Did she burn masterpieces from picaso, and monet to protect her son today . Friday, july 19th, 2013. From nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and Savannah Guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a friday morning. Im matt lauer. Im Savannah Guthrie with al roker and tamron hall. If you ever wondered if we coordinate our outfits, this is proof that we dont. We have checks, and this over here. We have everything today. Meanwhile, the extreme temperatures are baking the entire country only adding to the problems for the firefighters. The incredibly hard working firefighters out in southern california. Thats right. Right now the Massive Wildfire is spreading. Thousands are under mandatory evacuations orders. We want to get right to nbcs Miguel Almaguer who is in palm spreupbgsz this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The socalled mountain fire is moving in two directions. On one end here in palm springs the other closing in
Bronze. Do you like it . No, and it doesnt affect the way i act at pull. Another survey study is out. This is basically saying we spent most of our time during the day sitting down. Is that any surprise to you in todays world . I get most people have unless you are a construction worker or Something Like that, then you are standing up and walking around. They did this study by a group called ergatron. They do those special chairs and tables. 86 of workers sit all day. They only get up usually to get lunch. Or go to the bathroom. And then come back. And then you go home and sit and watch tv. Another one to two hours. And then you go to sleep. Only a handful of hours, two or three, where you are not or maybe four that you arent sitting or sleeping. Thus, our obesity epidemic. So they are basically saying its a good idea if you can stand up that you should try standing. So lets see if were capable of standing. Its even got its own name. Its called the sitting disease. Now you and i are pr