Have been here all morning long. Just want to give you this view, walk around and actually show the people back home. Thank you so much for coming. This crowd goes all the way to your side. We had to divide and conquer. We have so many great fans. I just met a lady who has skipped going to the doctor today because she had to be here. Coming up, we are going to talk about all the things that make this such a great town. And, of course, including the famous boston accent. Were going to do our best to learn it. Weve been practicing and were going to sample some of the taste of the town, too. Also ahead, boston native mindy kaelin is here, from the office and the Mindy Project. What she loves most about this town. First, back to new york. Al roker has a big announcement. Al . Thats right, guys. We have a nice crowd here, too, having a good time. Our next friday field trip, savannah, matt, natalie, willie and i are all jetting off to miami. Were going to south beach in miami for a little fun in the sun. And it just so happens south beach wine and Food Festival will be under way. So, we will have as many great chefs who will be cramming our set as possible. Its all going to be next friday, our friday field trip. We will be having a good time. Guys . All right, al. That sounds great. Thanks very much. Look forward to that. Lets go back to new york again. Were doing the hopscotch thing. Let go into natalie who has all the top stories. Natalie . Good morning again, matt and savannah. Danger from outer space when a tenton meteorite streaked across the sky and landed in a remote part of russia, 90 miles east of moscow. Scientists say it is not related to the 150foot asteroid expected to pass within a near 17,000 miles of earth today. The disabled Carnival Cruise ship that became a floating nightmare for thousands of passengers and crew finally docked overnight in mobile, alabama. Relieved passengers said they were looking forward to hot showers and working toilets. Many had high praise for the performance of the crew after an engine fire last weekend left the ship without power. Blade runner olympian Oscar Pistorius appeared today in court where his agent said he disputed the murder charge against him, quote, in the strongest possible terms. The South African aeth leet athlete wept openly as prosecutors said they would pursue a premeditated murder charge in the death of his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp. She was shot several times thursday inside pistorius home. Quick roundup of what has you talking online. Brad pitt and Angelina Jolie are uncorking a new project. Theyre about to release the first wine produced under their own label made with organic grapes from their estate in france, a rose debuts next month. Whites and reds will soon follow. This viral video shows the awesome power of the ocean. Jon hoover was diving off maui when a huge wave created a vacuum that pulled him backwards over the rocks. Hoover, fortunately, was not hurt. New jersey banjo prodigy is picking and grinning during his footstomping version of rockwood deer chase. Johnny performs with brothers ravi on fiddle and tommy on guitar. They all got skills. Back touts al with a check of our weather. Kind of a junior version of mumford day. What a surprise, boston our friday field trip. Theyre going to be sunny, breezy, milder. Thes in the upper 40s today. But we do have some changes coming. In the meantime, more raev rain through central and southern florida. A few showers making their way through the mid and Lower Mississippi river valley. Were expecting to see plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest. Santa ana winds kind of breezy through southern california. Look for a gorgeous day up and down the eastern seaboard. In new york, were getting up to 52 degrees or so. Heres whats happening in your neck of the woods. Cold start. Were still near freezing. Well have increasing clouds into the afternoon. Well be warming up nicely into the low and mid 50s. Getting cold tonight as a cold front sweeps in, weak area of low pressure along that front may bring in light rain initially, perhaps Late Afternoon into early evening a brief period of wet snow later tonight might give us a light coating. Mainly grassy areas. Tomorrow maybe another soft snow moving through. Maybe an inch or two and maybe slick spots during the day sat the. Cold weather for and lets head back to boston with savannah and matt. Al, thanks. Coming up from boston, well kick our friday field trip into high gear. What do we have here . Positive ton revolution jerseys. Personalized. Love it. Well also speak to mindy kaelin. And your top videos of the week all on friday. But first these messages. Oh, steer clear of kristen, she cant control herself around chocolate. Shell devour you. Really . 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But, yeah, what a nice introduction. You have a gazillion fans. This is your hometown. Yeah. Where is the boston accent . I never had one growing up. Everyone thought i was just from california. I love t i think its kind of sexy actually. Do you have any boston lingo that you still use . I say wicked. Thats wicked awesome. Yeah, for a woman in her 30s i say wicked probably more than i should. Yeah, thats pretty much it. Lets talk about some of what youve been doing. Youve got the Mindy Project, a great show. You play someone named mindy laheary, a doctor who is very successful but has, shall whoa say, a complicated romantic life. What did you have to do to get into this mindy character . Because i am like a nerd, it was really fun to play the character is so much more fun than me. She parties a lot. And, yeah, i have all my writers help me come up with crazy stories. Everybody loves you on the office, of course. We saw you in the season premiere, series finale. Will we see youn the finale of the office . Thats the plan. I have no idea what the story line is. Im really excited to see how Craig Daniels and those guys write t i would love to be part of it. And thats the plan. Tell me about growing up in boston. What is one of i dont you are favorite things about the city . I love that its freezing cold out and ive been here since 3 00 in the morning. Barely wearing a jacket, by the way. Are they drunk . Like theyre so into it. That, to me, is so boston to me. I dont know. Thats just hard core fans, red sox, celtics. Theyre just like, do or die. Theres so many great comedians that come from here, jay leno, amy poehler, dennis leary, conan obrien. Is it in the water . I think because its so cold here all the time and people are terrible drivers. We have a lot of good qualities. You have to be a toughy here. Mindy kaling, great to have you here. Thank you for being with us. Yeah. Thank you. 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There is the upper crust boston accent made famous by the kennedys. Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. Then the accent distinctly from south boston or southie. Birds of a feather flock together. But no matter where in boston youre from, theres no denying theres a way of expressing yourself like no other. Its bizarre. Its impossible to find parking around here. Are you trying to say how i say my rs, is that it . Not just the accent thats different. You wont find sprinkles in these parts. Theyre jimmys. Dont bother looking for the water cooler. Its a bubbler. Grocery bags are bundles. Its not a rubber band. Its an elastic. Welldressed man may hear someone say. Dont you look dapper . And if you ask for direction s you might hear Something Like that. You see Dunkin Donuts, youve gone too far. Turn a u y. Its kind of a calling card. It adds local color to speech and the more local color the better. The roots of the boston accent are as deep as this citys history. You can actually trace features of the boston dialect all the way back to the earliest settlements of new england. R dropping and other features have to do with areas of england that the prominent bostonians were coming from. While some Research Suggests that regional accents across the country are fading, for now a party in boston is still a party. A party. Where is the party . All right. Lets get more of this. A native of these parts, wendy, also a speech pathologist. She will give us a lesson so we can learn the authentic accent. You can slip in and out of it, cant you . I can. Give us the none and then the yes. Okay. The non would be its not hard for Mark Wahlberg to speak boston because hes our local star from dorchester. Boston way. Its not hard for Mark Wahlberg to speak boston because hes our local star from dorchester. You train people to lose their boston accents but not because you think they should, right . You dont want to start a mob scene here. No, we dont want to start a mob scene. Some people feel a boston accent no accents are wrong but sometimes accents can be distracting. And when people speak, especially actors and actresses or people that have to make sure that their message is really being listened to closely and not how theyre saying it but what theyre saying. A couple of envelopes here. We do. Youll have us try a couple of phrases with my typical new york action intent then with your boston accent. All right. Here we go. First one for you, matt. Okay. Will bobby wier be at the weird party . That would be bizarre. Okay. Or go ahead. Will bobby orr be at the wier party . That would be bizarre. Okay. Now savannahs turn. You like it . Absolutely. Nan my tucson, arizona, accent. Can we get pizza . Can we get some pizza in the north end . Im starving. Its getting there. Its getting there, savannah. Who wins the baked beans, me or savannah . The baked beans. Its a draw. Wendy, thank you. Thank you so much. Ill see you later in the rot d rotunder. Good one. Thank you. Back to willie, natalie and al for todays top clicks. It is time for todays top clicks. You get to pick your favorite video of the week. Al points out savannah sounds a little more like edith bunker, archie. She has a little bit of that. Shekeep working on that, savannah. Last week it was a land slide. A lot of us saw this one, little amaiyah fast asleep until her Favorite Song comes on the radio and she turns from full ram sleep to full gangnam style. I mean, who is going to beat that . I love the sisters reaction. Her little sister kills me on that one. She gets an assist from her little sister on that one. Big winner for you all last week. This week, pretty stiff competition. Bakersfield condors, Minor League Hockey team, bring a live c condor on to the ice during the national anthem. What could possibly go wrong . Banner yet wave oer the land of the free and the home of the brave hit the locker room, showers and all of that. Into the locker room before they could finally corral him. Getting his hand caught in the cookie jar or his entire face in the sprinkle jar. Can you explain to me why the sprinkles are empty . Theyre not empty. Look at me. Did you eat those sprinkles . No, i did not. You know its not nice to tell stories and to lie, right . Look at mommy. Youre not supposed to lie. Tell me now. Did you eat those sprinkles . No, i did not. Deny, deny, deny. And hes taken that thats his story. Evidence all over his face. He was actually on ellen this week and she posed a series of questions to him and he fibed. There may be a pattern developing. Last, but not least, final jeopardy response to team tourname tournament, the category, military men. And this is the clue. 1944, he said the eyes of the world are upon you. Now we go to leonard cooper, looking pretty happy. Why . Did he come up with dwight david icen ha isenhower . No, he didnt. The response was eisenhower. He didnt know, but he didnt need it to win the 75,000. Lets recap, gangnam style, condor, sprinkles or jeopardy. Next your local news. This is a news4 news break. 8 26 is your time now on this friday, february 15th, 2013. Im eun yang. An overturned dump truck causing big delays. Lets go to danella with the latest. Unfortunately delays inner loop and outer loop. Lets start with the outer loop. Approaching pennsylvania avenue just north of pennsylvania avenue, thats where youll find the overturned dump truck. It is in your Left Shoulder lane. Your delays about five miles right now. Rubber necking delay. Inner loop as you make your way from central avenue, are you slow heading towards pennsylvania avenue. Again a lot of folks stopping to take a look at the accident. I95 in virginia. Nice and clear in both directions. Thank you. Good morning. Were in the 30s now climbing into the 40s over the next couple hours. Low and mid 50s later today. An area of rain getting into the mountains now of West Virginia out of kentucky. Likely be arriving here later this afternoon. Then change to some snow tonight as much colder air moves in. A cold weekend to follow. Maybe a light coating of snow tonight and perhaps the on saturday windy and cold on sunday. Sundaymy mom doesnt drink Starbucks Coffee because she thinks its too dark, and so i brought her some blonde roast. She loves it now. My son made me this coffee, you should try it, its delicious. And some people found that a little bit strong. But as soon as they tasted blonde roast, boy they were on board. 8 30 now on a friday morning, the 15th of february, 2013. Were on a field trip in boston, massachusetts, while al and natalie hold down the fort in new york. We have made our way inside the faneuil hall marketplace. We are at an institution here in boston, regina peep pizzaria. Can we get six slices of everything . Absolutely. What would you like . Take a big bite and well be on our way. Excellent. Weve got to eat. We will. Love it. Also, as he chews his food, c