born in pakistan where he has family and officials say he had just spent several months there. investigators say it is too soon to know whether there is an organized terror group behind the attempted bombing but attorney general eric holder pointedly suggested there might be such a connection. >> as we move forward, we will focus on not just holding those responsible for it accountable, but also on obtaining any intelligence about terrorist organizations overseas. >> reporter: investigators say they have yet to determine whether shahzad had any help in the u.s. with the bomb plot. they say they have not ruled it out and that others are under investigation. when the nissan suv drove into times square saturday night and carried the makings of a bomb, this picture taken from a nearby theater shows two red canisters of gasoline on the back seat. between them, police say, was a container of firecrackers apparently meant to ignite the gasoline. the resulting fire was supposedly intended to set off three propane tanks in the cargo area found with their valves closed. shahzad is expected to appear in federal court in manhattan later today to formally face charges. but federal officials say this bomb investigation has a long way to go to see if others were involved, either here or overseas. matt? >> pete williams on this story for us this morning, thank you very much. nbc's peter alexander is in bridgeport, connecticut where overnight, as we just heard, authorities searched the susp t suspect's home. peter, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that search is actually continuing as we speak at this hour. early this morning there was a raid that took place here. the fbi, as well as local police got their first opportunities to go into this home. members of the joint terrorism task force and local police here in connecticut, as well as the fbi agents had been staking out this neighborhood since late yesterday evening. there was also a connecticut bomb squad on site. we'll let the camera push down this block to give you a better sense of where that two-story home is where 30-year-old faisal shahzad was believed to have been living. investigators today were seen carrying out black bags of evidence. they were actually executing a court-authorized search warrant. the neighbors with whom we've spoken today describe this obviously as a scary situation. that's the word they all seem to use, given the fact that this man who was believed to have lived here is now accused of plotting what would have been a bombing in times scare. however, a neighbor who lives just across the street said she believes the home was abandoned, she had never seen the man. faisal shahzad also has a second home, according to authorities, they believe, a home where he may have lived in the past that was in an area about 20 minutes from here known as shelton. pakistandy poli di police say ss arrested in karachi, he'd traveled from the u.s. to pakistan in july of 2009. we are learning about that flight itself. the united emirates flight was flight 202, scheduled to leave last night. that's the only flight on the uae website between jfk and dubai, scheduled to leave last night. instead it left this morning at roughly 6:00. the airline itself says that they went through a full security procedure as a result of what happened, deplaning all of the passengers on-board, rechecking all of the baggage before allowing the plane to leave again this morning. investigators believe there may be some international ties between this man. that's why they are checking phone records and other details today. the most important note today, here at the home in bridgeport, that search is still under way. >> peter alexander in bridgeport, thank you. here's meredith. michael sheehan is the former deputy commissioner of counterterrorism for the new york city police department, now a terrorism analyst for nbc news. michael, good morning to you. the fact that investigators have an intact vehicle to work with with a bomb inside, this thing had not detonated, do you think that's why they were able to track down this suspect to quickly? >> absolutely. i think they'd have gotten the vehicle identification number even if it exploded, forensics are so advanced but this enabled it to go much quicker. they got this e-mail that led to him and grabbed him at the airport. >> what kind of pressure are they likely to put on this suspect during interrogation to find out if he was working with other people? >> in the united states we do things a little differently by the nypd and fbi interrogators working with this guy since last night are very professional. they'll get to the bottom of this through their techniques. >> it doesn't look like this is very well carried out. the vin number was scratched out in just one place. propane tanks on the valves had not been opened up. other things suggested maybe this was very amateurish. >> now we know this guy was in pakistan for five months. question is had he been to training camps by al qaeda or pakistan taliban. if he was, he wasn't paying attention in class. this is a very amateurish operation. but again, possible links to those organizations, very troubling scenario. >> the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks. how serious are authorities here likely to take that. >> before there was any evidence he was linked to pakistan we didn't take it seriously at all. now that we know he was there and heading back, that has to be taken seriously. >> yesterday you were of the opinion this was probably a lone wolf. do you still feel that way today? >> i think this is in between. this is clearly not a well trained operative, didn't have technical skills of a well-trained al qaeda operative. looks like he does have links to the organization but just hadn't developed the skills to be successful enough but the trend is very troubling. >> talking to people is under the day after this happened, a lot of people thought why hasn't this happened sooner. the last time we had a car bomb was oklahoma city in 1995. is that because of the vigilance of the police here or is it just pure luck? >> i think it is a combination of both. a little bit of luck and a little bit of hard work. it is like in sports if you mix hard work and luck you normally win. we've been fortunate over the last eight years. very tough investigations both overseas and the united states rolling up these cells. fortunately the terrorists just haven't been very good as we saw saturday night. this guy just didn't have the skill set but we have to keep very vigilant. this guy reminds us that within our midst here in the united states there are people that intend to kill us. >> there's such a police presence in sometimes square on an every day basis. what's it say to you that someone was able to drive a car in there right under their noses? >> that will always be the case. we're not going to shut down this city because of people like this. the city is open. there are many ways if here. we don't want to shut it down. the key has got to be investigating these potential cells, these linkages to other organizations and rolling up these people before they create a truck bomb that ig nights. but if they haven't and it works, going to be very difficult to stop. >> thank you very much, michael sheehan. 7:10. crews working to contain that massive oil spill in the gulf of mexico are getting some much needed help from mother nature. it's a delicate race against time to protect the u.s. coastline. nbc's lester holt is in venice, louisiana with the latest. lester, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. that rough weather over the weekend may have been a mixed blessing. while it certainly hindered containment operations, it worked to break up the sea. the little today is described as less after giant glob and more like a mosaic of oil. there's been a stall if the ocean currents, winds are a little lighter today and blowing away from the shore, and that seems to be stalling the movement of the slick. with winds today expected to turn offshore, the oil slick is predicted to remain at sea giving the louisiana coast a reprieve, for now. >> every day that it's still out in the water is an opportunity for wave energy to break it up. >> reporter: and break up is what it seems to be doing. the latest map from noaa shows the massive oil slick at first glance appears to have shrunk. experts say appearances can be deceiving with the leak still uncapped, the volume of oil in the sea is growing by the hour. >> if it comes to shore, it's not going to come in as one big blob. it is going to come in as like patches of streamers. >> reporter: officials also say chemical dispersant agents being used under water are preventing some of the oil from reaching the surface. specially built domes designed to cap the leaks and allow the oil to be safely pumped out won't be in place until the weekend, at the earliest. officials hope that changing winds can buy them more time. >> we have yet to have confirmed reports. oil ashore but we remain ready to respond to those as they come in. >> reporter: those who fish these floodwaters know that their livelihoods are at the mercy of the wind and whichever direction it pushes that oil slick. they say they go about their business with a new sense of urgency. this oyster marn an and his cree hauling oysters in as fast as they can. on the other side of the mississippi river, the government has temporarily banned fishing because of the spill, fearful these oyster beds could be next. >> if it gets in here, that could be the end of it as we know it. >> reporter: others are hedging their bets. >> we want to work. >> reporter: signing up to work for bp to help in the cleanup using the boats they normally fish from. >> go get your boat, we got a job for you. as long as they need it, we're there. >> reporter: when this is all over, the coast will still be their home. that break from the weather won't last forever. in fact, forecasters think that the winds may turn back onshore and even stronger later this week. so louisiana is certainly not out of the woods. we should note, matt, even in mississippi right now, they are already putting up booms in anticipation of the oil slick going in that direction. >> lester holt in louisiana for us this morning, thank you very much. now let's get a check of rest of the morning's top stories. ann curry is at news desk. good morning, everybody. also in the news this morning, those weekend storms across parts of the south are now being blamed for at least 29 deaths, most of them in tennessee. there is concern that total will still go higher. nbc's ron mott joins us now from nashville, tennessee with more on this. ron, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning to you. as you can see behind me, parts of downtown nashville are still under water. a lot of folks caught by surprise by this weekend's downpours that simply wouldn't stop. with the cumberland river still rising late monday, it was moving day in downtown nashville for an architectural firm trying to keep its offices dry while the basement sits full of water. >> we're taking out everything we need to be able to operate in a new location. so we're leaving our furniture here, we've moved everything up off of the floor. >> reporter: the mad rush follows the record downpour that soaked parts of tennessee over the weekend. in music city where an unprecedented 13-plus inches fell, the titans football field was under water which also submerged the lobby of the opry land hotel forcing 1,500 guests to spend the night in a high school. the famed grand old opry house and the country music hall of fame were also taking on water. elsewhere in hundreds of rescues, strangers became friends. >> they were in the water, no one was helping them. i just grabbed the little girl. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> reporter: the cumberland crested monday night more than 12 feet above flood stage. to minimize damage, floodgates were opened. >> i know mother nature can be cruel. certainly she's dealt us a really bad hand this past weekend. >> just really sad. my heart just goes out to everybody who's lost so much. >> reporter: all nashville public schools are closed today. parents are urged to tell their children to not play in this water because a water treatment plant was also under water. there is a pretty good chance this water is contaminated. >> ron mott this morning, thanks. secretary of state hillary rodham clinton says iran will do whatever it can to divert attention away from its own nuclear record. she made the comments after iran's president accused the u.s. of being what he called the main source of nuclear tension in the world. flights to and from ireland were disrupted again overnight by that volcano in iceland. one aviation officials said air travelers in the region face a summer of uncertainty because of the volcano. police in maryland have charged two men with first degree murder in the killing of popular washington, d.c. middle school principal brian betts last night. they say robbery was the apparent motive. overseas markets are mostly lower this morning after monday's 143-point jump in the dow. cnbc's melissa lee is at the new york stock exchange with more. melissa, what's the focus there today? >> everybody's watching oil. oil retreating from 19-month highs. what's so interesting about this recent move higher in oil it comes as the dollar also moves higher to 8 1/2-minute highs. usually oil and the dollar move in opposite directions. on the heels of the gulf oil spill, everybody expects that this will translate into higher gasoline prices and of course, that would be bad for the consumer. ann? >> melissa lee this morning, thanks. police in philadelphia are investigating whether an officer was right to use a taser on a fan who ran on to the field during last night's phillies game. the teenage fan who fell to the ground will be charged with criminal trespass. 7:16. back to meredith, matt and al. >> if you were thinking of running on the field in philadelphia -- >> you'll have a second chance. >> good news for folks in the good morning. we have a fresh and cool spring morning under way. live view from our sky watcher camera showing breaks in the cuds and sunshine breaking out after a cloudy start here. near 70 in washington and nearby suburbs on the beltway. far west it's in the low 60s to upper 50s. southeast of washington upper 60s. high near 80. might have a passing midday shower. highs near 80 tomorrow. near 80 again on thursday >> and that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you very much. it is considered the oscars of the fashion world was held last night in new york. the metropolitan museum of art's 2010 costume institute gala. a mix of who's who in hollywood and high culture. you're leeshging ilooking at o. she was the host. the theme this year -- american women. >> american women fashioning a national identity. this is where the stars come out and they deck out, man, they wear things they probably wouldn't wear at any other event. that's katy perry right there. lots of stars onhand. >> very special invitation. >> battery not included. >> look at that. they say it is the party of the year. yet none of us was invited. >> never once. >> explains a lot. >> jude law and sienna mill zple. >> are they together again? >> at least for the party. taylor swift. >> one of the hottest performers right now. >> diddy! >> now there's the party of the year. >> these are people who know fashion. >> lets us out. >> well, you men are very fashionable. >> thank you. >> so are you, meredith. thank you so much. >> ann, you are so -- >> do i have to write your lines for you? >> and deliver them, too. just ahead, actually, serious news. a shocking crime that's rocked a college campus at virginia. a men's lacrosse player at the university of virginia accused of killing a member of the women's team. we'll get the latest on that. but first, this is "today" on nbc. may 4th. this is the 40th anniversary of an event that was really just a powerful event during the anti-war movement in the 1970s. the killing of those four students at kent state university. >> when the national guard were brought in. >> exactly. i went to ohio university several years later but if that entire area, it was just an event people talked about, and still talk about. >> it rocked the world. everybody remembers that picture of that young woman kneeling over the body of one of her fallen fellow students. >> days later thousands of young people descended on the mall in washington, d.c. demanding an end to the war, peaceful demonstration. certainly helped lead up to it. just ahead on this tuesday morning, has anything changed? 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news 4 at 5:00, lunch wi it is 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 4th of may, 2010. we've got a lot of smiling people out on the plaza this morning. we're thankful for them stopping by on a pretty day here in midtown manhattan. we'll go outside and say hi to them in just a little while. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer alongside meredith vieira. a year ago, the popular website craigslist promised to crack down on those illegal ads for sex. but has anything changed over the past 12 months? coming up, what our undercover investigation has now revealed. also ahead, the beautiful result of a shocking medical mixup that we've been following. one woman's embryo accidentally implanted in the wrong woman after much soul searching, that woman decided to carry on with the pregnancy and deliver a baby boy who she would never be able to raise. this morning we will meet logan and talk to his parents. also ahead, tom brokaw talks to u.s. snowboarder kevin pearse who's now out of the hospital and speaking out for the first time about the tragic accident he suffered while training for the winter games in vancouver. this is a really good story. we'll begin this half-hour with the men's lacrosse player at the university of virginia charged with murdering the star player on the school's women's team. nbc's norah o'donnell is in charlottesville, virginia with the very latest. norah, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. this is a tragic story. two seniors, star players on their lacrosse teams, just 22 years old with the brightest futures ahead of them, now one of them is dead and the other is behind bars. yeardley love was just 22 years old. beautiful. smart. and a star lacrosse player. the police say she was murdered by her former boyfriend, george huguely, a dashing midfielder on the number one ranked men's lacrosse team. >> today is a tragic set of circumstances for two young people who i think literally stood on the threshold of their lives. >> reporter: love's roommate called police 2:15 monday morning concerned that love may have been suffering from alcohol poisoning. >> patrol officers arrived on the scene. it was quickly apparent to them that this young lady was the victim of something far worse. there were obvious physical injuries to her body. >> reporter: police say huguely quickly became the focus of the investigation and he was arrested just hours later. >> he has since been charged with first degree murder. >> reporter: the entire community at the prestigious university of virginia, known for top scholarship and southern charm, is shocked and saddened. >> but that shock and disappointment and concern, of course, is magnify by the fact that she was murdered by one of our own. >> reporter: huguely, now behind the goal, beats donovan up the right pipe, man open -- shot score. >> reporter: huguely was set to compete in the ncaa tournament with his team later this month. he hails from the wealthy d.c. suburb of chevy chase and was an honor student at the very same press school that the duke lacrosse layers went. huguely told "the washington post" i sympathize with the team, they've been scrutinized so far and no one knows what has happened yet. >> we're lucky to have a strong community here to get us through it. >> reporter: many at this university are also in mourning for the death of one of their own. described by friends as an angel. >> how could this happen to such a wonderful person, a person that was described as an angel by teammates and friends. >> reporter: are yeardley's high school lacrosse coach said she was always our laughter of good soul. >> a contributor in any way possible. any positive way. a great athlete and a great team player. >> reporter: now the suspect, george huguely, will have a bond hearing this morning. as for the victim, her family is here. a university spokesperson said they are devastated. as for love's teammates, the spokesman also says they are mourning mightily. meredith? >> terribly sad story. norah o'donnell, thank you. the chief of the charlottesville police department joins us. good morning, sir. >> good morning, ma'am. >> when yeardley's roommate contacted 911, she was concerned apparently that yeardley was suffering from alcohol poisoning. but when police got to the scene they found that yeardley love was dead and there was obvious signs of physical trauma. how do you explain the discrepancy there? >> well, certainly when we arrived on the scene, we're in a far better position to look at yeardley's body. i have no idea what the circumstances were where the roommate discovered the body or what she observed at the time of that discovery but it was clear to us when we arrived on the scene, medics were already present, the body was turned over and there were very obvious and apparent injuries to her body which led the primary units that responded to believe that in fact we had a crime scene to secure. they immediately notified investigators andby began that investigation. >> chief, where did you find the body exactly and what were the extent of the injuries? what can you tell us? >> the body was discovered in her bedroom. i don't want to go into a tremendous amount of detail about the injuries. part of the reason for that is certainly there's autopsy scheduled this morning. we'll learn more about the manner and cause of her death and really what the extent of the injuries are. but i can tell you that the injuries were obvious to the officer and by sight were very severe. >> do you believe there was a weapon used, chief? >> i can't say that there was a weapon used. i can tell you that she wasn't shot. i can tell you that she was likely not stabbed. but i would hesitate to talk about perhaps how those injuries occurred without having an opportunity to review the autopsy report and speak with the medical examiner. >> can you shed any light on the relationship between yeardley love and george huguely? any history of violence? >> there are no reported history of violence. the police were obviously talking to friends and teammates to see what might have taken place over the past several weeks or months. we know there was a romantic relationship between the two. i don't know what the status of that relationship was just two days ago. but clearly the relationship and what type of relationship that was is highly relevant to our case and certainly will be information we'll try to get from friends and teammates. >> chief, shortly after you found yeardley's body you did find huguely in his apartment nearby. how cooperative was he with the investigators? >> he was cooperative throughout the morning, throughout the course of the investigation. i had an opportunity to observe him several times throughout the morning. he was obviously upset by the circumstances that he was in. but he was cooperative. he came to the police station voluntarily. it was during the course of that consensual encounter that probable cause began to develop that brought us to seek a charging document. but i think it's accurate to characterize his behavior as cooperative. >> what enabled you to bring those charges so quickly? was it something that he said? something that you found? >> a combination of factors. i'm certainly not going to disclose the facts and circumstances which gave rise to probable cause. i will say that there were discussions throughout the investigation from the very earliest point with our commonwealth attorney who is the prosecuting authority here in the commonwealth, as well as a magistrate before that charging document was actually presented to us. there were -- these decisions weren't made unilaterally, they were made with consultation with our commonwealth attorney and those results were presented to magistrate but i'm not comfortable talking about the specifics. >> last night you talked with yeardley love's mother. i'm sure it cannot be easy. what do you say? >> you know, the one thing that i did feel important to say to her from the very beginning was, this community is very somber. the city of charlottesville, the university of virginia, because of the loss of her daughter and all that she contributed to our community in the time that she was here. clearly if you talk to her friends, you talk to her high school coaches and friends, she was a remarkable young lady. a wonderful spirit and it is a terrible tragedy. and i wanted to make sure that her mother knew just how we were affected by the loss of this young lady, how deeply moved we were by that loss. >> we really appreciate you joining us this morning, charlottesville police chief timothy longo, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> announcer: good morning. a fresh and cool spring morning under way around the region, we've had a little sunshine breaking out. a few clouds hovering over the landscape. 70 in washington, 60s in the suburbs and rural areas. highs today around 80. small chance of a passing shower or thunder shower early this afternoon. clear tonight, near 50 tomorrow morning. mostly sunny wednesday with highs upper 70s to near 80. low humidity. near 80 again thursday. might get showe >> that's your latest weather. if you want to keep track of your weather all day long, go o weather channel on cable or weather.com online. has the popular site craigslist cut down on sex ads like they promised? 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>> yeah. >> reporter: i thought craigslist cracked down on all those ads. >> that's exactly what it is. >> reporter: what? we use buzzwords? >> yeah. >> reporter: what are the buzzwords? >> date. escort service. escort service is not illegal. >> reporter: so you just pull those down. that night, we saw five women all from craigslist. hey, how are you? all implying or offering sex. how are you? nice to meet you. for our investigation we didn't pay them and refused their services. what do we do? >> have a good time. >> reporter: anything? >> pretty much full service. >> reporter: full service? >> yeah. >> reporter: even with craigslist promising to weed out sex ads, we found many suggesting it on the site with potential photos and racy words. >> i read that craigslist was cracking down on all these ads and they were taking them all down. they're still up? >> um-hmm. >> reporter: have they taken any of yours down? >> nope. not at all. >> reporter: this und >> this undercover video is exhibit a for stronger action. >> reporter: we showed our footage to the connecticut attorney general richard blumenthal, now he's taking action, one of 40 states issuing subpoenas to craigslist demanding its financial records. >> very sexy, very sweet. all night friendly with provocative pictures. why doesn't craigslist pull these ads down? >> the only potential explanation is money. >> reporter: in fact, a new report finds this year, craigslist revenue is up 22%. largely from these adult services ads. the ads alone are estimated to bring in $36 million for craigslist. three times last year's income. >> craigslist has to be held accountable. it is making tens of millions of dollars from these kinds of ads which is outrageous. >> reporter: even more outrageous, he says, craigslist has known about this problem for at least a year. it was last may when we first exposed it right here on "today." our hidden cameras caught a parade of women coming up to our hotel room. craigslist promised to crack down. but now, as we found in our new sting, it appears to be business as usual. it's still happening. >> still happening. unacceptable. >> reporter: how does this work? craigslist is operating an online red light district as obvious and in plain view as times square was back in the 1970s or 80s. >> reporter: we asked craigslist for an on-camera interview but they declined, instead pointing us to a blog written by their ceo saying, "misuse of craigslist for criminal purposes is utterly unacceptable and craigslist continues to work with its partners in law enforcement to eliminate it. of the thousands of u.s. venues that carry adult service ads, craigslist has done the best and the most responsible job of combating child exploitation and human trafficking." matt, authorities disagree. they hope these new subpoenas they're now issuing convince craigslist to do more. >> is the law on the side of mr. blumenthal or on the side of craigslist? >> it's on the side of craigslist. there is a federal law on the books from 1996 that protects craigslist, facebook, twitter, all of those social media sites from third party postings. if i post something on craigslist that's illegal or inappropriate, the federal law protects them. can't be held responsible. >> jeff rossen, thanks very much. appreciate it. 48 after the hour. still ahead, a new way to get the "today" experience. plus, robin hood's russell crowe will stop by. we'll chat with him in our studio. we'll chat with him in our studio. but first, these messages. she c well, most of the time. or your cool aunts, who share everything with you. plus, mom's best friend, who lets you do "whatever." the sears mother's day sale. presents for mom, and all of your other mothers. ♪ presents for mom, and all of your other mothers. sweet n' sour filled twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. where do you want to go? nowhere. who do you feel like seeing? no one. depression hurts in so many ways. sadness. loss of interest. lack of energy. anxiety. the aches and pains. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a prescription medication that treats many symptoms of depression. tell your doctor right away if your depression worsens, you have unusual changes in behavior, or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing of the skin or eyes. talk with your doctor about your medicines, including those for migraine, or if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles, to address a possible life-threatening condition. tell your doctor about alcohol use, liver disease, and before you reduce or stop taking cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. side effects include nausea, dry mouth, and constipation. ask your doctor about cymbalta. depression hurts. cymbalta can help. >> announcer: "today in two" is brought to you by the new class of world class. the 2010 lacrosse from buick. we are back at 7:51 with a brand-new way for you to enjoy "today." >> that's right. go to todayshow.com, we're calling it "today in 2 minutes." our own natalie morales is the host. >> we're excited about this. the name actually comes from the very first broadcast of "today." here's how dave garroway explained it. >> we'll have a two-minute summary of the day. we call it "today in two minutes." january 14, 1952. here's today's headlines. >> he called it a capsule of the day. you're going to live in. we hope to broi the very same online. we realize that people are changing the way they gather their news and obviously twitter, facebook, all of these ways are changing how we watch. we're getting with the times. >> but you're going to do it in black and white. >> and have a ticker at the bottom. >> you can join me any time, meredith. >> i didn't mean me! >> "today in 2" turns ugly in 30 seconds. >> good luck. >> again, watch "today in 2 minutes" on todayshow.com. >> the real "today" show experience. the forecast is full of ifs. retirement these days, if i'm too exposed to downturns. if i'll go through my savings too fast. to help you feel more confident consider putting a portion of your savings in a metlife variable annuity. when the market goes up, it gives your assets a potential to grow. while protecting you if the market goes down with a steady stream of income. metlife annuities have helped over a million people stay on course with guarantees for the if in life. get answers about annuities at metlife.com. at world record speed. i'm luke myers. if you want to be incredible, eat incredible. announcer: eggs. incredible energy for body and mind. 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look at this, capital be beltway inner loop as you leave springfield. it's a parking lot. series of accidents along the way. basically in the stretch between i-95 and i-66. they've all been removed from the roadway, but it is a very tough trip. quick check elsewhere, moving along pretty well both directions at the wilson bridge with the travel lanes open. joe? coming up at news 4 at 5:00, lunch with lindsey and evan 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, the 4th of may, 2010. welcome sun on the plaza following a rainy monday. it will get nicer. we have a lot of enthusiastic people out here. >> meredith vieira with matt lauer and al roker. the suspect arrested in the terror attack not far from here. >> the suspect is in custody, faisal shahzad, a u.s. resident. he was apprehended as he tried to board a plane at jfk airport trying to leave the country. much more on that in a few minutes. also a rashable familiar with an extraordinary story. we first met the morells last year after shannon's embryos were implanted in another woman. a tragic mix-up but that woman carried the baby to term. we'll talk to the morells and also introduce to you baby logan. there he is. and also an inspirational story, snowboarder kevin pierce was headed to the 2010 vancouver games before sustaining a traumatic brain injury while training th training. this morning he's out of the hospital and talking with our own tom brokaw. tomorrow on "today," former first lady laura bush will be here to talk about her new autobiography. ahead of that, we sent contributing correspondent jenna bush hager down to texas to talk to her mom and sister. >> here's a picture of something we know very well mom likes to do. barbara, can you please describe mom's passion? 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it happened when the people in the bar were watching a bucks game. 8:04. back outside to matt and meredith. >> by the way, american cancer society with a new campaign, choose you. good luck with that. >> let's throw it over to al roker for a check of the weather. nice folks here from good morning here. we do have some sunshine breaking out at this hour, temperatures around the region in the 60s. afternoon highs should climb to around 80. there's a small chance of an early afternoon shower or thunder shower. tomorrow, sunny, lower humidity. cool in the morning. afternoon highs near 80. thursday, up around 80 again and partly cloudy. friday, partly cloudy near 80 again, turning more humid. might get afternoon and evening thunder showers friday. >> that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks. when we come back, the michigan family whose son was born after a miss-up at a fertility clinic. we'll catch up with them right after this. what if i missed something? what if we're not getting what i think we're getting? 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"today's update." last september we first brought to you the story of a terrible embryo mix-up. two families who placed their trust in the high-tech world of fer tell the treatment, betrayed by the science that was supposed to bring them joy. here's how their story unfolded. >> he said your embryos were implanted into another woman. and i just went -- and i just fell back in the couch. >> reporter: how could this have happened? it was the first question michigan couple shannon and paul morell had when they heard the news the extra embryos they had frozen at a fertility clinic three years prior had been implanted into a total stranger. and that stranger was now pregnant. the next question, who was carrying their child? 150 miles away in ohio, carolyn and sean savage were just learning the baby they had so desperately hoped for was not theirs. >> i was sitting in my office and about 4:00 received a call from the physician who performed the transfer. he let me know at that moment in almost one sentence that carolyn was pregnant but they had transferred another couple's embryos. >> i was upstairs in my bedroom. he came to the door and just said, "i have really bad news." i kind of sat up. he said, "you're pregnant but they transferred the wrong embryos." >> reporter: it was devastating news for both families. for carolyn savage this could be her last chance to become pr pregna pregnant. for shannon morell. >> there's no way we could possibly repay them for what they had done because you can't put a price on human life. >> reporter: the savages had only one request for the morells and the son they would never really know. >> we want a moment to say hello and good-bye. >> reporter: the savages did say good-bye to logan morell the day he was born as the morells said hello to a lifetime of their son. >> we will wond ber about this child every day for the rest of our lives. we have hopes for him. but they're his parents and we'll defer to their judgment. we just want to know he's happy and healthy. >> paul and shannon morell have written a book called "misconception, kwun coupone co mix-up from embryo to baby carolyn savage said all that she hoped for was that logan be happy and healthy. he obviously looks quite happy to me. content. talk to me about him. how's he doing? >> he's doing great. he's doing wonderful. he's healthy. he's a happy baby. he's well loved by his sister. we have been blessed. >> low maintenance so far. >> right now extremely low maintenance. you have twin daughters ellie and megan. conceived three years ago as part of the those set of embryos. they get along well with their brother? >> love him. love him. especially now that he gives them feedback. he's 7 months. >> why was it important this early on to write this book? >> well, we feel that there are so many things that were happening. wanted to turn a negative into a positive. not only to help other couples that were out there, we wish we had this book before we experienced what we did. we thought it would be a tremendous help for a lot of people. >> why do you say you wish you had it before you experienced what did you? do you have mixed feelings about ivf? >> no, i say go ahead and do it. we have three great kids because of it. but it is a kaecautionary tale because i thought i was prepared. i thought i had lots of questions, but now i know more. i always thought this is a great story and a lot of people should know who great carolyn is and for what she did. we're blessed. but the story's bigger than just our story. i learned so much that hopefully will help other couples when they're looking at how to choose an ivf clinic and what are questions you should ask. >> have you sued the collin snick. >> we received a settlement. >> you write to the savages, thank you for protecting our son, nurturing him and most of all, loving him enough to let him go. what is the relationship now with the savages and what's their relationship with logan? >> they're like extended family. we keep in contact and whatever their schedule is, whatever they want to do, we'll be happy to accommodate. >> we send e-mails. photos and so far. we're happy they're willing to have a relationship. >> they sent us a statement. they said, we would like to thank everyone for their continued thoughts, prayers and support. unfortunately these past seven months have been much more difficult for us than anticipated. their story is going to be much different than yours obviously. >> definitely. two different -- same scenario but different effects on both families. >> what we went through is very, very difficult but what she had to go through must have been just -- well, carrying a pregnancy isn't easy. to say good-bye and be in the hospital and we're taking the baby home? had to be hard. >> for all of you, i'm sure. when do you think you're going to tell logan about the way he came into the world? and how will you tell him? >> i think when he starts asking questions. >> i don't have an exact answer. i think as a parent you'll know what's right to give him enough and you make it seem like although we don't want him to think it was a horrific terrible experience, it was part of god's plan. he has been blessed, he was loved by two families. you never know. >> he's a beautiful little boy. the story does have a very positive outcome. shannon and paul, thank you so much. i put every guy to sleep, i'm telling you. >> i'm awake. >> the book is "misconception." thanks again. up next, u.s. snowboarder kevin pierce talks to tom brokaw about his recovery from a near fatal training accident just weeks before the vancouver games. that's right after this. - they're the first kisses we ever got... - good night, honey. - and they could fix... - all better? 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>> balance and memory because my memory was very, very bad and it still is pretty bad. i still find myself asking people questions twice or three times. when i first started, when i walked down the hallway and i turned my head to the left or ride i'd fall over. now i can do that fine. my balance is definitely coming back but it is a very slow process. >> what's going on with your eyesight? >> when i first went to craig hospital my eyesight was so bad when i took the glasses off it would just be crazy blurry and i couldn't see anything. now when i take them off i can see fine -- not totally fine but i can see fine. >> i've always been intrigued by brain injuries because we're asking the brain to help us heal it. do you find yourself kind of talking to your brain from time to time? >> i do, yeah. i have done that a lot. why is this going so slow? what is going on here? >> reporter: before the accident, pearce was expected to be an olympic medal contender but he wound up watching the games from his hospital bed. is. >> that was quite hard for me seeing how fun the halfpipe looked. just knowing that that was really what i wanted to be doing was riding the halfpipe. i had worked so hard to get there and the accident happened and kind of everything was just completely over. >> reporter: the tremendous support he received eased the pain. almost 50,000 friends on facebook helped as well. >> the whole time i was in the hospital for the last four months i was getting cards from people just saying how excited they were for me that i was doing so well and that was just so special to me. >> reporter: most important, his parents and three brothers were there every step of the way. >> i've learned a lot from kevin. his positive attitude's probably the biggest one. >> he's always willing to do what he needs to do to get better. that's just impressed me so much. >> i thank god he's alive. >> what they have done has been so beyond anything that i could ever explain. i feel like my progress has sped up a lot because i've had them and the work that they've put in. >> reporter: what have you learned as parents going through something like this? >> to be able to be with our adult son in a very unusual situation and get to see them shine in a way that we would never have been able to see if we hadn't had this happen. >> it is a joy to be with him and to share this recovery with him and with the rest of the family. >> every border in the world wants to know whether you're going to get back to the sport. >> i think that's the most exciting part, is that, yes, i will get back to snowboarding. >> i suppose some parents may be out there saying to their children, i don't think i want you boarding. look what happened to kevin. >> i feel bad for those kids just because snowboarding is such a great job, so fun and brought me so much joy. i wouldn't change it for everything. even after having this accident, i still love it so much. >> a gold medal is obviously a dream of every olympian. but there are other rewards in life as well. >> oh, yes. the gold medal for me at the time was kind of the only thing that was on my mind and the only thing i could think about. then having something like this happen to you just totally changes your perspective on things and just being alive and being able to be okay and be with my family is much more important to me. >> matt, it is a remarkable family. they're a model for a lot of other families undergoing their own trauma right now. david prepared a script for me when i arrived. >> kevin's brother. >> he said how david feels about kevin being home. i am very happy and excited that he is home. i feel very relieved and i think he speaks for all of us when he says that. >> that's a great story and it is a really cool family. thanks, tom. now here's meredith. thank you very much. now to the latest singer ousted on "american idol." siobhan magnus was praised by the judges for "any man of mine" but it didn't help her avoid elimination last week. boom. siobhan, good morning to you. you were definitely the contestant the most unique from the attitude to the way you dressed to the wail. when did you realize you were a singer? sbl probably not until i was in fourth grade and in school we had to be in chorus. we had no choice. i'm glad. through that i got my first solo which will come out tomorrow. and i never stopped singing. >> your father can wail as well? >> he can, yeah. >> that's something you learned very young? >> well, i didn't figure out how to do it exactly like i've been doing it until i was in high school. figured it out in the shower. >> in the shower! >> well, it is a really -- your sound was great. what kind of album do you want to do? >> hopefully when i record an album it will be some kind good morning, everyone. it's 8:26 on this tuesday, may 4 4th, 2010. in the news this morning, three people are facing charges this morning in connection to the murder of d.c. middle school principal brian betts, found dead in his silver spring home last month. investigators believe robbery was the motive. two men are charged with first degree murder. the mother of one of the suspects is charged with using betts credit card the day after his murder. a fourth person is also in custody and you has not been charged. we'll take a break and have y good morning, sunshine break ing out now after a morning start with the clouds. warming up to the upper 60s, low 70s. we'll hit 80 by mid afternoon. there's a chance of a shower early this arch. how is the traffic, jerry? couple of incidents being report now. an accident in aspen hill, georgia avenue near connecticut avenue, fire department is beginning to arrive on the scene. also an accident reported inbound on the 14th street bridge for those of you headed downtown, heads up. we'll keep you updated on that. eun? >> thank you, jerry. lunch with lindsey and olympic gold medalist evan 8:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 4th day of may, 2010. it is a great morning to be out and about. lots of blue sky up there. i'm matt lauer, along with meredith vieira. al roker and ann curry. just ahead, we've got a really brilliant actor in our studio. he's been a whistle-blower, a mat mathematician, a gladiator. now russell crowe is getting on to take on the role of robin hood. if you're waiting to see him steal from the rich to give to the poor, there's a little bit of a twist in this rendition of robin hood. we'll tell but that in a few minutes. the best-selling novel starring harrison ford, now more than 20 years after his original novel, there is a sequel. what took so long? we also have toni braxton in the house. she's going to be singing live for us coming up. her first album in years. that's pretty exciting. >> it's gotten good reviews, too. first, let's say hello to o'neal hampton, one of the most courageous participants to ever compete on the "biggest loser." good morning. you've had a pretty rough week, rough few weeks on the ranch. busted up your knee pretty badly. shortly after that you lost your brother and your sister. our condolences. what gives you the strength to keep going? >> well, the strength and determination came from the sheer fact that i wanted to change my life. and it was no one set thing. i wanted to go through this for myself and most of my family. my daughters. it wasn't a good history with illness in my family. i did lose my brother and sister. but the sheer determination for me to change within myself. >> and boy, have you changed. i'm sure internally and externally as well. how much have you lost? >> about 145 pounds. >> wow! >> that's amazing. >> i feel totally, totally different. i mean i feel like a brand-new me. i mean it's just such a good thing. it really is. i got a bad left knee and i have to get my knee replaced. but the sheer need for me to change was much stronger than the pain i felt. >> you discovered something about yourself you never knew was possible. >> my inner self? it was so, so nice to see who the real me was. i was in the green ber ret, 82n airborne. but i was a parent before i was a competitor and i still am. i am very proud. very proud. >> good for you. >> congratulations. >> way to go. >> the good morning. sunshine broken out now around the region. we're warming up, hitting the low 70s. beautiful blue sky off to the west. now 75 in washington. it's near 70 in prince george's county. most locations it's in the upper 60s to around 70 now. we'll have highs around 80 this afternoon. early afternoon, a small chance of a passing shower or thunder shower. tomorrow, sunny, lower humidity. cooler in the morning. afternoon highs around 80. near 80 again on thursday. >> don't forget, check your weather any time of the day or night on weather channel on cable or weather.com online. night on weather channel on cable or weather.com online. up next, robin hood's russel there's a movement afoot in this country. a student-led revolution. a rallying cry for change in an otherwise unchanged educational system. people like me have something to say. people like me demand to be heard. people like me think it's time higher education was held to a higher standard. because it's time all people with talent were recognized. it's time technology transformed the way universities teach. and tradition no longer stood in the way of getting an education. people like me want a choice. people like me want to make a difference. people like me demand a different kind of university. one that puts my talent first. one that learns how i learn. to challenge me... to support me... a mind... on campus... on my terms. it's time a university recognized people like me. people like me. people like me. we're back now, 8:36 with one of the most anticipated movies of the year, "robin hood." this time russel crowe takes on the classic role in what's billed as the untold story of the man who became a legend. take a look. probably guessed by now it is not a merchant ivory flick. russell crowe. 52 versions on film of "robin hood" starting with a silent version in 1913. i know you wanted to make this different. that's the reason you signed on. >> prior to the 100 years of cinema there's 800 years of mythology. depending on which story you listen to, the story could actually originate as far back as 870 a.d. there are a bunch of things inside that old tale that are passed down, becomes a myth, becomes a legend, that have nothing to do with what's in the movie. >> what i liked about this movie so much, this takes place before he becomes the robin hood that most people understand before robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. this is how he became the guy who was sent into exile. >> if you're tell to tell a story that's been around a thousand years, you have to have a new idea. we'll make a movie where everything you thought you knew about robin hood was a mistake. >> what was it that you needed to bring forward and put on film that would make it believable? >> essentially just take away things that had become cliche. once mel brooks has made a movie and gone through those cliches, they're no longer available to you. we just wanted to tell it from a human perspective, here's a man, certain circumstances in his life, and he made these decisions. >> i'm a guy who uses purell eight or ten times a day. i think i'd last 15 minutes in the 12th century. how do you think you'd do? >> i think i would go a little further than that. >> little more than 15b minutes? >> i think you'd be hand. you just have to get over your hand cleanliness. >> ridley scott set up kind of a boot camp for you guys. you went through a lot of training. talking nutritionists and weightlifting, you like to work out anyway. but also working out with the weapons of the time. my take on you having known you a little bit is you like that type of thing. >> definitely. i love actually the privilege of being able to focus on something and be paid for that. >> how much time did you spend doing that? >> we started that camp in january and then we left to england around about march. so couple months? >> when it came time to put it on film, were you comfortable holding the long bow in your hand. >> that's actually the key thing. it's not really an indulgence, it's what it is is about setting yourself up to do the job, which you would do because you have the sort of analytical mind. if you were going to do something, you'd go i need to prepare for this, whether it is an interview or whatever it may be. that's all you do. you're preparing yourself so when you get to it you've taken the responsible due diligence. >> how many times have we seen cop movies where the actor picks up the gun and doesn't look like he's holding it like a cop would. you pick up this long bow and it looks natural in your hand. in the movie every time you shoot an arrow it sounds like a cruise missile going by. how did you learn to do that? >> by having a great relationship with the sound effects man and paying certain g gratatuities. >> back in the day, what's this long bow weigh? >> my main costume is 38 pounds. right around lunch time you start feeling it. >> cate blanchett is maid marion. from the comic book elements of robin hood i had a different vision of maid marion. >> there will be certain people that see this and they miss the cliches. hopefully there is a certain amount of people that go thank god the cliche's not there. robin and little john meet. they're supposed to meet on a log and have a fight. at some point maid marion is supposed to be a damsel in des tre distress who needs saving. our maid marion is not a damsel in distress. she's capable and calm. >> i like the movie a lot. you did a great job with it. i just want to mention it opens next friday, may 14th. we'll see you in cannes when we come visit you there. >> cannes, as one desclibribed if you like wearing gold lame shorts, you're going to have a great time. i'm just setting you up. when you get there, you'll know that was a good warning. stay away from the kids with the gold lame shorts. >> i'll take him at his word. still ahead, giada with some meals can you cook in hours or even days in advance. but first, this is "today" on nbc. not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. 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"presumed innocent" was a huge success made into a blockbuster movie starring harrison ford as a lawyer charged with murdering a colleague he'd had an affair with. more than 20 years later, a sequel has been written called "innocent." scott turow, good morning. 20 years later. why so long? >> this was a book i said i would never write. some time in 2005 i got what i suddenly felt was a great idea. like most writers, all vow falls before what you think is a great prospect. >> what was the great idea? >> i had a post-it note that was sitting on my desk that i had written out with no particular reason saying "a man is sitting on a bed in which the dead body of a woman lies." and one morning i looked at that note and i thought, god, the man sitting on that bed is russ p. savage. then i had to figure out who the woman was. i decided that was his wife from the first novel, barbara. what were they doing together, had they stayed married. once do you all that calculation you find you're actually writing a book. >> if the first trial he's on trial for murdering his mistress. you maybe wouldn't have assumed they'd stay together. was it daunting to write a sequel to a book that had received so much critical acclaim? >> yeah. one of the reasons i said i was never going to do it is, ecclesiastes says you can't step in the same stream twice. i could never create the same novelty that "presumed innocent" had had. that was one reason i didn't want to do it and i felt like i had a vulture on my shoulder. but eventually i got into it and realized that i was doing something that i was really pleased with. >> what sets everything in motion in this novel? it begins with russ p. sitting on the bed for 24 hours. nobody can quite explain what's taken him a full day to notify anybody. >> his wife is dead. >> his wife is dead and he's let the body sit there for 24 hours. course there are immediate questions from the cops and prosecutors. novel falls back in time to tell you everything that brought him up to that point. >> you get the sense in the book that the events of the first book continue to haunt the characters and that comes from your own experience as a lawyer. >> well, i think it comes from everybody's experience in letting the years pass. the events of the first novel, his trial for murder and being acquitted, of course loom large in the life of somebody who's continued to make his life in the law and is now chief judge of the appellate court and a candidate for the supreme court. he's still in the shadow of the prior experience. >> man, he's having another affair as well. >> falls into another affair. a lot of this book is about change, about fearing change and embracing change and why people make the same mistakes over and over again. >> what do you hope readers take away from this novel, scott? >> first of all, it is intended to be the same kind of suspenseful ride that "presumed innocent" was and people seem to think it is. that pleases me. it's got the twist in the end. but more than that, i think there's a kind of emotional resonance in this book about family issues, relationships, parents, kids, you know, husbands, lovers, and i hope it's just a compelling hold to everybody who reads it. >> every critic has said it is a great read. so congratulations. you don't have to be so nervous about the sequel after all. >> well, it's done now. >> hur sure is, scott turow. to read an excerpt, logon to todayshow.com. up next, a live performance from toni braxton, but first this is "t >> announcer: the do i that concert series on today. brought to you by toyota. toyota. moving forward. it has been five years since grammy award winner toni braxton has released an album. she's back in a big way with a new look and sound on her sixth studio aewed album called "puls" you haven't been just sitting around for five years. you've had a las vegas show, you did "dancing with the stars." were you itching to get back in the recording studio? >> i was. this is what i love. i enjoy singing. i didn't think i would ever be able to do it again after my heart scare. i'm very fortunate to do what i love. >> how are you feeling these days? >> much better. i'm on medication. i work out almost every day. some days are a little more challenging but pretty much i'm great. checkups every three months, ekgs, get my blood checked often. >> you look great. you said you're going back to basics with this sound. you teamed up with very impressive people, david foster and others. tell me about collaborating with them. >> david and i had a chemistry. when we work together we automatically know what to do. if he says i need a little bit more to the left, i know what that means, pull back off the mike a bit. it was great working with old friends again. >> what are you going to sing for us this morning? >> i'm going to sing something a little sexy. >> okay. toni braxton, thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 8:56 is your time now. 73 degrees. looks like the blue skies are peeking through the clouds. i'm eun yang. a fourth person has been charged in connection with the murder of d.c. principal brian betts. betts was found dead in his silver spring home last month. investigators believe robbery was the motive. suspects are scheduled to appear in court today. we'll take a quick break and have your weather and traffic when we come back. promise me low prices. and stick to it. like seriously low prices. 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[ female announcer ] low prices you can count on. at safeway, that's our promise. that's ingredients for life. good morning. supshine west of interstate 95. cloudy east of there. more sunshine appearing there as the day progresses. highs reach near 80. small chance of aan isolated shower or thunder shower early afternoon. tomorrow sunny, up near 80 again with lower humidity. 80 thursday, might get showers late friday afternoon into friday evening. how is the traffic, jerry? beltway american legion bridge, heavy and slow. eun? >> thank you, jerry. coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00, lunch with lindsey and olympic gold medalist skater erch lysacek, talks about his life on and off the ice including a few juicy details about his love life. ♪ not a bad way to start an hour. that's grammy award winner toni braxton singing "unbreak my heart." she'll perform that for us a little later in the program on this tuesday morning, 4th day of may, 2010. as we move from in the studio outside the studio. matt lauer, along with natalie morales and al roker. pretty nice morning so far. >> the afternoon will be nice. >> you yuck yuck on my yum yum. >> i don't even want to go there. coming up in this half-hour, we're going to have much more on this story that's been developing overnight. police have now made an arrest in connection with that failed car bombing in new york's times square. they've taken a connecticut man, a u.s. citizen, into custody. he's 30-year-old faisal shahzad. he is waiting arraignment right now. we'll have much more on that story in a few minutes. a shocking murder on a college campus. a female lacrosse player at the university of virginia found dead in her apartment monday morning. her alleged murderer -- a male lacrosse player, according to police. we'll get the latest details on their relationship and the investigation. then on afternoon, much lighter note, joy bauer is here to help us get on track with our weight loss and better health, answering our questions about nutrition, which foods are better to lower blood pressure about timing our workouts for the best results. also, it is one of fashion's biggest nights. the metropolitan museum of arts 2010 costume institute were out here in new york. oprah winfrey was the host. "today's" style editor bobbie thomas about weigh in on who wore what. but first ann is at the news desk with the headlines. in the news, fbi agents this morning searched the home of a suspect now under arrest for saturday's attempted car bombing in times square. nbc's periodpeter alexander is home. . >> reporter: according to a former neighbor, this suspect has a wife and young son and daughter. he lichd ved in a home on this k until recently. this is a look from the sky. the investigation's still taking place. evidence technicians are on site right now looking for potential evidence at the home where he was said to have lived for much of the last year. a bomb squad was on site over the last several hours as well but did not enter this home at any point. the arrest took place at jfk airport in new york. a customs and border patrol officer just before midnight arrested faisal shahzad who was on a flight bound for dubai, trying to flee the country. he is an american citizen who was born in pakistan. the key piece of evidence in this case is the 1993 nissan pathfinder that was found parked in times square with the materials needed to ignite a bomb. that did not happen and the luxury here is that they were able to catch it before it didn't because of that evidence, they were then able to tie it back to that vehicle, to this man, at this site. he will be arraigned later today. >> peter alexander, thanks this morning. in another major story of the morning, tennessee's governor has looking off to the west, live view from our sky watcher camera, showing a beautiful blue sky. east of washington, it is still rather cloudy. it should clear out as the day progresses. with that sunshine right now we're climbing into the 70s around the region. we should hit around 80 for mid afternoon temperatures. and then early afternoon we might have a passing shower or thunder shower. very small chance of that. otherwise a few clouds coming through. sunny tomorrow, lower humidity, highs upper 70s to near 80. should be near 80 again thursday. now "joy's diet s.o.s." nutritionest and "today" contributor joy bauer is here answering your questions. let's go to skype. danya in bethesda, maryland has a question about petie i eatinga workout. >> my question for you is when is the best time to work out after a meal? i've heard four hours is best because then you have nothing in your system so that you can immediately start burning off the fat in your system but i've heard that's actually pretty bad. >> from the weight loss perspective the timing of your meals and when you exercise does not make a difference. in terms of weight loss, all that matters is the total amount of calories that you are consuming through food, and the total amount of calories that you're burning via your daily activities and your planned exercise. but when it comes to the comfortability of eating and then exercising, that definitely matters. i say that in terms of your big meal, a breakfast, a lunch or a dinner, make sure that you eat that at least three hours prior to hitting the gym. but whether it comes to a small snack, you want something with carbohydrate. that can be eaten within an hour of working out. a piece of fruit, or a non-fat yogurt. >> make sure you hydrate, too. >> hydrate something even more important than what you're eating. so you definitely want to be drinking a decent amount of water. that's going to be your best beverage. >> enjoy the workout, danya. thank you. next an e-mail from pauline in toronto, canada. could you give me a daily meal plan example for lowering blood pressure? >> yes. this is a great question. the first thing is obvious. you want to mindfully watch the amount of salt and sodium that you're taking in. most of the sodium nowadays is found in processed, packaged foods. the good news is, when you eat clean wholesome foods, you are lowering your sodium intake and you're taking in the nutrients that help you to manage your blood pressure. first thing are going to be fruits, vegetables and legumes. second thing are whole grains over refined grains. low-fat and nonfat dairy, two to three servings a day, whether the calcium, vitamin d or milk proteins, we know it helps manage blood pressure. lean proteins, skinless poultry, fish, keep your overall heart and blood vessels healthy. last thing, nuts and seeds. >> a quick meal plan -- >> for a whole day. oatmeal in the morning made with skim milk and topped with some fresh fruit. for lunch, she can have whole wheat bread with sliced chicken and some crunchy vegetables on the side. a great afternoon snack would be unsalted sunflower seeds and some nonfat yogurt. for dinner, broiled salmon, just don't want to use salt to season it. sauteed kale with olive oil, a half of a baked potato. the dessert of choice is dark chocolate. if you don't like dark chocolate, juicy cantaloupe. because it is loaded in potassium which we know helps manage blood pressure. >> out to the plaza, amy from atlanta, georgia has a question. >> good morning. i'm having my first baby the end of july. i wondered what's the best way to lose that extra baby weight different from other diets. >> congratulations! >> yay! >> that's terrific. you know what? there's really not a different way to lose weight after you have your baby than the general rules that we know. eat less, move more. but if you're planning on nursing, you don't want to dip below 1,600 calories because you don't want to compromise your milk production. the other thing to be aware of, after you give birth you're going to be very tired. you are going to be up round the clock. so just don't eat, you know, in and out of the kitchen when you're up for those feedings. be very mindful over what not to grab and what to grab. and it's going to come off. be forgiving because everybody's body reacts differently. it took nine months to put it on. it could take up to nine months to take it off but it's coming off. >> great. thank you so much. >> congratulations. >> that's fantastic. all right, joy, thank you so much. coming up, sprucing up your garden and pad yo. which quick fixes can you do for under $75. up next, it is called the oscars of fashion. we'll check out some of the most stunning looks at last night's big party at the metropolitan museum of art. right after these messages. ♪ (announcer) right now, all over the country, discover card customers are getting five percent cashback bonus at home improvement stores. it pays to get more, it pays to discover. we asked real people to film themselves taking the activia 14-day challenge. hi. i'm emily ilic. i think from being a skeptic in the beginning i do think that activia actually works. take the activia challenge. it works or it's free. thanks, skyler. let's go to last night's highlights. there's mom and dad cleaning up. and there's the meatloaf. yuck. look what sometimes happens with the ordinary bag. it slips. oh, bingo, falls in. mom was mad. mom should have used glad forceflex with the stretchable drawstring that grips the can and stays in place. plus, it has the stretchable strength of forceflex. that's all today for glad tv. 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>> there are certain things that work. this menu in particular works because basically you can take the dates, fill the dates with the cheese, then wrap them about an hour before you actually eat. >> you call this cheese-stuffed dates with prosciutto. >> it is a perfect combination of sweet, creamy and salty. little goat cheese, mascarpone to sweeten it up. and some basil. >> all that? >> yeah. >> you like spices. you like herbs. >> yes. because i think fresh heshs arb a lot of flavor. then have you tro take the pit out of the dates. you don't want to break their teeth. slice them, they come right out. great thing about dates, they're super sweet, chewy and easy to fill. >> you got a little baggy, cut out a little corner. >> it is easy to put in there. or use a spoon. pretty. right? then take a piece of the prosciutto. okay? and you just wrap the date. >> you folded it a little bit. >> just so i could see the filling. but you don't have to. i take a little skewer. >> how much ahead can you make that? >> this can be done day before. pop them in the fridge. bring them out to room temperature. wrap them in prosciutto on about an hour before. >> that and glass of wine, crisp white wine, you're good. >> garbanzo beans and risotto. >> so a little bit of garlic, i take it out because i don't want to eat it. i don't actually want to bite into it. you kind of smell after a while. >> i like it but you're right, if you're serving other people. >> if you like it, chop it finely and leave it in. this is the way i grew up. add a few mustard greens in here. >> this isn't something people often cook with. >> it's not. i use swiss chard or muss tar greens. it is great way to get people to eat their greens. they can sit, they're hearty. make this the morning of or day before. then i add baby spinach. this is your kind of food. >> i love this kind of food. >> olive oil. saute that until they wilt. i add a little bit of salt. cook this, dump into the spinach and swiss chard. >> how much ahead can you make this meal? >> day before. put it in the grij afridge and it to room temperature. leave it out for an hour or so at room temperature before you eat. >> that's wonderful! that lemon zest will bring a lot of flavor. it is beautiful but we need to get over here. >> this is it. in here we have a lemon tirimisu. hazelnuts, lemon zest and a little bit of -- >> hey, anybody hungry? >> bye, ann! >> you want some food? let's try this out. i want to check this out. >> i can't win! >> no, come on over here. >> check it out. please, somebody, eat something! it really is that good. right, ann? >> let's find out what mark says. what do you think? >> i think i'll just eat myself. how's that? what do you think, mark? >> it is very good. >> this is perfect for mother's day because you can make it all ahead of time. >> i just heard something in my ear. they said they want this entire tirimisu downstairs. thank you so much. next, all the right moves to get those toned arms that giada's got for the summer. but first, this is "today" on nbc. quaker. love life. this morning on "get fit today," a summer shape-up. memorial day fast approaching. if your bod is not buff, don't worry. celebrity trainer and author of "the five factor world diet" is here with four moves to get new tip-top shape. memorial day is right around the corner. can we do it? >> we can. you don't have a lot of time, equipment or space. we'll show you traditional exercises kicked up a notch so it hits the whole body. >> you like to vary up the workouts. how does that help you maximize the efforts? >> if you want the body to change, your workout has to keep changing. keep our minds fresh and our muscles constantly getting better and better. >> liz is already working out for you. doing a variation on the by accept curl. >> this is a typical bicep curl but she's added a shoulder press and then a little hamstring dead lift. she goes from one to the next to the next. don't walk across the gym, wait for the next, switch dumb bells. she's going from one to the next. use a broomstick, a pipe, a bar bell. she's got three exercises all in one. >> how often should she do this workout, how many times a week? >> no more than once every three days. if you're hitting the same muscle groups too often you get tendonitis and you can lose results as opposed to gain results. >> moving over here, la tonya. focusing here on the triceps. the back part of the arm where we get that little flab. >> i call it the bye-bye muscle. she's doing a simple tricep extension. two cans of soup, two bottle ofs water, lie on the floor, you don't need a bench. she starts out with a simple tricep. one more tricep and bring the and nom d abdominals in and the reverse crunch. she'll open up into a fly. she's got fly, triceps, abdominals all in one. >> she's working out the hardest here, because you've already lot of me. >> that's a good point. a lot of this is coordination and keeping your mind busy as your body's busy so you don't get bored. >> thank you. good job. over here we have jill. a muscle group that we tend to forget to work out is the back. >> the back. >> why is that so important? >> she's working the lats. what's important about the lats, the stronger they are, they pull your shoulders down and give you a longer neck. >> better posture. as summer comes along and you wear strapless dresses, t-shirts, you want that area under here nice and toned. she starts back laying into a rib cage pullover. stretches all of the way back, crunches up and stands up into a squat. we have a squat, a crunch and a back exercise. >> that's amazing. very good. good job, jill. melanie over here. she's working out the shoulders area. >> she's working out the shoulder. and squats. >> lunges, shoulder press and knee section all in one. steps forward into a very basic lunge, twists her core, and straightens up into the entire shoulder. >> then after we finish workout, we can eat giada's tiramisu? >> whatever you want, one day a week. >> thank you so much, harley. good job. >> i just want to 9:56 is your time now. bright blue skies and sunshine in your nation's capital. tom will have your forecast in a moment. i'm eun yang. the suspects in the killing of brian bechlt tts are due in court today. four people are charged with the death of the d.c. principal of the middle school. his body was found in his silver spring home. laura bush will be in the area this afternoon. her book hits stores today. she'll be signing copies at 12:00 noon at the books a million store on chambridge road. good morning, tom. looks like a nice day. >> yachlt sunshine has warmed us up, temperatures hitting the 70s. around 80 by mid afternoon. a small chance of an early afternoon shower or thundershower. a few clouds coming through. tomorrow, sunny, lower humidity, delightful spring day with highs near 80. near 80 again thursday, and partly cloudy. might get an afternoon or evening thundershower friday. small chance of that. highs around 80 degrees. how is the traffic, jerry? tom, take a live look. you'll be slow leaving springfield headed over to van d doren street. give yourself more travel time. more stop than go there. inner loop of the beltway after connecticut avenue, initial reports of a car fire. fire department is en route. eun? >> thank you, jerry. coming up tonight on news 4 at 5:00, lunch with lindsey, olympic gold medalist evan lysacek, talking about life on and off the from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hey, everybody. we're so glad you're joining us here on this gorgeous, beautiful day here in new york city. it is booze day, may 4th. >> it is. >> a big day in the theater world, because the tony awards were announced today, but we have other news. >> i think we need to start with the other news sitting in your lap. >> so little you can't see it. this is bambino vino gifford. he has a little name. i thought, you know, we found -- we were told about him at a little italian restaurant. >> he's a teacup malta-pooh. i want, what about vin i don't? that's perfect she said, mom, can something please for once not be about wine? i said, okay. we'll make that his little name. became binno vino gifford. >> cody is tweeting to the world he had nothing to do with the choosing of the name. he also says, what happens every time i leave home, my family adopts another dog. >> well, we miss cody very much. cody is now 6'4", weighs about 180, and he weighs a pound and a half. but i already have a problem in the house. first he was humping the bishon, so we know he's all man. you little beast, but the other thing is originally i thought i would get this puppy, and we didn't get him from a breeder. he was already owned by someone who couldn't keep him, and she wanted to find a good home for him. i offered to buy it for our niece, shany, who i adore. she adored the bishon, and he finally died when she was like 14. she said, no, because it's a busy time in her life, and then she sauce pictures and is changing her mind. >> no, it's too late. you're going to give -- >> i don't want to, but i adore my niece. >> but cassidy, she's your daughter. >> he wanted to make his debut today. >> very cute. >> we have a bit of news to get to. they made an arrest in that times square bomb plot. the guy they arrested is 30-year-old faisal shahzad. he was born in pakistan, a naturalized citizen last year. i've got to hand it to the police, they did an unbelievable job. >> god bless every one of them. >> he bought the car with cash, and the woman didn't remember him that well who sold it to him, but he had an e-mail exchange with this woman. they had his name in e-mail, they were able to track him down. >> and when she showed the woman who sold him the van, she said, i think that looks like him. >> i think what's interesting, too, about this guy, number one, in the car -- they got him as he was on the airplane getting ready to fly to dubai. it was such perfect timing, but one of the terrorism experts who was on the show said, look, if this guy was trained in pakistan, he wasn't paying attention in class. >> he was a bad student. >> god bless him. ray kelly is an amazing man, and they're working all the time, and thank you so much for averting yet another crisis. >> yeah. you know, it's a big day in a lot of people's lives. regis' daughter joe ana is a wonderful written, her very first book. i cannot go to her book party tonight, because i'm working. it's called "the daughters." she's such a good writer. >> is it about her? >> it's based on what would it be like to be daughters of three very famous people from different worlds growing up in new york city. so it's not about her, but it's about what she's lived there athe dat daughter of a famous person. she's coming on next week, but a shoutout today. they announced the tonys. valerie harper, nominated. she yew genius. >> bust musical was "american idiot." i want to give a shoutout to eric shaffer, who's been my director for everything i have done. he won it last year for best regional theater. >> that's the show, if you're with your husband, boyfriend, he doesn't want to go to broadway, this is his show. >> and marsha millgram dodge got a nomination, and the producer of "memphis." and kate baldwin, again they have not nominated our friend -- gosh, someone help me. >> cheyenne jackson. >> yeah. tomorrow we're going to see la cage a we're learning a little bit more information about this suspect. he's a american citizen born in pakistan. according to one of his former neighbors in shelton, he has a wife and two young kids. a boy and a girl. he was apparently telling that neighbor that he worked on wall street. she described him as being odd, that he was strange. that he would jog at fight. he didn't come out during the day often. that he was often wearing black going into so much detail as to describe one time when he came over to the neighbor's house and apologized because a landscaper had apparently broken her car window. he was on that flight. united+++rúpeople have died fro tased. they couldn't get him without tasing him -- >> don't break the law. i'm sorry. if he had been naked, would it have been all right? >> no, do you think it's okay to tase a guy running through the field like that? >> we're supposed to rule by law in our nation. >> come on, it's a prank, it's a harmless prank. >> you're look for anarchy. >> no, i'm not. >> yes, you are. see if they're running around in your backyard, see if you would tase him. >> i definitely would not. >> i think every effort is to catch them, but if the guy kept running. >> all the ball players were laughing. see, i topped you she enjoys that kind of thing. >> i don't enjoy it. i don't like people being hurt. i just don't like people getting away with breaking the law. >> it's funny. >> it's not funny that he's tazed. >> i'm laughing at him gallivanting. >> what do you think, bambino? taz him, taz him. >> did you know your sleep position tells you a lot about your personality. >> yes, i learned that. >> if you sleep on your side, back or stomach, it tells you a different part -- >> i sleep on my side mostly curled up like that. >> i'm a side sleeper mostly. first of all, if you sleep like a log, on your side with both arms down -- >> who does that? >> that means you're social, easy-going, and sometimes gullible. >> if you're a yearner -- >> not a uriner, but a yearner. bambino is a uriner. >> you're open-minded, cynical, stubborn about decisions you've made. all right. >> and if you like on your back, you're reserved and quiet. >> but nobody sleeps in one position only. i think we're a mixture of everything, hoda woman. the sooner you learn that -- >> do you sleep on your back? >> never on my stomach. i have a bad neck. cody sleeps totally on his stomach, and that's exactly what he is. >> and if you sleep on your stomach you're like cody. belly sleeper, where is it? i don't know, there's lots on this card. >> you don't take criticism well. >> and you're cynical and suspicious, or something like that. >> now, we have very weird -- it is booze day. we have weird drinks in honor of the tony nomination. >> they're meat cocktails. >> this is like the latest craze. one is called the wine smash, first of all it's made from pork, not kosher. >> one is called the breakfast fizz. >> this is the breakfast fizz, and this is the swine? >> i don't like pan chetta. >> you know what, woman up. >> what's in that thing -- don't tell me. >> actually that's pretty good. >> this one is not bad. >> neither is that one. >> they were created for "time." you know, they're not supposed to be drinking, they're supposed to be working. >> this one is salty. >> they're better than i thought they would be. wait to go, "time." what's everybody saying, sara? >> they love bambino, but that's not hard. you have a cottonball in your hand. we didn't take into consideration physical you're in the bed with someone? >> one -- and go to klg klg & hoda.com, because we have our guys panel. >> we were going to show the kid dancing, the swing thing? >> we have to. >> we've got to. ♪ kids gotta move their swing thing ♪ go on our website, you guys, click on and download this song. we want to see your kid dance, as long -- >> he's adorable. so cute. up next, a new album, hotter than ever. >> toni braxton is in the house. hey, dad -- what're we getting mom for mother's day? 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>> simon was born at discovery cove, but they're an anteater, which is from south america, basically. they can eat 9,000 ants a day. without them, what would we do? >> next we have a barn owl. >> that is right. this barn owl -- mother's day is about a lot more than just having your own children. this barn owl has actually adopted an owlet chick, and she was rescued herself. >> are these all going to get along? >> there we go. this little one is just about 6 weeksing on. >> we'll go ahead and take i'ming out, because you're going to step on all those logs, because you think that's so cool. >> what did the mother do for her? >> she actually feeds her. in studio, we won't really have the mom feed her, but back at the rehab center, the busch wildlife sanctuary. >> no, no, that's a mouse. >> oh, no, no, no, it's not -- >> yes, it's dead. that's what she eats. and she feeds the little one. a family of barn owls can eat up to 25,000 mice a year. >> ew. >> do you realize how much that helps our agriculture industry? >> they should have them in the subway. >> why is she not flying away? >> she's not fledged yet. >> preening. it comes natural. >> showing each other out. and when she's full grown, she will go off and be able to live her life in the wild. so adopted children are great. >> i love that. thank you. that's cute. >> so are we ready for the next one? >> something else that's very surprised that i think nobody would realize -- >> even scorpions have mothers. >> here's our adult scorpion, and these are tiny babies. >> i thought they were dangerous. >> this is the largest in the world, the emperor scorpion from africa. the larger the species, the larger the claws actually means they probably have less toxin. >> you don't seem to be concerned. >> where's your glove. >> because this one is being used to for educational program. >> you know, the pinchers are the ones that are used to subdue prey. that's why they have the toxins in the thing. most species, there's like 1,500 species, very few, like 25 would even be harmful to humans anyway. >> isn't this -- and i don't mean babies by that, but these little guys, they're only the size of like little pieces of rice, and they all go up on mom's back. they ride on her back. she catches prey for them, and let them eat it. even after they don't need to be taken care of anymore -- i thought that was pretty cool. >> we're coming that way. >> she's ready. >> here you want to see -- >> oh, how cute. >> the little one is only 2 weeks old. vinchts prekoshs. >> look. he's going to nurse right now. look at that. only 2 weeks old. these are so precocious. he actually came running out of womb. he was so ready to go. this is sweetpea, actually. >> he wants mommy. >> still nursing. >> gosh, these guys are at busch gardens in williamsburg. >> both the males and females have horns. >> he wants some more. >> seaworldcares.com is where you can find out how to make a donation to help wildlife. >> that's great. quite the tongue action on this guy. >> julie, thanks so much. >> for mother's day. now we're going to cook up something, mother's day brunch with the kneelies. >> we're going to wash our hands, right? 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