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it a positive experience today, she explains why she's calling it a positive experience today, february 28, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. we hate to start with bad news but moments ago the medical examiner in ohio released the name of the second victim, 17-year-old russell king, jr. he died of his gunshot wounds last night. >> the suspect identified as 17-year-old t.j. lane was not a student at chardon high school. he attended a nearby school. lane walked into the cafeteria and appeared to target a specific group of students. we'll talk to two young men who were there and who knew the victims as well as one of the alleged shooter's classmates. we begin with savannah guthrie who has the latest on the story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. the pain and shock is written all over the faces of the people you meet here. this is a town whose heart is broken. there are a lot of conflicting reports about the alleged gunman here. was he bullied, upset over a romantic break-up? some say he was a nice kid from a nice family. others say he was obviously troubled, but nothing explains what happened yesterday. ♪ i once was lost >> reporter: at a candlelight vigil for the victims, hugs, tears and shock. what did you think when you heard someone had a gun? >> at our school? that's unreal. it's unreal. >> reporter: senior mike wargo had just walked away after greeting his friends in the school cafeteria when he heard a loud noise. >> i started freaking out. i got a text message from my friend saying my best friend got shot. and i heard more gunshots. >> reporter: the shots rang out just as the school day was starting at chardon high school. >> attention chardon rescue, we have an active shooter at the high school. >> i heard a bunch of shots fired. >> reporter: witnesses say thomas, t.j., lane from a nearby vocational school began firing at students. >> he had no emotion on his face. he was just shooting. >> reporter: nate said his ear was grazed by a bullet. >> it sounded like a firecracker almost. i looked back, saw him shoot which hit one of my other friends that was at the table with us. as i was turning around, he hit me. >> reporter: five students were shot before police say lane was chased out of the building by a football coach, frank hall. minutes later lane surrendered. terrified parents rushed to the nearby middle school where students were evacuated to tearful reunions. >> it's really hard because you can't do anything. you're in a helpless situation. >> reporter: the wounded were air lifted to two local hospitals. daniel parmertor, russell king. parmertor died from his injuries. in a statement his family said we are shocked by this senseless tragedy. danny was a bright young boy who had a bright future ahead of him. the shooter lived with his grandparents after his parents divorced. he took a bus every day to the vocational school from chardon high. >> by all accounts t.j. is a fairly quiet and good kid. pretty much sticks to himself but has some friends and has never been in trouble. >> reporter: for this small community outside cleveland it's almost too much to bear. how are you coping? >> i'm not. it's a nightmare waiting to wake up from. not going to happen. i hope nobody ever has to experience this. i feel this way. i can't imagine what the parents feel like now. >> reporter: i would imagine it went through your mind how close you came. >> i wish i was there. i would rather take the bullet. they had the biggest hearts. they would do anything for anybody. everybody misses everybody. >> reporter: t.j. lane is expected to be arraigned in juvenile court this afternoon. he reportedly is in solitary confinement this morning. in late december he wrote a posting on facebook. it's a long rambling letter that's hard to understand. he speaks in the third person and appears to refer to himself saying, quote, his only company to confide in was the vermin in the street. he longed for only one thing, the world to bow at his feet. he ended that posting with, die, all of you. there will be grief counselors on site. ann? >> ian sandborn and travis carver were in the cafeteria when the gunman started shooting and hailey was a classmate of t.j. lane's and knew him. good morning. >> good morning. >> ian, let me start with you and travis first of all. i'm sorry to hear about russell king's passing overnight. what can you tell us about him and knowing him from school? >> russell was always -- i have been friends with the kid since kindergarten. we've had our rough times but he was never out to harm anybody. he was always really nice. he would always ask everybody if they needed help with anything. he would always take the shirt off his back to help anyone out. it's just tragic that something like this had to happen to him. >> travis, i understand you were close enough to see t.j.'s face as the shooting was occurring. how would you describe the expression on his face? >> it was something else. it was just straight determination. he had that look on his face that's hard to describe. it just sticks with you. >> you decided to stay, even though a lot of people were running because you were trying to care for the wounded. so describe those moments. were they quiet or were they chaotic in the cafeteria? >> after the first shot, i don't know, it was a couple seconds, but it seemed quiet. i'm sure it was just what was going on in my head. but it gave me a second to think. it was whether to fight or flight, i guess, the fight or flight response. i took a second. i saw one girl running towards me and i decided i should run with her. decided to take cover a couple seconds after four or five shots he took off. >> ian, how do you remember it? >> well, i was actually sitting at the table -- >> go ahead, ian. >> i was at the table that the shooting occurred at. t.j. was just a table behind us. i saw him pull out the gun and i yelled "duck." i was the only one who ducked under my table. all my friends just stood around there. i remember him firing off all of his shots and then standing up, seeing my friends laying on the ground. i didn't know what to do. i was in panic mode. so i just ran outside and i talked to an operator at 911, tried to get as much help as i could. scary situation. >> very scary. hailey, you know t.j. from school and i wonder if there was anything happening in his life that might explain a motive for shooting dmitrius, russell and three other students. >> you know, he would never really talk about his family. he was just honestly really quiet. you could tell he had a sad look in his eyes all the time. he usually just kept to himself. >> he lived with his grandmother, i understand. how was he as a student and how do you respond to reports that he might have been bullied? >> i never saw him get bullied, but it's easy to believe. he was very quiet. he never really stood up for himself very much. i don't really know. >> did you see his facebook posting? how do you react to the story that we are understanding that he posted that's in december and he ended it with "die, all of you." . >> i don't -- i'm not really sure, i guess. i'm just really shocked that it was t.j. >> you're shocked that it was t.j. why are you shocked? >> he was just a really nice, quiet, honest-looking kid. every time i talked to him it was always a great conversation. he never had anything mean to say about anybody. >> did anything happen in his life in recent weeks that might have triggered any kind of angry response? >> nothing that i knew of. but then again he didn't really talk very often. >> ian and travis, what can you say about the community coming together and what is needed for you and your fellow students to heal after enduring this? >> well, i'd say personally, myself, i just need time to think alone sometimes. i don't know. i think everyone in the community needs to not talk about it and kind of just let it die down. have candle lightings and stuff for memorials for it. but as far as just letting it fall apart you need to let it go and everyone needs to accept the fact that, you know, life threw this at us and we have to deal with it and make the best of it. >> well, you have a lot to deal with. ian sandborn, travis carver from your heroicism. people will be thanking you for that. hailey, you have a lot to process. we appreciate your joining us this morning. our best to you. >> mm-hmm. >> it is now 7:12. here's matt. >> voters in michigan and arizona are weighing in on the gop presidential race today. while mitt romney is considered a favorite in arizona he's locked in a fierce battle in his home state with rick santorum. as for newt gingrich he chose to bypass the contests to focus on next week's super tuesday contest. the former house speaker is with us now from chattanooga, tennessee. good to see you, speaker gingrich. >> good to be with you. >> last time you were on the show was january 26th. you had just won the south carolina primary. in the time since then, just about a month, mitt romney has won five contests, rick santorum has won four. you have not won any additional contests. in some ways you have dropped out of the headlines. why? >> i think romney made the decision he had to spend $20 million against me in florida, ran a negative campaign. i carried a third of the counties in north florida. he carried south florida. in my counties the vote went up. we went to 9/nevada and i came second. got twice the vote john mccain got four years ago. at that point rick santorum did something intelligent. he skipped south carolina, florida and nevada, put his resourceses into three states nobody competed in and the news media anointed him the alternative. you have to live through a couple of weeks. we have done it before. i lived through tim pawlenty, michele bachmann, donald trump. >> herman cain. >> rick perry. so i have been down this road before. we keep collecting delegates. >> your strategy is to look forward to ten states that will be casting votes on tuesday. what are you seeing in the polling there that makes you optimistic? >> i think for sure we'll carry georgia, tennessee and oklahoma. i was here in tennessee with fred thompson yesterday. he's coming back. herman cain and my daughter jackie are campaigning in the state. we have j.c. watts with us in oklahoma. i think we have a good shot of picking up delegates in idaho. we'll compete heavily in ohio. north dakota has real possibilities. i think we'll come out of super tuesday with a number of delegates. then to alabama and mississippi where we'll win both of those. governor perry thinks it will be 155-0 in texas delegates for me. we'll continue to amass delegates. >> that's an optimistic view. a lot of people feel the train has left the station and there are two guys on it, and you're not one of them. >> you know -- >> go ahead. >> look, matt, this is the fourth time the same guys have said the same thing. they said in june i was gone. by december i was leading the national polls by as much as 21 points according to rasmussen. then we had $5 million of negative ads in iowa. people said i was gone. we won south carolina, set a record. then romney dumped $21 million in negative ads. we are still number two in florida and nevada. i'm used to this nonadvice from people for mitt romney which is what you are about to tell the folks. we have a campaign now focused on $2.50 gasoline. people can go to newt.org to see why it's possible. as you watch gas prices go up you will find the gingrich plan to get back to $2.50 gasoline has appeal to people in every state of the country. >> i want to talk about a comment rick santorum made this weekend in michigan referring to a speech that president obama made to congress in 2009 where he said, i ask every american to commit to one year or more of higher education or career training. this can be community college or a four-year school, vocational training or apprenticeship. in referring to that this weekend rick santorum once said he wants everyone in america to go to college, what a snob. as a former college professor, how did you feel about that exchange? >> you know, you have to ask santorum why he said that. i think every american ought to get trained. doesn't matter what your degrees are. it matters if you're employable. in north dakota because of the oil boom they have 3.5% unemployment but 16,000 unfilled oil jobs because the 3.5% who are unemployed don't have the skills. i propose a requirement to unemployment compensation that you have to sign up for a business training program to learn some skill if we are going to give you money. but we don't give people money for doing nothing for 99 weeks. the quote you read strikes me as reasonable. everybody in america has to get re-educated all the time because jobs are going to change, technology is going to change. if we are going to compete in the world market we have to have the best equipment and the best training. >> former speaker gingrich. thank you for spending your time with us. >> thank you, matt. >> 17 minutes after the hour. >> now a check of the top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning, everyone. we begin with an italian cruise ship floating powerless with more than 1,000 passengers and crew on board in the pirate infested waters of the indian ocean. michelle kosinski has the latest from london. good morning. >> reporter: hi, natalie. this is another costa cruise ship, a sister ship to the co concordia that crashed and rolled killing nearly 25 people. this ship is dark and drifting, now being towed for nearly 25 hours. there are more than 600 passengers, including eight americans on the costa allegra now in the indian oceans near the seychelles. where they have been drifting with no a.c., no power, no propulsion for almost a day because a fire broke out in the engine room and took hours to douse. the ship sent out a distress signal while having passengers and crew gather at assembly points. this in waters notoriously infested with pirates. the coast guard said passengers are fine. there are italian marines on board and a saeychelles plane flew over. the problems started with a deadly disaster off italy last month. two cruise ships were hit with no ro virus outbreaks and then this on a ship described as shimmers and modern promising new and exciting pleasures every day, but waiting on deck for help to arrive wasn't part of the package. the problem has been getting to the ship to get help. a helicopter was able to bring food and communications equipment. it is now being towed. but it won't be until thursday they can get to the closest island big enough to handle the passengers. the company said it was sincerely sorry for the inconvenience. natalie? >> michelle kosinski out of the london bureau this morning. thank you. newark liberty airport has re-opened after an emergency landing forced it to close monday night. the pilot on the flight from atlanta radioed in an issue with a front wheel after a light showed a problem with the landing gear. the plane was forced to land after fire crews hosed off the runway with foam. the nose gear collapsed upon landing. no one was injured and the passengers and crew were evacuated by emergency chute. he's seen fire and rain but matt kenseth saw victory last night. racing an lichss call it the strangest 500 in the history of the sport. postponed for the first time ever due to rain and forced to stop for two hours after a freak accident sparked a massive fuel fire that had to be cleaned up with laundry detergent apparently. this waiter could use a bailout. a 21-year-old served angela merkel a beer, lost his balance and poured five glasses of germany's finishest brew down her neck. he said she grinned at him taking it in stride. it's a flash of thigh seen around the world. angeli angelina's leg is making appearances all over the place. landing on the moon with neil armstrong, standing up to the tanks at tiananmen square, crossing the delaware with george washington and even the statue of liberty getting in on the trend. like most things, two are much better than one. >> inappropriate. >> angie's leg has 28,000 followers on twitter. that's more than matt has. >> imitation -- >> wow. i got thrown under the bus there. came out of the blue there. okay. >> imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. >> the waiter claims he was bumped. there is no one near him. >> conspiracy theorists. >> can you blame him? >> she's cool as a cucumber. >> freezing as a cucumber. >> took oktoberfest too we have to talk about. blizzard conditions will be developing through the plains into an upper midwest and this storm system really gets itself together. three to six inches of snow in vail and 2 to 4 in casper, wyoming. big snow, duluth, 10 to 16 inches hitting 8 to 12. marquette, michigan, up to a foot of snow. very strong winds. and going to be blizzard-like conditions. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. sun is up and clear blue sky on this tuesday morning. tom kierein storm center 4. near 40 in washington. and in the nearby suburbs, in fairfax, arlington, montgomery, prince george's counties, we are in the mid and upper 30s. little bit below freezing farther north and west in a few locations. later today with the sunshine, north west breeze, climb into the 50s. rain likely tomorrow by late in the morning and during the afternoon. and highs just near 50. that's your latest weather. ann. >> just ahead, the anchor who was bitten by a dog joins us two surgeries and 90 stitches later. she's speaking out in a live interview. first, this is "today" on nbc. the trial of a man accused of murdering a father of two outside a day care center. why the victim's wife has been banned from the courthouse. >> and if you take sleeping pills on a regular basis, you're going to want to hear the results of a new study. we'll get to those after your local news. to reduce the look of wrinkles after just one use? 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♪ good morning. if you are traveling i-95 northbound, you are jammed approaching backlick road. delays continue as you can connect to 395. on 395, pretty slow at edsall as you make your way to 14th street bridge. >> thank you. another news upda it's 7:30 now on a tuesday morning, february 28th, 2012. beautiful sunny day here in the heart of midtown manhattan. we're taking a look at the harbor here in new york city from our camera perched on top of the rock. down at street level, a great crowd of people taking in the nice weather. we'll go outside and say hi to them in a little while. meantime inside studio 1a i'm matt lauer with ann curry back a from los angeles. good to have you here. >> thank you. >> just ahead the recovery of a television anchor bitten an air by a dog. >> kyle dyer was doing a segment on a mastiff rescued from an icy pond when he bit her in the face. >> she endured two surgeries and had to have her mouth sewn shut but she says it's been a positive experience. >> also a warning for americans who use prescription sleeping pills. are they increasing your risk of health problems, even death? we'll talk about it with dr. nancy snyderman. >> and we've got today's professionals in the house with their takes on everything from a group of graduates suing their schools because they can't find a job to a possible birth control pill for men. >> we'll get to that. we begin this half hour with new developments in the trial of a man accused of killing a father of two outside a day care center. the victim's wife has been barred from the courthouse. thanh truong is in georgia with the latest on this. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, matt, good morning. both the prosecution and defense in this case have gone after the victim's widow. both sides claim an affair between her and the defendant, which she denies, led to murder. there's been a circus-like atmosphere surrounding the woman and because of her own actions in the courtroom she's now banned from entering the courthouse. unable to witness the trial as it unfolds. >> members of the jury, recording as been -- >> reporter: on monday, jurors heard from the defendant himself for the first time when prosecutors played video of his interrogation that took place roughly seven weeks after rusty snyderman, a father of two, was gunned down outside his son's day care in 2010. newman appears nervous. >> it's as if i'm a suspect. >> are you a suspect? >> i don't think i need to be a suspect. i shouldn't be a suspect. >> reporter: absent from the courtroom was andrea, the victim's murder. the judge booted her from the courtroom on friday. >> we are moving to have her removed from the courtroom. no, actually we are moving to have her removed from the courthouse. >> reporter: the banish meant came after an unusual hug to her former close friend who had just testified she doubted the denials of an affair with newman who was her boss at g.e. >> did andrea admit or deny an affair with her boss after the murder? >> denied it. >> when she told you "no" did you believe her? >> no, but my heart really wanted to. >> reporter: prosecutors say snyderman's behavior after the testimony was way out of line. >> she embraced this witness. she kissed the witness. she got outside and then told the witness that since he didn't believe her, she wasn't her friend anymore. that was for show. >> reporter: newman pleaded guilty by reason of insanity saying the alleged affair a drove him crazy. that he was possessed by an angel sounding like olivia newton john and a devil sounding like barry white. >> there was no affair. >> reporter: also under scrutiny snyderman's account of what she knew after rusty's murder. two other witnesses contradicted her testimony about when she knew her husband was shot. >> i didn't know what happened to rusty until i got to the emergency room. >> reporter: that's not what rusty snyderman's father remembers. >> did she tell you she had been to the hospital or she was on the way to the school. >> she was going to the school to find out what happened. >> reporter: she told you rusty was shot? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: from the tapes played in court it's clear. investigators were interested in whether andrea had any role in her husband's death. >> the only question i have right now in this whole thing is whether andrea had more involvement in this or if she's an innocent bystander. >> reporter: to be clear, andrea snyderman isn't on trial or charged with a crime but she figures prominently in the case. the trial resumes in a couple of hours when they will play more of the interrogation video. >> thanh truong, thank you very much. now a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> thanks, matt. let's start off in san diego. the mountains were hit with snow. we're talking anywhere from four to six inches throughout parts of the area and folks getting snowball fight. very nice. as we look and show you what's happening for today, we have a risk of strong storms and back through nebraska and on into iowa. also into the mid mississippi river valley, could see some tornadoes and especially overnight tonight. we are keeping an eye on that. rest of the country, afternoon highs, you will see 20s and 30s in new england. 20s back through the plains. warm weather down really held down to southern texas and on into southern florida. and you made it to new york city. got a little trouble spelling nyc. >> my fault. i did this at 12:00 midnight just to wake up at 5:00 a.m. >> nicely done. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. we have bright sunshine on this tuesday morning. and temperatures are chilly. down to the 30s in montgomery and fairfax,al ton county, prince george's county. near 40 in washington by the bay. little bit below freezing farther north and west near the pennsylvania border. and we will have this sunshine with us throughout the day but temperatures cooler than yesterday. bit of a breeze out of the northwest this morning. and into the 50s. near 50 tomorrow with rain likely mainly in the afternoon. then where are you from? happy graduation coming up. now back to ann. >> now to the latest of a recovery of a popular news anchor from kusa. she was bitten by a dog live on the air. we'll talk to kyle dyer in a moment. first a look back at the morning she describes as life-changing. it was the kind of feel-good story kyle dyer looked forward to sharing with viewers. >> a critical moment but we got him home safely. >> reporter: kusa cameras caught the dog being saved by a local firefighter. >> we put a blanket on him and he was good to go. >> reporter: with everyone r reunited on the set. >> he's excited. >> the interview was going great. everybody was thrilled. the dog was happy, wagging his tail. >> reporter: as kyle was wrapping up. >> have a great weekend. >> reporter: the segment took a turn when she leaned in to say good-bye to max, the 85 pound argentine mastiff. >> it was a bite and a little bark. i moved back. i knew i had been bit. >> reporter: nbc news is not showing the bite. >> i felt the blood and i felt my mouth opening up. it was severe. my doctors say it was major surgery. >> reporter: before kyle was out of the o.r., the video went viral. kyle was frantic to reach the girls in school. >> he wanted to let them know mom would be okay before they saw it. >> reporter: seconds before she was attacked, the anchor known for her segments about zoo animals was within inches of the dog's face. >> whether it's conscious or unconscious provocation, still, she created that incident by coming too close to the dog's face and created a dangerous situation. >> reporter: kyle needed two surgeries that required 90 stitches. her mouth was even sewn shut for a time. she kept a positive outlook. >> it could have been worse. it could have been my cheek, my nose, eye, throat. >> reporter: max was quarantined for ten days and released to his owner, no charges filed. meanwhile kyle is getting stronger, spending time at home with family. >> the letters are amazing. >> reporter: grateful for the support. >> i love the cards from the kids. >> reporter: for a moment in her career that changed her life forever. >> this has been such a really positive experience for me. just the way people have made me feel loved. i know everything will be okay. i'll be back. >> kyle joins us now for her first television interview since she was bitten. >> good morning, ann. >> you look remarkable. i saw when you were initially bit that he got you on the nose a little bit. you can't tell. >> you can't even see on my nose now. he got on the outside and inside of my nose as well. >> on the lip, what are doctors telling you? it looks swollen. it's been less than three weeks. >> three weeks tomorrow. everyone says some day there may not be anything there at all. it's fascinating what they did. this whole area was gone. my doctor took part of my lower lift, flipped it up and sewed my mouth together. then the cells regenerated. it worked. >> what are they saying in terms of how long before you go back, what it may look like when it's healed? >> they don't know. the way the body heals, the doctor doesn't know what it will look like. so far, every day it looks better. >> and you mentioned earlier before we started the interview you're missing the cupid's bow, but you said it could be back. >> that could be the next surgery down the road. it could be six months at least. in the meantime i'll lip liner well. i didn't put it on today so you could see. but i'll get good at that. >> you have a sense of humor. >> it was a bad morning but in the hands of my family and friends i have never been freaked out, worried or scared. i knew it would work out. i see the dog on tv and the dog served his time as ordered and he's back with his family. we are all moving on. >> you say being somebody on television you didn't wonder, oh, my gosh, have i been permanently disfigured in a way i can't be on television again? >> it sounds weird, but no. i didn't think about that. i just knew i was in god's hands and i was going to be okay. >> you had to think about the moment when you got close. did you make a mistake? >> what do you think? yeah. i got too close. i think everybody has learned what to do around dogs. i have received so many letters from people who were bit by their own dogs. i never knew that many people got bit by dogs. i thought i was a dog person. i have lived with dogs all my life. i thought that dog seemed to love my nails and my rubbing. you don't know. they're animals. it was a freak accident. it was just a perfect storm. me too close. maybe he was unsettled. we think we know what dogs are saying, but we don't know. >> in sam ways this has been a positive experience? it's hard to believe that. >> it has. >> in what way? >> i have received so many letters, e-mails from people saying, we love you, you're beautiful inside and out. we can't wait to see you back. my family is wonderful. i have had down time with my family. it's been very reflective and i feel a lot of love. >> good. >> thanks for having me. >> thank you so much. keep healing. >> i will. >> up next, a warning on the dangers of using prescription sleeping pills coming up after this. ♪ i am you ♪ you are me i'm jennifer hudson, and i believe. i was strong before weight watchers, but i'm stronger with it. i believe weight watchers can do the same for you. i believe you have more power than you think you do. i believe because it works. ♪ if you want it, you got it your turn. your time. your year. join for free. weight watchers points plus 2012. because it works. is another way to look at the bean. another way that reveals the lighter, mellower side of our roast. introducing delicious new starbucks blonde roast. the lighter roast perfected. ♪ twe can't guaranteeerfected. she'll always mind her table manners. but we can guarantee that petsmart grooming... ...will make your dog look great! with our look great guarantee, you're happy... or it's free. petsmart®. happiness in store.™ the day starts with arthritis pain... a load of new listings... and two pills. after a morning of walk-ups, it's back to more pain, back to more pills. the evening showings bring more pain and more pills. sealing the deal... when, hang on... her doctor recommended aleve. it can relieve pain all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is lois... who chose two aleve and fewer pills for a day free of pain. 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>> i wanted the sign that says you are the hottest woman on tv. >> whoa! that deserves a kiss, don't you think? hello. that's so nice. >> yeah. >> how nice it is to be called "hot" at my age. >> works like a charm. >> ann curry alongside matt lauer and al roker. coming up in this half hour we'll talk about today's professionals and see what they think about this. >> a couple of topics. for example, former law school students suing their schools claiming the schools misled them about job prospects after graduation. we might even get to these folks and ask them about that pose right there by angelina jolie. was it out of character. was it in keeping with the oscars? >> she was just copying ann. >> i was copying her. i wish i could look as good. what else is coming up? >> a really disturbing question. how did a target store know what a teenage girl was pregnant before her own father knew? it's a remarkable thing. businesses can predict your behavior based on shopping habits. >> okay. also coming up, a lot of people watched the duggar family on television. you may have noticed a girl named amy, a cousin to the family. she was recently the victim of an alleged extortion plot involving photographs that were with an older man who, we are told, is a family friend. anyway, we'll get to the bottom of this in an exclusive live interview coming up. >> let's get back inside to natalie at the news desk with the headlines. hi, nat. >> good morning, everyone. a second student has died overnight as a result of monday's school shooting in a cleveland, ohio suburb. 17-year-old russell king, jr., was one of five students shot as classes were about to begin at chardon high school. 16-year-old daniel permator died earlier. witnesses identified the suspect as 17-year-old t.j. lane, a student at a nearby vocational school. company officials say it will take two days to tow a cruise ship to safety in the seychelles. the costa allegra had an engine room fire monday. it is the sister ship of the costa concordia which ran aground last month killing 25 and leaving seven others missing and presumed dead. today's republican primary in michigan turned into a critical test for mitt romney. polls show romney, a michigan native and son of a former governor quoting conservatives. romney is favored to win the arizona primary. newt gingrich meanwhile is look ahead to georgia and other southern states in super tuesday voting next week. now to wall street. cnbc's courtney reagan is at the new york stock exchange for us. good morning. >> good morning. standard & poor's is cutting the rating on greece to selective default. they have suspended greece from using bonds as collateral. the u.s. the s&p 500 closed at the highest level since mid 2008 on monday. the dow only just flirted with closing at the 13,000 mark. perhaps today is the day we'll do it. >> we'll be watching you guys. now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online. actress sean young is a top search on goolg and yahoo after her oscar night arrest. the 52-year-old scuffled with a security guard when she couldn't get into an academy awards after party. young was released monday after posting $20,000 bail. fans of siku, the world's most popular 3-month-old can now watch him on a live video feed from his home in denmark. the siku cam is meant to raise awareness of polar bears and their shrinking arctic environment. and political junkies are hitting hulu to hear brian williams slow jam the news about super pacs on jimmy fallon. >> you ain't lying, bri-bri will-will. so many singles getting tucked into the canada data's g-strings the super pacs are getting super freaky. >> it's a super pac, they're super packing, yow ♪ . >> sometimes even news anchors need to indulge their inner super freak. we love it when bri-bri why-why does the news. we have a new nickname for him. >> let's get a check of the weather. >> i don't think i will ever be the same. all right. bri-bri why-why. having a good time? >> chicago. >> getting snow later today. >> i know.>> let's check it out. we will see that we willing at dallas, pick city of the day. cloudy, windy at nbc 5. 73 degrees. we've got racing of strong storms through the lower mississippi river valley today. also, back through the central plains and icy conditions down through lower minnesota. and afternoon showers coming into the pacific northwest. snowfall amounts, durango, 1 to 3 inches. get up to aberdeen, south dakota, 6 to 12 inches. duluth, 10 to 16 inches. marquette, michigan, up to a foot of snow. strong winds. maybe -- may even be posting blizzard watches later today and tonight. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> just past 8:00 this tuesday morning. bright sun and blue sky. still a chill in the air, though. in the 30s to near 40 degrees around the metro area. farther west and north, though, right near the freezing mark. near the pennsylvania border. later today hitting the 50s. of the of the region with sun and clouding up tonight and tomorrow morning. rain developing by late morning wednesday. off and on during the afternoon and chilly highs near 50. could get an inch of rain tomorrow. then sun back on thursday. and increasing clouds friday and that's your latest weather. ann? 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[ laughter ] >> $10,000? $10,000 bet? >> i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. ann drives -- a couple of cadillacs actually. >> not as closely as some of the most ardent fans but i have some great friends that are nascar team owners. >> there is a recurring theme here. >> do you think? >> mitt romney cannot relate to average people. you're an image guy. how do you handle this? >> it has nothing to do with wealth. jfk was wealthy. mike bloomberg is worth $20 million. he's just an awkward human being. his wife said he's funny, he likes comedy. he says, yes, i like laurel & hardy. he's a robot. we never elect a guy that's not likable. >> are these not slips of the tongue? is this who the guy is? >> yes. when people tell you who they are, believe them. he's got wealth and success which isn't a problem. when it's mixed with arrogance without empathy that's a problem. >> he's the guy who shows up and says, i have never seen you before. >> he wants to relate to average citizens. but do we want someone to pretend to relate? he's being who he is. >> no. >> it's not the issue that he's wealthy. it's that he's not likable and not real. we vote for humans, not issues. he won't win. i guarantee it. >> he's working so hard to be something he's not. that's his stumbling block. >> it's okay to be the rich guy. you have to figure out whether or not your group of constituents want that guy. that's the problem. he's not embracing who he is. >> star, you're the attorney here. according to a story, law school students have joined together for lawsuits. the targets, their former law schools. they claim the schools aren't being up front when it comes to the current employment opportunities out there once they graduate. i will get more specific in a second. do they have a case? >> not at all. you have to do some research and reading on your own. you're a law student, hopefully a lawyer. google. look at the world around you. understand that you need a little bit of a niche before you walk into a situation. no one's going to hand you a job. i hate whiners. >> they are saying when they go to the schools, the schools say a higher percentage of their former students, graduates are employed even though some of the schools realize they are just temporary jobs they are employed in. >> it's one thing for the school to tell you you will get a job. it's another for you to move towards getting the job. >> this isn't a legal issue. this is the whiny generation. >> i agree. imagine this. you go to graduate school. you can't get a job and you're complaining? >> they told you a lie. >> talk about brokaw's greatest generation. this is the opposite. >> is there something similar in medicine? >> no. u.s. news and world report which every school man appreciatipula numbers. if you look at it as dogma you shouldn't be looking at that. >> you say it's foolish. >> gimme, gimme. >> i agree. >> these people clearly don't understand their degree. >> what do you call 1,000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? >> a good start. >> let's start with nancy. donny could kill his social life based on this. 50 years after the advent of the birth control pill for women a reproductive biologist in canada says he may have the first birth control pill for men. what do you know about it? >> the whole thing is to make sperm not fertile. to have guys shooting blanks, as we say. >> i wasn't going to say that. >> that's the point of a vasectomy. stop. you're both professionals. >> no! >> this is what we want. a way for men to be able to have sex and not impregnate a woman. if it's safe, would men take it. would a woman trust a guy to do it? >> let me ask the obvious question. >> would you take it? >> no problem. my issue as a father of daughters is i would not want them to relinquish being in control of their own body. some guy says he took it and he didn't. would i take it if it were safe? of course. >> if the one that's going to get pregnant is always going to have responsibility for the birth control, just live in the truth. you can't get a guy to remember to put down the dog's potty pads. >> that's not true. >> it is. these are young people getting pregnant. you want to depend on a 19-year-old who's been out drinking the night before to take a birth control pill? live in the truth. >> my social life is just fine. >> how about this? is it okay to be a mama's boy? for generations, women have gotten the message if you develop too close a bond with your sons they will grow up and be a little bit weak, maybe effeminate, the so-called mama's bo boy. is it a misconception? >> for years it was mothers cause autism, homosexuality. you show me a man who treats a woman well, i'll show you a man with a great relationship with his father. >> being a mama's boy to the extent of having a good relationship with her we like. living with her at 35, i have an issue. >> we studied 400 boys in middle school who had a close relationship with their fath mothers. they were less likely to define masculinity as physical toughness. they were more likely to storm strong friendships. >> everybody who has a good relationship with their parents is better off. but you know where i give relationship advice with kathie lee and hoda? so many women say, my husband still listens to his mother over me. that's an issue. if you love your kids you have to make them strong enough to not depend on you. >> it's a double standard. not a derogatory term. >> daddy's girl speaks to empowerment. mama's boy speaks to witness. >> the thigh seen round the world. what was your take on angelina's pose? >> i thought it was cheeky. i couldn't figure out if it was a gag or she was really doing it because the dress allowed it. >> i think she was having fun with us. we obsess in the media about angie and, she's the most beautiful woman. i think she was having a good time. she's fierce. >> the academy awards are so irrelevant that's the big news, that somebody stuck a leg out. think about it. that's a big deal that she went like this. like that. >> i thought her leg was fabulous. her arms needed some meat on them. >> nancy snyderman and donny deutsch, star jones, thank you very much. up next, the duggar family cousin targeted in an alleged extortion plot speaks out after this. hid ] there was a little bit of trepidation, not quite knowing what the next phase was going to be, you know, because you been, you know, this is what you had been doing. you know, working, working, working, working, working, working. and now you're talking about, well you know, i won't be, and i get the chance to spend more time with my wife and my kids. it's my world. that's my world. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. for half the calories plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. have 46 grams of whole grains... mmmm. ...and a touch of sweetness. you'll be delighted to discover how good they taste. get your free sample of quaker oatmeal squares on facebook. and the family car to do an experiment. we put a week of her family's smelly stuff all in at once to prove that new febreze car vent clips could eliminate the odor. then we brought her family to our test facility to see if it worked. 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>> yes, ma'am, they are. those are from my facebook account. >> you're saying you posted the photographs. >> i posted those. my grandma is the one that took the photos. >> the man in the photograph is james garrett. >> yes. >> how would you describe his relationship to you? >> he's a great guy, a family friend. he's known the duggars for a long time and has always been supportive of my music career. there's never been any kind of intimate relationship. he's a friend of the family. it's just completely laughable. >> when this emerged and became something that was reported about. >> yes. >> what was your reaction and are you glad now to put this to rest? >> yeah. well, i mean, we were all just shocked and like, are you kidding me? like someone would do this? take pictures and send it to the network and demand money? i think it has to do with being part of a reality show. people think if you're in the public eye people know you. it's just one of those things that's negative. i'm here to set the record straight that there is no pictures like that. there is no nothing like that. nothing was ever coming out about that. >> i know you want to be able to establish a music career. >> yes. >> has this made you second think the idea of being famous? >> goodness. being in the public eye, you don't realize everybody is watching. so you have to be a really good role model. you do. i think if god allows it to happen then i will continue to do that. >> amy duggar, thank you very much for doing this. by the way, "19 kids and counting" airs tonight on tlc. back with more after your local news. 8:26 is your time now on this tuesday, february 28, 2012. good morning to you. i'm eun yang. let's get straight to meteorologist tom kierein in the storm center for a look at if forecast for today. another nice day, tom. >> yes. sunny but chilly. we are in the 30s to near 40 degrees. it is now 41 at reagan national and it is generally above freezing just about everywhere. way out in western maryland. and as the day progresses, highs reaching the 50s. then clouding up tonight. rain likely developing tomorrow. especially late morning and during the afternoon. highs only near 50. and then thursday, sunny and sun back with temperatures near 70 degrees. increasing clouds friday and cooler. maybe rain on the weekend, saturday. >> good morning. taking the outer loop of the beltway approaching wisconsin avenue. you have an accident blocking two of your left lanes and you are very slow on the outer loop. as you make your commute. i will give you a travel speed in and it is slow. 22 miles per hour. taking about 26 minutes right now to get from i-95 to i-270. and traveling on 395, slow here as well. jammed at edsall. delays continue across the 14th street bridge. you are at 17 miles per hour. taking about 47 minutes from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. >> danella, thank you. mo we're back now. it is 8:30 on a tuesday morning. 28th day of february, 2012. very pretty day in new york city. hopefully it's nice where you're waking up. al will have his forecast coming up in a couple of minutes. on the plaza here in new york i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker and natalie morales. coming up, we're going to talk about businesses and how good they have become at predicting what's going on in your life based on your shopping habits. places like starbucks, target, for example, based on when women buy things like lotions, supplements and cotton balls they can tell if they are pregnant and even determine the approximate due date. are they crossing the line? we'll talk about it with the author of a new book. >> sound ace left as alarming. coming up, we'll take the grilled cheese sandwich up a notch. we're going to have fun in the kitchen enjoying comfort foods. one of the favorites of all americans. >> we have all been looking forward to terrence brennan's segment. also, are young athletes training too much and going too hard? there is a dramatic rise in teen knee injuries. girls are more susceptible to injuring the knee than boys. we'll tell you why and talk about what, if anything, can be done to prevent injury. >> later on we have great money saving tips for you. how to save on everything from cutting your cable bill to reducing your dry cleaning bill, even getting your interest rates on your credit cards cut. we'll give you tips in a little bit. >> excellent. meantime do you want to give us a check of the weather. >> i'll show you how to cut the forecasting bill down. tune in to weather channel or stay tuned right here. we'll show you now for today a risk of strong storms in the mid section of the mississippi rive rockies. and rain moves into the pacific northwest later this afternoon. and icy conditions in the upper mississippi river valley. and tomorrow, risk of strong storms and ohio river valley as well as the southeastern atlantic coast. wet weather, coastal california. into the pacific northwest. snow around the northern plains. and on into the new england area. boston could be looking at a few inches of snow late tomorrow on into tomorrow night. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, sunny and chilly this tuesday morning. 28th day of february. and we have temperatures now above freezing. just about everywhere. we are into the mid and upper 30s closer to washington to near 40. later today, should be making it into the 50s. much of the region and clouding up tonight. rain likely developing by late morning tomorrow and into the afternoon. high just near 50. then sun back on thursday. and mild up fire 70. clouds return friday and cooler. could get rain on saturday. then chilly weather after that. don't forget. weather any time day or night. go to weather channel on cable. they're very excited about something. >> they're on a senior high school trip. >> wow. >> from north carolina. have a good time and be careful. coming up this half hour, we have a lot going on including how to tell -- did target know a teenage girl was pregnant before her own father? we're going to find out what companies are doing to track your spending habits. first, this is "today" on nbc. we're back at 8:35. shopping for groceries, brushing your teeth, driving to work. they are part of everyday life. you do these things without even thinking twice, but for compani companies, your habits can be used to sell products and find success. charles duhig is an investigative reporterr from the new york times an author of "the power of habit." good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> let me start with a quote from the book. william james once said 99/100 of our activity is purely automatic. our life is nothing but a mass of habits. why is that important? >> because our habits guide what we do on a daily basis. our daily choices have a huge impact. in the last 15 years we have learned about how habits work for the first time. we have learned the neurology of habits and it influenced everything. >> when we use the word "habit" for this segment how do we define that. >> habit is a choice you made, stopped making but continue acting on it every day. >> as consumers we have habits and companies are astute at learning them and acting on them. the headline that's coming out of the book that you will hear over and over is this one -- how target, the scortore, found out teenage girl was pregnant before her father did. take me behind the headline. >> every habit as three parts. a cue or a trigger. behavior, routine. and a reward. target uses this to identify shopping habits and they can predict which shoppers are pregnant. they figured out a girl was pregnant before her dad did. >> the girls sign up for a registry at the store and target watches when they buy things like lotions, cotton balls, supplements. based on the amount they are buying they can predict the due date. >> exactly right. it's not just companies that use this. if you teach your 5-year-old to make their bed, it pays off when they are in the 6th grade doing homework. >> getting back to target and other businesses, that's a personal piece of information. do you feel these companies are crossing a line? >> i don't know if they are crossing a line. people have become accustomed to handing over data at this point. shopping habits. the more we learn about how habits work, the more we learn how it works within families and companies. the more comfortable people are with everyone knowing. >> there are people who go to starbucks two, three times a day. people say they like the coffee. you think it is other reasons. >> we know starbucks sells alongside with the latte customer service. you go because the barista smiles at you. starbucks teaches them willpower habits so even at the end of a shift they have the ability to give you the pep you expect for a $4 coffee. >> that's why they have repeat customers. >> exactly right. >> so companies are using our habits to be more successful. how do we use our habits and the knowledge of them to become better people and more successful? >> if we identify the cues and rewards around habits we can change our behavior. i had a bad habit of eating cookies every afternoon. >> a man after my own heart. >> i talked to experts. they said, look at the cue. i was eating it at about 3:30. what's the reward? it wasn't the cookie. i got to chat with colleagues. so i changed the habit. we explain how to do it in the book. now i go and gossip for ten minutes instead of eating a cookie and i lost 12 pounds as a result. >> applying it to other portions of life, how difficult is it? you changed your habit, stopped eating the cookie. it's not that easy. you make it sound easy. >> it's not easy. but once you understand how a habit is structured you can do it. and for instance, eating dinner with your family. that's a keystone habit. it sets up other patterns in people's lives so kids end up doing homework earlier, getting to bed on time, doing better in school. if you change one habit, the right habit you can unlock patterns. >> the fact is there may be people watching that watch this show out of habit. we want toe careful about teaching people how to change things too much. >> there are good habits and bad habits. good habits make your life petter. >> thank you for being here. up next, what's behind the dramatic rise in knee surgery with tweens and teenagers. first, this is "today" on nbc. 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>> it's a tough issue. whether or not they have surgery, their risk of developing arthritis 15 years down the road just from tearing the acl is 35% to 40%. we are seeing people at 35, 40 years old with arthritic knees because they tore their acl as a teen. >> has surgery come so far they can be 100% in their later teens and young 20s? >> sure. surgery gets you back on the field. it's a great surgery to get people back to activity but the risk is arthritis later in life. >> you say the trick is preventing injuries. how do you do that? >> first, identify who is at risk for suffering the injury. girls are about six times more likely than boys. it's interesting. after puberty, her hips widen and the angle between the hips, knees and feet changes. i brought a picture to show you what it looks like. when a girl lands and we have two here. the girl in the yellow shirt is landing in an at-risk position. her knee is coming to the middle. the girl in the pink is not. the risk is landing in that position. we screen kids likely to land like that. >> there are exercises you have identified that can help strengthen that area and prevent it. the first is a plyometric jump squat. >> we want to build muscles around the back, butt and legs. what she's doing is getting the knees and hips low, the glute down low. she's building strength to prevent landing in that position. >> you don't have to get high off the ground. you don't want to land awkwardly. >> four sets of 15 every other day. >> the next is a single leg squat. >> all you need is a chair. just like this person in the picture and she's sitting down, standing right back up. three sets of 10, so 15 sets of jump squats. as she strengthens the muscles, the risk goes down. >> as athletes get younger we have to pay attention to details and do more in terms of prevention. >> we are doing a great job encouraging them to play sports. we want to prevent the injuries that happen. >> doctor, good to see you. thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> up next, a grown-up twist on a comfort food favorite. we're talking grilled cheese. first, this is "today" on nbc. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for an incredible price: just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. it's an amazing deal, but it's for a limited time only. so don't wait. want to save even more? call right now and we'll add a special bonus: $300 back. unlike cable, fios delivers a 100% fiber-optic network to your home. get america's fastest, most consistent, most reliable internet, plus the best tv picture quality, and more hd. why keep paying so much for cable? switch to fios for just $89.99 a month for two years with a two-year agreement. save $600 in your first two years. and don't forget your special bonus: $300 back. hurry, offer ends march 3rd. call 1.877.827.fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities that's 1.877.827.3467. at 800-974-6006 tty/v. fios. a network ahead. back now at 8:50. this morning on today's cooking school, we are sprucing up the all american grilled cheese sandwich. our teacher is the cheese man himself, terrence brennan, the chef proprietor of the renowned pichelin restaurant in new york city. welcome. >> hey, terrence. >> we're going to start with a classic done four ways. this is a classic grilled cheese and you say it doesn't mean american cheese. >> american cheese isn't actually american cheese. it's a cheese product. so we're using the real cheese here. >> people use cheddar. >> this is a cheddar from england. it will be grated at room temperature which helps melt it quickly and evenly. >> you're adding bacon which isn't classic in my opinion, and apple slices. >> we're going to add a twist to it. can't just be straight up. >> short segment if you just make a grilled cheese. >> exactly. >> what kind of bread? >> this is a sourdough artisanal bread. grilled cheese is simple but it's all about the bread and ingredients. >> that's a massive grilled cheese. that's a dagwood. >> so a little pressure. you can put a top on it to help it melt, too. we'll flip it and it will be crusty. listen to this. >> crunchy! hard on the outside, soft on the inside. >> gooey and cheesy. >> we have the grilled cheese meal. >> la grande fromage. why three different kinds of cheese? >> for complexity. because we have a lot of cheese at restaurant. multi grain bread. we have different breads to show you don't have to just use one type. this is a panini machine. you can do it with different machinery. >> whoa, look at that. >> just happened to be there. again, this one has gotten flat. that's pretty heavy. >> wow. not so big anymore. what did you do, al? >> could you slip that under my door? i'll eat it later. >> now the frenchy. >> i have brie cheese and a baguette because it's french and a mushroom duxelle. the brie has mushroom undertones. >> nice marriage. >> we'll put it together. did we butter the outside as well? >> yes. >> cheese on the inside. >> duxelle. >> we have shallots, mushrooms. >> white wine. just the white mushrooms you see in the store. butter it up. >> if you don't have a panini machine what can you use at home? >> use a nonstick pan, a lid or just a spatula to press it down. you don't have to have the machine at all. that one's very heavy. >> put this in? >> put it in there and press it down with the spatula. >> all right. thanks. i can do that. >> spatula! >> all right. >> press it down. >> how long does that take? >> about two minutes on each side. we put it in the oven to melt the cheese because it's a thick piece of bread. >> wow, look at that. >> deliciousness. >> crunch! >> look at that. and now to the spaniard. >> very good. >> i love this one. excellent. we're starting with olive bread which is different. >> olive bread. manchego because we are going to the mediterranean. chorizo which is a spanish sausage and piquillo peppers. >> delicious. roasted red peppers are fine. >> do you butter it? >> we'll use aioli. >> garlic mayonnaise. olive oil, garlic and egg yolk. >> butter this side. >> butter that side. >> okay. you put paprika, too? >> good job. >> missing ingredient. >> the piece de resistance. >> there we go. >> spatula. >> nice! >> all right. nice and crispy. great bread. it's all about the ingredients. >> mm. so good. all done. voila. >> everyone have their sandwich? >> we just want to mention today's kitchen brought to you by lipitor today. for more recipes head to today.com and click on food. >> clear! >> coming up, how to save money on everything after your local news. 8:56 is your time now on this tuesday, february 28, 2012. i'm eun yang. let's check in with tom kierein for a look at your forecast today. good morning. >> good morning. mid morning, temperatures now above freezing all around the region. hitting the upper 30s to near low 40s right around washington. mid 40s farther south and east. and we will have temperatures hitting the 50s today with lots of sun. clouds close in tonight. cloudy tomorrow and could have rain developing late morning on wednesday and into wednesday afternoon. highs reaching near 50. sun back on thursday and warmer and then clouds return friday. and then friday night into saturday could get rain. >> tom, thank you. a quick break now and check your good morning. traveling the outer loop of the beltway, head h an accident at university boulevard. blocking the right lane. it is out of the roadway. further ahead wisconsin avenue, still seeing the two left lanes blocked. near jammed as you make your way very slowly on the outer loop of the beltway. you are actually at 16 miles per hour. taking about 35 minutes to get from i-95 to i-270. >> danella, thank you. more news, weather and traffic for new just 25 minutes. but for now, back t we're back with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, 28th day of february 2012. we're happy to see so many nice people out on our plaza this morning. happy they stuck around. they're enjoying beautiful weather. out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. coming up, more on a tragic story out of ohio, the shooting at chardon high school. a gunman walked in yesterday morning and killed two students, three others have been wounded. that 17-year-old student who went to another school is now in police custody. savannah guthrie is out in ohio. she'll file a live report on the story coming up for us in a little while. >> on a much different note we asked the question, are you paying too much? whether it's credit card bills, cable bill. if you're thinking about filling your gas tank, are you paying too much? we'll show you how to save a lot of money on common household expenses. >> all right. speaking of saving money, jill martin is back with more of her steals and deals. this morning not just jewelry and designer accessories are on the list. she's even got a vacation destination for the viewers. >> doing her seal imitation. very good. >> natalie is at the news desk with the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. a second student has died after a 17-year-old allegedly opened fire inside a suburban ohio high school. this morning new details are emerging about the shooter and a chilling post he left online. nbc's savannah guthrie is in chardon with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. as you said authorities have confirmed that 17-year-old russell king, jr., died of his injuries. another blow to a community that's still reeling. ♪ i once was lost >> reporter: at a candlelight vigil for the victims, hugs, tears and shock. what did you think when you heard someone had a gun? >> at our school? that's unreal. it's unreal. >> reporter: senior mike wargo had just walked away after greeting his friends in the school cafeteria when he heard a loud noise. >> i started freaking out. i got a text message from my friend saying my best friend got shot. and i heard more gunshots. >> reporter: the shots rang out just as the school day was starting at chardon high school. >> attention chardon rescue, we have an active shooter at the high school. >> i heard a bunch of shots fired. >> reporter: witnesses say thomas, t.j., lane from a nearby vocational school began firing at students. >> he had no emotion on his face. he was just shooting. >> reporter: nate said his ear was grazed by a bullet. >> it sounded like a firecracker almost. i looked back, saw him shoot which hit one of my other friends that was at the table with us. as i was turning around, he hit me. >> reporter: five students were shot before police say lane was chased out of the building by a football coach, frank hall. minutes later lane surrendered. terrified parents rushed to the nearby middle school where students were evacuated to tearful reunions. >> it's really hard because you can't do anything. you're in a helpless situation. >> reporter: the wounded were air lifted to two local hospitals. daniel parmertor, russell king. parmertor died from his injuries. in a statement his family said we are shocked by this senseless tragedy. danny was a bright young boy who had a bright future ahead of him. the shooter lived with his grandparents after his parents divorced. he took a bus every day to the vocational school from chardon high. a spokesman said the family is devastat devastated. >> by all accounts t.j. is a fairly quiet and good kid. pretty much sticks to himself but has some friends and has never been in trouble. >> reporter: for this small community outside cleveland it's almost too much to bear. how are you coping? >> i'm not. it's a nightmare waiting to wake up from. not going to happen. i hope nobody ever has to experience this. i feel this way. i can't imagine what the parents feel like now. >> reporter: i would imagine it went through your mind how close you came. >> i wish i was there. i would rather take the bullet. they had the biggest hearts. they would do anything for anybody. everybody misses everybody. >> reporter: t.j. lane will be arraigned this afternoon in juvenile court. he's reportedly in solitary confinement. in december he posted a long letter on facebook with disturbing imagery. it ended "die, all of you." as for the students, the school is closed but grief counselors will be on site. natalie? >> thank you, savannah. company officials say it will take two days to tell a krtow a crippled cruise ship to safety. the costa allegra was set adrift after an engine room fire monday. it is the sister ship of the costa concordia which ran aground last month killing 25 and leaving seven others missing, presumed dead. >> reporter: newark liberty airport was forced to close for an hour monday night. the pilot on express flight 5124 out of atlanta radioed in an issue with the front wheel after an indicator light showed a problem with the landing gear. the plane was forced to land after fire crews hosed off the runway with foam. the nose gear collapsed upon landing. no one was injured and the passengers and crew were evacuated by emergency chute. gordon gecco has seen the light. michael douglas has now gone to work for the fbi. he stars in a new supublic serve spot to encourage would be informants to contact the feds about insider trading tips. you're up to date now. let's go to al for a check of the weather. >> the voice of nbc nightly news and getting bad guys to turn themselves in. we like t out for you for today. we have a big storm system coming out of the rockies and that's going to be spreading ahead of it. rain, snow, ice as well. ahead of it also down to the south. sphere storms possible. tornadoes could be spawned out of this thing. but the big snow over the next 24 hours from casper, wyoming, two to four inches of snow. blizzard warnings through the dakotas. 8 to 12 inches of snow. duluth could see up to 18 inches of snow. marquette, michigan, up to a foot. that's what's going on around the country. hears's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. tom kierein, storm center 4. mid morning, temperatures are warming up into the upper 30s to low 40s right around washington. mid 40s farther to the south and southeast. and mid 30s far north and west and later today, though, climbing into the 50s just about everywhere. we will have lots of shine and then clouding up tomorrow. looks like rain developing late morning off and on rain during the afternoon, high just near 50. and then sun back on thursday and warmer up around 70. clouds return friday. could get rain saturday. and then sunny and chilly sunday. >> time now for today's consumer. are we paying too much? it's a good question to ask in this economy. could save us big bucks on everything from car insurance to dry cleaning. jean chatzky is here with tips. good morning. >> good morning. >> is there a formula to figure out if i'm paying too much? >> particularly when it comes to your monthly bills, things you pay for over and over again, we get complacent. every 6 to 12 months do a sanity check, do a little searching on the internet to make sure you are paying as little as possible. >> credit cards, a lot of us keep the same cards for a long time and we don't pay attention to it. >> right. >> that's a place where you can cut costs. >> it's a problem if you have annual fees or if the interest rate has gone up or isn't belob% which is the average now. start by calling your company and ask them to waive the annual fee. they may or may not but also transfer your balance. we see amazing balance transfer offers out there. citi transfer select. chase slate card 15 months, no balance transfer fees and you will find a whole list. >> can you leverage it against your current credit card company? >> if you get offers in the mail and we get billions of pieces of direct mail in a year. take the details, use it when you call your current company and say, hey, this company is offering me this deal. why won't you help me? >> dry cleaning, we dry clean too much. >> you're right. we do. most of the time unless you have a big stain on whatever it is, you should hang it up, air it out and not dry clean it. it's not good for your clothes. >> what other ways can you save? >> look at the label. you have to be an active label reader. unless it says dry clean only you can probably do something else with it, hand wash it, wash it on the gentle cycle. hang it up. get familiar with the tide stick, any stain removers. get good with it and save yourself money. >> now gas prices. everybody's suffering. >> they have gone up and up in the past 30 days. unbelievable gains in gas prices. first, there are terrific apps out there and also websites that use gps and volunteer contributors to take you to the lowest gas prices in your area. gas buddy.com, cheap gas and triptick from aaa. fill up your tires, get the heavy stuff out of the trunk. those things reduce the amount of miles you are eating up when you drive your car. >> and don't drive with the lead foot. >> no. keep to the speed limit. we do it to save ourselves money on tickets. also in general if you keep to the speed limit you're not using up much gas. >> cable bill. week after week, month after month we pay the same thing and the prices are astronomical. >> we spend about $1,000 an average when you look at the equipment and services each year. it's way too much money. first of all, look at whether or not competition has come into your area. when fios came to new york i used it to call my current cable company and said, these people are offering things cheaper than you are. what can you do for me? i saved a ton of money. use the competition, but also for the next month keep a diary of what channels you're actually watching. we buy many more channels than we actually watch. you may be able to eliminate channels from your roster. >> another big ticket item, car insurance. >> car insurance, yeah. i tested this gizmo recently called snapshot from progressive. >> sure. >> there are new programs that have been rolled out that allow you to save money on your car insurance based on how you drive. >> you have a new show on rltv produced by nbc called cash call. let's take a look. >> sure. >> we're going to plug it in and hit the road. >> once you plug the device into your car, you can log onto the computer and see a record of how well you are driving. they don't know where i am right now. they just receive data on when i'm driving, how well i'm driving. >> did you save money? >> i was in line for a 25% discount. >> wow! >> huge. there are other things, too. progressive is not the only company doing it. state farm and allstate have the programs that will reward you if you don't hit the brakes too hard or drive too much and if you're not on the road between midnight and 4:00 a.m. >> jean chatzky, great money  saving advice. jean's show is premiering tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on rltv. check your local listings. just ahead, not just a steal but a deal. it's a deal and a steal from a vacation stay to necklaces, beauty products and wall laetsw. jill martin has the deals for you. then later, the most popular breeds in america after these messages. when we walk together, we are bigger than cancer. join the world's biggest fight for more birthdays, the american cancer society relay for life. find your community's event at relayforlife.org. from centrum. its unique assessment tool... helps you find the multivitamin and supplements... that are right for you. so visit nutritionpossible.com. better nutrition... is within reach. centrum. nutrition possible. better nutrition... is within reach. chase scene, netflix coming soon extra butter tickets, swoon penguin journey junior mints moviefone evil prince bollywood 3-d shark attack ned the head 5% cashback right now, get 5% cashback on movies. it pays to discover. in your breakfast cereal, what is? 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>> we like it. >> retail is $140. you get the award winning facial cleanser, miracle worker anti-aging fluid, hope in a tube eye cream, kiss me lip balm, field of flowers lotion. >> goes on and on. >> yeah. you get the whole package. retail is $140. the deal is $39. 72% off. >> that's great. good travel sizes, too. >> this is great. also great as a gift. >> perfect. >> this will go. get on it. >> load up on it now. >> now a great offer from kenneth cole. the women's faux leather wallets. we have a lot of styles and colors to choose from. lots of selection. >> the retail is $48 to $54. as you said, different styles and colors. so the wristlet, clutch, different ways to wear your wallet. this is a great buy if you need a new wallet. again, they are faux. the retail is $48 to $54. the deal, $14.50 for any of them, up to 73% off. >> now to the beautiful smelling candles from m carlissimo. tell us about them. >> smell this. my favorite. gardenia. >> very limey. >> these are hollywood's favorite candles. they are made from 100% soy wax, made in the u.s. celebrity fans include neil patrick harris, ashley green. retail is $90. the deal is $26 for two. >> that's great. >> 71% off. >> soy candles burn cleaner, are better for the environment. and let's get to the vacation package. i'm excited about it. as you can see by the set we're going down south to san antonio, texas. three nights in san antonio, texas. >> who doesn't want to go here? >> yeah. margaritas right on the table. >> three nights at the westin riverwalk. retail is $1,317. ♪ >> we're playing this music wherever you go. >> the riverwalk runs eight miles through the heart of the city and the famous market square. travel and leisure ranked san antonio number 10 in cities in america for foodies. if you like to eat this is where to go. we have stills of the riverwalk hotel. you get a premium riverview room including breakfast for two for two days and you could go on now for a voucher. you will not be charged until you book the trip. >> great. >> at least you know you have the option. >> and you have flexibility when to go. >> there are blackout dates, so check, but everything is on the website. retail is $1317. the deal is $477. that's 64% off. >> fantastic. >> you can get drinks and chips with all you save. jill, thanks. the products are the necklaces by alyssa michelle, spring into beautiful skin package by philosophy, wallets by kenneth cole, the candle sets and the san antonio vacation package including three nights at the westin riverwalk hotel. if you have questions about the products or past orders, go to today.com and the steals & deals page. coming up, healthy habits for reducing the stress in your daily life. first, these messages. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what if we could keep enough plastic waste to fill over 200 garbage trucks out of landfills each year? 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>> thank you, tom. we will good morning. pedestrian has been struck in northwest d.c. right now u is closed between 10th and 12th street. you will see closures on 11th street between u street and v. be careful in the area and avoid, if possible. bash remarks back over to you. >> thank you. >> thank you. we have a fabulous one chance to hunt down the right insurance at the right price. the "name your price" tool, only from progressive. ready, aim, save! grrr! ooh, i forgot my phone! the "name your price" tool. now available on your phone. get a free quote today. nobody's moving in here. you've got to go. good-bye. >> who invited the furry peanut? >> call me a peanut? i'll go right up your nose. >> whoa! you wouldn't hit a woman. >> that's a woman? >> well, that funny guy is the lorax in the dr. seuss classic, danny devito, as you see there. he brings it to life and he'll stop by the studio tomorrow on "today." we always love having him around. he tells great stories, especially hanging out with george clooney. >> you had to go back there. we can't wait to see danny. meanwhile, juggling families and careers puts stress on folks. we'll help you relax and take a load off. joy bauer has the foods you should eat every day to help you destress. then natalie is going to the mats. >> i am. >> she's our consigliere and has yoga moves and stretches you can do at home to reinvigorate your mind and body. >> all you need is ten minutes and good balance. see if i can do it. then we have america's top dogs. almost half of all households with dogs own one of these top breeds. so which furry friends are america's favorites. you're getting some idea there. >> they are making friends there. >> so cute. we'll reveal them coming up. very sweet. first a check of let's see what's happening. we've got a risk of strong storms making their way true the mid mississippi river valley. more wet weather in the pacific north west this afternoon with heavy winds. look for icy conditions in lower minnesota. sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard. tomorrow that risk of strong storms expands into the mid and upper ohio river valleys. icy conditions in the northeast. snow in new england. rain from coastal california and into the pacific northwest coast. snow in the intermountain regions. plenty sunshine through the mid mississippi river valley. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> tom kierein in storm center 4. on this tuesday morning with the bright sun we are warming into the 40s. just about everywhere except farther -- far west and north we are in the mid and upper 30s. later today, though, just about the entire region climbing into the mid to at least upper 50s. especially in virginia. low to mid 50s in much of maryland and west virginia. lots of sun and clouds close in tomorrow. rain developing late morning and off and on during the afternoon up near 50. only for a high tomorrow then warming up on thursday and clouds close in friday and could get rain nd that's your latest weather. >> al, thank you. now let's say hello to the latest contestant to have the scales tip against her on nbc's hit show "the biggest loser." good morning. >> good morning. how are you? >> i'm great. you started your journey on the ranch at 271 pounds. how much did you lose overall? >> 71 pounds. i weigh 200 pounds today. >> that's terrific. >> getting there. >> are you looking forward to being in the one-derland where people have lost a hundred or more? >> i'm looking forward toyota. >> you worked hard at home because you and your brother went home. then you came back. there was drama with your teammat teammates. and you gained two pounds, is that right? >> i definitely didn't throw the weigh in. i would never waste a week at the ranch unlike my teammates. my time there was precious. >> now you have moved into a new home. has it helped you in your journey in that you're starting off fresh? >> it definitely helped me. my new home symbolizes freedom and independence. i lived with my parents because i feared living by myself. now i can live by myself. it's amazing. >> you have a new attitude on life. how else has the weight loss helped you? >> it helped my health generally. i mean, every part of my life it's touched. i have really been a role model for my children, my parents. they have all lost weight. >> a ripple effect happened. >> yes. >> how do you think your chances are for the at-home prize? >> i think i have an excellent chance at it. i really do. >> we know how well you do at home. great to have you here. thank you so much. >> thank you. "the biggest loser" airs tonight at 8:00/7:00 central on nbc. >> up next, from the food you eat to the way you stretch, healthy strategies to help you decompress after these messages. gh of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. 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[ soothing voices ] >> good morning, al. >> tell us about oatmeal. >> these are the best food cures for really making you feel relaxed. the first up is steel oats. all oats whether traditional or instant oats have the whole grain carbohydrate which produces seratonin, a calming feel-good hormone. i particularly like steel cut oats because they are the least processed and they cause a slow, steady rise in blood pressure. >> they taste better. they have a nutty taste. >> they're delicious and they help with food as well. but it's a hassle in the morning to make them because they take 30 minutes. the night before, in a slow cooker add one cup of steel cut oats with four cups of water, any fruit, delicious combinat n combination. set it to low and cook for eight or nine hours. >> it's ready when you get up. >> right there for you. a cozy bowl. >> grapefruit. >> they are loaded with vitamin c. if you have ample amounts of vitamin c you help to keep your blood pressure down and you're less angst while you're doing nerve provoking activities like speaking in public or taking a math test. for people who can't have grapefruit because of medications you could have an orange or clementine as well. >> dark hot chocolate. >> my favorite way to get my zen on, aside from sitting with natalie. this has two stress reducing ingredients. the dark chocolate can help lower stress hormones. you've got to make sure it's at least 70% cacao and the milk proteins calm you down. this is a combination of a wild salmon salad and chick peas. wild salmon has omega 3's which prevents adrenaline rush and chick peas help us feeling terrific with b vitamins. >> my grandmother always said to have tea to calm down. >> chamomile is the perfect brew to ease tension. >> now that we have helped our diet, now our exercise, natalie. >> thank you, al. i'm stretching out with registered yoga teacher and founder of justcalmdown yoga. wendy is here to help quiet and calm the body. people don't really take time to stress -- stretch rather. we do stress. we stress too much. >> absolutely. >> you can do it at home for ten minutes. if you have a mat, great. if not, a towel works. >> absolutely. >> yes, al. come stretch with us. >> the first pose -- >> the bridge pose. we'll start on our back. >> okay. at home if you're doing it, just lie on your back. >> take a deep ex-ha litigati h. relax. walk your feet in toward your hands. pretty easy so far. >> right. what's the point of the bridge? >> it releases tension in the lower back. as you push into your feet and your arms, lift your pelvis up toward the ceiling. >> something so wrong about that. >> see if you can grab the block that's close by and place it under your sacrum for support. just relax. >> it would be nice if there weren't cameras here. >> pretend you're in the comfort of your living room using pillows and blankets. >> hopefully you don't have blankets in the living room. this is great if you suffer from headaches, insomnia and fatigue. >> this is a great overall body stress reliever. my favorite pose is the next one. the child pose, right? >> absolutely. let's transition. >> al! >> okay, child pose. >> this is al's favorite pose, too. because it's named after children. >> open up your knees wide enough so you can place a pillow between your thighs. >> i do it without a pillow. >> it's more calming and relaxing with support. so bring the pillow in. >> toes are together, right? >> toes together. as you exhale gently, rest your torso down on the pillow like you're taking a nap. >> i'm relaxed except for al roker, the look on his face. >> this pose is excellent for relieving tension in the neck and back. >> okay. finally, really quickly, we're going to do quick breathing but at home this is good to clear your nasal passages and just help relieve tension. >> it actually lowers the heart rate. it calms an overstimulated nervous system. you're a righty? >> correct. >> we're going to fold down every thifinger except the thum and ring finger. take a deep inhalation. close the left with the ring finger and exhale through the right. slow it down a little, natalie. >> i would like to. >> inhale. >> he's out of control. >> and exhale through the left. >> all right. as i continue to deep breathe here, wendy, thank you. it's much easier to do it at home without al laughing. for easier ways to destress visit today.com. up next, a way to help you relax is to get yourself a puppy. that's what we love. look at these guys. we'll show you the top dogs in america after this. 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the labrador retriever. >> 20 years in a row. the king of all dogs. for 21 years the number one dog because they are versatile. they are friendly and easy to train. love people. love to play in the water. a great breed for a variety of families. >> i love these dogs. absolutely beautiful. thank you as always. still to come -- can i keep this one? sarah hanes rubs elbows at one of new york's most popular attractions. first, this is "today" on nbc. coming up, kathie lee and hoda cozy up to a sloth. >> cozy? >> they get wild with animals. >> plus the hot new headlines short in the front, long in the back. >> it's a fashion mullet. >> sounds good. also healthy meals for you and your family. good morning, everyone. 9:57. tuesday, february 28, 2012. let's go to tom kierein with a look at the forecast. >> good morning. it has been a chilly morning. we have had temperatures above freezing most of the morning. around the area now, just -- beginning to hit the mid 40s to even upper 40s. just to our south and farther west and north it is around 40 and later today not as warm as yesterday. into the mid and upper 50s. clouds close in tonight. and looks like rain developing late tomorrow morning and off and on during the afternoon. and highs near 50. and then thursday, sunny and near 70. clouds close back in on friday and rain on saturday. >> pedestrian has been struck and northwest d.c. u street closed between 10th and 12th street. closures off 11th street. closures between u and v streets. avoid the area. >> coming up on "news4 midday" how to mix up a fabulous skin-brightening facial at home. all the details how to do it all the details how to do it from our resident dermatologist captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, everybody. it's booze day tuesday. it's february 28th. one more day of february this year, though, hoda. tomorrow is leap day. >> that's right. >> leap year. leap day. glad you're with us. >> a lot of press. someone from the oscars is getting it. >> not a winner. >> no. >> a past winner. >> right, it is. it is angelina jolie's leg. you guys remember the pose. >> specifically. >> it was sort of jutted out. everyone was making comments abha, ha, ha. >> great logs. >> it took on a life of its own. there it is on the moon. tiananmen square where she's stomping -- >> crushing them. >> and then with washington crossing the delaware. >> of course. >> and naturally the statue of liberty. >> now, that's funny. >> this is my favorite. the double -- >> come on! >> somebody photoshopped. let's look for just a minute. kathie lee with just one leg of hers. i like your leg, your natural leg. >> what happened to my other shoe? >> it was changed because of the angelina leg. >> oh. >> you know, it's -- it's fun to play around about it, but there's something behind it. this is a woman we talked about yesterday does not need any more attention. you know? she gets all the attention. >> right. >> so you wonder what her motivation of it was. >> yeah. >> and i'd love her to comment on it. i wonder if she ever will. >> she knew she would get a lot of press on the red carpet. >> you expect that on the red carpet. >> she did it on stage. >> that was the weird part because that was not a natural stance in front of a podium. >> do you think it was a gag with brad or something? >> that's what i'm sort of wondering, because there's some talk about the fact that they had several dresses to choose from but they were picking, you know, brad's mom and different people all picking the dress she would ultimately wear. she knew she'd look fabulous in whatever she wore. maybe there was talk at that time like, you have to show the leg. maybe there was a secret message or something, who knows. it doesn't make sense otherwise. >> i'm with you. if you were watching the boys last night, and i know a lot of you were. >> hoda was. >> at the end, there was a girl named sara hill. and christina aguilera had one last person to choose on her team. she heard this girl singing and loved her. that wasn't what made the story cool. at the end, imagine being sara hill because christina aguilera decides she's going to get up on stage with this girl and sing a duet. picture yourself being this young girl on stage singing a duet with christina. watch. >> i just wanted to grab a mike and get up there and sing it with you. ♪ i'm going down and you ain't around baby ♪ ♪ turned my whole world upside down yeah ♪ ♪ come on, sara >> come on. wow. >> what is better than seeing sara hill right there. >> how exciting for her. that is great. >> she's a 24-year-old. i think she works in a hotel or something in atlanta. >> yeah. >> i love those back stories. in a back room like totally -- >> freaking out. precious. >> we're going to do oun ore "voice" coming up. >> are we doing it again? did they save our chairs? i hope so. >> they save everything around here. jerry's got them stuffed in his granl at home. >> a lot of you guys maybe you were watching betheny's show. her show is called "betheny ever after." crazy antics on the show. there's almost nothing we can show, but all right. >> i need a love pat. every time i see you, i can't get it out. >> look at you. go. >> i can't get it out. >> you go. go. you look great. >> i do? >> oh, my god. >> it's just [ bleep ]. >> hey, thanks for the clip. >> that's what you turn into after you leave me here? on this wonderful, i love you -- >> la, la, la, la. >> yes. and then you go with her and you feel like [ bleep ]? oh, my gosh, hoda. oh, man. >> that is not great. >> your mother just called. >> i know. >> she did not race you like that. >> she did not, and i rarely curse. >> but sometimes it's not a person's fault because sometimes -- can you give me a beep? [ bleep ] happens. and sometimes it happens [ bleep ] in ways you cannot even imagine. tell the story, hoda. >> all right. so there was a couple that was sitting out in their backyard on long island. >> minding their own business. on a beautiful february evening, which we've had lately. >> they just happen to live in the line where the planes fly over to jfk. sometimes planes fly over. while they're out there, a beautiful day, and suddenly they noticed some black oily stuff all over their deck. and they were, like, boy, what is that? and then some black oily stuff fell from the sky and hit the woman, the wife. >> on her face. >> and the black oily stuff -- >> it's a bird, it's a plane -- no, it's [ bleep ]! >> it fell from the plane. and they say sometimes they do some chemical stuff to the [ bleep ]. and then they drop it from the plane and that's what happens. >> hadn't quite made it to the atlantic ocean yet. still over long island. >> oh, my gosh. it was awful. >> i say lawsuit. >> well, you know what, here's another guy who stepped in some [ bleep ]. so angela merkel, the chancellor of germany -- >> germany. germany. angela from germany. yeah. go ahead. >> she was at an ash wednesday dinner. >> oh, i didn't know it was a religious -- >> anyway, before we show the tape, there is a waiter who's got five beers on hiss tray and he's trying to serve angela merkel her beer, and then something very unfortunate happens. >> okay. here. look again. look how calm she is. here he comes. and down the back. >> oh, my god. >> he claims -- we want to watch closely. he claims someone bumped him. i don't see a bump. >> no, you don't. there's no bump. >> he doesn't seem particularly concerned, either. >> no. barely. >> no. >> look at her. >> you know what she's thinking? blank happens. >> she stood up and gave a toast. this guy -- >> with what? it was all over her head and her back. >> this guy claims there was another waitress that was supposed to serve angela merkel but she got nervous and so he took over. >> that man to the rescue. oh, my gosh. >> terrible. that was awful. >> but you learn -- it's like ryan seacrest when all that happened with the dictator the other day. you see what a person is made of. in that instant when, you know, nothing's planned, it's all spontaneous and you see the person's reaction. i think she handled it as if it was another day in germany. happens all the time. >> so you've been in a restaurant before. i've seen a waiter accidentally drop something on someone and the person throws a fit. you feel terrible. i'm much more on the side of the waiter. >> nobody expect for the dictator plans on something something like that. >> right. >> what is the fallout from that? a lot of people are not too pleased with him. >> they were saying that technically, i guess, legally you could file some kind of a lawsuit because he invaded personal space and -- >> and did damage to his personal property. >> you know he's not going to do that, and this guy did it for attention. i'm not sure it was the kind of attention even he wanted. >> people in our meeting today were saying, you know, that they used to like him. and -- or didn't really feel one way or the other. but this made them not like him and not -- on purpose not want to see his movies. >> it will be interesting to see. if you live in one of the happiest states the in the country. >> yes. >> one of those surveys where they judge your helle and work environment, all that sort of stuff. anyway, the number five happiest state in the country is alaska. >> betcha don't know it. >> number four is utah. number three is minnesota. two, north dakota. and the happiest state in the country, hello, is hawaii. >> yeah. they all have something in common, which is, you know -- four of them are called weather places, which is interesting. i think space. maybe not honolulu but other parts of the island. there's spaciousness and openness about it. >> i thought the warmer states would be in there. >> not at all. >> new york's number 34 on the list. but it's way down in the not happiest. >> well, the least happiest state according to the survey is west virginia. i beg to differ. >> you lived in west virginia. tell the poor people watching act west virginia. we don't know -- i don't know if we get big ratings. i hope we do because i love west virginia! >> okay. i grew up on dogwood avenue in morgantown, west virginia. >> what sounds more picturesque than that? honestly. >> tread lightly. >> i'm not kidding. that sounds beautiful. >> it was a beautiful place. when we moved we cried because we loved west virginia so much. >> you were in sixth grade, right? >> wild, wonderful west virginia stickers all over the place. i take issue with that west virginia. >> so your happiest years were there. >> they were. >> see? we don't agree with any of these so-called -- >> okay. all right. you see, if i was happy looking like that, then you know i was a happy kid. okay? >> that's called bliss. that's blissful. >> on the ball in the control room today. >> dangerous. he got a good night's sleep. you know we complain about everything. i have a broken nail. i can't, i have a pimple. i can't. my alarm clock didn't go off. >> so many people in the world have real problems like third-world problems, not enough food, water, shelter. there are first-world problems. this is a video created by scooter mcgruder. >> can't find the remote. >> what the heck? >> twitter is over capacity. ran out of toilet paper. nothing to eat. neighbor blocked the wi-fi. ran out of milk. your hot water takes long to get hot. no leftovers. too many commercials on tv. you cut yourself shaving. bad cell reception. you don't done a mac. you forgot to turn your phone on silent before you went to sleep. lawn mowers wake you up. can't hear the tv over the vacuum cleaners. you can't find your chapstick. elevator is broken. person taking too long in the bathroom. >> you guys don't deliver? >> forgot to put deodorant on. wrong type of battery. wrong food order. >> i wanted the chicken nuggets! no fries! >> you forgot the test was tomorrow. can't find the match to your sock. you didn't get what you wanted for christmas. can't find your charger. your phone keeps autocorrecting. your friend as an annoying ring tone. >> does it remind you just how ridiculous we are? >> it does. it does. so there's this cafe, a little cafe in italy. >> you think you got problems. >> where all the women in this small town do not want their husbands going to this cafe. there's a reason they don't want their husbands going. >> there's also a reason why people come from seven hours away. >> a woman named laura. she's i guess the waitress. >> she owns it. >> anyway, she dresses like that and serves coffee and things to her patrons. the wives, including the mayor herself, does not want her own husband going there because they don't like this woman and they shi she's kind of, you know, tramping up the neighborhood. they do. >> well, if you could see -- we're only allowed to see the one picture, but apparently there are pictures of her all over the place. but business is good because if you build them, they will come. okay. >> we want to give a shoutout to a couple friends visiting us here today. cheri and betsy glukman are in the house. >> hello. >> tennis tournament, and they're terrific. they came and paid money in an auction that went to a good cause. >> why? >> i don't know. to see us? >> yes. >> you know what they knew? they were going to get some free stuff. >> uh-huh. >> going to get free stuff. >> we've got it. we missed yesterday. >> christine from bryn mawr, pennsylvania, is on the phone. we're going to meet her on thursday when we do "everyone has a story." she's there with her mom shopping because christine can be a little difficult to understand at times because she has cerebral palsy. she's an amazing young lady who started her own organization called kids for kids. and it's basically because there's a bullying situation when kids don't understand what other problems some children have. and she got ridiculed and thought that if people could just understand, that people with disabilities are just like they are. she's an amazing young leader. hi, choppy. hi, christine. >> hi, kathie lee! >> and hoda's right here. >> how are you? >> caller: good. how are you? >> great. we are so excited for you guys to come here. from bryn mawr, pennsylvania, huh? >> yes. i'm so happy. >> well, you know that the wonderful john tartaglia from avenue q is going to be here with your special song we've written for you. and i think he's going to bring along a puppet friend or two. because she started this wonderful organization where children with disabilities with actually be involved in the arts. >> i love it. >> so we are excited to honor you with your beautiful new song. >> caller: kathie lee. can i say something? >> sure, darling. >> calle >> calle >> caller: christine met you many years ago. she was there in the audience. i think you had rosie on when you were on with regis. >> oh, it will be so nice to see you again. i had no idea. i'm glad you didn't tell us because that would have made you ineligible. but now it's okay! >> we'll see you soon. >> we'll see you thursday. drive carefully or fly, whatever you're doing. >> this is called an alcohol-infused -- these are ice cream pops and popsicles. mine's a frozen margarita. frozen popsicle. >> mine is brandy, creme de menthe, cocoa and ice cream. you know what i say to that, hoda? 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"and we're getting saucy with delicious, healthy and affo affordable meals. >> he's got two healthy and hearty winter dishes from food and wine magazine's charity edition. >> thank you so much. families are trying very hard to eat properly as well as also eat healthy. and you may know a few years ago i started on this health kick and lost 120 pounds. >> hello. >> and i made it a point -- hello! look. there's a lot of me right there. but i felt there was a need, and so through that and working with kids, we started the kids program, doing a lot of healthy, delicious foods. >> teaching them how to cook. kids love it. >> they really do. >> what are we making today? >> we're making this wonderful summer vegetable salad. with vegetables -- >> it ain't pretty toook at. >> but when they taste it after, they'll love it. a little bit of celery root. we'll put those in there. you can pour that in there. golden beets and turnips. then a little rosemary. >> just a little because it's very powerful. >> right. >> taste. a little olive oil. okay. >> then just a little salt. pepper. okay. we're going to roast those in the oven at 400 degrees. when you roast it, it's going to intensify the flavor. isn't that delicious? >> oh, my gosh. it really is. >> how long do you roast them? >> i roast them for about 25 minutes. >> they're so sweet. >> so down here -- >> my kids will love them. >> we have arugula already in here. arugula is one of those things that kids -- you have to work with children, let them taste different things. then we've got some watercress and some -- >> what's that? >> it's kale. a little mustard, too. we're just going to take all that and put those in like that. >> you've got some wonderful shallots that we've mixed up in there, some olive oil. what you're going to do is add a little bit of the honey and a little orange juice. >> mm-hmm. >> i wouldn't have thought this was going to be delicious. now i think it's going to be unbelievably good. >> i find that parents would eat the same things they feed their children -- >> hello. >> just add that. >> okay. looks fantastic. >> i can tell you've done that before. >> i actually have done it on occasion. >> so what we have here is -- we can bring our salad over here. >> oh, my gosh, that's good. >> isn't it delicious? i love a chili. turkey chili i used to make -- you know i worked for oprah for eight, nine years. >> show dropper. >> she's the queen. i love her. i did the roots reunion with her and i loved it. anyway, she loved her chili. it's with turkey, pinto beans. kids love turkey chili. >> all these recipes are on our website. >> of course they are. >> okay, hodie. >> we're going to run as we go to commercial break. thank you so much. >> sara is doing something fun. she's working with a madam. don't even ask. ♪ here we go again >> "sara in the city" when sara haines leaves the comfort of the studio to try her handle at a new job. >> this week she packed her jobs and spent the day at a well-known tourist attraction. >> one of the things i love most about the city, even if you've been here for a while, there's always something new to see. i spent the day at madame tussauds's, where it's easy to rub elbows with the rich and famous. well, sort of. i'm at madame tussauds's, new york, an interactive experience where they encourage you to get up close and personal with celebrity, athletes. eve an couple presidents. this is my type of place. let's go inside and check it out. oh, there he is! hey! okay. so that's not the real j.t., justin timberlake. by now you've figured it out. it's his wax look-alike. madame tussauds learned to wax and these waxy figures have made their way to locations all over the world. how long does it take from start to finish to make a figure? >> a few months. >> okay. this is one of the studio artist who is keeps more than 200 figures here in tip-top shape. she'll show me the ropes. >> you need skills. >> i need skills? >> yes. painting. hair. wardrobe. >> if there's a paint by numbers moment, i'm going to be awesome. >> time to hit the floor. to touch up "twilight" heart throb robert pattinson. >> his skin and everything. he's fine. he's fine. >> okay. >> yeah. he's fine. >> next, we helped harrison ford's hair follicles. it feels funny. indiana jones feels funny. then leo dicaprio gives us an earful. >> here we go. >> you're going to show me first. right? >> yeah, yeah. it's fine. go, go. >> attention to detail is key. the tattoo. >> oh, yeah. >> art has never been my strong suit so, we're going to move right along to my next role here at madame tussauds as a photo host. tatiana and tabitha get to visit with the president and first lady. three. from the oval office. while you were with the first family? you've got your priorities straight. i couldn't make a trip here without seeing some of my "today" show peeps. so exciting, it's the "today" show. one, two, three. you want to pose? i can take a picture for you. no? technical difficulties on my camera. i used a few minutes of down time to take a peek at some of my waxy favorites. ♪ >> all right. looks like fun. thank you, sara. >> all right. tomorrow, we're going to find out if the tiger mom has been replaced by the french parent. >> plus, what the heck? and beauty products to help you get out of the house faster and better looking. >> we are going to see you tomorrow. >> guess what tomorrow is, hodie? wednesday, wines day. 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