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face justice. today's sunday, june 6, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television this is "today" with lester holt and jenna wolfe. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday. i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. waking up to breaking news. >> they arrested these men also checking out their homes in new jersey. the men were apparently preparing to board separate flights at jfk airport, the ultimate destination, according to authorities, was somalia. there's no immediate threat in the u.s., but they say the men were preparing to join an affiliate of al qaeda overseas. coming up, what investigators suspect they were up to. we'll head to the gulf of mexico. officials say the gaap cap placed over the gushing well captured about 250,000 gallons of oil in just its first day of operation. that could be about one-third of the daily flow of oil, but bp says it hopes to collect more over the next couple of days. we'll have an update coming up. plus important medical news this morning. a breakthrough in treating the most deadly form of skin cancer. it is extending life with those with advanced melanoma. in some patients it's making the cancer disappear. it's truly a remarkable breakthrough. we'll have the details you need to know. >> you had this amazing opportunity. you sat down with one of the world's great, great comedians, carol burnett. >> for years she kept a lot of us glued to her living room sets watching her cast of characters on saturday nights and she shares memories of that including the remarkable path she took to get on that show. we have that coming up. first, we want to give you the latest on the arrest of those two men on terror chargest. jonathan dienst of w nbc in new york joinsous the phone. this was part of a four-year surveillance operation. that's a lot of patience authorities put into this. how did it begin to unravel? >> it's our understanding that the nypd was in with these two men in an undercover fashion and were able to track them where they made arrangements to travel overseas and had some intention to fly overseas to the middle east and on to somalia to hook up with al qaeda operatives. that according to law enforcement officials who felt it was time to move in and make the arrests as they headed to the airport to begin that travel overseas. do they believe they were simply going to somalia for training or that this was the beginning of an operational mission to target americans. >> the fear is there would be a mission to target americans or troops overseas, but no specific plot here. the two men are from new jersey. they are single males and american citizens and one identified as muhammad blasa and the other carlos eduardo. they are in custody, the fbi, nypd and port authority police making the arrest last night in an operation, arabian nights is what it was dubbed. the concern, that these americans based here, were going to travel overseas to hook up with somali extremists and al qaeda operatives overseas. >> jonathan dienst, thanks for checking in on that late word. we are joined by nbc terror analyst roger cressey. roger, good morning to you. >> good morning, lester. it was just this past week another somali man was hauled off an airliner before it entered u.s. airspace. he was accused on a u.s. warrant being involved with al shaab ab. is the u.s. becoming a recruiting ground for this particular group. >> it has been for different reasons than we normally talk about an al shahban. and a couple of dozen americans have gone overseas to fight there. principally the driver has been clan, nationalistic reasons. somali-americans, the relatives are in somalia. they're engaged in this fight and they volunteered to defend their family. what we're seeing now is an evolution where al shabab is attacking targets outside of somalia and their targets have become more pronounced. there was a case where al shabab be on rattives were interested in conducting attacks in somalia. it might be projecting a threat otherwise. that's where the evolution is going and that's what's most disturbing. >> there is a disturbing trend here. let me run through the list. you have a couple of americans, young, single living in suburbia, new jersey, they come on the heels of faisal shahzad, remember the connecticut man arrested in the times square attempted car bombing. jamie ramirez, the colorado mom planning an attack. najibullah zazi, the man arrested after attempting the bomb plot on new york city subways, major nadal hasan. that's a lot going on. how are they reacting to the trend of either americans or those living in this country allegedly plotting these attacks? >> lester, this is the trend that's most disturbing to the counterterrorism authority. you see it becoming a number one priority and right behind the threat of afghanistan and pakistan. all of those cases are cited by different circumstances, different sets of -- different scenarios, but the bottom line is still the same. these are americans either naturalized americans, native born americans or people here in terms of green cards all of whom are now being recruited for terrorist activities. so the fbi especially, but even new york police department are looking at this as a growing priority and the question is if they're being radicalized for different reasons how do you come up with underlying circumstances to identify new potential recruits and that's what makes it so difficult. these are people who don't appear on anybody's database, so identifying them before they become operatives is very tough. >> it's all very troubling. roger cressey, thank you. >> you bet. >> now here's jenna. >> thanks. now to the ongoing story in the gulf of mexico where the sheen continues to spread. it has people on edge in pensacola, florida. mark potter is there for us this morning. hi, mark. >> reporter: good morning to you, jenna. the government says engineers are slowly traying to increase the amount of oil captured by the containment cap. as of yesterday it was 6,000 barrels a day, with so much oil still escaping the effects are spreading with tar balls on florida beaches and officials spotted a light sheen of oil right here, just a half mile off pensacola beach. >> park service workers are busy picking up tar balls. gooey clumps of oil continue to wash ashore. >> it's an ever-changing situation. the tar balls are right where the waves break. along the florida panhandle from west of pensacola beach to the town of navar beach, noorly 300 cleanup workers are on the shoreline in barrier islands with angry residents also helping out. >> i got a pillowcase out of the car and took a waffle house cup and started picking up tar balls and it was a ridiculous response, but it was my way of getting the oil out. >> charlie crist. >> it breaks your heart to see wild life impacted that way is just tragic. >> joining the governor is jimmy buffett who is opening a hotel on pensacola beach. >> just try to get involved any way you can. i'm not here to point fingers. i'm just here to lend a hand. >> potential damage to their beaches. >> nothing has been done about it. this is our home and our community. >>. >> reporter: on the beaches, though, many sunbathers are still enjoying the water, but others are starting to worry about potential health risks from oil. >> as far as the shores here they won't be able to go in the water, not until they clean this mess up. >> reporter: so far, florida beaches are still open with no plans to close them yet. on the water, southwest of pensacola beach, boaters discovered a light sheen of oil. >> which way is that oil sheen heading? >> to me it looks like it's in lines running north and south. >> heading toward shore? >> yes, sir. it's headed that way. >> reporter: in pensacola bay along estuaries and marines booms have been set up to catch oil and fireboats are standing by to decontaminate any arriving boats that went through the oil. meanwhile the oil threat continues to move east along the panhandle and here in pensacola today government and health officials will be talking about whether to close the beaches or keep them open as they are now. as for bp, it's draw something criticism for its apologetic ad campaign featuring its ceo tony hayward who promises to fix the leak and compensate all of the victims, but president obama has said rather than spending that money on pr, the company should be concentrating on cleanup and recovery. also, newspapers in britain are reporting that hayward sold about a third of his company's stock a month before the disaster. there is no suggestion that he did anything wrong or had any advanced knowledge, but in the sale he did avoid the losses felt by so many stockholders now. jenna? >> mark potter. mark, thank you. john harwood is chief correspondent for cnbc. good morning. >> good morning, jenna. >> this is top priority for president obama. he made his third trip to the gulf on friday. he's trying to fight this perception that he's just been out of touch on all of this. has the white house corrected itself and gotten this message out the way it wanted to at this point? >> they're doing everything they possibly can, jenna. they send out so many alerts on the administration efforts. the president by going back there commanded the news for the day, even the unfavorable jobs report was coming out. we've seen the president has not had his approval rating change much one way or the other. so some of the fallout is within the news coverage of the president rather than the public's perception, but he's got to try to get on top of that by showing that he's on top of the cleanup as well as the effort to cap this well, but the head wake is not going to go away until they had more progress on stopping the flow of oil and they're hopeful they can do that. >> what about the president's decision to put a moratorium on drilling. a lot of state and local officials are saying hold on. this is going to affect our economy and it will get jobs away from us. did this administration have any other option, any other choice at this point? >> they didn't have any choice, but they're confronting as you suggest, jenna, some of the contradiction within their own policy. that means the president before this blowout had advocated increased drilling with tighter safeguards. that's part of the legislation he's pushing on capitol hill and that's part of his administrati administration's stance and those states that are on the gulf get a whole lot of revenue from the royalties of that drilling. so there's only so far they can go in reversing course and saying this activity that we thought was safe and we thought was acceptable a few weeks ago no longer is. so trying to strike the right balance between what's the appropriate amount of new regulation going forward while permitting this activity to take place is one of the big political challenges that hasn't gotten a lot of attention so far. >> john harwood. thank you so much. >> you bet. >> a program note this tuesday, matt lauer will have an exclusive interview with president obama. let's get a check of the headlines. at the news desk is lynn berry. >> good morning to you. good morning, everyone. we'll begin in t, in illinois, twister was caught on tape near peoria late saturday. a tornado watch is now in effect from since nat toe pittsburgh. investigators in illinois searched a muddy stretch of land saturday for the remains of drew peterson's fourth wife. police received a jailhouse tip, but will not comment on the investigation. stacy peterson has been missing since 2007. the former police officer is currently in jail charged with murdering his third wife. that trial begins next month. the fbi is searching for a 7-year-old oregon boy missing since friday. kiron horman was last seen at his school's science fair and never made it home. police will resume the search today and speak with parents and students for any information. and finally, was there no triple crown stake, but it was still a dramatic finish in the belmont stakes. in an upset, drosselmeyer came from behind to beat fly down. first dude came in third and drosselmeyer's odds were 13 to 1. so if you can imagine there are a few folks that are smiling and others want so much. lest lester, jenna and janice, di bak do you. >> i didn't win, but i did have a good time. >> that's what matters. janice huff is here with the check of weather. >> they had a great weather for the belmont stakes. it will be a hot day in the southwest. before we get to that, we have rain moving in. we talked about the severe weather yesterday across illinois, ohio and indiana. tornado watch is valid until 9:00 a.m. eastern time for parts of ohio and there could be more tornadoes today from parts of tennessee into new york city, boston, albany and ph >> good morning, everyone. i'm tony pan. we're off to a quiet start, but the further we go into the day, the better chance we will run into rain. high temperatures in the upper city with a chance for severe storms this afternoon. washington, d.c. with a high of 91, 93 in miami. now here's jenna. >> janice, thanks. up next on "today," a dramatic breakthrough in treating a deadly form of cancer. that's right after this. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? 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>> absolutely. you can feel it in the waiting rooms of melanoma centers, the patients are energized. our waiting rooms are becoming fuller because patients are waiting longer. this is producing excitement both for the clinical researchers both in the battleground of the horrible disease and the patients and their families. >> there are drawbacks. the drug works in only 20% to 30% of patients and doctors cannot predict which ones. in some patients it set off auto immune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis and colitis. >> any new problems? >> reporter: treating those does not stop the drug from treating the cancer. for patients like wil keshgs, the drug is a lifesaver. >> we're getting the kids ready for college. >> reporter: for "today," robert bazell, nbc news, los angeles. still to come on "today," joran van der loot and the young woman he was with right before she died, but first these woman he was with right before she died, but first these messages. even carrots and peas.beef, you love the smaller-size, easy-to-chew kibbles, and i love the carbohydrates for energy and protein for muscles. whoa! wait for me! ha-ha. you only think you're getting spoiled. [ woman announcing ] new beneful incredibites. another healthful, flavorful beneful. >> and still to come, it's been six months since this utah mom disappeared and her husband is still a person of interest. we'll have the latest coming up. changing gears, what makes carol burnett so funny with her tarzan yell? we'll find out. sweet n' sour filled twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. brings your child's fever down faster and keeps it down longer than children's tylenol®. not even children's motrin® is proven better. for relief you can trust, look for children's advil® in the cough/cold aisle now. >> good morning. i'm lisa robinson. it is 7:26. here's a look at our top stories. city police looking for the gunman that shot a man in west baltimore. bullets flew into the 2000 block of utah place 6:30 last night. a man was struck in the torso. in word on his condition. >> an officer still recovering sth morning after being struck and injured by a car. city police officers say the officer was taken to shock trauma and is expected to be ok. >> city officials have recovered the body of a man that drown in the loch raven reservoir. he has been identified as anthony ibewuike of baltimore county. fire officials received the news after a group of men decided to go for a swim. >> swimming in the reservoir is not allowed. it is not a safe place to swim. a number of young men came out yesterday evening, noticed one of their friends had fallen behind. they turned around to find out what was happening, and he slipped beneath the water. >> officials say swimming is illegal in the loch raven reservoir for a number of reasons, which includes fluctuating currents, underwater debris. >> and now a if follow-up to a company that claimed to be a legitimate nursing school. associated national medical academy has been ordered to shut down. the amount they have to pay back is $111,000. the company is not recognized by the maryland higher education. they ordered the office to cease and desift. last september an undercover i-team investigation refealedvealed it was still accepting appli >> welcome back. good morning. once we get into the afternoon, the weather will turn active. scattered thunderstorms possible. later in the day, it could be strong or severe, including large hail and perhaps damaging winds. keep that in mind. up until 1:00 or 2:00, i think the weather will be ok. a mix ever sun and clouds. southwest wind at 10 to 15. high temperatures will be in the upper 80's to 90 degrees. sunset this evening at 8:30. overnight, a chance for thunderstorms this evening. it will be comfortable when you wake up monday morning. and it looks like a beautiful start to the workweek coming up. sunshine on monday and tuesday with high temperatures in the 70's. might be able to turn the air conditioning off. next chance for rain moves in on wednesday. end of the week gets hot again. >> thank you, tony. thank you for joining us. we'll see you back here in 25 minutes. here we are on this sunday morning, june 6, 2010. it's a steamy sunday morning in new york city. we thank the folks on the plaza who decided to spend part of their morning with us. back inside studio 1a, jenna wolfe along with lester wolf. still to come, joran van der sloot. >> he was brought back from peru where the murder of a 22-year-old young woman took place. van der sloot with the victim on what was the last night of her life. >> where is susan powell? it's been six months since this utah mother of two disappeared. her husband josh was the last to see her on the night of december 6th. he still remains uncooperative with police and now he's left utah with his two sons. we'll have the latest on the investigation. we'll talk with susan powell's best friend coming up. we'll switch gears and talk about the ultimate queen of comedy. for years, carol burnett brought us to tears with her laugh out loud skits. i recently caught up with the funny lady and talked about the trademark tarzan yell. >> did you ask her to do that or did she do that after a bad question? >> yes, did i ask her. >> she's a true veteran. >> looking forward to sharing that later in the program, but first, joran van der sloot remains in a peruvian jail where he is a suspect in the brutal murder of a young woman. michelle kozinski is in lima and has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, lester. getting this 22-year-old back into peru and in custody was quite the operation. they had dozens of police and a s.w.a.t. team out here. he's accused in such a violent crime against a young woman who was virtually a stranger. police released a surveillance video of joran van der sloot with the victim in what would be the last few hours of her life. joran van der sloot with bulletproof vest and handcuffs would say not a word, would not look at the jostling hoard of international press. peruvian police, though, he walked him three times for the cameras have not minced word, calling him a serial killer with a face of stone. the 22-year-old, though, looked worried. eyes misty and this, police say, is van der sloot with 21-year-old student stephany flores early sunday on what they believe was the last night of her life. they had just met at a casino in lima. the surveillance video shows them in van der sloot's hotel going to his room. police say four hours later he left. according to local papers he told the front desk not to bother his girl. had left the tv on so loud housekeeping staff did not enter the room until two days later where they found flores, daughter of a one-time presidential candidate here, beaten so badly her neck was broken, murdered five years to the day that alabama teenager natalee holloway disappeared in aruba. also last seen with joran van der sloot. they, too, had met in a casino. the once promising college-bound son of a judge is now persona nongrata in at least six countries. over the years he's told different stories about what happened to natalee holloway, some of which he later said were lies. now again, he's five years older, but barely out of his teens, the world watches joran van der sloot accused of a brutal crime that he again, denies. a judge has extended van der sloot's detention for a week while the investigation continues. police say they've started interrogating him almost immediately, but they wouldn't say what, if anything, he's telling them, lester. >> michelle kozinski. thank you. now we want to get another check of your sunday forecast from janice huff. >> let's check on your weather. it's been pretty serious over the last 24 hours for some parts of the country with severe weather and more of that will be heading eastward from southern new england to the mid atlantic states and into the tennessee river valley. watch out for the possibility of isolated tornados this afternoon and definitely thunderstorms with hail and damaging winds. tomorrow that risk moves offshore and it will dry out across the northeast and great lakes with lower humidity and comfortable >> good morning, everyone. i'm tony pan. the weather should stay quiet this morning, but this afternoon stronger thunderstorms will develop. hunderstorms could be strong to phoenix as well as las vegas, tucson and even into albuquerque, new mexico, above 100. and if you want to keep track of the weather all day just tune in to the weather channel on cable or logon to weather.com. now here's jenna. >> janice, thanks. it's been six months since susan powell, the utah mother of two disappeared from her home leaving her two young sons behind. her husband josh is still a person of interest in the case, but the question still remains where is susan powell. nbc's janet shamlian has more. >> reporter: those two little boys were the love of her life, friends say. so they believe they know for certain susan powell did not leave willingly. the 28-year-old stockbroker disappeared last december and was reported missing when she didn't show up for work. at her utah home, police found her purse, her cell phone and something that aroused suspicion. two fans aimed at a wet spot on the rug, but there was no sign of susan. >> the more time that passes may not be in her favor. josh powell later returned with the kids telling a story many found hard to believe. he said he'd gone on an impromptu camping trip with the 2 twroeld and 4-year-old just after midnight in below-freezing temperatures in snow-covered woods the day his wife went missing. a month later he left utah with the kids moving to washington state where his parents live. josh powell who's been uncooperative is the only person of interest in the case, one they're still pursuing aggressively. >> we still have eight detectives assigned and they're still working hard on it and we're following up on leads and following other information that has been generated. >> reporter: friends say the marriage was troubled and that susan was the victim of domestic violence and had talked about possible divorce. they held vigils and searches and set up a facebook page and are anguished she hasn't been found. >> it's been a really long time, and i never thought back in december that it would have gone on this long. six months is a long time without mom ney a case that's seemingly gone stone cold. janet shamlian, nbc news, los angeles. kirsey is one of susan powe powell's close friends. kirstie, good morning. in good morning. >> thank you for being with us. it's been six months since you last saw your friend susan. the police say this continues to be a missing person investigation and her husband josh is still a person of interest in this case. what do you think happened to susan powell? >> there's only two possibilities in my mind. she was either kidnapped or she's been killed. >> that's all you think. less than a month after susan disappeared josh powell moved their two boys from utah back to washington state. when was the last time that you spoke with him? >> probably the second week in february. he came back to utah to get his house ready for leasing and so we saw him a few times that week, but ever since then he's cut off all contact with us. >> have you asked him why he was planning on moving or why he decided to move? >> he told us back in january that he couldn't afford to stay in his house which is kind of strange because i know the community would have -- the church would have helped him and the friends and neighbors would have helped him so he could have stayed here if he wanted to. >> you were one of susan's closest friend. it's been reported that they had marital issues. did she mention anything to you? was she happy in this marriage? >> we talked about it a lot, yes. she was very unhappy. she felt josh changed very much as a husband and she wanted the man she married back. >> she made mention of the fact that she was thinking about leaving him. do you know anything about that? >> in the summer of 2008 she did go talk to a divorce lawyer secretly and she started a bank account on her own and was talking about possibly moving back with her parents in washington, but after that they worked harder -- or at least she did and she thought things were a little bit better. >> you last saw susan on the morning of her disappearance. can you tell us a little bit about what her demeanor was like that morning? >> we went to church together, and we walked home from church, and she seemed completely normal. she was happy about the church service. she was happy that her little boys since she always had to go to church alone that her little boys were behaving well enough that she could enjoy the service and she was completely normal. >> police say josh powell remains uncooperative in this case. we did reach out to josh's attorneys, but he did not return our phone calls. how frustrating is this for you and how much involvement do you think josh had in this? >> i think josh has everything to do with it because if he's innocent and he has nothing to do with it then why run away? why hide from the police? why hide from the public and from the media? why not reach out to everybody and do everything he can to find her? it's extremely frustrating because he's the one person they believe knows everything about this and he won't talk. >> i know this period has been so difficult for you and for susan's family. we want to thank you, kirstie, so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> we are back right after these messages. build your better breakfast at subway! for only $2.50, get a western egg white muffin melt, made-to-your-order, and add a 16-oz. cup... of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. try the new $2.50 breakfast combo at subway. ♪ and we've got some huge rollbacks. come on. let me show you. this is just a dollar now. who wants a rollback? don't you want a rollback? three bucks less. can you believe that? that's a dollar savings right there. how's your breath? rollback! i hope it's on rollback. 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people travel they're price conscious. >> a lot of people are traveling more than last year. people eliminated or curtailed it in the summer. they travel industry has been throwing our way some amazing deals and people will be looking for them again this summer. >> there are still some and those are the ones you've chosen about. the first one is the bahamas. >> winter is the peak season for the bahamas. it was a disappointing peak season. to make it up with the best pricing we've seen in luxury results including the all-inclusive and all-adult resorts and great cruise deals as well. it's only 50 miles away from florida where other domestic fares are going up for the summer, here's an area where the fares are going down so you can get good deals as well. >> orlando has always been a top family pick. >> certainly a kids and family sort of destination theme park mecca, but a lot of adults are going there solo because a lot of the luxury resorts are offering amazing pricing. you have the waldorf a storeia, the crown plaza universal. some of the four and five star resorts offering under $80 a night with an upgrade and breakfast and you're right across the street from the resorts should the kids be with us. with convention business down, greater room availability means better room prices. >> in las vegas, they've had their challenges in the past. this has been an uptick in vegas in the last couple of months and major volume needs to be seen, and it remains the number one domestic value as far as traveling goes. we're looking at overnight stays right on the strip for as little as $20 a night. four-star resorts like the hard wok and the monte carlo for under $50 a night. your five-star beautiful, gorgeous resorts in some cases between $100 and $150 a night. all of the shows on the strip to the phantom of the opera to lion king, 40% to 50%. >> you also mentioned colorado. we could spend a who show on things to do in colorado. >> this is it, more than 40 state parks, river rafting, mountain climbing, mountain biking, hot air ballooning and certainly because of its central location, many people in the sort of center part of the country can easily access colorado. the big story here is some of the four and five-star resorts charge get 400 to $500 a night in winter are charging under dollar 00 a night in the summer. >> we were talking affordability and i was surprised when i saw australia and new zealand and then i saw the airfares. >> that's the big story with going down under. it is winter down there when it's summer here. we're looking at win tter temperatures in the mid 50s. >> i'll take it. >> from the west coast $400 and under $500 from new york city and you would have paid more than that to head down under. great vacation packables as well. gaiter airfare than we've seen in a long time. >> thanks so much. now here's jenna. >> lester, thanks. among a cornucopia of things the late princess diana was a style icon in her own right. she modernized the idea of how to dress as a princess. this week dresses worn by the people's princess will go on sale in london and as nbc's nina deroy reports these eye-catching numbers document her transition from darling d ito daring di. >> it was a dress that shattered royal etiquette and left little to the imagination, with its plunging neck line, the gown princess diana wore after her engagement re-wrote the royal dress code. it also transformed the shy 19-year-old into a fashion icon revered to this it day. >> she came to our studio and she was looking for an evening dress for this event. when she wore t of course, the press went absolutely crazy. she looked like a superstar. instead of flattering his bride-to-be, prince charles had questioned diane's choice of color. >> the fact that it was black was against protocols. in our family we only wear plaque for mourning. diane's dress will, along with her other clothes and memorabilia. this will include the final toil of her wedding gown. he recalls how the princess shed the pounds before her big day. >> she'd never been fat, but by the day of the wedding she had the figure of a model. >> it is unlikely the dresses will ever be worn again. the designers are hoping a museum will buy them with the hope that the memory will live on. >> they fetched attractive sums, too. a charity auction of 79 combarmentes raised $3.6 million in 1997 while the dress she danced with john travolta raised $a quarter of a million alone. it is to bring in a modest $240,000 with diana's black gown estimated to go for $75,000. you don't have to be rich to buy a piece of the action. some of the items in tuesday's sale may sell for as little as $150. these include sketches, dress patterns and pet i coats fit for a princess. for "today," nina deroy, nbc news, london. >> up next. carol burnett uncensored. lester goes one-on-one with the legendary queen of comedy. that's right after these messages. every time we use o. 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( gasps ) what's in your wallet? wait up! ♪ >> that music will bring back memories to a lot of folks. carol burnett has been making us laugh for the better part of 50 years with her wit and trademark tarzan yell. she's captivated a generation on saturday nights and is still cracking us up years later. her new book "this time together, loster and reflection" is already a best-selling memoir. i had a chance to meet with her and it's clear carol burnett still hasn't lost her comic touch. >> say something, captain! say something! >> it almost didn't matter what she was saying -- somehow, carol burnett always got the laugh. >> madam says everything with her face. anger, fear, passion, jealousy, hate! >> for more than a decade, her quick wit along with her cast of odd characters, captivated a generation on saturday nights. >> i loved the idea of music. i loved the idea of guest stars. i loved the idea of having the dancers and singers and our regular group of performers. >> i think we might have to spend quite a bit of time together on this. >> oh, that would be too bad! >> carol burnett's show lived up to her intension, but it almost never happened and wouldn't have happened if not for an unprecedented contract and a bit of bad luck. >> i had signed a contract with cbs for ten years in 1962. the first five years, if i chose to push the button, they said, they would have to put me on for 31-hour variety. >> 30, one-hour shows. >> 30 one-hour shows. we were in the fifth year and my husband and i were not doing that well and we looked at each other and we thought maybe we'd better push that button. >> cbs executives begrudgingly put the show on in 1967 and expected it to be cancelled that first season. burnett surprise said even herself, growing year after year with unforgettable skits like her pair deif gone with the wind. >> that gown is gorgeous. >> thank you. i saw it in the window, and i just couldn't resist it. >> that was one of the longest laughs we ever got on our show. i hadn't shown the dress to the crew until we were going to be taping. the audience was hysterical. the band was screaming. i mean, it was just great, and i had to bite my cheek because i was afraid i was going to lose it. >> you waddled up to me. >> burnett's unpredictable style was the key to her success right along with her trademark tarzan yell that on one occasion even scared off an armed robber. >> can you still do it? >> oh, yes. >> you want it? >> we've got sophisticated audio here. [ tarzan yell ] >> after 11 successful seasons, 280 shows, 2500 sweches and 22 emmys burnett had decided her show had run its course. ♪ i'm so glad we had this time together ♪ >> it was a tearful good-bye, but one she doesn't regret. good night, thank you. >> i'd like to say good night before they knock on the door and say, bye, you're out of here. >> could you hear the footsteps coming? >> no. they wanted us back for a 12th year, and i thought we've really done it. >> do you want to give me something to remember you by? >> i certainly do. >> is there anything you haven't done in showbiz that you would like to do? >> george clooney. >> that's not a show. >> oh, oh! >> there is a facebook campaign to get burnett to host "saturday night live" just like betty white. burnett says she'd consider it if she could come back with some of the members of the old cast. she was trying to cachet check at some point and didn't have i.d. on her and said this would do? >> and it worked. the women that are funny translate to funny off tv and she seems she's hilarious. >> delightful, comfortable. >> that's great. >> we'll be back after these messages. woman: i just joined extracare advantage for diabetes at cvs/pharmacy. i'm taking the right steps to manage my diabetes and my budget. extracare advantage for diabetes is a new program that helps me save money and earn double bucks on over 100 items, so we can stay a step ahead of... all: our diabetes! join extracare advantage for diabetes today and receive a free gift when you enroll. only at cvs/pharmacy. still to come on "today," terror arrests. the latest on the two men arrested before they could board flights for somalia. what investigators say they may have been plotting. and day 48. the latest on the gulf oil spill continues to wash ashore across three states, but first, these messages. >> good morning. i'm lisa robinson. it is 7:55. here's a look at one of our top stories this morning. two officers from the elkton police department are on routine leave after shooting and killing a man. officials say 30-year-old dwayne williams first made a false 911 call then fired at the two officers who arrived on the scene. investigators say both officers returned fire. williams was pronounced dead on the scene. now a check on the weather with tony. >> thanks, lisa. the weather should be quiet through most of the morning. once we get through the afternoon, scattered thunderstorms develop. some of those could be strong. keep that in mind. we have high temperatures in the upper 80's to around 90. thunderstorms possible this evening, and the skies will clear. temperatures dropping to 60. looks like beautiful weather coming up monday or tuesday of next week with sunshine and temperatures in the 70's. good morning. breaking news. terror arrests. two new jersey men arrested overnight in new york's jfk airport as they were about to board overseas flights. what investigators say they may have been plotting. deadly tide. the growing toll on wild life as oil bears down on the gulf coast. this morning, the cap over that gushing well is having some success, but not enough. and a search. are police in illinois getting closer to cracking a big midwestry in the drew peterson case? a new lead today, sunday, june 6, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. i'm lester holt. >> i'm jenna wolfe. we have breaking news that happened overnight. terror arrests in new york. >> the arrests involved two new jersey men that were getting ready to board separate flights at the same time. the fbi was visiting their homes in new jersey looking for evidence. investigators say there was no immediate threat in the u.s. they believe the men were headed to somalia to join an affiliate of al qaeda. what the ultimate aim was. then we'll go back to the gulf as the oil bears down on the coast. he hopes the containment cap will be able to capture most of the oil that's coming out of that well, but there's a long way to go. we'll have the latest on the spill and speak live with one of the officials at the center of this disaster, plaquemines parish may inner in just minutes. a marine life where they bring fish back to health and wherebiologists are getting ready to travel to the gulf for help. >> here in new york city where people hate waiting around, what would make them wait about an hour for anything? do you have any idea? >> i have a couple of favorite places. food, generally. >> food in new york, if it's good and has a great reputation will cause great lines. >> or justin bieber. >> we'll get to the bottom of lines. let's first get to our top story. the arrest of those two men on terror charges last night. jonathan dienst of wnbc in new york joins us on the phone. jonathan, what can you tell us about what turns out is an ongoing operation? >> we know it dates back several years, perhaps as long as dating back to 2006 and an nypd detectivist and intelligence division was able to infiltrate or follow these men as they did some training and made contacts overseas and then increasingly they grew concerned that they were trying to hook up with an al qaeda affiliate in somalia and last night they apparently headed to the airport for an apparent trip there, for apparent terror training and that's when they decided to move in and make the arrest and begin searches of the two men's homes in northern new jersey. >> was the expectation that they would return to the u.s. as part of a terror plot? >> reporter: that is obviously one concern, but that's not something that will be charged. the main concern as explained to me was that they would travel overseas to hook up with these groups, receive some training and seek out u.s. troops overseas. there was nothing to indicate there was any threat or plot here inside the u.s., but of course, anyone who is an american, who has access to come and go and enter this country would always be a concern if they receive good training overseas and did at some point try to return back here to the u.s. jonathan dienst from wnbc, we appreciate your reporting. roger cressey, good morning to you. >> good morning, lester. >> they were going to link up with a group named al shabob. they've been known for attacks there. have they spread their tentacles to become an international terror threat in. >> well, they're starting to, lester. the concern for some time has been this was a nationalistic, somali-focused group and they recruited from around the world, even in the united states a couple dozen americans have gone to somalia to fight the jihad there, but in recent years they have started to look at potential plots outside of somalia. the ties to al qaeda have grown. al qaeda has identified al shabob as an affiliate they want to do more with. somalia being a failed state is that type of entity to do extremely well in. the concern is growing and it hasn't happened yet, but the trend is going in the wrong direction. >> after 9/11 the concern was for another sophisticated, well-coordinated attack. instead, we have seen time after time, as many times in the last year, americans or people living in this country legally who have been involved in what appear to be small plots, alleged plots. does that basically cause anti-terror people to go back to the drawing board and look at this in a different way? >> it's tough, because the type of people being recruited through self-radicalization aren't the type of people who appear in anyone's terrorism database. we still worry about al qaeda central because they still pose a threat. we're doing a lot inside pakistan and afghanistan to deal with it. people being radicalized in the united states and it is much more difficult to identify and has been so many plots recently and so many individuals radicalized for different reason with different sets of circumstances. there's not a pattern of activity to identify and it makes it tough for law enforcement to get ahead of the curve. >> jonathan dienst was reporting this has been a two-year long surveillance. what does that tell you in terms where anti-terror investigations are? >> it tells you what a great job that the nqpd is doing to take care of these guys for so long and take care of them before they become operational. the coordination of federal, state and local in identifying individuals before they become operational activists and that is really tough. as long as these individuals are going overseas, you get a real opportunity to identify ask neutralize them. if they radicalize and decide to do something inside the united states with no overseas support, that's a much tougher problem to get around. >> thank you so much. now here's jenna. now to the gulf of mexico. the ceo of bp saying he has no plans to resign after the disaster. the contamination is getting worse. kerry sanders is joining us from luling, louisiana. good morning. >> good morning, jenna, that cap now fitted on top of the gusher one mile down does not have a perfect grip. imagine you put your faucet on at home, it is always going to leak. bp says it is confident it is reducing the flow of oil which is now hitting the wild life here hard. on the protected pelican brookery, a worst-case scenario, birds coated in oil and overwhelmed rescue crews so pressed by the growing number of emergencies were unable to make it here. those that are picked up are taken to this makeshift animal report where the pelicans huddle shivering. biologists washing away the oil say most that get this far are likely to survive, but there's a problem. they breathe and in the process ingest the oil that can kill them. the plan is to release them in about ten days in florida. >> you're releasing the pelicans in florida and the oil is moving in that direction. so it looks like a problem. >> it is potentially a problem and those are decisions that people are going to have to make at a much higher level as to what do we do with these birds in the face of this continuous, expanding event. >> to underscore that conflict, biologists are now also finding oil-soaked birds in florida like this exhausted northern ganing. biologists with louisiana's wild life and fisheries motor to castet island. there, a dead bottle-nosed dolphin. the cap on the gusher is now in place, but it's only capturing some of the oil. estimates suggest as little as 5% or as much as 50% of the 800,000 gallons flowing every day. >> over the last 24 hours we've been able to collect 6,000 barrels of oil so we're very pleased with that operation. >> bp's engineers say they cannot close the vents on the cap because of the extreme pressure. coast guard admiral thad allen, the government's man in charge of the four-state disaster was in alabama, inspecting the repair and cleaning of oil booms. he told nbc news the only way this may stop is when those parallel relief wells are done, and that's likely august. >> the cap is not the final answer. the cap is intermediate means to contain the leakage from the well pending the final answer which is drilling ret leave well. >> the -- >> meanwhile, a pr campaign featuring bp's ceo tony hayward is being received about as well as the goo that's showing up on the shores here. this is one of those advertisements even president obama says bp should be concentrating spending its money on compensating fishermen and those who are impacted by the oil, not on its image. >> all right. kerry sanders. kerry, thank you. and from new orleans we're joined by a man who has been at the center of this disaster billy nun gasser from plaquemines parish. >> good morning. >> admiral thad allen says the cap is not the final answer to this solution, only capping anywhere between 5% and 50% of the oil coming out of the well here, but are you satisfied with the progress of it at least thus far? >> absolutely not. this is an ongoing nightmare that continues to get worse. you all just showed the pelicans and birds and the animals dying every day. a new part of plaquemines pairish in coastal louisiana is being infested with this oil and as we said from the beginning, if we allow it to get into the marshes, the cleanup is almost impossible. >> billy on saturday bp agreed to use the suction machines inside those marshes. do you feel like the company at this point is doing all it could to at least keep the oil from penetrating those outer shores? >> i don't think we've ever done all we could. every meeting we have i say until we can look at the american people in the eye, we're not doing our job. we're stepping up to the plate and doing something, but we're not calling out all of the stops. there's equipment all over the world that could be used to keep this oil and pick it up offshore and it's been a fight to get them to use any of it. >> billy, you had an opportunity to speak with president obama on friday. can you give us a sense of what he had to say to you and what his plans are? >> well, you know one of the things we did ask was about the drilling ban, and we had presented a 66-man plan which is actually a federal agent on each rig to have the ability to shut that rig down in case their things go wrong because every disaster there are things that are clearly wrong before that explosion happens. it didn't have the impact we had hoped it would, but he did say that if this investigation into the rigs and he gets a good report back that he may shorten that moratorium from six months, but it's going to affect the livelihood of the same people that are affected from this spill. a lot of the family members work in the oilfield and it's just another blow to louisiana. >> billy nungesser, we appreciate your time this morning. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. let's head over to the news desk. lynn barry has the other morning's top stories. >> lefter and jenna, good morning. good morning, everyone. we'll begin in the midwest where at least two people are dead after an estimated 19 separate tornadoes tore through illinois and ohio. in illinois this twister was caught on tape near peoria. a tornado watch is now in effect from since nat toe pittsburgh. now to the case of joran van der sloot. he was caught in chilly and brought back to peru where the murder of a 22-year-old young woman took place. there's video of van der sloot with the victim on what could be the last night of her life. it shows van der sloot and flores going into her hotel room and van der sloot leaving alone four hours later. van der sloot is also the lone suspect in the disappearance of american teen natalee holloway in aruba. this is heartbreaking, indianapolis police are investigating a crash of a bus carrying a wedding part. groomsman james douglas was killed and almost a dozen were injured. the bride and groom were injured. 100 guess hu 100 guest witnessed their ceremony. >> a study by the american society of clinical oncologists found that a new drug helps the immune system fight the cancer and improve survival rates. the drug now heads to the fda for approval. and finally the royal guard in the uk are iconic for the bear-skin hats and iconic uniforms. you can't break their stairs. a guardsmen fainted in attention in 80-degree heat and in keeping with tradition, the others looked on as the guard collapsed on the ground. eventually he was helped up and he was okay. those hats are two pounds and no word if he kabunked anyone on the head. a little help would be nice. >> if we were anchoring this show and lester passed out from heat exhaustion -- >> we would keep right on going. >> we would have to, for time purposes, we would have to keep going, but we would feel bad. >> and we would pick him up afterwards. >> like a bunch of new yorkers, something happens you just keep walking. walk right over him. >> janice huff. good morning. >> how about a check of the weather? >> i know. let's go right to it. the heat, of course, can be dangerous. there will be a lot of it, speaking of hot weather, across the southwest today record heat expected from albuquerque to phoenix, to las vegas with temperatures topping well above 100 degrees. it was just as hot yesterday. expect more today. dallas hit 100 for the first time this seasonal ready which is early. meanwhile in the east, severe weather is going to be a problem today as well as hot >> good morning, everyone. i'm tony pan. we're off to a quiet start, but the further we go into the day, the better chance we will run into rain. high temperatures in the upper philadelphia, 0 for d.c. a chance for severe thunderstorms for the northeast and 78 in boston. >> now here's jenna. up next on "today," we're going to meet the doctor who would rather treat a patient with fins over feet. his story right after these messages. comfort and softness to your family. now when you purchase specially marked downy, you help donate hand-made quilts and bring comfort to more than 10,000 hospitalized kids. downy. feel more. from more hotels for my withperfect girls' weekend. plus i can compare dates to find out when i can save the most cash. done and done. we should do this more often. where you book matters. expedia. have you tried honey bunches of oats with real strawberries? 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[ cat meows ] ♪ who's that lady? >> good morning. i'm lisa robinson. it is 8:26. here's a look at our top stories. city officials have identified the man who died in the loch raven reservoir as anthony ibewuike of havre de grace. baltimore county fire officials received the call after the victim and two people went for a swim. >> it is really not a safe place to swim. a number of young men came out for swimming yesterday evening, noticed one of their friends had fallen behind, turned around to find out what was happening, and he slipped beneath the water. >> officials say swimming is illegal in the reservoirs for a number of reasons. they named fluctuating currents, underwater debris, and drop-offs. >> police are looking for a man that shot a man in baltimore. police say a man was struck in the toros. they were not given the status of his condition. >> a follow-up into a company that claimed to be a legitimate nursing school. the maryland securities office shut down the national medical academy and ordered its owners to pay back money it charged nurses for the classes -- aspiring nurses for the classes. officials say the company is not recognized by the maryland higher education commission or the state board of nursing. the attorney general's office ordered the company to cease and desift but last september an i-team investigation found it was still accepting politics. >> baltimore kicked off its annual showcase of nations festival with poland yesterday. residents gathered from all over to celebration polish culture. that runs through today. we're back with a c >> the weather should stay quiet. when we get into the afternoon, some storms late in the day thunderstorms. up until then, a mix of sun and clouds, and thunderstorms again this afternoon. southwest wind at 10 to 15 miles per hour. high temperatures will be in the upper 80's to around 90 degrees. sunset at 8:30 zpactly. -- exactly. overnight, a chance of thunderstorms this evening. after 9:00 or 10:00 skies clear and it should become less humid. it should be comfortable when you wake up tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 60's and 70's. overnight low temperatures could drop into the 50's, and you might be able to turn the air conditioning off monday and tuesday night. a chance ever storms on wednesday before it gets warm again going into next weekend. >> thank you for joining us. be sure to come back tonight for 11 news at 6:00. we're back on this sunday morning, june 6, 2010. it is a steamy sunday morning here in new york city. we have an excited crowd with us on the plaza. a crowd that doesn't care about bad hair days and we thank them for that. outside the plaza, i'm jenna wolfe alongside lester holt. we've seen a million different signs here in the plaza. this is a first for me. these people ran out of paper and they took their breakfast tortilla and they wrote a little jenna, we love you and for that, we love you, too. >> some scrambled eggs and guacamole, you've got yourself a breakfast. >> we'll turn to a serious note and talk about the search for stacy peterson. >> drew peterson, her husband is in jail accused of killing his third wife and now police have received a jailhouse tip about his fourth wife. they've started a new search and we'll tell you where the search is rate now. >> each year, 2 million americans bring their pets onboard with them. pets traveling with their owners, believe it it or not. there's a whole lot you need to do before you do just that. we'll tell you what you need to know coming up. >> then the issue of what is worth standing in line for. would you stand in line for an hour for anything, and if so, what? ? apparently i did. there are food joints in new york city that lines will wrap around the block and people will get in them. we will talk about that. but first, i want to introduce you to a friend of mine. her name is jonah lease monty. we're running a race later this morn. it's a program called girls on the run and it involves getting girls your age, 10, 11, 12, 13 out of school and off ask runninruand running. why do you like this race so much? >> because i get to hang out with my friends and it's fun, and i get to hang out with all of my friends after school and all that. >> and you've become a pretty good runner. and they force you -- not force you, but they focus health and fitness. has it given you more confidence in the last year or so? >> we're running a 5k. and god forbid something happens to me, you'll drag me to the finish line? tell me how excited you are? >> i'm excited. >> nice to meet you, lester. >> he will not be running today, but he'll be there with us in spirit. >> i'll be on a couch somewhere, but good luck to you both. >> thank you so much. we're excited for you today. >> and we want to go to janice huff and find out what the race weather will be like. >> race weather is cloudy right now and there might be storms this afternoon. we'll have to keep an eye out for that. we have lots of birthdays on the plaza. what's your name, sweetie? >> sarah. >> how old are you in. >> 16. >> and we have a 40th birthday. >> sue? >> where are you from? >> minnesota. >> did you know melissa was 30? >> are you, melissa? >> no. i thought you were melissa, happy birthday, melissa. >> thank you. let's check the weather and see what's going on today. severe weather is likely in the northeast and there is a tornado watch that has just been issued and pushed farther to the east across central pennsylvania and southern new york until west virginia and that's until 3:00. so if you're in that region, be on the lookout for severe thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. that bad weather will extend from nashville, tennessee, up to new york city and into southern new england so keep an eye out today and try to keep as cool as possible across much of the southwest, well into the 90s and >> good morning, everyone. i'm tony pan. the weather should stay quiet this morning, but this afternoon stronger thunderstorms will develop. ll be really hot in be strong to florida and probably california. >> and probably arizona and new mexico. thank you. >> you don't have a birthday, but you have an anniversary. >> happy anniversary, honey. >> now here's lester. >> janice, thanks. it's a case that's captured the nation's attention for three years. a new lead could finally bring police a step closer to figuring out what happened to stacy peterson. nbc's john yang joins us with details. >> good morning, lester. investigators taking sunday off, but they'll be back at it tomorrow, perhaps expanding their search site in central illinois, all of this based on information from a jailhouse informant. in a muddy farm in remote central illinois, investigators followed up a lead in a complex missing persons mystery, searching for the board of drew peterson's fourth wife stacy peterson last seen in october 2007. >> right now we're not saying much about the lead. everyone is asking if it's credible, we're here. >> reporter: a search centered on a 150-acre soybean and alfalfa farm. >> it goes down into a ravine where the kickapoo creek lies. >> reporter: peterson is in jail for the murder of his third wife kathleen savio. she was found drowned in an empty bathtub just weeks before her divorce to pertson was to bein final. >> i think they've always considered me a suspect. the husband always did it, and i think it's just a title to basically progress their case. >> savio's death was originally ruled an accident, but the death was re-opened after stacy peterson disappeared shortly after she contacted a divorce attorney. peterson maintains she left him for a younger man. >> you think that stacy peterson, your wife, ran off with another man? >> that's all of the information that i have and that's all i can believe. >> for months while police investigated what happened to his two wives, peterson clowned for reporters and cameras staking out his suburban chicago home. he took part in dating contests and became engaged to a 23-year-old woman who later called it a publicity stunt. all that ended in may 2009 when he was arrested for savio's murder and taken to jail. now all this search could play a role in peterson's upcoming trial because prosecutors have always believed that he killed stacy peterson because of what she knew about savio's death. lester? >> nbc's john yang, thank you. we're back after these messages. 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acid indigestion or heartburn. it seems like there are so many different ailments. >> there are, but the most common form of indigestion is the burning discomfort that we have behind our breastbone or at the pit of our stomach. it's caused bias ied coming up from our stomach to the esophagus and we call it heartburn. >> nothing to do with the heart, though? >> nothing to do with the heart. in the same area, we call it acid reflux or gastro-esophageal reflex or gurd. >> there are 10,000 options and up and down the aisle you can find anything for anyone. how do you know what's the best thing to take for what in. >> it's hard to know, but for quick, rapid relief, the first class of drugs that we use are antacids and we have rolaids, tums or mylanta. they neutralize as nid your stomach. they give you prompt, but very short-lasting relief. there are more powerful drugs that last longer that prevent the stomach from making acid. they take longer to work so you have to have lead time to get them to work, but they can provide up to 24 hours of relief. those are things like the antagonists and tagamet, zantac and the most potent cousins or ppis like prilosec. >> how do you know when to take what? how do i know if i'm okay just popping a couple of rolaids or if i need something like a prilosec. >> if you're having mild, infrequent indinl thaegz sneaks up on you, taking roll aides, tums or mileanta will do the trick. if you're having long lasting symptoms or going out to have a meal that in the past has caused you to have indigestion, pre-treat yourself with the most powerful long-lasting drugs bike ppis. >> know for me the minute i have a stomachache, i take a couple of pepto, and you don't treat it like candy, but you treat it almost like a piece of food you pop in your mouth. is that safe? >> these drugs are safe. any time you take a drug there are possible complications, but there are things you can do without medicines that can relief stomach problems. >> there are medicines you take before you get the bloating, the gas and indigestion and some you take afterwards. is there ones that -- is there one better for the other? >> i think that if you know that you'll have indij sxegz certain circumstances then you should pre-treat yourself or you're having it more frequently then you should be taking a more powerful, longer act being drug. >> what if you don't want to take medication? is there something else you can take if this isn't the route you want to go. >> less is more. even decaffeinated coffee, caffeine, soda, mints, oily, fried foods, alcohol, smoking fewer. those things can help you naturally feel more comfortable. >> my favorite one is wear loose-fitting clothes as if that will solve your problem. >> it can help if you're wearing the tight clothing it can push the acid into your esophagus. >> thank you very much. there's a lot of information here. i'm glad we got to the bottom of a lot of it. now let's send it over to lester. one of the many traditions of summer is an afternoon barbecue with friends and family, but those gatherings can be bad news for those of us watching our waistlines. david zenko author of "eat this, not that" and the author of the new "drink this, not that" is here. >> good to see you, lester. >> you have some of the staples of the summer barbecue. this one is, what? ground chuck in. >> that is the equivalent of the chicken strips. five of them and 600 calories. what i want to show you is how to make simple substitutions and lose two pounds a week. so you will enjoy the great summer food. here what happens if you switch from may onto guacamole and you go from 80% lean beef to a burger with 90% lean beef you're going to end up saving 180 calories. that doesn't seem like a lot, but over the course of a year, that's 20 pounds. that's like going from a b to an a without doing any extra homework. >> at least for me, that's not a big deal to give up the mayonnaise and go with the guacamole. those are healthy fats in there. >> the bratwurst, a lot of folks want to put it on the grill and another great summer treat. >> the problem here is the difference of 130 calories. bratwurst. it's got a lot of fat and sodium it and it also has the words brat and worst. it's the equivalent of seven cookies, but if you go with a sweet italian chicken sausage and there are great options out there, they've got natural herbs in there that give it the natural flavor. >> i've had them. they're very good. >> there's another pound a month by making that one, simple substitution. >> the burger or the chicken on my plate and i want some chips to go along with it. looks like potato chips and onion dip. >> that's like shovel and muck. again, what you're getting there is a lot of fat. a chip has a big surface area and that absorbs a lot of oil and fat. these why these are worse than fries, and what happens is you have 300 calories. it's the equivalent of a chocolate candy bar. if you go with something like tortilla chips and salsa. you will save over 100 calories. it's packed with night rients and trick your kids into eating their vegetables this way and you will end up saving significant calories. >> those are real calories. >> yep. >> another side dish. is this potato salad? >> you've got potato salad and coleslaw. you go with the potato salad and what's happening there, there are both mayo delivery systems, but in this case it's too many calories and the calorie equivalent of the corn flakes. if you go for something like the coleslaw. the cabbage is a known cancer fighter. it's lower in fat and lower in calories. and that's exactly what you want. >> drinkwise, you have a margarita here and a mojito. >> the margarita is 450 calories, why? it's got 65 grams of sugar. that mix that they give you at the store is a lot of high-fructose corn syrup and lime flavored and the equivalent of drinking four beers. if you go with a clean mojito you're saving 400 calories. if you're having a drink a day you are over the course of a year losing 30 pounds. >> that's significant. 300 calories. >> talk about drinking your troubles away. that will do it. >> here, we've plated the whole thing together now. this was the bad. this was the good. how much did we save? >> 1,000 calories. >> 1,000? >> that's a third of a pound a day. again, that's like two pounds a week. so what eat this, not that is all about. >> these are very simple changes. >> without ever dieting. >> awesome. always good to have you on. >> thanks very much, and we'll be back after this. , my gosh ♪ ♪ i'm so in love -- ♪ make me wanna say oh-oh oh-oh oh-oh-oh ♪ [ horn honks ] [ tires squeal ] oprah: join me and liberty mutual insurance. drive responsibly. take the pledge. for only $2.50, get a western egg white muffin melt, made-to-your-order, and add a 16-oz. cup... of freshly brewed seattle's best coffee. try the new $2.50 breakfast combo at subway. ♪ this morning on "today's pets," something a lot of families are thinking about as the summer travel season gets into full swing. taking their pets with them on vacation. pet expert andrea arden joins with us tips for traveling with your pets and she's dog sitting and trying to take care of the dog in the next part of the segment. >> we'll talk about car seats and will you stay in there, already? >> but before we get to that, i want to talk about folks who will take their animals by airplane this summer. >> yes. >> and what they need to know. >> i think the most important thing you need to consider is that everywhere in the country it will be warm so you shouldn't plan to make air travel trips with your pet if it's very hot. if you have to then you should make sure to plan a flight early in the morning or later in the evening. they have to be under 20 pounds. if they can't fit under the seat in front of you they can fly as baggage, but you have to be on the flight with them. that costs between 100 and $150 each way. if they' if you're not on the flight with them, they can go as cargo, but plan a non-stop flight to decrease your chance that the pet might be lost. >>. >> one of the most important things and make sure you put something on the carrier, the crate that clearly identify which is flight your pet is on. put their name on there so that whoever is helping to handle them sort of feels connected to them. i put my dog's name on there and make sure they know there is a live animal who is important to somebody. bridge first aid kit and bring some wipes and everything that your pet might need and i.d. is really, really important. >> right. of course. let's move on to our problem area right here right now. in the car, we see dogs in the window and in the passenger seat flopping around the car. it's a danger to them and to you as well, right? >> it really is. it's just like with kids. you want to make sure they're safe and secure. it's one of the important things about travel with your pets. you can get a booster seat which has a connector so you can connect them. or get a doggy seat belt so that they're keconnected to the seat belt and it's a harness. >> what do you think about that in. >> we get the idea. the important thing about that is that it keeps your pet safe and distracting you. >> other important things to bring along? >> people forget that you have to bring a good amount of food for the entire trip. if you change the food your pet can get a tummyache. bring lots of toys that will keep your pets busy. even though they're well socialized and friendly, traveling can be stressful. so you want to make sure you keep them busy. >> is there anything to do about that. >> the best thing to do is to make sure you have lots of little trips to places that the dog would like. for example to the dog park. most dogs just get in the car to go to the vet or the groomer. >> content-eze and the vet's best which is made specifically for traveling and it's herbal. these things might help, but ultimately the thing that's most important is make sure that you get your pet ready for travel at home before you take them on the road for a long trip. >> all he wanted was a little companionship. they're fine now. >> they can find companions if they come to animal haven rescue to adopt them. these two? >> yes. >> now here's jenna. ♪ ♪ ♪ lester, thanks. in a city where people are always on the go, and i mean always on the go, there's not much that new yorkers will actually stop and smell the roses for, let alone say longer than a minute or more than that, but in certain spots around lunchtime in the city, a funny thing happens. lines start forming for an hour and a half long. what's all of the fuss about? you know i had to find out. >> would you stand on this line if it was raining? >> i have. >> wow! >> my friend over here is making me stay. we've heard it's amazing. we haven't tried it yet if the line was two more feet longer i would have bailed. >> from places like the shake shack, to 53rd street, these lunch spots bring hurried new yorkers to a complete standstill. >> last time we went during the evening and we waited up to, like, 40 minutes. >> i've waited in this line for about an hour. >> no! ♪ >> especially in the evening i've seen it get as far down to where the bushes are. >> please tell me they're giving away winning lottery tickets. >> oh, boy. i can see why. ♪ ♪ >> i would wait a good hour and a half or two hours. >> you would wait an hour and a half for this food? is there gold plated somewhere underneath it? is there a small child waiting to be adopted underneath this food? ♪ ♪ >> i guess i wouldn't be a true journalist if i didn't check out what this whole line thing was about. i'm going to get on the end of it. >> so i was thinking about how they make concrete, and i than there's a healthy mixture of water and then there's -- >> how long does it mix? how long do you wait? how long in advance do you start putting everything together -- sometimes wood is better than concrete or linoleum. when you put your hands down and you make the imprints, the big question is do you go straightforward and do you want to rotate -- >> and that's all i have to say about concrete. i have to run to the bathroom? i'll be right back. >> he's still holding your place. >> do you think i bothered people? i really was hoping for a pause before that answer. you'd be surprised -- maybe you wouldn't be surprised. if they think it's worth it they'll wait. >> one of the places have a web camera. i will click on and judge -- count the number of people in line before deciding i'm heading in. >> they threw a frisbee that has "the today show." you guys are from charlotte? i said i would mention it again. forget signs, they're all about food. >> could not wait in line for this one. they waited for us. we will be back after this. 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