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sees his mother for the first time in 2 years and they're both her to tells about their touching reion "today," both her to tells about their touching reion "today," friday, december 7, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal televisi an welco to "today" on this friday morning, i'm redith viera. >> and'm willie geist in for matt this morning. >> what a sight to behold ted williams and his mother side by side aft reconnecting forhe first time in t decades. >> it was reall wonderful yestery they had that meeting d here they are to tal about it. but his mom, one of the first things she saido him w don't disappoint me. e feels that she's gone down th road before and ted knows this is his opportunity to stay on t straight and narrow. we learned sething about how he feels about matt lauer. >> a littlthing. >> a littl thing going . mnwhile take a look at the scene in brooklyn where the snow the falling this morning. some spo could see up to a foot by tonight. and while forecasters don't expect to see that much here in new rk, we're already seeg some cancellations and flight delays. also ahead, meredith. an unusual invasion in the southeast. wild hogs. >> get out. >> weighing more than 300 pounds have become a big problem for homeowners. 2 million of them are now believ to be roaming freend causin a lot of damage. we'll show you what the government idoing to deal with that situation. and we're also going to meet the washington state man who bought one of two winning megamillions tickets has come rward to claim his $190 millio prize. believe it or not, it is not the first time she has won a jackpot ing the exact same numbers. >> let's begin with the snow that's fling here in the northeast. al roker is upstairs keeping an eye on things forus. >> here's where you can see we're going again, nothing quite as b as we what over the christmas stor but, you can see, snow starting to fall,ll the way from buffalo down t washington, d.c. snow as far back as omaha. we're whate're looking at, this is the storm setup. this te we have got three areas of low pressure, down through the appalachians, als up over the great les and the mid-atlantic coast. as this low pressure starts to work itsay out, what we're going to see is low pressure velop off the coast. and then a tugh extend in, what we call the norl effect. this snow will continue on throughhis evening in th northeast and down through the southeast and then over the eat lakes. then as we get into saturday moing, that snow will also set overhat christmas vacaon. >> we're going to get to the rest of your forecast in just a bit. but for now to politic and the new leadership on capitol hill. nbc'srian william sat down with the new speaker of the house john boehner in his first interview aft takg the gavel from nancy pelosi. >> he's been around a long time. ten times in congress, but a power is concerd, he's the new man. he woke up yesrday morning second in the line of succeion behi the president. he is years 0 s old, one of 12 kids, talked to him aut all kis of things, his leadership style. i wonder how much responsibility you feel specifically because of what happened during the reading of the constitution, interrupted by someone who hkled from within the chamber, it was to expressoubt over e president's american citizensp. >>o person expect a natural born citizen or a citizen of the united stateat the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be elible to be in the office of prident. >> except obama! >> provided you believe the president an american citizen, you've got 12embers co-sponsing legislationhat does about the same thing, it expresses doubt. would you be willing to say this is a distractio i have lked at it to my satisfaction, let's move on? >> the ste of hawaii hasaid that president obama was born there. that's good enough for me. >> would you be willing to say that message to t 12embers in your caucus who seem to either believe otherwi or are willing to express doubt and haveco-sponsor legislation? >> brian when you come to the congress of the unitestates, there's 435 of us. we're nothin more than a slice of america. when people come, regdless of party labels, they come with all kinds of beliefs and ideas. it's the melting pot of america. it's not up to me to tell them what to think. >> do you consider the defense budget sacred? >> absolutely not. >>o you consider the homeland security budget sacred? >> no. >> name a program right now that we could do without. >> don't think i have one off the top of my head. but there is no part of is government that should be saed. i believe there's room to find savings in the department o defense. there are a lot needs at the department of defense. and ihink secretary gates has a reanable plan to allow the service chiefs to go in there and rootut wasteful spding. >> you're an emotional guy, a lot of us are and you know this before i even mention it. it's been the main topic of conversation, d that is your emotions. do you understand why it's so much a topic o scussion? and do you worry at all about it being a distraction, especially dung times of high moment? >> no. >> listen, it's who i am. there's some things i feel very strongly about. and when it comes to kids, when it comes to my own family, soldiers, you know, ieel very strongly. that i wt america to be the country that i grew up in. >> personaquestion, you're a smoker and not just a smoker, you're a prey committed smoker. i've g one in my own family, we all know them. do you think it's fair game as a pic, given smokg's promince in the health care debate or do you think it shod be nobody'susiness and a matter of personalrivilege for you? >> it just is what it is. that's my take o . it's a bad habit, i wish i didn't have it, but i have it. >> have you tried to quit? >> i have tried t quit from time to time, butot for a while. >> most smokers have ted to quit about 20 mes. >> nowhere close. >> do y get a lot o heat for it? >> i have a lot of people offering advice to me and suggtions. but it's what i do. >> you're wilng to take the heat. >> i am who i am. i'm never going to be anybody th i'm not. >> i am what i am, again, his own man, a m from the ste of ohio. they call it boehner nation. >> what do you think of him as a man? >> he's a guy. i was talking to him about car racing with a lot of his aides from ohio. is is a break in period, a getting to know the new speaker period so eryone's going to be able to make up their own mind and th there's the pitics of it which is separate. >> the president's ne chief of staff, bill daily. >> the president had no onen his nior west wing staff who have ever, quote, met a payroll. they wted someo with ties to the business community. this is bill daily of chicago. brother of the current mor daily. he's floated back and forth between the public stor and the private. his last job was as a midwest banker. bankersean something more today than ty did ten years ago. the left h been unhappy with this because of the business ties. soe'll see how this es. >> all right, brian, thank you so much. thanks for getting up. >> oh,eck, nothing, yoknow me. >> let's get cck of the rest of the morning's stop sries from ann curry at the news desk. good rning, everybody. london is on high alert this monk and extra surity forces are patrolling airrts and train staons today in response to a fresh warning o trsportation ilondon. for the first time since the cold war is defense department is facing massive speing cuts. the president will downside army and marine corps. the nonpartisan congressiona -- skyrocket by $200 billion over the nexten years. house republicans made good on the plan to repeal the obama administration'sealth care law. it alsoaid the propose repeal would leave 32 milon americans uninsureded. government buildings in maryland are closed after two packages ignited and burned two ma workers. the packages were mailed out by an apparent lone wf upset about highway signs. an explosion in an afghanistan batouse has left at lea 17 americans dead hundreds of people mentioned in the wikileaks cable from now being good moing. we had a briurst of snow just a couple of hours ago. ere is north and northwest of washington, a dusting there. scattered showers around the region in the wake ofthat. right no it's 0 degrees in much of the area. teens out in t mountains where th could get two or three more inches of snow, but here locally maybe aitional passing sno shower or a few flurries today. windy and cold sday. >> and that's yr latest weather. it h been nearly a year since the devastating earthquake haiti. now you have a cholera outbreak as well. >> that's rit, meredith. you're one of the many peoe who are frustrated that more hasn't been done in haiti, y ne to know about stan brock. overcoming tremendous odds includin red tape, he completed a mission just yterdayn ursday that h mostly amican volunteers literally jumping to do the imssible in haiti. watching news of haits catastrophic earquake a yea ago -- >> there's not enough doctorso take care of all of th injured. >> reporter: which killed 230,000 people and then the deadly cholera idemic, now ev affecting peopl in a remote mountain village, barely reached since the earthquake. stan brock had had enoug >> there's no nitation, there's no electricity,there's no rning water, thers no way in in a vehicle, there's no way in by a and now you've got a cholera epidemic andeople are dying. thonly way to describe it is the need is extreme. >> head of the tennessee based nonprofit, stan flew 747o parachute, volunteers, some of them elder with supply into the village. stan then escorted a medical team up a road. over the next the 12 days, these volunteersreated 1,300 patients. >> h much pain would you say you're in? >> on a ten scale, i'll give it a 9. reporter: saving and changing ves. they also built an airstrip. >> this is what yore pulling up. a lot of rocks. >> yeah, because ifhat sticks up that much above theround and the airplane tir hits it, it could blow it or it cld damage the landing gear it is. >> reporter: this is hard manual labor. >> hd labor. >> reporter: and this week stan took off from port-au-prince to land the fir plane in the village connecting it to the outside world. >> well, welcome to nor. >> reporter: an outrageous pn against overwhelming adversity that proves a can do spirit and human kindness can change even haiti's suffering. this story is pretty darn dramatic and meredi, one of the people who jumped out of that plane actually had d a hip replacement. when they jumped, the jumped into trees a rocks andet they landed all safely. this is a really audacious, dramatic plan. >> a labor of love really. >> the interesting thing, wh this very old plan there were people over 70 years o jumpi out to try and save people. it was dramatic eugh for us to put an hour together o it this coming sunday. >> as you mentioned, youan see ann on this special "dateline" this weekend on nbc. the firstf two lucky winners of esday's megamillions jackpotas come forward to claim his prize. a man who's $190illion richer to go along with a priceless sense of humor. here's nbc's lee cowan. >> i have got one, two, three, four,five, six, seven, eight dollars. of $190 million. >> no matte how many megamiions tickets you bought and lost. it would be nearly impossible not to be hap for jim mccol and his wife carol. his joy is simply infeion. he father of si grandfather to more than 20. he bought his $190 million winning ticket at this safe way in the tiny county of ephrato, washington do you know whhas the ticket? >> no, i have idea. >> no, it wasn't . >> all my relatives come and ask me if iwon. >> reporter: evebody knows almost eveone here, though most knew that jim's heart is a g weak. so when they found out that he n, no surprise his wif thought he w having a heart attack when heoke her up tell her. >> she said, are you okay and i said, yeah, i'm perft. >> reporter: he showed her the proof and then they both lost it. >> tears started flong down and i looked at her and i started crying and all she could sawas, is this real? is this real. >> reporr: truth is, jim and carolyn had won once before, $18,000 in fact in a lottery years ago and jim had a confession. the numberse used way back then, well -- >> they're the same numbers we used to take all your money. >> reporter:he's a big winner in a small town, but not the only one. turns out the oer halff the nation's second largest jacot went to someoneho bght a tiet in tiny post falls, idaho ju 150 mes away. >> at least we havsomeone from idaho winning. >> so all those lines, all that hype and hope from csto coast ended somewhere in small town america. >> it's going to go geration after generation afte generation. my kids, my grandkids,y great grandkids and their children also will ner have to worry because we're not going to blow this. >> reporter: for jim it's proof that every holiday season took turkeys to the food bank and delivered groceries t those in needpay back is no mh. lee cowan, nbc news,os angeles. >> he russ into his bedroom, his wife thinks he's having heart attack. he's havg a $190 million emergency. >> what a gat guy. >> areat couple. ngratulations. just ahead here, another man whose dreams are coming true, ted williams is homeles man with a remarkable voice reunites with his mother for the first time in 20year we'll talk to them both but time in 20year we'll talk to them both but first th is that a new sweater? 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>> it seemed like a dream. i ways wished him well. but he would always brush me off, i would say to him, why don't you let godn your life to straighten out your life you need to straighten out -- good bu bye, that's what i got. it made me feel very badrom the family that i came from because my husband was jehoh's witne witness. >> soor 20 years you have tried to reach out. >> it's been ten years, and t only thing i got was promises, i'm going to come and b with you at christmas time. i said how many year havyou been say that? just put it in god's han. >> i feet like i had brought so much dgrace to this womanhat there wasn much i could say. because i think i told y yesterdayhat the one thing she would always ask me on phone calls is, are you working? and i think she would have even fell for t fact that mcdonald's,f they had hired me, she would have been happy with that. >> was it shame, ted, is that at it was for you? >> i would even talk to her on the phone and i wou say, mommy, one day this voice going to do something. andhe would say, oh, you know what she would say thatnd when she said that, i ft like she didn't have no faith in anything wanted to do. >> bhowhy did you say that, jua? because you h heard it before? >> i had heard it so many tes bere, it sounded like a broken record. i said let's not gonto that because all iot was promis. >> one of the first things you said during t reunion was don't disappoint me? >> don't disappoint me. hold your life together. don't t things fall art a you fall inith the wrong people. that's the part that upsets me about him. he's a good person and he's easily pulled into things. and straighten yourife out, that's the only thing i wanted m to do. >> i know when we talke yesterday, ted, for anybody, thisttention is -- it's got to be a lot to absorb and to handle andatt and i were saying sterday, that we wry o, i suppose a lot of people do, that it's aot coming at you very fast. and you've been down the road before. how do y keep yourself from heading wn that road again? >> i want to choose one particular situation or, you know, i'm the voice of kraft macaroni and cheese. >> as of yesterday, right? and the clevela cavaliers is a second choice. with the home and l, everybody's givinge little money deals. but no one's said, here ted, here's a pla forou to call your own to cook in. i nt one particular situation. i think i could handle it. but all the irons in the fire is so overelming, i think i told you about dal atkins the psychologist here on the stf, i'm ing to call her a little moreften. >> she's a nbc news contributor. >> a contribur, yes, i didn't get a chance to call her, but i think i' goingo use her as somewhat of a sponsor or a therapist too. >> do you think u're going to need that? >> yes. >> you looked like youere going to say something, julia. >>he sign they called me and told me thate had, ient to d and i thought, oh, it couldn't be this way. >> it's disgracefu >> you mean the sign in the video. >> yes, s, yes. >> someone called and told me, mama, ted has a sign i said what snin they sai he's holding up a sign. >> it's what the homeless people here in new york do collecting cans. >> i said h can you do something like th? this is myome and all my family is outthere, how could you get so low to do a thing like that? andhen i justent to bed and through the night could see him with this sign. >> and what did the sign say? >> i have a god given talent, i'm an ex-rio announc who has fallen on hard tis, plse, any help would be gratefully appreciated. >> andet that sign led him out of the situation. >> yes, yes. it did, julia. >> yes, it did. >> but to think of m son, my family, looking at all of this, putting up a sign? >> so you were inontact all that time with the grandchildren? >> yes >> but the grachildren wouldn't tell me because they di't want to hurt me. someone else called and i said they don't even allow you to hold up signs in ohio. they said, well,e's doing it. >> yesterdaye alluded to what i haveone to support my drug habits and so forth. that was theft, sheidn't seem to feel as bad about the theft as she did me holding a sign o a highway exit. >> there's something about it when it's family and embarrassingnd all of that together. >> it's embarrassing. >> but yesterday was a good day, it was a positive day, it was a step forward. and a azy day too. you had this wonderful reunion, but you spent it here. >> i talked to jimmy fallon lt nit. you admitted to aittle bit of a man crush on mr. lauer. we'll show you, let's put up the tape >> this is what happened last night, mommy. thetoday" show is a hot show. and matt lauer, he bngs the female out in me. at matt lauer. ma lauer is -- matt lauer is hot. ah. >> me o, me too. >> if you want a job on this show, you're sucking up to the wrong person. >> ion't know why i said -- i do know why. i just felt like,hey, mting matt lauer would be the greatest thinthat could have happed. i knew i had arrived in new york, meeting you guys. >> the greatest thing that could happen is that you get your life on board and you get the help that you need. >> i'll keep you gs abreast of what's goingon. i don't know how i'll get in contact with you psonally to say, hey, meredi. >> we'll give you our numbers. when this lad speaks to you, you listen. >> don't disappoint her anymore. >> we wish you a the st. ted williams and julia williams, th >> well, we did have a brief burst of snow prawn. areas north and northwestf washington got a quick dusting, but around the rest of the region, just a few fluies came throh. right now the sun is breaking out. temperatures near the freezing mark. later today clouds should build back in, maybe an additional snow shower or a passing flurry but smaller chance. then tomorrow, might have a passing flurry or a snow shower. partly sunny, blustery and cold. windy an >> this wild weather over the weekd, you can check in on the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. it's a big fooall weeken not just o but two games. that's right. we have wild card saturday, the new orleans saints fly into the seahawks. they've at qwest field, temperates 39 to 43 degrees. but theext day, it's sunday night, football night in america. cas oil adium, partly cloudy, frigid, temperatures mid teens to 20s, in the colts stadium, the jetcome on in there, it's going to be a big one. saturday night, not on sunday night, saturday night, football night in america. you are looking live at big cyess, florida, one of many southern cities facing a wild big invasion. the they are, moren them right after this. ? 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shaping up to be a nice day. clring out in the beltway. stilspotty delays. univerty boulevard and around 29 appears to behe worst and as you can see here, by 29, lookg much better. 95's all clear. 395 a little bit of tffic from springfid through shirlington but no problems to the pentagon. back to you. >> tonight at 5:00, the best and worst jobs of the new year. what tops the list and whaib 8:00 now on this friday morning, t 7th of nuary, 2011. snow in the recast, but that didn't scare away our crowd here in rockefeller plaza. good tsee you all of y. outside on the aza, i'm meredith viera ongside willie geist who's in for matt, and al roker. there was a kno on the jordan's home. two strangersurst in, the tiedp his family and they murdered his parts rating before his eyes. he's going to share his story and what he has done to pay tribute to his parents. and that's just ahead. millions of people of course hoping to land a job in 2011. coming up, we'll break down the best and the wst job markets in the country. >> and a little bit later on, we're going to meet the remarkable group that fulfilling the dreams of wounded warriors o our nation, jenna bush hager will share their story. first les get a check of the top story from ann curry at the news desk good morng once again, everybody. the second snowstorm in less than two weeks is bring down parts of the northeast this morning. it's expected to bring several inches of snow to the new york city area which is still recovering from a ddly post chstmas blizzard. president obama has tapped william daley as white house chief of staff. meantime ithe house, the reading of the u.s. cstitution was interrupted by an anti-oba heckler when a congressman read the line declaring oy naturaborn citizen can be president. a woman in the gallery screamed, "except obama." she was removed from the buildingfter some serio wordsnd as you can hear, some gal pounding. > two sisters were released from prison today on the condition that one donate a kidney to t other who is on dialis. jamie and gladys scott served twoife sentences. the fbi is on the ht for a north carolina teenager who disappeared during a trip to maryland. >> reporter: thi case s police so concerned because f e woman disappeared after she wt out to get a bite and more than a week later, they have no idea where she ended up. >> reporter: a 16-year-old wh a sparkng smile, on track to gradte early and head to college. >> she's my baby. she's my flower. >> reporter: now they haven't seen her in more than a week and withvery day, the mystery around her disappearance grows. >> this is completely unlike fecia to disappear like this. >> reporter: the north carolina teen was spending christmasn baltimore, trying to geto know r half sister she met just two years ago. staying in an apament where young people often came and went. >> at leas 15 difrent guys have been in and out of that apartment since she had been there. >>eporter: felicia was last seen on december 28. her pictu stares out fm billboards along i-95. >> this is baltimore's nalie holloway case a young girl who came to visit family and just disaeared. >> reporter: while her family st tries to hold on to hope. >> agonizing. >> so time may reay be of the esnce here, police asking anyonenywhere with iormation to give them a call. her family says they're not giving up, that felicia will make it home in time to celebrate her 17th birday next weekend. >> ksten dahlgren, thank you so mh for that story. officialsre calling on saudi arabia to release a bird that apparently is being detained as a spy. it was wearing agpsransmitter from tel aviv university. the university says the bird was pa of a migration study. and in the country of georgigot quite a surprise when the twins he was expecting toeliver turned out to be a two-headed cow. it is now 8:04. let' go book oside to meredith and willie. >> don't think i have ever good morning. we have that dumping of snow north and northwest of washington and later today maybe an additionalassing snow shower. temperatures climbing into the mid-30s and perhaps anothernow shower on saturday. windy d cold surday afternoon into sund. then as we get io next week, remaining colder than average all thei to the end of the week. there is a possibility of some accumulating snow ontuesday. st tuned. we'll keep you poste on that. but it's going to stay cold here all the way into next we. >> and that's your latest weather. coming up xt, a difficult search for healing for a survivor of a deay home vasion who witnessed the murder of his own parents. but first -- ugh, my sinuses... e congestion... it's your fault. naturally, blame the mucus. 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>> in a lot of ways it was. i d peoplepproach me about doing a movie for a number of years and i felt like they always wanted to tl a crime story and to me, it was -- it's not a crime story, it's a faly story. and that's what i felt like was thright way to tell to the story. and to be a tribute to m parent i wouldn't be somewhe i am, i wouldn't be the person i am. sister wouldn't be who she is had our parents not been the way they were and brought us up with those kinds of ideas and that's how we ha survivednd that was really the message. and ultimately, what i didn't expect is that it would include forgiveness. and sohat was the story that i felt like needed tbe told and i had a chance to do it and deded to go ahead. >> but you also played your dad in the film. >> yeah. it was an honor and i didt -- when i fst -- we started talking about me playing my dad, i remember him alive, vivacious, driving in the car, throwing the football and those kindsf things and not dying on the floor. so even though wrote the screen play, it dn't dawn on me for a couple of weeks, that i got to relivthat scene. >> when you did relive that scene, i had to be a very difficult mont for you. >> it s the hardest thing i have ever done. those things in life that we drd are never quite as bad as we think they're going to be. and thatas the one thing that i hav done that was much worse. it was much harder than i thought. en you do those things,hen you're in the process of doing them, there's -- you know, really reliving it, it takes it out of you and -- but i think ultimately wn we come to the end of it, it's been really positive expernce and i think it's a movie that is very -- very uplifting to people in that i think we'll show them how good we cane. >> despite what happened to you. you mentioned tha this is a movie about forgiveness. one of the men -- or the man really who shot you parent, glen ache is in prison for life. >> yes. >> when you were a ste senator, you had the opportunity to visit him and that was mething youanted to do? >> i wanted to do it. i didn't plan it. i happened to o a tourf the prison and wound up kind of pushing my way into being able to have this visit. d it wouldn't have ever happened if had not been a senator. but it was theost dramatic thing aside fromhe shootings themselves that's ever happened. d i had the chance in the movie, it's much shorter, but obously the movie was about an hour and a half long. and -- >> what did you talk about? >> covered aot of ound. i mean it's -- you know, he ologized. i rember saying for 15 years i have wanted nothing more than to see you dead and frankly i think that's why i was there was without even realizing it, a l of the things have done in my life i think were preparing myself whout even realizing it for that meeting. and it did not go at all the way that i expected it to. i wound up, and i think largely the lessons from my parents and fah were -- the was one way to handl that and i went in planning the opposite, i think. and i und up forgivingim. >> you wound up telling himi forgive you? >> yes. yes. and it changed my li. >> how so? >> well, i didn't reali how ch we carry inside. for me, being in the sena, i have always ought, i'm fun, likable, i'm not an angry person, don't think, and it wasn't until i got in that meetg that i realizedow angry i h been and how much i caied all that around with me and that's what -- and how it was desoying my own life. even tugh on t outside, everything went great, you know, bend the scenes, nothing was rit. and that's what we do, i think in the movie, that's toe aot of the story i how those things tear your le apart. and you think that you're doing well. or maybehe world thinks you're doing well but you know yore not. and so it's not until we deal with those things that wean rely begin to mov on. >>yeah, it's been 31 years for you and your sister. and i kw you have had a struggle along the way, to get where you are now and you're happily married, y have two children, your sister's doing great in oklaha as well. but is there ever a day that goes by that you don't flash back? >> i don't think so. i thi every day there's something, especially now, because we were working on the movie and that's what it is. but m not sure that there's ever been a day that somethi didn't remind me, even if it's thinking about what my mom or my dad would have tolde to do or what tirdvice would bend thinkingyou know, particularly during the holidays, not havg the them,. >> you can see their story on a specia "dateline" at 9:00, 8:00 central time. and jenna bush her introduces us toomeounded warriors who are not giving up the fight after this. you haven'teft yet. no. i boarding now. what's up? um, would you mind doi it again? last time. 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>> it will never end. >> reporte and mission continues expects to grant 150 fellowships in 2011. >> jenna, what a great story. for a lot of these soldiers the fit continues after they get home from the battlefield. >> exactly. >> we' back in a moment, but first your local news and weathe >>8:26 is your time. # 1 degrees. the snow shas moved out of the ar, cloudy skies. tom will have your forecast after the news. good morning. i'm eun yang we do have school closings and delays. garrt county, the mountain ridge school district in allegheny county and in west virginia hampshire county a miral county and the garden district is on a two-hour delay as well. in other news the fbi is trying to figure out who mailed two pack jsontaining incendiary deves in maryland. both packages ignited slightly injuring two eloyees. one package was addressed t governor marn o'lley. we'll ta gd mosh morning. we had an early dusting. maybe a flu flurries. peaps another dusting of a passing snow shower or a f flurries on saturday. cold on sunday. ashl, how's traffic? >>uter lp at kenilworth delays start at the bw parkway. back t you. >> thank you, ashley. tonight at 5:00, the bt and worst jobs for the new year. what tops the list and what to avoid in 2011. that's tonightn "news 4 at 5:00." hey, what are you drinkin'? i'm drinkin' dunkin'. coffee- black, straight up. tra cream, three sugars. iced coffee fren vanilla. for me. iced coffe with a turbo shot. i'drinkin' dunkin'. i'drinkin' dunkin'. i'm drinkin' dunkin'. drinkin' dunkin'. america runs onunkin' coffee. no. hacut? no. you get some work done [giggling] no! somethg's different at dunkin' donuts and looks great on you. the delicious egg whitsandwich, with ls than 300 calories. good morning. partly sunny now. radar showing a snow shower.ner there's another one just to the northeast of chestertown maryland, northeastern maryland. right nowpper 20s to near 30 degrees. ter today, only in the mid-30s. there's a small chance of additional snow swers and a few flries. perhaps a few showersn saturday andtill cold. turning windy saturday night into surmd thoh we'll have more sun on sunday. could have some accumulatin snow >> don't territory -- don't forget to check your weather on the weatr channel on cable or weather.com. l's say hello to actor david lions,tar of nbc's w action drama. good morning. a lot of people don't knowbout the cape. who i thisguy? he was a good cop, frame for crime he doesn't commit. and he's driven underground away from h family. >> and thiis a comicook character? >> the comic book is inside the stor and that's where it kind of grows from. >> and you take up with a group of carnivalwoers, who are also bank bbers. th kind of teach you in the ways of magic and such. there's no superpower in ts show. it's just that cunning wit and magic, i guess, as in the traditiol sense. it's a bit of throw back. watching that clipust ther did they tell you how mu you were goingo get beaten up? >> no. >> i can't believeou were not thinking about "eat, pray, love." you know what scene i'm lking about. did you see the movie? >> it might have revealed too muchf you. you said never again. >> suddenly it took an ugly turn. >> do you want to answer the questi? >> i think when i said that, it was in referenceohe character. >> you did have a no tights superhero. >> yes, did. not in the modern world. >> david love we wish you the best. >> yes, especially now. >> it'freezing here. >> congratulations. nice to see you. you n catch the special two-hour season of "the cape" premiers sunday at 9:00, 8:00 central time right here onbc. 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>> we're looking at this month about 34 weeks, that is long time back in the last cession back in 2001, the peak time it took someone to find a job w lost one was0 weeks, that is bad, we haven't seen levels like this in 60 years. at's the big iue and the big hole that we need to climb out of, and if that's really the bad news, it's in tms of these numbers. >> iyou are looking for a job in this economy, as so many peop are, where do we begin? >> we kw that people are hiring in technology, they're hiring i education and they're hiring in health care. and you may say, well, i'm not a nurse, i'm not a physical thera therist, i don't hava degree in computers. you need to look at the skills that you do have anday can i apply them inhese industries that actually do have bs. >> the bes places to work for 2011. let's ke a look at the list. >> nurse is the ver top of the list. as i have been sayg for ars, if you want a job, go be a nurse. people are living longer, it's because we're suffering from more chronic disees. the other jobs on the list, at of professional jobs as wl as again, those technology jobs. >> and o of the keys to allf ese, jean, is as you know a college degree. the unemploymentate goes down considerably if youave that college degree. >> it's about half if you have that college degree the most important thing is that u have real skills thatan be appliein this job market. there are a lot of people out there that are thking, boy, it's a lot of money to go back to college right now, if i haven't done that,ow can i get the skills that i need? goake a class, get skills in health care, in one of these areas that's actually hiring. >> in som ways the quickes way to a job may be going back to school. maybe going back to school maybe moving across the country to placesike washington, d.c. or austin, texas where the hiring re is significantly better. up ne, an easy affordable and authentic mexican meal that your family will love. but first, this is "today" on nbc. back at 8:, this mornin on "today's" kitchen, back to basics, delicious mexican feast. marseille has some authentic and easy to make dishes that are affordable and stylish. >>ou did a good job. >> what are we making this morning? >> we're making a potato casserole, which is really easy. >> love it. >> i love mexican od. >> you like it? okay so youtart off with some muroom and some garlic and you saute that in a little bit of oil. and then we have g pablanos. this is what it looks like when you find i at the supermarket. it's beautiful, it should be clean an shiny. and you put it directlyver a ga burner and it's going to ch, just like this. we have all the steps of the pablano right here. >> i it really spicy? >> it totally depends. this is like perfect food for this kind of weather. it's nice and warm, it's snowing outside in new york. nice, yummy food. >> andf you're having ople over. >> as you can see, this is big pan, it can fit lots of food. so you justaute that a little bit. en we're going to add some shrimp. you can add any size shrp you want. i usually go for medium. we're going to breadt with a little bit of flour. because we're not making the sauce on theside, the our is going to help thien our sauce. that tail is going to give you so flavor and it's goingo make for a better psentation. so you just spread it wh a little bit of flour. and then what we're goingo do, same pan, thi kind of smooths everything out to the side. smells good, righ we have got that wonderful corn, that pablano. can you smell the spice? and then you just add the shrimp in there. youon't want to overcrown, because then they'll steam a not cook. you want them to bro a little bit. no overcrowding in the pan. add that shrimnd let it coo a little bit. then we're going to degle. we have got the finished prodt. we can flip it, e, it's got a ttle bit of color. >> careful, meredith. >> she's a pro. i heard she's a pro. right? >> exactly. >> she know what is she's doin add a little bit of wine that's going todd a lite bit more vetable juice to add to your sauce. we have that beautiful pablano casserole. bring the casrole, because we have got desrt. >> this is for desnesert. you just mix that together with your dry ingredients, a little flour, baking soda and salt to bring outhe flavors. a little bit of vanilla, a little bit of egg. put this together this isexican chocolate. an if you can't find mexican chocolate, use regular bittereet chocolate and add a little bit of granulated sugar. it's the same flavor, se texture. add it in there, som dates. mix it in. you want to chop up those dates. a little bi of that mandarin peel. just kind of mix i up. >> let me help with that. this is the part i can do. just heavy manual labor. that requires no sll whatsoever. all right, that's looking better, sfligt. >> i like it when it looks nice and lumpy. you did a good job. and then you tak this -- there's a trick, dip it in e oil. the you go. and then just scoop a little bit. >> okay. >> okay. and then throw in there. >> drop it in? >> but get a ltle bit closer. >> don't do th. wait for them to get nice and golden and this is -- >> that's better. quick learner. >> so you're good with the fritters. and then this is wt they look like when they're done. they're nice a golden, you have cooked up batter, y've got tha chocolate in there. the mandarin peel. and then you mix it with a little bit of powdered sar and then you've got mix can chocolate for dipping. >> if you can do it, anybody ca do i >> marce . >> we're goingo check in with em, but first this is "today" on nbc. you're right. but yes. you're drinking. >> here'she deal. people always tell us that they watch us from the jim while they're working out. in sold dare, some break a new year's resolution. we were going join and we were going to have a little corie counter at the bottom. >> how are you guys? >> i'm waisted. >> so you're never getting off the machine? >> well we're doing ts and th a bike and then wre doing a treadmill. look how exciting. you do it everyorning anyway? >> i do do it every morning, but i'm dyingecause you and al and natalie e all doing the half marathon so w feel like -- >> now do you do this every morning. >> absolutely not. >> i read my bible in the morning. >> are you guests going to be exercising too? >> well, we're not sure about that. >> that remains to bseen. >> we'llee. >> but everybody else said that they would getn the tremill or on the bike with us. >> kathie lee have you everody -- >> have i what >> it's really none of your business. >> all right, guys, good luck. >> we're back afteyour local news and weather. 8:55 is your time now. it's a pretty sky out there now that the snow has moved out. what kind of weather are we going t have? tom will have you forecast in just amoment. good morning. i'm eun yang. i i friday, january 7. a man accused of killing his boss at suburban hostal will be in court ler this morning. keith little stabbed brockington more than 70 times on new year's day. brockington recentlgave little a poor evaluation and told him he would not be getting a ise. d.c. democratic officials decided biddle will be the at-large member. e council sea wasacated by kwame brown who is n t council chairman council chairman we'll take a quick break. 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that's always the biquestion. up first, let's get a cck of the top news stories from ann curr good morning, onceagain, everybody. the nation's unemplment rate has dropped to its lowest level in nearly a yr and a half. e december jless rate fell to 9.4%, from 9.8%. a second snotorm in less than two weeks isaring down on parts of the northeast. it's expected to drop two inches of snow on the new york area which is still recovering from a deadly post christmas blizzard. william daley will be appointed ashe white house chief of staff. meantime in the house, a reading of the u.s. constitutio was intrupted by an anti- obama heckler when a ngressman declared that only a born citizen can be president. a woman yelled "except obama." a government office is osed after two parcelling ignited andburned two workers. one of the lucky winners of the megamillio jackpot came forward claim their prize. i've got one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight dollars. and$190 million. >> reporter: n matter howany megamillions tickets you bought and lost, it would be nearly impossle for you not to be happy for jim and his wife. his j is simply infectious. retired from boeing, father of six, grandfather to more than . he bought his $190 million winning ticket at ts safe way in the tiny town of ephrata washington, the town that until thursday had no idea who among its ranks had suddenly sen the medianown income through the roof. everybody knows that jim's heart is a big weak. so when they found out he won, it's no surpris his wife thoughhe was having a heart attack, when he wokeer up to tell he she said, are you okay? i said, yeah, i'm perfect. >> reporter: he told her and mo. go morning, we had a quick burst of snow right now radar showing another snow shower that's out o the panhane of west virginia, but a small one drifting south and east. temperatures around the regio are still right nr the freezing mark and it will climb tohe mid-30s today with a small chance o a snow shower maybe a flurry. tomorrowperhaps a passing snow shower. a few flurries turning windy on saturday night. a windy, cold day nday. >> and th's your latest weather. now to the long-awaite union between ted williams and his home. the homeless man with a remarkable voice ran down to hall into the arms of h mother who he hadn't even in 20 years. meredith sat down with him and askehim how it felto see his mom after all this time. >> medith, i was just ne. couldn't -- i don't think we talked for a second, weust ball up and tearedup. both of us and when mommy cries, that makes me cr we didn't even say anything, we just hugd each othernd it was le the dreaminally came true, thank you, jesus, it was like that. >> what was going through your mind julia when you saw you son? >> it seemed like a dream. always wished himwell. but he would always brush me off. i wod say to him, why don't you let god in your life to straighten outour life? you need to straighten out. goodbye. that's what i go so he just pushed me out of his life and it made me fl very bafor the family that i came from because myusband was jehovah's witns and go to one of the nice us churchesn new england. it's been hard. >> you had ted to reach out? >> it's been t years since i have seen him. and the only thing i eve got was promises. i'm going t come and be with you for christmas time. i said how my christmass have u been saying that? so i said,ust p it ingod's hands? >> i felt like my addictions and i felt like i bught so much disgrace to this woman, you know, at there wasn't much i could say. because i think i told you sterday that the one thing that she would always ask me on phone calls is, are you working? and ihink she would have even settd for the fact that mcdonald's if they had hired me, e would have been happy with that >> so was it shame,ed, is that what it was for you? >> i would even talk to her on the phone a i would said mommy, one day this voice is going to do someing. and she wouldsa oh, bull. and when she said that, it ft like she didn't have no faith in thinking that i said i was going to do. >> why d you say that, julia? because you had heard it before? >> i had heard it so many times before, it was like a broken repo. i saidet's not go into that because a i got was promises. >> a the reunion, one of the first things you said please don'disappoint me. >> don't disappointme, hold your life togeth. just don'tet things fall apart and you fall in with the wrong people. that's the part that upsets me about him. he's a good pers, and he's easily pulled into things. and straighten your life out, that's thenly thing i wanted him to do. but the sign that they called and told me that head and i went to bed. i said oh, it couldn't b >> it was disgraceful. she felt disgrace. >> you mean the sign in the zbloo yes. >> someone callednd told me, mama, ted has a sign. i said what sign? he's holding up a signut there. >> sh what the homeless people do here in new yo, collecting cans. >> i said how can you do our family like that? that is my home and all my family is out there. how could you get s low to do a thing like that? and then i just went toed and throh the night i could see him with this sign. >> and what did the sign say? >> i have a god given talent. i'm an ex-rad announcer w has falle on hard times. ease, any help would be gratefully appreciated. >> anding tha sign led him out the situation. >>es. yes. >> thank to the veographer who saw it. >> and my family, looking at all of this, putting off sign? >> yesteay was a good day, it was a positive day, it was a step forward. >> and a crazy day too. you had this wonderful reunion, but you spent it here - >> i went on jimmy fallon last night. you admitted to a little bi of a man crush? >> yeah. i said meeting matt lauer. >> we'llhow you. let's roll the tape. >> this is whahappened last night, mom. look. the "today" show, that's a hot shown the morning. and mt lauer, man, i mean he brings the feme out in me. because matt lauer is hot. yeah, yeah. i. >> me too, me too. >> youaid if you wt a job on this show, yore sucking up to the wrong person. >> i really -- i mean, ion't know buy i said -- i mean i do know bu i jus felt like meeting matt lauer was the greatest thing that could have haened. i knew i had arrived to new york meeting youguys. >> that's the greatest thing that could happen is that you getour life on board and you get the helphat you need. >> i going to keep you abreast of what's going on. i don't know how i'll get in contact with you personally to say, hey, meredith. >> we'll give you our nuers. >> you have the pipes, but when th lady speaks to you, listen. >> earer meredith with ted williams and his mher julia. coming up, boost energy and lose fat. we're going to tell you about a three-day detox diet. and natalielies high on the flying trapeze. >> that'really good. ♪ [ woman ] i don't like scales. i'vbeen avoiding this. pride? 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[ screaming ] >> luckily,omeone else got that honor. have you ever had any accidents re. i have had people accidentally having more fun than they thought they uld. >> right a that moment, i thought i might accentally leave and go get a manicure instead. i'm feeling a little nervous right about now. i'm seeing a gre luganis happening in my head or and over again. finally, it was go time. how hig up is that? >> it's actuall 23 feet, however you'll be flying and catching at about 30 feet. >> wow. >> yes. >> hopefully i wou be flying and catching. right then all i could think about is falling and, well, falling. >> reach out with your left hand. >> i'm a little scared. >> that okay, i g you. we're going to go foit. ready. >> leto. natalie, you're doing really good. bend your legs,p on the bar, under. good. legs up, hard. look at the bar and grab it. perfect, legs down. good whooo! i'm still shaking. that was scary. that was probablyne of the scariest things i have done. it's o thing when you're flying in a ple or jumping to a swimming pool, but whe you're jumping into thin air, it's scary thiss only one ofhree tricks i had to learn. am i almost there? >> look behin you, ls up now. put them on thebar. hands up. look back. good. handup. legs down. back flip kick forward, let go. >>ort of. i got to take oneore leap of faith, the dreaded cat. this is e big finale,he catc i he been working all day for this maneuver. and timing the everything. showbiz. >> put your left hand on the bar, bend your knees. >> legs up. hand up. catch hi >> whooo! whooo! yay! >> i didn't think about it. i just didt. itorked. hanna was right. >> you have graduated. >> ye i'm a trape artist now. it w rlly thrillingnd thanks to the new york trape school for letting me do tt. it's great fun, it's a real thll but it is scary. >> once you trusted that you weren't going to fall could you do more? >> it was sort of lik building on to that final maneuver. i think it's getting over that fear of the height initially and just letting go in thin air. that was the scariest moment for me. it's fun, you really should try it. group outing. >> and al, you have already de something though? >> i fulfilled a lelong dream trying to conquer the cables of thgeorge washingtonbridge. i alway wondered could you actually walk on thisthing? and you can, the electricians do this allhe me. >> lifelon dream. at did you dream about climbing the george washington bridge? >> it's a cool looking thing to be able to walk on those cables. >> and you do tt next friday, sfli ght? >> yes. >> we' back right after this. shll probably say something like "everyone had a wonderl time. the food was great. it was good to get away." but let's be honest... mom just caught air! now, there's a first. tell us what you've always nted to do, on facebook. 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>> is anody's guess, all i can tell you is ere's something for me and for the english pele that is completely addictive and yet sortf relaxing athe same time about it because it takes you into another world without mobile phones and tv stimulation l the time. and it sort of wraps you up in this world. and yet, it manages to be incredibly kind of sexy and shocking at e same time. so everyone stays essed. that's really unusual. england loved it and we hope america does too. but we'll see. >> you reay wanted to have this role. thiss important to you. and you're in the movie lots of eat performers. >> meg smith. >> steve nnieville, dan stevens, michelle docry who's a young, upndomingactress. penelo wilton. just a great, great english cast. i s thinking i was dreaming when i was on the set because really for me, i just couldn't believe that i was sitting with these people drinking tea. it was just so wonderful. >> a this airs every suny in january on pbs. >> a masterpiece. we'll be starting this sunday a 9:00 p.m. >> and they call it masterpiece. >> i was told noto say. >>ho's confused th's right, sunday at 9:00. >> elizabeth mcgovern, thank you so much. and coming up next, we're talking about casual celebrity looks for less. to talk abt our blueberry juice drinks. they're made with my sweet,ipe blueberries, so there good for you -- taste real gd, too! let's whip up a sample. or just try this. 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>> it's a deto and basically what it is is it's a smart menu of everyday foods are just lded with ant oxidants, vitamins, minerals, fiber,ll of the ingredients to help you get r of the bloat. >> tell us what we can eat. what can't we eat while we're on adetox. >> you don't want to have any processed ods. there' no added salt, there's no added sugar there,'s no artificial sweeteners or even sugar substitutes. for threeays we can get rid of all the extras. andt's a lot of food,you're ing to fl satisfied. >> usually on programs that ar a more extreme diet, you los the weight and then it comes back pretty quickly. >> this isn't an extreme diet. this i calorie control, but it's loaded with stuff that's going to help you lose weight. but rlly i want people to view this as a launing pad into healy eating. llow this for three days, you're gng to lose anywhere om two to six pounds. but after that, you got to commito eating right. >> how abo for breakfast? >>his is a power protein smoothy and what i love about it is it's loaded with protein. there's a scoop of protein powder. >> can you substite almond milk? >> this isn the website for people who havellergies and who want to go vegan. half a cup of blueberries and raspber raberries. a little bit of cinnon. i think it's delicious and it's very filling. >> and what about caffeine o this? >> i'm fine with cafine. as lon as you're not caffeine sensitive, you can have a cup of coffee in the morning. or tea. >> what about lunch? >> prior to lunch, i want everybody to drink two glasses of water plain or with som lemon. the idea is yore going to start to fill up a take the edge off your hunger. >> how soon before your lunch should you -- >> 30 minutes. that w a greatquestion. and then you can drink as much water as you want with your lunch. yo get a superlarge spin gnash salad. then on top of that bell peppers and carrots and red onions. half a cup ofeans for protein and for iron. a little bit as toast if you k and then you're goingo dress it with aeaspoon of olive oil and unlimited balsamic red wine or vinegar. >> quality balsamic is fantastic. >> delicious. >> a you g a whole grapefruit. this is a great calorie bargain. 120 calories for the whole grain fruit. and steamy mug of green tea. >> what about snack. >> y get a half a cup of pistachio nuts. best of allt's in a shell and you ve to work to eat it. >> s you're burng some calories. >> and it slows you down >> a mug of te again. an unlimited portion of fish with either lemon orround pepp and any seasonings other salt. becausyou want to manage the bloat. and a huge heapi portion ofs much broccoli as you le. it has cancer fighting propertiesgreen tea again. >> so i could have a whale for dinner. >> first this is "today" on nbc. the moment you feerun down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscilloccinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, niit in the bud. coming up, hoda and kathy lee are really losg it. ey're devoting the whole hour to getting healthy. >> wt you ar, what you eat, how to look better and how to lose ten pounds zplcht that's all coming up after your local news andeather. a chilly art. we've got a dusting of sw here in the nation's capital. we'll find out what's cing this weend in a few minutes. 9:56. january 7, 2011. i'm barbara harrison. topping the new today, even a little snow fell. the are plenty of schools that have delayed schl for a coupl hours. the mountain ridge school district in alleghenycounty. and in wesvirginia, hampshire county and pendleton coun. and in mineral county, the schools are on a two-hour dey. looking at the radar, we have a few snow showers there in southern washington county and farther west into berkeley unty, west viinia. elsewhere we've got a partly sunny sky. it's still cd most locations. still freezing. later the day,ow0s. might have an additional snow shower and urries. a ver small chce. a chance on saturday. still cold. ndy saturday night into sunday. as we get into next week, maybe accumulating snow on sunday. steve hershorn, how's traffic? >> traffic moving pretty nicely inner loop and out loop through maryland without delay. over to springfield and we're looking good southbound. no roadwork as you head sought of newington. barbara, bac to you. >>e'll have a full hour of >>e'll have a full hour of ne, weather, captions paid for by nbc-universal televisi hey, everybody. we're already doing it. it's tri-day, friday. definitely a dry-day. well, maybenot. we thought therere so many of you out there that seem to watch us in the gym or from your treadmill or while you're liftina few weights we're in solarity with you. >> here's thedeal. throughout the entire hour we e going to be on bias cal or on treadmills or on the ellipticamachines and we are going to keep a calorie count. this. >> is is what they wear on the "bigst loser." >> . >> hey, that would be me. >> we need shot twoof this. we wanted our crew to be in it to win it. tommy, thank you. >> tnk you, baby. >> here's the thing. we'r wearing these calorie counter thingies and we're going keep track of thealories were burning thughout the show. yes. because it's- there you -- there you go. anyway, so we're going to keep track. all throughout we know you're working outnd we know it is hard and it is not ea but why don we put a little music to it. >> just a tad. >> this is flo rida and akon. listen to this czy song. ♪ >> strut it, baby. ♪ who dat girl ♪ w dat girl >> louder. ♪ she ain a-nth-old but cameras flashing and when she struts her thing around ♪ ♪ everybody be breaking their neckline who dat girl ♪ ♪ that bobb thomas >> this ishe reason most people quit b february. theyeally do. we knowhe ilure rate is huge. 5% of us give up by the end of j january. >> if you're like the average woman you have gained eight pounds since thanksgiving. >> your jeans know it but you don't. >> so we're going to make sure that we all keep to our new year's resolutions. it is hard t talk and be on the bicycle. >>not for me and'm a lot older tn you. >> the average woman is 5'4 and weighs 164. th average woman of tha height should weigh 145. 145 is the outside. at's something we can all shoot for but it i not easy. look diet something not easy. staying on these machines isn't sy but we're here to help you. >> you got to take that first step. every tim we talk to joy bauer and we do our joy fit, there's always a moment when sebody say all right, th is it, this is my moment, i want my life back a, yeah. hopefully this is for ou. >> i think so. here's the other ing. if youeally don't exerci that much and we're going to have a lot of segments, joy is going to talk about your di rsonality. some people can't miss desserts. >> we ma excuses as a result. >> ght. or some people are so busy they say i'm too busy to diet because ey have to go to mcdonald's and stuff like that. >> aot of women say i'm sorry, my kds need me too mh. that's a good excuse. >> so wee thirsty. i think we shou all gether take a sip. we have sal, a/k/a richard simmons. >> hello, ladies! >> hole lo sal. >> what is this? >> i don't know what its because it is going to be great. i'm so excited toe on the show. >> that's chardonnay. >> 2002. >> who puts that in thre? >> oh, thank you,sal. >> sal's crazy! >> sal works here. >> we're goingto party off the pounds! >> sal, can we hand this back to u? do you want to keep yours. >> yes, but there is no place to put it. thank you, sal. >> so if you want to le ten pounds and you don't have a lot of time, charla crump is going to show you how you can sli down your body appear tnner. >> slimmer by dinner. >> we're going to talk about that. >> apparently jimmy fallon had quite the show last night. >> yeah. jim carrey is on our bandwagon. >> let'slisten. >> yore not going to comeit down? >> i tually can't. i actually can't. i've just got -- >> blaes going on? >> i got so much going on right now iot to get back in shape afr christmas. after all e hodays, it' really imptant that i stay my very best for the fans. i'm hoping to get down to about, i don't kno 150, 155. >> how much do you weigh now >> hey, hey, hey! careful. >> you want to lose 40 pounds. >> i n't know, by aouple weeks? by saturday at least. >> ao on jimmy fall lons. you' heard the ted wlliams story. we saw him with his momnd everything bu i think he may ha been his funniest wi jimmy again last night. >> jimmy was ho last night. >> let's sten to ted. >> the "today" show, man,hat's a hot show, man. and matt lauer, man, i mean -- >> you like matt lauer? >> he brings the female out in m matt lauer's hot. i mean -- me too, me too. >>att lauer brings out the female in all of us. >> unless he is lying. butasically people lie three times a y. >> we lie about everything. we liebout ourweight, we lie about our age. >> we don't. >> i don't care about my weight or arnlg. how much do you weigh? >> i'm down now. three pounds. 126. >> what are you? >> i'm still 146. >> butyou lookabulous bause you're like 6'1". >> they say pele lie about everything. i lie more than three times a day. >> yo lie more than three times during our show. >> stop it! how is the hing. how are you doing,hoda? fine. i'm not fine sometimes. my leg hurts, i had an argument with someone -- >> but u're still doing fine. you're still uprate. that's not a lie to me. because most pple really don't want to know how you are. they sayt how you doin'. wait, what? what do you mean i have 44 calories how is this even possibl i am peddling faster than her. >> no, you weren't. >>yes, i am. >> this is sick. your machine's not even on. >> someh i am getting the short end of the stick -- again. >> we have to tell you guys about a show we saw the other day. didn't kow what quiteto expect. i should have known because charl busch srs in it. i did a little move that he wrote called "persona assiant" for show time. he plays a mother superior. he always, always acts in drag. >> he's a drag que nun. >> hey, lots of people are! don't you judge. >> that's the show to see! >> if y are a devote catholic we suggest that y don't see it because it can be rough. but julie halston's it. allison frasier, brilliant, a brillnt broadway stars. it is an open-end run so it is very i have reverent, very fnny and i'm no taking my mother to it. but i'll take a lot of my friends toit because it is very funny. >> i have to tell you one quick thing. i'm going to try to fly in the snow to new orleans. >> that's right. have you a book gning. >> big event tight at 7:30. i hope i get out. it's at windr court, a komen event. it is the best. >> wat time? >> at 7:00 tonight. so me. >> it's friday funny. >> show the calories agai this is ridiculous. >> the are called "tat's when the fight started." i took my wife to a restaurant. the be e wait irfor some reason took my orr first i'll have the rumsteak first. he said aren't you worried about mad cow? no, s can order for herse and that's when the fight startedy wife was thinking about what she wanted for our upcoming anniversary. she said i wantomething shiny that goes from zeroo 150 in about three seconds. i bought her a bathroom scale. >> ba-da-bum! i like it. it is time for o favorit part of fridays -- bob"bobbie's zz." >> i don't even known sneers. >> slim wear with, one of my favorite portion control plates, the design helps youigure out how muc you should be eating. also measure-outowls have etched lines instead so you know how much cereal you should be eating. that's bangles are wrist weights thatre fashionable that y can wear on the bike for extra resistance or while are you running ernds. >> bobbie, this is called supe dry. i don't know where it came from but it is for all kinds of moisture. >> also, i really love count me healthy bracelets. thesere beads that move from one side to the other so you can keep track of how much water in a d you drink, how many times per week you work out, anytng you want. >> they're actually cute. >> they're a stylish ways of staying on your goals then this diet calc is purse/organizer/nutritional planner. count yr calories and cas throughout the day. thisis a weight scale that can give you what food weighs and the knnutrition value. but my farite thing is on miss sara. this is on the -- i said it wrong. elliypgo. is it safe? 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[ male announcer ] it's a new year. so, ask your doctor about chantix. and nd out how youould save money on your prescrtion go to chantix.com to learn more and get terms and conditions. hi. >> we're back with our rl caorie counts. take a look at th. >> mine isn't working. >> because it's all abo about -- let's se let's see. here it comes. come on! it's never good. just keep your eye on it. it is like the lotto. >> in the meantime, comic star se rogan had thatergoers laughing all the w to their cars in movies like "knocked up" and "super bad." >> he's in the new 3-d action comedy feature "the green hornet." >> i want you to take my hand, i wa you to come with me on this adventur >> i go with you but yi don't wanto touch but. >> you don' have to take my hand but will you come wth me on this adnture? >> he's re. >> i have to hand it to you, seth. you're on thebike. >> i did it. you guys aren the bi. the seat's a lttle wobbly. >> i'm a little worried about your seat. careful. i'm going with it. >> you had toecome and action star in yown right to play this role. did you have to get into training and all that uff? >> i did. idid exactly whatou see ght now for 14 hors a day, for six years. >> is there six-pack uer there? >> there's no six-pack uer ere. it woultake me quite a while. how aryou guys doing? >> we're doing well. >> you guys are reall going for it >> i can't believe i'm losing at this game. seth, so you play a super hero. >> i do. >> do y enjoy that role? does that role fit? >> i do. as you can see, i'm very physicallyompetent and graceful and coordinated so-- >> i love the little fist thing you got going. >> i replicat runni more. that's the thing. >> i think people in the gym should try this way. it is much better. >>eople pay a lot of money. >> te us about theoung man that plays cato. >> a guy named jay chow w is a taiwanese surstar. he says he ishe taiwanese usher. i think he is more like the taiwanese justin timbeake crossed with the taiwase robert deniro. he's amazing, hesix, he dangs, dances, he acts. martial arts. you guys are in good shape. i'm seriously getting out of brea. >> we like you like that. >> you have so personal news. you got engad. >> thank you very much. i appreciate it. >> tell us about this lady that said thiss the one i'm going to smend my life with. >> she's just so nice tme. >> first one you found that really loves you. h? >> yeah. we've been together six years. >> how did you popose to her? >> proposed t her in our closet while she was changing. >> that's so omantic. >> in her pajamas. yes, guess it was. then we ate buffalo wings. >> that's about the most romantic thing i've ever heard. >> 27 calories, guys. >> mine's not showing. >> i just want to say one thing. can you put our calorie count on this money mine says 103. on that it says -- 122. excellent! i think you're right, tamm >> i got 121. >> i have nothing because mine says nothing. >> you're 121. >> guess this is big brush, seth. t we appreciate you cming. all the best wh the vie. it opens toight, right? >> yeah . it oens january 14th. >> oh, next week. it's in 3-d. >> the third-dimension. >> all the best. take care, seth. you're just exhausted, aren't you? >> i'm really tired. i'm going to pass out now. up next, questions from the crowd. >> we're going to help you lose it. ♪ i swear it's the truth oits h are are fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? you made it tast like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily val of fiber. tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. 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[ snorting ] ♪ take the special k chalnge, with so many ways to lose up to six unds in two weeks. what will you gain when you lose? get started at specialk.m. we areback and we're counting. i seem intest so burned 369 calories so far. my precious friend hoda, well, curious. 288. >> i want to seet for sure. okay, i have a question, joy. befe we get to your segment. what is going on hee? >> i think that she's pedalg faster. she has shter legs. have you loer legs. >> what's your point? >> so you have -- >> i'm a fell short person. i'm going to stop right here. >> does that mean i have to work out twice as long as kathie lee does to burn the -- not necessarily. it is just the way the machines are working. that's what'scalibrating the calories. you're probably burning -- some people get stuck on dts. they try things and they don't work but you've carved it out into various personaties. >> it is a personal thi. when it comes to dieting it is all abo daying power. you want to figure out what your obstacles are and challenes and then me up with solutions so you sck with it and likewise weight. you're juggling a lot of balls in the air and you don't have time to cook prep. take some time the night before or moing of andpreplan what you're going to eat. you'll also have a few convenice go-to light foods in the house. for example, things like -- ladies and gentlemen -- woo! >> whoa! >>top it. no need for that. >> no, you like that. >>he can stand next to me. >> what you go big boy? >> all sort of smart ones and lean isine and kashi. campbell's and progress sew have low-sodiumoups and chilies that are terrific to have in the house. what's your name, sweetie? >> frank. >> i should have known. >> these arehe people -- >> wa. >> there's more? okay. >> you also want to be able -- we've got n stud. >> lookt mr. tatt over here. >> you want to goand grab foods that you can run out the door with. for example, you can take on the train or in t car a tsted english muffin wth peanut butter a a abobana. for the multi-task. >> what' your name, honey? >> paul. >> itsays so right here. >> the nxt personality is the commitment phobe. >> this person does really well for thre days and in the fourth day they lo it. you'll plan -- first you're going to have a da with tarik. plan to hav non-foodrewards waiting for you every fourth day like hoda's book. >> i like tt. >> lipstick, bubble bath. >> by t way, you can see her down in new orleans toght. >> tell the laes these treats are for them and that they aply right, more tats mayawait. >> all right. thank y. >> we've got a do a couple of quick other ones. >> come on, sweets aaholi >> this is the kind of person with an insatiable sweet tooth and can't giveit up. you need a 90/10 food strategy. if you eat healthy 90% of the time thereis wiggle room for 10% sweet treats. that translated to 150 cories each day of a sweet treat. this is 150 calories. the pretzel-covered m & ms. two snickers, two tablespns of frozen ips. that works as well. i want to point outver here, there are some really hethy foods that are eet as well. look at all of the grapes, pears, mangos. >> yeah, they look great. they do. delicious. an't wait. can't wait. i meant them, they look great. happy new year, gus. up next, no money or mind for the gym? are you still griping? >> yes. you dread the treadmill or a gym it just not your thing, were go about to show y a gym-free workout. what is going on? >> oka i knew somethg weird was hapning. and it is. >> hello, kathie lee. >> what's going on? >> i'm just interesting a little fun back taj, what's the probm in girl' got to have a little fun in life, too. >> thank you, gentleman. you needo bring her back over here. boys, cary her back. >>hank you, i'm fine. >> jennir cohen is aop fitness expert and auor of "no gym requid." mark laurens author of the new book "you are your own gym." i love this segmt the most. >> because we're just standing here. >> tell us about, you can actually have a gym workout while in your own house. >> definitely. all you ne today is a sack of books and a coupleof dish towels and you're ready to go. this routine is for exercises. 40-second break in between each section. jump over the books. just like sara's doing right here. for a more advanced version, tak both feet together and jump rough like that. >> you can do that twice. >> then 24 tes. after tt you'll go -- >> 24? >> yeah. then go into your push-up. >> sara, you can do push-ups? >> yeah. >> i can only do theplank pose where you just hold it. really? you should be practices with these. >> sara! >> with the books it actually increases the inteity and gages your core more. >> sara, you're unbelievable. sa, good girl. >> if you're a beginning go into yournees and do tha >> stop trying to burn extra calorie >> we're off to the dish towel we'llo a mountain climr with the dish towels. each foot goes on each dishtowel. >> use a sding motion. use a paper plate, you can use a furniture slider. 25. >>fter that, she'll fl over and do a reverse mounta climber. ps high, then one foot out like that. that gets into your core and your ham strings. >> how often and how manyeps do you have to do to tryto get dshg dshg work your body? >> i like to tell people do a 24 so it is even. 2 of each exercise, four or five times. >> careful. i wouldn't trust her. >> then try to dohat with a 30 or 45-second break in between. >> kathie lee, come on. >> i'm coming. >> what e you going to show us? >> this is going to be a quick 20-mite body weightworkout it doesn't require any equipment. you n try it at home. we'ldo three exercises ck-to-back before resting. this is a good workut for developing caiovascular eurance, developing muscle and strenh and boosting metabolism. >> i can' do run weg pusregular sh-up. make sure are you perfectly raight from heato heels. >> second exerciseis the hip razor. great for shoulder flexibility for guys who do a lot of weighifting. raise your hips until they're parallel to the ground, look up ateiling, pause one to three seconds. make this more dficult by keepg one leg in t air. >> thank you so much. you guys did so well. co on in, sal. our final calorie count is -- 352 423. >>next week mondayrom the gym mill, not the treadmill. >> fait hill will be with us. snook >> oh, my gosh. at least [ male announcer ] are u watching cable able b. because you could be paying way too much. upgrade to verizon fios and get tvinternet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a ar. plus this speciabonus: over 25 hbo and cinemax chanls fr for 3 months. there's no term contract required. you can cancel anytime with no early termination fee. wi fios, you get superior picture quality, more hd, plus internet rated #1 in satisfaction, speed and reliability. os just keeps getting better. and now you can watch select movies you buy on demand t just on your t but on your laptop and smartphe. it's fios the go. stop paying for second best. get fios for just $99.99 a mont plus hbo and cinemax, free for 3 months. call 1.888.884.fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's 1.888.884.37. at 80074-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead.

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