so we're happy about that. >> look who else is on our plaza right over here. recognize these guys? >> oh, my -- >> this year's wedding couple. >> cody and jessica from three years ago. >> that's right, that's right. and the good news -- >> they're still married! >> still together. we love that. >> yes, they are. >> that's fantastic. >> they're in town. martha stewart's having a 15th anniversary of their wedding magazine and they invited them in because they were our martha stewart wedding. >> i remember that. congratulations, you guys. nice to see you. >> thanks. >> i've got socks older than them. >> meanwhile, out on the plaza, matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. coming up, we're going to talk more about the balloon that went pop. >> that's right. >> this whole alleged hoax perpetrated by a family out in colorado. this morning we're going to talk to a former associate of the father in this family. he says the two of them actually talked about planning some kind of a ufo-type hoax to capture attention. we're going to find out what else he has to say in a little while. also, we'll find out what more maria shriver has to say. she's back this morning talking about "a woman's nation," and she'll be talking about who does the chores around the house. what do you guys -- do you guys want to weigh in on that? >> oh, wow, look at the time. geez, wow. also ahead, do you have to consider -- what do you have to consider when you're thinking about relocating your family? there's a lot that goes into it -- safety, education, jobs, the quality of life. we're going to make it easy. we're going to tell you the ten best and ten worst places to raise your family in america. >> you're going to make a lot of friends on those ten worst places, aren't you? >> i know. >> we should mention, you did not decide -- >> i didn't pick these, exactly. >> just the reporter, the me messeng messenger. >> good morning to you. today, afghanistan's president agreed to a november runoff ordered by his country's election commission. hamid karzai did not have enough votes to win the august election after fraud monitors disqualified a third of his votes. and afghanistan's election dispute adding new urgency to this morning's white house meeting between president obama and iraq's prime minister nuri al maliki. u.s. officials are pressing the critical importance of legitimate elections in iraq next january. the department of agriculture has confirmed the first known case in the u.s. of a pig having swine flu. officials said monday the pig had been shown at the minnesota state fair and was not part of a commercial heard. they're trying to reassure the public again that the swine flu cannot be transmitted through pork products. prosecutors in colorado could decide next week if they'll file criminal charges in the runaway balloon case. investigators are checking e-mail and phone records to see if richard and mayumi heene had help with what police say was a hoax. this morning a former associate said richard heene was caught up in his own agenda. >> richard, you know, he has his positives and his negatives. obviously, right now it appears the negatives outweigh the positives, but he's a very creative individual, very hyperactive. unfortunately, i think he's a little driven by fame and really interested in kind of promoting himself. i think he had, you know, the ego from "wife swap" and appearing several times on "wife swap," and i think that, you know, he really needed to focus on his family and not on being in hollywood and pursuing that side of the coin. i think he really needed to focus on his kids. >> he also claims that months ago he and heene worked on a similar stunt to drum up publicity for a potential reality tv series. so, how many grade schools can boast a rock star at the grand opening of their new playground? nbc's artists and residents jon bon jovi thanked people monday in camden, new jersey, where his charity is building playgrounds, green spaces and affordable housing. and here comes the bride. a woman in lebanon claims she was married sunday wearing the longest veil in the world, measuring 2 miles and 453 feet, but guinness world record officials were not present to verify the length. it is beautiful, but you sure need a huge bridal party to help carry that thing along. it's now four minutes after the hour. let's go back outside to matt and ann. >> thanks, natalie. >> let's get a check of the weather. it's chilly, but nice. brisk, but nice. you want to wish your dad a happy birthday? >> yes, happy birthday, dad, in birmingham, alabama. >> but you are going to get him a present, right? >> of course! >> just checking. wanted to make sure. as a dad, i want to make sure he gets taken care of, because dads always get -- oh, dad, here, look, here's a lovely napkin i found. let's look at what's going on as far as your weather's concerned. for today we've got wet weather working through the northern plains. much of the country, though, looking pretty good. although down through mexico, that's remnants of rick. it's going to make its way in through tomorrow into the rest of the week. heavy rain also making its way through the rest of the plains. sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard, rip currents along the southeastern atlantic coast and the pacific northwest looking pretty darn good. lots of sunshine. that's what's -- oh, by the way, we've got some nice folks here from the weather channel. our weather channel vice president of programming, rashida jones. she's the one who calls all the shots. say hi to everybody at the weather channel. >> hi, everybody at the weather >> after another cold start on this tuesday morning, it will warm up this afternoon. high temperatures will climb into the mid-to-upper-60's. >> and that's your latest weather. natalie? >> announcer: "today's a woman's nation" is brought to you by chevy. al, thank you. and now again to our special series "a woman's nation." nbc's guest editor maria shriver is back to talk about that chore, i think it's safe to say, that nobody enjoys, and that is housework. the traditional roles of the sexes are shifting at every kitchen table in every home in america, but as long as there has been marriage, there's also been housework, and men doing their fair share might be the hardest challenge yet for the women's movement. >> a lot of women i talk to are saying all of a sudden, okay, men have lost their jobs. i'm the primary bread-winner, but i'm also having to take care of the kids -- >> everything. >> -- do the shopping -- >> bills. >> -- do the greeys, do the bills -- >> cut the grass. >> and you know what? no more. no more. like renegotiation now. >> yeah. >> do you see that going on? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: when don ebanowski took early retirement from chrysler, he accepted the first job he could find, at a bridal store owned by his wife. >> oh, isn't that lovely? >> reporter: as her business has grown, so have his responsibilities at home. >> she works a little bit longer than i do, so i get home, have dinner ready. i do the grocery shopping. i do laundry. it's been a little role reversal a little bit. and -- >> i'd say a total bit. he's doing everything that he never did before. my daughter's now almost 18, yells down to him -- "hey, dad, is my white shirt clean?" sometimes when she says something like that, i'm going, how weird. >> she doesn't ask her. she'll ask me. >> right. >> and you feel that's weird? >> yeah. there's part of me that's going, i could do it. i can do that. i can do it all. >> uh huh. >> but truthfully, i couldn't do it all. >> reporter: but many women are still doing it all. 86% of working women say they are still tasked with the majority of the housework and childcare. a lot of men say, look it, i wasn't raised to do the laundry, to do the cooking, to do the childcare. women are saying i wasn't raised to do the yard work to do the guy's stuff. everybody's switching roles, are they not? >> yes. >> absolutely. >> reporter: but since the 1960s, men doing housework has doubled from 15% to 30% and tripled when it comes to helping out with the kids. and women have noticed. the sexiest thing in a man in all the surveys, a man who can help, whether it's cooking, cleaning, with the kids. >> that's going to be challenging, because i don't think that's what men want. >> reporter: not what they want, but maybe what their working wives need. one of the real pioneers of the women's movement told me women will never be equal until men recognize that they also have to do many of the jobs traditionally associated with women. >> right. >> is that happening? >> i like to think so. i think that -- >> in your generation. >> yes. >> reporter: rebecca crawford insisted at age 26 that she and her live-in boyfriend share the duties equally, and local union president art reyes feels the next generation will find it easier to negotiate. are you raising your son to learn how to do housework? >> absolutely. >> and you're raising your daughter how to fix the car? >> well, i don't know how to fix the car. yeah, so, i'm showing her how to write the check to the mechanic so it gets done. we're raising a generation that can be stronger, that can do those things, that's not looking for somebody to take care of them. >> you know, my parents did that for me. i know how to fix the car. >> it does help to realize that you can reinvent yourself. >> absolutely. >> by necessity or by wanting to, you can reinvent yourself. >> and maria shriver joins us again to discuss these changing roles. >> also with us is ann o'leary from the center for american progress, who worked with maria on this report. so, good morning to both of you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> let me read from your report, maria. "an overwhelming majority of both men and women said they're sitting down at their kitchen tables to coordinate their family schedules, duties and responsibilities, including childcare, eldercare, and at least two to three times a week. men said it was more like every day." so, what did you discover in talking to men and women all across the country? there still is a little bit of a divide. >> well, i don't think men are naturally sitting down -- they don't like to sit down and talk all that much. so, i think if they looked at it, they would be forced to do it almost daily. but the good news is they recognize the importance and need for them to be a part of not only bringing home financial gain but being a part of the raising of the children. increasingly, al and natalie what we saw in this report is eldercare is a huge issue in this country, and that's very different from 40 years ago when they did the last look at the american woman. >> and there is some good news when you talk about the housework as well, because since the 1960s, when men were only contributing to about 15% of the housework, now that number has doubled to about 30%, as we saw in your report there. but how is that changing things on the home front, really? i mean, really, we're still not -- it's still not equal. >> no, it's absolutely not equal, and in the polls, it's also in "time" magazine, 70% of women say they feel like they are solely responsible for the childcare and the eldercare. both sexes also report huge incidences of stress due to trying to balance all this and their health care. ann wrote a whole chapter in the book about that and the implications of that. so, i think there's still a lot of shifting going on in this generation. our children i think will have much clearer roles, much clearer expectations and assumptions going in. >> and ann, in the workplace, in the report, ann, in the workplace, you suggest there still needs to be a lot of changes. because of all these shifts going on. >> and these stresses. >> that's right. you know, parents feel like this is their own private struggle, and it's so frustrating for them. they're afraid to go to their employer and say, listen, i need some flexibility or i need to know when i'm going to work. >> both men and women. >> that's right, men and women. and so, you know, what we're finding is that they want flexibility, they want better childcare. we were talking, they also want paid maternity leave or paid parental leave so they can take a little time and not have to suffer the economic consequences. >> and that's where the u.s. is really lagging on that front. >> right. we're the only industrialized country that doesn't have paid maternity leave and we're one of just a handful that doesn't have paid parental leave for fathers. >> right. >> and i think what ann is saying, when you work for low-income mothers, they feel like they have flexibility isn't even part of the dialogue. it's like, tell me when i'm working, what are my days? and they feel powerless in this equation. and there's so many women in low-income situations, and you know, making so much less than men and feeling not only invisible, but powerless. >> now, maria, you've gotten now with women nearly 50% of the workforce out there. what does this mean for the big picture? are the days of the stay-at-home mom on the wane? i mean, it's really an economic reality that one paycheck isn't going to cover it. >> absolutely not. and the "traditional," typical family with the man being the bread-winner and the woman being at home is less than 30% of american families today. i think it's about 21%. that has implications across the board. it affects schools, it affects government, it affects business, it affects men, it affects relationships, it affects who's raising our children, what kinds of homes are children coming home to. and that's why i think this is so important and so many people have written into the websites at nbc and to womensnation.com saying thank you for raising this. this is so empowering that people, men and women are talking about it. it gives me credibility to go in and ask for flex hours. it gives me credibility to go in and ask for, is there maternity policy here, is there paid sick day? you know, i think the government hasn't kept up to date. they don't even know how many people are, you know, applying for family leave. they have no way of tracking any of this information. only two states have a paid family policy, california and new jersey. >> right, yeah. that's pretty remarkable. >> and obviously, people are going to be talking about this -- >> it's an eye-opener. >> -- in the days to come. thanks so much for bringing us this big problem we've got and opportunity. >> yeah, great opportunity. i have to say, when i worked with al, one of the first guys i knew that did the shopping, the cooking -- >> i was going to say -- >> great dad. >> evolved man. >> it really makes a difference. >> the evolved man. al "the evolved man" roker. >> or devolved. just call me the missing link. ann o'leary, maria shriver, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> maria's back tomorrow to talk about the role women play and how faith-based institutions help across this country. and still to come on "today," over 40 and fashion forward. we're going to show you how to pull off all the latest trends. but up next, the ten best and worst cities to raise your family. discover a light yogurt like no other. activia light! delicious, fat free, and above all... the only one that has bifidus regularis and is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system. activia light. ♪ activiaaa! should we order panda blossom, panda moon... how about chinese at home with new wanchai ferry? 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>> we went with six categories -- health, education, employment, we looked at safety issues and we looked at family life, things like how many parks, how many recreational opportunities are there. >> okay. so, let's get started. first of all, best cities. starting with a town close to where we are right now. number ten, yonkers. >> yonkers was kind of a sleeper for us, but it's only 15 minutes from the big apple. so, you've got all of the opportunities that new york has, but it actually has a higher per capita income than new york city and a lower cost of living. >> all right. now, number nine, omaha, nebraska. and you call this a city, an economic sleeper. >> sure. it's sort of a little cultural mecca of the midwest. it's got the largest community playhouse in america. it's got an opera house. it's got a very high per capita income. so it's really a great place to live. >> now, we go to number eight, cheyenne, wyoming, and number seven not surprisingly, honolulu, hawaii. now, what about the health of families in honolulu? >> well, honolulu's one of the healthiest places to raise a child. you have very low rates of obesity, low rates of disease. and cheyenne also is terrific because it's kind of been recession-proof this year. housing prices are stable. half the unemployment rates of the rest of the country. >> and hawaii has a pretty good health care plan, don't they? >> they have a great health care plan, and also, hawaii has the best parental leave laws of any state in the union. >> all right. number six, lexington, kentucky, capital of the world -- the horse world, as it were. >> it is. it's also one of the educational capitals. you know, lexington is around the university of kentucky, so it's a very educated population. one of the things they're most educated about is nutrition. when it comes to children's health issues, that's critical. >> sure. >> they actually banned friers, deep friers from school lunch programs in lexington. >> that's pretty forward thinking. >> it is. >> number five, fremont, california. and number four, lincoln, nebraska. lincoln, you say, according to your research, is not only one of the prettiest places, but also one of the cheapest. >> one of the most affordable. they have a great per-family income, but a housing price is only about $140,000. maybe that's one of the reasons why cornhuskers live longer than just about anybody else in the country. >> do they really? >> they do. >> so huski ining corn is good you. >> and low stress, i think is good for you as well. >> there you go. number three, fargo, north dakota, and number two, madison, wisconsin. >> both scored very well across the board. madison particularly has the lowest rate of infant mortality around the country. in fact, madison almost made number one, but they missed out on one area where our number one exceeded all expectations. number one place to raise children in the country is burlington, vermont. >> burlington, vermont. now, what makes burlington number one? >> great education system, very healthy population. but one thing stood out to us. it's got one of the lowest rates of obesity anywhere in the country and the fewest fast-food restaurants of any city in the usa. >> wow. and quickly, the worst city? >> some of the worst got hit really hard by the recession. so you're talking about places in florida, in arizona, where housing prices really collapsed. you're talking about detroit, where, you know, jobs have disappeared. so, economic stability was really important to this poll. >> all right. they could be nice cities, just economically they're suffering right now. >> but they may have a bright future. >> all right, steve perrin, thank you so much. and coming up, actress suzanne somers is back. a fierce advocate of alternative medicine, especially after a terrifying misdiagnosis. she'll be here a little bit later on. american renewal.he because we believe in creating cleaner energy that creates new jobs. being the number one manufacturer of wind turbines in america. and developing lower emission, fuel-efficient aircraft engines. ecomagination means growing the green economy by harnessing our most powerful resource- imagination. the american renewal is happening. right now. trying to be big like you, dad. you're so good at keeping everyone full and focused with your fiber. but you already are great at doing that. really? 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and his answer was, we didn't even know he was there. i didn't know how to take that. >> that's a great compliment, really. >> it is. we got to meet you about three years ago. it was after hurricane katrina, and you lived in new orleans at the time. >> yes. >> and you were able to get your negatives into a museum vault. but a lot of your prints, over 5,000 prints, were damaged or destroyed by some of the water. but some of them were able to be saved. >> that frank sinatra. >> and the water did amazing things to it. >> yes. >> this frank sinatra shot we have. are you surprised how the water almost framed these? >> i was delighted, because what i was looking at was a piece of paper with the work of herman leonard and mother nature, in effect, because that's the way the thing ended up. >> perfectly frames it. >> where the water seeped in through the frame but somehow stopped around the face. >> wow. >> and that was the case of about six images that i had framed. >> that's beautiful. >> so, something like this probably would be even more -- worth a lot more than your negative, right? with the water damage? >> not worth more than the negatives. >> well -- >> but it certainly enhances the cost of them. >> worth more than a straight print, absolutely. >> so you're an example of a man who followed what he loved, even though it didn't pay anything, and became very successful financially because you were true to what you love. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> thanks for speaking to us this morning. >> so good to see you this morning. 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>> stay within the biker boots and the heavier more masculine pieces and go for the glam rock pieces. that will really help you out, but i love. it it's like jewelry. >> and the studs on the bag, too, which brings it all together. >> fantastic. >> you look great. vivian, you're gorgeous. it's amazing, you subtract ten years with a youthful look. >> just a little edge. >> next is leather and lace and we have gloria in this trend that's really hot right now. >> gloria -- >> look at her with those legs, wow! >> gloria showed up in her fedex uniform at my house, and i said, that is it! >> she's gorgeous. >> she was like, oh, no, when she saw the leather and the lace, but you can. they neutralize each other. one's sweet, one's sassy. but they look refined and polished together. the pearls add a nice touch. and you know, cover up. less skin is better with this look, but she looks fantastic. >> i still can't get over you work for fedex, huh? you look amazing! you're hiding under that uniform. >> exactly. >> you look fantastic. our final trend is sequence ain sparkle. let's look at ruth. i love this look. you don't have to save the sequins for a special occasion. >> absolutely. so many women i talk to that are more sophisticated and mature save it for special occasions. i love the idea of wearing this on the weekend or to dinner. pair it with a cozy knit. sequins are everywhere this fall. you'll see the party dress. they're on the runways everywhere. >> and a nice way to tone it down, this jacket on top. >> yeah. >> this is something you also got at h&m. >> it's the balance. you have a little bit of the extreme feminine flash and then the masculine boyfriend blazer with the casual boots, and that really kind of tones down the glimmer for day. but for evening, she could put a pair of heels on -- >> right. >> and add a soft cashmere scarf or something. >> she's ready for a night on the town. >> i'm so proud of all these women, because they really -- >> let's bring our fabulous models out one more time. >> yes. >> oh, my goodness, fedex doesn't know what they have. these ladies are all gorgeous. thank you so much. you all look great in these trends. bobbie thomas -- >> thank you. >> some great fashion ideas there. you can check out "the buzz" in "in touch weekly." coming up next, there's a new healthy grain in town, farro, and your family's going to love it. we'll explain after this. to a cough. to a full body ache... at night. new tylenol cold rapid release gels day and night work fast too. they release medicine fast to relieve painful coughs, congestion and sore throats. so you can rest, day and night. feel better, tylenol cold. but i've got a warm, fresh baked strawberry toaster strudel. see the difference? 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a lot of flavor. so, what you want to do is pour that in there. >> so we pour the farro. >> an important part of this is to coat the farro in all the flavor and oil in there with the vegetables. >> the fat. >> the fat. the fat is the flavor. the herbs are in there. >> probably best to keep the farro in the pot. >> exactly. >> yeah. >> and then you're going to cover it with water. in about 20 minutes, it should be done. and for this, al, it's a room-temperature salad, and it's important to know, too, that you want to cool it in the liquid. >> does it come up to a boil? >> yeah. you bring it to a boil, turn it to a simmer. >> right. >> 20 minutes later you strain it, but reserve the liquid. >> oh, keep the liquid. >> you want it to cool in the liquid, so it stays nice and moist. >> let's come back here. >> so, i do two versions of this at the restaurant. this is the winter version with leeks, carrots, thyme, some balsamic vinegar. in the summer, it's really great with tomatoes, cucumber, red onion. >> and we didn't mention the restaurant. what's the restaurant? >> hearth restaurant in the east village downtown. so, you know, in the winter i like balsamic and hardier flavors. in the summer we lighten it up with red wine vinegar, cucumber, tomato. >> so it's a very versatile dish. >> very versatile dish. i like to season it with thyme for the herb, but rosemary or sage or parsley or basil, all of those things work really well. a good extra virgin olive oil. it's good to note, too, that this is not in the wheat family, american wheat. so it's very low in gluten. >> i was going to say. so if you're trying to avoid gluten? >> exactly. super low, easy to digest. it's a good alternative for people with psiliac. balsamic vinegar. >> what did you bring over here? >> so, a second winter salad also in the book, romaine hearts with a vinaigrette. the bacon fat mets the gorgonzola and makes a nice dressing. >> there's a theme here. let's toss this big boy up. >> exactly. so yeah, people don't think of winter as a time for salads, and i kind of disagree, and there's a lot of options. >> if you want, can you serve this a little warm? >> in the book. you could absolutely serve it warm. you could heat it up with some stock and make a ferotto out of it. >> throw little on there. give that a try. oh, yeah. >> you should also, don't miss that, because bacon gorgonzola -- >> there you go. >> it's pretty delicious. >> marco, thank you. the book "salt to taste." >> good to be here, al. >> thanks so much. we'll be i decided i love farro. >> yes. >> this is delicious! >> and so does hoda and kathie lee. >> yeah. >> and they're here this morning. >> we are. what's going on? >> we are here. >> we have anthony edwards, menopause and slime flu -- >> slime flu, yes! >> yesterday we were looking for big foot up in ohio, so -- >> which is a complicated story. >> we found big butt, but not big foot. >> you'll have to stay tuned for all that. >> a >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. city police want to speak with a carroll county man in connection with last weekend's deadly hit- and-run accident near hopkins university. the man is in his late 30's. he faces a host a criminal charges, including a hit and run from last year. history does been identified as the one that struck and killed 20-year-old mary and frankl. he is not in charge at this point. what's this? 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