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"today," tuesday, june 8th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm matt lauer. wow, president obama did not hold back in our exclusive interview which was conducted in michigan on monday afternoon. he's frustrated, he's angry, not only because of the oil that is still spewing into the sea and the resulting environmental disaster, but also at how his handling of this crisis is being judged by critics. has his administration done enough? will it become president obama's hurricane katrina or iran hostage situation? and why hasn't the president spoken directly to tony hayward who is the ceo of bp? president obama speaks on all of that in a very candid interview in just a couple of minutes. also ahead, investigators in portland, oregon have been flooded with tips in the bizarre disappearance of a boy who disappeared from his school last friday. now that the fbi is getting involved, we'll have the latest on that. a crowd outside fired up on the plaza for a great summer concert. yes, even on a tuesday, christina aguilera will take to our concert stage in our 8:30 half-hour. but we begin on a tuesday morning with the disaster in the gulf now in its 50th day and our exclusive interview with president obama. we sat down on monday before his commencement peach at a high school in kalamazoo, michigan and i began by asking the president if the oil spill in the gulf has made this the toughest point in his presidency to date. >> this is tough, no doubt about it, because when you watch television or you go down to the gulf and you see birds covered in oil and you talk to fishermen who are on the verge of tears, big, tough guys, but their li d livelihoods are being smothered by this oil coming into thee eeu wares and marshes, it gets you frustrated. it has not reduced my confidence that our trajectory is right. we have to keep on moving. it is going to be tough but we'll get through it. >> do you feel at this stage 50 days into this your administration has been damaged by this oil spill? >> no. first of all, i'm not concerned about my politics right now. what i'm concerned about is what's happening down in the gulf and i guarantee you the folks in the gulf have been damaged by this oil spill. and livelihoods are at stake. this is the largest federal response to an environmental disaster in history. from day one we understood that this was going to be a major disaster. we have put unprecedented resources to deal with it. >> then why do you think there is so much frustration aimed not only at bp right now but at your administration? there are people who are starting to wonder outloud if the oil spill in the gulf could do to you what katrina did to president bush, or even what the iran hostage situation did to president carter. >> you know, i have to tell you, some of this is just the nature of the 24-hour news cycle. you've got a camera showing oil spilling out in the gulf and people are understandably frustrated and they're upset. and they have every right to be. but here's what i can say. that we have responded with unprecedented resources and when you look at what most of the critics say, matt, and you you ask them, specifically, what is it that the administration could or should have done differently that would have an impact on whether or not oil was hitting shore, you're met with silence. and the fact of the matter is there has not been an idea that is mentioned out there by any of the critics that we haven't evaluated and if it was going to work, we would have done it. but it happened under my watch that you still have these oil rigs out there that we thought could deal with this kind of situation and they haven't been able to deal with it. >> a day or so after that oil rig sank i spoke to rear admiral mary landry of the coast guard who was speaking on behalf of the administration. i asked her, we're seeing an oil slick in the middle of the water and she said there is no evidence that that's coming from this wellhead, that's residual oil coming from the rig itself. a day later she echoed those same comments. was the administration misled in your opinion? were you relying too much on information from bp, and from the start did bp try to downplay the situation? >> well, here's what i think happened. initially the thinking was that in fact the rig had sunk but the blow-out preventers had shut down the well because that's what they were supposed do. so the anticipation was mayor 1,000 barrels might be leaking a day but this is not going to be a monumental spill. as soon as people understood the blow-out preventers weren't working, that the valves that were supposed to shut down in the event of a blow-out like this had not functioned properly, then i think people understood right then that this was going to be a significant emergency. in terms of our relationship with bp, our general attitude has been that they have an incentive to shut this thing down because it is going to cost them money and i am going to stay on them if it is the last thing i've done in this administration -- >> have you spoken directly to tony hayward, the ceo of bp? >> i have not spoken to him directly. here's my reason -- my experience is when you talk to a guy like bp's ceo, he's going to say all the right things to me. i'm not interested in words. i'm interested in actions. and we are communicating to him every single day exactly what we expect of him. and what we expect of that administration. >> in all due respect, that feels strange to me, that here we've got the ceo of a company that's responsible for the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history, and i think i'm just curious why you wouldn't pick up the phone and in some ways just give him a piece of your mind. >> well, look. this has been the main critique of the administration is giving a piece of my mind to these guys. look, i would love to vent. i would love to just shout and holler because i'm thinking about this day in, day out. but my main job is to solve the problem. >> to solve the problem you have to have a reliable partner. let me read you some of the things that mr. hayward has said over the course of this disaster. he said the gulf of mexico is a big ocean. the amount and volume of oil and dispersant we're putting in is tiny in relation to the total water value. the impact of this environmental disaster is likely to be very modest. he says there's no one who wants this to end more than i do, i'd like my life back. >> well, i think -- >> family members of those 11 people who died on the rig and the people whose lives are going to be changed for years want their lives back, too. he doesn't work for you. but if he did, would you want him out? >> he wouldn't be working for me. after any of those statements. first of all, we're going to have to find out why this thing went in the first place and the fact of the matter is that there's going to be a thorough review and i don't want to prejudge it. but the initial reports indicate that there may be situations in which not only human error was involved, but you also saw some corner-cutting in terms of safety and that bp is a multi-billion dollar corporation. it's talking about paying $10.5 billion in dividends just for this quarter. >> right. >> we are going to have to make sure that not only do they shut down the cap, we are not only going to have to make sure any deep well drilling process that is out there is in fact failsafe and oil companies know what they're doing, but we also have to make sure that every single person who's been affected by this is properly compensated and made whole. when i went down -- >> can bp do all that? >> absolutely they can afford it. if i start seeing bp nickel and diming folks down there, then they are going to have for answer to us. >> we've heard time and time again throughout this crisis as bp has tried, and failed, with all their fixes that this technology is untested at this depth. and it just raises a question, if this is where we're drilling for oil at 4,000 and 5,000 feet under the surface of the ocean, where is the oversight in all that? where are they allowed to drill there if the worst case scenario method to prevent disaster are tested at that depth. it doesn't help to test them at that feet. >> when it comes to how we were operating in overseeing and taking the word of the oil industry generally -- not just bp in terms of the failsafe nature of what they could do, i think we have to completely review that. i've assigned this bipartisan commission, i want them to report back to me because you obviously cannot take the word of oil companies when they say they've got a bunch of redundancy and back-up plans when something like this happens and it turns out they have no idea what they're doing. >> even as the oil is spewing into the gulf, would you consider halting all drilling below a certain depth, right now? >> keep in mind what's happened. first of all, we've already instituted moratorium -- >> on new drilling. >> on new drilling. the production wells that are already pumping oil, those don't seem to be the problem. the problem has to do with actually drilling and starting a new well. so we've put a moratorium on new wells. shallow wells aren't a problem because the risers essentially come up above the water. if something like this happened in a shallow water well, then folks would just get up on the platform and they would start fixing it and it would be shut down fairly quickly. what we don't have right now is an assurance that in these incredible depths, a mile down, and then they're drilling another three miles down to get to oil, that we can actually handle a crisis like this. >> have you allowed yourself to even imagine what the gulf region will look like if oil continues to spew until august, what it will smell like, what the economic situation will be like down there? >> i have. and here's what i'll say. this is going to be a mess. it already is. but i've been down there and the people are resilient and these eco systems are more resilient than i think we anticipate right now if we act swiftly, if we act seriously, there are going to be marshes, for example, where the oil goes in, and the sea life that's there is decimated for a season. maybe two. but potentially we can preserve those estuaries and marshes so that three years from now, things have come back, things have bounced back. >> critics are now talking about your style which is the first time i've heard that in a long time. they're saying here is a guy who likes to be known as cool and calm and collected, and this isn't the time for cool, calm and collected. this is not the time to meet with experts and advisors, this is a time to spend more time in the gulf and -- i never thought i'd say this to a president, but kick some butt. and i don't mean it to be funny. >> no, and i understand. and here's what i'm going to push back hard on this. because i think that this is a -- just an idea that the media's run with. i was down a month ago before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the gulf. a month ago i was meeting with fishermen down there standing in the rain talking about what a potential crisis this could be. and i don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so i know whose ass to kick. right? so, you know, this is not theater. most of the decisions that i make on a day to day basis i make because i have gathered the best information possible in very difficult situations and my job is to figure out how can i move the federal government, the private sector, all the various players who are involved to perform some very, very difficult tasks. and i don't always have time to perform for the benefit the cable shows. what i do have is dedication and commitment to make sure that the people who are actually being affected by this are going to get the best possible service from me. and as long as i'm president, that's the approach that i'm going to take to this job. >> he's clearly heard the criticism. >> frustrate bid it as well. >> reacting very strongly to it. i think his term "this is not theater" is a very important one. and i wonder if you're going to hear a lot more of this type of emotion from the president from this day forward. >> i think he probably liked this opportunity to show that side of him because so many people had said that in fact he wasn't showing any emotion. obvious tli bothers him tremendously. we are going to hear more from president obama in our next half-hour. moving on, there has been a surprising development overnight tied to the arrest of joran van der sloot. police in peru say he has confessed to killing a young woman in his hotel room. nbc's michelle kosinski is in lima with details. michelle, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. yesterday police weren't saying anything. the last we would have heard from them was that joran van der sloot admitted to meeting the victim but denied he had beaten her to death in his hotel room. late last night that abruptly changed. a source within the government ministry confirmed to me that during police interrogation van der sloot confessed to the murder saying though that it was not intentional. >> police this morning are preparing to take joran van der sloot from his jail cell and bring him back to the scene of the crime. a brutal, violent scene he had denied any part of. until last night. the news broke all of a sudden from inside the government that, under police questioning for a third day straight, joran van der sloot had cracked, told an officer he had indeed killed 21-year-old business student stephany flores in his hotel room. according to television and newspaper reports quoting their police sources, van der sloot told investigators he did not plan this, did not want to do it. they claim van der sloot explained that stephany, who died from a blow to the head so fierce that it was likely what broke her next, had intruded into his private life, had looked at his laptop while he was out buying coffee and according to multiple reports found out about natalee holloway, the alabama teenager who disappeared five years to the day before stephany died. last seen getting into a car in aruba with joran van der sloot. local press claim he told police stephany had tried to get away from his anger but that he grabbed her next and hit her. police say she had multiple bruises and abrasions on her body, including her hands. in newly leaked video from the investigation, joran van der sloot appears absolutely calm and confident, even just caught by police across the border in chile the day after stephany's body was found. when they asked him to sign a document, he was concerned about his rights. but from the beginning, police said they had found incriminating evidence against him. they wouldn't say what. he was the last one to be seen with stephany after meeting her in this casino, going back to his hotel at 5:00 a.m., then leaving alone four hours later. yesterday police confirmed that van der sloot was on suicide watch, alone in his jail cell, guarded by four officers. and now, they say, the 22-year-old who has long been called suspect in another big case has confessed to killing a young woman he had known for merely hours here. if this is true that van der sloot is explaining this all happened at the spur of the moment, keep in mind you also have the family of the victim saying that her money and jewelry are missing. van der sloot has not yet been charged with a crime. that could happen today formally. the government says his family is also expected to arrive in peru today, including, they believe, his mother. meredith? >> michelle kosinski, thank you very much. coming up, we'll have much more on van der sloot's confession and what it could mean in the natalee holloway case as welling. for now let's go over to the news desk. ann has a look at all the headlines of the morning. good morning, everybody. in the news, today voters in 12 states go to the polls in primaries and run-off elections and among the closely watched races, arkansas where democratic senator blanche lincoln is facing a tough run-off challenge from lieutenant governor bill halter. two u.s. troops were killed in afghanistan this morning a day after the deadliest day this year for international forces there. the attacks monday killed ten, including seven americans. nato has lost 23 troops in just more than a week. officials investigating a natural gas explosion monday in texas say it happened when a crew installing utility poles struck a gas line sending the fireball into the air. one person was killed, at least seven others were injured. overseas markets are mostly lower this morning. cnbc's trish regan this morning is at the new york stock exchange. trish, europe's financial problems are the headline there. >> when was the last time wall street ever cared about hungary, ann? suddenly now everyone is watching europe. the reason is not really because of the fact that it is going to take its toll on our exports, but because it could potentially result in the freezing of the banking system. people are worried about how many bad loans these banks have on their balance sheets as a result of greece and places like hungary. that's the real issue. >> trish regan, thanks. the ceo of apple had some technical issues on monday while trying to unveil apple's much-awaited iphone 4, steve jobs couldn't get service. apparently because the wireless network in the conference hall was overloaded with too many people blogging about it. at another point, jobs made a joke saying that the new iphone looks just like the leaked prototype. remember the one left in a bar? anyway, 7:19. >> how long before you guys have one? >> tomorrow. >> i was hoping. with steve jobs, you never have to worry about what you're wearing. every day! >> it works for him ver good tuesday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it is a bright and sunny start here in the washington area this morning. blue skies overhead. temperatures in the 50s and low 60s now. 57 in monassis, 62 in brandiwine, also downtown washington right now. forecast for today, plenty of sunshine. high temperatures in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. your extended forecast calls for rain tomorrow and dry weather for the end of the week. >> and that's your latest weather. matt? just ahead, the latest on the search for a 7-year-old who allegedly disappeared on the way to class inside his own school. why the fbi is now involved. but fi man. just ahead, more on joran van der sloot's overnight confession about a murder in a peru hotel. plus look outside, we've got a huge crowd gathered for an unusual tuesday concert. with christina aguilera. but first, your local news. 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>> that's not going to help him avoid a murder charge here. remember, this is someone who has falsely confessed in the past. in the natalee holloway case he made all sorts of different confessions and as a result, the police thought that they were so unreliable that they couldn't even charge him even though he confessed. >> but in this case does his story seem to add up? >> in this case, they have evidence that may be even better than dna evidence, that is that videotape that we just saw. >> surveillance tape. >> that's right. walking into the hotel room with her, leaving the -- first leaving the casino, then walking into the hotel room with her. then he leaves alone and her dead body is found in that hotel room. i mean that's very strong evidence in and of itself. this is not -- in the natalee holloway case, you have a body that's never been found. she's just classified as disappeared. >> if anybody else walk into that room, that, too, would be on the surveillance tape. >> absolutely. so this is very strong evidence. i'm sure the police told him, hey -- maybe even showed him the videotape and said, look, we've got you walking in, we've got you walking out, we found her body there. >> do you think that's what prompted then the confusion? >> it's possible. it's possible. look, it sounds like a credible confession. we don't know, we'll have to find out more details, this is just what the authorities are claiming at this point. but it does sort of make sense in the big context of where his life is and something that might have happened. >> what type of sentence could he possibly face? at this point he hasn't been charged but likely that will happen today? >> up to 35 years in peru. in the peruian system you get some other credit. the reason he may have done this is he may have been told or realized he could get a reduced sentence if he comes forward and says what happened and maybe he believed they simply had so much evidence with this videotape that, why not? why not try to reduce what is almost a certain sentence. again, pure speculation at this point but all the pieces seem to be coming together. >> meanwhile, five years ago natalee holloway disappeared in aruba. he was arrested twice, van der sloot, never charged with any crime. is it possible it could affect that case at this point? >> he would either have to confess in a way that's credible, meaning offer up evidence, a confession, something that basically proved to the aruban authorities that he was responsible. or they would have to find her body. without that, i don't think that this case impacts that one. it is certainly going to lead the aruban authorities to say to themselves, my goodness, we need to take another look here and make sure we've done everything we can. >> if they got a confession from him that was valid or they did find a body, could the aruban authorities extradite him from peru? >> i think that the peruvian authorities are not going to let him go, they'll try him first for this crime, then if 30-something years in the future, something happened, it is certainly possible. but for now, even though there is an indictment in alabama, there is an investigation in aruba, the bottom line is peru is going to try joran van der sloot it seems prett good tuesday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the sun is shining on what promises to be a very nice day today. temperatures in the 50s and 60s now. 56 degrees in loudon county, virginia. 61 in frederick, maryland. 63 in annapolis and 63 in quantico. highs today up near 80 degrees for a brief time. your extended forecast calls for a rainy day tomorrow and then drier weather returns for >> don't fer get, you can get your channel any time day or night from weather channel on cable or weather.com online. investigators that received more than 1,000 tips but so far there is no sign of missing 7-year-old kyron horman. the second-grader vanished from his school last friday. nbc's janet schamlian is in portland, oregon with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. this is day five since kyron went missing. you indicated, tips are pouring in, yet detectives can't even qualify it as a kidnapping at this point. simply because there is no evidence that that's what happened. with fbi agents in the parking lot, it was anything but a regular school day at skyline elementary. >> there's no such thing as a normal day when you're dealing with something like this. >> reporter: as kyron horman's classmates hit the playground, agents questioned parents desperate for any clue that would bring the second--grader home. >> kyron, we're going to bring you home, buddy. nothing is more important to your family, your friends and to us. >> reporter: the emotion is heartbreaking. officers like the rest of the community are living and breathing this case. >> it is gut-wrenching and i don't sleep at night. it's hard. it is very hard. >> reporter: robin lives in the neighborhood. her son conner goes to skyline elementary and plays soccer with kyron who disappeared friday morning just a short time after his mother took this photo at the school science fair which was open to visitors. his teachers never saw him in class and marked him absent. it wasn't until he didn't get off the afternoon bus that his family realized he was missing. a massive certainly has been under way for the last three days but the effort has turned up nothing. much of the land around kyron's school looks just like this, thick, wet, grassy fields and dense woods. even searching a very small parcel of it can take a long time. investigators are following up on the 1,200 tips that have been called in. as a community waits and hopes, and prays. what does your heart tell you about the outcome of this situation? >> i don't even want to think about it sometimes because it could go either way and of course, my hope is that he is returned safely. but i know that it's been four days and sometimes after four days you just don't know. you just don't know. >> reporter: credible tips are coming in from outside portland from as far as washington state. meanwhile, they are nearing the end of the school year here and there is nothing they'd like better than a homecoming in june. matt, back to you. >> janet schamlian in oregon for us this morning. coming up next, more of our exclusive interview with president obama right after exclusive interview with president obama right after this. fiesta....whoa... new bush's black bean you can't tell everyone about new black bean fiesta. but it's perfectly cooked black beans, in a zesty "south of the border" chipotle sauce with red and green peppers, onion, and crisp corn. a bold new taste. i know. but i want people to think i'm a great cook. so hide. delicious! can i have your recipe? 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>> this school is a great example of what's possible when you've got a public school, it is not in a wealthy community, it is diverse, and yet because the community decided to invest by guaranteeing college tuition for any graduate here, we've got teachers and a principal who are dedicated and are willing to think out of the box. so they're not just bound by "it's in the in my contract" but they're doing all kinds of extra stuff. >> you're not going to find a more friendly audience than when you give this speech. i watched their enthusiasm when you met them a few minutes ago. your job is to inspire them. what are you going to say? >> high school audiences are the toughest. >> why? >> when you're a teenager you think you know more than just about anybody. >> not than the president though. probably not. >> my main message to these kids, number one, internalize a sense of excellence. you know, i think most of these kids have had a lot of support telling them do well. but as soon as you get out of here, nobody's telling you. you've got to want that on your own. second thing i'm going to tell them is no excuses. take responsibility and go out there and set your goals, then work for them and understand that stuff doesn't come easy. you've got to work. this is derek jeter's alma mate person one of the things i'm going to remind them is, that guy shagged a lot of grounders to end up being the captain of the yankees. so that's a message. and then the third one is i also want kids to internalize the of their community here which is give back. >> couple other quick topics. helen thomas, the dean of washington correspondents, sits in the front row at press conferences all the time. announced her retirement today after some inflammatory comments about israeli jews. >> tell them to get the hell out of palestine. >> your reaction to her retirement and your reaction to her comments. >> well, her comments from offensive. it is a shame because helen's someone who has been a correspondent through i don't know how many presidents, was a real institution in washington. but i think she made the right decision. >> is it something that taints her career in your opinion? >> well, i think that those comments were out of line and hopefully she recognizes that. >> on a much lighter note, you're a sports fan. so you must have watched with the rest of us the near-perfect game pitched by armando galarrago from the tigers. did bud selig make the right call in not award rg the perfect game? >> he made the right call but i think baseball is going to have to take a look at what football and basketball already decided. which is replay may in some cases be appropriate. >> are you fan of that? >> i'm saying that you may have a take a look at it. what was wonderful was how a potentially sour story ended up being, for me, an inspiring story. i think the class with which the pitcher handled it, the way joyce owned up to making a mistake, the way the whole team went out there the next day and said, you know what? we all make mistakes. but you've had a great career as an umpire. i think that showed something about sportsmanship that you don't see enough. >> in all the times i've had to explain bad sportsmanship to my kids this was a teaching moment, which was nice. president obama in michigan on monday. coming up, we're going to talk to a man who was on a hike when he suddenly was mauled by a grizzly bear. he'll share his story for the first time. but first, these messages. i didn't even think he read them. how many times did he try to get us to go fishing? 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thanks very much. news 4 midday, d.c.'s fire chief stops by to talk about his push to ban all fireworks in 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, june 8th, 2010. we have a huge crowd gearing up for a special tuesday concert on the plaza from five-time grammy winning superstar, christina aguilera. she'll take our concert stage for the entire 8:30 half-hour. i'm meredith vieira, along with matt lauer and al roker. ahead in this half-hour, jim cole is a fascinating man. he spent a lot of his life photographing and studying grizzly bears. but a trip to yellowstone about three years ago nearly cost him his life, a mother bear and her cub crossed his path. the mother bear attacked him, nearly killed him. we'll talk about that fateful day. he's telling his story for the first time. he'll tell you why despite the attack, he still loves these bears. also ahead, a hidden treasure of 30 rock unveiled, a secret mark left across the street more than four decades ago. film director frank oz and nbc's jimmy fallon will reveal that just ahead. and later, from where you put your purse down to where you store your toothbrush, the unhealthiest places for you around. >> you should never store your toothbrush in the toilet. >> probably not. first let's head in to the news desk, ann curry is standing by. good morning, everybody. today marks 50 days since the deep water drilling platform exploded in the gulf of mexico killing 11 people and trigger is the worst oil spill in u.s. history. kerry sanders has the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. there is no consensus that that cap on top of the well has reduced the flow of oil. in fact, some scientists believe there may be more oil flowing, not less. from the air, ugly black ink spots, what no one wanted to see an louisiana's barrier islands, miles and miles of thick black crude oil. on monday as the oil still gushed one mile down, the federal government says the containment cap installed by bp is now collecting nearly a half-million gallons a day. but all agree that's not good enough. >> i don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so i know whose ass to kick. >> reporter: on monday, bp's new face in charge bob dudley toured the oil-soaked beaches with louisiana governor bobby jindal. dudley is a mississippi native. it is the first time he's seen or touched the oil since this disaster began. are you embarrassed when you see this? >> well, i think everybody at bp is devastated by this. we can't quite believe it's happened. >> reporter: this is as bad as we've seen it. this is thick, goopy oil. watch how my feet sink into this ooze right here. this is the thick stuff. would y wow, look at that. it's goopy, it's ugly. >> reporter: the scene is enuglier for the wildlife trying to live in this mess. their struggle to survive at times hard to watch. today officials from the university of south florida plan to present their study, their proof, that there are these large underwater plumes of oil that cannot be seen. bp continues to say they have no evidence that those plums exist. >> kerry sanders, thanks. california and nevada are among a dozen states holding primaries and run-offs today. in arkansas, blanche lincoln faces a runoff that's seen as a test of voter satisfaction with incumbents. today's results will kedetermin match-ups for november. a geyser of flame burned for two hours on monday. officials said at least one worker was killed and seven others injured. a new study finds gang violence in the u.s. may be linked to the economy. 67% of adults believe youth gang violence is on the rise because of the current economic crisis. it is 8:04. time to go back outside to matt and meredith. >> let's get a and good tuesday morning, everybody. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. wonderful day to be outside today. make sure you get a chance to take advantage of it. temperatures in the low to mid 60s right now. 65 at national airport, 61 at dulles, 63 in downtown baltimore, 64 at andrews air force base. there's your forecast for your tuesday. plenty of sunshine. slow, increasing clouds primarily after the sun goes down tonight. that leads to rain showers for tomorrow. >> and that's your latest weather. up next, a man who survived a savage bear attack shares his story for the first time. a little bit later, christina aguilera rocks the plaza. huh? 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>> i was hiking out in hayden valley in a wide-open area. i apparently walked right on her without knowing it and she was on me, bing, she was on me real quick. she actually drove me into the ground like a linebacker driving a running back into the ground and i was trying to reach for bear spray which i had on my belt, couldn't get to it. >> she was using her claws or her mouth in. >> i didn't know it at the time. it was a very interesting question. dy not know at the time but she was using her claws. she actually ripped my face off. had she been using her mouth i wouldn't be here doing this interview. >> you had no chance to react as you just said. i've heard -- i don't know if it is just a wives tale. you hear people talk if you come across a bear and get in trouble, you do one of two things, you stand up tall and make a lot of noise or you curl up in a ball. >> i didn't have a chance to do either but i was going down. my momentum going down and her momentum going down on me at the same time. but again i was at her mercy. if she had wanted me dead, i would be dead. i had absolutely no chance. >> you have to ask yourself the question why didn't she want you dead. >> the reason is because most grizzly bear attacks are defensive. grizzlies are bigger, faster, stronger than us. if they wanted to be killing us and stalking us, they could be. >> so because she had her cub with her she felt you were a threat. >> well, i can't say if she would have done that if she didn't have her cub, but yes, that's certainly a fair thing to say. >> you ended up severely injured. you're miles from where you parked your van. you are a's all alone. talk to me about getting help. how did you survive? >> i just knew immediately i had to get right up off the turf. i knew if i sat there for one minute i'd be dead. i had to get out there and hike. dy not know what condition i was in. i was blind at the time. >> did you come across anyone or did you make it all the way back to your car on your own? >> i made it all the way back within 50 yards of the road which was approximately three mil miles. fortuitously as my doctor in idaho told me, the bear injured my right off. i lost my left eye in a way that i could just barely see the sunlight. so i followed the sun out. there is an area where even though i was bush whacking and there were no trails, i knew the area well, even though i was in a spot i'd never been in before. so i had to get up off the ground and i had to move. >> you must have lost a lot of blood. >> you know, i couldn't think about it at the time. i was asked in the hospital a while back, somebody was in the er, if i was holding my face on. i said i don't know, i didn't think about it. >> i want to mention, that was not the first time you were attacked. >> that's correct. >> in 1993 you were also attacked by a grizzly and survived that one, obviously. and yet you still insist that these are not the ferocious, scary animals that people think they are, they're intelligent, inquiz kwiquisitive inquisitive, majestic and calm. that doesn't seem to make sense to me. >> well, they really are. that's what i've seen. the only times i've had a problem with a bear, the two times, when i've seen the bear first. when you think of the amount of people that recreate in bear country, yellowstone, our first national park since 1872, 138 years, you know how many people have died in yellowstone from grizzly bear attacks? five. i mean bear attacks. not all grizzlies. five. hundreds have died in other ways but they don't get the headlines. part of it is the media. i made the headlines because i was attack by a grizzly bear. if i'd been hit by a car or been in a rock slide, i wouldn't have gotten the media attention. >> you still love these bears. that's what you talk and write about in this book. jim, it pleasure to meet you. we spoke on the phone after this happened and i'm glad to see you doing so well. >> i just want to say that my mission is to educate people about bears so they understand the true nature of bears and the bears are -- attacks are defensive and they're not out there stalking us. they're peace-loving animals and they are just the most fascinating and interesting animals i've ever known. >> i think you've done a good job with that. the book is "blindsided." 14 after the hour. up next, we'll unveil a secret that stood here at 30 rock for 50 years. secret that stood here at 30 rock for 50 years. what's behind that kucurtain? 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[ male announcer ] meet the family and the new sienna on youtube. toyota. if you travel a lot, the thrill of flying may have left you a long, long time ago. but "today" national correspondent jenna wolfe is here with a unique way to take to the skies. jenna, good morning. good morning. you know all those airline reward promotions like premier class and elite status, med medallion this, medallion that. i just took the most amazing flight of my life with no gimmicks whatsoever. but this is just for the pure joy of flying. waiting for us in a monstrous hangar at historic moffett field near san francisco, you'll find one very special ride. they are in fact only three air ships like it in the world. >> this is a zeppelin nt, which stands for new technology. >> this flying machine is a high tech version of the huge zeppelin air ships that roamed the skies nearly 100 years ago. some of the old ships used dangerous hydrogen and didn't always have, well, the softest of landings. but now it is a new day for the zeppelin. she's called the eureka, and on this morning, we're taking her out for a joyride. >> i'm excited! imanticipate getting excited! i've never been under the belly of something so big. >> reporter: at 246 feet long, she's the largest air ship currentfully operation, as big as boeing's newest and biggest 747, more than 50 feet longer than the goodyear blimp. but unlike an inflatable blimp, the zeppelin takes off with its helium held in a frame made of super light kevlar, carbon fiber and lime nualuminum. yep, there's no lead in this zeppelin. >> good morning, my name is alex. >> reporter: alex hall also happens to be co-owner of this $15 million zeppelin. >> the thing that we do that is different is that we are providing the passenger experience on an airship. we are the only commercial passenger air ship in the usa. >> so this is your first time ever in an air ship? >> first time. i read the manual last night. >> no look ahead! woo, that was close. >> reporter: okay, so this isn't about speed but pilot jim dexter is trying to break a distance record from flying nonstop from the bay area all the way down to san diego. >> what we're doing today is a record for modern day airships. >> reporter: cruising only 35 to 40 miles an hour, this is going to be a -- ♪ slow ride ♪ take it easy >> reporter: hey, i'm sorry to bother you, are we there yet? >> no, not quite yet. i'll let you know. >> reporter: okay, cool, thanks. luckily, we're flying over some of the most beautiful scenery and famous sites on the west coast. >> a lot of people describe it as being on a personal cloud floating above the earth. >> reporter: one of the best things about the air ship, not just windows, windows that open, great for taking pictures, and for doing this. i love the "today" show! ooh, it's freezing. bad idea. >> reporter: but for those who want an ann amazing view of the world, the zeppelin nt is a really good idea. >> i think it is more of a voyage, very nostalgic. it takes you back. this is what aviation should be. >> reporter: our ten-hour journey ends in san diego, setting a modern air ship distance record, 460 miles. we set the record! woo-hoo! but it is really the wonder of the ride that's worth celebrating. cheers! yeah, jim! air ship ventures now offers zeppelin excursions in several california cities. rides start at about $200 depending how far up and down the coast you want to go. >> 200 bucks not that bad for that kind of experience. >> it is not that bad, the view is unbelievable. you're in nice, fight quarters with some of your best friends. >> it looked fun. let's head across the street to meredith in studio 6b. >> today nbc is unveiling a new stop on the studio tour, studio 6b, currently the home of "late night" with this guy, jimmy fallon. good morning. 6b is really the birthplace of late night television. give us a sense of the history. >> it is a great studio. it goes back to the "tonight show" with johnny carson. he did the first ten years of the tonight show from new york. >> it started here. >> he did ten years here. before that, jack paar, of course did "the "tonight show"" from new york. "quiz show 21" was here. >> before tv, radio in the '30s here. >> yeah. bob hope. martin and lewis. but this is the big -- >> this is the centerpiece of the exhibit. there is a reason why film director and one of the original muppeteera is here. frank oz. >> i was just told to stand here. >> we're going to put you to work by opening up the curtains to reveal the neatest part of this exhibit. >> ready? >> now these are pipes decorated as muppets. >> jim henson and i and two others, the four of us did the jack paar show. they gave us this extraordinary dressing room. we did the -- actually i opened the door and there was these dark black-brown heavy pipes. scared me a little bit. >> this was in the utility closet. >> yeah. there was a door here. and we went to do the dress rehearsal and we came back and we had hours to kill before air. so jim said let's paint it. so we went back to the studio which was two rooms. that was jim. i'm standing here for jim, really. so we went back and there were boxes full of hair and eyes and noses and paint. and so in our two rooms at that time at 53rd and 2nd, we came back -- >> you went to town. >> more jim than anything else. then we closed the door, did the show and left. we thought it would be gone. so it's been fantastic. >> it's still here. jim, why was it so important to you? you went to nbc executives and said we've got to save this. >> i knew about this when i did "saturday night live" here i knew about this closet. it was in max weinberg's dressing room. that's the only way to get it. you can't really take the tour into max's dressing room. max went out to l.a. when we took over we had it opened up and put behind glass. nbc was like you got to make it part of the tour because it is so amazing and cool. like it kind of sets the tone for what we want to do with "late night," which is that creative and positivity. >> that's what's wonderful here is that the spirit of jim -- again, i'm standing in for jim more than anything else and the guys. it really is affectionate anarchy. and that really shows the spirit. >> i'm all in favor of affectionate anarchy. let's cut the ribbon, guys, and make it official. >> this is really exciting. >> you want to hold my hand? >> yeah. you can just do it. >> go for it, baby. >> yeah! >> all right! officially on o exhibit. to learn more about the nbc studio tours, head to our website, 8:26 is your time now. 62 degrees. more great weather in the nation's capital. chuck bell will have your forecast after the news. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. in the news for today, it is opening day all over again for steven strassberg as he makes his major league debut against the pirates. at 4:30, $405 grand stand seats will go on sale. take a break now. weather and good morning, everybody. i'm meteorologist chuck bell. delightful outside, temperatures in the low to mid 60s. beautiful afternoon with highs between 70 and 85. tomorrow will be cloudy. rain could be heavy at times. jerry? inner loop of the beltway, very heavy and slow, springfield most of the way up to 66. all travel lanes open. just some volume. in from the north along i-270, more stop than go from is 118 headed down to the capital beltway. eun? should all fireworks be banneded in the distr 8:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 8th day of june can be 2010. it is a beautiful day here in midtown manhattan. al promises temperatures in the mid 70s, maybe upper 70s, lower humidity and great music. >> yes. absolutely. >> great music on the plaza. we've got christina aguilera, the superstar taking to our stage in just a couple of minutes. five-time grammy award winner. she's going to perform for an entire half-hour. and then we have more music on friday. >> we've got rascal flatts, one of the great country western groups. they are fantastic. they'll be here. then carol king and the fabulous james taylor. t that's next friday after this friday. also coming up, have you noticed in your grocery stores, there's a lot of soy and almond milk in stores. it is a question a lot of people have, how do they stack up nutritionally? joy bauer will be in the house to try to answer that question. >> i love the almond. >> i love the almond milk myself! a reminder how to tep your favorite charity, "what do you care about today?" you have until friday to tell us about great work in your community. and a good tuesday morning, everyone. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it is a beautiful day here in the nation's capital. hopefully, you have a chance to get outside and take a walk in this beautiful area we have to get through a tuesday here in the washington area. i'll get my mouth straightened out one of these days. 80 degrees for a high temperature this afternoon. enjoy the sunshine today. rain returns into the forecast for tomorrow. rain should be out of here first thing thursday morning, thursday afternoon. dry. friday, sunshine. >> that's your latest weather. coming up next, christina aguilera live in concert out on the plaza. but first, this is "today" on nbc. concert series" on today, brought to you by toyota. toyota. moving forward. after a break from marriage and motherhood, she's back. ladies and gentlemen, christina aguilera. >> after all you put me through, you think i'd despise you. but in the end, i want to thank you 'cause you made me that much stronger. ♪ when i thought i knew you thinking that you were true ♪ ♪ i guess i -- i couldn't trust 'cause your bluff time is up 'cause i've had enough ♪ ♪ you were there by my side always down for the ride ♪ ♪ but your joyride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out of shame ♪ ♪ 'cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do ♪ ♪ i wouldn't know how capable i am to pull through so i wanna say thank you ♪ ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ it makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ made me learn a little bit faster made my skin a little bit thicker ♪ ♪ makes me that much smarter thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ooh-ooh-ooh yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ it makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ i remember ♪ i remember all you put me through ♪ ♪ i remember ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ it makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ you thought i wouldn't forget ♪ ♪ i remember ♪ didn't you not♪ ♪ i remember ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ it makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ makes me that much smarter thanks for making me a fighter ♪ >> thank you! >> christina aguilera. thank you very much. we'll have more music in a moment. but first, this is "today" on nbc. the gas prices are going down, they go back up again. we know saving money is important. this summer, shop with your giant card and save on shell fuel. earn one point for every dollar you spend. every 100 points earned gets you another 10 cents off per gallon. the more you spend, the more you save. i'm saving money at the store, i'm saving money at the pump, and that works for me. more savings every time you shop, only with your giant card. christina aguilera holds the honor of being the only singer under the age of 30 included in "rolling stone" magazine's list of the 100 greatest singers of all time. that's pretty heavy stuff. she's out with her fourth studio album, "bionic." christina, great to have you on the plaza. >> thank you for that great introduction. >> i'm driving in this morning listening to an interview with you on the radio. you were talking about now being a mom, having a young son, you realized it was the time to take music in a slightly different direction. that's why you wanted to try more techno sound. >> i was inspired by a lot of electronic music when my son was born. listening to it together. having a child makes you think about the future and the next generation. i got really inspired by electronicno with is no-holds bard in its sound and i wanted to experiment on that. dy a lot of collaborations on this record with a lot of interesting people. so i had a lot of fun. >> so max, it seems, has a broader taste in music than my son tice. >> he likes yo gabba gabba. we do do that. he did inspire a very playful side of me that i didn't have prior to having him. he really inspired this album to be about play and got me really in touch with my original pop roots of a decade ago. it's been really fun. >> can we also talk quickly about a movie you just finished. burlesque. >> yes. "burlesque." it was an incredible experience. i grew and learned so much. i had such great people to absorb from, cher, kristin bell was hill layerearioushilarious. it is going to be a really, really fun movie come this november. >> we look forward to that and look forward to you singing some new songs for us right now. >> yes. we're going to get into "bionic." ♪ this is the moment that i take over your mind brain ♪ ♪ step into the picture that i paint you to my brain game ♪ ♪ i let her date you so i give you a migraine ♪ ♪ over and over put it on me later you're insane ♪ ♪ this let me spell it out everybody shout my name ♪ ♪ are you ready ready ready to go ♪ ♪ bionic take it supersonic eh ♪ i'm bionic hit you like a rocket ♪ ♪ bionic so damn bionic ♪ go to hit you with my electronics electronic supersonic rocket eh! >> you know today i'm feeling a little out of control. is it me? you want a get crazy? because i don't give a -- ♪ i'm in rare form and if you know me it's not the norm ♪ ♪ i feel brand-new and if you don't like it ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ tonight i'm not the same girl same girl ♪ ♪ tonight i'm not the same girl same girl ♪ ♪ i'm dancing a lot and i'm taking shots ♪ ♪ i'm kissin' on the boys and girls ♪ ♪ cause i'm doing things that i know you don't do ♪ ♪ i feel brand-new and if you don't like it ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm not myself tonight ♪ tonight i'm not the same girl same girl ♪ ♪ i'm not myself tonight ♪ tonight i'm not the same ♪ in the morning when i wake up ♪ ♪ i'll go back to the girl i knew to be ♪ ♪ but baby not tonight ♪ i'm not myself tonight ♪ i'm not the same girl same girl ♪ ♪ i'm not myself tonight ♪ tonight i'm not the same girl same girl ♪ >> so, let me tell you, this song is all about letting go and having the freedom to express yourself. yeah. so you guys ready to get crazy with me today? let's go! ♪ eh yeah ♪ tonight i'm not the same girl ♪ ♪ i'm not the same girl ♪ eh yeah ♪ tonight i'm not the same girl same girl ♪ ♪ >> christina aguilera. thank you. we areback with more music and more from "today." this is "today" on nbc. yeah, but... what.. happened to the back there? well, here's the thing: this was the only "sporty two-seater" they had on my budget. uh-huh. and the seats go all the way back. (announcer) settling for less is not smart. what is smart is getting more car for your money at carmax. for the money you'd spend on a stripped down new car, you could get a fully loaded, guaranteed-quality used car at carmax. now more than ever, the smart choice is carmax. the way car buying should be. here she is one more time with one of her biggest hits, ladies and gentlemen, christina aguilera. ♪ mm-mm-mm oh-oh-oh ♪ ♪ oh-oh-oh oo-oo-oo-ooh ♪ ♪ every day is so wonderful and suddenly, it's hard to breathe ♪ ♪ now and then i'd get insecure from all the pain i'm so ashamed ♪ ♪ i am beautiful no matter what they say words can't bring me down ♪ ♪ i am beautiful in every single way ♪ ♪ yes, words can't bring me down ♪ so don't you bring me down today ♪ ♪ tell your friends you're so delirious you're so consumed in all you do, yeah ♪ ♪ trying hard to fill the emptiness ♪ ♪ the piece is gone let the puzzle undone and that's the way it is ♪ ♪ 'cause you are beautiful no matter what they say words can't bring you down oh, no ♪ ♪ 'cause you are beautiful in every single way words can't bring you down oh, no ♪ ♪ so don't you bring me down today ♪ ♪ no matter what we do no matter what we do ♪ ♪ no matter what we say no matter what we say ♪ ♪ yeah, it's all inside the truth, yeah ♪ and everywhere we go and everywhere we go ♪ ♪ the sun won't always shine shine ♪ no matter what they say words can't bring us down oh, no ♪ ♪ we are beautiful no matter what they say ♪ ♪ words won't bring us down oh, no ♪ ♪ we are beautiful in every single way words can't bring us down oh, no ♪ ♪ don't you bring me down today ♪ no no no no do not bring me down ♪ oh, don't bring me down today ♪ ♪ don't you bring me down mm not today ♪ >> thank you. 8:55 is your time now. 65 degrees. blue skies. not a cloud in the sky. chuck will have your forecast after the news. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. police need your help finding two men who robbed an armored car driver. two armed men ambushed the driver on hamilton street yesterday. the suspect grabbed the bag of money the man was carrying and ran. the driver was not hurt. police are urging anyone who saw anything suspicious to come forward. we'll take a break now and have your weather and tr >> good morning, everybody. live picture from our tower camera in washington looking over the potomac river with a 99% blue sky out there. few fair weather clouds drifting in. mid to high-level cloudiness later today. on the whole it will be delightful. upper 70s to near 80. rain showers return tomorrow. jerry? let's take a look and see. it's been a challenging rush hour. we're still not out of the woods. jammed most of the way to downtown 95. outer loop still slow to college park and silver spring. eun? >> thank you, jerry. ahead on news 4 midday should all f ♪ >> thank you. we're back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, the 8th day of june, 2010 with a crowd that is really enjoying the music of christina aguilera. she's just put on a great show on a beautiful day on our plaza. in case you missed any of it, there is more music to come. now she's doing what i like to see most, taking time with the fans. which is always great. >> most of our stars do. >> very nice. she's got some voice. she really does. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with natalie morales and al roker. also ahead, more of our exclusive interview with president barack obama. with all the anger and frustration over that oil spill in the gulf, he's lashing out now at his critics and at bp for their response to that spill. we'll talk to him and hear more about that in a couple of minutes. also, joran van der sloot, after days of interrogation in peru, authorities say he has confessed to murdering a young woman in his hotel room. he's now on suicide watch in his jail cell. we'll have the latest from lima. and we'll get the alternatives to dairy and going gluten-free. is it healthier for you? what are some of the risks and also tell you how to watch out for tricky labeling on your foods that could actually hide the idea that there could be extra fat in your diet. a lot to get it. ann's standing by at news desk with all the headlines. good morning, everybody. it's been now 50 days since that blown oil well started polluting the gulf of mexico. bp said on monday the containment cap is capturing half a million gallons of oil a day but there is still no agreement on how much oil is still leaking in the gulf. inn ean exclusive interview, th president told matt the people and wildlife will fight back. >> this is a difficult time for the country but it has not rebused my confidence that the trajectory is right, we just got to keep on moving. it is going to be tough but we'll get through it. in terms of our relationship with bp, our general attitude has been that they have an incentive to shut this thing down because it is going to cost them money and i'm going to stay on them if it is the last thing i do in this administration, make sure -- >> have you spoken directly to tony hayward the ceo of bp. >> i have not spoken to him directly, and here's the reason. my experience is when you talk to a guy like a bp ceo, he's going to say all the right things to me. i'm not interested in words. i'm interested in action. >> critics are now talking about your style which is the first time i've heard that in a long time. they're saying, here's a guy who likes to be known as cool and calm and collected and this isn't the time for cool, calm and collected. this is not the time to meet with experts and advisors, this is a time to spend more time in the gulf and never thought i'd say this to a president, but kick some butt. i don't mean it to be funny. >> and i understand. and here's what im -- i'm going to push back hard on this. because i think that this is just an idea that got in folks' heads and the media's run with it. i was down there a month ago before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the gulf. a month ago i was meeting with fishermen down there standing in the rain talking about what a potential crisis this could be. and i don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so i know whose ass to kick. >> the president also implied that he would have fired bp's ceo tony hayward if hayward worked for him over hayward's handle of the spill and some of the comments he has made. fema inspectors are starting their survey of tornado damage in ohio today. the national weather service says the tornado that struck near toledo saturday night was stronger than previously thought with winds reaching 175 miles per hour. two u.s. troops were killed in afghanistan this morning. one day after the deadliest day this year from international forces there. the attacks on monday killed ten troops including seven americans. today voters in 12 states go to the polls in primaries and run-off elections. among the closely watched races, arkansas where democratic senator blanche lincoln is facing a tough run-off challenge from lieutenant governor bill halter. and a big surprise for rush hour commuters on monday in switzerland when a run-away elephant wandered the streets of zurich after escaping from a circus. it was finally rounded up about an hour later. still carrying its trunks. >> no commuters like a vehicle good tuesday morning. i'm news 4 meteorologist chuck bell. it's a beautiful day here in washington. temperatures are climbing into the mid and upper 60 rs now. frederick, maryland, the first spot to make it to 70 degrees today. waldorf all in the mid 60s, across western virginia from mt. culpepper to western virginia. sunshine. 79 today. rain showers and 75 tomorrow. back into drier weather for the end of the week. >> that's your latest weather. natalie? >> al, thank you. new developments during the night in the case of joran van der sloot, the man long suspected in the disappearance of american even tajer natalee holloway. police now say he has confessed to murdering a young woman in his hotel room in peru just over a week ago. nbc's michelle kosinski is in lima with the very latest. good morning. roar good morning, natalie. yesterday police weren't telling us anything. the last we had heard from them was that joran van der sloot admitted to having met this victim but denied that he had beaten her to death in his hotel room. well last night everything abruptly changed. a source within a government ministry confirmed to me that van der sloot confessed to this murder, saying though that it was not intentional. >> police this morning are preparing to take joran van der sloot from his jail cell and bring him back to the scene of the crime. a brutal, violent scene he had denied any part of. until last night. the news broke all of a sudden from inside the government that, under police questioning for a third day straight, joran van der sloot had cracked, told an officer he had indeed killed 21-year-old business student stephany flores in his hotel room. according to television and newspaper reports quoting their police sources, van der sloot told investigators he did not plan this, did not want to do it. they claim van der sloot explained that stephany, who died from a blow to the head so fierce that it was likely what broke her neck, had intruded into his private life, had looked at his laptop while he was out buying coffee and according to multiple reports found out about natalee holloway, the alabama teenager who disappeared five years to the day before stephany died. last seen getting into a car in aruba with joran van der sloot. local press claim he told police stephany had tried to get away from his anger but that he grabbed her neck and hit her. police say she had multiple bruises and abrasions on her body, including her hands. in newly leaked video from the investigation, joran van der sloot appears absolutely calm and confident, even just caught by police across the border in chile the day after stephany's body was found. when they asked him to sign a document, he was concerned about his rights. but from the beginning, police said they had found incriminating evidence against him. they wouldn't say what. he was the last one to be seen with stephany after meeting her in this casino, going back to his hotel at 5:00 a.m., then leaving alone four hours later. yesterday police confirmed that van der sloot was on suicide watch, alone in his jail cell, guarded by four officers. and now, they say, the 22-year-old who has long been called suspect in another big case has confessed to killing a young woman he had known for merely hours here. if this is true that van der sloot is explaining this all happened all of a sudden, you also have the family of the victim saying that her jewelry and money were missing. van der sloot is not yet charged with a crime. that could happen today. the government says his family is also expected to arrive in peru today, including, they believe, his mother. natalie? 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these are the -- for the career ya -- cereals. let's get the bread one up there. you can find them in your market. a lot of markets carry these. otherwise, order from the web and experiment around. bottom line su want to minimize all of the gluten-free treats, cookies, muffins, bars, cakes, cookies. that's the stuff that's going to pack on the pounds. then you're having a junky gluten-free diet verses a wholesome, healthy gluten-free diet. >> i love the pan cac mix, pamela's products. >> it is a whole grain. >> yeah. >> perfect. >> coming up, bobbi brown shows you how to look smokin' hot in under five minutes. then later from your medicine cab bet inet to your sn the airplane, the five worst habits for your health. yeah, but what could it be trying... oh, i left my 401(k) at my old job. and i left a jacket on the back of my door. but i think the line is talking about my 401(k). leave a 401(k) behind? roll it over with the company that's helping more people reach retirement than anyone else. when it comes to investing, never settle. fidelity investments. it's in your future now. 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[ female announcer ] discover the power of aveeno positively radiant. with total soy, it's clinically proven to visibly reduce past damage while advanced spf 30 helps prevent future damage. aveeno positively radiant. this morning on "today's health," the worst places for your health from stashing your shoes to picking a seat on an airplane, how you organize your environment can have unexpected impacts on your personal well being. courtney smith, the executive editor of "prevention" magazine is here with alternatives to some of the most unhealthy spaces. courtney, good morning. i feel like we should have a warning sign for this segment. for anybody who's germ-phobic, this is going to gross you out. >> but there are little fixes that are easy. >> for example, you say the bathroom is actually not the best place for your toothpaste and your toothbrush more specifically. and why is that, courtney? >> it is specifically your bathroom sink. it is because the bathroom sink is so close to the toilet and your toilet bowl has 3.2 million microbes per square inch. when you flush they propel up to six feet which means they're getting all over your bathroom sink, yes, all over your toothbrush. >> oh, goodness. >> can you actually keep your toothbrush behind closed doors. put it in the medicine cabinet or covered in your bathroom. takes just a second. >> people will be surprised that you would say that your closet is not the best place for your shoes. >> it is not. that's because when you walk from your front door to the closet in your bedroom, are you tracking allergens, pollen, contaminants and lawn chemicals through your home. studies show they can linger for up to a week. if you want a less toxic option, take your shoes off right away and store them under a bench in the entryway or at the very least, if you keep them in the bedroom closet, carry them there. >> you mentioned the toothbrush is good to put into the medicine cabinet. but you actually don't think we should keep our medicines in the medicine cabinet. >> isn't that the biggest irony? the medicine cabinet is not the best place for your medicine because your bathroom when you take a shower will heat to up to 100 degrees fahrenheit. but many medications should not be stored above 77 degrees fahrenheit. they will lose poe tenty over time. >> if you get air sick, if you are inclind in that way, you say there are some places on the plane that are better to sit than others. lay it out for us. >> if you get motion sickness, avoid the rear of the plane because the plane acts like a see-saw. it is most stable over the wings because the tail is longer than the front. you'll get the most up-and-down action in the back. so you want to sit over the wings where it is more stable if you're prone to air sickness. >> if you actually like a joyride, you can sit in the back. what about leftovers. when we eat some food and want to save it for tomorrow, we normally just wrap it up, put in the refrigerator. that is a mistake if the food is hot and if it is a large portion. because it will take a long time for the center of the food to cool down. that leaves it warm for bacteria to grow and increases your risk of food poisoning. the bottom line is you can safely let leftovers cool on your counterfor for after one after cooking or take large portions, dole them out into smaller containers. the smaller containers will cool down faster. >> now let's talk about where we put our purses. the mind reels. what will you say is the worst place where we can put our purses? >> do not put on the kitchen counter where you prepare food. that is because think about it. we put our purses on the floor of the public restroom, under a restaurant table and swabs have found they have 10,000 bacteria per square inch and one-third of purses test positive for fecal matter. it is disgusting! just put it anywhere -- >> bottom line, we shouldn't probably put our purses on obviously bathroom floors. we have to be very careful where we put them then. >> sometimes you don't have any other option. at home put them in a drawer, on the floor of your closet, in a chair, just keep it away from where food is. >> the worst place to use a public bathroom. >> well, the middle stall is the one that has the most bacteria and germs. the end stalls is the one furthest to the right and furthest to the left have the least bacteria and germs. to avoid the ick factor, use the ones on the end. >> the worst place to put your headphones. >> we listen to music during our commute, on subways and trains and airplanes. it is the worst place because they're loud and we will turn up the volume to over 89 decibels. that risks our long-term hearing. vest in noise-cancellation headphones that will block out background noise and lessen the likelihood you'll turn it up too high. >> we won't even bring up our phones and blackberries, where we put them and use them. getting exposed to some of this bacteria, does it -- can it affect us really in terms of hurt us in terms of make us sick? could zoom of these bacterias be good? >> well, in general the -- >> not the people bacteria but some of the other ones. >> we have good bacteria within our own systems. when we're out in the world we may be exposed to new ones that our immune system doesn't know how to handle. i don't want to say every time you are exposed to bacteria you'll get sick because that's not true but there is the ick factor. then sometimes you can pick up like cold and flu or bacteria like if you put your purse on the counter. you just don't want to go there sometimes. >> courtney smith, thank you for going there so that we don't have to. thank you. coming up next, the secrets to getting that smokey eye from makeup expert bobbi brown after this. what do you mean? this is it? why?! oh, don't do that to me! dove creamoil body wash. now with nutrium moisture. nutrium moisture. i'm a believer. the nourishment in dove creamoil goes somehow deeper. i'm happy about the 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smoothes even deep wrinkles. it works...beautifully. neutrogena. ♪ smoke gets in your eyes this morning on "today's beauty," the secret to getting smokey eyes. if it's not done right, a dramatic sexy eye can look messy and over the top. bobbi brown is here to achieve the same sultry look in a little over five minutes. >> i have to hurry. >> sierra has full makeup on except for the eyes. >> everybody asked me this. what i'm doing right now is kind of taking the pencil and making sure it is not sharp. >> you do the penguinle before you did -- >> you do the pencil before. do the eyes before you do the rest of the makeup because then if you make a mistake, you clean it then put your concealer and foundation on. i usually do the reverse but not for today. you take the pencil, line the eye. the trick is not to be so neat and to be a little thicker than normal. you start with that. then you take -- use your finger, which i often do and for sara's got really big eyelids. i'm giving a little bit after dr dramatic eye because it is easier for people at home to see. if you don't want a lot, do a little less with the line. if you make a smudge, that's fine. take the pencil go all the way in, under the lashes. if you went in the lashes it would be a little too rock 'n' roll. i love making a mess because i can see you what you do. you quickly have a q tip by. the trick is to make sure the d top and bottom meet. step two, take a gray shadow and put it on top of the eyeliner. that kind of holds it in place. >> is this a look you can wear daytime as well -- >> this is more for evening makeup. i mean i really believe that daytime you should be just kind of clean and pretty. depends what your day too many look is. christina's rock 'n' roll. really depends what your job is. this wouldn't work for a nurse. then the fun part after that -- we're layering. use your finger or a brush. take a little bit of a smokey. it diffuses the darkness of the eye. >> the colors you're using are more the gray pallets. now we're seeing the brighter shade in the brow area. >> mascara. put your hand over one eye because in the 3 1/2 minutes i've got, i'd rather do one good. the trick then is three coats of mascara. >> just don't poke her eye, please! >> i will not poke her eye. i have experience in this. you do a couple coats. >> it's beautiful. it really accentuates the color of her eye. then your eyes really pop. >> you can take the lightest color. so if you do make a mistake -- it looks easy because the colors blend themselves. >> it is really about the blending there. >> leave your hand there so you don't look bizarre. your before and after, and since i have a second. you can also go back if you need to and reline because i saw that it was a little bit smudged. it is really about just having the right colors. now do your before and after with one eye. >> bobbi brown, you worked your magic in way less than five minutes. >> 3 1/2 to 6 minutes, guys. >> thank you, both. we'll be right back with more christina aguilera after this. boss: hey, those gecko ringtones you put on our website are wonderful. people love 'em! gecko: yeah, thank you sir. turned out nice. boss: got another one for you. anncr: at geico.com, it's easy to get a free rate quote, manage your policy, make payments or even file a claim! boss: now that's a ringtone. gecko: uh yeah...it's interesting.... certainly not the worst ringtone i've ever heard... ♪ ringtone lyrics: a-ringedy- ding-ding-dingy-dong, ringedy-dong-ding-ding... ♪ gecko (to himself): yeah, that might be the worst. anncr: geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. coming up, hoda has a special guest host. >> but first, here's christina aguilera with one more song. ♪ >> after all you put me through, you think i'd despise you. but in the end, i want to thank you 'cause you made me that much stronger. ♪ when i thought i knew you thinking that you were true ♪ ♪ i guess i -- i couldn't trust 'cause your bluff time is up 'cause i've had enough ♪ ♪ you were there by my side always down for the ride ♪ ♪ but your joyride just came down in flames 'cause your greed sold me out of shame ♪ ♪ after all of the fights in the nights then you want me to hold you ♪ ♪ that won't work anymore. ♪ but huh-uh oh, no you're wrong ♪ ♪ 'cause if it wasn't for all that you tried to do ♪ ♪ i wouldn't know how capable i am to pull through so i wanna say thank you ♪ ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ it makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ made me learn a little bit faster made my skin a little bit thicker ♪ ♪ makes me that much smarter thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ oh, oh, oh, oh ooh-ooh-ooh yeah, yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ you're a fighter ♪ put your hands up ♪ makes me that much smarter thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ i remember ♪ i remember ♪ i remember all the pain you put me through ♪ ♪ didn't you ♪ i remember ♪ whoa oh ♪ i remember ♪ 'cause it makes me that much stronger makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ it makes me that much wiser so thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ you know i won't forget ♪ i remember ♪ didn't you ♪ i remember ♪ no no no ♪ makes that much stronger ♪ makes me work a little bit harder ♪ ♪ makes me that much wiser ♪ thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ thanks for making me a figh 9:56 is your time now. 56 degrees. i'm eun yang. it is june 8th, 2010. stephen str a. sburg makes his national debut tonight. standing room tickets will go on sale at 1:00 this afternoon. the ticketses are $10. 400 grand stand tick also go on sale at $5 each. patrick herring will seek nomination in the 11th congressional district. 8th con youngal district. great day to be outside, stand in line ntd polls maybe. perfect day for standing outside or sitting down in your favorite chair, eating lunch, anything you want to do. bright blue skies overhead. temperatures are closing in on 70 degrees right now. plenty of sunshine for the remainder of the day. northwesterly winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. perfect kite flying weather today. jerry? >> get out there and do it, chuck. thanks. let's see how we're doing. 395 very heavy and slow. across the 14th street bridge. gw parkway, moving along pretty well northbound. southbound a bit backed up through the work zone. top side of the beltway for the most part, i declare it cleared out for the morning commute. eun? >> thank you, jerry. should all fire works be banned in the district? we'll ask d.c. fire chief at from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> hey, erything. kathie lee is not here. as you know, she got called to jury duty. that means it's still booze day. taking the seat next to kathie lee is "royal pains" start mark feuerstein, and we planned this perfect think. it's mark's birthday. >> i'm 39 years old and i couldn't imagine a better birthday than to sit next to hoda. >> toast me. that's what we do. >> to you and to this moment i am sharing with you on my b-day. >> happy b-day, sweetie. >> thank you very much. >> also on your birthday, we thought it would be nice to give you a serenade, so we invited christina aguilera. the one we like, you and me together -- >> we know how to do this. >> crank it up a little. ♪ makes me that much smarter ♪ thanks for making me a fighter ♪ ♪ could have been a little bit faster ♪ ♪ making me a little bit thicker ♪ ♪ thanks for making me a fighter ♪ >> what i didn't know is you had some moves. >> what i didn't know is you had some moves. let's get down. >> i don't know if you know. mark has come a long way. he's going to show a little bit, but back in the day -- >> no, i did not know that. >> not too long ago, you busted a couple moves in a show called "fired up." ♪ whenever i'm with him >> this is mortified. what have you done? >> that's you? >> hold on. >> no, no, not in there. >> hold on, you're doing the robot. you were a background dancer? there you are. >> that's me, doing the robot. >> when is this from? >> an episode of a show called "fired up." but there was a moment with kathie lee on the regis and -- back in the day, and i shared in the preinterview i was a break dancer when i was in seventh grade and at my bar mitzvah country we had break dancer, i thought it was a cute story. she turns to me at the end of the interview and she's like, we hear you're a break dancer. would you like to show us? i'm sure. it was mortifying. >> can you dance? >> i can get down. i'm not afraid. >> what's your songs? >> beasty boys is something i would prefer. >> we'll get that in a bit. you've got three kids. first of all, if you haven't seen "royal pains" you must see it, this is a blockbuster. it's on usa. it gets 7.8 million viewers. that's in the stratosphere. that's network numbers. thank you very much, hoda. i'm so happy the show has done so well. it's really humbling after years of being on different tv shows, and some work and some don't work so well, to be on a show that's been promoted and supported. >> you have three kids, and somehow you do this bicoastal thing. you work in the hamptons, but your family is in l.a. we always ask women, how do you juggle it? but how do you juggle it? >> it's very hard. we have this moment when i say good-bye on sunday afternoons when i'm flying back to new york. this week was even worse than the one i shared last week. the kids got in the car, they're playing with the waters in the backseat. they won't get out. finally i get them out. they're like, you said you were going to stay for longer, please stay. >> look at the face how do you say good-bye to that? >> i stick my hand out the window and the driver said, get your head in, because i was about to hit a tree on the side of the road. there's lylea. >> those kids are just adorable. >> we have the best times together. this weekend we went to the farmers market. every time it happens with frisco. the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. every week i say you have to come down the slide from the bounce house, and every week he walks to the top and goes hi, daddy, jumping up and down. i look great when i go on with my shoes and underwear hanging out grabbing him like a fireman rescuing him from a bounce house and jumping down. >> i was paging through the "new york post," which is one of our favorite papers. >> love it. >> i was like, i wder who will be -- and i flipped over the page. >> oh, i have not seen this yet. >> you haven't? >> i have not. >> this is exciting. >> this is mark. hold on. and it really raves about the hamptons and your show. is this whole thing filmed in the hamptons? >> we go out to the hamptons every other week. i've been to many beaches in my travels in life. for me, the beaches of the hamptons are the best in the world. the most pristine white sands, the dunes, the gorgeous houses. a reporter once commented it was architectural porn, our show. >> you grew up in new york. did you grow up going to the hamptons on the weekends? >> i did. i remember being in college and trying to get on the beach and they have these guys guarding the gates looking for permits like, do you have access to the beach? so now here i am back at the beach that i was rejected from, and we have taken over the entire beach. we have permits to the whole thing and i turn to the guard and like, can we go on the beach now? okay if we sit on the beach now? >> take that, buddy. >> that's right. there was a picture that captured a lot of attention. it was of a little boy at a phillies game. in his hand, he had a bottle of what appears to be -- there he is. he's throwing back a. >> whoa. whoa. >> and it's a long swig. he's really guzzling it. >> i don't know what's in that bottle. also a beer bottle, but i don't know if there's beer in it. >> wow. >> what are with you thinking about that? >> i'm thinking there's a pre-k aa meeting on the east side, if you'd like to come. i know as a parent you can take your eyes away from a child and suddenly a kid is grabbing something in front of it. >> are you super-strict with your kids? >> i wouldn't say -- >> who is the disciplinarian? >> my wife is a little more strict, but you have to be. kids want that. they want rules. they want to know they're being taken care of. sometimes when i prevent my child from going into a situation that might be dangerous or lay down the ground rules, you can see the relief in their being. they settle in, knowing that their father is protecting them. >> a lot of my friends have crushes on you. >> that's nice. >> do we have a picture of your wife, dana? >> there she is. there's my girl. >> she's adorable. how did this love connection happen? >> it was a slight negotiation at first. she came to a party i was having, and she had been married prior to she and me getting together. i said, where is your husband? she said, we're actually separating. and i'm like, let's hang out, and she said, yeah, sure. so i called her up, hey, dana, i'm coming over with a six pack, pizza and movies. and she said, wait, this isn't a date, right? i'm like, no, no, not a date, just hanging out, and she said because we're not seeing other people yet. and she called me back a half hour, and i want, we have had a mutual friend kate, she's coming with us. i'm like, great. i come home to a message, by the way, kate can't make dinner, so we're going to reschedule for next week when she can come. she's crazy. i call my brother, what do i do with this? he says, get out now, wait -- and i'm like, thank you, i say, honey, dana, listen, you sound like you're in a bit of a weird place, call me when you're ready. and three months later she called me and the rest is history. >> i love that story. let's go to sara. >> >> how is kate doing? >> she's still in our lives. >> people want to see you bust a move. >> thank you. i'm just sharing an embarrassing moment. >> hoda, do this -- i wish i knew this one. i like it. >> we're going to celebrate -- what's your song? >> i like "paul's boutique." >> we'll cue that up. up next, holly hunter will sit down with us right after this. 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[ knock on door ] ♪ to some of us when we hear the name "holly hunter" we can't help but think of the producer from "broadcast news" but it was six years later that holly won the oscar for best actress in the movie "the piano." >> eventually holly saw the light and joined the ranks of us tv people and now starness "saving grace." >> welcome. you are a rock star, you've noim natted two emmys, a golden globe, three s.a.g. awards and people's choice award. did you ever expect those kind of accolades to come from this television show? >> well, you you know, i can only say that everything that i've made choices to do have attracted me in some way. certainly i never think of an end result, because how can you? but the character is an i credibly complex woman. >> i know, they look at you, kyra sedgwick, glenn close, women about their age and they're saying, look at this woman with all this moxie. you give people courage to realize, you know, in your 40s and 50s, there's still a lot left out there to do. do you think about that sort of stuff? >> i think it's exciting in television that that's what television is offering, this incredible opportunity for people who are kind of at the top of their game, you know, when i see glenn, and what she's ability to do and ted danson and bill hurt, what they're doing on "damages" is so exciting to me. but this is what's happening light now in tv. >> i was lucky enough to get a sneak peek at your finale, and the scene of you in the bed having that conversation -- i don't want to give anything away, but it's so vulnerable. it's amazing on a cable show, too, that you're lucky -- we're lucky enough to see you to do something so dimensional and go to a very dark, vulnerable place and sort of leave it that way. there's a lot of questions, right, that are not completely answered by this finale episode. >> i think one of the things that i love about the characters that she really makes no moral judgments on her own life. she doesn't live according to a kind of social morality. she lives by her own code, which is a little uncivilized in this very civilized world of law and order. i have always loved that juxtaposition. >> and yet she questioning it in that dark moment, like why -- >> there's so many questions that i think that she's confronted with that she's required to ask at that point when she's a chosen person. she has to ask, why am i chosen? and what am i chosen for? >> you're from conyers, georgia. on my facebook i said holly will be on, questions, people are into your small-town roots. they like that you come from places similar to theirs. do you stay connected to all that stuff? >> i certainly go down south and see my family a couple times a year, which is so great. it's one of the things i love about the united states is regionalism, and people who are from a place, i've always revered that. >> you look so good, by the way, what's the workout routine and skincare. i thought, god, i cannot believe that's you. what are we doing here to keep this all together? >> no, just maintenance. you've got to keep it up. >> we wish you such great luck. >> thank you. >> and with all your future projects. we appreciate it. coming up next, a new reality show wants to know my name is chef michael. and when i come home from my restaurant, i love showing bailey how special she is. yes, you are. i know exactly what you love, don't i? - [ barks ] - mmm. aromas like rotisserie chicken. and filet mignon. yeah, that's what inspired a very special dry dog food. 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( snickering, laughing ) morning sir. beautiful day, isn't it? we take the time for our cheese to mature... before we bake it into every delicious cracker. because at cheez-it, real cheese matters. what? you want to go count them now? ...41, 42... 94, 95... 237... i see you. see, you're laying down. i got you. 531... 635... 701, 702... 1,002... 1,733... 2,226... 3,130... 3,131... 4,340... 4,389. i'm christin. i save people money so they can live better. moms and dads, and getting your kids to make healthy snack food choices. >> if you have children -- and i have three -- you no getting them to eat cookies and ice cream is easier to get them to ease broccoli. but they're eating more than 200 calories than, that's worth 17.5 pounds. >> and we have help for mark and other parents out there. it's very hard to get your kids to eat healthy. >> many people think snacking, as a bad word, but that's not the case. >> it's not, but as you said, kids are getting about 25% of their calories coming from snacks between meals, so we need to make snacks count. >> there are good choices. >> you want the good food in there. >> when kids go off to school, you want to pack them away with something they will munch on. >> well, you really need to make snacks mini-meals, because they're eating snacks so frequently. one of things i like to pack is either peanut butter or sunflower seed. a lot of people say no peanut butter, because kids have alreadying, but you want to combine protein -- enchs a lot of kids like hummus. >> my kids like it. they prefer a nice ice cream or piece of cake, but they'll have some of that. well the sunflower oil and almond oil. >> and kids really need energy to play and think all day. these can work during the day and also after school when they have activities. this is just trail mix with any sort of whole grain cereal, california raisins, and a bit of fun, i give them a chocolate allowance, and the sunflower seeds or nuts. >> this stuff i love. >> that's a bean dip. >> it's so good. >> yeah, yeah. >> come on. >> this has a lot of fiber. it also has protein, and you combine it with some of stacy's chips and you have the carb and protein combination there. >> it's all about portions. >> 100 to 200 calories is good, but for an older kid, like a 15-year-old boy, that probably won't be enough, but this last snack is the greek yogurt. >> we have that all the time. they love it. there's one that comes with a little honey on the side and you dip it and play around. >> and it's packed with protein, a lot of carb hydrate in it. >> let's go up this way. this is for after school. so your kids come home, they're hungry again. >> some kids eat lunch at 11:00 in the morning. did you know that? >> really? >> they're starving when they come home. so a bowl the cereal, when you feed your kids healthy foods at snacks, you don't have to worry whether they'll eat a lot at the next meal, because you're feeding a mini meal. >> this is very healthy. we eat a lot of pizza. so when they're eating lunch at 11:00, you this need a healthy mini-meal. half a sandwich with dairy in there. you don't want to feed them crackers or -- because an hour later they're looking for another snack. >> is it hard to stop the kids, because they're not in the mood sometimes for apple -- >> is it okay to sneak in vegetables in the mac and cheese? >> you issue can, but the brock will does show show up in the mac and cheese. >> after dinner? >> there's a lot of mindless snacking going on, so you have something that's calorie-controlled. we like to indulge, and sometimes dip our strawberries into chocolate. and then a fruit smoothie will give you the dairy and the fruit combined. and you kill two birds with one stone. >> you're working with what kids naturally want and getting the healthy stuff in there. >> you don't have to feel guilty when you're a parent. remember when your mother used to say don't eat too many cookies before dinner? you don't have to worry about that with a health,snack. >> stick around, everybody. it's mark's birthday, and i think we should celebrate with a little cake, song and we want to give mark a big thank you for helping out on your birthday. >> this has been awesome. >> we brought you a birthday -- we couldn't light it because we don't have firefighters here. >> i'm sure i would start a fire. >> what happens? >> i go down to nigh greenroom, put on my lucky shoes, and the executive producer andrew and i are head to go the hel ipad to take a helicopter to the hampton. i have to save somebody's life. >> i have to comment on the shoes. they are the most hideous, unattractive disgusting -- >> i agree with you. >> horrible. >> if you're going river raft are on mars, they're great. >> how are these shoes? these are beaten up, too. >> you can get down in these shoes. >> we promised you -- what's your tune? >> i think it's "shake your rumpha." . >> suckas they be saying they could take it out of this. ♪ busting on a string i'm doing my thing ♪ ♪ like a lava lamp . >> i didn't know he rapped. kathy league 'back tomorrow. >> ♪ shake your rumpha