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captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning. i'm meredith vieira. >> and i'm matt lauer. what a wild story. we've heard of out-of-control passengers on a plane, but this was a case of an angry flight attendant who apparently had had enough on that jetblue flight at jfk airport right here in new york. >> yeah, his name is steven slater. he apparently got into an argument with a passenger who was trying to get luggage from the overhead bin while the plane was taxiing. words were exchanged. that's when slater grabbed the intercom, let loose a few profanities, grabbed a couple of beers, deployed the plane's emergency slide and use it had to slide away. coming up, a man onboard that flight. >> by the way, one of my pet peeves when you're taxiing after landing and the flight attend apts say stay seated and people stand up and do things like that. we'll talk much more about that. also ahead, is there more to hewlett-packard mark hurd than meets the eye? he was facing sexual harassment allegations from a former re reality television contestant. the company investigated and said he did not violate its sexual harassment policy. so why was he forced to resign and why is another powerful ceo rious about it? we'll talk about that just ahead as well. plus, do you have a smart phone you use to surf the internet and download applications? well, some companies want you to pay every time you do that and they are phasing out unlimited data plans. what can you do about that? we'll get expert advice coming up. let's begin this tuesday morning with that bizarre incident on a jetblue flight that ended with a flight attendant jumping out of a plane on an emergency evacuation slide. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. he's in washington. tom, good morning. >> reporter: hi, matt. good morning. the plane was on the ground when this happened and none of the passengers was in any danger, but one jetblue flight attendant was apparently having a very bad d day. for 38-year-old flight attendant steven slater it appears to have been one flight, one passenger too many. jetblue flight 1052 from pittsburgh with 100 passengers onboard landed at new york's jfk airport at about noon monday when slater was struck in the head with a piece of overhead luggage a passenger was trying to retrieve, slater demanded an apology and the two got into a heated argument. police say that's when slater got on the plane's p.a. system and unleashed his own profanity laden tirade, pulled the emergency exit chute, reportedly grabbed two beers, slid down the chute, ran across the tarmac, through the airport, to his car and then drove home. >> the gentleman in the jeep flying down the block, running and parked the car and ran into his house. >> reporter: police arrested slater at his home and in custody he simply smiled as he was led away. >> people can be, you know, abusive to airline attendants and i just, you know, feel bad for the guy. >> reporter: in a statement jetblue says at no time was the security or safety of our customers or crew members at risk. still, ground crews working beneath the plane could have been injured by the falling exit rmer ntsb chairman says he's never seen anything like this before. >> to have a flight attendant unexplainably deploy a chute, leave the aircraft after cursing out the passengers, the only thing i can explain it is perhaps a little too much cabin pressure. >> reporter: for years flight attendants have been made fun of in pop culture. >> i've been waiting outside for you in the terminal. >> great. bye-bye. >> no, no, there's more. i'm going to pound your face in. >> reporter: and so for verbal and physical abuse at the hands of a traveling public that is increasingly unhappy and far less polite than in years past. >> get out. get out. leave everything. >> reporter: but flight attendants also undergo extensive and rigorous training to deal with in-flight emergencies and disasters and they've proven they can make the difference in life-or-death situations as they did during the miracle on the hudson landing in 2009. the flight attendants and pilots were credited with saving everyone onboard. >> we have thousands and thousands of operations that occur every day. safely. without incident. routine. the people that do this work are excellent. they're highly professional, extremely skilled. >> reporter: what's not clear is why a veteran flight attendant simply decided he couldn't take it anymore and literally pulled the plug on his own career. police say his last words to the passengers were, it's been a good 28 years. steven slater was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. if convicted, he could face up to seven years in prison. on his myspace page, slater says he has worked for jetblue since january of '08. in addition to serving as chairman of jetblue's uniform redesign committee, his lindyn says he serves on the value committee. matt? >> he did, tom. thank you very much. we appreciate it. earlier this morning i talked to phil who was on that jetblue flight and rode the air train with steven slater and i asked him what he thought when he first heard that overhead announcement. >> i heard him making the announcement and we didn't know what that was about and i thought that was the most interesting part of the day to that point. it wasn't until i got off the plane and saw that something had happened with the chute and then i got to the tarmac. >> what was the reaction of the other passengers on the plane as they're listening to this? >> about half the plane was still on. we were just waiting to get off and we were all just surprised. we heard somebody swear on the intercom. >> you thought somebody had done it by accident? >> no, it clearly was intentional. we thought that's just weird somebody would get on the intercom. he has to be in some trouble now for calling out a passenger that way. >> right. >> and i thought that was the end of it. i wasn't sure what happened. >> apparently he grabbed a couple of beers and then inflated the inflatable emergency slide and made a quick exit. >> right. >> did everybody see that happen? >> no, because i didn't -- maybe people who got off before me did. i was about halfway back still waiting to get off the plane, so i didn't see him pull the slide. i didn't see the beers. i saw him with his bags on the air train, though. he had time to do that. >> what was his demeanor on the air train? here is a guy who has just done something way outside the boundaries, in fact, illegal. was he -- did he seem agitated? did he seem calm? because in the photos of him, we see him smiling. >> he was smiling. he was happy that he'd done this, at least happy that he was done with his job at jetblue and he said that he worked there for 20-some years and he'd been a flight attendant for a long time and was looking forward to whatever was the next phase of his life, his career. he seemed very happy about this. >> you're someone who travels fairly often? >> a couple times a year. >> are you surprised that he was able to do what he did on that plane, including the inflatable slide, and then calmly get on the air train and make it away from the airport without being stopped? >> i'm surprised because i didn't until i heard him talking about this, i didn't know what happened. i thought a passenger had gotten in trouble for pulling the slide because he was there with his bags. he was there -- >> as if nothing had happened. >> he was going to the parking lot. >> i know you're aware of the fact that, you know, on twitter and some other social networks he's being made out as somewhat of a working class or working man's hero. >> yeah. >> that i'm mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore. what's your thought on that? >> well, i think it's funny that he could quit his job that way. i don't think he thought this through, that to do something like that will get you arrested. >> right. >> but at first my reaction was, well, maybe we could all quit our jobs, wouldn't that be f funny? but it's not funny and the other thing is he's a flight attendant and you don't want to see somebody lose their cool that way. >> have you seen, though, flight attendants being placed in a situation by the traveling public that perhaps makes you feel differently about how travel -- how flight attendants should be treated? >> well, i see that on every flight that somebody says something to a flight attendant or feels that they're getting treated the wrong way and takes it out on the flight attendant. i've never seen anybody react this strongly. they've always been very polite. >> phil catilinet, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. >> clearly he broke the law. he has some problems there, but have you seen some of the tweets out there? >> most support him, i think. >> it's unbelievable. here are some examples. steven slater is totally my new hero. crafting my own american flag using steven slater's face in place of every star. totally had steven slater as a flight attendant last saturday, i would have grabbed a beer and slid down the chute with him. lol, what a hero. and steven slater for "snl" host. >> do you think people are relating to him because we've all had frustrations in our own job? >> sure, absolutely. >> we all wish at some point we could pull the chute. >> and i think there is a cautionary tale. we, a lot of people, you and i, we all fly a lot and we see people really mistreat flight attendants. >> all the time. >> and this guy finally, i'm not going to take it anymore. >> and these guys are known for taking their cool because they have to. i wonder if he gets those bonus points? does he lose them. >> they should have one of those in the control room, a slide. our director joe michaels grabs a scotch and he's out. >> all right. let's get the rest of the morning's top stories, natalie is over at the news desk while ann takes the day off. >> i bet he gets his own reality show out of this. in the news this morning search eers are following up on tips as they look for an escaped inmate and his alleged accomplice. authorities say the two may be near glacier national park in montana but some leads indicate second escaped convict was caught monday in wyoming. we'll have much more on this story coming up in a little bit. meanwhile, police are searching for a serial killer who stabbed five people to death in michigan and wounded ten others. police in virginia think the same suspect attacked three people there. landslides in china are being blamed for more than 700 deaths, more than 1,000 other people are missing. one man was pulled out alive after being buried more than 50 hours. some lawmakers are criticizing a plan by defense secretary gates to shut down the joint forces command in virginia that employs 5,000 people. gates blamed tough economic times. overseas markets are lower this morning. cnbc's melissa francis joins us again from the new york stock exchange. a lot of attention today on the fed. >> that is right. it is decision day for the fed. they are expected to hold steady. what else can they do? they can't go lower. ey can't go higher.ting near e real question is what ammo do they have left? they can change the statement to say they're going to leave rates lower for a longer period of time or use proceeds from their mortgage portfolio to buy other assets. what will they do? we'll find out at 2:15 eastern time. natalie, back to you. >> melissa francis at the new york stock exchange, thank you. and in florida some rescuers were manatee's best friends, saving a manatee that had been entangled in a fishing line for as long as two months. i bet he is relieved today. let's turn it over to meredith, matt and al. >> that's a long time. >> yeah, a long time. >> natalie, thanks. >> mr. roker, a check of the weather? the big story the heat. we've been talking about this. 19 states under heat advisories or excessive heat warnings and they're going to continue right on into tomorrow. big area of high pressure yes, it will soar to upper 9 90s here lating this afternoon. good morning, i'm tom kiernan. we're in the 70s. now, mild and muggy, sun up and a hazy sky. and we'll have highs upper 90s throughout much of the region. and then tomorrow, upper 90s again, with more humidity around. small chance of afternoon storm. should be cooler thursday and friday. still humid and a likelihood of passing showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon. and that's your latest weather. thank you very much. it is primary day in four states -- connecticut, colorado, georgia and minnesota. a big test for incumbents and president obama as we head into november's midterm elections. nbc's political directornd chief white house correspondent chuck todd has a look at what's at stake. chuck, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, meredi meredith. as you noted there are three states holding primaries, a fourth, georgia, is holding a run-off. e ballot, he has some skin in n lorado where he will find out tonight if he can be persuasive even among his fellow democrats. president obama deep in the heart of conservative texas on monday, hammering home his argument against the republicans. >> i am happy to have this debate over the next several months about what their vision of the future is. they don't have one. >> reporter: elections in four states today will measure voters' anger toward washington insiders as a slew of outsiders are running this year. republicans in connecticut will choose their party's senate nominee. former world wrestling entertainment ceo linda mcmahon who has poured millions of her pe personal fortune into her campaign, amassed over 30 years running the wwe with her more famous husband vince mcmahon. they have relished using the over-the-top wwe moments like this one with which features the candidate herself in campaign ads. >> mcmahon supporting obama's bailouts. isn't that just a kick in the -- >> reporter: mcmahon has fired back trying to use the unusual reputation of the wwe as an asset. >> look, she tamed the traveling show world of professional wrestling, turned it into a global company and created 500 jobs here in connecticut. >> all right. so think she can shake things up in washington? >> oh, yeah. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: but vince mcmahon admitted to the associated press that extensive political and media focus using some of the raciest wwe out of context hurt the corporate brand saying most of the people have not even seen our show. all they've seen is one little snippet and try to make up their minds as to whether or not it's acceptable programming. not everyone believes linda mcmahon's campaign will do long long-term damage to her family business. >> it's a controversial organization. having said that, it's an entertainment organization. i think we can separate a product that's out there as a vehicle of entertainment and a person. >> reporter: in colorado president obama's choice to hold the democratic senate seat michael bennett faces a tough insider/outsider battle with andrew romanoff. and in georgia today the republican run-off for governor has turned into a 2012 republican presidential proxy fight with newt gingrich and mike huckabee on one side supporting former congressman nathan deal and sarah palin on the other side. she parachuted into the state in support of her mama grizzly. >> show the nation how you are ready to bring it on, georgia. >> reporter: a little news on the ethics front. the house -- bipartisan house ethics committee released details of the charges they're bringing against california democrat maxine waters. in it we find out that it's alleged the congresswoman went to then treasury secretary hank paulson to try to get it t.a.r.p. bailout money for a bank that her husband was a major investor in, a bank by the name of one united. she didn't tell paulson her husband was a member of this bank's board. guess what? paulson and others approved t.a.r.p. money going to this bank saving her husband $300,000. meredith? >> chuck todd, thank you very much. former democratic congressman harold ford jr. is an nbc news analyst and author of the new book "more davids than goliaths." a republican strategist and former white house communications director under president george w. bush, good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> let's start, nicole, with the ethics charges against waters. you have an ethics trial involving charlie rangel along with hers. how embarrassing is that for the democrats and what impact could it have on midterm elections? >> i've been to this movie. it never ends well for the party associated with those facing ethical challenges. the problem, i think, and what we have to remember is politicians are human beings. there is a temptation to take the politician's entire life and character into consideration but our politics are so fast now and so rapid this has to become a black-and-white issue where people have trespassed the moral and ethical codes of their office. you have to cut them loose. >> will it linger through november in term of the public's perception? >> rangel and congresswoman waters i served with will have to. this happened four years ago. democrats used the ethics scandals against a few members of congress including duke cunningham and mark foley to score political points and it's probably not unlikely that republicans will do the same and may score some points in the process. >> you have an anti-incumbent mood, anti-washington, anxiety over the economy. how much trouble are the democrats in? >> i think it boils down to one thing and you saw linda mcmahon try it shift from the conversation around her company and focus on what she wants to do which is jobs. if people are feeling better about the jobs picture and about the economic activity in the country between now and november, my party will do better. the worse people feel and if the numbers don't improve or show signs of improvement, i think my party will -- if history is any indicator, will suffer at the polls. the only thing we have going for us, i think, is some republicans have not been able -- the republican leadership has not been able to articulate a clear and compelling message for how they will change things for the better. >> why is that, nicole? >> i'm not sure it matters. >> you may be right. >> 20% of the public trusts republicans yet 51% of the public wants us to take control of congress. >> so what does that say to you then? >> i think the table was set by the obama white house when they came into office in january of '09 and said we won. we're doing things our way. and republicans were not made to feel welcome at the table. the stimulus plan was passed without any republican participation. and i think when a president doesn't have a moderating force on his agenda, he usually suffers politically and you're seeing that now with members of his own party not eager to stand side-by-side with him. >> bill white in texas, is that smart of him to do? the president does bring with him energy and some star power. couldn't he help a candidate? >> it's certainly revealing that the gubernatorial candidate, a democrat, would say he had to attend a county fair or had other pressing campaign obligations. thankfully president obama understood that. but the white house has even indicated that the president's real strength in this campaign may be helping candidates to raise money. but being advisable with them may not be his great strength. this is not unusual. president bush faced it in '06. president clinton faced it in '04 and now president obama is faced with it in in 2010. >> let's look at colorado. the white house has made the election of democrat michael bennett, senator michael bennett, a priority. the president has been down there campaigning for him. what will it say to the white house -- how concerned should they be if bennett loses? >> democrats the president has supported throughout this cycle, some have faced some strife. we've seen it in certain states, in some states in certain primaries. voters in colorado who are expressing real concern -- i'm a supporter of michael bennett, a personal sporper of his, but voters have made clear they want a real change. if senate bennett is able to demonstrate that, he will win. it looks like speaker romanoff has found some traction. >> a and with president clinton. >> you saw it in arkansas, clinton supported blanche ly lincoln. unions on the oerp side with bill halter and lincoln was able to emerge. we'll see what happens in k colorado. >> all right, harold and nicole, thank you both so much. and just ahead, one of the escaped convicts from arizona captured in yellowstone where he is doing odd jobs at a local church. the pastor and church members speak out about their encounter. just ahead, a cell phone company about to make you pay every time you browse the internet with your smart phone? 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[ female announcer ] lactaid®. the original lactose-free milk. good morning, everyone. it's 7:26 on tuesday, august 10th. in the news4 today a suspected serial killer in the washington area. police made the connection between three attacks there and more than a dozen attacks in michigan. over in michigan, five of the victims have died, almost all attacks have targeted african-american men. police in both leesburg and michigan are looking for a dark green chevy blazer which may belong to the suspect. your weather and traffic are coming up next. stay with us. good morning. the live viewfrom sky watcher camera. the sky over washington, flooded with hazy sunshine now. temperatures around the region in the 70s. it's 77 in national airport. it should soar to upper 9 o's today with hazy sunshine. upper 90s tomorrow. more humid. small chance of storm tomorrow. patting showers and storms thursday and friday. take a live look, not bad, all things considered 395 northbound. 14th street bridge, slows down army navy drive. reports of accident, dulles toll road. coming out of reston, keep an eye out for that. the news starts earlier than ever before. tune in news4 today, 4:30 for 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. the 10th day of august, 2010. right now you're checking out the view from the top of the rock. here in new york city on a hazy, hot, and humid day here in the northeast. at street level you can see some of the people who have gathered out on our plaza this morning. we're going to say hi to them in just a couple of seconds. inside stewudio 1-a i'm matt lar along with meredith vieira. remember when cell phones were just for talking? now you can do everything -- you can browse the web, stream movies on them -- all kinds of things. >> that's right. you have to pay for it. some carriers want to you pay every time you do that by doing away with unlimited data plans and that could be costly if you don't know how much data you you'lly use. we'll weed through the confusion to hopefully save you money on that monthly bill. also ahead, new details on the scandal that led to the resignation of hewlett-packard's ceo mark hurd. if he didn't violate his company's sexual harassment policy, why did he have to resign? we'll get the latest on that coming up. plus, second marriages, grown children, and the two challenges presented to families. we want to begin with convicted murderer who escaped from jail in arizona, apprehended near yellowstone park. we'll talk to two men who came face-to-face with that escapee in a moment. but first, here's nbc's george lewis. george, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. 42-year-old tracy province is being held here in the park county jail before a court hearing which will determine his extradition back to arizona. that's where he and two others broke out of prison almost two weeks ago. province might be on the loose if he hadn't stopped for sunday services near a small town church. 42-year-old terry province spent his sunday morning in the meeteetse community church singing along with the congregation. >> he was extremely involved in the worship. he was singing. he was closing his eyes. he was involved in prayer just like any christian that walked through our doors would be. >> reporter: across the street at this motel, province persuaded a guest to let him sl sleep on the floor for the night. >> apparently one of our guests who just started talking to him, said he need add place to crash. so one of our guests was being a good samaritan, let him crash on the floor. >> reporter: later that night a member of the church recognized a photo of the escaped inmate and alerted sheriff's deputies. u.s. marshals staked out the church on monday morning and found the convicted murderer walking down the road carrying a 9 millimeter handgun and a hitchhiking sign asking for a ride to casper. >> he was relieved that this manhunt was over for him and that this long process was finally over for him. >> reporter: the manhunt started when province and two other inmates escaped from this arizona prison july 30th. authorities believe casslynn welch threw wire cutters over the fence to help her fiance and cousin john mccluskey escape along with two other inmates, daniel renwick and province. renwick was captured in rifle, colorado, two days later. investigators say there is evidence to tie mccluskey to the murder of a couple last week in this burned out trailer in santa rosa, new mexico. >> good afternoon. >> reporter: province told marshals they fancy themselves as a modern day bonnie and clyde. >> they joke about it, and i think they've taken the persona that this is some type of a movie and this is some kind of a joke they are living, but it is not. this is a very, very serious business. >> reporter: mccluskey's mother, claudia washburn, is in police custody in arizona, accused of helping her son evade authorities. her husband hopes mccluskey is caught before he hurts anyone else. >> you guys think you're bonnie and clyde, you're far from it. >> reporter: marshals are urging mccluskey and welsh to turn themselves in and avoid the fate of their real-life counterparts. >> they'll get caught sooner or later. they're making too many mistakes. >> rest assured, we are going to be on mccluskey like a cheap suit. >> reporter: officials emphasize mccluskey and welch are armed and dangerous. they are believed to be in montana now, perhaps heading toward canada. canadian authorities and interpol have been alerted. matt? >> george lewis, thank you very much. before his capture, tracy province was actually paid to do some odd jobs around the meeteetse community church. we're joined exclusively by the church's pastor ron kingston and a local rancher and the church treasurer. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> morning. >> ron, you're the pastor of a small church. i understand the population of the town is only about 350 people, so is it unusual for a stranger to show up for sunday services? >> not really a stranger to show up. we are outside of yellowstone park so we have a lot of tourists sometimes stop by, so it's not real strange but, yeah, we like to invite newcomers who want to come. >> when this guy, tracy province walked in this past sunday, ron, did he immediately attract your attention or did he blend in? >> he fairly blended in. there was nothing that stood out about him. i wasn't following the news so i didn't recognize him like that. i just figured he was somebody who wanted to come and worship god with us. >> and, jim, you had a chance to speak to tracy province. what was the conversation like? what was it like? what was his demeanor? >> after church i visited with him about 30 minutes, and he was -- on some things you could tell he was telling the truth. other things not. watching him, you could tell he was not a very good person. and later i called and told ron that this guy is a bad guy and i wouldn't have him around your kids because he was there doing some work for the church. >> jim, did he talk about what he had been through over the past couple of days? did he tell you where he was from, where he had been, where he was going? >> yes. he told us that he had stayed three nights on the grass down on the river. before that he'd been in yellowstone park and his party had had left him and he didn't know why. he said he was heading to indianapolis, indiana, and that's where he was from. he didn't have enough money to get there. >> did he seem -- you offered him, ron, a job doing some odd jobs around the church, i think pulling some weeds and cleaning up some hoses. you were going to pay him $40. did he seem grateful for the opportunity? >> yeah, he told me he was out of money and so i offered a job for him, so he mowed the grass and brought the weed whacker out and did a bunch of the work around the church. i paid him, he took the money and like any good pastor i talked about tithing and he wanted to tithe off the $40. >> and i know eventually your suspicions raised to the point where you did call law enforcement as did another parishioner who apparently recognized him from the news. he was planning to come back and perhaps do some more work the next day and that's when he was arrested. he was arrested with a handgun. you now know a little bit more about his background. have you stopped to think about what could have been had he come back to that church? >> yeah, i sure have. i thought of all the scenarios went through my mind, and the scenario that happened here in meeteetse in our little town, it really happened good. i'm proud of our law enforcement and it wouldn't have happened without the deputy sheriff of my town really encouraging me to look on the internet to see if this man was, in fact, the man in our church, and it turned out he was the man and then the u.s. marshals got involved and everything worked out really good. i saw him walking through the street the next morning. got on the phone and it all happened and there wasn't a gunfight. everything worked out real good. so i'm thankful to god for his protection over our town. >> and we're thankful for your actions. ron and jim, thank you for joining thus morning. we appreciate it. >> you bet. >> thank you. let's get a check of the weather now from al. all right, thank you, mr. it is mild and muggy on this tuesday morning. good morning, i'm tom kiernan. now in the 70s around the region. hazy sunshine, 77 in washington. highs today should make it into the upper 90s. record high 98. we'll have more humidity around on wednesday. upper 90s again, small chance of storm tomorrow. a likelihood of passing showers and thunderstorms, mainly during the afternoon thursday and friday. highs near 80 to 90 thursday. humid into the weekend. and that's your latest weather. matt? 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a stay-at-home dad. and we're going to show you why that's an upcoming trend and why a lot of working moms like the idea. >> we have a lot to get to but first let's head inside. ann is off today. natalie is over at the news desk with the details. police in two countries are on alert for a desperate and dangerous convict who escaped from an arizona prison last month. this morning a deputy u.s. martimarc marshal placed them possibly in canada. mccluskey has been tied to a double murder in new mexico. a fellow escapee, tracy province, was arrested monday in wyoming. police in michigan are looking for a serial killer who may also have struck in other states as well. nbc's ron allen is in flint, michigan, with more on the story. good morning to you, ron. >> reporter: yes, good morning, natalie. the attacks are spreading fear here in the flint, michigan, area especially because the victims appear to be random. many are elderly african-american men or men out at night alone. police say the attacker usually approaches someone, strikes up a conversation, and then for no apparent reason starts stabbing with a knife. the first attack was in may, the second a month later. both victims murdered by a knife-wielding killer. >> these stabbings have been taking place during the early morning hour, and the victims have been on foot and approached by the suspect from his vehicle. oftentimes the suspect is asking for directions or assistance. >> reporter: it wasn't until july when a third victim survived an attack that police had a description of the killer. >> this guy just stabbing you, you know. >> reporter: on monday authorities released this sketch showing the suspect, a white male with light hair between 5'11" and 6'2" with an athletic build. police believe the suspect may be responsible for at least 15 stabbings in the flint, michigan, area since may 24th. five the attacks were fatal and all but one of the victims was a black male. several hundred miles away in leesburg, virginia, police say the same suspect may also be involved in three crimes. two stabbings and a hammer attack last week. >> this is an extremely violent individual. it does appear the target of his rage, the target of his attacks are african-american males. >> reporter: officials release this had picture take friend surveillance video. it's a 1995 to 2000 chevrolet s-10 blazer or gmc jimmy or similar vehicle. the four-door vehicle is two-toned with dark green or either beige or gold trim. the crime spree has residents in both cities on alert. >> you're dealing with a nut here and he's already too close to the edge. >> reporter: and there may be yet another case. in toledo, ohio, which happens to be on the road from here to virginia, and that's what has police really concerned that they have no idea where this person may strike next. natalie? >> ron allen in flint, michigan, thank you, ron. an unusual air rage incident has a jetblue flight attendant facing a court appearance today. police say steven slater argued with a passenger monday at new york's kennedy airport. he then allegedly cursed the passenger over the public address system and then grabbed his bags and some beer and headed home by activating an emergency chute and sliding away. a lot of people talking about this one today. 8:04 right now. let's go back outside once again to matt and good morning. it is a muggy and warm august morning. we have temperatures around the region in the 70s to near 80 degrees. now 79 in washington. and we'll have this drying out this afternoon but hot. afternoon highs climbing into the mid and upper 90s. record at reagan national set on this day back in 1943 of 98, and we may be tieing that by mid afternoon. tomorrow, upper 90s, more humidity around. small chance of isolated afternoon storm. likelihood of passing showers and thunderstorms thursday and friday. and that's your latest weather. meredith? >> al, thank you very much. veronica here wants to be a newscaster when you grow up, right? you're going to help me out with this? >> yes. >> okay. up next was hewlett-packard's ceo really forced to resign over mistakes on his expense report? >> right after this. >> the latest on the scandal right after this. morning! mor-ning? i'm your genie. you're wishing for a deliciously, nutritious fiber cereal. i am. well, you don't want that one. new kellogg's fiber plus cereal®. the delicious taste of berries, plus yogurty clusters, plus 40% of your daily fiber... plus wait for it... antioxidants! so, two more wishes. mmmm. maybe later, then. 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"i was surprised and saddened that mark hurd lost his job over this. mark and i never had had an affair or intimate sexual relationship." in a statement hurd said, i did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect, and integrity that i have espoused at hp. but he denies having an affair and says he's unaware of improper use of expense accounts. >> there's no question there was deal making that went on here. there was a deal between hurd and the woman who made the accusation. there was a deal between hurd and hewlett-packard. and part of that deal is going to be let's not all discuss exactly what the terms of the deal were. >> reporter: now new outrage over mark hurd's kiss good-bye. even after resigning in disgrace, hp is giving him $12 million in cash and another $22.5 million in stock options. a total package of $34.5 million. >> you know, in the wake of this, a number of ethics professionals are questioning why mr. hurd is being paid at all given that he actually violated the company's own business practices. >> reporter: business aside, mark hurd is married with two kids. he would not speak on camera for this story. neither would jodie fisher. meanwhile, matt, we should mention hp's stock dropped 9% since this scandal broke. >> jeff rossen, thanks very much. dan abrams is nbc's chief legal analyst. donny deutsch is the chairman of the ad agency deutsch incorporated. we don't exactly know what happened at hp. probably only a handful of people do know. the both of you are pretty sure there's more to this than meets the eye, correct? >> there's no question. the notion that this is a guy who is about to re-sign for an enormous amount of money is getting fired or being forced to resign over fudged expense reports just can't be the case. there has to be more here and it's got to relate to either them having wanted him out, although that's an unlikely reason -- >> he was a darling of the company. he doubled the stock price in five years. >> if he was that much of a darling, that tells us even more. that tells us it has to be that bad for it to have happened. >> he's not being forced out for having an affair. we live in a world post-sarbanes oxley that companies have to be clean. this woman, who was being paid to introduce him at parties for $1,000 to $10,000, money being exchanged, 9% -- that means this company lost billions of dollars by letting him go. there had to be some pretty nefarious stuff going on beyond just some guy being indiscreet. >> there's another side to this. another ceo, the head of oracle, larry ellison, who is a friend of hurd's, said this. the hp board just made the worst personnel decision since the idiots on the apple board fired steve jobs many years ago that decision nearly destroyed apple and would have if steve hadn't come back to save them. i mean, he's saying, look, this is a disaster for business, which means there had to be a very good reason. >> what's so fascinating about this stuff, look, whether it's tiger woods, eliot spitzer, is these men in power in various -- whether it's sports, running fortune 500 companies, brought down -- >> tiger woods fudge his expense reports? let's go on to the statement from jodie fisher here, okay? she says i was surprised and saddened mark hurd lost his job over this. mark and i have never had an affair or sexual relationship. but now she's hired an attorney. she has gloria allred and threatened a sexual harassment lawsuit. you don't do that unless you think you've been wronged or are mad. >> uribe trying you're trying t. she has her money. they have a deal separate with him personally and now hewlett-packard is acting and she is saying, oh, i'm sorry he lost his job. that's very nice and i'm sure greatly appreciated. the bottom line is when you threaten to sue someone for sexual harassment, one of the possible outcomes is the person is going to get fired. >> real quickly, donny, this fallout is not what hp wanted after this. >> right. >> they got it anyway. what do they do next? >> they go back to business. at the end of the day this will pass. the parade will pass. there's nothing they can do but put their head down. they put a veteran in the spot. did the playbook 101. the stock will rebound. when a stock drops based on a personal thing, it's not really reflective of the business. put their head down, a new cycle. >> dan and donny. >> by the way, i never saw that movie with the nurse. >> a lot of people didn't see that movie. up next, blended families. the joys and challenges of getting married for a second time in life. ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ express yourself ♪ ♪ oh, do it ♪ oh, do it ♪ ♪ express yourself [ female announcer ] coffee is like life. it's better when you add your flavor. now try new honey vanilla creme. coffee-mate. from nestle. when something's safe? 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>> well, it's a wonderful story and it's a great model. it is unique because what we have often are families that have resistance and they're really not feeling as generous as the children in this family are feeling or as comfortable with the fact that their parents are going to remarry. this is a beautiful model because they do emphasize the patience and the role of their parents and just knowing that it takes time. >> if you look at the statistics, 65% of remarriages involve children from the first or the prior marriage. when they are adult children, is it easier than when the kids are younger or is it just a different set of issues? >> it's a different set of issues and a lot of the parents who are getting married think it's really easy because their kids are grown. >> exactly. >> but, in fact they are probably more set in their ways and they still have the same feelings that younger people do. but the parents think, well, everything is fine. we don't have to pay that much attention and it's really not very compassionate, number one, and it's not realistic because many adult children have a real pang when they think about their parents remarrying and they often sometimes even undermine the role of the parent meeting someone new or they just are very sad about it and they're not ready. >> so what do you do if you remarry somebody and you're met with resistance by his children, her children, or both sets of children? >> you have to remember that it does take time. you can't have an instant family. you need to be patient. one of the things that's very important is to get to know each of the individual children and to do things together but not just like thanksgiving dinner because that could be reminiscent of the times when the family was together before and that brings up all of the past. what you want to do is get new kinds of traditions that you can do together. but it does take time and you need to understand that europe not a replacement. you are an additive so what you bring to this relationship as the gentleman in the piece said, you know, i bring something new and what i'm doing is i'm bringing new advice or i'm bringing a different perspective. europe not replacing the parent. >> they said the job was not to be a replacement, you're right, but more of an adviser. >> and sometimes it is an adviser but sometimes just to be not a threat. you don't want to threaten the relationship the adult child has with her parent or his parent whether or not that parent is deceased or present. >> so how important is it to reassure your child that you're still their parent even if they're a young adult? >> especially if they're a young adult because they may help to take care of you during the process when you were grieving or you had a divorce or maybe you have a whole different kind of relationship now that you're an adult child with your single parent. so you may feel that you have to reassure your child and also talk about issues having to do with finances, with grandchildren, with the place in your life as you bring in this new person. people do need to be reassured because they're fearful that they're going to lose you once again as they lost another parent. >> dale atkins, thank you very much. >> you're welcome. >> just ahead, the new status symbol for working women, stay-at-home dads. 8:26 is your time. 82 grows. hot and steamy out there. tom will have the forecast at news. i'm eun yang. tuesday 20, 2010. a suspected serialñrñr killer ld to violent crimes in the washington area. police made the connection with a dozen attacks in michigan. a kesketch of the suspect wante where five victims have died. almost all attacks targeted african-american men. police in leesburg and michigan look for a dark green chevy blazer which may have belonged to the suspect. we'll have weather and traffic good morning, a warm and humid august morning, near 80. we will climb to the upper 90s. record at reagan national is 98, we may tie it. tomorrow, humid, highs upper 90s, small chance of a storm. greater chance of showers and thunderstorms. should be cooler. >> a live look, 395 heavy and steady to the 14th street bridge. beltway in maryland crawling. inner loop delays rockville pike to an accident inner loop at georgia avenue. two travel lanes closed. outer loop, rubber necking delays. wake up with news4 today every day. get your news, weather, traffic 4:30. hope you will join us tomorrow morning. 8:30 now on a tuesday morning, the 10th of august, 2010. got a bunch of hearty souls out on the plaza. they've endured a little rain already this morning and now the skies have cleared slightly. at least it's stopped raining. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with meredith vieira, natalie morales, and al roker. a large crowd. coming up, what is perhaps the new status symbol for power moms? >> hmm. oh, we talked about this. stay-at-home dads. >> it could be a stay-at-home dad. for a powerful career-minded woman, is it a status symbol to have a husband who stays home and takes care of the kids and the house? we're going to be talking about the dynamic that's present in many marriages these days. >> have them walk around in daisy duke shorts. >> you had to go there. also ahead, a very brave mother who has not let breast cancer slow down her ability to compete. karen newman. we'll catch up with her. >> and later on one of our favorite families, the scottos happen to be here. we're going to be catching up with them. they're going to be cooking with peaches which just happens to be john scotto's nickname. >> okay. all right. we're going to pick out the hottest colors for fall and we're not talking about clothes, we're talking about hair. >> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather? we had a few warm and humid on tuesday morning. good morning, i'm tom kiernan. we're in the upper 70s, to around 80. all around the reege. >> we've got humidity in place as well. should dry out as temperatures soar to uupper 9 o's, hazy suns. it should stay humid into the weekend. highs tomorrow upper 9 o's. a msmall chance of a storm tomorrow. likelihood of passing storms thursday and friday. should be co and don't forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night on weather.com online. natalie almost had a chute deploy. >> it's a little gusty out here. >> not good. coming up, are stay-at-home dads the new status symbols for tod today's powerful women? 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"this morning stay-at-home dads with unemployment high and more women climbing the corporate ladder, many families are reversing traditional family roles. families like dr. michelle spiobe shared their story with us. >> oh, that's so nice. you're so luck yip he gets to stay at home. there's always that pause right before. to hear that. i didn't meant to be the only one working. what's that? i don't think i could be a stay-at-home mom. >> i've never been uncomfortable to tell someone i'm a stay-at-home dad. when it's a problem we're told it's supposed to be. >> i'm not the one who has to rush home because my husband doesn't know what to do with the kids for more than two hours at a time. >> when they do tell them that you're a stay-at-home dad you get the mr. mom reference, which is a 20-year-old movie. oh, are you giving mom a day off? or the babysitting. no, it's not babysitting. it's called parenting. >> at the beginning when it first started, this isn't fair. how come i'm the one? then you think about, you know, could it really be better? i don't have to worry about d daycare closing or holidays. if i need to go on a conference or a meeting, i can even take my family with me. i think we're just enjoying what male physicians have enjoyed for generations now. how their wives have taken time out of their careers, and so that's what we've chosen to do. >> it's not about the definition one parent is work iing outside the home and one parent is a stay-at-home parent. it's more about flexibility. and balancing the different roles in ways that work because every family is different. >> so is having a stay-at-home husband the ultimate status symbol for the power mom or a practical arrangement for today's modern family? the subject of an article in the september issue of "marie claire" magazine. here along with sigh a psychiat. we have economic times and women are doing better in the work place. what are you hearing from readers, joanna, about this dynamic? >> well, we're hearing that women are both excited by it and also challenged by it because a lot of it depends on how much choice they have with this going on in their situation. you mentioned the economy. clearly a lot of men have fared much worse than women so they're making the choice to stay at home. and i think women are thrilled that it gives them the freedom to focus on their career, but they're also worried about whether or not their husband is going to feel less masculine. >> i read the article in the magazine. there's this weighty paragraph -- not weighty but a big paragraph where the possibility is brought up this idea of having a husband staying at home taking care of the home and the children to some power moms is seen as a status symbol. is it a status symbol in the way a bmw would be a status sim billion or more of a symbol of enlightenment in a relationship? >> i think it's both. we've lived with men who have wives sitting at home, two masters degrees and they're not working and the husband is sort of saying either explicitly or implicitly, look at me. i'm the big guy, the alpha male and look who i have at home. there's an element of that, too, but also the sense of i'm incredibly lucky i have an enlightened man at home who is prepared to take after the kids. >> janet, i like that version of it. i have an enlightened relationship. that sounds good. you start to objectify a partner as eye candy with a woman or the status symbol for a guy taking care of kids, that's not going to end well. >> the most successful stay-at-home relationship is when the man has a flexible idea of what masculinity is. i'm not man enough to be a woman. i think it should be i'm not -- am i man enough to be a stay-at-home dad because you have to be ready and willing to accept that. >> do you think, though, some women look at other women -- they look at other women in a relationship like this with a certain amount of jealousy? look what she gets to do. she's off working. she's powerful and she's got this husband staying home taking care of the kids. >> well, i think it's often easy to look at other people's lives with jealousy whether or not they have the bmw. you're seeing more and more couples passing the baton for the responsibility of earning. >> and i think you have to be careful. there are powerful women who stay at home and take care of the children and i think now we're just seeing that same power can be transferred. kids need stable relationships. our kids need someone who is consistently there for them and can listen to their needs to make sure they're met. >> this will affect the marriage differently if it's done by choice or if it's done by necessity. >> i think the key is if it's not done by choice -- >> the guy loses his job. >> the guy loses his job, i think it's most successful when they don't think it's a permanent decision. maybe we'll do this for two years. children grow older. it's hard to remember they're going to grow up, become more independent and you can get back out there. >> or if it's a permanent solution but there's a reality that just who brings home the bacon just because you're a provider doesn't mean europe the parent and so you have to treat your relation shship with respe and focus on communication, focus on what the elements of a good relationship are. >> i think i like the guy in the piece said this isn't babysitting. i'm parenting. it's a different take on it. >> just as i'm going to say good-bye, nice job. still ahead, do you hold a grudge for weeks or even months at a time? how to tell if you're an emotional horder. we are back at 8:44. a world class competitor juggling her career and motherhood while waging a personal battle against breast cancer. we first met karen newman two years ago and we checked in with her recent ly to see how her lie has changed. >> anyway, so tomorrow is the big day. >> it has been almost two years since karen newman made these video diaries. windows into her personal battle with breast cancer. >> you're on chemo, you just have to learn to ignore some of the side effects if you can so you can have a more fulfilling life. >> the married mother of three refused to let cancer keep her down. despite undergoing chemotherapy so severe her hair fell out, she somehow found the strength to dive into seven triathlons in 2008, swimming, bing, and running alongside world class athletes. >> i wanted to show our boys that mommy could still do this, that i could race, that i could finish. today is my last chemo. wahoo! >> another hurdle cleared on her path to an uncertain finish line. two years later karen's hair has grown back and she remains active coaching youth track, but her race isn't over. she was forced to take an eight-month hiatus from her training routine after complications with surgery. two more surgeries and a condition affecting the lymph nodes in her arm followed. she's had to resume chemo ththey doing treatments every six months and she still isn't completely cancer free. >> i've learned through my life that, you know, you just keep pushing forward and maybe the finish line moves but i'm going to keep on aiming for that finish line. >> karen newman, our most determined athlete. >> now the 49-year-old devotes her time to sharing her story and inspiring other people living with cancer. >> can i hug you? >> yes. >> thank you. >> i think that the cancer, you know, it made her weak at the time but she came out ten times stronger. >> she has changed all our lives through her experiences and just made all of us see deeper into people. >> i have this very determined attitude. i just never give up and i just think that, you know, despite your diagnosis, you should just keep on pushing through. i didn't sleep at all. >> but some things don't change. despite all the setbacks, a resilient karen has returned to racing, this time for a new reason. >> okay, you guys, good luck. >> she competed with the american cancer society's determination team at the nautica new york city triathlon. >> she's not really out here to win anymore. she's out here to compete on behalf of people who have cancer or disabilities. >> every time i'm able to be there, i just feel so incredibly blessed because i might not be here. so it really, to me, doesn't much matter how i do. it matters that i'm there. >> her team raised nearly $200,000, more than any other group of triathletes in american cancer society's history. >> i believe that god picked me, you know, healthy female with no problems in the past to go through this challenge in my life and i just feel that it's my duty and it's my great joy to help others in any possible way that i can. ♪ >> an amazing woman. karen will compete at the national triathlon championships next month where she hopes to qualify for a trip to next year's world championships. up next, everything's peachy in today's cooking school with the scottos. 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[ male announcer ] amtrak guest rewards members earn up to 9,000 bonus points this summer. details at amtrak.com. >> announcer: today' school is brought to you by country crock spreads with that rich, creamy, delicious taste your family has always known and loved. this morning on "today's cooking school" we've got a real peach of a three-course meal f . we have mary and john, anthony and elena of fresco by scotto and they have recipes using my favorite, the peach. we're going to start with you, mary and john. >> you can't get better than august too much the best peaches. and to know you've got to pick up the peaches -- >> squeeze it a little bit? do you smell it, also? >> the smell, the aroma is what gets you. so now with this recipe we heated these pans, and now we're putting in fennel, onion, red wine vinegar, lemon zest -- thank you, matt. yes, please. and some olive oil. and this blend, the dressing for john's warm pasta salad. >> you have chosen farfalle. why, john? >> we like it. it's cold. i'm adding the peaches to the vinaigrette. >> yellow and white peaches. >> peaches are very good because they're low in acidity, low in calories, great for minnesoimu c, and potassium. to ripen it, put it in a paper bag, put holes in it. 24 hours, it's ripe. to lengthen, put it in the refrigerator. i got the farfalle and cooked it al dente. i have my tomatoes. >> heirloom tomatoes. >> mozzarella, some basil. mix it together and now i'm going to add the -- >> what your mom has been sauteing. >> and the vinaigrette sauce to the whole dish. mix it up. >> serve it warm? >> serve it warm. looks like that. it's al fresco every day of the summer. >> where is that? >> fresco by scotto on 52nd street. >> meredith, save me quick. >> anthony, we're doing a peach compote. >> we have a great pork tenderloin. let's talk peaches. georgia peaches are really the best. i think they're terrific. also another hint, you have free stone. i don't know if you've heard that before. cling stone are peaches that are used for canning and cakes and what not. free stone is actually the stone that comes free of the peach when you're eating it. >> and bridgestone is the peach you drive on. >> the other one, exactly right. >> which one do we have in there? >> white and yellow peaches. i'm adding lemon juice to this. i've already added water, cracked pepper. we're going to let that reduce down. >> i wouldn't think pepper in that. >> reduce it down and cool. that's our compote. >> the pork. >> as simple as that. we're going to marinade it overnight, salt, pepper, use whatever seasonings you want. what's really great about this balsamic and fennel seed. >> balsamic and fennel seed. >> we're going to clean off all of the goodies on top before cooking it because you don't want it to taste like that burnt flavor. >> get rid of that fennel. >> and then we're going to -- a couple minutes on each side, two, three minutes, making sure it's brown all the way around, let it rest two or three minutes. cut it on the bias. you're going to cut it and add the peaches to it. it's just delicious. >> how long does that compote last? >> put it in the refrigerator, the more it breaks down, the better it is. a good couple of weeks. >> and then dessert. >> so we're doing blueberry and peach cobbler. >> a nice combo. >> peaches are loaded with fiber and work as an antioxidant. so if you can help me here, al -- >> a boo-boo. >> is it powdered sugar? >> it's granulated sugar and some corn starch. >> want me to help? >> if you could stir that, as you'll see the juices thicken up and it gets nice and mushy. and if we could just mix that all together, our secret weapon here is vanilla and a little bit of almond extract which -- >> oh, nice. >> very little bit, obviously. >> did you do anything beforehand to prepare the peaches at all? >> we just sliced the peaches. so you're going to mix that all together. if you could put this in my baking dish, i've buttered the baking dish. >> i can't believe you have to he help. >> your turn is over, john. good-bye. >> and this is our topping. it's loaded with butter. brown sugar, sliced almonds, and you really want to be generous with it. turn your oven -- turn your oven at 425 and once you're ready, you're going to bake this for about 25 minutes until it gets nice and golden brown. we topped it off to change it up a bit. >> you could go with it just like that. >> amazing. all right. >> good eating here. >> nicely done. scottos, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> by the way, we're going to put these recipes on our website. check that out. some more cooking with kathie lee and hoda. 8:55 is your time. 84. it's warm and sticky. only getting warmer. good morning, i'm eun yang. tuesday august 10, 2010. metro is downplaying a warning it received from a homeland security department about an unconfirmed threat to the transit agency. news4 obtained an internal member knmemo from the department that warns someone tent to turkey to get a visa to the u.s. with intent of blowing up an unidentified metro station. it considers this a low-level threat. stephen strasburg returns to the mound for the nationals. he'll take on the florida marlins at national park. his firstñi since going on the disabled list for a sore shoulder. not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it's a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. good morning. midmorning temperatures climbing into the 80s. it is rare humid, though it should dry out a bit as temperatures soar into the upper 90s. poor air quality. air quality this afternoon. tomorrow upper 90s again, and a small chance of isolated storm in the afternoon. greater chance thursday and friday. cooler. jerry? >> a live look, police activity once again around franklin park, stretches of 14th street closed out, part of the i street blocked. avoid the area aroundñr mcphers square and franklin park if you3 can. headed for downtown, 395 northbound heavy but lanes are open to and across the 14th street bridge. loaded up in the express lane bridge headed for downtown as well. >> wake up with news4 today every day. get news, weather and traffic every weekday at 4:30 a.m. see you then. back now with more of "today" on a tuesday morning, the 10th day of august, 2010. just take a gander at some of the nice people sticking around on rockefeller plaza on a muggy morning in the northeast. thanks to them for staying around. we're happy to have them. i'm matt lauer along with al roker and that was the back of meredith's head there just a second ago. and coming up this n this half hour, the jetblue attendant who is in hot water. he got into a heated confrontation with a passenger as it was taxiing at jfk airport. he then got on the overhead p.a. system and unleashed a profanity laced tirade. just actually a few sentences. then apparently or allegedly grabbed a couple of beers, deployed the plane's emergency slide, slid down it and walked away. we're going to talk to a passenger in a moment who was onboard that flight who witnessed a portion of that and find out what may have caused it. >> wow. i can only imagine being on that plane. >> got some explaining to do. >> yes, he do. we have nutritionist joy bauer in the house on our "diet s.o.s.." how to indulge in chocolate without blowing your diet. how much water should you really be drinking every day? and is it different for men and for women? we'll get that all in the "diet s.o.s." and later on emotional hoarding. do you hoard your emotions? do you hold on to grudges? and is it good to let it all go? well, we're going to have the answers for you coming up later on. we'll have a quiz as well. >> okay. lots to get to. let's go inside. ann is off today. natalie is over at the news desk with a look at the headlines. hi, natalie. good morning to you. the massive man hunt for an escaped convict from arizona is focused this morning in montana and southern canada. u.s. marshals believe john mccluskey is traveling with a female accomplice. police have linked him to a double murder last week in new mexico. a fellow escapee convicted killer tracy province was arrested monday in wyoming. the fbi has joined the search for a serial killer suspected of stabbing at least 15 people, five fatally, in the flint, michigan, area. on monday officials release this had sketch of the suspect described as a white male with light hair. all but one of the victims were black males. investigators say the same man may have also carried out attacks in virginia and possibly ohio. teachers are joining president obama at the white house today urging the white house to pass a $26 billion package that contains money to save 160,000 teaching jobs. house members were called back from their own summer vacation for today's vote. this morning officials doubled the death toll from a massive mudslide in china to more than 700 people. rescuers intensified their search for another 1,000 people still missing since sunday when the mudslide buried half of a mountain town. rescuers used helicopters to reach people stranded by floodwaters that killed at least 11 people in central europe. surging rivers washed away cars and homes in poland, germany, and the czech republic. it is now three minutes past the hour. you're up to date for now. let's get another check of the weather from al. 98 is our record high, so we likely will tie that this afternoon. good morning. i'm tom kiernan. right now it's into the 80s. 83 at national airport. and it is still rather humid, though it should turn less humid as the afternoon progresses as we soar to upper 90s, hazy sunshine. it's going to get more humid and stay that way wednesday into the weekend. highs upper 90s tomorrow. small chance of isolated thunderstorm tomorrow. cooler weather thursday and friday, greater chance of needed rain some thunder and lightning as well. and that's your latest weather. matt? >> al, thank you very much. the story of the jetblue flight attendant who had apparently had enough. he's facing charges this morning after police say he got into an argument with a passenger, unleashed a profanity laced tirade over the plane's p.a. system and then slid down the emergency chute. nbc's tom costello covers aviation for us. he's in washington this morning. hi, tom. good morning. >> reporter: we could all use one of those chutes some time, right? the plane was on the ground when this happened and none of the passengers was in any danger. but one jetblue flight attendant was apparently having a very bad day. for 38-year-old flight acontinuedant steven slater it appears to have been one flight, one passenger too many. jetblue flight 1052 from pittsburgh with 100 passengers onboard landed at new york's jfk airport at about noon monday. when slater was struck in the head with a piece of overhead luggage, a passenger was trying to retrieve, slater demanded an apology and the two got into a heated argument. police say that's when slater got on the plane's p.a. system and unleashed his own profanity laden tirade, pulled the emergency exit chute, reportedly grabbed two beers, slid down the chute, ran across the tarmac, through the airport to his car and then drove home. >> all i see is the gentleman in a jeep flying down the block, running -- and parked the car and ran into his house. >> reporter: police arrested slater at his home and in custody he simply smiled as he was led away. >> people can be, you know, abusive to airline attendants. i just feel bad for the guy. >> reporter: in a statement jetblue says at no time was the security or safety of our customers or crew members at risk. still, ground crews working beneath the plane could have been injured by the falling exit chute. form earp ntsb chairman says he's never seen anything like this before. >> to have a flight attendant unexplainably deploy a chute, leave the aircraft after cursing out the passengers, maybe a little bit too much cabin pressure. >> flight attendants have been made fun of in pop culture. >> i'll be waiting for you. >> great. bye-bye. >> no, i'm going to pound your face in. >> reporter: for verbal and physical abuse at the hands of a traveling public has increasingly unhappy and far less polite than in years past. >> get out. get out. leave everything. >> reporter: flight attendants undergo extensive and rigorous training to deal with in-flight emergencies and disasters. and they've proven they can make the difference in life-or-death situations as they did during the miracle on the hudson landing in 2009. the flight attendants and pilots were credited with saving everyone onboard. >> we have thousands and thousands of operations that occur every day. safely. without incident. routine. the people who do this work are excellent. they're highly professional, extremely skilled. >> reporter: what's not clear, why a veteran attendant decided he couldn't take it anymore and literally pulled the plug on his own career. police say his last words to the passengers were, it's been a good 28 years. it appears to be over. steven slater was arrested on charges of criminal mischief, reckless endangerment and trespassing. if convicted on all charges, he could face up to seven years in prison. on his myspace page, he says he worked for jetblue since 2008 n. addition to serving as chairman of jetblue's uniform redesign committee, his linkedln profile says he served on the airline's in-flight values committee. matt? >> whoops. tom costello, thank you very much. early this morning, i talked to phil catalinet who was on that jetblue flight and rode the air train with steven slater. i asked him what he thought when he first heard that overhead announcement. >> i heard him make the announcement, and we didn't know what that was about and i thought that was the most interesting part of the day to that point. it wasn't until i got off the plane and saw that something had happened with the chute and then i got to the air train and there he was. >> he makes this announcement on the plane, and it's profanity laced. >> yeah. >> right? what was the reaction of the other passengers on that plane as they're listening to this? >> half the plane was still on -- we were just waiting to get off and we were all just surprised. we heard somebody swear on the intercom. >> you thought somebody had done it by accident? >> no, it was clear it was intentional but we thought that's just weird somebody would get on the intercom. he's got to be in some trouble now for calling out a passenger that way. and i thought that was the end of it. >> apparently he grabbed a couple of beers and inflated the inflatable emergency slide and made a quick he is it. >> right. >> did everybody see that happen? >> no. maybe people who got off before me did. i was about halfway back, still waiting to get off the plane, so i didn't see him pull the slide. i didn't see the beers. i saw him with the bags on the air train. he had time to do that. >> what was his demeanor on the air train? here is a guy who has done something way outside the boundaries, in fact, illegal. did he seem agitated? did he seem calm? because in the photos of him, we see him smiling. >> he was smiling. he was happy that he'd done this -- at least happy he was done with his job at jetblue and he said that he'd worked there for 20-some years and he'd been a flight attendant for a long time and was looking forward to whatever was the next phase of his life, his career. he seemed very happy about this. >> you're somebody who travels fairly often? >> a couple times a year. >> are you surprised that he was able to do what he did on that plane, including the inflatable slide, and then calmly get on the air train and make it away from the airport without being stopped? >> i'm surprised because i didn't until i heard him talking this, i didn't know what happened. i thought a passenger had gotten in it trouble for pulling the slide because he was there with his bags. he was there -- >> as if nothing had happened. >> as if nothing had happened. he was going to the parking lot. >> i know you're aware of the fact that on twitter and other social networks he's being made out as somewhat of a working class or working man's hero. >> yeah. >> that i'm mad as hell and i'm not going to take this anymore. what's your thought on that? >> well, i mean, i think it's funny he could quit his job that way. i don't think he thought this through that to do something like that will get you arrested. >> right. >> but at first my reaction was, well, maybe we could all quit our jobs. wouldn't that be funny? it's not funny. and the other thing is, he's a flight attendant and you don't want to see somebody lose their cool that way. >> have you seen, though, flight attendants being placed in a situation by the traveling public that perhaps makes you feel differently about how flight attendants should be treated? >> well, i see that on every flight that somebody says something to a flight attendant or feels they're getting treated the wrong way and takes it out on the flight attendant. i've never seen anybody react this strongly. they've always been very polite. >> phil catalinet, thanks for your time this morning. >> thank you. and up next on "today" we're answering your diet and nutrition questions in joy's "diet s.o.s." and what to wear to the office and what to wear when you travel. sive. nice calculator. i'm just trying to save money on my car insurance. you know, with progressive, you get the option to name your price. is that even possible? uh, absolutely. trade? and i still get great service? more like super great. oh, you have a message. 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>> you can do things like that as well. i try to keep it as clean as i can but it comes in different flavors it will work. when it comes to sugar, you want to stick with no more than one or two teaspoons. know that for every teaspoon or packet or cube it's about 16 calories. and for a shot of flavor, what i love to do is add a half to one teaspoon of ground cinnamon or nutmeg or pumpkin pie spice in with the coffee beans and then the entire pot is infused with flavor and your kitchen is going to smell divine. and one of my most favorite things to make is what i call vanilla coffee. i take a quarter cup of skim milk, i add a couple drops of vanilla extract, i nuke it in the microwave and then i add it into my coffee and if you want, add one to two teaspoons of sugar into that. another thing is the chocolate twist, do the same thing. a quarter cup of skim milk, add one tablespoon of a light hershey's or chocolate syrup, nuke it, put it right into your coffee and it's fabulous. there's a lot of great things that you can do. >> all right, christine. get that coffeemaker going. >> low calorie and you get your caffeine. >> thanks, christine. >> thank you. >> all righty, now to angela from birmingham, alabama. a angela, good morning. what's your question? >> caller: hi. excuse me. what i was wanting to ask joy is basically why do i -- why am i stuck on yo-yo diets? i've been a member of a top weight loss group for several years and i seem to keep losing the same ten pounds and gaining them back. >> a lot of people suffer from that. >> yo-yo doieting is one of the most common problems people have when it comes to losing weight. the first thing i'm going to tell you, you have to find a significant and enduring source of personal motivation. maybe it's, you know, bettering your health, maybe it's being more comfortable in your skin, boosting your energy, or being around for your kids and your grandkids. whatever it is, it has to come from within you and you have to remind yourself what your reason is every single day. the second thing i'm going to tell you is come up with weekly goals. i love long-term goals but those weekly goals or even daily goals will help keep you motivated every step of the way. and the last thing is to forgive your slip-ups. everybody falls off the wagon. >> just get back on. >> you're not going to gain weight from one cookie or one slice of cake. but when you let it spiral out f of control and then you go whole hog, that's when you get yourself into trouble. so shake it off and just get right back on track. it's going to come off. you're going to lose it. >> all right. joy bauer, thank you so much. >> thanks, al. and still to come, more and more women are using botox but not to get rid of wrinkles. we'll show you what else it works for and the risk. sometimes i have no choice but to eat on the run and to eat whatever happens to be around. heavy greasy food that's hard on my diet and my digestive system. so i eat activia light every day. activia light, with bifidus regularis, helps regulate your digestive system in two weeks. mmmm. activia light is not light on taste! and with only 70 calories activia light helps make it easier to watch my weight. it helps me feel good and look good too! ♪ activia because new chips ahoy! made with reese's peanut butter cups are here. our real chocolate chips... and reese's peanut butter cups... crammed into one exciting new cookie. so now, more than ever, there's a lotta joy in chips ahoy! so now, more than ever, women: no! announcer: it's the unlimited soup, salad, and breadsticks lunch. only at olive garden. featuring four homemade soups. enjoy all you want for just $6.95. now...what about tomorrow? 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you might be an emotional hoarder and it could be holding you back from a happier life. a quiz to help you find out. an editor there, dr. gail saltz is our contributor and psychiatrist. what is an emotional hoarder? >> you can think of it like a traditional hoarder except instead of holding on to, say, useless junk that clutters up your home, you're holding on to grudges and negative emotions and they cloud up your mind. >> gail, i'm guessing this is not a good thing. >> it is not a good thing. it's not a psychiatric diagnosis like hoarding which is the obsessive/compulsive realm we've been seeing on all these shows and so on, but it is a real problem, a problem in the sense it can suck up so much space in your mind that you really can't live your life, that you destroy emotion, that you destroy relationships. you suffer a lot of the day because you're ruminating over what happened to you and you're ruminating over, frankly, the revengs. >> and the person you have this grudge, doesn't even know it, going along with their life. >> unless it's a valuable relationship. sometimes people are not speaking to somebody very, very important in my life, a parent, a sibling, so on. then they know it. otherwise they're on their merry way and europe the one suffering. >> jennifer, you developed this quiz. how many times have you been so upset you ended the relationship and stopped talk iing to them? never or rarely, a few times, more than a few times. you chose more than a few times, what does that say about you. >> that says you might be an emotional hoarder and there might be a problem. you're having a hard time letting go of these emotional problems and they can cause problems in your life. >> question number two, think back to a time in the past you felt a judge towards someone. what did you do? feel upset for a few days but moved past it? feel upset for several weeks, but eventually came to terms with it. feel upset then and i still teal upset today, months or years later. gail, that can't be good. >> the point is people can spend their whole lives thinking about this. there's probably even a little bit of a buy liologic predisposition. you tend to ruminate. >> if you think you might have this problem, you have some tips. you say recognize that you have a problem. >> which is frankly the hardest thing to do. if you're watching today and this resonates with you, you really need to think about it because we tend to like to deny, no, i'm really fine. this isn't a problem for me. >> the first part of the next tip is make the choice to change. we get that part. the second is go from being driven to being the driver. >> when you are a person who holds a grudge, you put yourself in the victim role. you're helpless. people do things to you and you feel upset about it. but if you realize that you have the power to make a choice, to say i'm going to forgive you or, you know what, i'm done with you, this didn't work for me, instead of holding on to it, that's a very different mental position to be in and a much better one. >> and the last one, be in the moment. >> this is is huge. grudge holders tend to think about the past. you did this to me. and think about the future. i want to do this back to you. they live in those two places. if you can work on being in the moment and, by the way, meditation is really helpful for this. but think about where you are right now that can really help. >> you said this isn't a recognized disorder but you say get treatment. >> i say that because it's not recognized by psychiatrists as emotional hoarding but it is recognized if it's really bad as i have depression or i'm a masochist, i'm always the victim. or i'm kind of a paranoid person. people feel like -- i think people are attacking me all the time. you may have a real psychiatric issue going on. if this is huge for you treatment could help. >> jennifer, is this really resonating with people on your website? >> it is. we polled members of our community. we found people who held grudges seven years. one for 40 years. and the thing is this doesn't just cause emotional problems. this can lead to physical problems. there's a growing amount of research that shows it can lead to higher blood pressure, headaches, chronic pain. it's been linked to a risk of heart disease. so there are a lot of problems that can come out of this and you need to recognize and do something about it. >> jennifer barrett, dr. gail saltz, thanks so much. and if you want to take the quiz, go to todayshow.com and visit the ivillage community but don't hold it against me. up next, the rules of the road. our fashion road map is next. do your contact lenses feel as good at the end of the day as they do at the beginning ? only air optix® contact lens materials have tricomfort™ technology. they let up to five times more oxygen through the lens than traditional soft contact lenses... ...are designed to retain moisture for comfort all day long... and have superior deposit resistance for cleaner lenses. air optix®, the lens you can survive a long day in. go to airoptix.com for a free one-month trial offer. their brains are 75% water. their muscles are 73% water. their lungs are 80% water. want to grow a healthier, happier family? 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>> well, always what's hot, what's not. this is about answers. not advice. it's about solutions you never get lost in style. think about it as your own personal gps using familiar objects that we see every day road signs and it's fun and it's cute and it helps us get dressed and feel good. >> the gps can be wrong sometimes, too, you know. >> so let's get first to the first street sign called airport ahead. now of course labor day right around the corner so a lot of you will be traveling. it can be difficult to come up with some style but you do want to be stylish while traveling, right? >> you don't want to be slepy even though you're casual. in the '50s people used to get dressed up. we're saying no to flip-flops. >> dress it up a bit. >> i think you see she's casual and her items can serve double duty. we're getting charged for heavy luggage now. so that cardigan you can wear on a cool night if you're going out. her scar of, easy and drapy. tie it over your bathing suit like the white man shirt. tloefr throw it over the bathing suit. the legging can go anywhere. a combination between a jean and a legging. and ballet slippers, easy to travel with, easy to pack. no flip-flops when you travel. say no to the toe. cover it up. >> no one wants to see your ugly toes. >> she's comfortable, casual. to travel at the airport, these can do double duty on your trip. >> by the way, all at good prices. thank you so much. okay. next fashion road map street sign is the 30-minute parking. now this means that we all like to be on trend but we don't want to spend a fortune, right? >> and we don't want to buy a fad. we said 30-minute parking because it's of the moment trend. we've incorporated of the moment trends from spring and we have our new trends here which is the faux fur vest. >> seen here on maureen. >> $79.90. you could wear this with everything for the new season. you know what's really fun here? boyfriend jean and oxford shoe. she is incorporating all of these of the moment items and working them together. but the item to have for this season is the faux fur vest. >> the faux fur vest. >> it's a great way to do outer wear. she has a hood, too. >> she's going to be warm. next fashion road map street sign, caution. rocks falling. now this signifies a warning to not overaccessorize which can be a major no-no, right? >> how wonderful does dale look? when you're going bare on the neck, bangle bracelets. take your hand, throw it around your wrist and dale can show us here. wear thicker for the day. if your bangle bracelets are bigger, it may be too many. i think your belt is important because it ises jewelry. it's part of your look. so keep your -- >> especially a belt like that with a lot of gold hardware. >> keep your tones tonal. i love this top here because it's a great canvas for your accessories and too much is no good. so keep it minimal. the falling rock sign signifies more isn't more when it comes to your accessories. >> less is more. accessories can be expensive. a good way to pair it down. >> her necklace is $30. her ring is $18. you can't go wrong with these items. >> a great way to dress up what is a basic classicout fit. thank you so much. next fashion road map street sign women at work. this is appropriate work attire. sherry? >> i think the biggest mistake women make is they distract at the office. nobody is going to listen to what you're talking about. you don't want to be the woman remembered at the meeting for wearing the tight black dress even though you said something great. $59.90 and i love it the kitten heel not the chunky platforms, the sleek kitten heel. we adided a print but it's subtle. people look at you to admire what you're about and saying. a little bit of the leopard trend is so in trend now. >> let's bring out the ladies for one last look. thank you so much. stefani greenfield, great to have you back here. >> thanks. nice to see you. thanks for having us. >> for more on the fashion road ìáhp &h& todayshow.com. clothes to a new do, some of the hottest looks in hair for fall. 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>> yourself it's not so easy to do but you can actually do the blond at home yourself, get a highlighting kit, and they have a thing you can put on your finger and pull pieces out. >> the cap? >> no, it's not even a cap. they make it really easy now. it's a brush you can put on your finger and you pull pieces out. >> she looks great. >> she does. >> is that a hair style that -- is that color something that's easy to maintain or require a lot of touchups? >> blond, yeah, you have to do it like every six weeks. you can do that at home, too. you can get a golden blonde color. >> touch the roots. >> touch the roots up every six weeks and you're golden. >> a little bit edgier with the latest look, and let's take a look. this is something i imagine is probably not something too easy to achieve at home. >> this is something you're better off going to the salon to do. also this is a good example of getting a haircut first and then coloring on the haircut. she cut her hair because it was sort of like a bob and it was brown. she got a haircut and then i just did a multitonal blond look. you can do this at home by doing it slowly instead of all at once. lighten your hair color a little bit and add a few highlights, wash it and then do it again. >> that way you get the color you want. >> it may take more time at home but you can still do it at home. >> do you have to worry about damage if you're coloring on top of color? >> as long as you do conditioning treatments, you should be good. you do this at the same time you do color. after a color, straight into a conditioning treatment. leave it on for half an hour or overnight is the best solution. more preventative than i already damaged my hair, what am i going to do? >> really, it is the cut sometimes that can tell you, almost guide you in the hair color, right? >> yes. the haircut is super important because it's a whole look. you want to get the whole look right. if you're going for a dramatic change, cut first. >> let's talk about low maintenance look. we all love that and the perfect example is jessica beil, the blondish, brunettish thing going for her now. how can you achieve something like this? it looks like the roots have grown out a little bit. >> basically. this is something easy you can do at home because it's sort of care-free, low maintenance. you don't have to worry about roots at all. get a highlighting kit, put gloves on, some bleach, and pull it on the ends. it's supposed to look messy and undone. this is something you can easily do and you don't have to worry about roots. >> just let your roots grow out and you're perfect. good to go. and then finally i think for that really classic look, glamorous look, is angelina jolie and her hair color is always very subtle as we see in this photo here. >> usually her hair is darker but this is a great example of how you can take your hair color and change it a little bit and make a big difference. so her hair is a little bit lighter than we normally see her which is really nice and soft. it's useful for her. she's beautiful. >> a gorgeous woman. she can't do anything wrong. auburn with highlights around the face. rita, thank you so much. >> thank you. and still to come, actor oliver platt and also the new uses for botox. we'll tell you all about it in our fourth hour. 9:56 is your time now. 8 degrees. it's only 10:00 in the morning barely. already 90. i'm eun yang. in the news today, martin campa montgomery county. he greeted voters at bethesda metro station before hosting a roundtable for small businesses in silver springs. the democratic governor holds a slight lead in most polls over former republican governor robert ehrlich looking to take back his old job. tom's here with a hot forecast. 90 degrees out there? >> yeah. mid and upper 80s throughout the region.x(p&h(lc% humidity in place but it should get let humid by later this afternoon. is it going to be hot, upper 90s, near 100. record at reagan national 98. we may tie or exceed it later this afternoon with hazy sunshine. tomorrow, partly cloudy, hot and humid, upper 90s. small chance of isolated storm. greater chance of storms, cooler weather thursday and friday. how's the traffic now? >> downtown not the place to be. a stretch of i street blocked off at 13th. affecting new york avenue. all around franklin park because of continuing police activity. 395 northbound jammed to 14th street bridge. in addition toñi activity in to, there's a broken down bus in the roadwayñi taking upñi two lanesr freedom. >> thank you. wake up with news4 from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> it is booze day, tuesday, august 10th. yesterday was hoda's birthday, so i'm sure you celebrated. >> i had dinners with friends at this cool greek restaurant called kafee. they have a fish that is delicious. >> why are you having an italian fish at a greek restaurant. >> it tasted like steak. >> then order steak. >> you had to taste it. my little niece sang happy birthday to me on the phone. i was like do it again, hanna. >> you are a little gonzo about her. you blew me off. she was supposed to join me later after her dinner with a friend, but no hoda sighting. frank i and did something last night we haven't done in a long time. we went out. we went -- when we were xhi childless and lived in the city, we were out all the time. it was fun. we were young and stupid back then. now we're just stupid. last night we went to finestein. michael has a club there. it's one of the rare places other than the carlisle a couple of others where you can hear great traditional music from the american song book. so you know my friend carol lee carmelo, a brilliant broadway star, she's in adams family right now, her husband is a four-time tony nominee, greg edelman. there's greg. he was performing last night. >> how was he? >> he was charming. he's very tall, lanky, has a beautiful singing voice, but he's like a combination -- i said i don't know if anybody will know who this is. it's like a cross between a gary cooper and a henry fonda. gary cooper is sexy but henry fonda was every man. he was wonderful. wonderful. >> i'm sorry i missed that. >> he'll be back. he'll be back. >> i'll go. >> sorry you missed it. >> i did miss it. okay. this story is pretty -- i don't know whether you call it hysterical, sad. >> it's all of the above. >> it's about a flight attendant on jetblue who had enough. he was at the breaking point. he was on the flight and he was doing his thing. >> there he is hanging out in the galley. >> the plane was taxiing apparently to its little -- when you park the plane. a passenger got up early and started -- people want to get their bags quickly and getting up. they tell you don't do it, and they do it. they tried to get the -- the woman got her bag down. he said excuse me according to sources you need to sit down. she apparently said -- she dropped the [ bleep ] bomb on him. so he was -- then the luggage apparently fell on top of him. >> hit him on the head. >> he demanded an apology, and she said [ bleep ] off. that's what we hear. now, he had had it. he was at that point. he went to where they have the p.a. system, and this is what he said. he said to the [ bleep ] a [ bleep ] that told me to [ bleep ] it has been a good 28 years. he followed up by saying i had it. he grabbed two beers. >> the version i heard is he broke into song. ♪ take this job and shove it ♪ i ain't working here no more ♪ >> off he went. he slid down the thing. >> could be because he had a date. >> he had a date later. imt not excusing what he did, because -- >> you shouldn't, hoda, because you think this behavior is wonderful. >> you shouldn't be cursing on the plane, and you think he should go to prison for life i'm sure. i think that this guy was -- this is a guy who -- if you've worked in any of those kinds of fields like a waitress where you deal with the public day and night, people can be extremely rude. >> unbelievable. >> terrible. there are times where you worked in a job where you say i'm going to say this -- >> [ bleep ]. thank you. >> i'm going to get out of here, and that's a fantasy. if you told your friends that, you won't believe it, they're say no, you're kidding me. >> this guy is my hero, i wish i could do it at my job. >> i've thought about it. i have to say he shouldn't have done the things he did, the cursing and whatnot. >> no. but the -- it's understandable feeling like you want to do it. it's the doing of it. he didn't think it through. another thing he didn't think through, took the beer and went home and had a play date with his boyfriend and that's when the cops arrived. >> so he could face seven years in prison. i don't know there's -- >> i don't think he's sorry about it. >> at no time was the safety of passengers at risk. what was the crime? the cursing, or the putting the chute down? the sliding? the running away? i mean, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, trespassing. did seems like it was stupid, but it didn't seem criminal to me. >> he could go to prison for much longer than lindsay lohan did. she could have killed someone in a car. >> i know. a lot of people see this guy as the working man kind of here o, and other people say you work in customer service. you know the drill. >> another example of the lack of civility in our culture. we don't know how to deal with one another in a civil way. >> whether you watch the people on those housewives shows yelling at each other, i think there might be something. when you watch someone yonts a friend and you would never do that, maybe there's something in you that watches and almost green lights it a little bit. i'm not saying you do what's on tv, but when you watch someone let something out, i think people are taking cues from stuff on tv and using it in their own lives. >> are you aware half of your earring is missing. >> it fell off? >> it did. that's your jennifer. >> it is. did you have one on? >> yep. it's kind of cute. >> it's around here. i want to point out, too -- >> we know you have friends, hoda. >> see the girl in the white jacket. that's cameron. she's trying to hide. cameron went to high school with me. most popular girl at the high school. that's her daughter next to her and the two friends that came in from the hamptons. >> a cross between maria shriver and natalie. >> she does. >> welcome everybody. >> coming up the stairs and you had your friends down there. one of the greatest gentlemen in the world is matt lauer. matt was in a hurry. it would be a thrill for them to meet matt, and he took the time to be so gracious to them. he didn't go [ bleep ] you. you know? he did not. that's not the way he rolls. speaking of matt, they've a survey, a sex fantasy survey. >> who do you fantasize about when you're having sex? that's the question. the number one answer is a friend. the second is an acquaintance, the third an ex-partner and celebrity. >> what if your friend is a celebrity. >> when they said friend it was vague. it could be a person you work with. >> could be a colleague. >> i think it should be -- >> a colleague for the least. >> i think it should be like the fedex guy. that's who most people fantasize about. the cable guy. that's the person. yes, it is. it is. >> not at my house. >> i think that's the guy. i really do. i think it's more than -- i mean, i think acquaintances -- >> that's okay. i'm sorry i shouldn't have pointed it out. there's a guy xhachanging his n over and over and over again to make a statement. the first name he changed it to was in god we trust. now it's one nation under god. and each time you change your name it costs about $500 each time. he's trying to create awareness for christian unity and what our country is based on and stuff. >> whether he fills about the forms about first name, last name, what do you put? in god we trust? >> first name in and god we trust. i don't know. i think there's other ways of working on christian unity personally. what do you think miss sarah? >> i would agree with hoda that fedex guys are hot. >> imt not saying they're not, but they come in all sizes and shapes, you know what i'm saying. >> lots of packages. >> like the packages themselves. exactly. >> we were talking about the jetblue flight attendant. gary wrote in i wish i had an emergency exit and inflatable slide at times and greta wrote you can only take so much crap before you snap. >> interesting. in that case he should have celebrated national smores day and had a smore. it is booze day. >> oliver platt is with us. >> he's so cute shaking up things in the suburb. >> we'll talk with him right after this. we'll save a little of this 9,000-year-old beer for him. >> where's my earring? 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[ female announcer ] this school year, make a resolution to give your kid kellogg's frosted mini-wheats cereal. an excellent source of fiber from 100% whole grain. that helps keep them full so they can focus on the day ahead. keeps 'em full... keeps 'em focused. whether you're a pet owner or not you have an opinion where they belong. >> animal lover jennifer koppel man hut and alexei stewart are here to weigh in on the subject. they're hosts of the show called "whatever." >> hi, ladies. how are you? >> thanks for having us back. >> it grew out of the radio show. >> this dog issue is an issue, because a lot of people treat the dog as if it is a family member. >> because it is. >> bring it to restaurants. >> it is a family member, yeah. >> it's a family member, but it's your family member. it's not anyone dpaish. >> my dog was a person. your dog is a dog. so realize that. >> and deal with it. >> you no longer have dogs? >> i don't right now. >> why? >> well, they died. >> on top of it -- >> it happens. >> there's a whole thing with dogs. when you first have a dog before you have a child, the dog is your baby. that is your child. but then once you have a kid, the dog gets relegated to dog status. >> there are some restaurants that make it work for dog lovers. >> i think it's against the health rules. >> to me, that's silly. >> there are some rules in life. >> outside you're allowed to bring a pet in the outdoor area. >> other people don't like that, either. >> right. if it's outdoors and it's permitted. >> i think it's up to the restaurant owner, and then if you don't like that, don't go. you better have a well-behaved dog. >> whethern a dog is there and you're eating and drinking, a dog going -- >> i don't like that. >> at central park at the water fountain they drink and the dog licks on the same thing. >> i'd rather have the dog looking at that thing. come on. >> take your water into the park. >> you should have a little cup you could put the water in and put it down. licking on the nozzle. >> are you using that, really? >> don't put your mouth on the nozzle. >> you're not supposed to put your mouth on the nozzle. she likes that sort of thing, all right? >> what about other things? what about weddings, outdoor weddings, people bring the dog? >> i won't allow your dog in my apartment on thanksgiving, but you're like it's thanksgiving. but the dog doesn't know. >> the dog doesn't know you're getting married. >> it's a matter of courtesy. call your hostess and say listen, may i bring. somebody just had dogs in their wedding. say you're coming for the weekend. >> if no is the answer, deal with it without freaking out. >> i'm your mother, you know that? >> she brings her dogs everywhere. it's so obnoxious. >> do you think you should be allowed to bring your dog everywhere you want to at all times? >> no. nobody thinks that. >> some people think that. >> really? >> yeah. martha. >> she's going to love this segment. ladies, thank you. good luck with -- whether does your show start again? >> september 13th on the hallmark channel. >> all right. we'll be back with a cool dish for a hot day. this is "today" on nbc. it's time for "today's kitchen." >> they have cold and refreshing dishes for a very hot summer day. welcome to mary and john and anthony and elena. we're going there today for your birthday party at their famous eatery. >> how are you? >> what are we making. >> we're beginning with a chilled cucumber soup, and it's delightful. you see me draining the cucumbers, because whether you blend it with the yogurt, the cucumbers get a better flavor whether nathey're drained. otherwise there's too much fluid and water. >> ants like moisture. we learned that yesterday. >> yes, we did. >> i'm going to turn it over to john. >> i'm john. >> i have greek yogurt already in the blender. i have some chives and some difficult to add to it. some olive oil. >> this isn't particularly low calorie? >> no. it tastes good. lemon juice. >> could you make it with 2% yogurt or sfwhaewhatever? >> with the greek yogurt it tastes better. >> keep talking, keep talking. >> i got to blend this, turn on the blender, and there it is. that's amore. >> i like that. wow. >> come on. >> that's all you're doing? you're done? >> i'm done. >> we should have tasted it. go ahead, anthony. >> what are we making? >> i'd rather if we did it, we would use fresh tuna, but we have tuna at the house. here's your canned tuna. here's what we've done ahead of time. we have rice sitting in the refrigerator usually. it's sunday, it's 12:00. what do you do? >> what do you do, anthony? >> the dog days of summer. we have our tuna and rice and we have a little red onion. >> we have something else that's red, too. >> celery. and we have peppers. we're mixing that together, tomatoes, olives. string beans. cappers, radishes, a little salt, a little pepper. olive oil and lemon. >> that looks good together. >> we're going it to mix that up, a little rose and a little lemon. >> is that it right here? look at the final product. >> that's beautiful. >> look at elena. >> thank you so much. >> what happened, honey? >> i did a slip and fall routine, and -- >> i'm fine. i'm here. >> oh, you're so sweet. >> we're making a chilled berry. take your -- take it over here. you want to talk about the accents? >> okay. okay. shall i start? >> please. >> chilled berry soup. mix your berries, whichever berries you like, some red wine, lots of red wine, sugar and cinnamon sticks. we let it come to a boil, and then we'll as i remember for about 30 minutes. it will look like this, we'll just simmer 30 minutes. this is what it looks like, and we like to -- thank you so much. raspberry sorbet. it's a very lady like dessert. good for our figures, and some toasted almonds on top. isn't that lovely? >> that looks great. >> it's fruit. >> it's fruit. you're allowed. >> fruit and sugar, sugar. >> just a little. >> how is it? >> delicious. >> everything you make is delicious. come on. let's be honest. >> here. >> there's the fork. >> all right. thank you so much. we'll see you this afternoon. >> yeah in an hour. >> we get to order what you want, or will you bring it out? >> anything other than chinese food is terrific. tomorrow we talk about the dangers that may be lurking in your house and how to fix them. and some makeup that won't slide off your face in the summer heat. >> have a great day. thank you for watching. >> have an awesome booze day, everybody. >> have an awesome booze day, everybody. don't drink and drive. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com