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before the show she was showing me this new app. >> by the way, everybody has tried it. >> i just haven't tried it. >> i didn't it over be vacation. my mother even got into the fun. >> that's the true definition of a tiger mom. >> this is called masquerade. this is mila and me switching faces. >> she's the little baby with the blond hair. >> you're right. there's the two. my mom and papi even did it. my mother. look. imagine if a baby came with that amazing, you know, helmet of hair. >> you'd have to love them anyway. >> what if a baby came born just like a first lady. >> what would you do? >> the first lady hair and everything. >> what if your baby looks like that beautiful lady. but what if your baby looked like that. >> you'd have to love them anyway. >> we're going to do it. >> i've never done it before. >> so you put your -- >> whoa. we look so good. this is so weird. >> i did it with henry, too. you want to see the most heinous couple you've ever seen in your life? i mean, that is -- >> it's disgusting. >> who is doing the kissy face. >> that's henry's face on my hair. >> now i know what it is. >> it's really fun and slightly disturbing. >> speaking of look alikes, are we doing celebrity look alike couples? 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>> that's where she grew up. as soon as "housewives" wrapped, we put a sign in the yard and we were gone. it's easy now working with hallmark because of the toronto commute. but the kids love the small town. their family, their cousins. you have to dress for it. it's minneapolis. >> i was going to say, l.a. to cold. >> but you made that decision for your kids. >> they miss that everyday swimming pool. >> can we show this picture we found. we have amazing researchers. we have a photo of you at age 8. >> me? oh, yeah. >> what happened to your eye. >> tough guy. already taking my shirt off. i'm shameless. >> ooh! >> oh, my gosh. you know why we showed the picture of you at 8? so we could see the picture on the right. >> that picture is living in infamy since the first picture of "housewives." >> i wasn't ready for that. >> i'm ripped on the left. i like the other one. >> can we play spin the bottle really quickly? >> sure. whatever that means. >> we're not making out. just so you know. >> you ready? 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>> it's bittersweet. it's, of course, going to be devastating, and i'm sure there will be many tears. but i think also it's been almost eight years of our lives. >> it's been eight years? >> it will be well 7 1/2 total if you add the pilot and the eight months before we started shooting, like the full season. yeah. >> give us the scoop. people will take anything you give them. in this season you're in japan. i felt a little chemistry there. you discovered some odd and interesting things. like the cat cafe. the afternoon parlor. >> that is -- >> it's pretty normal in japan. >> there's also one in new york city by the way. >> i've heard about this. >> what is it like shooting in japan? >> it was pretty crazy. we shot so hard and fast, we were there for like a little under two weeks. and it wasn't like we could add a day because you were in japan. so it was almost sort of like we were in our little "girls" shooting bubble and our feet sort of didn't touch the ground, but it was -- also the hottest place at the hottest time. >> really? >> apparently japan in august it was like 106 degrees. we were all just -- it's sort of like a fever dream. >> a lot of sweat. >> a lot of sweat. >> like texas in the summer. i like it. >> yeah. >> so this short film, we watched it. it is incredible. >> thank you. >> it's at the tribeca film festival. >> my boyfriend evan and i started this production company and our buddies at blood orange pictures brought this super quirky fun short to us. >> and scary. >> it's kind of creepy. >> i thwaought it was over but then i was like, will we ever know what happens? >> it was a great time. we called our buddies. evan called jane ker kowski and they agreed to come out to long island. >> the "girls" part two season finale airs on sunday. finale airs on sunday. and budget and i are good. but it wasn't always that way. let go! let go! no, budget. no. but thanks to fingerhut we can save $25 dollars off our first order of $100 or more. get low monthly payments on over half a million items, from brands like samsung, dyson, dewalt. all you gotta do is click on over to fingerhut.com and get the credit you deserve to get all kinds of great stuff. juice! eat up, buddy. you'll get it this time. yeah ok not too quick don't let go until i say so. i got you... start strong with the lasting energy of 100% you're doing it! whole grain quaker oats. and off you go. but pantene is making my hair hairpractically unbreakable.ff. the new pro-v formula makes every inch stronger. so i can love my hair longer. strong is beautiful. pantene. well this a predicament. homestyle sounds good. but country style, not without it's charms. brown sugar hickory. who says no to hickory? 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>> everyone does a lot of things right. people say i eat fruits and vegetables, i get enough sleep. we have to introduce the barriers. when i spoke to both of the ladies, they knew exact things that made it hard for them to stay on track. >> what is it? >> the night eating. >> night eating was one. >> stress eating. >> and everybody can relate to that because there's other reasons. there's snacking, restaurant eating, too much alcohol. when everyone knows what their particular barrier will be. >> you say that here, these are the weight loss barriers. also you say that get to pen and paper. think about how we're going to stop these barriers. >> you need to know to be accountable to yourself. it's not saying, got you. it's really being honest with yourself. there's lots of apps, ways to do it electronically. sometimes it shouldn't be so easy. what you want to do is what we have for each of these ladies. your own pen and pencil. a weight loss log where you'll keep this book for yourself and write down everything that you eat and drink. >> good old pen and paper. >> in addition to writing that because you'll keep track of what you're eating but also write about are you even hungry? we all eat for many, many reasons other than hunger. >> talk about this hunger rating. how do you know you're full? i know when i'm stuffed. >> we have a little rating scale. it's something we have a 1 to 5 scale. very easy. think about this. running on empty. you are so hungry, you have a headache and can't function. >> hangry. >> hangry. this is biological hunger. you can be somewhat hungry. content and satisfied, level three out of five is what you always want to strive for. i'm content and satisfied but could eat more. very full means you've had enough. and what both of us thought, can't eat another bite. >> you don't want to get to five. this is going to help you understand if you are eating for biological hunger or head hunger. >> joey, we want to get to you. >> one little hack. eat an apple. it's got fiber, water and calorie controlled snack. 100 calories. >> jump in there. >> we need to get moving. even cleaning, doing exercise doesn't have to be getting to the gym. track your steps. get a fitbit or pedometer, anything like that. try to get 10,000 steps a day. that's about five miles just moving around. use the stairs whenever possible so you can work those legs and glutes. park far away when going to the grocery store. maybe curl those grocery bags as you're walking out. and we have a hack for you that i want you to work your glutes. >> tushy. >> tushy squeeze. everybody stand shoulder feet apart. >> at home, do it, too. >> i see you. >> squeeze your butt as hard as you can. squeeze your abs and hold your butt cheeks like you're trying to hold a quarter between those butt cheeks. squeeze that quarter. it's got to look like that. so squeeze those butt cheeks as hard as you can. that's going to take away pain from your lower back. get that booty working. essentially that's going to take the pain away from the lower back and get that booty to tuck up. when working out you'll work those butt muscles much better. i do it every day. >> i just got caught feeling my booty. so embarrassing. >> should we do this every day? >> i do it every day. can you tell? >> we can tell. >> yes, joey. for more ways to jump-start, head to klgandhoda.com. our looks for less. first, this is "today" on nbc. >> i'm still squeezing. oh. >> this is like my favorite part. this is the dressing room i wish i had. >> if you walk in here some day, that would be bad. >> we're talking about stripes. >> stripes are a classic. i love them in black and white, navy and white. this season is all about updating your stripes in bold color combinations. let's start with easy accessories. i love a clutch. if you're wearing a solid color, add a fun pop of print. >> i don't think that's too much at all. this is available at nordstrom rack under $40. >> the only time i ever -- >> this is like from annie. what's was his name? >> i love to wear this at the beach because my hair is a disaster. >> please. can you imagine her hair as a disaster? >> i'll post a picture later. >> this is super easy. let's talk about soap. not your typical soap. these are striped. they smell amazing. >> fancy. >> they are available at poquito.com. these are striped bracelets. they come in a set. how beautiful is that? and how cool with a solid color with a pop of green or stripes on a print as well. >> really? >> yeah. >> only you, again. >> i love mixing prints. if you want to do a cool shoe. mixing prints. try it with a flower. >> really? >> these are from justfab under 40 bucks. if you hate the trend, move on. >> let's talk about stripes with clothing. >> i'd wear those pants. >> these pants are $34. they are available at missguided. i love that they go to the ground because they elongate the body. they look ache mile long. in this jump suit, this is available at lulus.com for 50 bucks. >> my grandmother used to say you can't wear stripes that go sideways. horizontal. >> i think you can. it's got to be strategically placed. any place you want to slim, you want to go vertical. >> thank you very much. that's it for this try day friday. kathie lee and cohoda will be bk next week. >> plus a performance from drake white. >> happy friday, everybody. >> happy friday. that breaking news in japan. more shaking. this time a 7-point-0 quake hits. that breaking news in japan, more shaking. this time a 7.0 quake hits. a tsunami advisory has been issued. good morning, thanks for joining us. i'm sam brock. >> and i'm laura garcia-cannon. scott and kris are off this morning. the quake hit an hour and a half ago our time. it's about 3:00 in the morning in japan right now. >> right now the 7.0 preliminary magnitude earthquake struck southern japan. a 5.0 earthquake followed about 15 minutes after that. now, this is barely 24 hours after a deadly quake hit the same region. today's quake shook the kumamoto region at 1:25 a.m. their

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