want to wish billy joel a very, very happy birthday. i'm not sure how old he is. >> 63. >> is he 63? >> 63. i'm right behind you, billy. god bless you. >> last night it was a nail biter and you probably stayed up late if you watched this and a lot of people did. it was the finale of "the voice." there was so much drama, and it came down to four, juliette luka, chris simms and jermaine paul. >> everybody had their favorites. >> and it was whittled down to juliette and jermaine at the end. >> okay. >> and can i say just one thing? >> i tweeted during the show. >> such a showoff. >> it appeared. my question is who got a picture of the tweet on tv? amanda. >> really? >> amanda is quick. click. she sits there with her iphone and waits for something. >> what did you tweet? >> get a life. get a life, amanda. >> i tweeted team jermaine. >> thought provoking. >> tweets aren't supposed to be thought provoking. it's supposed to be simple. >> both of us picked jermaine. >> yes, we did. >> and we were right. so we're not going look at that moment? >> let's watch the moment. >> jermaine paul! >> come here! >> i just want to say thank you to everybody that voted for me. all of the years that i put in, my wife, my children! ♪ i used to think that life could not go on ♪ ♪ life was not nothing but an awful song ♪ ♪ now i know the meaning of true love ♪ >> wow! >> oh, my gosh, i could cry all over again. >> i have chills. >> and then he was on our show. >> oh, wow! >> all day long i could watch. >> that was really special. >> what a beautiful -- it changed his life, i bet. >> it will, of course, and then he was so humble this morning when he was talking on the early hours, and i think it was with matt and just so grateful and humble, you know? we don't see enough of that around. >> that's right. i did it i sang my -- off. you know, that's what we're used to, not people saying i am so grateful for the people that help mead, my wife -- humility is a beautiful thing! >> here's what's interesting about the finale, christina and adam -- team christina and team adam had a feud. >> you're still mad at christina. let it go. >> their singers ended up in the bottom two. >> there was controversy that maybe their little war of words hurt their actual contestants. i don't think we'll ever know. i know it left a huge bad taste in your mouth. >> a lot of people kept saying wow! they just couldn't believe that that's what it kind of came down to. >> it was like politics. it got so nasty and dirty. >> it did. >> christina walking up on stage, i believe, because you just can't see it enough. let's watch. >> you have to see it. >> oh, yea! it's hard to see. >> you wanted me to see the outfit. >> it was an interesting choice of outfits. >> she can do no right in your mind. >> oh, i see. >> a little pant action. all righty then. >> we have a big announcement coming up on our show. this is kind of exciting. the daytime emmys are being announced right here on this program. >> exclusively. >> so we're talking about these are the best talk shows, the best soap operas, the best morning television shows. anyway, all of the nominees for the 39th daytime emmys and a lot of people are waiting to see who will be nominated. >> that is coming up in just a little bit. our melanie, one of our producers, got a text picture of a friend of hers that had just gotten on a plane, melanie jackson and she was taking a picture of this guy who got sat down next to her, took off his shoes barefooted -- crossed over right over to her -- that's her tray. look where his foot is. >> she also said his foot smelled like fritos. >> yes. which i usually like the smell of fritos, but if emanating from feet i don't think i'd feel that way. so anyway, we were talking about -- i've gone barefoot on planes before and you wear your sandals in the summertime, but you cover them up. >> i sometimes put my purse on the floor and put my feet on top of my purse. >> i've seen you do that -- i should just tell you something that you do just for the future. >> what? >> you -- i'm jealous of you about this you always put on a hoodie so you're comfy, cozy. >> so i can fall asleep. >> you don't realize some of the things you do when you're asleep. >> what are you talking about? >> you move around and you have long legs and beautiful long feet. >> what are you talking about? >> you don't fall asleep all adorable. your feet move. you drool a little bit. >> i do not drool! >> a little bit and you circle like this. >> i do not. >> yes, you do. >> i am just warning you because i love you. >> if you were sitting next to that foot what would you do? would you, a, say something to the foot and the man or would you say to the flight attendant look at his foot? what's the right thing to do? >> how long is the flight? if i've got to sit here for six hours on the way to california i don't want to look and smell that foot smell. >> would you say, excuse me, sir, if you wouldn't mind -- would you mind crossing your leg the other way and putting it in someone else's face? >> i think it's better to get an intermediary. for someone to say would you mind asking the gentleman to please move his feet? >> doesn't he know you tattled on him? >> no, she could come by and go -- you, no, no, no. people take up umbridge at stuff like that. they think because they bought a ticket they can do whatever they want. >> you could buy food on planes, but a lot of people bring on -- i'm talking salad with bleu cheese dressing and all kinds of stuff so when you crack that open and the onions and all of that and they enjoy their meal. >> you're happy they enjoy their meal, but they're just one of several hundred people on the plane. it's a smorgasbord after a while. you have the guy with the pizza and the guy with the meatballs and the frito feet. the place has to be fumigated after one flight. >> all right. we'll do a follow-up with the met fashion ball. >> we go from frito feet to beautiful gowns and why not? >> we did talk about beyonce's gown from the met ball. >> most people did agree, 75% didn't like it, 25% did. >> here's another controversial photo, tom brady. tom brady's hairstyle it's the mohawk that is tilted over a little bit, right? >> yea. it's a little like alfalfa meets -- i don't know. gordon gecko. i don't know. it's -- he is such a gorgeous, gorgeous -- >> i wonder why he would have done that? >> i don't know him. frank likes him a lot. he says he's a great guy and i don't know either one of them. sometimes they get so much attention and maybe for a laugh they go, let's do this. who knows? i can only imagine. >> it is the big time we've been waiting for. >> already, hoda? let's make them cringe and wait a little longer. >> we'll announce the winner of the kids voice edition. >> our two finalists jillian ray and christian cunningham sang "fame." >> take a look. ♪ i can catch the moon in my hand ♪ ♪ don't you know who i am ♪ remember my name ♪ fame ♪ i'm going to live forever ♪ i'm going to learn how to fly high ♪ ♪ i feel it coming together ♪ people see me and cry ♪ baby, hold me tight because you can make it right ♪ ♪ you can shoot me straight to the top ♪ ♪ give me love and take all i've got ♪ >> we didn't have somebody actually playing the keyboards. david freeman is there playing keyboard, but apparently he wasn't then. >> but apparently, 10,000 people voted. >> 10,000 people voted. this is unbelievable because it happened on tuesday and this was yesterday and just in one day we had 10,000 votes. by the way, you guys were both terrific. we had great, great, great feedback, but this is what america said. >> they know, hoda. they want to know who won! >> and the winner is -- christian cunningham! ♪ >> here you go, sweetie. here's your award. congratulations. bring it right in here, christian. >> now for jillian, we're not sending her home empty handed. >> no we are not, jillian. you were a home run and you were terrific. >> we have behind you a wii system that you can have and you're 14 years old. you have a long runway. we'll be seeing so much of you. >> by the way, you don't just get this cheap trophy. you know what else you get? 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"bold and the beautiful" won the last three years and did not get nominated. >> "ail my children" is bye-bye after over 40 years. >> outstanding lead actress in a drama series. >> we have crystal chappell of "days of our lives." debbi morgan "all my children." erika slezak "one life to live," who is missing? susan lucci. 21 nominations in her run and did not get nominated in her last year. >> not nice. >> outstanding lead actor in a drama series. maurice bernard, general hospital. anthony geary "general hospital." john mccook" the bold and the beautiful" darnell williams." those guys have been doing these for years and years and years. >> how about nominees for outstanding morning program. >> who do you think that might be? >> a little show called the "today" show and "good morning america" and congratulations "today" got six nominations in 2011 and 2010. if you're putting money on it. >> hopefully these things come in threes. >> outstanding talk show, the informative kind. >> are we on that one? >> why aren't we there is what i want to know. >> you are informative. "anderson." "the dr. oz show" and "the doctors." this is anderson cooper's first year. we'll see if he can dethrone dr. oz. >> how about outstanding talk show host. >> once again, anderson cooper, dr. oz, regis and kelly. rachael ray and all six co-hosts of "the doctors." >> that left out "the view." >> and "ellen." ellen's show got nominated, but she did not get nominated for a host so we'll see. >> that's weird. >> can we say a quick shoutout to today.com because we were nominated at today.com -- remember this thing we did? trying to introduce the brand new website and we were drinking and apparently that got an emmy nomination. >> it did. >> and -- i can't believe that got an emmy nomination, right? >> the category of new innovative things that we're doing. >> that was great! >> you know, it just makes me miss my hair every time we go back to that! >> all right. thank you. >> think thanks, jessica. you can see a full list of the nominees at klgandhoda.com. the winner will be announced june 21. >> how embarrassing if we didn't get nominated. we would have had to fake that, we're so happy for everyone. how much do you know about your favorite tv moms? we'll play who knew and last minute gift ideas. rita wilson's in the house and you know what? she can sing. >> she sure can sing right after your local news. we are back on this winesday wednesday with more of "today." we are ready to play "who knew." we'll test your knowledge of tv's most famous moms. kathie lee, of course, is across the street at the nbc experience store and she's ready to hand out 100 bucks to those who get the questions right and to those who don't get a copy of kathie lee's cd. lucky them. here to help me is e news correspondent. alicia, how are you? >> good, girl. >> which of the following tv moms gave birth on real life as the day her character gave birth. maggie seaver from "growing pains" lucy ricardo "i love lucy or debbie baron from "everybody loves raymond." >> i'll go with b. >> and you would be right. >> lucy! "i love lucy" one for one. >> lucy actually gave birth in 1953. january, 19th, a record at the time. >> really? >> yes. >> back across to kath. >> there's a guy here from athens, alabama. i don't know, but there's a story here, you know what i'm saying? in addition to being a mother of five in "the cosby show" phylicia rashad's character was originally scripted to be what? a dentist, a plumber, a florist or a housewife? >> a dentist. no, but thank you for sharing your seat. >> anyway, so the correct answer surprisingly is a plumber. >> bill cosby wanted her to be a dominican plumber. he was going to be a cab driver and his wife said no, no, no. i want them to have professional jobs, hence the lawyer and the doctor. so camille saved the day. >> thank god. >> i know. shocking! >> very pretty lady from los angeles. which tv mother said i'm not going to vacuum until sears makes one you can ride? was that peg bundy from "married with children," marge simpson from "the simpsons." roseanne conner from "roseanne" or deborah baron from "everybody loves raymond." peg bundy? >> sounds like her, but you're wrong. >> the correct answer is roseanne conner from "roseanne." roseanne does not cook and she does not clean, my kind of girl, roseanne. >> i like it. back across to kath. >> look at this guy from connecticut. which actress begged producers to give her tv mom a profession. was it barbara billingsley from "leave it to beaver" florence henderson from "the brady bunch," or joanna kerns from "growing pains." isn't she good? >> joanna kerns. >> wrong again. >> the correct answer here is florence henderson from "the brady bunch." i love this. in 1969 when she was cast as carol she said look, i want this to be a realistic character. she was ahead of her time. she begged for a career, but they wouldn't give it to her. >> do we know what she wanted to do? >> we don't know what she wanted to do. 1969 women weren't necessarily having careers so miss henderson was well ahead and setting the blaze. i like it. >> back across. >> sweet man from australia. which tv mom is famous for saying i can't talk. there's too much fruit in the house. was that edith bunker. marie barone, elise keaton from "family ties." >> b. >> lucky guess! >> lucky guess. i can't talk, there's too much fruit in the house. >> that was one of her catch phrases. marie barone was the mother-in-law you didn't want to have. she loved her son raymond and was so hard on her daughter-in-law deborah. that was a catch phrase. >> back across. >> which tv mom went back to college after years of regretting not going? norma arnold from "the wonder years." lorelai gilmore from "the gilmore girls" or murphy brown from murphy brown. >> angela bower. >> but i don't know who it is. >> he was very confident. >> the correct answer is norma arnold from "the wonder years." you think it could be murphy brown or any of those characters but yes, "the wonder years" won out. >> do we have time for one more? we don't. >> that's all right. >> thanks for coming to see us. >> my pleasure. >> kathie lee will come back across the street and while we're talking about tv we need to make a correction, earlier we announced and said ellen wasn't nominated for talk show host, but it was because she didn't enter her name in that category. up next, last minute gift ideas for mother's day right after this. 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>> that is really cute. >> and this starts at $134, and it's done by a mother and daughter team out of michigan. >> very cute idea. >> what do these run? >> $38. >> okay. >> and these are also our last personalized item from red envelope.com and these are brand new mother of pearl purse mirrors and there are little initials here that you can get personalized. we have one for your mother, klg and one for you. >> good, because i have been a little late this week. >> thank you. >> it's a great classic gift for the purse. >> yea. beautiful. >> a pop of color for the purse. so these are great, colorful accessories from candy store. they're all named after candies and this is the flavor of the month debuting this may called rainbow sherbet. they're super soft made of silicone and -- >> for glasses would be good. >> you don't lose them. >> that's right. that's right. >> i like it. >> the ipad case is important. this is good. >> this is tech chic and these are from jonathan adler, and i love the beautiful prints and colors. they're gorgeous. and also from target, if you're into gardening. >> those are adorable. >> this is what your garden should look like, right? >> we have the floral inspired and these are available at target, but the boots and watering can available online. >> so those can make it in time. >> with the thank you notes and things. >> if you're a scribe, and i love the art of writing and these are all from target and they start at $5.99. the amore me line. i love the necklace from bloomingdales. mariska hargitay started the joyful heart foundation and the proceeds go to benefit the foundation of victims of child abuse and also violence. >> very pretty. >> very classic. >> this is my favorite find for makeup. this is from makeup forever. they're la boheme color collection and shimmery and make you look awake and great for new moms. >> so pretty. the pigment is so lovely and you want to give mom a bath time treat this is from lush and everything is eco-friendly in here which is really nice as well, but the bath fizz and the bubble wand. >> these are all great. >> that's why you want to give her a gift certificate from spafinder.com. do this the day of on sunday and you can give it electronically to her and you can do it far away or if you live overseas. instead of cut flowers, why not give her flowers that you can grow. it grows in four to six weeks even if you don't have a green thumb, i promise, you'll have up to 50 blooms. >> that's great. >> very sweet. >> to magnolia bakery. >> now ships across the country. >> stop it. >> this is their mom's day box set and this is the classic cupcake and if mom happens to be great in the kitchen and loves to cook, how about aprons from sur la table that practically look like dresses. >> very cute ideas. >> all are on our website. >> up next -- >> author james patterson is in the house and he has something for your kids. right after this. >> rita wilson will sing for us. >> have a little wine. >> i think i might. i'm meteorologist chris warren with your forecast. across the country today, just a couple spots where we'll see the chance for some showers throughout the northern tier and in the south, throughout parts of texas, new mexico and showers in the northeast and the extreme southern portion of florida. otherwise, another warm day throughout a huge portion of the plains. denver, readings in the lower 80s and minneapolis, 74. the heat is cranking up in the southwest. 60s and a nice looking kay in the southeast. a few of those days for you. and then on friday, we'll see that chance for some storms increasing and heavy rain really gets going here throughout parts of texas and moving in to the deep south throughout parts of louisiana and mississippi. we're going to watch that in the coming days. ahead of that, still warm, mid 80s in new orleans to 79 in atlanta. still warm around the great lakes. 50s and 70s. saturday, more of that heavy rain in east texas, louisiana, pretty much the entire state. we're talking a lot of rain heading that way. same story in southern mississippi. and that system moves further and deeper into the south and farther to the north, as well. we're going to see rain increasing all the way up to around lake erie and moving into the east coast. so eventually that rain moves in. so on the east coast, saturday looks better than sunday. but by monday, everybody is going to be on the wet side with temperatures still mild. the lower 70s from boston to new york. and from florida to maine, a chance for some rain on monday. remember, keep it here on the weather channel in the morning. 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>> you have to find out where your kid's reading level is, but it's kind of 8 and up. >> you have a 14-year-old son, right? >> i do. >> does he take to reading naturally because it's in his dna? >> no. when he was 8 we said in the summer you'll read every day. he said do i have to? we said yeah, you do have to read. i always hear parents and say i can't get your kid to read. do you get him to the dinner table? if you can get him to the dinner table you can get him to read. >> how? >> you have to insist that it's a deal. that's the deal in our house. >> we're going to turn off the tv and we're going to turn off the computer. >> you're not going to get screens. and then the other, most important thing is you've got to get cool books for kids. >> my daughter was growing up she had to read a half an hour a night. the school should take a part of this as well. when they're learning to read. it's both. make part of her homework is to read for half an hour and the parents is to make sure you're sitting with them when they read. >> the parents have to find books and they have to -- that's why we have a band on the 11th hour. while you're here don't forget your kids. >> tell us about "the 11th hour" in the one minute you left for it. >> it's murders and women -- >> he doesn't care. >> i do care, but people will buy it anyway. the key to me is changing the habits of people. we'll seemed you a book every week and we say spend 90 seconds and talk to the producer and talk to the head of nbc. 90 seconds you get kids reading. >> do you think -- you go to schools and you talk to kids. >> yea. >> what are you feeling is the biggest problem? why aren't they embracing reading? >> the habit just hasn't been formed and they don't know what books that are going to turn around. i was on reach out to read.com and go there, it's very easy to use. there's nothing, but cool books for your kids. >> and you can read on the ipad. >> they can use their computers to read. >> absolutely. yea, yea, yea, but read, read, read, read, read. >> what are you coming up with next week? >> another best-seller. >> i'm going to sing with rita. >> we're all going sing with rita. rita wilson is with us. really fun new cd and one of her favorite songs from the '60s and '70s from her first solo album. ♪ ♪ i've been crying ♪ because i'm lonely ♪ toyota concert series on "today" brought to you by toyota. >> talented actress and producer rita wilson best known for her roles in "it's complicated" and "sleepless in seattle" is now adding recording artist and she's thrilled to hear the sound of her voice. her favorite songs and they're ours, too, from the '60s and the '70s on her album called am/fm and i put this in this morning and i thought, oh, please. i saw all of the songs and love every single one of those songs and you start singing and you know what you're doing. >> oh, thank you. that's so nice. i'm having a great time. >> you can tell. >> we love it's called am/fm. there's a reason for that. >> right. the am radio when i grew up in the '60s in california was what you could hear only, from elvis to doris day and they were romantic and sort of the fant sis of what love is like. >> and then the fm. >> the fm became about singer/song writers and rock and the disillusionment. >> and we'll be back-up dancers. >> do it! do it! >> this is rita wilson. that's awesome! ♪ ♪ i've been crying ♪ because i'm lonely. ♪ tears won't wash away the fear ♪ ♪ that you never ever going to return ♪ ♪ the fire within me burns ♪ keeps me crying baby for you keeps me sighing, baby for you ♪ ♪ come on boy, see about me ♪ i've given up my friends just for you ♪ ♪ you have too ♪ until you come back and be mine ♪ ♪ no matter what you do or say ♪ i'm going to love you any way ♪ ♪ keep on crying baby for you ♪ keep on sighing baby for you ♪ so come on and hurry ♪ come on boy, see about me ♪ ♪ sometimes up ♪ sometimes down ♪ my life's so uncertain ♪ with you not around ♪ from my arms you may be out of reach ♪ ♪ but my heart says you're here to keep ♪ ♪ keep on crying baby for you ♪ keep on, keep on crying baby for you ♪ ♪ so won't you hurry ♪ come on boy, see about me ♪ ♪ because i've been crying ♪ because i've been lonely ♪ ooh, ooh ♪ ooh, ooh ♪ ooh, ooh ♪ hurry, hurry, baby ♪ hurry, hurry baby ♪ hurry, hurry, baby ♪ hurry, hurry, baby ooh, ooh ♪ >> yes! yes! >> rita wilson! >> tt