quintanilla. matt is under the weather. we heard it yesterday. struggling with it. >> took him out of commission today. >> better get back. okay? coming up on this half-hour, more on the story at the center of an nfl controversy. ines sainz was allegedly subjected to cat calls by the jets. now a harassment investigation is under way this morning. she's going to be here to tell us what she says happen and tell us her side of the story coming up in a little bit. also this morning, joey's diet sos. we hear so much about the whole grains and the benefits of the whole grains. what are the benefits of including them in your dietment a diet. and brewing questions about green tea. is it as good as they say for you? you have little ones as home? i have 1-year-old twins. for one, new york family life is more than busy. it's nuts. sextuplets, 22 months old and a 9-year-old. the whole family is here to tell us about their new project. >> get to do that interview coming up in a little bit. my children how much and -- >> the three seats, the third row. unbelievable. >> i don't think they make those strollers. pretty incredible. >> i need one. >> i'll find out for you. okay? first let's get a check of the morning's top stories. let's go inside to ann curry. >> thanks a lot. natalie, carl, welcome news this morning -- chief correspondents andrea mitchell reports that iran released sarah shourd. she's been held for more than a year in iran along with two american friends who face side charges for hiking accidentally in to iran. shourd's release was held up by political feuding among iran's leadership and by demand for a half million dollars' bail. iran's media is reporting this morning that the bail was paid. in the new -- in the new push for peace in the middle east, secretary of state hillary rodham clinton says the time is right for israel and the palestinians to make peace. this as she meets with israel's prime minister netanyahu and palestinian president abbas in egypt today before the talks move to jerusalem tomorrow. former british prime minister tony blair was honored in philadelphia last night with the 2010 liberty medal from the national constitution center. former president bill clinton presented the award to blair for the efforts in the middle east. the gas line rupture and inferno in san bruno, california last week. pacific gas and electric said it set aside up to $100 million to help residents there. and the national transportation safety board hopes the explosions will be a wakeup call about aging gas pipelines throughout our nation. and a school crossing guard took her eye off of traffic on monday when she spotted this seven-foot alligator outside of a grade school near tampa. she called the sheriff's deputies who used handcuffs and duct tape to subdue the gator until state wild life workers could safely take it away. boy, that duct tape sure can close things. three minutes past. back outside. >> you can use duct tape for everything. >> good to know. another check of the weather from chris cimino who's in for al this morning. chris? hello. we have friends of the "today" show. you are? >> candace, ethan. >> michelle. >> having a good time in the city. >> great time. >> is it everything you expected it to be? >> and more. >> good answer. >> that was well done. get a look at what's going on in terms of the tropics. we have an active tropical season going on. hurricane igor with winds of 135 miles per hour. category 4 storm, west-northwest motion on it. expected to take a turn more towards the north-northwest as we go to friday. early saturday, around the bermuda area we have to pay attention sometime saturday morning -- saturday night sorry sunday morning. hurricane julia with winds of 75 miles per hour, julia moving off in that west-northwest direction as well. both storms expected to stay well out to sea. this one well out in the middle atlantic. the u.s. mainland looks safe with the exception of watching the tropics in this disturbance. this drifts towards the yucatan to bring the rain there. rest of the country, quiet on both coasts, deep south, okay. basically in the >> good morning, everyone. a nice quiet start on this tuesday morning. expect a mixture of sun and a few clou . >> georgia in the house. who is this? >> orthodontist. >> of course, i should have known that. >> didn't you know that? >> i did, chris, thank you. of course, now to the female reporter who was allegedly subjected to taunts and cat calls by members of the new york jets at a practice on saturday. and now a harassment investigation is under way. you'll hear from ines sainz in a moment. but first, peter alexander has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: inez sainz did not return to the locker room, she reported the action from the sidelines. sainz wants to make sure no other female sports reporter is mistreated on and off the field. >> reporter: on the sidelines, ines sainz is hard to miss. the 32-year-old sportscaster from mexico's tv azteca recently named by men's magazine one of the sexiest sports reporters in the world. now sainz is at the center of a sexual harassment complaint against the new york jets. this is video from the jets' practice saturday where footballs were thrown in sainz's direction, and later in the locker room where she says she was subjected to cat calls from players. sainz tweeted in spanish -- i'm dying in embarrassment, i'm waiting in the jets locker room waiting for quarterback mark sanchez while trying not to look anywhere. she said sanchez was a ja, but told me the talk made her feel uncomfortable in the locker room. >> the minute i get in, i feel all of the eyes look at me. they start to whistle and make jokes that i know this is about me. >> the next day as the controversy grew, sainz herself became the target of criticism, with some pointing to seductive photos posted on her personal website. and others on tv azteca's site. in response, sainz tweeted again, this time with the picture of the type of outfit that she wore to jets' practice. some jeans and a button down white shirt and boots, she wrote, is not inappropriate. >> not trying to provoke anything. probably my style and probably my type of dress. >> reporter: when the association for women and sports media found out about sainz's complaints, they called on the nfl to investigate her possible sexual harassment. the jets' owner called sainz this weekend apologizing on behalf of the team then later issued a statement saying it's working with the national football league to gather the facts and take any appropriate steps necessary to maintain a respectful environment for the media. >> it seems that crazy over-the-top behavior is not only condoned but encouraged in some ways. it seems to me, this went too far. >> wendy murphy is a women's rights advocate and former nfl cheerleader. >> it doesn't matter whether she was wearing skin-tight jeans or seethrough lingerie, none of that is license to commit sexual harassment, period. >> looking for it. >> sainz has been covering sports for eight years. she has no plans to change her appearance in the locker room. >> surely, i don't see why i need to change. it's me and i don't need to change the way i am. they are going to change. the things are going to change in the lockers, not in me. >> reporter: ines sainz told me she has no plans to pursue any legal action at this time. both the nfl and the jets tell nbc news they are taking this matter very seriously and that they have both launched investigations to the players' and the coaches' actions. natalie? thank you. earlier today, meredith spoke with ines sainz about that tweet in which she was dying of embarrassment. meredith asked her if she felt embarrassed or actually harassed. >> the line is very fragile between one another. and i must say, i don't hear anything in a sexual way. because i'm not the one who -- who say the charge or who tried to involve the other team in this situation. what happened there is i obviously feel that environment was uncomfortable because i know they are talking about me. but i didn't hear or not pay attention today. what happened there is that -- >> i see the report. >> that's what you were experiencing. >> yeah. exactly. >> then the association for women in sports media got involved. and they're the ones who got to the nfl and said we want an investigation to what's going on. if they had not called into the investigation, would you have reported this? >> i don't think so. as i told you, i don't even pay attention. i tried to focus on my job, i say, it's okay. it's an environment. it's what i -- what i need to be to make my interview. so let's pretend nothing happened. but the rest of the media hear the things that the boys and they saw that the environment is very rude for a woman. >> is very rude? >> very rude. >> yes. >> so i think that -- that the main point here is that what they hear about me. not what i am doing. because if not, make it past and that's it. >> you said in your network on monday, azteca, you said you never felt attacked or offended and there are those who are calling you a victim. is that the way you see yourself or is this a case of overreaction? >> i think it's an overreaction about it. and then i start to read a little -- what is the kind of comments that the rest of the media hears about it. >> hearing from others what was said that you didn't hear at the time, do you now believe it was sexual harassment? >> no, because i am only a witness. i prefer that the nfl make the judgment because they have all of the pieces together. they have my material, my videotapes, they have the material of the rest of the media. so i prefer that the nfl judge and decide if these are not that kind of situation. >> and you'll accept whatever that decision is. >> yes. >> one way or the other. >> because they are very taking care about it. they are very professional. the investigation is started just hours after that happened. so i believe they are going to -- going to research everything. >> the website specifically of azteca, they have pictures of you that are fairly provocative. your own website does as well. in retrospect, do you feel like those kinds of pictures, not what you were wearing on saturday, but do you think those pictures get in the way of your professionalism, what you do for a living? >> actually, it's something i am okay with. i cover the super bowl or something, i dress like i feel is good. all the women like to be attractive, i think so. so i'm -- my way of dress is because i feel comfortable and not pretending to be provocative, only pretend to be attractive. that's -- that 's the reason. so the photos are a consequence of my job. >> that was meredith earlier with ines sainz. coming up next, the whole fat yogu yogurt. we answer your questions with "diet sos with joy." later on, these adorable sextuplets taking over new york. one big happy family in a little bit. but first, these messages. 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