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studio along with its 25-foot >> he wants another movie, another major league baseball train, veil and diamond-studded movie, too. in addition to having his ex-wives live next to each other tiara. "today," tuesday, february 22, and him, he wants to embark on tiara. "today," tuesday, february 22, 2011. another baseball movie. captions paid for bynbc-un >> at least he'll be working. he seems to be fine if he's working because somehow he's able to control his urges more. >> during work, but you know what's interesting is he had and welcome to "today" on over to his house yesterday this tuesday morning. colin ferrell. and colin ferrell -- i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm willie geist, in for >> has his own baggage. matt. >> but i believe he's been it's a scene of utter destruction. sober, so i wonder if he could that's how the prime minister of be kind of his coach. >> okay. new zealand is describing the >> what about lindsay lohan? is she getting back to work? damage in christchurch. >> she has a court appearance tomorrow, as you ladies well >> the quake hit at lunchtime on a busy work day. know. there is talk that she will dozens of buildings collapsed. plead to a misdemeanor charge. we'll talk to a young man who was there. >> she's lucky. first, to "today" correspondent >> if her father gets his way natalie morales for details. good morning. >> good morning. a this is the second major quake to hit in five months. the city's mayor declared a and. and there is movie talk that she state of emergency and ordered will be in a movie about people to evacuate the city celebrities who want to escape their lives. center. but i think it's so fascinating >> it crushed the building that just a couple days before court, suddenly they're floating there. and the cars. a story that she's got a new film coming up and they've >> reporter: in the moments after the earthquake -- figured a way to get around the >> it's terrifying. insurance, and she can have a [ screaming ] >> reporter: chaos on the sober coach with her at all times. >> if it works -- if she can get ground. on a set and start feeling good about herself and get away from people ran to escape crumbling the influences, that has been her big problem, her friends, kids who do nothing but party. buildings. >> and she was seen getting thrown out of a party. >> just utter devastation. >> reporter: one minute, people >> was that samantha ralston were inside. the next minute they suddenly found themselves on the outside. again, her girlfriend? >> they live next door to each with smoke rising from the other. rubble, police cleared danger >> a block party. >> we were talking about the zones. >> this building comes down, gossip gram that people just you've got no chance. can you all go back there, want to see what she's going to wear to court. please? please? >> reporter: a makeshift medical her dress has become a huge center was set up to treat the seller. it sold out across the country. injured. >> what does that say about us the walking wounded everywhere on the street. others had to be carried as as a culture, really? rescue workers swept across the >> the royal wedding. city, searching for survivors. we heard fergie is out, she's fire crews rescued one woman not invited, but her kids are. who'd been trapped on the top >> not fergie from the peas. story of a collapsed building, >> no, no. greeted by co-workers on the ground, overcome with emotion. >> she could be because there was no mail delivery yesterday, so everyone sitting in the u.s. this four-story building at home hoping to be invited to flattened like a stack of the royal wedding had to wait pancakes with at least 30 people out the holiday. trapped inside. sarah ferguson fergie, she knows >> words can't describe it. she's not. >> reporter: with elevators she already said, i have another jammed people used ropes to engagement, anyway, i didn't escape office buildings. need to go to this party. >> 24 people are now being >> i feel bad for her. rescued. >> kanye west is being talked >> reporter: these people rescued from the 17th floor after a stairwell collapsed. >> it's an icon. about quite a lot about >> reporter: and the attending as a guest, and the reason being he performed for christchurch cathedral, heavily the prince as a special tribute damaged after its spire crashed to the prince's mother. to the ground. a dark day for the city as new >> so now they're best friends? zealand's deputy prime minister focuses on saving those who may still be alive. >> the focus is firmly on those i don't get that thinking. >> justin bieber's new haircut? people who may be remaining tell us about it real quick. trapped in collapsed buildings. >> he cut it for charity. he's giving away the hair to our condolences to loved ones raise money. we did a poll, 77% of our who, of course, will be deeply worried and anxious for the audience loves the new cut. i think it's cute. people who are missing. >> it's -- yeah. >> reporter: no one was killed i didn't like the first one. in the quake initially back in >> the first one is too much september, but it left buildings hair. this makes him actually look a badly damaged throughout the little older, i think. city. many of the buildings were the ones that collapsed in this >> i like the beeiebster now. latest disaster. meredith? >> natalie, thank you very much. 17-year-old cameron betts lives what would you do with more time in your life? in christchurch and left the we're going to talk about going city after he couldn't get back to the mall to seeing your to his apartment. he's on the phone with us now. doctor and taking more time off per week. 3 o'clock. my daily meeting with a salty snack le. and then a 3:15, with my guilt. >> caller: hello. >> tell us what you felt in the [ female announcer ] new special k cracker chips. first few moments. 27 crispy chips. 110 delicious calories. >> caller: i was in the center of town quite close to the mmmmmmm...good meeting. cathedral, actually, at the new same time tomorrow? 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[ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. so struck by it all. >> i know you went outside with the camera. as you say, you are a broadcasting student and you took pictures outside. what did you see and how were people reacting in the street? >> caller: yeah, right. it seems like your life with rheis split in two.s, don't mind if i do! people were -- some people were there's the life you live... quite hysterical. and the life you want to live. some people were quite serious about it. fortunately there's enbrel. it was all dependent on -- i enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because enbrel suppresses your immune system, guess. a lot of them were quite scared it may lower your ability to fight infections. and didn't know what to do. serious, sometimes fatal, events all around me there were bricks including infections, tuberculosis, falling down everywhere. lymphoma, and other cancers, just down the road there was a and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. huge fire happening. before starting enbrel, and shortly after, another your doctor should test you for tuberculosis. helicopter swooped in and tried ask your doctor if you live or have lived in an area to put that out. where certain fungal infections are common. so, yeah. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. it was big huge cracks in the road. power lines were down. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, and cars had been smashed and have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, there was this repeated horn bruising, bleeding, or paleness. sound. >> i know you and your friends ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. made it out of the city. you're now an hour and a half and help bridge the gap between the life you live... south of the city at this point. there have been several and the life you want to live. aftershocks. have you felt any of them? >> caller: yeah. new covergirl natureluxe silk foundation. initially, after the big one happened when we went out of the flawless coverage... with a light as air feel. campus, we felt a couple of big we took out a heavy synthetic, and put in a light touch of cucumber. ones. they were probably a good 3 on out with heaviness and up with a flawless finish. the magnitude, i guess. even the $180 makeup so, they were sort of more can't beat it for a lightweight feel. discover new natureluxe silk foundation. goodbye heaviness. noticeable. but i know things will be hello easy breezy beautiful... covergirl. continuing. >> i know this is the first and try new natureluxe gloss balm. earthquake you have experienced. you moved to christchurch just a couple weeks ago. [ pigeons cooing ] are you anxious about going back they're hungry. there? [ male announcer ] of all the things that happen on your wooden surfaces, >> caller: yeah. yeah. well, i'm of two minds really. disinfecting has to be one of them. clorox disinfecting wipes. at the moment it's probably one safe on wood. hard on germs. of the best broadcasting courses in new zealand, hence the reason i moved down here. i have known about the earthquakes and it's always been in the back of my mind. but after this one today and going through it, you know, i'm not sure whether i will come back or not. i'm going to go and see my family, hopefully, if the airport is open on tuesday. but i guessle i will just play it by ear and see whether the schools will re-open or not. >> we greatly appreciate you joining us cameron. best of luck to you. stay safe. >> caller: thank you very much. >> it's now 7:07. here's willie. >> to libya and scores of protesters reportedly killed in a brutal crackdown of anti-government protesters. moammar gadhafi has spoken out now about the unrest amid signs that cracks are forming in his regime. stephanie gosk is just across from the libyan border. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, willie. i'm about seven miles from the there is nothing more border. we have been seeing truckloads frustrating than feeling like of egyptian workers fleeing the your precious time is being country. wasted, especially on things you they say the eastern part of don't really want to do. >> we're about to let you in on libya, the city of benghazi has been taken over and factions of some ways to shave several the military have taken off their uniforms to join the minutes onff everyday routines. protests but they kept their guns and they are shooting pro meredith wallace is, and she's gaddafi people on site. editor of redbook magazine. there was a brief statement on >> we hate sitting and waiting state tv from moammar gadhafi, at the doctor's office. i've waited for more than an shooting down rumors that he hour, hour and a half. fled to venezuela. is there a right time to go to the doctor's office? don't believe what you hear from the dogs in the media, he said. >> the right time to go to the doctor's office is tuesday, the libyan government vowed to wednesday, thursday, the first fight to the last bullet and the appointment of the day and the first appointment after lunch. usually they're running on time. bullets are flying. on the streets of tripoli there >> because they're backed up like crazy. are reports of armed mercenaries >> how do you make those appointments run more smoothly? >> bring any kind of paperwork paid by the government, driving that you think you might need, around town, firing at random. x-rays, referrals, any of that from the sky, this youtube video stuff so you don't have to go back because you don't have everything you need. shows military jets and >> and if you do have to wait, helicopters gunning down protesters. bring something that would take with journalists banned from recording, most information is time otherwise. catch up on your e-mails or coming from eyewitnesses who are telling similar stories of chaos grocery lists. >> if you do that, you will save and bloodshed. >> we saw the airplanes go by 22 minutes per visit. >> exactly. over us. >> let's talk about shopping. we had to go to the hospital. there are, i guess, good times to go to the mall. they were shooting people at the i would think saturday would be bad. >> that's a terrible time to go hospital. to the mall. >> reporter: the heaviest it also turns out thursday fighting is in tripoli and evenings are not a good time. >> i wonder why. benghazi. they want moammar gadhafi who >> tuesdays are the best day to has ruled with an iron fist for go to the mall because generally over 30 years gone. speaking it's a little bit there are signs his support is slower and a little quieter. slipping from within the government. >> kathie lee is interested in two air force colonels flew to this because there is an iphone the island nation of malta app that can help you out. instead of firing on their own >> it's called fast mall and it people. the ambassador to the u.n. basically gives you a map of the accused the leader of genocide. mall so you can figure out where >> when peaceful people are the barmthrooms are, where to demonstrating in the streets and park, all that stuff. orders are given to the armed >> there's one app called around militia and military, what can me. it gives you every restaurant we call that? around where you are. around me. >> reporter: just over the i'm so into it. border we found egyptian workers if you do everything meredith said, you save 40 minutes per fleeing. this man was grazed by a stray visit. >> when you're on the phone. bullet and says government >> i think that's the worst supporters are killed on the spot. others are managing to flee by zchl. >> is there a right time to call? >> call tuesday, wednesday, air in tripoli. thursday and call right after companies are evacuating. lunch. >> it's getting worse, not >> i'm discovering i'll have a better. >> reporter: desperate to get away from a country that seems really busy tuesday. i'll have to do everything on to be collapsing into civil war. tuesday, but just think how much time you'll have to do other the state department is telling stuff the rest of the week. embassy family members as well >> there is a web site that can as nonemergency personnel to help you out if you get stuck in leave the country. that maze. those left behind, u.s. >> there is one called get citizens, they say they need to human, and it basically a list exercise extreme caution and to of telephone numbers so you can get an actual person on the be prepared to stay holed up where they are. phone. it may be too dangerous to go >> what's that one? >> that's another one that's a outside. >> incredible pictures in the list of numbers so you're not streets of tripoli. screaming the entire time. >> that one saves you 15 moammar gadhafi has been the minutes. face of libya for more decades >> let's head to the airport. is there a way you can save some time when you're doing that. now, with standing isolation and >> again, you want to fly u.s. air strikes. tuesday and wednesday. michelle kosinski has more on sorry. the first flight in the morning, his reign. generally speaking, they're good morning. running on time. >> reporter: since 1969 when >> and the plane is already moammar gadhafi was a young military officer and led a there. >> cannexactly. bloodless coup against the king >> you're on time and the plan has not landed -- he's been a leader without a title. he goes by colonel, but is >> thank you. you did an excellent job. up next, the guy who holds widely considered to be one of the toughest, freedom crushing, the title in the guinness book of world records. longest raining rulers and one of the most bizarre. [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: the many, many >> three kids. faces of moammar gadhafi over one of them here last night did his four decades of power. it. he's the smartest kid on the young revolutionary, 1970s planet. >> we'll be right back. can help your kids' school get extra stuff. hipster, proud bedouin and a ♪ like musical instruments. cross between michael jackson ♪ and phil specter. and new art supplies. he's been a man of many names. ♪ the west just can't agree on the because they're the only cereals with box tops for education. spelling. >> our research department has last year, schools earned over ten million dollars from big g cereals. determined that no few people spell it alike. you can raise money for your kids' school. look for this logo... only on big g cereals. >> reporter: he never wavered on you can make a difference. every cereal box counts. doing or saying as he pleased. he tried to find a place to pitch his tent before delivering a tirade to the united nations. >> in a way he has to use himself to project libya onto the world stage. >> reporter: he counts among you can make a difference. smoky eyes look amazing, but creating them? 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ok. hey rufus. female troop of body guards and who do we love ? we love our bank. we love our bank. we love our bank. his ukrainian nurse. we love our bank. he fears flying over water or staying above the first floor. yes, yes. you really love your bank don't you. hates elevators, loves flamenco. ally bank customers love our 24/7 customer care that allows you to talk to a real person anytime. he's survived multiple assassination attempts and may ally. do you love your bank ? now have met his match -- his own people. libya did turn from being a sponsor of terror to an unlikely partner of the west in fighting terrorist groups. it may be easy to see him as a caricature but at home he's seen oos a killer of opposition by those who want him gone at the risk of their own existence. willie? >> he may be eccentric but he's brutal now. thank you, michelle. here's meredith. >> thank you, willie. at home the budget standoff in wisconsin has reached the ninth day. state employees and supporters have all but shut down the capitol as they protest demands for big concessions. mike taibbi has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. in this high stakes game of political chicken that the country is watching none of the key players have flinched yet. not the governor, the union or the 14 state democrats who left the state to keep it from coming to a vote. beyond the protests and posturing of the thousands of demonstrators, many camping out at the capitol building, there has been little sign of movement on the standoff. with protesters kept away, governor scott walker said 1500 state jobs could be lost by week's end if the democrats don't permit a vote on his so-called budget repair bill. >> i don't want to see anybody laid off. >> reporter: walker tells the unions they have to pay more toward pension and health plans, about 8%, and must surrender collective bargaining power in all areas except wages. he says there is nothing to negotiate. senate democrats, some speaking from illinois, hope moderate republicans can influence walker. >> colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't like what's happening. >> reporter: republican dale schultz says union collective bargaining can be restored in two years. it's gained no traction. >> i like dale schultz but he's not in the main stream of the republican party on the vote. >> reporter: there have been families among the crowds, a living history lesson in real time for mark stuntbeck's two children. >> it's important for young people to learn that he shouthed okay, mathematicians, loosen have the power to speak. up. we're just one week away from >> reporter: in this state the republicans have the numbers. >> for us to do the same thing national math day. and push the problem to the we're in our studio with a future is unacceptable. little friendly competition. >> reporter: so what happens as >> matt is not only looking the senate goes back to work? they really can't touch the forward to national math day, he budget repair bill as long as is also in the guinness book of the senate democrats are awol which they are today. world records as the world's in madison the schools were re-opened because the teachers fastest human calculator. and they're going to be our were told to go back to bourque competition for later, so be careful, you three. aft -- work after the sickout they okay? >> thanks for having me back. spent here. >> you have a great reputation meredith? >> mike taibbi, thank you very because you really are a human much. >> a wisconsin standoff. now over to the news desk where calculator. >> you helped me set a guinness ann curry has a check on the world record last year on world other stories. >> good morning, everybody. we begin with the rage and math day. my world record is adding the revolution in the middle east where the embattled king of bahrain has ordered the release number 2 faster than a machine. of some political prisoners to so pick a two-digit number in appease demonstrators who have been holding their ground for a there, and once you put it in, week. opposition leaders call it a positive gesture. hit the plus sign. for the first time since the and hit the same two-digit number again. 1979 islamic revolution, iran keep hitting equals. sent warships into the suez so you have a number on the canal which is called ex-ploy tif of the unrest in the region. screen? oil prices are sent skyrocketing to a new two-year a two-digit number. high. say it out loud. libya exports light sweet crude, >> 65. crucial to u.s. diesel supplies. >> something else. >> 64. >> 64 plus 64 equals 128. trish reagan has more on this. the next one, 192. good morning. >> good morning. this is the last thing american families need. 256, 320, 384, 512, 6 -- they have been dealing with higher costs for energy and certainly for food. this will put renewed pressure on what we all pay at the pumps which right now stands around 3:14 a gallon on average. >> wrong. >> that's my world record. you can expect that to increase. i want to share a statistic with and now i want kids to get excited about math. you. for every $10 per barrel we hold this event every year, increase in the price of oil it shaves a few tenths of a so we have to get them excited. percentage point off of gdp, the >> we're going to play a game. economic output of the country. we have pencils. we need every few tenths of a >> no pressure. percentage point we can get. >> do you have a calculator? >> trish, thank you so much. >> use whatever technology you new information emerging that the american held on murder want. charges in pakistan is a cia >> you're the fastest on the contractor. the u.s. has been pushing for computer in america, so good the release of raymond davis on luck. grounds that he has diplomatic an easy one. 25 plus 12. immunity. and star basketball player i think kathie lee got it. carmelo anthony will be coming to play for the knicks as part of a sweeping nine-player 1-nothing. >> we're out of time. we're out of time. exchange. also perhaps the best birthday present possible for >> 8 plus 79. mark kelly. a happy birthday tweet from his >> it's 87. wife, wounded congresswoman >> very good, calvin. gabrielle giffords. she posted a picture of the cake 1-1. 45 minus 7. featuring the astronaut birthday >> 38. boy. >> kathie lee is 2-1. it's now 7:18. back to meredith, willie and al. that's sweet. easy question. >> happy birthday to him and his what is 7 times 5. twin brother. >> 35. >> good morning, mr. roker. >> very good. here we go. >> good morning. pittsburgh picked up eight 84 divided by 4. inches of snow. >> 21. that's about the worst of it. >> wow! come on, guys! some areas >> how much time do we have left? not much. >> 7 plus 29 plus 16. >> i can't see it. >> 3-3. it's a tie breaker. no pressure. 18 plus 6 plus 20 plus 13 good morning. i'm meteorologist tom kierein. here are some of the snow totals from the overnight snowstorm. generally an inch or less in washington and across most of virginia. equals. maryland, generally an inch to the students win! yes! three inches closer to all right. washington. up near the pennsylvania border, >> you know why? because 57 is my age. four to six inches. right now it's cold, 20s through most of the region with road temperatures below freezing as well. so, where it's wet is due to the >> thank you very much, guys. salt on the roads. later today, we'll get above >> now that the work is over, freezing this afternoon. then tomorrow morning, cold, in we're going to the kitchen. the upper you guys want to stay with us? and that's your latest weather. willie? >> al, thank you. the countdown to troil wedding has hit 66 days. ♪ now there is a new way for you to get the kate middleton experience. keith miller is at buckingham palace to explain. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,le will willie. along with everybody else, kate middleton is counting down the days before she joins the royal family, but some are looking to her past to determine her future as a princess. but it's a long way from here at buckingham palace to her homele village of buckleberry. >> my name is ms. griffiths. >> reporter: she's been a guide for 30 years but this is her first attempt at explaining how a country girl turns into a princess. bucklebury is described as a quiet burg by the locals. there is just one lane winding around the countryside. >> this is st. andrews prep school where kate middleton spent most of her education. >> reporter: the tour is not allowed to stop despite the $16 ticket to see the secrets behind becoming a princess. kate middleton's home is somewhere on this lane. >> on our left e -- this one. no. oh, yes -- uh, no. it's got a hedge down the middle. >> reporter: there is a stop at the church where kate middleton was kristen chri christened. her parents, self-made millionaires sent their children to the best school money could buy. locals remember kate as a bright child, competitive and now very lucky. this is the land of open glory. so far the americans and japanese are the nationalities showing the most interest in taking the kate middleton tour, but the english treasure their privacy, so the bus company conducts most of the tour at 30 miles per hour. >> a little further along. it's this next club just beyond this cottage. there, you can just see it through the trees. >> reporter: the middleton family home. no clue here about how the future princess will keep house but she's from a modern british middle class family. her parents made millions operating a mail order company run from a converted barn somewhere beyond the trees. no one, not even the guide, will sayle exactly where. >> so this is a tease tour? >> it could be. >> reporter: the union of royalty and commoner would have been unthinkable not that long ago, but the british monarchy has changed. and so will bucklebury, one sleepy lane after another. the village is coming out of its shell. in fact, several locals say they have received invitation to the wedding and we are told the entire village will turn out on wedding day to celebrate -- where else, but at the old boot? willie? >> keith miller, thanks. still working out the kinks on the tour. now we're here with the just ahead, a "today" exclusive. princess diana's wedding dress biscotti family. right here in studio 1a and the anthony, elena. story behind getting it here. but first, this is "today" on nbc. hello, scottos. >> today we're doing shrimp. it means when a young bride comes home, the first meal she cooks at home is for her mother-in-law. it means the top, and she knows the mother-in-law can be angry. we're doing the beans. these are canelloni beans. precooked and boiled. we're putting in some olive oil, some salt, mix them up to become a puree, and that begins john's part. >> john, what are you doing? >> i have some white shrimp. i'm going to season it with some salt, some pepper -- >> what's three plus two? >> put in chili peppers, our secret. throw in some garlic, the shrimp. it cooks very quickly. two minutes. the flesh turns opaque, the tail turns orange. >> come on down here. >> spicy. oh! >> so now you've married, right? you're bringing your wife home to the house. you have to cook for your mother-in-law now. she's sitting inside and you start to cook the sauce, you say, mom, let's do some of this for you. and she's watching, okay? you say, do you like olives, mom? no. okay. do you like chili peppers? no, a little spicy chili pepper. do you like capers? put in some capers. you're going to love it, mom. just ahead, the girl held >> we have to try it. can we try it? captive by a man who killed her mother, brother and a friend speaks out for the first time. >> sure. >> after your local news. [ male announcer ] your two favorite flavors together. new mccafé caramel mocha. >> come on back. ♪ we don't get any lunch today. elena, what are we making? >> we're making spicy hot cocoa. was just voted product of the year? in a national consumer survey on production innovation we start with heavy cream, some thousands of americans voted. aquafresh iso-active was the clear winner! milk, we put in a little chili we guarantee it will be your favorite, too, or your money back. paste. >> what? try aquafresh iso-active. amazing. >> vanilla bean. i'm telling you, it makes it hot, nice and spicy. we scald it, we mix it well, then we turn it off and add our bittersweet chocolate. and you want to really let this soak in together. >> smells great. >> it will look like this in the finished product, and then when you add a little nutello, which is a walnut liquor. good morning. if you're leaving, getting ready to leave for work, be extra careful out there. this is for you and your this is a live look at some of mother-in-law before you kill the roads in maryland. snow did fall overnight, and each other. it's still lingering on many of >> thank you so much. the area roadways. good morning, i'm joe krebs at one of the real housewives is going to stop by. 7:26. we have seen a number of which one? accidents already this morning. we don't know. let's get right to jerry edwards for the latest. jerry? >> joe, good morning. and the dan"dancing with th up to clarksburg, authorities have just pulled a car out of stars" workout that will have the ditch. went off the roadway earlier you shaking those hips. it's all tomorrow. during the rush hour, 270 northbound at 121. be careful if you're heading on >> that's delicious. out. you don't want to be that guy. elsewhere on the beltway, inner >> thank you. loop at river road, an accident. last report, only one travel lane getting by coming up from the american legion bridge. the earlier beltway crash has been cleared at the outer loop, but use caution if you're ♪ [ male announcer ] america's beverage companies are working together to put more information right up front. adding new calorie labels to every single can, bottle and pack they produce. so you can make the choice that's right for you. ♪ good morning. snow amounts from the overnight snowstorm left generally an inch or less washington and across virginia, but more to the north. and right now, temperatures are still below freezing. we're in the 20s throughout most of the region and it will get above freezing this afternoon with a few clouds in and out. sunny and cold tomorrow. joe? >> thanks, tom. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," spring training's in full gear. lindsay czarniak sits down with the 7:30 on this tuesday morning, the 22nd of february 2011. we have a special item with us exclusively. that is the actual dress, train and all, worn by princess diana on her wedding day in 1981. it's handled with extreme care and even arrived with its own security. in fact, only three people in the entire world are allowed to touch it. i am not one of them. we'll get up close and take a look at the gown and show you the incredible journey it made to the studio just ahead. i'm meredith vieira alongside willie geist who is in for matt. that's something to see. >> it's incredible. we have been reminded again and again we are not among the chosen three who can touch the dress so keep a safe distance. >> there is an interesting story about the tiara. also ahead, mackenzie phillips claimed she had a sexual relationship with her father and that received the most attention. she hoped it would make the family stronger but it's done the opposite. does she have regrets? 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>> natalie, thank you. sarah maynard is with us along with her dad larry. good morning. >> good morning. >> sarah, i think you are an incredibly brave young lady given everything you have gone through. i want the audience to know that this is something you wanted to do. you wanted to come forward and speak out. i know you are working with a grief counselor at home, but your family supports the decision to be here. tell us why you wanted to be here this morning and what you want to say. >> to let people know how i could survive what he did to me. i just listened to everything he told me to do. >> and got through it. your kidnapper held you for four days. it had to be scary for you. how did you stay strong through all of that? >> just hoping someone would find me so i won't have to live with him again -- or stay there with him. >> he said during his confession -- he admitted that he bound your hands and feet. he also said that he made hamburgers for you. how did he act? was he trying to befriend you, constantly threatening you? >> no. i think he was just saying that in the letter to make people think he felt good about himself for them to think he fed me and stuff, and he didn't. he didn't let me shower or any of that stuff. >> did he just keep you in the basement essentially? >> yeah. >> larry, during this period, the first four days you didn't know where your children were, where their mother was. that had to be a nightmare. >> it was. you know, it's still a nightmare every day knowing that part of the family is not with us. >> he said during the confession that this was a burglary gone bad, he didn't intend to kill anybody. do you believe that? >> no, i don't. a thief steals and a murderer kills. you know, if he was there to burglarize the home, why did he stake it out the way he did? why did he purchase a knife online a week prior to make an entrance into this home? >> you know, we have seen pictures of his home. they have been released and they are disturbing images of doodles on the walls and bags and bags of leaves. even the bed you were on was supposedly made of leaves. >> yeah. >> did he say why the house was filled with leaves? >> he told me someone helped him bag the leaves so that's why he just wanted -- he said he wanted to make my bed comfy, so he put leave there is so i could sleep on it. >> the sheriff said sarah is the epitome of bravery. >> she's an inspiration to me. as the father i'm supposed to be the teacher of my children. she's taught me far more than i could teach her about life. >> during the sentencing you wanted to confront hoffman. you had a statement written that was read out loud not by you but by others. why was it important for you to face him? >> i wanted to tell him that i wasn't scared of him. i just wanted to live my life. >> what keeps you strong? >> just -- >> and so positive? >> just making my life go on and not thinking about what's happened in the past. >> i know you started a nonprofit organization in honor of tina, sarah's mom and your son cody. >> it's called the healing hearts foundation. it's a nonprofit developed to help victims of violent crimes such as sarah. so we think it's going to be a good organization to try to help other families that may go through the same ordeal that sarah and the rest of the family has gone through. >> we have learned a lot about your mom and brother, that your mom was a hardworking lady and put you and cody above everybody else and cody was the star pitcher on his little league team. >> yeah. >> what do you want people to know about your mom and brother? >> well, mom took really good care of us. made sure we had food and cody -- he was just a really good brother, even though we fought a lot. >> like brothers and sisters do. i know they would be proud of you. you're an incredible young lady. congratulations again on the honor roll. that's fantastic. our thoughts and prayers are with your family and the family of stephanie sprang. le al? good morning. the overnight snowstorm left less than an inch of snow and sleet in washington, across most of virginia, but there are some higher amounts just to our north. as much as six inches fell near the pennsylvania border. it's below freezing throughout the entire region now, teens and 20s. 27 at reagan national. we'll stay in the 20s until noontime, then mid-30s in the afternoon, sunshine in and out. into the teens by dawn tomorrow, sunny on wednesday, upper 30s. warmer thursday. could get rai and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> up next, a "today" exclusive. princess diana's wedding dress right here in studio 1a. wait until you see what it took just to get it here. that's right after this. i'm sam chernin, owner of sammy's fish box. i opened the first sammy's back in 1966. my employees are like family, and i want people that work for me to feel that they're sharing in my success. we purchase as much as we can on the american express open gold card so we can accumulate as many points as possible. i pass on these points to my employees to go on trips with their families. when my employees are happy, my customers are happy. how can the gold card help serve your business? 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>> we hired two security guards working in 12-hour shifts because journalists at the time were ringing up, pretending to be clients. >> reporter: behind the scenes they held secret fittings for diana and organized two dress rehearsals inside the cathedral. >> diana would arrive in a sweatshirt and pair of jeans and i would just tie a bit of cotton 25-feet behind her. practice walking now, darling. >> reporter: in 1981, the world was watching. each summer the dress is displayed in england. throughout the rest of the year the dress logs almost as many miles as diana did herself. its most recent stop was in grand rapids, michigan. >> makes me think of as a young girl dressing up as a princess. >> reporter: the dress is packed like a precious heirloom which takes half a day to complete spi. >> it's our responsibility to take care of the dress. >> reporter: it remains on the mannequin at all times and travels with security. late monday it was loaded onto a truck and driven through the night, more than 600 miles from michigan to manhattan. then early this morning, carefully unpacked to be unveiled right here at studio 1a. that story of how the emmanuels kept the dress secret is fascinating. among other details they referred to diana by a code name, debra, so no one would have a clue who they were talking about. willie and meredith, the dress is here only for a day. its next stop is kansas city's union station beginning march 4. >> peter alexander, thank you. nick grossman is a handler for the es tape. good morning. great to have you with us. >> good morning. >> meredith in the black gloves to avoid an incident. tell us about the details of the dress. >> well, the dress itself is made of silk taffeta which was produced in suffolk. the lace panel was given to the royal institute of needlework by queen mary and was dyed a lighter shade of the dress. the rest of the lace was hand made but came from nottingham. that's the main structure of it. the underskirt is nearly 100 yards of tulle. >> there is an expression, something old, something new, something borrowed and blue. the old is the lace. the dress is new. the borrowed -- >> the tiara. it's the spencer tiara. that originated from the 1730s but it was remodeled in the 20th century. at the time they had tiaras remodeled. it was when they went to the court circles. >> it gave her a headache? >> it was heavy. in carrying the actual train which is attached -- well, the veil is attached to the tiara, but the dress itself is light. you can lift it. it's maybe two pounds, something like that. very, very light. >> i have heard people say as they look at the dress, yes, iconic, the cutting edge of fashion at the time but perhaps dated with the puffy sleeves? >> very much so now but it was all about a period of time. what the emmanuels tried to do was create a fairytale princess. obviously because princess diana and prince charles got married in st. paul's cathedral it is such a large cathedral. to have the impact of the train which is the longest royal train ever, 25 feet. >> she actually had to practice walking in the train. >> yes. >> how long did it take her to get down the aisle? >> a good five minutes. >> easily. >> it was such a large cathedral. the world was looking at her. it is the most famous wedding dress in the world. >> where is the blue? >> the blue was a little horseshoe sewn inside with blue ribbon. when we were showing the dress when we started all of this, that was long gone. >> and the big shocker, this dress and the bridesmaids dresses together cost only $1700 which is a deal. >> it was 1050 pounds. >> now? 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so, try honey roasted, honey bunches of oats! back now at 8:19 with today's update. a surprise for a young woman paralyzed in a tragic accident. rachel friedman was celebrating her upcoming marriage to chris chapman when the party took an unexpected turn and changed their lives forever. >> as soon as i hit the water i felt my body just stiffen up. i went numb and i heard a crack in my neck. >> reporter: that was the moment that changed rachel's life. the 24-year-old was celebrating her upcoming wedding to fiance chris chapman when a friend pushed her into the pool. an innocent gesture that left her paralyzed. >> i lost a lot. but a lot of people came together. chris and i are closer than ever. >> reporter: when we met rachel her positive nature stayed with us. >> it was a freak accident. it could have happened to anyone. >> it proves what i have known about her. she's always been positive, had a lot of energy since the moment i met her. >> reporter: since the accident rachel's mom and brother moved into the home to help out. >> privacy is a big issue. i'm downstairs and surrounded by more medical supplies than decorations. i would love to get back to our bedroom and make it our place together. right now, we're kind of behind curtains and that's it. >> love you. >> reporter: some days are better than others. >> there are days where i will be in a good mood, fine and i will go to pick up a drink and drop it. it's just very frustrating. you look around and you see your old snowboard and it's really, really hard. you're in your home and you live totally different in it. i don't know if it's something you ever get used to. i have a two-story house. i can't get upstairs. that's where our bedroom was. that's where we were together. that's where we had our private time. >> reporter: when rachel goes upstairs, chris carries her. >> people wonder why i haven't moved but so much has been invested in the house. i don't want to leave. i want to be able to get around the new home we have made together. independence is everything. everyone has it but they take it for granted. i lost that in one day. i'd love to have it back. >> reporter: we knew just the guy to help her gain back some of her independence. >> hello, rachel? i'm george oliphant, here to rescue your home. >> hi. >> this is so cool. >> we're here to make this house accessible for you, make it cool, comfortable, everything you have always wanted in your home. >> you're not punking us, are you? >> that's not my show. i don't punk people! we're going to transform this place. >> i'm going to wake up now. i'm like, who's at the door? this is so cool, baby. i love you. >> i love you, too. >> reporter: that was 12 days ago. since then george and his team have been busy transforming rachel and chris's home. >> this house is getting the remodelle it needed and i can't wait to see their reaction. >> now it's time for the big reveal. rachel and chris about to see the renovations for the first time. george oliphant joined forces with us for the renovations and is there as well. good morning, everybody. >> good morning! >> we won't make you wait much longer, rachel. you have been out of the house for 12 days. how are you feeling? how's the therapy going? >> oh, the therapy's good. for now i have stopped so i can just kind of go and work out. they have an accessible gym where i have therapy. i'll work on getting stronger so i can learn more new things. >> george, we know you have done a lot of work over the last 12 days. take it away. >> all right, guys. i have never met better people than in this community. i'm proud to be a member of the remodelers council here. over 200 people came through that door to help make this the best bedroom in the entire world. are you ready to see it? >> yeah! oh, my gosh! >> that's completely different. >> you can see only the furniture remains. we have a lift to get you in and out of bed. we have a touch screen remote over there. not just audio video. light, heat, fan, cool, whatever you need. hardwood floors of course. but this is not just a bedroom. it's a suite. so why don't you come on in here and check out the ultimate his and hers -- >> oh, my gosh. >> this is for rachel, right here. i have never worked closer with a plumber than i worked with gary. this is all custom treatment. that's your control. it's never been done before. he did everything. >> wow! >> that's not it. no, no. are you ready? this is the cherry on top. what do you think? >> oh, my gosh. >> we have a brazilian walnut seat for you and a shower for you, and also for you, chris. as you can see, barrier free. what do you think of that? don't worry about water on the floor. i waterproofed the whole thing. the tile guy made sure everything is dry. this is a labor of love. we're not done. rea ready? come on. it wouldn't be a suite if we didn't have a dressing room. >> a dressing room? >> come right on in. before this was a wall. now it's your dressing room. >> wow! >> oh, my gosh. >> it's all about independence for you. we have your stuff here, laundry here. chris, your stuff is there. >> oh, my gosh. you guys have no idea. >> this is amazing. >> we didn't want it to be institutional. we wanted it to be a home but we wanted you to have independence. that was the last time anyone's going to carry you upstairs. nope, wrong way. right over here, guys. you now have your very own elevator. >> oh, my gosh! >> oh! >> this is amazing. >> oh, my gosh. i can't say thank you enough. thank you so much. thank you, thank you. >> back to you, willie. >> thank you. >> george, great job on the renovation. rachel and chris, you have inspired so many people since they first met you last year. we hope this makes life easier for you. 8:26 is your time now. if you are getting ready to leave for work, be extra careful. this is a live look at the roads in maryland. snow fell overnight and it's still lingering on many roadways. it is now 28 degrees. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. it's tuesday, february 22nd, 2011. every major school district in the area is delayed or canceled. we have those listed at the bottom of your screen. let's go to jerry edwards first with a traffic update. good morning to you. >> eun, good morning. we are looking at some substantial delays for this time of the morning. interstate 66, manassas to centreville. most of the way on in, stop-and-go and several long stretches. i couldn't find anything in the roadway. 270 southbound, okay. northbound an accident up at 109. again, still dealing with some weather-related issues. and one more stop, eastbound i-70 at route 32, howard county. still closed because of a serious ten-car pileup. eun? >> jerry, thanks so. we'll take a quick break and be back with your good morning. here's your four-day forecast. we'll have sunshine in and out today, highs briefly touching low to mid-30s by mid-afternoon. teens tomorrow morning, upper 30s 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, the 22nd of february, 2011. we are back outside on a chilly morning in manhattan just 18 degrees. feels a lot colder. we had a little incident earlier in the 8:00 half hour. security has assured us everything is okay out here and we are glad to be out here with you fine folks. >> nothing that willie doesn't dpeel with every morning. >> we can't stress what a great job security did. >> we're awake now. >> and the nypd as well. just ahead, women and body image. a new survey finds on average women have at least 13 "i hate my body" moments each day. many women have more than that. why have women become their harshest critics and how can you improve your self-image? >> and help for families struggling with the cost of college. coming up, the new list of the best value colleges in the country. >> it was perhaps a related topic. we'll have advice if you are approaching 50, worried about whether or not you have saved enough for retirement. we'll try to allay your fears and give you suggestions with our expert jean chatzky. >> are you always late for lunch or appointments? >> yes. >> or maybe you never find your kid's soccer uniform when it's time for practice? >> yes. >> i don't mean to look at you. >> what's your point? >> we have simple ways to get your social life organized. >> excellent. but first the weather. >> let's organize the weather in one neat little package for you. we have wet wea good morning. we have some updated snow totals from the overnight storm. quite a bit of snow fell right along the pennsylvania border, five, six, seven inches fell up that way. but closer to washington, northern suburbs have generally had one to three inches, and in washington, across the rest of virginia, less than an inch. it's cold, temperatures still in the 20s and teens throughout the entire region. and we'll get above freezing, though, for a brief time this afternoon, some clouds in and out. then clearing out tonight, teens tomorrow morning, upper 30s tomorrow afternoon. may get rain thursday night into friday. and don't forget you can get your weather any time day or night on the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. willie? >> thanks, al. coming up next, why women can be their own worst enemies when it comes to body image. first this is "today" on nbc. ♪ [ male announcer ] new inventory. ♪ new equipment. new trucks. new hires. ♪ new space. ♪ new markets. achievement seizes new opportunity. ♪ go to pnc.com/cfo to see how we can help your cashflow situation. pnc. for the achiever in us all. we are back at 8:35. this morning on "today's woman," body image. 97% of women surveyed by glamour magazine admit having at least one "i hate my body" moment a day. on average they have 13 such thoughts daily. how can you quiet the thoughts? ann carney cook is a psychologist who contributed to the article in the magazine. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> i found it shocking and disturbing. when you think on average 13 "i hate my body" moments a day. and some are much more than that. >> exactly. some woman said they had 25, 50, even a hundred thoughts. but 13 is almost one for every waking hour. that's rough. the thing that struck me when i started looking at the comments themselves is that they are brutal. this isn't just your garden variety "does my butt look fat in this." it's really putting yourself down. you terrible fat person. no man will want to be with you. look at the flab. you will never get what you want in life. what you really think is if a man talked this way to a woman it would be considered relationship abuse. but it's somehow acceptable for us to talk this way, with this kind of venom to ourselves. >> you found thin and average weight women are as likely to do it as women who are over weight. >> sometimes what happens is our body is a screen and we project negative feelings about ourselves. say i'm in a meeting at work and i don't feel i'm being taken seriously. all of the sudden i say, oh, my gosh, i have to lose weight. so you then say, i will go to the gym and blah, blah. what happens with that is you go to the gym, work on your body, but you are not working with the real issue which is my ideas aren't being taken seriously at work. so sometimes we project onto our body negative feelings we have about ourself, our work, our relationship. >> we have been so free to point the finger at the fashion industry or media or whatever. but it's not always that that's making us feel bad about ourselves. as you said, being unhappy in your work can do it as well. >> it's also acceptable for women to bond this way. this is what women talk about the way men talk about sports. it can be harmful and is a constant mean girl monologue of i'm so fat, no, you're not, i am. >> have we trained ourselves to think this way? >> whatever you focus on shapes your brain. when you're always focusing on the negative about yourself, you feel bad about yourself. there is the saying neurons that fire together wire together. meaning if you keep thinking these thoughts over and over, you end up creating strong neural pathways in your brain and it becomes easy to talk negative about yourself. >> do you see it developing early on? >> yes. studies are showing that girls as young as between the ages of 3 and 6 are thinking negatively about their bodies which is new. it's another reason that adult women are thinking this way. if you have a child you don't want to talk that way around your daughter. >> you have ways to improve self-image. first, ask yourself, is this about my body, something you referred to, doctor. >> right. what i have patients do is write down when they have a negative thought what situation are they in. >> at the moment. >> and is it distracting you from something. if you are not feeling good about your relationship, you're walking down the street coming home and you're going to see your spouse and you say, oh, my god, my thighs are huge. you have had the same thighs all day long. the fact that you are focused on that may be that you are going to see your spouse. >> the next step is to exercise. there is a direct link between -- >> absolutely. in our study women who exercised were much less likely to have the mean girl loop in their head. it's not because they exercised and thus were at healthier weights and looked traditionally better. it's the endorphins make you feel better, give you a sense of power over your life. >> another suggestion which to me seems too obvious. but you say stop when you start to criticize yourself. >> when you have negative thoughts think of a stop sign, say stop, and refocus. again, neurons that fire together wire together. if you keep these thoughts going you strengthen and shape your brain in a way that it's easy to think negative about your body and self. >> also, reminding women that obsessing about your body won't change it. >> a lot of women in the study said they didn't realize they were thinking these insulting things until they kept a diary. in fact, they would have thought it was a way to improve themselves. in other words, if i tell myself i'm not perfect i will eat better, go to the gym. absolutely not. the women at healthy weights were just as likely to berate themselves as women at higher weights and research shows there is no correlation between how you talk to yourself and how you look. you can't obsess all day. >> and you suggest to play up your strengths. >> absolutely. we all have signature strengths. you may have great legs, beautiful hair, fabulousle smile. it's, again, important to take care of the strengths. if you have great legs make sure you walk and strength train, show them off. get out and be proud and strut your stuff. >> and think about other thingsthings. we can get on with the rest of our life. >> it's important to keep a diary about this. >> it's eye-opening. >> thank you so much. up next, the best value colleges in the country. first, this is "today" on nbc. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our military, veterans and their families. from investments... to life insurance... to health care options. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. this morning on "education nation today" princeton review best value colleges for 2011. the cost of college is rising at nearly three time it is rate of inflation putting a big financial strain on families. how can you get the most educational bang for your buck? senior vice president of princeton review, the author of "how to pay for college without going broke" joins us. rob, good to see you. >> thank you. >> as the father of two young kids you get out the pencil and paper. going to college in 15 years looks prohibitive for people. >> it's scary. this is the third year we put this together. princeton review and usa today created a list of 50 public and 50 private colleges that do the near impossible. not make you mortgage the future to pay for education. >> some of the names will surprise people. you found ways to make deals. let's start with public schools. number one is -- >> it's a usual suspect, university of virginia. it's the third consecutive year on the list. we start to look at the sticker price $20,000 on average per year for in and out of state students but the average grant of about $10,000. it's a wonderful school. >> those grants are game changers. they cut in big time to the cost of tuition. >> and they are free money. you don't have to pay it back after you graduate. >> as opposed to a loan. number two, new college of florida. >> it's part of a state university of florida system but it's the honors college run almost as a private school. 801 students, amazingle school. lots of interaction with professors. $16,000 average grant of about $10,000 as well. >> honors college is probably why i didn't know about it. also in florida -- >> university of florida. one of the five largest universities in the state. a wonderful faculty and facilities on campus. great resources specifically around career services. we do a book called the 373 best colleges. a great value academically and financially. >> and the sports aren't bad either. >> go, gators. >> private schools, swartzmore. >> this is the third year consecutive number one spot. when we think about sticker price, $52,000 average sticker price, but the average grant aid is $34,700. we found at the princeton review was that folks were crossing expensive schools off the list early on but that would be a tragic mistake. >> numbers two and three on the private school list, we think of the great academic reputation but also as expensive -- duke and princeton. >> this is the first year duke is on the list. competitive. 18,000 students applied in 2010. only 7,000 were admitted. we know that for every five applicants only one is admitted. it's a fabulous school with a great deal of aid. princeton, the same way. it's one of the flagship schools in giving out aid packages that didn't include loans. we think about the $49,000 sticker price but the average grant is $36,000. >> they are changing the game. let's talk about notables. binghamt binghamton. >> it's one of the largest state systems. 430,000 students at 64 different campuses. there is another two on our list. 11,000 students. they can compete with anybody and they can compete for jobs after they graduate. >> another one is wesleyan. >> in middletown, connecticut. a small school with 1800 students. $55,000, but the average grant aid is $27,500. >> one down in the s.e.c., another like florida. a great place to go to school. university of georgia. also a good value. >> amazing school. actually it's been a usual suspect on our list. it was our number one party school. >> so i've heard. >> but a great school academically and socially. that's stuff students want to know about. >> there are a lot of good reasons to go to school there. >> true enough. >> hunter cleollege in new york >> amazing school. affordable excellence is the way i remember hunter. excellent students, classroom and great facilities for students. amazing school. >> it's a great list and gives hope to parents like me so we can do it with some help. rob, thank you so much. still ahead, jill martin's steals and deals. discounts for women on everything from jewelry to fitness gear. first this is "today" on nbc. back now with an incredible story in the wake of last year's earthquake in haiti involving a courageous little girl and a motherer's will. jenna wolfe has details. >> it's a miracle that the 7-year-old is alive today. she's already survived more in her young life than most. she's done it literally with only half a heart. this is a story of the heart surgeons gave to repair that of a little 7-year-old girl. her story begins over 3,000 miles away in a tiny village north of port-au-prince, haiti. in 2004, nine-month-old winderland was brought to a clinic by her mother. she was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect. >> she was born with a hole in the wall between the lower chambers of her heart. it was very easy to tell she needed cardiac surgery. >> reporter: if left untreated a hole in the heart, what would that result in? >> her life expectancy would have been decades shorter. >> reporter: so working against time in a country already rife withal child devastating poverty an effort began to fix a broken heart. searching if or hospital in the united states to accept her dr. john carol and his wife maria reached out to sutter chimpbldrs center in california. they accepted the little girl but then the worst. >> the breaking news story, a major earthquake has hit haiti to the south and east of the u.s. >> a powerful earthquake struck before 2:00 p.m. local time. reports of people dead and injured trapped under the rubble. >> reporter: little winderland felt lost in the worst natural disaster to hit this country. who would care about one sick little girl amidst the chaos? one special doctor who made it his life mission to treat her. his organization based a world away from that island here in peoria, illinois. john and maria never gave up hope in finding and helping winderland. through their organization haitian hearts they received word that she was alive and living in a mud hut with her six siblings and her mother magdalene. how much credit do you give her to her strength and love of the child to put everything in your hands and say please help my child? >> we give magdalene all the credit in the world. she kept her alive six years while we were searching for medical centers. she kept her alive through the earthquake, the cholera outbreak. >> reporter: through her mother's will, dr. carol's determination and 14 months of legal wrangling for a new visa, winderland was on her way to sacramento for open heart surgery. >> here is a child with so much heart who ended up having ale hole in her heart. part of it missing. >> thisle little girl has such spirit. we had confidence that she would do well here because of the spirit. >> reporter: it's just four days after the successful surgery. windererland is at her host family's home, already singing with a smile. for the carols and haitian hearts, their job is hardly done. >> when you go to haiti you leave part of your heart there. the only way to get it back is to keep going back to haiti. >> reporter: i asked the doctor how winderland survived all those years and the doctor said her mother with no money for medicine held this little girl to her chest day in, day out for six years to keep her alive thinking if she put her healthy heart against her child's sick heart she could keep her healthy. it somehow worked. that's why dr. carol is on this tireless search for hospitals willing to perform surgeries for children in need. there are so many children who don't have the health, time and stamina to wait for medical help in the united states. >> how do the hospitals reach the doctor? do we connect them via our website? >> there are different organizations like dr. carol's in illinois that are in haiti working at little makeshift hospitals looking for people. hospitals try to get in touch with them. >> power of a mother's love. >> thank you, jenna. >> we brought you an update on rachel friedman. the team surprised her and her fiance with a home makeover. >> we want to thank the council of home builders association of raleigh wake county who brought more than 70 companies and 200 people together for that renovation. >>le control four put in the home system. and a special thanks to the hva members who are certified aging in place specialists to oversee the renovation. >> we'll be right back with more and your local news. 8:55 is your time now, 31 degrees. we're taking a live look at the roads in maryland. while it wasn't a lot of snow, it's still on the roads and still causing major problems this morning. good morning. i'm eun yang. it is tuesday, february 22nd, 2011. every major school district in the area is delayed or canceled today. we have those posted on the bottom of your screen. let's go to jerry edwards now for an update on traffic. jerry, good morning. >> eun, good morning. good morning, everyone. new accident just occurred minutes ago, 395 northbound, just north of duke street, tying up the left lane, squeezing it. that's enough to back up traffic to the capital beltway. let's head over and update you with information along i-70 eastbound route 32. a ten-car pileup. good news is everything just reopened, but there are delays eastbound. one more stop, good news at the american legion bridge. both directions right now are looking pretty good. eun? >> jerry, thanks so much. we'll be right back with tom and the forecast. so what's the language here in aruba ? papiamento. papiamento. yeah. so how would i say, uh, one happy island ? un isla feliz. un isla feliz. yeah... what about work related stress ? pssssh... there must be a word for it. i don't know that one. good morning. some sunshine breaking out. it's still below freezing. we're in the 20s throughout the region. 28 now at reagan national. later this afternoon we should warm into the mid-30s and then overnight tonight cold, down into the teens. by dawn tomorrow, mostly sunny wednesday, highs upper 30s. increasing clouds thursday. could get rain thursday night into friday, but the weekend looks dry. milder on sunday. could get rain on monday. eun? >> tom, thanks so much. we'll have the latest news, weather and traffic updates in just 25 minutes, but for now, back to the "today" show and new york. we'll see you in 25 minutes. back now with more of "today" on this tuesday morning, the 22nd day of february 2011. it's brisk in new york city. we might get above freezing later today. a great crowd out there. always happy to see that. i'm willie geist along with natalie morales and al roker. matt has the day off today. coming up, the latest on the earthquake in new zealand in christchurch that's claimed the lives of at least 65 people and left 100 others trapped under piles of rubble. landmark buildings were toppled including the spire of the cathedral. >> just terrible. >> we'll hear from someone who's been inside the earthquake coming up later. >> on a different note it appears that more baby boomers are more worried about outliving their retirement funds than they are about dying. so we brought in "today" financial expert jean chatzky to allay the fears with five tips to protect the nest egg. >> moving on to lighter things from jewelry to jeans to fitness gear it's all about pampering the ladies on jills steals and deals. jill martin is back with deep discounts for "today" viewers. we'll take you on a tour of bucklebury on a different subject. where is that, you may ask? it's the village that kate middleton calls home where she grew up from the church where she was baptized to the pub she frequents with prince william. the people can't get enough of the royal couple. we'll hop on the bus tour and see what the fuss is about. >> good pie, too. >> buckleberry pie. >> the kate middleton experience. we'll go along for the ride. now to ann with more of today's headlines. >> thanks, willie. good morning. in the news at least two major aftershocks have rocked christchurch new zealand in the wake of a 6.3 quake today. the devastation is widespread with multi story buildings collapsed. at least 65 people have been killed and hundreds are reportedly still trapped in the rubble. the prime minister says today may be the darkest day in the country's history. this morning 17-year-old cameron betts described the destruction he witnessed firsthand. >> all around me there were bricks falling down everywhere. just down the road there was a huge fire happening. and shortly after, another helicopter swooped in and tried to put that out. so, yeah. it was big huge cracks in the road. power lines were down. and cars had been smashed and there was this repeated horn sound. >> rescuers report they have run out of ambulances and new zealand is accepting international aid. as they condemn the violence, a number of countries, including the united states, are scrambling to get citizens out of libya. there are reports of slain protesters littering the strike that streets of tripoli. libyan diplomats and military officers are resigning after libyan military plains were reportedly ordered to fire on protesters. at least 36 people have been killed in mali at a stampede as a crowd surged against a metal barrier while people tried to leave a stadium in the capitol. more than 60 other people were hurt, five seriously. democrats in wisconsin in the assembly say they are going to introduce legislation to bar most state workers from being in unions. thousands of protesters jammed the state house for more than a week but there's been no action on governor scat walker's proposal to strip bargaining rights from public employees because all of the democrats in the senate refused to go to the capitol for a vote. gastric bypass surgery, though more risky, is more effective at helping the extremely obese lose weight and control diabetes than lap band according to a new study in tar kooi -- the archives of weight loss study. they lose twice the weight lap band surgeries did. sergeant jason daniels used a taser to subdue a driver when another man came up behind the officer and pulled him to ground. the two men kicked and beat the officer until a good samaritan couple came up and told them to stop. officer daniels regained control of the situation but suffered a broken nose. on valentine's day a california man woke up with two hearts beating as one. 36-year-old tyson smith was suffering from heart failure but was too weak for a traditional heart transplant so surgeons left his heart in place and implanted a second donor heart next to it which they fixed together. engineering students in philadelphia are hoping they won't have egg on their faces after hosting the 17th annual egg drop competition. engineers built devices to protect an uncooked egg during a 31-foot ride into a barricade. let's watch it. oh, yeah. beautiful. it is five minutes past the hour. now back outside to willie, natalie and al. >> our education dollars at work. >> you sound cynical. wow. i'm sure you did a lot of really worthwhile things in college. yeah, right. >> we have a check of the weather. good morning. the snowfall amounts in the wake of the storm overnight range from less than an inch in virginia and the district of columbia, but from across maryland near washington, around an inch or two to all the way near seven inches near the pennsylvania border. right now below freezing throughout the region, low 20s. later today, though, getting above freezing, mid-30s mid-afternoon, sunshine in and out. tomorrow, mostly sunny, highs upper 30s. rain thursday, could get rain thursday night into friday. and that's your latest weather. ann? ♪ >> al, thank you. this morning on "today's money" getting over retirement fears. more than half of all americans aged 44 to 54 feel unprepared for retirement. here with tips, jean chatzky, author of "money 911." good morning. >> good morning. >> there is reason for people to be scared. it costs a lot to retire and many of us in the baby boomer ages are not prepared. >> we don't have enough money. the wall street journal over the weekend took a look at the 401-k balances of people aged 60 to 62. very close to retirement. found that only a quarterer have enough money to maintain their standard of living. even when you add in social security and pensions, many, many people are just not there. >> we just made people more afraid. >> let's fix the problem. >> the reality is that knowledge is power. the more you look at it, face it, the better off you will be. >> the first thing you have to do is understand how much is it going to cost you to live in retirement? the best way to do it is to hit the internet. there are many retirement calculators. i like the one at choosetosave.org. it's called the ballpark retirement estimator. you need your last statement from social security to figure out how much money you have coming to you from social security. you can get it at ssa.gov if you don't have the numbers already. go ahead. take the half hour. it's easy and once you know you can make progress. >> the next tip is easy. save more. but how? it's really getting into a mindset of saving versus spending. >> it's so psychological. the best thing you can do for yourself is automate your retirement contributions. the reason 401-ks work is because they take the money from you before you have the opportunity to spend it. either you increase your 401-k contribution, if you are not maxing out, up it by 3%. there are studies that show you will not miss it. do it next year until you are at the max. if you don't have a 401-k, you have to manufacture one or something similar that will take the money out before you have the opportunity to spend it. open an ira or a roth ira and tell your brokerage firm automatically, every time i get paid take $192 twice a month. that will get you to the maximum $5,000 contribution. get it in there and out of my hands so i won't spend it. >> it's not about depriving yourself. it's about giving yourself money later on. it's really a way to think positively about it. >> absolutely. this is a good thing. you need the money for later. if you do it this way, you're not going to feel deprived because you are never going to feel you had the money in the first place. >> and basically to cover your fixed costs in retirement. >> you get down the road. you have done what we said. you have a nice nest egg. you want to convert it into a paycheck. the way we do this is with an immediate annuity. you take a chunk of money, just enough to cover the fixed costs so the rest of the money can stay in the account and continue to grow. you turn it into a paycheck. >> from a bank? >> life insurance companies will do it. but immediate annuities are a lower fee than other types. you can often take the money in your retirement account and annuitize it from there without withdrawing money. >> you suggest something called longevity insurance. this is another one? >> it's like an immediate annuity for laterer. if you have grandparents who live to be 85, 95, 100 and you are afraid that down the road you're going to run out of money, you can take a chunk of money and say i don't want it now. just pay me if i live to be 80, 90, 100. you will have additional money coming down the road. the risk is you die before the insurance company gets to keep the money but if you live that's when health care expenditures get big and we need things like this. >> if you die earlier does the insurance keep the money? >> that's how an annuity works but in many cases it's worth the risk because we are living so much longer and the risk is you get down the road and you don't have what you need. >> finally you recommend looking into reverse mortgage. >> if you have a lot of home equity, don't discount it as a way to help fund your own retirement. we used to talk about how expensive reverse mortgages were. they have really come down in terms of the fees that it costs you to get into one. go to the website of the aarp. they have a great tu toerl that explains reverse mortgages in plain english. >> bottom line, don't be afraid. get active. >> do something. >> have a kitty for yourself. thank you so much. up next, while we are talking about saving money we'll show you exclusive discounts for "today" viewers on jill's steals & deals. later, one of the most memorable wedding gowns in history and it's in studio. we are not even allowed near it. we're talking about the dress princess diana wore to wed prince charles. we'll take a look at some of the most glamorous celebrity wedding gowns in modern times. smoky eyes look amazing, but creating them? 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>> our producer and jean chatzky knows it. >> jean looking great. swears by it. it's a combination of latin and international rhythms. you see it here. it's a fitness party in your living room. over 10 million people do classes. now you can bring toyota the living room. hd head phones, three cds, a cross over bag, signature rubber bracelets and dvds on the target zones. >> you have to have the look for the workout. >> get in the groove. >> the retail is $142.60. the deal is $39.95. that's 72% off. fans are j-lo, natalie portman and victoria beckham. people need motivation. now you can have a dance party in your living room for $39.95. >> maybe jean will come out and demo. >> come on, jean. work it. over to jewelry. popular in the steals and deals segment. we have a deal from fritti jewelry. >> these are great. all different bundles. they are silk and silver rhodium-plated chains and then japanese seed beads. these all come in different groupings, but they are so trendy and great. especially with bathing suits but they take you throughout the year. >> layering up. >> really fun. the retail is $52 to $130. the deal is 30 dollars for any of the bundles. >> wow. great. >> this is really fun and great with almost any outfit. >> okay. this is something every lady likes to have burning in her house. a candle and diffuser package. >> these are in all major stores like bloomingdale's. this is a soy candle in smoked brown glass. ten ounces. a hundred hours of burn time and a diffuser with eight ounces, nonalcohol based perfume with 12 bamboo reads. prince, j-lo use it. 76% off. this is great for your home. a great gift and they are high quality. >> the packaging is gorgeous. >> this is a great mother's day gift to have in in house. >> jill, thank you for the great deals. to show you the five products, they are jeans by james jeans, sunglasses by giant vintage, zumba fitness, jewelry and a candle and diffuser package. head to todayshow.com for the promotion codes and the websites offering the exclusive bargains. still to come this morning, six tips for organizing your social life. first, these messages. ♪ special k protein shakes -- ♪ a truly great-tasting breakfast shake. with 10 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber, it's the creamy, delicious way to satisfy... your hunger to help you lose weight. ♪ so you can kick the tin can habit. try special k protein shakes today. ♪ good morning [ male announcer ] there are sixteen fresh-picked oranges squeezed into each carton of tropicana pure premium and absolutely no space for added sugar, water or preservatives. tropicana -- we put the good in morning. and i wondered what it was. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia, thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and less pain means i can do more with the ones i love. 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>> jerry, thank you. a check on your forecast is next. good morning. i'm tom kierein. it's cold now and it will be cold later today and again tomorrow, but warming up on thursday into friday. thursday night into friday could get some rain as well. here's a look at the weekend. sunny saturday, highs in the 40s, increasing clouds sunday into the 50s. eun? >> thanks, tom. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," spring training is in full gear. lindsay czarniak has lunch with the principal owner of the nats and talks about his plans for the ♪ from the royal wedding of princess diana to prince charles almost 30 years ago to the blessed unions of the rich and famous, we are getting a look at some of the most glamorous wedding gowns of all time. some really pretty ones. coming up in this half hour we give you the story behind each one of the gowns and take a look at what the future royal bride kate middleton may be wearing for her upcoming newspapwedding prince william. not expected to have the ruffles and pouf of princess diana's gown which we have in studio. it's been fun to have it in the studio. there is a guard. >> right here. >> we're not going to watch this -- >> there we go. widen it out. >> we'll take you down if you get closer to the gown. >> only three people are allowed to touch the dress. it's spectacular to see it. it seems people can't get enough of the royal wedding. we have talked about the countdown already on. now they are even offering a bus tour of buckleberry, the village where kate middleton grew up and still calls home. we'll show you everything from the local church where she was christened to the pub where the royal couple frequents. >> i like the name of buckleberry. nice name of a town. >> we need a countdown clock for the wedding. >> 66 days, i think i heard. we have been counting down. >> do you want it minute by minute, second by second? >> john nash said we'll have one. got a little crown on it. >> why am i not surprised? and john's face on it. he wanted to try on the dress. >> whoa! ann curry throwing don under the bus. >> you started it. >> i didn't. >> he can't respond. >> do you ever feel there is not enough time in the day for yourself to spend time with friends and family or insult your senior producer? managing your leisure time is just as important as managing your work schedule. we'll share easy tips for organizing your social life so you are happier and you c spend more quality time having fun. >> or riding a unicycle like don nash does. >> we could all use more time. let's get to the weather before we hurt good morning. here we've got the sunshine breaking out in the wake of the storm from last night that left an inch or less across virginia, the district of columbia, but more fell in maryland. in fact, nearly seven inches up near the pennsylvania border. and it's still below freezing. we're in the 20s throughout most of the area and we will have it climb into the mid-30s later this afternoon. cold tonight. by dawn tomorrow, teens, upper 30s tomorrow afternoon, mostly sunny. increasing clouds thursday. may get rain thursday night into friday. right now, weekend looks dry. and a bit warmer. >> and that's your latest weath weather. >> thank you. up next, the place kate middleton still calls home. we'll give you a tour after this. do you often experience the feeling of a dry mouth? 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>> it could be. >> reporter: the union of royalty and commoner would have been unthinkable not that long ago, but the british monarchy has changed. and so will buckleberry. one sleepy lane after another. the villages are reluctantly coming out of their shell. a few of them have even received invitations to the wedding and the entire village plans to celebrate on wedding day gathering at the old boot. ann? >> keith, thanks so much. i can't wait to see you over there covering the wedding. now to "today's royal treatment." our contest where we'll send a lucky viewer and a guest, all ebs pen expenses paid to england. we have a look at one of our latest entries. >> and we'll be flying to see kate get her crown. we'll be crying if you don't get us out of township. kate and will are getting married in the morning. ding dong the bells will chime. >> to watch them as they wed in last in london, what a blast! >> creative. >> nice. >> wearing the hats already. >> the winner gets two tickets on british airways to london during the week of the wedding and more. >> create a video no more than two minutes long telling us why london is calling you and, again, remember creativity counts. for details head to todayshow.com. >> first class tickets, too. >> not bad. >> there you go. >> up next, how to organize your social life and make more time for friends, family and fun after these messages. female announcer ] with rheumatoid arthritis, it seems like your life is split in two. there's the life you live... and the life you want to live. fortunately there's enbrel. enbrel can help relieve pain, stiffness, fatigue, and stop joint damage. because enbrel suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, and other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis. ask your doctor if you live or have lived in an area where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. tell your doctor if you're prone to infections, have cuts or sores, have had hepatitis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if, while on enbrel, you experience persistent fever, bruising, bleeding, or paleness. ask your rheumatologist if enbrel is right for you. and help bridge the gap between the life you live... and the life you want to live. pancakes! ♪ from dawn 'til sunset, i'll never walk away ♪ ♪ blueberry pancakes are so good ♪ [ male announcer ] bisquick. pancake lovers unite. and more. if you replace 3 tablespoons of sugar a day with splenda® you'll save 100 calories a day. that could help you lose up to 10 pounds in a year. that's how splenda® is sweet...and more. then get to sears big presidents day event plus get a ten dollar award card when you spend fifty on apparel. friday through tuesday. at sears. and then a 3:15, with my guilt. 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then you will know why you are choosing to do certain things or not do certain things? >> you have tips. you say first of all no is not a dirty word. >> people get so guilt-stricken about saying no but you can't do it all. you just have to learn how to say no. when i work with people they set to say no but don't know what excuse to give, what to tell people. say no, not why. i'm sorry i can't help you. i know it will be an important day. i'm sorry i can't come to the party. i know it will be a beautiful day for your family. >> i find maybe is the new no. people want to give you hope. >> this is the problem. these are people who are conflict averse. they don't to feel guilty or have a confrontation. so they think they are getting out of it. really it's hostile in a different way. it leaves the person with a loose end. do they count you in or out? and everybody feels bad. that's why you are better off either saying no or yes. by the way, if you're a conflict averse person deal with that as opposed to taking it out in another way. >> also you need to limit your social commitments. >> absolutely. there are so many things we can'tle control. things that are mandatory. things under the category of not necessary are things you need to think about. if you have preschoolers invited to six birthday parties in one weekend, does he need to go to all of them? or is it a good idea to have house guests when you go on an extended vacation? >> how do you change it? >> the only way is to have insight into what's going on. if you are taking your kid to six birthday parties you're showing them they can't be present in anything. they have to go, go, go. it's not about the relationship, but just about being visible which is not the message. you need to understand what it is that's your motivation here and help your child frankly to prioritize what's meaningful. if you take your kid to birthday parties all weekend long you will need to medicate your kid. >> or yourself. >> so this is really about making your life manageable and teaching your child as well. >> you say prep go-to outfits the night before. >> not just the night before but in general. you really need to have a go oy to black dress, a great pair of jeans, your favorite sweater. you are better off having fewer things in the closet but knowing whatled wear to any event than having a closet full of stuff and nothing to wear. >> multi tasking is one thing, but we are talking about are you so distracted that you're not investing in any one thing? people want you to be present and show up on time. when i have a patient come to me and they are chronically late i say, you have to think about what message that's sending to the person like my time is more important than yours? >> our time is over, so thank you very much, gail. coming up next, you have seen the show-stopping wedding dress worn by lady diana in studio all morning. we'll look at the most glamorous gowns and how kate middleton could set the next trend. first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ this morning on "today's style" glamorous wedding gowns. everybody is speculating about kate middleton's wedding dress. no matter what she decides it will make its mark on fashion. rob shuter is here with the dish on glamorous wedding gowns to date. good to see you. >> good morning. >> we have the iconic wedding dress. >> in the building. no one said i could touch it. >> only three people allowed to touch it. as we look at princess diana's dress people are wondering what kate middleton will go for. obviously there will be a stark contrast. >> it won't be that. as beautiful as the dress is it definitely says '80s. it's not modern. it's not what e with eel see kate in at all. >> that was the cinderella dress then. >> kate will be a princess but in a more stylish -- she has her own style already. she's modern, cutting edge. it will be a simple gown. they have not announced the designer. >> and they are not going to. >> princess diana did and for months there were people outside the design studio trying to get a glimpse. this is under cover. there will be two dresses -- a dress she gets married in and a dress for the reception. >> two designers possibly. >> maybe. >> could be the same designer doing two dresses. it's been 30 years since we saw the princess diana dress. what is it about that dress that made it so iconic. >> the story of what happened to princess diana, that dress is over 29 years old. we are still talking about it. it's the most photographed wedding dress of all time. >> 25-foot train. >> amazing. one little detail the designer forgot is they had to put her into a glass carriage and they didn't realize it until she got out and it was a little bit crinkled up when she got out of the carriage. that will not happen to kate. kate will be in a limo, not a glass carriage. >> let's talk about other famous celebrity dresses over the years. mariah carey's 1993 ceremony, the dress was a lot like princess diana's. >> she requested it. her husband at the time tommy mattola, she requested vera wang make her a dress like princess diana's. but her train was 27 feet. >> had to be longer. >> a little bit longer than princess diana's. >> as we are talking about british royalty we have to talk about american royalty. when caroline bissett married john kennedy show wore her friend's design. >> it was quite a risk. everyone including calvin klein was surprised. >> made the career. >> it changed this guy's life. >> then chelsea clinton who we saw marry in july. very simple. >> she had two dresses, too. she changed for the reception. i's not that uncommon what kate will do. >> that was a gorgeous dress. >> we saw katie holmes and tom cruise when they were wed in italy in 2006. tell me about her gown. >> katie said she wanted to take tom's breath away which she did in this armani gown he designed personally for her. >> it's a gorgeous gown. we appreciate you being here. rob, thank you so much. still to come, more celebrity buzz with hoda and kathie lee. that's coming up after your local news and weather. looks like it's clearing up out there a little bit. it's 32 degrees, freezing, some snow on the ground. maybe it's 37. i'll check with tom in a second. good morning, tuesday, february 22nd, 2011. school closings are posted on the bottom of your screen and we're going to go straight to jerry with a traffic update. hi, jerry. >> hey, barbara, good morning. the rush hour is just getting under way. a lot of folks postponing their travels this morning, which is a pretty wise idea. but look at this. we have some very heavy traffic in several long stretches. i-270 from gaithersburg down to the split. no accidents, it's just volume. now, over in virginia, along 395, we have had our fair share of issues throughout the morning. the latest accident was up at shirlington, out of the roadway, but from edsall road to the 14th street bridge, running slowly, even with the travel lanes open. do be careful if you're getting ready to head out. still slick out there. barbara some. >> thank you, jerry. tom is here to talk about the weather. how long will the snow stay on the ground? is it going to warm up? >> well, not much today or tomorrow. so we'll have the snow still on the ground into at least tomorrow night. look at the totals we have from the overnight storm. less than an inch in washington and across virginia, but in maryland we had quite a bit of snow. in fact, up near the pennsylvania border, seven inches. right now we're still below freezing throughout much of the region. later today into the mid-30s and tomorrow teens in the morning, upper 30s in the afternoon, mostly sunny. increasing clouds, a bit milder on thursday, but might get rain thursday night and into friday. looking at the weekend, should be dry saturday and sunday. rain monday. barbara? >> okay, thank you, tom. well, tonight on "news 4 at 5:00," spring training is in full gear. lindsay czarniak will have lunch with princ "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> thank you, joe! >> hi, everybody, it is tuesday, known around here, unfortunately, as booze day. it is february 22nd, and it is booze day today only because we thought america needed to know that today is national margarita day. >> if you were wondering how many margaritas were consumed per hour, 180,000. >> i don't think at 10:00. >> i love margaritas, but what i hate about them is they're so packed with calories. if we drank this whole thing, but we won't -- >> no, we won't! >> matt's on vacation, and i'm not sure where meredith is. >> this is a good margarita. >> can't have that. if a regular one is 700 calories, that's 7,000, it's got to be. >> they do have the skinny margaritas, and they're a little bit bitter, but they actually do the trick. >> you know what's not skinny? if you go into hooters, speaking of, you know, news. come on over here, my darling girl. >> we want to introduce brook for a second. first of all, she's humiliated to be on the air. she has a sweater on and didn't want to come. the reason she's wearing this is hooters is offering passes to married men. >> have you ever talked to your husband and said give me a pass if it's john travolta or so and so. what they're saying is they're going to give you, if you've been married for 0 to 10 years, you get 10% off. if you've been married 20 years, you get 20% off, and if you've been married 20-plus years, you get 30% off your bill. >> this is why this didnoesn't work. it's on the honor system. most guys are not there with their wives, and they're going to lie about it and get the big discount. am i right? >> they told me i could eat for free there, which is sad. this is a sad, sad thing. brooks, we're sorry you have to wear this today. you look adorable. >> you're in shape to be a real hooter girl. what's it say on the back? delightfully tacky yet unrefined. >> this is not in all hooters, this is just in select hooters. so don't think you can go in any hooters and get your discount. >> oh, they will try. this came as news to me. americans are not the biggest lushes in the world. this weekend i went down to ocean reef down in key largo where we've had a place for many, many, many years. i guess joe biden was down there golfing over the weekend. we saw him at catholic mass on sunday morning. another gentleman down there was that christopher lee. >> he took off his shirt and took the picture. >> i didn't see him. i didn't see biden there, either, but you know who had the time of his life? >> who? >> bambino. >> you took your dog with you? >> he jumped in the car -- when he saw we were packing up the car, he jumped in. what he didn't know is we were going off to our favorite place after that -- i hope we have this picture -- you know the place, hoda, alabama jack's. that's mike, and i never have his picture up. i guess there's no health code at alabama jack's. they didn't mind. i went to clean up the floor and people said, why are you doing that? i love alabama jack's. we had a beautiful weekend. cody came in from college, and it was perfect weather, 80 degrees every day. came back to seven more inches of snow here. enough is enough for everybody. but you had a big weekend, hoda woman. >> i did. on friday i was at the american heart association -- look at this big drink in front of me. mary tyler moore was one of the hon honorees yet again being honored. it was so great sitting at a table with her. the number of people who just wanted to get their photo with her and remembered her from all those shows. i got to say, she was so gracious and kind to every single person who came up to her. >> she is a great lady. first of all, she's a pro. she knows when you go to something like that, it's part of your job. she doesn't feel put out by it, she's like, that's why i'm here. people want to say hello. and you know what? it would be terrible if people stopped wanting to say hello to her. she means so much in people's lives. congratulations for something you're being honored for. you didn't even know what you were being honored for. >> you were honored, too, and you didn't even know. we have princess diana's one and only wedding dress. we're not allowed to touch it. only three people have touched it. >> yes, and it takes three hours just to have it presentable, i guess. it travels in a mannequin. it starts in kansas city march 4. it's going to take a whole tour, i suppose. it travels -- oh, it has to be kept at a certain -- >> -- temperature. >> yes. it has to be kept at 64 to 68 degrees. >> remember in the '80s when that was a cool thing with the puffy sleeves and all? >> it's dated, yeah. >> only three people are allowed to touch it. we wish we could have been the fourth and the fifth. >> when she got out of the carriage and you got that first view of it, it was fairy tale-ish, wasn't it? apparently there was a horseshoe sewn into it for good luck. that didn't work, did it? >> no. we get to look at john travolta. this is a little surprising. you know what john travolta looks like with his full head of hair, right? this is the picture they have now today in the post with his -- i guess he's not wearing the piece. here's the funny thing. i kind of like him without the hairpiece. i think he looks cuter. what do you think? >> what i can't get past is it says he's relaxing in his home in hawaii. >> he celebrated his 57th birthday. >> a friend at his house takes the picture and then leaks it? >> maybe that's what happened. >> then you have to get new friends. >> i think men look in ifinfini better bald than with hair. i remember matt said he was going to beat people to the punch and he buzzed it. >> that's about confidence. bruce willis walks into a room, it's confidence. nothing sexier than that. there is something unsexy, a party which premiered last night on tlc, which used to stand for the learning channel. i don't know what it stands for now. this is some 60-year-old celebrating with a $32,000 party. >> if you think about it, that's a lot of things happening with kids these days. a lot of parents want to outdo other parents. il it's for the parents, i think, don't you? what did you do when you are a kid? >> we were blessed to have a few kids from the neighborhood over. now you have a cake on every corner. it was special because it was so rare. i've been to a few coming of age parties for kids that had to cost over a million dollars. and in today's economy with people hurting so badly, it just seems very gauche to me. >> we always had the same pepperidge farm cake every time. >> your mom makes the most outrageous cakes. >> i love pepperidge farm, but no real cake for your birthday? >> when it happened, we loved it. >> simple, though. we started at six years old with party type hats. by the time they turned sweet 16, they completely outgrew it. kids don't like it when parents invite their friends to their birthday party. don't do that. it's for your kid. let their friends come. >> i agree 100%. so there is a woman's magazine study that shows we don't like our bodies. >> this is not breaking news. >> right. i hate my body for a moment every day. the average woman thinks negative thoughts about her own body 13 times per day. 13 times a day we think a negative thought about our own body. and how many times do men think about sex? >> basically, while you're looking at your body going, i hate it, he's going, i want it. i hate it. i want it. one of you is right? you know what i'm saying. >> guys don't care. if you're confident -- >> you don't care, either. >> i don't care. i told you. >> she likes a little chubster. >> i told you, i just feel more petite if they're bigger around. it's true. it's funny how your body can ata alter the one you're with. i get in the shower, i come out, i'm covered up. i don't like everything hanging out and jangling around. >> i don't like a man who wears a bigger bra than i do. >> eww. we talked about americans being lus lushes. we as a nation are down on the list -- if you're wondering what has the highest consumption of alcohol annually, it is maldova. >> of course, it is. >> that's what i was going to guess, maldova. >> all within the formal iron curtain. there's vodka there. >> do you like it? >> no. >> america's favorite beer, wine. we do have a big show today. >> we're a little nervous. this woman from people magazine is following us around today, and we're not happy about it. >> she's hovering over there and we know what you're thinking. >> we also only took one single sip of this drink, we're just letting you know, because that's how we roll, okay? 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about a year and a half ago, actress mackenzie phillips shocked reedeaders with her boo. >> sex, drugs and rock and roll, and the biggest shock of all, what she called a long standing sexual relationship with her dad. >> it was a horrible reality to me to be sitting there pregnant skpin je and injecting cocaine. >> family secrets. >> if you opened a textbook on incest, you can see a picture of the phillips family. >> and stories of personal turmoil. >> my father was not a bad man. he was a very sick man. he didn't set out to hurt me. >> mackenzie phillips' memoir made headlines when first published back in 2009. the former child star had hits like "american graffiti" and best known as julie cooper on the hit show "one day at a time" took her step by step through her life, a journey fueled at a young age by sex, drugs and rock and roll. >> most of the money was spent on cocaine. >> the most shocking revelation? according to phillips, a decade-long sexual relationship with her now deceased father, legend john phillips of the mamas and the papas, one she confessed became con sense you'll. but in her new version of the book, phillips says it was not consensual. i understand that the power die unanimous i can is always there and therefore the child, no matter what age, is not consensual. shesds, to me writing the book felt like breaking from dad's grasp. to my family it felt like i was breaking from them. phillips' famous half sisters china and bijou, declined comment. one did provide a statement. she has hurt everyone in her family tremendously and apparently feels no guilt or shame. but when asked if it has been anything but a california dream, mackenzie explained, has forever changed the way people understand. >> now mackenzie is back with a paperback edition of her book. this chapter, again, about the reactions from her family. >> as i said downstairs, i'm glad she's here. because when you read the account of your life, it's a miracle you're here. >> most of us die. most of us who have that type of problems with addiction, you know, generally don't make it to be sitting here. >> not a happy ending. >> that's true. although that seems to be changing as recovery becomes a less shameful thing to partake in. >> interesting about your family reaction. i'm sure this was probably expected, and we talked a little bit about what your sister said, and she had another comment she made. she said -- >> michelle. >> michelle. that's who i was talking about. she said she's not interested in speaking about or talking to mackenzie if the allegations she made regarding her family are just true or murky. she could benefit from the care of a good psychiatrist and not just three weeks of celebrity rehab. >> i have to say i'm very disappointed in michelle. because she's known me since i was four years old. she has known about the incest for many years and yet she chooses to try and discredit me publicly. >> who is she protecting, mackenzie? >> i think she's probably protecting a legendary rock band of which she was a huge part. >> but we know so much has come out through the years about your dad's problems. i don't think -- i don't know how you're protecting the image of the man when we already know so much about what he went through. >> as i said in that clip, we are the textbook version of a family rocked by incest and addiction. i mean, there is denial. protect the perpetrator. discredit the victim. i don't like to think of myself as a victim, i'm a survivor. but there is a huge community of men and women who have been through a very similar thing, and this is a community that feels they have no voice. when michelle says that i feel no shame or guilt, the woman won't speak to me. so how does she know how i feel? i'm very, very sorry that my family has been hurt by the truth. >> china stood by you initial skly and then she stopped talking to you. what happened there? >> i don't know. >> she had problems, too, didn't she? >> right, and then she did the wilson phillips tour of the christmas album and she said, my sister and i are taking a break. >> as for somebody who has been addicted for so long, you say you don't know when the molestation began because you were so strung out on drugs, you don't remember -- >> i don't say that i don't know when it started because i was so strung out on drugs. i mean, it could have started when i was a child, i don't know. i don't know. the first memory i have of it is in the book. people say she details a consensual sexual relationship with her father. nobody should know details. >> are you glad you wrote it? >> absolutely. i would take back the use of the word consensual, because just by virtue of the inherent power between a parent and a child, i've been schooled. there is no such thing as consensual. i was complicit, therefore it was consensual. >> who you do you feel about your father now? >> he was a brilliant man but he was a sick man. from charlie sheen to mackenzie and so much more. don't go away. by a fashion photographer. clon then we asked them to try new dove visible care. a revolutionary new line of body wash with the highest concentration of nutrium moisture. visible care makes skin visibly more beautiful in just 1 week. ♪ when they saw how much more beautiful and radiant their skin looked with new dove visible care... there was only one question. ♪ new dove visible care creme body wash. takes care of 33 loads. tide stain release only handles 11. and clorox 2 gets rid of tough stains right before your eyes. clorox 2. find it next to the clorox bleach. that was the pizza guy. you said you bought a digiorno. but the pizza came with cheesy breadsticks. 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