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and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. the death of said al masri is arguably the biggest blow to al qaeda since the u.s. campaign against that terror network began. that's a big deal. >> he was apparently killed in recent days by a u.s. predator drone strike in pakistan. this was the man who led the group's day-to-day operations, and according to intelligence sources, managed the secret bank accounts that were used to help finance the 9/11 attacks. we'll have much more on al masri's death in a moment, including why it could be more important than capturing or killing osama bin laden. also ahead, some new details on the brutal murder of a wife and mother at a popular resort down in can dunn, mexico. an arrest warrant has now been issued for that woman's husband, the former "survivor" producer. we'll get the latest on that story in just a couple of minutes. we begin with the breaking news, al qaeda's number three official, said al masri killed in pakistan. jim miklaszewski is . >> reporter: in the news of counterterrorism, this is a huge victory. said al masri was reportedly killed in the remote tribal regions of western pakistan in one of those cia predator missile strikes more than a week ago. as a founding member of al qaeda, al masri has been involved with that group for more than 20 years and is about as close to osama bin laden and number two ayman al zawahiri as you can get. u.s. officials describe al masri as al qaeda's chief operating officer, primarily known to be responsible for the financing of the terrorist organization but as the u.s. has killed off many al qaeda leaders over the past couple of years, al masri was forced, in fact, to take over some of the terrorist planning for al qaeda. more importantly for the u.s. military, al masri was also reportedly working very closely with the taliban who are currently fighting american forces across the border in afghanistan. >> mick, does this mean we are any closer to finding either bin laden or al zawahiri? >> reporter: u.s. officials say al masri was the major -- the single most important conduit of information and linked to osama bin laden and ayman al zawahiri, which raises a very intriguing question. if the u.s. was able to track and find al masri who communicates with bin laden and zawahiri, just how close are they to those two top leaders? they won't say. they'll only say bin laden and zawahiri are spending most of their time trying to stay alive. but according to one u.s. official, after this attack, and this killing of the al qaeda number three, that organization is really hurting. meredith? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon this morning, thank you so much. it is 7:03. here's matt. thank you. president obama is sending members of his cabinet back to the gulf region today where on day 43 of the oil spill, anger is running high and patience is running thin. we'll talk to bp's managing director in a moment. but first, nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in venice, louisiana with the latest. anne, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. u.s. attorney general eric holder will visit the region today and he will meet with federal prosecutors and state attorney generals -- excuse me, attorneys general to discuss what legal action to take against bp. this as the reality that this well could gush well into august, perhaps even beyond, begins to sink in here. as bp tries yet another experimental attempt to try and contain this leak. signs of just how long this environmental crisis could last are everywhere. today this 32-acre field north of venice is a construction site. by the end of the week, it will be temporary housing for 1,500 bp workers. plaquemines parish president wants the new barrier islands to block the oil, not more people. >> bringing in all these people, i appreciate anything they do, but i hope they got a plan to put them out there, maybe to hold hands. i don't know. >> reporter: underwater robots are working on bp's latest attempt to control the gushing leak. it's called the lower marine riser package. the robots will cut the pipe just above the blow-out preventer, temporarily increasing the flow of oil. then a small containment cap will be placed over the pipe and the oil will be suctions to a ship on the surface. like all the other attempts over the last month, this is a long shot. >> think of the fire hydrant that's out of control. you throw mud at it, you try to cap it and it blows right back. now, they're going to try to slice the fire hydrant to get a nice, clean cut, and then hopefully put a nice snug fit. >> everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. >> reporter: the frustration at bp here is spreading across the country. protesters demonstrated outside the bp station in sarasota, florida. >> i feel very strongly about this. >> reporter: as the crude continues to flow, federal forecasters say the slick could move north this week and threaten the barrier islands in mississippi and alabama. bp hopes to cut the pipe and place that containment cap on it this week. this as the price tag for this disaster continues to grow. it stands at $940 million. matt? >> anne thompson, thank you very much. bob dudley is bp's managing director. mr. dudley, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. >> it's been a very disappointing several days down in the gulf obviously. the top kill did not work and now bp is moving on to this lower marine riser package cap. if officials at bp said the likelihood of success for the top kill was between 60% and 70%, where do you put the chances for this newest effort? >> matt, it's better. we're intent on minimizing the flow of the oil into the gulf and we've begun a series of operations to ensure just that. we are well into the operation to put this cap on the well now which will, when placed over the well, produce the fluids to the surface. within hours we will begin a series of rather dramatic cuts on the pipe. one the robots will sheer the big pipe about 35 feet from the well, and then it will start a clean cut with a diamond saw right on the top of the well. depending how clean and polished that cut is, we've got four caps that we would put over -- pick one, put over this to take the fluids to the surface. >> when you say depending on how clean that cut is, let me just say again what a professor well versed on this kind of situation told our anne thompson. he said, "what bp is trying to do put the cap back on a gushing fire high durand from a mile away using these remotely separated vehicles that have to battle cross currents and thread the eye of of the needle." i'm not an engineer but he doesn't sound very optimistic. >> well, robots have done amazing things down there in those currents for the last 30-plus days. the cap itself has some vents on it. if you can imagine bringing a cap over that has two vents, so when we lift it over, it will be dramatic, fluids will shoot out the vents and will sit it down over it, then we'll be able to close it. this technology we think will me fluids, if not all of the fluids. >> is there anything about this process, mr. dudley, that you fear could make the situation worse? >> i think that this is a lower risk activity than what we were doing with the top kill. in fact, we have gone down this path because the risks are lower. the engineering, while not simple, is certainly simpler than what we were trying with the top kill. and this operation is only the first step in a containment set of activities. within two weeks we're going to rehook up the very equipment where we were pumping the mud in, reverse the flow out there and create a second channel for oil and gas to go to the surface. >> now you're telling me weeks. and i have to say, some people are starting to give voice to this possibility, mr. dudley, that what we're really looking at here is august, that until these relief wells can be drilled. in your opinion, is it possible we are stuck or going to be stuck with the worst case scenario? that's 60 more days of oil spewing into the gulf. >> if the containment activities are just described are working and the oil and gas flows to the surface, that's a good outcome. then the relief wells will come back behind that and permanently kill the well. we are also going and engineering and bringing into the field another step of containment to even further refine it towards the end of june that will have a free-standing riser with a quick disconnect option that we can bring tankers up to. if we can get this containment activity working, then that's a good outcome. we'll keep that oil out of the gulf until we can permanently kill the well. >> lot of people crossing their fingers, mr. dudley, that you guys are successful. thanks very much for your time this morning. >> thanks, matt. >> we should mention that nbc's brian williams will be reporting on the gulf -- from the gulf coast on the gulf spill tonight on "nbc nightly news." now here's meredith. organizers of the ships targeted by israeli forces in a deadly raid say they plan to send more ships to the region in the coming days. overnight the u.n. security council called for an impartial investigation into the firefight at sea. nbc's tom aspell is in israel with the latest. tom, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. well, six ships carrying 10,000 tons of aid for gaza, and now in the israeli port of ashdod. the pro-palestinian activists who sailed on them are in detention. israel led the activists away for questioning this morning. most of the 500 now in detention or in hospitals are to be deported. israel intercepted the flotilla 50 miles off the coast early monday morning. pictures from the biggest ship showed israeli commandos armed with paint guns and pistols being lowered from helicopters, and then fighting with passengers. video released overnight by the israelis showed some of the passengers beating the soldiers are iron bars and tossing one commando over the side. israel said its men opened fire with live ammunition only when their lives were threatened. nine activists were killed, most of them turkish nationals. dozens were wounded. the international condemnation has been swift and harsh. in turkey, israel's strongest ally in the muslim world, thousands attacked the israeli consulate in istanbul. turkey's foreign minister was outraged at israel's actions. >> in simplest terms, this is tantamount to banditry and piracy. murder conducted by a state. >> reporter: the turkish government canceled joint military exercises with israel and recalled its ambassador from tel aviv. there were also anti-israeli demonstrations in europe and the middle east. the u.n. security council called for an investigation into the violence which israel says was the fault of the activists attacking the israeli commandos. >> what kind of peace activists use knives, clubs, fire from weapons stolen from soldiers and other weapons to attack soldiers who board the ship in accordance with international law? >> reporter: this morning israel announced it would unload that humanitarian aid from the captured ships and deliver it over land to palestinians in the gaza strip. the confrontation at sea is not over yet. another two ships are heading this way from turkey and scheduled to arrive on wednesday. israel said they will not be allowed to proceed to gaza. meredith? >> tom aspell, thank you. let us get a check of rest of the morning's top stories right now from ann standing by at the news desk. good morning. good morning, everybody. also in the news this morning, a tropical storm, agatha, now being blamed for more than 150 deaths over the weekend in central america. hardest hit was guatemala was more than 100 people were killed and 90 others missing. the storm opened up a massive sinkhole that swallowed up a three-story building in guatemala city. the weather forced a change in plans monday for president obama as he prepared to deliver a memorial day speech in illinois in a downpour with lightning nearby. he was compelled to ask people to return to their cars for their own safety. he spoke to troops later at andrews air force base. storm chasers in colorado came within 50 yards of a massive tornado crossing the road right in front of them on monday. there were no reports of any injuries. we'll have more on this coming up. overseas markets are mostly lower this morning. cnbc's erin burnett is at the new york stock exchange. erin, why this latest drop? >> it has a lot to do with what you all have been talking about this morning, bp. bp lost $15 billion in market value just this morning after that effort to cap the spill failed. it's the biggest drop for bp in about 18 years and it is bleeding over into the overall market as well. there's concern, too, that some efforts by senators to remove the liability cap means bp could be liable for billions of dollars more than the market thought just last week. it is not just one company though hurting stocks today. we all know china's been the engine of the global economy. we're seeing weakness there overnight. manufacturing data disappointed. one silver lining though, oil prices. all the concern about the oil economy is causing prices to drop, down nearly $2 which could mean some alleviation of the pain at the pump in the next few weeks. it wasn't bulls or bears on wall street monday. it was bees. an estimated 15,000 bees swarmed around the doorway of a nearby restaurant. a bee keeper was finally called in and it was like a bad "b" movie. it is now 7:15. back to meredith, matt and al. >> we'll let you just good morning. june is starting off here, breezy and mild across the region. temperatures are in the low to mid 70s. now 74 in washington. winds gusting out of the southwest 20 to 25 miles an hour. we'll have highs today reaching the 80s and a likelihood of scattered storms from early afternoon around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley to mid afternoon in the metro area and evening hours, scattered storms will be likely. tomorrow, lower humidity and sunshine. thursday a chance >> that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks very much. a catholic bishop in arizona is under fire for what some say was too harsh a punishment for a popular nun. a hospital administrator who approved an abortion to save a woman's life. here's nbc's lee cowan. >> reporter: the agonizing question facing st. joseph's hospital in phoenix last year wasn't "if" someone was going to die, it was how many. sister margaret mcbride, a catholic nun on staff at the hospital, had to make a tough call. >> it was a terrible decision for sister margaret to make and she didn't make it alone. she was on the ethics committee. >> reporter: a pregnant woman had been rushed to the er, gravely ill. according to st. joseph's, the treatment necessary to save the mother's life required the termination of an 11-week pregnancy. it was a moral and ethical dilemma that would test anyone's faith. >> for that nun and for everybody else on that committee, that is a life-altering moment. they are making a decision to end a life to save a life. >> reporter: decisions like that are made in hospitals around the country every day. and usually, says this ethicist, they choose the mother. >> the primary concern is saving the life in front of them. >> reporter: so, that's what sister margaret and the ethics committee decided. the abortion was approved and the mother lived. but when her superior found out, phoenix bishop thomas olmstead, he excommunicated sister margaret saying in a statement, "the end does not justify the means." but some experts in church law say the bishop went too far. >> if a person knowingly and willingly performs an abortion, then that person is excommunicated. but my contention is that there was naganoingly and willingly done in this regard. they were acting, you see, to save the life of the woman and that was their main concern. >> reporter: the punishment is prompting some to ask just how the church could turn its back on a nun for saving a life, while priests accused of abusing boys take years to be defrocked. >> in answer to the question, i would say it doesn't look good. >> reporter: the diocese of phoenix stands by the decision. the perspective simply that a person can't do evil even to bring about good. but it is frustrating to san jose who knew sister margaret as a nun first, a hospital administrator second. >> i think they're out of touch. they're out of touch with reality today. >> reporter: sister margaret still works at the hospital, in another position, and is not talking. her decision, it seems, between her and god. for "today," lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. just ahead on a tuesday morning, sarah ferguson talks about that sting where she was caught trying to sell access to her former husband, prince andrew. was alcohol to blame? we'll hear from her. but first, this is "today" on sarah ferguson, dutch es of york is opening up to oprah winfrey in a new interview about being caught trying to sell access to her ex-husband, prince andrew. >> it was my understanding that as of yesterday you had not seen the tape. is that true? >> in the last four days i've been traveling so i've seen it but i haven't actually sat down and watched it. i haven't faced the devil in the face. becau i know exactly -- i am now aware of the fact that i had been drinking, that i was not in my right -- right place. and -- >> so you haven't sat down and watched the whole tape. >> no. >> are you ready to do that? >> according to news of the world, i guess is the newspaper that did this sting or whatever you want to call it, they said this wasn't the first time that she had tried to sell access to her husband. so i don't know whether there was drinking in other times. >> we'll have to find out if oprah asked her about previous incidents and whether she blames that on alcohol as well. she's clearly trying to explain what's really hard to explain. that entire interview airs today on "oprah." from one sarah to another, sarah palin's new feud with her neighbor, a man who's writing a book about the former governor. duchess. from the most damaging rays t, it protects you across 100% of the uva uvb spectrum. coppertone outshines. so you can enjoy the sun. a car they can count on. a car that keeps going, when others might quit. a car that stands strong... when you need it most. and expects to handle the unexpected. at chevrolet, we created a team of red x engineers who are obsessed with quality. red x torture tests every car down to the smallest detail. because everyone deserves excellence. ♪ we get double miles with every purchase. so we earned a tropical vacation in half the time. we earn double miles every time we use our card. 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along 270 headed southbound, disabled tractor trailer. there it is in the far right lane. delays down toward this point out of springfield, you're in pretty good shape along your approach to 95, but very slow headed up toward shirlington. news 4 midday, taking the stress out of your big day. sure-fire ways to make planning a wedding a more pleasant experience. 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 1st day of june, 2010. sunny on the plaza right now. these people could see some thunderstorms later on in the day. you might want to keep that in mind. we'll get to al's forecast in just a little while. inside studio 1a, i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira. former alas today gopher sarah palin has now built a bigger fence around her home because a man writing a book about her has just moved in next door. he says he just needs a place to live but some people are calling him a voyeur and a stalker. we'll talk to him about the controversy and palin's reaction to his move. also check this out, an up-close encounter with a dangerous tornado. dangerous, but i have to say, beautiful. we'll talk to the man who shot these incredible images. apparently he shot them on a day when there was a low risk of a tornado. plus, women in america now spend more than $7 billion a year on hair care products. has our obsession gotten out of control? we'll find out when we kick off a special series "it's all about the hair." >> are you obsessed with your hair? you don't seem to be. >> no, not really. are you? >> it was a time in my life -- >> where you were? >> just as it was leaving. let's get a check of al's forecast. al, good morning. >> good morning, guys. we've got some good morning. june starting off here in washington, breezy and mild on this tuesday morning. temperatures low and mid 70s with a blustery southwesterly wind. we'll have that with us throughout the rest of the day as temperatures climb into the upper 80s. front moving in from the midwest coming into the mountains early afternoon, triggering showers and thunderstorms there. later in the afternoon, passing showers and thunderstorms are likely. tomorrow, lower humidity moves in. sunny, w >> it's a little longer than usual fleet week. thanks for being here, guys. don't forget, you can get your weather any time of the day or night on weather channel on cable or weather.com online. a powerful tornado was captured on camera monday in southeast colorado. take a look at this. this was the scene last night recorded by storm chaser andy gableson who at one point came within 50 yards of that twister. and he is with us exclusively. andy, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> as matt was pointed out earlier, it was a gorgeous day. nobody was anticipating a tornado. you've been chasing tornadoes for eight years. had you ever seen anything like this? >> yeah, i mean being out in the field a lot of times you will see some pretty incredible tornado. if you remember hammond, oklahoma earlier this morning, it was a pretty low-risk day. it ended up being a long-track tornado. tornado was on the ground for about 20 minutes. >> andy, the video we're looking at -- i don't know if you have a monitor in front of you, but we're looking at what appears to be just the most perfectly formed funnel cloud. can you remember at this stage how far away you were from that tornado? >> at the stage when it first formed, you're looking at it in a field there, it's probably about a half-mile to a mile away and it was absolutely perfect. it almost did not look real. >> could you hear it from how far away you were? obviously we're looking at it kicking up a lot of the debris but you mention it is in a field. i assume that's mostly dirt. >> yes. that was dirt and, yeah, at that point it was far enough away where we were able to hear it. we had winds going into the storm but we could not hear the tornado at that point. >> this might seem like a stupid question -- and maybe it is -- but if this was a low-risk day, how did you even know to go there? >> well, sometimes it's just a matter of going out for every event and just hoping that you get lucky. >> at one point you got your car and you're about 50 yards away from this tornado. at a moment like that, do you second-guess your career choice? >> no. it's fun and it was -- it was right there. i didn't get any closer because that's where i felt comfortable. i didn't feel getting any closer would do any good and that's about as close as i'm willing to get. >> so you were not in any danger then? >> not in my opinion. i feel like it was pretty self-explanatory that storm was moving very slowly about 5 to 10 miles an hour. it didn't really change its course. the tornado was on the ground, stayed pretty consistent. if i had to, i definitely had plenty of options to get out of the way. >> meredith and i were talking earlier, andy, before the show. and you make it clear that you're not out to do this to put your life on the line. you're not one of these crazy thrill seekers. you just have a fascination with this form of weather. >> no. i mean i really find that capturing the tornado from a distance like i did when you saw it in the field. then i also like to get up close. just really enjoy capturing nature from all different aspects. >> and that final shot, i don't know if we can cue that up but the final shot with the rainbow is just unbelievably beautiful, andy. >> yeah, that was really awesome to get to experience. like i said, that tornado -- you can see it in the video -- did so many different things over the course of about 15 or 20 minutes. it was just incredible. >> stunning images, andy. thanks very much for talking to us this morning. we're happy everything worked out okay. >> thanks, andy. >> thank you. 36 after the hour. now we're going to turn to an arrest warrant issued for a former producer of the reality series "survivor" nearly two months after the brutal murder of his wife at a luxury resort in mexico. nbc's miguel almaguer has the details on that. >> reporter: bruce beresford-redman spent memorial day at his home in los angeles enjoying time with his children, this despite word mexican authorities have issued an arrest warrant charging him with killing his wife, monica beresford-redman, while the family vacations in cancun back in april. >> translator: this crime qualifies as first degree murder because of the premeditated nature and the fact he betrayed his wife by killing her around he had the advantage of size and strength over her. >> reporter: through his attorney -- bruce issued a written statement about his wife's murder. >> monica was the access around which our family resolved from her sisters and parents to my parents and of course to my children and me. she was everything to us. i am devastated at her loss and i am incensed at the suggestion that i could have had anything to do with her death. i am innocent. his wife's family has held numerous rallies demanding justice for monica as they fight for custody of the children. their attorney says they do not "buy his newly found contrition" and are relieved by news of the murder charges. >> it is pretty much a no-brainer that the u.s. will extradite him to mexico. we're not talking about a third world country that throws people in dungeons. america extra diets people to mexico every day of the week. >> reporter: for his part, bruce's attorney says they'll fight any effort to stand trial in mexico. miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. coming up next, is he a stalker or is he just doing his job? 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there are opinions on both sides of the fence. memorial day in wasilla, a time when neighbors often picnic and barbecue together. but for sarah palin and her new neighbor, there were no such plans. palin lives in the house with the large windows. to the left, now lives a best-selling author joe mcginniss. >> they are the most interesting neighbors i have so far. >> reporter: mcginniss is writing a book about palin and what he says is an effort to know his subjects, he's gotten physically close, renting the home right next door. >> is this a chapter in your book, living next door to sarah palin? >> well, it could be -- it could well be. it could well you. it certainly gives me an insight into her character that i only had in the and tract before. >> reporter: palin is not happy about it. she posted a picture of mcginniss on his deck on her facebook page asking, wonder what kind of material he'll gather while overlooking piper's bedroom, my little garden and the family's swimming hole? and while palin is not talking to her new neighbor, she is talking about him to glenn beck on fox news. >> you better leaves my kids alone. >> reporter: mcginniss says the rental house was an offer he couldn't refuse. $1,500 a month for six bedrooms on the water and just 15 feet from his subject. so what account author actually see from his rental? we can't show you. mcginniss is not allowing any photos of the palin's home from his property, out of respect, he says, for their privacy. it has all put tiny wasilla back in the spotlight. at the local diner they serve a breakfast with a side order of opinion. >> you got to expect that and deal with it. real simple. >> reporter: if they do make good neighbors, everything should be fine. when mcginniss moved in, the palins added on to their fence. it is now 14 feet tall. and in an ironic twist, mcginniss had to add privacy measures of his own to keep out sig sightseers. the fence between the two properties some are calling the great wall. as for the palins, there haven't been many sightings othver the past few days. perhaps they've taken a summer rental of their own. >> in wasilla this morning, joe mcginniss is with us this morning exclusively. good morning. >> morning, matt. i wish you were here. before we even start, i need to correct something that i think janet probably was just simply misinformed about or didn't understand. i'm standing on this porch right now where the palins took a picture of me surreptitiously they photographed me standing on my own porch. what she said on her facebook page is i was overlooking their garden and swimming hole and their bedrooms or whatever. the fact is i was at the other end of this porch. i don't know if your camera can pan down there. i was at the other end as far away from the palin home i could get. i was leaning over the fence looking into the vacant lot next door. what i was doing was talking on the cell phone. >> i wonder if she was referring to what you were doing during that -- >> i want to correct that right away. >> i just wonder if governor palin wasn't referring to what you were doing at the moment the photo was taken but what you could do from that deck. let me -- for every guy at a diner like the guy we saw in janet's piece who said, hey, the palins are public people and they've got to get over it, there are people on the other side of the coin who -- and joe, they say this is a little creepy. how do you respond to that? >> well, you know, creepy is as creepy does. if i lived here and did something creepy, if i did what sarah palin is suggesting that i moved here because i had some desire to do, that would be creepy. the fact is, i would be living in this house if the palins lived on the moon, matt. $1,500 a month for a house in wasilla? i need to be in wasilla to do my work. >> it's just coincidental you're in the house next door and not there simply to observe them? >> i am not observing them at all. i'm here to talk to people who have known them for 40 years in wasilla. if i was on the other side of the lake, if i wanted a place that i could afford to stay, that my family could come out. my wife is coming out the day after tomorrow and my daughter, one of my daughters, my three grandchildren are coming out the first week? july. i wanted a place where they can enjoy a little reactionation while i was doing my work. my work is not to sit in this house. i'm only in this house now because i'm doing the kind of work that palins are forcing me to do. i need to be out and talking to people. that's why i'm in wasilla. i'm in wasilla because the people who know the palins best and who can trace the evolution of the phenomenon that sarah palin is -- 80% of them live here. >> i'm happy to hear you're not there to observe them. because from that close proximity, you wouldn't be observing them in any form of natural state. would you? i mean, after all, if you get to look at them now, you're looking at them knowing that you're looking at them. so they aren't going to be behaving naturally, i would imagine. >> i wouldn't know how they behave. i don't care how they behave in their backyard. i don't care what they do in the privacy of their own home and i don't care what their children do. i care what my children do, i care what my grandchildren do. i couldn't care less about her kids. >> you've obviously gotten some strong criticism from people over on fox news. i'm sure you're not surprised by that. but words like stalker, voyeur, peeping tom, you know, is this -- does this all fall into the category, joe, of any press is good press, especially when you're perhaps trying to raise some interest in an upcoming book? >> no, matt. i'll tell you exactly why and i'll tell you how all this came about. i moved here and didn't tell anybody outside my family that i was moving here. i wanted to tell the palins directly, personally, face to face, and then hopefully work out with them some accommodation of where we could all live peacefully, if not with great friendship over the course of the next three months or so until labor day. sarah hysterically puts up this facebook page with all sorts of ugly innuendo, which frankly, is revolting, the things that she has caused people to say about me. she has created all the publicity. i didn't expect any publicity at all. >> it's more than revolting. the reaction -- i'm not talking about governor palin, but the reaction has gotten a little bit scary. there have been death threats against you. the fbi's involved. wasilla, alaska state police. there was a craigslist posting that asked a question of where in the woods your body would be found over the weekend. the local wasilla newspaper published an editorial that read, "those who are fond of joe mcginniss might remind him if he already doesn't know that alaska has a law that allows the use of deadly force to protect life and property." any regrets to all this? do you wish you just rented a different house? >> no. you know what actually what i've learned from that, what you just recited, it's very informative. i think it is probably a lesson for the american people of the power that palin has to incite hatred and her willingness and readiness to do it. she has pushed a button and unleashed the hounds of hell, and now they're out there barking and growling. that's the same kind of tactic -- i'm not calling her a nazi, but that's the same kind of tactic that the nazi troopers used in germany in the '30s. i don't think there is any place for it in america. >> i also want to mention, there are two sides to every story. let me just ask you this, joe. if the shoe were on the other foot and she were writing a book about you and moved in next door, would you build the same fence they built? glue know what i would do? i would go over and shake hands and maybe give her a plate of cookies and say, "welcome to the neighborhood." >> joe mcginniss, thanks for your time this morning. i appreciate it. >> thank you, matt. still ahead, finding cash in your closets like you could have thousands of dollars packed away not even knowing. but first, these messages. yeah! ree u. it's like outside forces have taken control! 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>> new accident activity at 450 blocks the right lane. police not yet there. delays on the outer loop not as a result of the accident, just plain volume. route 1, leaving college park toward silver spring, the outer loop is stacked up. back to you. news 4 midday, taking the stress out of your big day. sure-fire ways to make planning a wedding a 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, june 1st, 2010. if the crowd comes back on friday, they'll be treated to a live concert on the plaza by one of the hottest young stars around. i am talking about justin bieber. meredith vieira, alongside matt lauer and al roker. >> that's friday. thursday if you're in the area, we've got a huge concert courtesy of the "american idol" winner and runner-up. right here on the plaza thursday morning. back-to-back concerts. but coming up in this half-hour, it is truly all about the hair. >> it really is. listen to this. i had no idea. women spend two years of their life taking care of their hair. working on their hair. styling it, coloring it, whatever you want. we own an average of six brushes and seven products to create popular styles like the rachel haircut on "friends." why the obsession and is it all really worth it? just ahead, our special series how to untangle this. you could save hundreds, maybe thousands of dollars just by going shopping in your own closet, your own dresser. jewelry and clothing, ways you can save money by just shopping in your own closet. >> i love it! >> we'll show you that in just a little bit. before we go any further, let's go inside. ann has all the headlines. good morning, everybody. in the news, al qaeda announced online last night its number three leader was killed by a u.s. missile strike in pakistan in may. u.s. officials describe saeed al masri as al qaeda's chief operating officer with a hand in everything from finances to terrorist planning. they said he managed the secret bank accounts used to help finance the september 11th attacks. the u.n. security council this morning called for an impartial investigation of israel's deadly raid on ships taking humanitarian aid to palestinians in gaza. at least nine civilians were killed when commandos seized the half-dozen ships trying to break the israeli blockade. israel says the commandos were attacked and only fired when they feared for their own lives. under pressure from washington, the u.n. condemned the acts that led to the loss of life without actually naming israel. president obama meets today with members of the panel he's named to investigate the oil leak in the gulf of mexico and attorney general eric holder is visiting state and federal prosecutors from areas affected by the spill. meantime, bp is preparing its latest effort to contain the leak by making a fresh cut in the pipe just above the failed blow-out preventer. then trying to cap it after the top kill procedure failed over the weekend. world markets were -- world stock markets are mostly down this morning with much of the drop blamed on bp which fell to its lowest point in more than a year. as many as 90 people are still missing in guatemala after it was hit by a tropical storm agatha this weekend. flooding and mudslides were blamed for at least 150 deaths in central america. the storm also opened up a gaping sinkhole in guatemala city that completely swallowed a three-story building. officials are still trying to figure out why that happened. and ten people are recovering from injuries in new york after the propel lers lers marine aircraft sent parts spraying into a crowd. children were among those who were injured. it is now 8:03. let's go back outside to matt and meredith. >> just taking a little photo. >> people are so friendly! >> are you my hero. >> good morning. starting off june with temperatures in the 70s and a blustery southwesterly wind and still rather humid. on radar, specks of blue in the panhandle of west virginia, drifting off to the north. elsewhere, we have low clouds racing through. highs climbing into the upper 80s and likely afternoon thunderstorms around the region, some of which could produce heavy lightning and brief downpours. >> "o and h" pecan cringle bakery. >> might want to head over here with that, al. up next, from cuts to color to brushing. you name it. why are we so obsessed with our hair? 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am i telling other people that i feel confident about myself. >> reporter: why are we so obsessed with good hair? >> clothes, you can take off. makeup you can take off, but hair you can't take off. women are obsessed with hair because it is kind of the crowning glory of who they are. >> so here to tease out the drama of women and their hair, "today's" women's lifestyle contributor and editor in chief of "glamour" magazine, cindy levy. laura barron, and tamika ray. cindy, start us off. why this obsession? i know it is the first thing you notice about somebody. >> as a matter of fact, historically it's always been true. you look at fertility statues, these ladies had dos. we've always been obsessed. i think it is because your hair is the shorthand way of telling the world what kind of woman you are. are you a sort of no-nonsense, wash-and-go kind of girl? are you an individual and you're going to put pink streaks in? are you super feminine and conventional? what is it about you? >> is there something unhealthy about it when you think about spending at least two years of your life taking care of your hair? >> that means there is two years of your life that people aren't looking at your thighs. you know? it's also -- let's be honest, every woman wants to feel beautiful and the hair is the easiest thing to do. you take a blow dryer or go to the salon, you get it done, you look good. you know it. >> when you a bad hair day is basically a bad day. >> sure. all together, please. but you have to claim it. this is my thing. you're always going to have a bad hair day. but if you give it the power, you're screwed for the rest of the day. you have to just take it over and be like, whatever it is -- i have curly hair naturally. really i don't know what it is going to be when i get out the shower. you have to just claim it, embrace it and say i'm still powerful, i'm still beautiful and rock it, girl. >> but you say your hair defines your personality. >> it absolutely does. that's the first thing you see. a new york block away is the silhouette of someone's hair. you're right, if it is perfect and not one hair is out of place, that woman is in power, she knows what she's talking about. but i've been known to rock a very asymmetrical wild afro because i'm spontaneous, and i'm a little unpredictable. that's who i am as a person. that does sort of describe the person that you are. as women we have so much control over what people see about us. >> but also hair styles change. they come and they go. >> yes, they do. we all have those moments we all look back and say, oh, my gosh, what was i thinking? >> i think we have some pictures. >> oh, no! >> there you go. >> but that's my late '80s virginia mullet. i think there was a lot of product going on there. science was not on my side. >> women obsess. what about men? >> i think men are getting in on this, too. we're seeing a rise of male vanity. >> you mention it used to be on the cover of your magazine, the woman always had to have long hair. but that has changed. >> completely. this is the gospel of women's magazines, not just mine. you needed the long, flowing, feminine waves to sell a magazine. that's not true. you can have close, cropped hair, dyed hair. we're seeing more openness to extreme hair now among women. women want to make a statement. >> it is also the emotional attributes we put to hair. you see long hair and you think, that woman is getting hers pulled. >> look at your hair. >> oh, that's great. >> that was the look. >> what a perfect segment. yeah. that was actually the tamed version. i used to like to show that single curl and just throw it over my ear. yes, it was horrible. >> we showed some pictures in the piece of celebrities that have influenced hair styles like jennifer aniston and others. is it still the case? >> i think it is. i think women just look to celebrities to get ideas about what to do with their hair. i think what's different now is that there is a wider range. you might want the long gossip girl wave but you also might want the lady gaga look. i think there is a lot to choose from now. >> a little more high-maintenance, the lady gaga look. >> again we also go back to the emotional attributes that we put to the hair. we see a lady gaga and we think she must be creative, she must be happy. she is expressing herself. we tant to express ourselves. we give so much credibility to what a woman's hair looks like. >> also the hair is not just defining you. very often it is making a political statement as well. >> yeah. >> certainly back in the '60s, women with the afros, it was a statement about being proud of who you are and -- >> absolutely. >> i kind of adopted that a little bit. i really wanted to feel powerful. i got to tell you, with the afro i got stopped on the street at least 20 times a day. look, this is the worst hair i ever had. look at that hair! i thought it was cute. i wanted a spiky little hair style so i permed it and it was wrong. >> i've always found when my hair is changed, i think it is good in the moment. maybe if we're sitting here five years from now -- look at mine. >> you look adorable! >> oh meredith, i love that. >> if that's your worst look -- >> but i guess my point is, we think we look good now, in five years will we look at these pictures -- >> all that matters is in the moment, right now. you are strutting and in the moment you are feeling like a full, powerful woman. beautiful. >> in five years we will destroy the digital images. >> there you go. >> if only we could. >> i think you all look great. >> thank you! >> thank you so much. tomorrow we'll tackle the age-old question, is it okay to go gray? 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>> i would say three places. make sure you visit three different places. second place that we went to with amy, we found that they actually pay more for things like cameos because they have buyers that want those things. >> if you've got a piece of jewelry and you can attach a designer name or famous jeweler's name to it, clearly you're going to get more. >> it doesn't have to be tiffany or cartier. john hardy, those designers fetch mark-ups as well as long as you can prove they've been signed. >> when it comes to selling gold, first there are some investigations ongoing about some of these cash-for-gold places so you have to be careful about that. >> you do. that's one of the reasons that it is so important to shop around, because you want to make sure that you are getting at least in the right range of your price. you also want to know what kind of gold you have. you'll see when you sit down with somebody that they might do something called an acid test. >> it shouldn't freak you out. >> it did freak me out the first time i saw it. they take out a little block, scratch your gold and then test it with acid to see what karat it is. >> ebay, good idea? >> it is a good place to start. the problem with starting with consignment stores, though both an ebay seller and consignment store will take about 40%. once you put it in a store it is going to be touched an awful lot. people might try it on and that might actually take down the value. >> you mention trying it on. are there some pieces of clothing that simply aren't worth posting online because the whole image of people know you've worn that piece of clothing? >> pants don't celtic larly well and the way it was explained to me is that we all know somebody who doesn't wear underwear. >> moving right along, we heard that sundays and thursdays are the best days to end an auction. what about just simply getting your ads noticed? because there is a sea of ads out there. >> brand names matter. you want to know what year the piece is from, what condition it's in. if it's new with tags. if you've got any other paraphernalia, boxes, bags, that came with it. it all shows that you took good care of this piece. >> wedding dresses are usually pretty sentimental for most people. are you going to sell one with be where is the best place? >> at a wedding specialist. >> jean chatzky, thank you. a tv legend opens up about the tragic death of his only child after your local news. 8:26 is your time now. 75 degrees. hazy, steamy, another warm day ahead for you. i'm eun yang. crews are back along the potomac river searching for a mother and daughter who are missing. the two fell in the water yesterday. search and rescue crews spent hours last night looking for the two but were good morning. it is mild and breezy. we're in the 70s now. radar showing a few scattered light showers from northern faulkier county into western maryland. afternoon thunderstorms likely throughout the region with highs in the 80s. lower humidity tomorrow. ashley, how is the traffic? a serious accident, 28 in both directions will be shut down at meets road. elsewhere around town, capital beltway pretty congested. leaving 270 headed down in towards virginia. eun, back to you. >> ashley, thank you. this morning on news 4 midday, taking the stress out of your big day. sure-fire ways to make planning a wedding a more pleasant experience, this morning at 11:00. 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, also the 1st day of june, 2010. summer unofficially under way. we've got a great crowd out on rockefeller plaza on this kind of warm, muggy morning. thunderstorms in the forecast. al will tell you more about that in just a little while. speaking of just a little while, meredith, you're going to be speaking to a television icon. >> chuck barriss had shows like "the gong show" and t"the newlywed game". he's writing a surprising memoir about his daughter della who died at the age of 36 after dying from alcohol and cocaine. it is a very moving story and a cautionary tale as a parent. >> nice to see chuck. haven't seen him in a long time. also coming up, on a much lighter note, did you see mario batali is in the house? 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[ static ] we are back at 8:35. chuck barris is a television pioneer. the man behind "the dating game," "the newlywed game" and "the gong show" has been called the forefather of reality tv. but his most real project to date may be his new memoir, barris' tragic story about life with his only child, della. >> it's the "the newlywed game"! >> reporter: tv producer chuck barris created such wild game sho shows as "the newlywed game." >> where specifically will your wife say is the weirdest place she's ever gotten the urge to make whoopie. >> in the bathroom sink. >> reporter: and "the dating game." >> from hollywood, the dating capital in the world. in color, it's "the dating game." >> i have pierced ears. what would you like to hang on my lobe? >> how about a little kiss, baby? >> reporter: he's probably best known for the role of bumbling emcee on his spoof of talent shows called "the gong show." >> ladies and gentlemen, vanessa welsh. ♪ if i could spend time in a bottle ♪ >> reporter: barris' life was so unusual, george clooney directed a movie about it. >> you've got this all wrong. i'm cooling myself trying to find good acts. we just put bad ones until then. >> reporter: yet behind the glamour and dazzle of barris' hollywood success, there was a darker side. >> and now, ladies and gentlemen, the hottest star of the show, my daddy! >> reporter: the tragic story of his only child, della, and their troubled, yet loving, relationship. >>. ♪ hey isn't she lovely ♪ isn't she wonderful >> reporter: della barris died of a drug overdose in 1998 at the age of 36. the candid book is called "della a memoir of my daughter." chuck barris, good morning to you. it is a very candid memoir. tough to read though. i imagine tough to write. your daughter died 12 years ago now. why did you decide now was the time that you wanted to put this story down on paper? >> well, i started and stopped the book four or five times over the last five years. i just couldn't do it then. but i finally did it because i think that -- i felt that i was alone in this problem, with this problem. but -- >> you mean with a child who was addicted to -- >> yes. to drugs. but i think there are tons of people. and i made huge mistakes and i thought that my mistakes might help others not make those same mistakes. >> you write in the book that, it started out sort of a storybook life for your daughter, beautiful little girl born christmas eve morning, 4:00 a.m. in the morning. then at 5 years old, when she was 5, you and your wife split up. talked about how she held on to your leg as you were trying to leave the house. that impacted her so incredibly. right after that, your ex-wife took her a switzerland and she was put in a boarding school. you say it was the beginning of this downward spiral. how so? >> i think you should just leave your kid in the school that they started with. i think when my wife took della to switzerland, i was glad to see them go, but i think that that was a huge mistake as far as della was concerned, because she was surrounded by people she didn't know. it made her feel inferior and i think it made her feel that way all the way through the rest of her life. >> it just stuck with her, those feelings that she had as a young child. >> yeah. >> and to some extent probably felt a certain amount of abandonment because you left. >> oh, definitely. >> she came back with her mom and you say in the book, you write she started drinking you think at about the age of 13. then she moved in with you and there's more trouble. >> oh, there was tons of trouble. i mean i made huge mistakes. this tough love stuff is just a lot of junk. i mean i think if you give a child an inheritance and tell them to leave home and not come back until they're sober or until they're drug-free, i think that is a tragic mistake. >> that is what happened. >> yes, i did that. >> she had said to you several times, "i want to leave home." finally at 16 she went and did it and you let her go. >> well, that was another mistake. that was another huge mistake i made. i should never have let her go. i should have jumped up, given her a hug, given her kisses and prevented her from leaving our o house and just said, absolutely not. and i think those mistakes crippled her. >> you say that afterwards when she was in her 30s, there was some reconciliation between you and your daughter but at that point she was hiv-positive, she was obviously addicted to drugs. >> yes. >> did you try to get her help then? >> no -- well, she never wanted help. i took her to a psychiatrist at one time and when she was -- the psychiatrist told me, "you have a tiger by the tail." of course, i knew what it was. but she just never wanted help. so you know. >> but then, chuck, you say you wish you hadn't done certain things. but if she didn't want help, what could you have really done to save her? >> i don't know. i really don't know. there has to be answers. i mean someone should know what to do. i just got tired of doing it and when i sent her away, i was just plain tired. i was tired of the diluted eyeballs from drugs. i was tired of the late-night phone calls. i just -- to this day i get scared when a phone rings after 11:00. so i just was tired of that stuff. >> yeah. you say -- you wrote this book, in part, because you wanted to know what made your daughter tick. did you figure that out at all? >> no, i never figured that out. i don't know -- i know della was wonderful. she was -- she had a great sense of humor. she was very excessive, just like me. she was a big ham. and -- but i don't know what she did -- what she did wrong and she died. >> she died alone in her apartment after this overdose of alcohol and cocaine. >> yes. >> but you do not believe that she was trying to kill herself. >> no, no. definitely not. i mean i know that della had a huge love of life. it was immense and she also had three little dogs that she loved. nobody -- i don't think della would ever, ever, you know, kill herself or do a suicide -- do suicide. i just think she was excessive and she just overdosed. >> you think you're ever going to forgive yourself? >> no. no. i really don't. you know, i just feel really bad about that whole thing. when i see a kid walking down -- like a 10 or 12-year-old with a little blonde ponytail, i still get really very sorrowful. >> it's a very powerful book, chuck. as we said, a cautionary tale for other parents who might be considering tough love based on what you experienced, not a good idea. >> no, definitely. >> thank you so much. if you'd like to read an excerpt of "della, a memoir of my daughter," logon to our website, todayshow.com. back in a moment. this is "today" on nbc. -sure.s for coming back out. i think you might have hooked it up wrong, though. yea, we're getting way too many channels. no, no. that's -- that's standard. fios also comes with 11,000 free movies and shows on demand per month. ah, standard. gotcha. a certain somebody says "thank you." tell him "he's welcome," but it's still standard. he's happy to be back with his friends. is he? [ male announcer ] call now and get fios tv, internet, and phone for just $99.99 a month guaranteed for two years! this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >> announcer: "today's cooking school" is brought to you by lipton green tea with citrus. drink on the bright side. this morning on "today's cooking school," we're turning summer veggies into tasty sauces. no one does that better than chef mario batali. mario, good morning. nice to see you. i like this idea, basically you're going to the store, you'll look to see what vegetables are at their freshest and say let's make a pasta sauce. talking purees here. >> basically like a pesto but simpler, easier. most pestos are traditionally thought of being general basil style. but you can take any vegetable and make a pesto. >> are there some vegetables that you would say doesn't hold up well in a puree? >> like pumpkin wouldn't look so good but it might be delicious. something you can't cook quickly and either shock or throw right into the pan might not work. >> it is all about consistency for me because that's what makes it appetizing or not. you're got some broccoli rab. you drop them into ice water to immediately stop the cooking. >> if people don't do that, they get mushy. >> these retain all of their color and more significantly their mineral and vitamin content. >> we take the broccoli, just like we were making pesto. little bit of extra-virgin olive oil. pecorino romano. >> you pulse this. >> you don't want to overdo it because i like to retain some texture. but effectively, just like that is enough. >> we take the noodles we've been cooking. we are using a pasta named after ears but they look more like flying saucers to me. >> you'll cook that a little less? >> actually when you don't put this in the pan, we cook it all the way to the exact package instruction. toss it in with the pasta like that. noodles and sauce come together. at this point can you serve it warm just like this. >> you'd also grate a little extra cheese. >> i would definitely put that right over the top. >> next we'll make a sauce using peppers. when you do this as a puree, do the peppers lose a little bit of their kind of harshness? >> yes. actually what you get is a perfect amount of sweetness. what i do is saute them just in olive oil. at the last second -- one garlic clove. a little bit of salt, then a little bit of sherry vinegar at the end. that kind of sweetness adds to that kind of summer harvest feel. then you take that to the pan. >> just until they've softened up a little bit. >> that's right. if in fact you had roasted peppers lying around the house, that would be fine. you could use these. the idea is that you can actually use leftovers at any time. >> did you add some olive oil to that? >> none whatsoever because there was olive oil in that pan. then you just give it a quick zap like so. don't break it up too far but you break it until it is just kind of -- you still have some texture but it is not a pepper puree. >> what kind of pasta would you serve that with? >> we're doing this al dente. i love the way durham pasta feels in your mouth. when this cools down, it doesn't wreck it at all. it actually makes it kind of nice. >> what's this? >> this is fresh goat cheese which for me and sweet peppers work really well. >> this is swiss chard. sauteed with onions and garlic. just go like that. bang, like so. i would do parmigiano-reggiano, the undisputed king of cheeses. >> you know what impresses me the most about all of these recipes? they're just simple and easy. you can do all these in five minutes. >> that's the way we should live. >> it is. everything. thanks, mario. >> my pleasure, my friend. >> the new cookbook is "multo we are back at 8:51 with more on the oil spill in the gulf of mexico and the obama administration's handling of what is now considered the biggest environmental disaster our country has ever faced. ed schultz is the host of msnbc's "the ed show" and the author of a new book, "killer politics, how big money and bad politics are destroying the great american middle class." want to talk about your book but first let's talk about the administration's response to this bp oil spill. a lot of criticism that they did not handle it well. slow on the uptake on this. what kind of political liability has this create for the president? >> well, he runs the risk of having bp define his presidency. he has to define his presidency with this issue because it's going to affect every portion of our economy. there's no question about it. i view this as a real defining moment and an opportunity for the president to pivot this country off the addiction of big oil which i write about in the book, and to go to renewables, to go to energy independence. and he talked about that to his credit. the president talked about that both times when he went down to the gulf, but for some reason, it just hasn't grabbed the emotion of the american people. he's not a bullhorn kind of guy. >> but also what people are focusing right now is this bill and the potential damage. the president has said repeatedly he's been in charge from the beginning but you said bp has played too big a role. >> there is a lots of contracts involved with the clean-up and what their responsibilities are. the appearance -- appearance is everything. the appearance for the first, i'd say, 18 to 25 days of this response was that the president and the administration was trusting bp. on one hand he's saying we're going to hold them accountable. well, as a news consumer, i think americans are out there saying, okay, what kind of accountability you talking about? aig accountability? wall street accountability? you didn't get everything you wanted in health care. there are some real legislative accomplishments there, but what is the president and the administration mean when it comes to you're going to hold bp accountable? i think there are a lot of questions out there. i think trust is an issue. he trusted bp to handle this for too long, too early on. >> there was an interesting opinion piece in today's "new york times." i'll paraphrase some of this but i'd love your take. he writes, "on the one hand, most people know the government is not in the oil business, they don't want it in the oil business. on the other hand, they demand that the president take control, they demand that he hold press conferences, show leadership and announce that the buck stops here and do something. they want to hold him responsible for things they know he doesn't control. it may not make sense but it doesn't make sense that the country wants spending cuts but doesn't want cuts, wants change but doesn't want change." are we sort of skits friend snick. >> well, we are in charge. congress is involved. we've allowed big money, big oil and bad politics to overrun our entire system. the democrats are just as guilty as the republicans are. what has happened is we have deregulated to the point we've put ourselves in an untenable position in dealing with the environment and now we have a crisis. i'm not convinced that all americans understand the magnitude of what we're dealing with on this and how this could affect our environment and our economy. ripple effect through our economy on this is going to be brutal and the president does stand a chance to champion change and move us to energy independence and push aside the influence of big oil and push aside the corporate interests and shake-down in congress. >> or? >> or we're just going to get overrun. i mean i really view this as a real opportunity for americans to stand up and for the country to stand up and to be energy independent and to show that we can do this. >> let me talk about your book. you write that the american middle class is under siege and that greed is killing our country. who is at fault here? >> well, politicians are at fault. both parties are at fault. we send people to washington all well intended. they say all the right things, then when they get there they become overrun by the system and that's why i write in the book with 8:55 is your time now. 76 degrees. hot and hazy day in store for you. tom will have your forecast after the news. i'm eun yang. in the news for today, police are investigating a man's death that also sparked a hazmat scare. crews were called to a parking lot in gaithersburg last night for a report of a man's body inside an suv. they were overcome by gasoline fumes when the doors were opened. five police officers were taken to the hospital. the cause of that man's death is not known. we'll take a break now and have weather and traffic when we come back. includes cool widgets like facebook, twitter, even access to youtube right on your tv, instead of crowding around your computer. hey -- have you seen the walking ham? 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say about that. nutritionist joy bauer is also here to answer some of your health questions and specifically questions about food and things like this coffee, does it really help stave off alzheimer's disease. and is agave nectar better than other sweeteners. i use it but there is some mixed information out there about that. joy bauer will answer that question. also we know too much sun is not a good thing for your skin, so why not try a faux glow in they've come a long way from the days of orange streaks. we'll somehow you a product that allows you to shimmer on the beach. in the past weekend your dad or hubby or boyfriend was busy cooking on the grill. maybe you want to do something nice for him for father's day this year. we'll check out top five travel deals for dad, whether he's a golf lover or a lover of the vino. >> okay. got a lot to get to. ann curry has a check of the headlines inside. good morning, everybody. there was word this morning that egypt is temporarily opening its border with the gaza strip which would allow the movement of humanitarian aid. this move follows the new storm of international criticism after israeli commandos enforcing a blockade on monday killed at least nine civilians who were trying to bring humanitarian supplies to the gaza strip by ship. israel says the commandos fired in self-defense. this morning, the u.n. security council called for an impartial investigation of the incident. the u.s. has killed its biggest target yet in its campaign against al qaeda's leadership. al qaeda confirmed last night that its number three leader, is a eed saeed al masri was killedt month in pakistan's tribal region. al masri played key role in planning and financing attacks, including 9/11. president obama meets with two leaders of an independent commission looking into the oil spill off the louisiana coast. nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in venice, louisiana with the latest on the effort to stop the leak. >> reporter: signs of just how long this environmental crisis could last are everywhere. today this 32-acre field north of venice is a construction site. by the end of the week, it will be temporary housing for 1,500 bp workers. plaquemines parish president billy nungesser wants the new barrier islands to block the oil, not more people. >> bringing in all these people, i appreciate anything they do, but i hope they got a plan to put them out there, maybe to hold hands. i don't know. >> reporter: underwater robots are working on bp's latest attempt to control the gushing leak. it's called the lower marine riser package. the robots will cut the pipe just above the blow-out preventer, temporarily increasing the flow of oil. then a small containment cap will be placed over the pipe and the oil will be suctioned to a ship on the surface. like all the other attempts over the last month, this is a long shot. >> think of the fire hydrant that's out of control. you throw mud at it, you try to cap it and it blows right back. now, they're going to try to slice the fire hydrant to get a nice, clean cut, and then hopefully put a nice snug fit. >> if we can get this containment activity working, then that's a good outcome. we'll keep that oil out of the gulf until we can permanently kill the well. >> everything that can go wrong has gone wrong. >> reporter: the frustration at bp here is spreading across the country. protesters demonstrated outside this bp station in sarasota, florida. >> i feel very strongly about this. >> reporter: as the crude continues to flow, federal forecasters say the slick could move north this week and threaten the barrier islands in mississippi and alabama. bp hopes to cut the pipe and place that containment cap on it this week. this as the price tag for this disaster continues to grow. it stands at $940 million. ann? >> anne thompson, thank you so much. tropical storm agatha is now being blamed for more than 150 deaths this weekend in central america. hardest hit was guatemala. thousands are homeless. the storm oemd up a m good morning. that northeast front arrives here late today. before that, ahead of that, we've got a lot of humidity in place and already some showers popping up in the panhandle of west virginia where that patch of blue is, traveling off to the north up into pennsylvania. we have low clouds coming through, balmy temperatures now in the upper 70s. we'll hit the upper 80s by mid afternoon. likelihood of passing thundershowers around the entire region this afternoon into early this evening. lower humidity moves in for a brief time tomorrow, >> that's your latest weather. natalie? this morning on "joy's diet s.o.s.," help with your nutrition concerns. can drinking coffee stave off alzheimer's disease? registered nutritionist joy bauer is here. emma is with us on skype from connecticut. good morning. >> hi, good morning. >> i know you have a great question. go ahead. >> yeah. i'm wondering what are the health benefits of agave nectar versus honey, just wondering what's the real story? >> that's a great question because i myself have that very question. ive abeen using agave for a long time now thinking that it is better for you. >> there is a lot of mixed information. i mean the truth is, that if you're only using a few teaspoons a day, differences are negligible and you might as well go for the one you like the taste of best. but if you're using excessive amounts, there are big differences in terms of the metabolic effects and i'll tell you what they are. honey, because it's a combination of grew kolucose an fructose in approximately equal proportions will increase your blood sugars. it has a higher glycemic index. that's really important for diabetics to know. on the other hand, the agave is super concentrated in fructose. it is typically about 90%. and because of that, it doesn't have a high glycemic index and people think it is fabulous because it doesn't raise your blood sugar levels. however, it increases your triglis rides. that's bad news for people who are a very high risk for heart disease or already have very high triglycerides. some have stomach upset from concentrated forms of glucose. while agave is all the rave, people think it is superior to sugar or honey because it doesn't impact your blood sugar, it does have cons. pull back on all your added sugars, no more than two, three teaspoons a day. choose the one that you like the taste of the most. that's exactly right. >> all right. i think we lost emma midway there. >> i love that question. thank you. >> everybody's talking about it. next we have a call from irene in pennsylvania. irene, good morning. how can we help you? >> good morning. i heard that low-fat salad dressings prevent you from absorbing the nutrients in the salad. is that true? >> this is a great question. the reason that you've heard this is because the vegetables in salads contain fat-soluble vitamins and nutrients, vitamin a, vitamin d, vitamin k. some of the antioxidants and vital nutrients require some fat for enhanced absorbs. fat-free salad dressing has no fat whatsoever. but low-fat salad dressing has a few grams of fat and that few grams of fat is going to be enough to enable the absorption of these important fat soluble vitamins in the vegetables. i think it is also really important to know that it is not just the salad dressing that brings fat to the table, so to speak. there are ingreed yents we often toss into our salad like olives, nuts, seeds and avocado that also add fat to the salad. good fats. and enable those vegetable nutrients to be absorbed. a lot of times we eat a salad prior to a big dinner meal. that dinner meal has some fat as well. >> if you're choosing a salad dressing, you're better off doing low-fat than no-fat? >> unless you add ingredients that have some fat. then you can stick with the fat-free dressing because you are already getting some fat. this is a great question. people need to know that you need a little bit of fat to get the biggest bang for your buck from these vegetables. >> great one there. next, an e-mail from carol in crystal river, florida. carol writes, i've heard that coffee is helpful in staving off dementia and alzheimer's disease, but it is also stated that coffee will increase osteoporosis. >> carol is right in that coffee has definitely been linked to slowing cognitive decline in adults. that's great. but, you can also drink moderate amounts of coffee and you don't have to worry about negatively affecting your bones. here's why. even though the caffeinated coffee will slightly interfere with calcium absorptioabsorptio so minimal that just by adding one or two tablespoons of milk into your coffee offsets all those negative effects. experts in the bone fields basically say that moderate amounts of coffee are perfectly fine for your bones as long as you're getting adequate calcium throughout the day. that means -- >> don't drink the coffee black. add a little milk. >> even if you drink the coffee black, i enjoy coffee black, but i know i'm guessing at least 1,000 milligrams of calcium throughout the day. if you're over 50, you need 1,200 milligrams of calcium throughout the day. >> moderate coffee, you mean how much? >> two to three cups a day is perfectly fine. vitamin d is important for your bones as well. it is not the coffee we need to worry about in terms of bone health, it is getting enough calcium and vitamin d. >> diet supplements, all of that. >> right, absolutely. it does help our memory. coffee lovers rejoice! >> we do a lot of drinking around here. >> bottoms up. >> joy bauer, thank you. coming up on "today's style," some hot sun dresses to keep you looking cool this summer for $100 or less. pampering dad for father's day with five great get-aways right after this. pollen particles and pet dander, which can trigger allergic reactions. now, lysol is approved to control allergens on surfaces, to help protect your family. lysol 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>> pretty heavy and slow right now, tom. 270 southbound before falls road, accident just beyond the camera range blocking the right-hand side of the roadway. very slow. springfield, not too bad on the left-hand side of your screen, northbound 95 heading up to springfield looking good. back to you. >> thank you, steve. coming up on news 4 midday, take the stress out of your wedding day, sure-fire i haven't actually sat down and watched it. i haven't faced the devil in the face. because i was in augusta at that moment. so i know exactly -- i am now aware of the fact that i had been drinking, you know, that i was not in my right -- right place. >> and that is sara ferguson, the duchess of york, opening up to oprah about being caught on tape by an undercover news reporter selling her influbs with t influence with the royal family. we'll have much more tomorrow on "today." it is kind of sad. >> i think we don't really know everything obviously but it does sound kind of strange. maybe we'll find out more when we watch "oprah." she is actually in person when you meet her a very nice person. just doesn't make sense. >> she did say she was under the influence at the time and a lot of people may say maybe that's an excuse. but at the same time, it sounds like she had so many other good morning. at this hour, we still have a blustery southwesterly breeze and it's mild, around 80 degrees now. it will climb into the upper 80s later this afternoon. we have a loiklyhood of passing thundershowers throughout the region this afternoon. it could produce frequent lightning and brief, heavy downpours and lower humidity moves in, just in time for wednesday. afternoon highs tomorrow into the upper 80s with some sunshine. then humidity returns along with a chance of more storms on thursday. >> and that's your latest weather. coming up next, how to get a perfect tan without baking in the sun. that's right after this. i call them our starting five. yeah. boom! so when we go out, like the other night, we have to make sure they get enough to eat. pass these down to your brothers and make sure they get some, okay? 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do you have any tips or solutions? this is from our viewers. they wanted to know about this. >> one involves a very attractive shower cap? >> in order to get a natural looking glow, we need to prep like a pro. >> you worked on that. >> i meant to rhyme. any time you're going to use a sunless product, exfoliate in the shower. use exfoliating gloves. put petroleum jail on your nail beds. that avoids any build-up in the dry cuticle areas. if you're using a product in a can, tan in a can, it is important that you use a shower cap to make sure you don't get it on your hair if you're blonde or lighter, but this cool invention is called sticky feet. you peel back the tape and step on this. when you spray the slegs it wol gets on the top of your feet and not the bottom. >> dha, they don't inhale it. >> make sure it is a ventilated area. >> sunless solutions. sunless solutions. i really suggest gradual solutions for the beginner or someone who wants to keep up the glow all summer. they'll build gradually but fade gradually. the more potent the product, the longer it takes to fade. the one no-no, don't apply another round of sunless solution if you have some on because if it doesn't fade properly you'll get funny lines. these don't have dha. mixed almost like body lotion. the other cool thing to use with sunless tanning sheets or gloves. they look like this. what's great is that they help you literally rub them on to your skin more evenly. >> this is like a long laborious process. >> pick one of these solutions, whether it is the spray or you opt for a gradual tanner or if you want to try -- i personally use these tanning sheets. my favorite is kate somerville. there are lots of people making the self-tanning sheets on the market. >> be careful not to choose a color that's too orange? >> i think the first time, go with a gradual solution or add some of your own body lotion to blend it out. this is perfect, model co. has this sponge. it helps control the color, too. >> if you missed an area -- you can't get your back sometimes, too. >> that's a problem. unless you have a friend who's helping you. >> guys can get in on the act. there are lots of products out for men. i'm telling you, guys in the control room are like, yeah, they might say they don't want go tote a bronzer, but lots of the men's products now offer the bronzer. these are products for men. >> all right. now moving on, if you don't want to do this -- >> if you don't want a sunless solution, one-day wash-away. all of these items watch out. >> it used to be when you put this stuff on it would be greasy and affect your clothing. >> not today. there's actually -- this category has come such a long way. you really should revisit some of the products. you can get double-duty spf and color with this shisedo sun stick. you can bronze throughout the day, a little bit spf and color. if you're cool or warm, look for more of a -- in terms of your skin tone, go for a pink highlighter. >> you look cool, by the way. >> go for like a pink shimmer in your highlighter versus a gold. i like cake because they offer the two options. there is a shimmer. for ladies who want to get even legs, this is a big question i'm always asked, i don't want to show my legs. makeup artists use this. this is a great trick. my mom is obsessed with doing this. it is something she can watch off. then other bronzers that last for just a day, st. tropez is great. they don't turn your skin like a sunless tanner but will give you a top dye, a layer that kind of bronzes in. >> it will go away -- >> you can wash all of these off. >> if you have a certain look for a certain dress, you want to pop it up. >> exactly. >> what happens when you go wrong as we sort of were intimating with our back application. you could have a problem. >> you can get a faux glow fix. that's what this section is called with a baking soda bath. soak in baking soda. that will help to lift the skin a little bit, dead skin cells. or you can find this from st. trop tropez, a detox basket. you can also use a dry brush. but if you're really stuck and have dark lines around your nail beds, a body hair bleach. but don't do it on sensitive areas, just on your nails or the bottom of your feet. last, the smell. the chemical reaction that turns our skin that color is the same thing that leaves behind the smell. you can find something from california tan that helps neutralize the odor or put some essential oils in the product. >> after you put it on, you look good but you don't smell good. >> guys really don't like this whole process. >> except for they can apply it. >> all of this information is on our website. on my article, i put a lot of info out there. >> you put a lot of good information out there, despite me. next, the perfect little sundress for under $100. that's right after this. ♪ presenting the new toyota avalon. it's one smooth ride. it has lots of space for you... and all your things. i got mine with voice activated navigation. so we can get to the city. 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>> as long as her bra straps from covered. >> thank you, mary. next a lot of women tend to have broader shoulders. brittany is modeling a dress that helps balance that out. why is this working? >> this is great for an athletic build. the horizontal stripes across the middle of the dress balance the broadness of the shoulders. this dress is a little bit more casual, one that she just saw. we accessorrized this with bangles. the who are zoptal detailing at the bottom. the top half and bottom half of her body are balanced. >> gorgeous girl. thank you, brittany. next, bring out kate. the dress that kate is wearing is creating a more distinct waistline. obviously everybody has a waist but when you say this helps create the waist, that sets the whole objective here. thins her out. sfrit. >> first, how cute is this dress? everybody at "in style" is dying over this dress. the contrast of the solid belt with the print helps give her an hourglass figure along with the flare of the skirt. what i love about this dress with the mesh insets up top. it is a sweet dress with just a hint of sex appeal. >> it is like a faux strap. really looking that the dress, i was thinking, the elastic waistband is so in right now. is that something you can just add to your closet and take your other dresses and -- >> yep. this belt is removable so you can either try this dress with other belts have you in your closet or belt with other things that you have. >> absolutely. a great idea. looking adorable. the shoes are beautiful, too. accent the rest of the dress. thank you, kate. cheryl is our next model. she's wearing a dress that minimizes the bust. >> the first thing you want is something that you can wear a bra with. you want thicker straps and a higher back so that you can hide your bra straps. anyone with a larger bust wants to elongate the next. look for a v-neckline. this dress has nice horizontal detailing in front so it actually gives her a longer, leaner look overall. >> avoiding things like halter tops and all of that. >> high neck lines. >> thank you very much, cheryl. deborah is wearing a dress that will add curves to her frame. >> if you have a boyish figure, this dress has boning at the top to give you shape up there. the skirt is layered at the bottom so it gives you a little volume, curviness in the hips. >> a little tier going. you also made her a very casual -- all of of these are very casual. not something for the office. >> not necessarily. but you could dress this up with a heel and maybe wear it to a party at night. >> arding the curves, it is more like a bustier. that really helps as well. let's bring all the models back out for one last look. ladies, thank you very much. and great finds. all under 100 bucks. well done. thank you so much, lisa. >> thank you. back in a moment. this is "today host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? 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>> i spent two days in rehobeth. that's the whole gang. look at this picture of hannah. >> that kid has a zest for living. >> i adore her. the second half the the weekend i got on the hampton jitney and went to the hamptons. jennifer miller, a friend of hers. >> you're hanging out with her a lot. people are talking. >> it was a fun just relaxing weekend, stayed with her and her husband. >> the egyptian goddess got some sun. >> let's talk about you. >> we were headed to nantucket and we had a guest who had never been there. you know how i love showing nantucket -- it's a special place if you've never been. it's unique. and she lives in florence, italy, a jewelry designer, beautiful, beautiful jewelry. anyway, she was going to be coming in at 3:00. we left on an 11:30 flight. a small plane. kids were home. you know that sound when you first take off on an airplane and you hear the air coming through the vents. it was like really, really loud. in all my years of flying i've never ever heard that. i went to turn off the vent, it was off. i tried to turn off all the vents. i went uh-oh, just as i went uh-oh, the door at 3,000 feet went flying open. everything that wasn't hunkered down, newspapers, everything just flying, went flying out the door. we thought the door of the plane fell off and was going to kill somebody below. they don't make any announcement or anything, because they have an emergency situation. all of a sudden we made a distressed landing and came back down. >> i cannot believe that happened. >> everybody says when you go through something like that and you think you're going to die -- >> what happened? >> frank leans over to me, takes my hand, and we just prayed for our kids and prayed for the pilots' children, families, and i was -- it's very interesting. i've never had such peace in my life. >> you're kidding me. >> i've been in bad situations before in an airplane. this time, it was like, you know what? nantucket is a nice place to go, i'm going someplace better, so what the heck. >> what was the story? >> the light came off after they took off, so, you know, otherwise you would have never taken off. >> thank god you guys -- i mean, you're supposedly buckled in, but there are times when people forget. >> i also had the top harness on, too, but we landed. of course all the fire trucks come and everybody's got to make an faa report and all that. i djt think it was such a huge deal until the pilots, they were -- they were shaking like crazy. frank and i are going, okay, i guess we're going to nantucket a little late today. >> you have the right way of looking at it. >> you know what? it's interesting. they said, how did you do? i said, when you have faith in something other than this world and all the guys are, yeah, that's right. they couldn't believe we were going to get right back on a different plane. once you defy death on a friday, the rest of the weekend is gravy, you know what i'm saying? it's a little cloudy. that's all right, i'm alive. so dinner is a little late, your fish isn't the way you said it, it doesn't matter. i'm alive. >> i'm actually getting more afraid on flights than i used to. i used to not think about it. now i'm becoming more and more like i'm noticing things i didn't used to pay attention to. i used to fly and say, this is the way it goes. what does that mean? you're getting less scared, i'm getting more scared. >> the older you get the closer you are to the end, anyway. anyway, it was just beautiful in nantucket. >> was that the best weatherwise that i can remember? >> yeah. yeah. there was a little controversy while you were away. we not the fergie scandal. well, she's going to speak on " "oprah" today. she tells her that drinking played a part. she was sort of in the gutter during the sting. >> it was my understanding that, as of yesterday, you had not seen the tape. is that true? >> um in the last few days i've been traveling, but i haven't actually sat down and watched it. i haven't faced the devil in the face, because i was in the gutter at that moment. so i know -- i know exactly -- i'm very aware of the fact that i had been drinking, you know, that i was not in my right place. >> so you haven't sat down and watched the whole tape. >> no. no. >> are you ready to do that? >> you know, we've had her on our show many times, and we like sarah. >>o i was in the beginning of working on a project with her when this happened, and i wish her the best. until you've walked in somebody's ma nola blahniks in her case, you don't know what's going on. we'll find out more about this story. >> news in the world is saying this isn't the first timemethin happened, and the question if that isn't the first time, was she feeling -- was she drunk? >> i don't know. i feel terrible for her and her family. you know what we didn't talk about, but there's another story, i don't think it's just a new york story, but there was a -- an alleged ponzi scheme here in america in new york with somebody by the name of kenneth starr, a different kenneth starr, on a $30 million ponzi scheme. frank and i were with him about -- i think we left about five or six years ago. >> this is a guy who took uma thurman, al pacino, wesley snipes. >> yeah. yeah. >> i didn't know you were in that -- >> i feel like three times i've avoided death -- the flight, sarah ferguson, and my accountant. it's all going great for me this day. so there's another controversy involving sarah palin. the author said he wanted to be near wasilla and be around her and interview the people. he happened to move right next door. sarah palin's husband asked who he was, he explained, and the palins erected a higher fence than originally, and he claims he's just there writing. this has turned into a big incident, because the people of wasilla are upset. the paper in wasilla basically said something of joe mcginnis, like we have the right to bear arms, something of a threatening nature. and the palin family is upset he's writing about them sitting next door, because they want their privacy. >> i think he has the right to write a book, so far it's still free, and i think they have the right, codewise to erect a bigger fence. i've had people go through my garbage, peer through windows. i think the constitution does guarantee the right of privacy. it's kind of hard to be a happy person when someone is digging through your stuff. it's probably not illegal in any way, but certainly things are not illegal, but they're just wrong, to me. and this comes under the guise of that. move across town and write your book. >> yeah, i get the idea of wanting to be in the wasilla, because a lot of people don't even meet the people they write about, they sit in their new york apartment and type. >> and he's a very good writer. i think matt very cleverly asked him this morning, how would you feel if the tables were turned? and he said he would bring cookies over. we've got good stuff. >> it's national candy month. who knew? >> thank god. >> this is like -- it looks like an ipad, that's $49.95. >> there are a bunch of godiva champagne truffles. >> peismt. z dispensers. >> i loved them. >> so all this month the calories don't count, because its officially candy month. we're very excited. this is "everyone has a story" week ♪ everyone has a moment >> who is that singer? i love that see lien dionne. on the phone are dusty and samantha cook. she wrote in asking us to honor her husband. they were married six years ago on memorial day weekend. dusty is a marine, and he was ordered to afghanistan when they were six months pregnant. they left three weeks before their son was born. he met his son, get this, for the first time two weeks ago. chance is now about 5 months old. this thursday they'll be with us in time for a father's day wish. >> and you guys are already in new york, right? >> that's right. >> we are so excited to meet you in person. what an adorable couple. >> aren't they beautiful? >> you wrote the most beautiful letter talking about your fears and your husband happened to call just when you were going into labor, right? you want to tell us about that a bit? >> yes, the day i found out i was getting induced, he happened to called from a satellite phone, and so i told him, and then several hours later, about an hour and a half before chance was born, he called back and got to hear about the last hour and a half of labor. >> well, we're going to save the rest of the story for thursday. >> we can't wait. >> we love our babies. and up next, she's the acid-tonged wife of larry's wife on "curb your enthusiasm." she's cleaning it up. >> we'll gel to sara in a moment. eat and drive. well, what if green could be simple again? as simple as say, pouring a glass of water? presenting future friendly from p&g. the products you use every day designed to do one of three simple things: save water, save energy or reduce waste. because when green is user friendly... we can all be future friendly. future friendly from p&g. we got a 24-pack of your favorite sodas for $5 each. no other store can beat that price. $5. how much? 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( laughter ) push it down. push it down. thank you for helping. it's amazing what you can make out of a rainy day. childhood is calling. for seven seasons, susie has played susie green on "curb your enthusiasm." >> saving my life, how did you save my life? >> i diagnosed your illness. >> well, it's treated and i'm feeling great. >> give it up, man. >> give what up? >> what kind of person doesn't say thank you for saving your life? >> i'm glad. i would be dead without you. >> you would be. >> all right. that's just home. >> fans can watch the series in syndication on tv guide starting tomorrow. this is the good part. there's a post-show discussion headed by none other than -- what's your book again? >> what would susie say? >> hilarious book. >> oh, you've read it? interesting. >> the paper back comes back in june. >> she claims i haven't read her book, which i sort of have. >> why does she need to read your book when she's with you every day getting the pearls of wisdom. >> friends read friends' books. >> i'm not going to get involved. >> first of all, your character is so potty mouthed, i don't know how your regular stuff can be on tv. >> i did ten days of looping, and looping is hard. a lot of times you have to match your mouth. it's exhausting, and i asked the post-production manager, how many times did everybody else do? half a day. i did ten days. >> you're the one that people stopped you on the street and curse at them. >> what's my legacy. >> do you do it? >> no, they push me and i get annoyed, and then actually do it. >> now it's 30 minutes and then a panel discussion. >> what tv guide did, which is very smart. it's a half-hour show. they could have cut it and made it 22 minutes with commercials, but they didn't. they left it intact, because those story lines would be horrible cut. and they said we're adding content to make it an hour show, and a 12-minute panel discussion on the moral and ethical implications of larry's behavior, which there are many. we have great panelists, nbc, joe scarborough, gloria allred, jerry seinfeld, john hamm, dave navarra, dr. drew pinsky, psychiatrists, rabbis. >> those people are sick as well. >> who better than to analyze? the sicker you are, the better you can get into the brain. >> it's all comedy, though. your analysis -- >> it's comedy, but real issues come up. some of it was funny, but a lot of times we got into heated, interesting discussions. you know, larry brings up so much stuff, always stuff about race, handicaps, just so much interesting -- >> remember when he cut the doll's hair and the girl freend out. >> yes, he cut my daughter's doll hair. >> but it's like the modern-day archie bunker? >> yes. he says what so many people are thinking, but most people have tact and know better than to say it. he's kind of everybody's id run amok. >> when does it start? >> tomorrow at 10:00. two episodes will air back to back, starting with season 1. >> so brand-new people to fall in love with it. >> brand-new people wo don't have hbo can sue "curb" and everybody who loves it can see the discussion. up next, how many is too much when it comes to scheduling your kids' summer activities? still ahead, the stars of the new show "jersey couture" are going to show you how to accessorize like they do, after this. m emily ilic. i'm going to start the activia 14-day challenge today. problems that i have are, you know, irregularity... i do have some doubts if it works. i think it's really good. um... i like the flavors. i think from being a skeptic in the beginning i do think that activia actually works. help regulate your digestive system. take the activia challenge. it works or it's free. ♪ activia [ male announcer ] you're surrounded by fabrics all day. ♪ wouldn't softer feel better? try ultra downy. it softens fibers better than detergent alone, for a deep-down softness. and ultra downy april fresh has more than double the softening ingredients than the leading value brand's original fresh. ♪ and softer feels better. get more. feel more. the week before it was granny's. two pounds chicken, 1/4 cup bread crumbs, a packet of hidden valley ranch. tonight it's all me. ranch chicken. announcer: hidden valley ranch. mix it up. two times with comfort inn or any choice hotel, you can feed a family of four. book now at choicehotels.com to start earning your $50 restaurant gift card. - knock, knock. - who's there? interrupting cheese. interrupt-- - cheese! - i should have seen that one coming. you should've, 'cause that was-- i even told you i was gonna be interrupting you. ( snickering, laughing ) morning sir. beautiful day, isn't it? we take the time for our cheese to mature... before we bake it into every delicious cracker. because at cheez-it, real cheese matters. you've probable heard the sxrgs "the laesz days of summer." for many kids it's anything but. >> these days kids have a ton of activities, leaving some parents to wonder what about free time? >> fran carpenter is a mom to mom blogger for "parade." nice to have you here. >> nice for having me. >> our children are over-scheduled today. when we were growing up, there was nothing like a playdate. >> the world has changed. women started going to work and we sort of set up all these structures where there's not only school but after-school. >> what's the down side to having -- a lot of parents are shuttling them to ballet or -- or they spend the whole summer at camp. >> what's the down side? >> i think there's really only a down side if your child is get overly anxious. i think if you take kind of the innocence out of it and, you know, i think kids are a reflection of their own households and parents. if you have that stress and you're putting kind of a value on it that you've got to do this or you don't have any self-worth, that's where the problem is. i see no problem with a kids who has a lot of interests, who takes some initiative and spunk. i think it all comes down to what's going on in the household. >> but the computer changed everything as well. they aren't outside, getting air, playing, a they're sitting the games and god knows what else they're getting into. >> i have a son who just turned 16, and this is what they do. even when he friends would come after school, they do it together. >> i know it. >> and the question for me as a parent was, and i guess for all parents, what are they doing? do they not know how to socialize? but then i worry, is this what parents were saying in the 1950s when they wanted the kids to stand around the big radio and children were turning to the television? >> i don't see as much eye contact. i think they're much more comfortable looking down, being sort of occupied inside. >> all kids are in finals right now, and they're so stressed. my daughter going off to take her chemistry exam and i had to sit her down and say, just do the best you can do, sweetie. there is so much on these kids to get into harvard and -- not everybody is supposed to go to heart vad. >> and the question we have in our household is how to make best use. my son deserves a break, he has such an arduous schedule and he'll be do sp pre-s.a.t. preparation at the end of the summer, but we thought it would be good for him to realize how lucky he is, so he's doing some service adventure. >> and what about a different kind of skill is it. >> what about working? >> i think a job is always a terrific idea. no holds barred. it teaches a kid not only first of all self-esteem, but teaches them to be punctual, to kind of control their emotions, put on a happy face, respect supervisors, dress appropriately and learn the value of a dollar. >> great to have you with us today. coming up. this is a funny, funny book. samantha beal. >> apparently she'd read it. to instantly smooth out those parentheses lines around your nose and mouth for up to a year! temporary side effects include redness, pain, firmness, swelling, bumps or risk of infection. lose those lines! the way you look with new juvéderm® xc... might just change the way you look at everything. ask your doctor and visit juvederm.com. hey, little dude. 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>> the customer. >> game over. >> the customer is always right. >> you have a special unique jersey way of -- you're going to dress the people we have here today. what's our first thing? >> first thing is jewelry. >> we have a before picture, right? this is the no-no. this is what we shouldn't be doing. that's looks pretty? >> mary has a beautiful teal turquoise dress on. the big trend are the collar necklaces. but this is like a wrong, yes, mary is tall and has the height, but you're looking at the necklace, not the beautiful dress. >> if she didn't have the squins on top, it would be beautiful. >> this was "dancing with the stars" inspired. >> that's pretty. >> if you look up to her ears. mary is actually a customer. this is her junior prom dress. >> junior prom? >> junior in high school? >> oh, my god. i can't believe that. what's great is these are actually three customers. so these are their actual dresses and the looks they wore to their events. >> the next before pictures, shoes, this is the no-no. >> hard to tell. >> a lot of people wear black, because you feel like they're neutral. >> well, i'll just wear mire black shoes. with this, the black really distracts from the dress. so you have here, this is a beautiful color, the fuchsia with the gold grommets. if you turn around on the back of the dress, it has a gold zipper, so you're picking up the gold, a little sparkle, paired it with some bangles. the dress is simple, but the accessories pop. >> but this is sort of classic dressing, which is not what we've come to think of with jersey dressing. >> this is the thing. women dress unique all over the world. for us, we like to think that we tell it like it is, but if you're walking out of the bathroom and you have toilet paper hanging out of your dress, you would want somebody to tell you. same thing if you have a bulge here or your bra strap is hanging out, we tell people, not to be mean or malicious, but just to make you feel fabulous. >> let's go with the undergarments. the no-no. >> this is fabulous karen. she wore there to her daughter's sweet 16. see the bunches, and you have a little crease underneath? that could all be taken away. >> what are we using under there? >> yeah, we'll walk over here. >> in our store we sell one bra and one bra only. this works for about 95% of our customers. i'm wearing it right now, and i'm actually wearing this. like biker shorts. >> oh, they are good. >> everyone can relate. how many times have you bought a strapless bra and by the end of the night -- it's corseted on the waist. so the garment is tight on the waist, it doesn't matter how big it is on the top. if you pair these on top. it smooths everything out. there's no line and the bulk that was that crease is gone. >> look at you. ladies good luck tonight. >> premiere tonight on oxygen. up next, how to makes your groceries last longer. a few tricks coming up. rainbow, why so blue? hmmm, i'm losing energy this morning. did you have a good breakfast? nooo. here, try this, it's under three hundred calories and pretty satisfying. mmmm! tasty! looks like everything is back to normal. fight the morning fade in under three hundred calories. jimmy dean d-lights. shine on. my mom's on her way over. this chair smells. we gotta wash this thing, now. wash it?! 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( snickering, laughing ) morning sir. beautiful day, isn't it? we take the time for our cheese to mature... before we bake it into every delicious cracker. because at cheez-it, real cheese matters. the average family of four throws out $400 to $500 worth of fruits and vegetables every year, simply because we don't know how to store them. >> here to teaches the dos and don'ts is ed torrie in chief of "saveur" as well as a judge in "top chef." it's shocking we throw that much out. >> people need every penny now. >> and just a few basic tips in understanding your fridge and how it functions. basically it's a microclimate, some cold parts, warm parts, goes a long way. >> teach us, jim, police. >> i feel the teaching urge right now. >> when you open it up, the stuff on the wall over here doesn't get as cold, because the door is open. >> this is the warmest part of the fridge, the door. of course the warmest part is the top. heat rises. up here, do not store your butter there. instead store it here on the top shelf, either in the front or the back. it stays cooler fresher longer. >> what should you butt in the butter -- >> nice, hardy herbs, or makeup, of course you do not want to eat the makeup. >> makeup? >> yes. it goes rancid. >> where's the coldest spot? ench enchts. >> the coldest is down at the bottom. put your hand in. you can feel it literally. up here on the top shelf of the interior, you want to store generally thick-skinned fruits. however, apples you want to keep inside of a bag, because they can release a gas. >> that explains it. >> it does. many things do that. but anyway, i want to do that, because it causes other foods to spoil more quickly. down here you have the meat container. >> mussels, anything like that. >> in the coldest spot. ditto with the meat, too. big pieces of meat that will not fit into the meat container, going to the middle range, this is where you want your leftovers. do not clutter user fridge. embrace the inside of your fridge, don't just blindly throw -- >> embrace it. >> know your fridge. >> i don't see any wine in your refrigerator. >> no, there's beer. we can get some wine for you. a bad oversight. >> milk on the door is fine? >> this is the coldest part of the door, so it is good for the milk. >> you can't do the little milks though. >> when i have milk for extra in the week, i store it in the coldest part of the fridge. it stays fresher longer. >> and the doors you have your vegetables. >> 20, 30 years ago used to be where good vegetables went to die, nowadays crispers are actually sophisticated. it creates a nice, warm humid environment -- not warm, but warmer. it keeps your vegetables very fresh and wonderful. >> good advice. >> and cheese there too. >> soft cheese, yes. >> thank you so much. we'll be back with more of "today" on nbc, aren't we? >> yes, we are. we didn't get to sasara. sorry, darling. >> dolores wrote, what an experience in the air. i think i would have done what you did. glad you got home safely. >> great crew work. >> and people are writing in about your hair today. did you do something differently? >> no, it's the same thing. >> someone wrote in i like your bangs down a lot. please let her know. important stuff. >> guess what? this afternoon at 4:30 to 6:00 eastern standard time, i'm going to be at the barnes and noble in princeton. >> signing more books? >> signing mice little chirl's book. >> we like that book. >> and you can do the book signings? the fall. karen giardi will be here tomorrow, and million dollar core quartet. and engineerly lee lewis. >> set your tivo. it's worth it. >> have a great day, everybody.

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