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welcome to "today" on this friday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm david gregory in for matt this morning. i got to tell you, just heart sick hearing about this story first thing in the morning as a dad who takes his kids to the ball games all the time. last night's texas rangers game, a father and son enjoying the game together, thrilled to have a player, josh hamilton, no less, throw them a foul ball, then that tragic fall occurred. >> the man was conscious after plunging 20 feet. witnesses say that the only thing he was othering about was his young son's safety. he later died after he went into full cardiac arrest on the way to the hospital. we're going to go live to the scene straight ahead this morning. also ahead this morning, the investigation is widening this morning into the phone hacking scandal that has led to the upcoming shutdown of england's most popular newspaper. the latest from london coming up this morning. >> the very dramatic story there. and also this morning, a "today" exclusive. nadya suleman outraged millions of americans and ignited a nation-wide debate over in-vitro fertilization when she gave birth to okctuplets. today they're here for their first ever live joint appearance. >> green room goes daycare. >> right? plus our big city crowd has gone a bit country this morning for one of the hottest acts around. blake shelton. look at that crowd. the cma's male vocalist of the year takes over our summer concert stage in the 8:30 half-hour. first let's begin with this fatal fall at a baseball game. kim fisher from kxas the nbc station in dallas is at the rangers ballpark in arlington. kim, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. everyone out here is simply in shock over what happened here last night. it started off as a typical play. josh hamilton, snagged a foul ball, he went to toss it up into the stands. but it is what happened in the seconds after that that simply shocked everyone. 39-year-old shannon stone who had come to the game with his son, reached out to grab that ball and he fell over the railing. now some of the people who were around did try to grab him but they just couldn't do it as he fell over. he did fall 20 feet but what we understand is that he was coherent while he was down there talking with paramedics, asking about his son, making sure his son was okay. some of the fans nearby did bring the son down to him as he headed off to the hospital. but then that's when things turned tragic. while he was in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, he did go into cardiac arrest and he passed away just one hour after the fall. we did get a chance to talk with nolan ryan, president of the texas rangers. he said the team is absolutely devastated. and then of course the fans were devastated as well and they said this isn't just a tragedy for stone and his family. this is a tragedy for everyone there, including the rangers organization. ann? >> kim, i know it's hard to see because we don't see how exactly further down, but apparently it was concrete underneath which is one reason why he was so hurt. what can you tell us about what happened to his son? >> reporter: yeah. i can definitely tell you that fans that were nearby said the son was around 8 or 9 years old. they said that after the fall happened, they could hear the father down below asking about the son so they walked him down to police to make sure he could be with his dad after everything happened. ann? >> kim fisher, thank you so much. what a tragedy. appreciate your reporting. thank you. >> you got to think about josh hamilton, too, was doing a nice thing, tossing the ball to a fan, only to see this happen. let's get a check of the morning's other top stories. natalie morales is at the news desk this morning. good morning. good morning, everyone. deadly shooting spree, car chase and hostage standoff ended last night with more bloodshed in michigan. police in grand rapids says a 34-year-old went on a shooting rampage that killed seven people, including his own daughter, and another unidentified child. after a high-speed chase and a five-hour hostage standoff, he fatally shot him ef. his three hostages were unharmed. new legal troubles for former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss-khan. today paris prosecutors opened a preliminary probe into the attempted rape accusation leveled against him by that french novelist. despite last-minute appeals from the white house, u.s. supreme court rejected a stay of execution last night for a 38-year-old mexican citizen convicted of raiching and murdering a texas teen. he received lethal injection last night in huntsville, texas. the case set off a flurry of objections because the defendant had not been informed he could seek legal help from the mexican government at the time of his arrest back in 1994. two people are dead this morning after a small plane crashed into a southern california hospital. both people on board the plane were killed. no one in the hospital was injured. stakes are high ahead of a rare sunday meeting at the white house where leaders from both sides of the aisle are pushing for a deal on the debt ceiling. the deal must be in place before august 2nd for the government to avoid possible default. and, it is the end of an era for a town -- a bridge, rather, on the sbridge in pennsylvania. hundreds came out to see the 7:06 right now.y come down. you're up to date. let's turn it back over to ann, david and maria. a lot of tragedy in the news this morning. sorry do that on a friday. >> so much. let's get a first check of the weather from maria larosa in for al but we have concerns, including flash flooding. heavy showers and thunderstorms expected through the mid-atlantic, including d.c., up into philadelphia, roanoke and kentucky as well. not helped along by the strong showers and thunderstorms exing. gusty winds and hail, too. we have showers moving through. those will pick up as we get into the afternoon. daytime heating. those will continue into the early part of the evening. best chance of stronger thunderstorms, in atlanta, northern plains, beautiful in the northwest. here's a look at what you can expect. >> good morning. right now mostly cloudy, warm, humid. 78 at reagan national. and the likelihood of heavy downpours today from noon time all the way until past midnight tonight. some storms coming through, unclo unclou unload torrential rain that may overflow roadways. watch out for that. then, lower humidity moves in for the weekend, less humid on saturday and sunday with the su >> david, back to you. >> maria, thanks. casey ant? i back behind bars this morning following thursday's sentencing hearing, but she won't be there for very long. nbc's kerry sanders is at the orange county jail. hey, kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. casey anthony will be free in just nine days. she was convicted and sentenced on four counts of lying to a law enforcement officer, but she gets credit for the time that she's already served here in the jail. overnight they recalculated the numbers, it added a little bit more time but she'll still be walking free in a little more than a week. 25-year-old crazy anthony walked into court relaxed, happy. no longer an accused murderer. as she waited for the judge to arrive, casey fiddled with her hair. it was notably down, unlike most days during the trial. >> the defendant, casey anthony, is before the court. >> reporter: judge belvin perry says the jury spoke loud and clear reminding casey they did find her guilty of lying to law enforcement four times. >> i will sentence you to one year in the orange county jail. >> reporter: one year for each of the four misdemeanor counts. but with time served, she gets out in nine days. casey showed no emotion, even as the state said her lies wasted so much time and money. >> cost of investigation is not intended to be punitive. >> reporter: prosecutors want casey, who's indigent with only $301.18 in her jail commissary account, to pay those state costs with any money she may now make from her new found notoriety. the bill is not yet calculated but it is expected to exceed $1 million. outside the courthouse, the anger at her acquittal for murder is now intensified by a sentence that effectively puts her in jail for less than a week. >> she let a murderer go! >> reporter: fears of vigilante justice are why jail officials say they surrounded her movements thursday with extreme protection. >> we don't want her here and she needs to go and start her bella vita somewhere else. we paid the tax money for these false searches. we're left with the bill. we're left with a hole in the heart because a child is gone. >> reporter: that bella vita life refers to the tattoo casey got on her back, on her shoulder, after her daughter caylee died. in italian it means "a beautiful life." where will she go when she is released? well, it is unclear if the court will have any restrictions. if there are none, she can go anywhere in the united states she wants, maybe to puerto rico. who will fund her departures an her life? that's unclear, david. >> going to be a tough road ahead for her. kerry sanders, thank you very much. 7:1 1. here's ann. david, thank you. there is new fallout in morning in the "news of the world" phone hacking scandal. one of the tabloid newspaper's former editors has now been arrested a day after rupert murdoch announced he's shutting down the 168-year-old paper. nbc's mike taibbi has more. mike? >> reporter: the so-called phone hacking scandal has been around for years. six years, to be precise. but in the past week it went from a story about celebrity cell phones being hacked to regular people as alleged victims, including the grieving relatives of crime victims or soldiers killed in action and the explosion that's followed led to the extinction of the biggest circulation newspaper in the english speaking world. media barron rupert murdoch has had little to say as the scandal jumped to another level. >> i'm not making any comments. >> reporter: but son james murdoch said if the allegations are true, the newspaper's behavior was inhuman. >> i feel regret. clearly the practices of certain individuals did not live up to the standards and quality of journalism that we believe in. >> reporter: one practice that met no standards, that grieving rel tis of murdered children, or of british soldiers killed in action, had their cell phones hacked, and their voice mail messages accesses. >> if these actions are proved to have been verified, i'm appalled and find it quite disgusting. >> reporter: so did prime minister david cameron and both sides of the aisle in a rare emergency session of the house of commons all in agreement that the public needs to know who was hacked, who did it, and who knew about it. >> once we know that, then we will know where the blame lies and obviously the people responsible must pay a penalty. >> reporter: one person murdoch says is not responsible is rebecca brooks, the paper's former editor and still a top corporate executive. critics have charged that murdoch chose to save her rather than one of britain's oldest newspapers. at age 80, murdoch's once bulletproof reputation has been shaken. >> the reports that this is the end of murdoch or this is the death of murdoch in a business sense are probably overstated. but it does give one pause to see a scandal of this proportion really spiral out of control. >> reporter: hacking the phones of celebrities and politicians was one thing. but harvesting the grieving voicemails of ordinary people dealing with tragedy triggered an explosion of revulsion that could not be contained. with advertisers abandoning the paper, its closing will put some 200 employees out of work and there are publish reports today that there are more arrests coming, perhaps within days, several investigations now under way. >> nbc's mike taibbi, thanks so much, mike. 7:13. once again here's david. ann, thanks. it is likely to be the number one issue in the 2012 presidential election as we've been talking about it, it is the economy and the struggling job market. both president obama and the republican contenders will be closely watching when this morning's unemployment figures come out. cnbc's maria bartiromo is here to break it all down for us. good to see you. what are you expecting? some positive signs i guess in the last couple of days in terms of private sector job creation which is what's been lacking. >> that's right. and we are expecting job creation in the month of june. even though may was quite weak. we're looking for a number better than 100,000 new jobs created in the month of june and the unemployment rate to stay at 9.1%. you have to see that as a victory it didn't actually go up. the bad news is it is still very spotty and very choppy and the month of may was quite weak. >> when i talk to either business leaders or others in finance, they say it's debt. it is if we're talking about the debt ceiling or personal debt, people are trying to pay down that debt to such degree that people aren't hiring and that's still the bottom line. >> i agree with you. that's a great point. because the uncertainty surrounding all of the debt issues that we're talking about, we're having an unprecedented conversation about whether or not to raise the debt ceiling right now. that has created a lot of uncertainty for businesses and remember, they need to see a return on their investment as well. so they're not necessarily going to invest a whole lot of money, adds new heads to the payroll if number one, they don't see the demand, they don't expect that they're going to get money there because people are out there buying and going to be picking up on their investment. and number two, they're worried about this uncertainty. surrounding the debt as well as the regulatory environment, they're worried about higher taxes, a whole host of issues. >> and that's the kind of thing that's keeping them when there's no big solutions coming out of washington from actually hiring additional people. part of this though is the actual recovery. are we in a slow growth recovery period where those jobs may not come back? >> well, i think you make a great point. there are some jobs that will not come back. if a company can send workers overseas to places like india and get a job done for a cheaper fee, of course they're going to do it. so yes, some jobs won't come back. there has been some hiring believe it or not in manufacturing. that's when one area of growth. the elephant in the room, unfortunately, is the fact that wages haven't moved at all so that's a major issue. while some people are worried about inflation, because you see price hikes on every commodity from oil to milk to copper and iron ore, at the same time wages haven't moved so the fed is saying well there's no inflation because we're watching wages. for the average guy and gal out there with a job, they are unfortunately seeing their pay at a flat rate. >> and consumer deplanned is a big driver of the economy and ultimately job creation. but again we talk about debt. mortgage debt. what's the consumer up to right now? >> the consumer has been spending in spotty places. some areas of retail that have actually seen some vibrancy. upper end and lower end have done better than the middle. you are seeing the mortgage market and housing market continue to be in the dumps. i mean frankly, the housing market has not participated in this recovery and now not only have prices come down, making it more affordable for people, unfortunately, the issue is they can't get a mortgage because the standards are much higher today. so it's tough sledding actually still. >> tough news. maria, thank you very much. we'll watch for the numbers later this morning. state of the economy and battle over the debt ceiling will be a big focus for me this sunday on "meet the press." my guest will be treasury secretary tim geithner and i'll also interview republican presidential candidate tim pawlenty. if the weather cooperates and that's a very big "if," the space shuttle will take off for the very last time this morning. nbc's tom costello is at the kennedy space center. hey tom, good morning. >> reporter: hi, ann. the weather is the big variable, as you mentioned. still a 70% of no-go but there is just a hint of more optimism out there right now. we have a live shot of "atlantis" sitting on the pad right now. if they don't go today, they'll go over the weekend. boy, is this place packed. three-quarters of a million spectators expected today. while wet weather may delay this morning's launch of "atlantis," nasa has gone through this routine hundreds of times before. but this countdown is different. the final crew to ever fly a shuttle. >> welcome aboard the space shuttle. >> reporter: at the johnson space center in houston, commander chris ferguson invited me into the shuttle training simulator to experience a virtual lift-off. >> that boom right there is the solid rocket booster. you can see the pad disappearing to the left here and we're on our way. >> reporter: and talk about the 135th, and final, flight. >> to know that you're preparing for the last mission, this must be bittersweet. >> it's going to be tough for me and i think it is going to be difficult for the folks who have given their life to the program to know that it is over. >> reporter: it was 1981 when the first shuttle, c"columbia," roord into space. since then the shuttle has circled the earth nearly 21,000 times and carried some 355 people from 16 countries. along with the triumphs of building the space station, deploying and later repairing the hubble telescope, there has also been tragedy. nasa administrator charles bolden. >> we shall remember the crews of "challenger" and "columbia" who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: from start to finish, the shuttle program has cost some $200 billion and supporters insist it's been worth the investment. >> because it's an expression of the national spirit that we have. you know, this country was founded by explorers. >> reporter: also at the cape for the final launch, nbc's jay barbree who has covered every manned space lunch surveillance 1958. >> it is an experience that only you can feel here when these mighty machines are climbing into orbit. my heart will be pumping. i will be concerned about the astronauts on board and i will be watching with pride it going into orbit. it will be 166 for me and i hope to be here for 167. >> reporter: we love jay barbree. if we go again any time soon, it will be on board a commercial space vehicle but that could be four to five years away. ann, in the meantime, american astronauts will be catching a ride to the space station with the russians. back to you. >> tom costello this morning, thank you so much. nbc news will bring you live coverage of the launch if and whether it happens later this morning. it is now 7:19. once again here's david. ann, thanks very much. today marks a first for the duchess of cambridge. kate is set to visit the united states for the very first time following a whirlwind tour through canada. nbc's peter alexander has the good assignment. he's been following the royal couple's trip every step of the way. he's in beverly hills with the latest this morning. hey, peter. >> reporter: david, good morning to you. the royals coming to america tour officially begins this afternoon. they arrive at lax, greeted by l.a.'s mayor antonio villaraigosa and the governor of the state, jerry brown. then they go where else? straight to beverly hills. they come here for a british business conference in a city that's filled with stars, theirs may be the biggest names of all. with just hours to go until this golden couple hits the golden state, william and kate are saddling up for the final day of what's been a nearly flawless canadian tour. their first official overseas trip. >> will and kate clearly are a rock star royal couple. wherever they go they get cheered. there's mania about them, almost like a beatle mania. >> reporter: here in image obsessed l.a., this glamorous young couple's star power could outshine even hollywood's royalty. among those celebrities expected to rub elbows with the waleses, nicole kidman, tom hanks and roo reese witherspoon. i spoke with the princess earlier this morning. catherine, are you excited for your first trip to the u.s.? >> yeah, i'm really looking forward to it. >> reporter: that excitement has been lilding here in l.a., too. >> it's really fleiss to have that relationship between the uk and l.a. i'm really excited to see them come over. >> reporter: this weekend's most anticipated event, a sold-out charity polo match with the prince. but in calgary what some are calling the first misstep, the duke and duchess opting not to wear white cowboy hats. among those to tip their hats in the past -- the osbournes, president bush, even his holiness, the dalai lama. a spokesman for the couple says it was no royal snub. hours later, they proudly put them on. and in a nod to kate's every day appeal, observers have noted she wore her favorite jeans several days in a row. admirers gathered for days to catch a glimpse of the royals. >> it's one of the happiest days i have ever been through. >> reporter: among the millions of canadians charmed by the future king and queen, this 6 years cancer patient diamond marshall whose wish to meet a princess was granted. you can see kate was really moved by that moment. by the way, this is the kind of story, the more you think about it, david, that very easily could be written right here in hollywood but this is not all about pomp and pageantry. it is also about charity. they're going to an inner city arts program while here and also raise money for african wildlife, even attending a veterans job fair. >> peter alexander, beverly hills this morning, thanks very much. coming up, much more on what lies ahead for casey anthony. nin sight on what happened during the emotional deliberations inside that jury room. we will have the latest coming up. but first, this is "today" on nbc. coming up, one of the country's most controversy moms. >> nadya suleman and her country's most controversy moms. >> nadya suleman and her octuplets after your local news. , so i was really aggressive with my parents about joining facebook. my parents are up to 19 friends now? so sad. ♪ i have 687 friends. this is living. what!? that is not a real puppy. that's too small to be a real puppy. [ male announcer ] toyota venza. keep on rolling. ♪ good morning. it's 7:26 on friday, 8th of july. i'm joe krebs. police put much of d.c. northeast d.c. in lockdown overnight looking for suspects in a car jacking that occurred in anne arundel county. they chased it into the district, the suspects crashed and bailed out. police did catch one, they're still looking for the other. we'll take a good morning. heavy downpours moving into the far eastern part of the northern neck and points south and east of there. elsewhere, no rain yet. later today from noon into tonight we have the threat of some storms coming through with heavy downpours that may cause flooding. only a slight risk of damaging winds. and that flood risk exists through the night into predawn saturday. then drying out, less humid for the weekend. highs near 90. >> u street closed in d.c. between 13th and 14th street due to fire activity. outer loop of the beltway in maryland jammed from new hampshire to georgia avenue. as you drive on colesville ride, 24 mile an hour. a live look right now. >> thanks a lot. in the news update, 25 minutes. now back to the "today" show. friday morning, july 8th, 2011. we have a happy crowd starting their day with us here in rockefeller plaza. they pick a good one, because blake shelton has the number one country song in the land and he's going to be performing it for us live when he takes to our summer concert stage later this morning. meantime, inside studio 1a, i'm ann curry alongside david gregory who's been nice enough to fill in while matt is off. >> good to be here. just ahead we'll get much more on the casey anthony trial, because what happens when now she walks free. could she face a civil lawsuit? our legal team of savannah guthrie and star jones weighs in again this morning. >> they've got plenty to say about what's ahead. also coming up, an inside look at the tragic case of phoebe prince, the teenager who took her own life after being bullied by fellow students. one who accepted a charge of criminal harassment speaks out for the first time in an exclusive interview. also this morning, she was dubbed octomom but nadya suleman calls that cartoon character fiction. today she's here with her okoct, two oldest kids. did she really use the word "animal" to describe some of her own children? nadya suleman sets the record straight in an exclusive live interview. let's begin with casey anthony. that case and the lingering outrage at both the verdict and her sentencing. nbc's kerry sand irs is at the jail in orlando once again this morning. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, david. casey anthony could be out of the jail here in nine days. she was convicted, of course, for lying to law enforcement officers but she's been in jail here for some time and with the time served and gain time she'll be out in a little bit more than a week. but there's been outrage, as you said. now lawmakers have suggested that perhaps there's a need for caylee's law. this would be a law that would be on the books that would require a guardian or parent to remain in contact with a child who's 12 years ode and if they lost contact with them for more than 48 hours they would have to report them missing. and if they failed to report the death of a child in more than two hours, they could be arrested. then of course the law would reinforce that you cannot lie to law enforcement officers. all of this because when casey's daughter disappeared as initially it was reported, she didn't tell anyone for 31 days. as we now know, her daughter died but it remained a secret until her mother contacted 911. david? >> kerry, thanks very much. marcia clark, the prosecutor in the o.j. simpson trial, author of "guilt by association," star jones and savannah guthrie, good morning. savannah we've been talking the last couple days, you're walking around doing calculations in your head all the time. >> trying to do calculations. >> how did they reach final release date? >> the department of corrections knows how exactly they got from this four-year sentence. calculated about three years' time served, added in good time and what's called in florida gain time behavior of about ten days a month. but actually no matter how you crunch the numbers, it is hard to get exactly the math that they apparently got. and it is evidenced by the fact they've changed the date overnight, instead of being released wednesday she'll be released the following sunday. it shows there's a little bit mystery to exactly how they did this calculation. the bottom line is she served three years of a sentence and did get good time behavior. >> marcia, take us into the jury room as we learn additional details about what that deliberation was like. jurors have now come out publicly saying they were heart sick about this, they feel it was a gimme based on the evidence that she was guilty, and yet the initial deliberations were it sounded like according to one juror, 10-2 in favor of acquittal on the first three murder charges but then split 6-6 on the aggravated child abuse. how did that go down? >> it sounds to me like you have a jury that's inclined to acquit right from the start. the aggravated child abuse is the least of the heavy charges involving the homicide of caylee. so what you have is a jury that's basically rejecting the homicide charges right from the start and is an amazing kind of amount of unity considering that's their first vote. remember that. first vote. 10-2 for acquittal on first degree is amazing. i can say one thing, david, about the release date? i think that there may be some misinformation deliberately given out to avoid anybody knowing exactly when she's going to get out for security purposes. it would not surprise me if neither of the 13th nor the 17th is the accurate date. >> the question now, star, is going to become whether there's any possible legal avenue ahead. one of them would be a civil action. we discussed that a little bit yesterday. is there anybody to sue for wrongful death which is what you could do perhaps? >> well, in theory be the defendant, casey, is going to make some money at some point in her life. we don't know how she's going to do it. you've heard the book deals, you've heard movie projects. reality shows but the real quick money nowadays is in turning it over to a real interview and if you can do an interview for money from one of these tabloids, sell your story quickly, then you actually can get some money. that would be money that they would attach in a wrongful death lawsuit. >> savannah, there is an internet movement afoot now for the idea of a caylee's law which would be a federal crime if you delay contacting authorities. that's directly related to the fact that she was lying about where caylee was in the course of that interview. lie after lie which is what she was ultimately convicted of. >> yeah. and i think this reflects the feeling in the community that somehow the law failed us here. so many people on the outside think clearly she did something wrong at a minimum, just failing to report your daughter missing. after she, according to casey anthony, had died. there's something wrong with that. i actually think -- i mean this law is fine as far as it goes, but in some sense the lying to authorities charges covers that same conduct in failing to report. and at the end of the day, the problem with this case is not a failure of our laws, it is a failure of proof on the part of the prosecution so caylee's law is fine, i understand what motivates it. i just don't know how much it will really change anything. >> and david, if you think about it for a minute, really? are we at that point in our world, in our country, where we need a law to tell a parent if your baby goes missing, please call somebody? >> yeah, right. it's a depraved set of circumstances. >> exactly. >> thank you all very much. star jones, savannah guthrie and marcia clark out in los angeles. for much more, be sure to catch a special "dateline" -- casey anthony invite the verdict, tonight at 9:00, 8:00 central time right here on nbc. now let's get a collection of the weather from maria la roy is a who is in for al. >> good morning, david. this crowd is ready for some blake shelton. i'm going to get you ready for the weekend. let's take a look at saturday's forecast. we do have a forecast a chance r showers and thunderstorms, a risk of severe weather through the central plains up into the upper midwest. warm from the northeast down to the southeast. that continues into sunday. dry and hot across the southwest. that's a look at the weather across the country. here's look what the you can expect. >> cloudy and humid around the metro area. mid and upper 70s. showers and thunder rolling through the virginia capes and northern neck heading east. also other heavy downpours rolling out of ohio into western west virginia. that will likely be coming our way later today from noon today all the way in through most of friday and predawn saturday. we could have heavy downpours with thunder and lightning. some downpours could cause >> david, back to you. just ahead, would she do it again? 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[ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. the suicide of 15-year-old phoebe prince in massachusetts brought national attention to the issue of bullying in schools and led to the question, when does bullying cross the line and become criminal behavior? the community of south hadley high school had to confront that issue head-on when some of phoebe's classmates were indicted for harassment. in a moment, one of those students speaks out for the first time, but first, here's nbc's ron allen. >> reporter: phoebe prince was a happy and playful 12-year-old in this home video of a family vacation. that was before the irish teen moved to america with her mom and started her freshman year at south hadley high in massachusetts. just a few months after that in january 2010, phoebe hanged herself at home ending her own life at age 15, and her mother said ending the pain caused by the school bullies who tormented her. ann o'brien, phoebe's mom, spoke about her loss in may. in a hushushed courtroom -- >> as i said my final good-bye to phoebe at the crematorium, i picked up from her coffin and held her for the very last time. >> reporter: a mother's grief as five students pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges of criminal harassment in connection with the events that preceded phoebe's death. the new girl in school, new to this country, had been subjected to a three-month campaign of verbal assaults and threats of physical harm, prosecutors said. humiliating her in front of classmates and with texts and on facebook and twitter. why? because phoebe had dated two guys and angered other girls and their friends. this is what happened on her final walk home from school. >> a car with a couple of kids in it chucks a drink out the window, called her an irish s luchslut, why don't you go kill yourself. and she did. >> in one of her text messages to a friend, she said it would be easier if one of them handed me a noose. sharon shannon velazquez struck a deal to criminal harassment. more serious felony charges were dropped. >> anger and aggression would have scared me. so i can only imagine the terror it instilled in phoebe. >> reporter: prosecutors said the intense international notoriety, along with probation and 50 to 100 hours of community service, was punishment enough. >> the era of turning a blind eye to bullying and harassment is over. >> reporter: phoebe's family said justice had been done. >> i don't think anybody wanted to see those kids go to jail. >> reporter: while phoebe's family lives with the loss of their daughter, forever. ron allen, nbc news, new york. >> i sat down exclusively with sharon shannon velasquez earlier this week along with her mother and their attorney and i began by asking sharon if she has any regrets. >> i regret saying the things i said to her because at the end of the day, like i've told many people i tried to help out a friend and it backlashed and i didn't know that she had so many problems. and if i had known that, then i would have gone out of my way and tried to help her instead of saying the things i said to her. >> you're the first to speak out. why are you speaking out? >> well, like i said, i was trying to help out a friend and people don't understand that and i want them to know that. and they're going around saying things that aren't true and saying that i stalked her and that i bullied her and that wasn't the case at all. we argued. >> would you say you bullied her? >> no, i wouldn't. >> you wouldn't say you bullied her in some of the things that you said to her. >> well, some of the things i said to her were unnecessary and mean, but it's arguing. i only argued with her three times and of that i left it alone. >> the phoebe prince's mother said about you that you, quote, terrified my daughter by her anger and physical aggression. phoebe walked between people in the hallway in case she jumped her. you wouldn't call that bullying? >> no, because i didn't do that. i argued with her -- >> allow me, ann. actually, that's one of the reasons why we're here to clarify the record, that in fact the presentation given during the plea by the mother was many of those things were not actually what we pled to was a very limited fact pattern and she did not agree to those facts and that's why she's here today, because of all those facts that were read into the record by miss o'brien were not true. >> angela, so when you hear this, when you've heard these kinds of comments and you've heard the accusation that your daughter hurt phoebe prince in this way, what is your reaction? >> as a mother, it was hard, because i was sitting in the back. i couldn't stand up. i couldn't protect my daughter. and the key was there but she was saying things that i know that i know wasn't true. that's not the daughter i raised. seeing my daughter cry, i couldn't stand up and say let m. it was hard. >> now, you're 18 years old. and in school you you say, as a result of this, you've been bullied? >> i have. since the beginning when this whole story came out, we've got death threats, people say things to me all the time. they stare at me a lot. and it's a lot of things. it really hurts. >> in fact, you know, we were googling your name and when you google just your name, it says "sharon velasquez bully." >> yeah. people have their own idea of me. like i said, i was trying to help out a friend. i didn't mean it to go as far as it did. >> so what is the truth about you, sharon? what is it you want to say about yourself that people don't realize that they pinned you out as a bully? >> i'm not a mean person. i mean i'm -- i think i'm really caring. i care a lot. because i went out of my way to help out my friend and i didn't mean to hurt somebody or say the things i said to them. >> you know, colin, i know you say this entire matter, now that sharon is 18 years old, this entire matter will be wiped from her record. >> that's correct. >> and so the question now becomes how are you going to move forward? what life do you want now? >> i want people to not judge me. i want them to leave me alone. i want them to stop saying things to me and -- because when i started school, these people came up to me and told me to leave because they don't want me here and i want that to stop. i was modeling and i had to stop that. i had to stop going to school. they kick me out. couldn't do a lot of things and i just want that to stop and i just want to go on with my life. >> and sharon also said that if she could say one thing to phoebe, she would say that she is sorry, that she didn't know everything that she was going through or she would have tried to help phoebe. she also expressed how sorry she is that she caused phoebe's parents any pain. sharon also said that she didn't mean any of the things that she said. we'll be back right after said. we'll be back right after this. of a role in my own life, t playch but with advair, i'm breathing better so now i can take the lead on a science adventure. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator, working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people with copd taking advair may have a higher chance of pneumonia. advair may increase your risk of osteoporosis and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking advair. if you're still having difficulty breathing, take the lead. ask your doctor if including advair could help improve your lung function. get your first full prescription free and save on refills at advaircopd.com. uh-huh. jeff! honey, i can't walk any faster. 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>> i know how to two-step. >> do you. >> i do. i'm always impressed tosh here on a summer concert day. it is unbelievable. it is a bad time to say i'm uncomfortable in front of large groups? >> i think you eat it up. we have a lot to get to this morning. we're also going to hear from nadya suleman, remember she's been called the octomom. she's made the trip from california to new york with all of her octuplets for their very first live in-studio joint appearance. how do they manage? does she have any regrets and what is important that she told a magazine that she actually hated her babies. we'll talk to nadya suleman about all that. also, rare glimpse into the family's interworkings. amy robach went out to california and spent a day with them. we'll catch up on what that was like. let's get to the news of the morning. we've got natalie at the news desk. good morning, ann and david. good morning, everyone. casey anthony will not be getting out of jail next wednesday after all. florida corrections officials have recalculated her credit for time already served and delayed her release by four days until sunday, july 17th. anthony was found not guilty tuesday of murdering her 2-year-old daughter caylee but she was sentenced to four years in jail for lying to police. an emotional day for nasa as the shuttle "atlantis" was poised this morning for the final mission of the entire 30-year space shuttle program. shuttle fueled up while nasa kept an eye on cloudy weather that threatened to delay today's watch. on thursday nasa reported a lightning strike within one-third of a mile of the launchpad. london police today arrested the prime minister's former spokesman in the growing newspaper phone hacking scandal. andy colson was also the former editor of "news of the world," the 168-year-old best selling tabloid at the center of the scandal. on thursday media tycoon rupert murdoch said he's shutting down the paper which is accused of hacking into the cell phones of many celebrities and political figures. back country trails at yellowstone national park remained off-limits this morning two days after bear killed a 57-year-old california man. the park superintendent says the female bear responsible is being monitored but will not be removed from the area because she was following natural instincts and protecting her cubs. and now for a look at what's trending today, our quick round-up of what has you talking online -- an online petition for caylee's law has gone viral. it would require parents or guardians to promptly report the death off disappearance of a child. it's named, of course, for caylee anthony, the florida girl whose disappearance was not reported to police for over a month. and a video that may disturb some viewers. on google people are searching for josh hamilton, the texas ranger outfielder who tossed a ball into the stands thursday only to have the fan fall to his death. the rangers say they're heavy-hearted about the tragedy. a hot topic on today.com. hair necklaces? an art student wanted to make disregarded hair more attractive. maybe not the best trend for summer. i don't know. artistic, for sure. 8:04 right now. bacstic for sure. you can do something out of anything. >> thanks. a check of the weather, we have got maria larosa in for al. there you are, maria. >> i'm in with the blake fans here. coming right outside the door. >> yes, i know. my gosh. >> check out the weather. we have showers and thunderstorms across the northeast, including in our pick city, new haven, connecticut, up to 82. very humid across the country as a front is beginning to drift south across the mid-atlantic and the southeast. could see strong thunderstorms there. also through the northern plains with another front coming through. looks like sunshine for much of the west coast. that's a look at the weather across the country. here's a look what the you can expect. >> good morning. partly sunny, mostly cloudy around the region, in the 70s. radar showing heavy downpours through the lower even shore out of the virginia tide water region. coming into western west virginia, ohio valley, heavy rain coming our way. looks like we could have flooding rain with thunder and lightning here this afternoon and all the way into tonight beginning as early as noon time until midnight tonight. and then, a bit less humid for the weekend. saturday, sun back by the afternoon, near 90. sunny, >> david, back to you. >> maria, thanks very much. up next, a "today" exclusive. nadya suleman's first ever live interview with her octuplets. she'll be here in studio 1a. but first these messages. i didn't understand it. i found out that connected to our muscles are nerves that send messages through the body. my doctor diagnosed it as fibromyalgia -- thought to be the result of overactive nerves that cause chronic, widespread pain. lyrica is believed to calm these nerves. i learned lyrica can provide significant relief from fibromyalgia pain. and less pain means, i can feel better and do more of what matters. 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[ kara ] over three thousand entered, ♪ ten were named semi-finalists, ♪ five made it to times square, ♪ one rose above the rest. ♪ congratulations to courtney reid the winner of this year's folgers jingle contest. ♪ back now at 8:09. nadya suleman grabbed worldwide headlines back in january of 2009 when she gave birth to octuplets. only the second surviving set ever born in the united states. the attention quickly turned to public scrutiny when it was discovered the single mother had undergone in-vitro fertilization and already had six other children. well, this morning suleiman is here with her octuplets and one of her other children for an exclusive live interview. but first, "today" national correspondent amy robach has a look at a day in their lives. amy, good morning. >> ann, good morning to you. i think you can hear probably a little bit of what i experienced. after spending the first 15 minutes with nadya suleman and her 14 kids, i have to admit, i was completely exhausted. she doled out breakfast, snacks, water, discipline and love and it was only 9:00 a.m. obviously it is a daily struggle keeping on top of what goes on inside her home, but suleiman must also battle with those on the outside looking in. >> this is makkai. he's the biggest. here's the thing, i never wanted any help. i never did want help. i never wanted nannies, i never wanted volunteers. i like to take care of the children myself. >> the single mother of 14 children all conceived with the help of in-vitro fertilization, nadya suleman is well aware she's the focus of anger and controversy. >> if i had a mate that would have diffused a lot of animosity. i'm the ultimate societal scapegoat, i believe. >> reporter: unwed, unemployed and with six other children ranging in age from 2 to 7 years old, when the octuplets were born suleiman defended her actions in an exclusive interview with ann curry a week after giving birth to the babies. >> the world outside is saying what are you doing? >> i'm providing myself to my children. i'm loving them unconditionally, accepting them unconditionally. everything i do. i'll stop my life for them. >> reporter: 2 1/2 years later, nadya suleman living in a four-bedroom house struggles to raise her children all by herself. is it harder than you thought it would be? >> i'm happier and i feel more free than i ever thought i would. how about that? i'm so happy, i don't have nannies. it's harder but i feel so much stronger. i've been forced -- i forced myself to pull out strengths i never knew i possessed. >> reporter: but a recent "in touch" magazine articles paints a different picture. in an interview suleiman was quoted as saying "i hate babies, they disgust me, my older kids are animals, i can't discipline them." >> i've never said one of those words. not one. and they made up all these things. people are saying i'm locking myself in the bathroom. i can't even spend ten seconds really in a bathroom bet alone what they're saying. >> they also said in the article you have considered suicide. >> first and foremost, never, no, no way. who's going to take care of my kids? i'm the only one that's the rock in their life. >> reporter: a typical day at the suleimans starts at the crack of dawn. >> i get up at 5:30. get aden off to the bus. i start getting the other people -- they're not babies -- trying to potty train. it is hard for to you imagine but when you constantly keep moving and you're going 200 miles per hour, 300 miles per hour, it is just another thing you have to tackle. >> reporter: with 14 kids all living under one roof, there are devon signs of heavy wear and tear. >> there's some holes here. there's some holes there. it's been from the scooters or bikes, whatever, you know. one of our main goals, a priority is to buy a heem and i want to earn it, work for it and buy it myself. >> reporter: which won't be easy. it reportedly costs $15,000 a month to support her children. so to make ends meet, she has resorted to taking on unconventional jobs like appearing in this video. >> one more thing on the laundry list of humiliation. >> you needed money. >> he said you can make a couple hundred thousand dollars. you can pay off part of your house. i'm thinking, okay, i'll do it. zero dollars, total lesson learned -- priceless. >> you got no money from that. >> yeah. >> what are your hopes for your children? >> number one is their health and well become. that's most important, always will be. number two is education. so maybe one will go to med school. that's a nice dream. >> as for her personal life, nadia says her kids are it. she has avoided any kind of relationship for over a decade now and she says she has no plans on pursuing any sort of dating life any time soon. ann? >> amy, thank you so much. now making their live television debut, nadya suleman and her octuplet octuplets. and one of nadya's oldest children, 9 years old. good morning to all of you. as we just heard, you were talking about how you are not paid for any of these unconventional jobs you told amy about and you're not being paid for this interview. so how are you supporting all of these children? >> well, for the first time ever i was able to be fortunate enough to have management for the first time about a month ago. from that point on is when i've been able to generate enough revenue to make ends meet. >> doing? >> appearances or i've been doing boxing. i just started. i'm doing a tour with them. every month i'm going to boxing matches. i've been a fitness trainer actually so i have been having a real job since last summer. i've been a fitness trainer. i'm in the process of earning my personal trainer's license. but again, that's peanuts compared to what the total dollars amount i will need to support all the kids every month. so just different jobs, tv appearances, interviews, radio, whatever i can, as long as it is appropriate and respectable. >> some people have said that you have been worried that you might be on public assistance. >> i've never in my life been on and i never will. i would feel like a failure not only as a mother but as a human being. that's my own bias. >> you may not always have enough money but you do have a lot of children and i wonder if you ever feel a mother's guilt -- >> i felt that for years. since i had them. i felt guilt. the hundreds of death threats. finally swallowing all of my emotions manifested into panic attacks. then through exercise and becoming a fitness trainer and helping other women become stronger physically and mentally it's helped me. that's my way to self-medicate. i do 40 miles a weight of climbing a stairmaster with weights. i made up my own 99-minute -- >> what about a ploer's guilt in terms of being able to give them enough attention? >> i have learned to move past that. i personally cannot waste my energy just fixating on my past choices, regardless if they were good or bad choices. how is that advantageous to them? you know? what am i teaching them? sovy to teach them to accept it, learn, grow as a result of your choices, accept the responsibility of the consequences of your choices and move forward because if you just look back, what are you going to do? just sag me forever and grow old. you need to grow as a result, then you're able to move forward. >> thank you so much. >> what other way is there than forward? >> well, you didn't choose to have eight children all at once -- >> no. >> but the doctor who was your doctor, your in-vitro doctor, he just last week lost his license. >> i heard. >> he's the one that did your in-vitro treatments largely because of your pregnancy, lost his license. when we first talked, nadya, you defended him. what are your thoughts now? >> both. both. i still defend to a certain point because i wouldn't have my oldest, i wouldn't have any of my children had he not invented the procedures he had invented. but in regard to -- i don't feel i have the authority. >> oh, no, no -- no, no, that's okay. no, that's not going to happen. there you go. there you go. no problem. >> we're going to stay on the carpet. >> but it's difficult obviously to keep an eye on everyone and make sure they're safe and give them their attention. >> no, i do though. >> at one point you told me that you were -- you felt resentful being an only child. >> yeah. right. >> now do you ever worry that they're going to resent being one of 14? >> i have thought about it. i'm reading a book. i'm almost done writing my own without any help. but all of the reflections and all of the self-investigation and self-evaluation deep down and introspection and all that is what i'm writing about. can i waste my energy in time worrying about that daily when i have to focus on them constantly? no. because how is that going to help them? >> i want to get to this because i want you to talk about this "in touch requesting magazine article. >> i've never done an interview with them. >> but you talked to someone who apparently gave that discussion to that interviewer. >> i've never said any of that. we were contemplating suing because it is slander. i've never said any of that. none of it actually. >> you're contemplating suing -- you were or are you still contemplating? >> we still are but my manager has an attorney who's considering it. >> you want an apology? >> i think they should retract it because it is all slander. all of it. i love my children. i would do anything for my kids. i live for my kids. >> so you never said that you thought that they were -- >> i love children. i love children. i love all kids. i love my kids. i would die for my kids. i don't regret. i can't waste my energy and time regretting anything. no, i do not have suicide ideations. >> we are obviously experiencing a blitd of wha little bit of wh experience all the time without help. >> this is different because i'm distracted out of the house. >> this is a fundamental logistical question. how do you potty train eight 2 1/2-year-olds? >> i'm in the process. >> how do you do it? >> you just go. 200 miles per hour. you just do it. the girls are almost potty trained. but since january they're in preschool. now i'm able to work during the day or personally train people when they're at school. >> let me ask amera a question. there was a light back there. amera, you're doing a great job. you were the first one to notice that. and so how has it been like for you being the older sister of all these kids? >> jeremiah! freeze. freeze, noah. freeze, noah. freeze. sit down right now. sit down. sit down. >> amera, how has it been for you? has it been hard for you? >> it's been okay. >> what do you mean okay? thanks so much for jumping in there, david. can i have you sit on my lap, sweetheart? >> we are sitting down. oh, by the way, they had two hours of sleep so this is the behavior for two hours of sleep. they -- this is the first time travel. >> this is normal behavior for 2 1/2 year-olds. >> no, no, these are incredibly behaved children. you won't believe it, if they sleep really well. >> actually we have now one apparently wanting to take matt lauer's job over there at the "today" show. i can just quickly ask you though, as a mother, who's been under the smpotlight with a lot of negative publicity. >> that's how i avoid it. i don't have internet. i don't socialize. i keep to myself as much as humanly possible. i'd rather always be home with my little village than anywhere else. >> but have you been connecting -- have you been paying any attention to this casey anthony case? >> no, i haven't. i haven't watched tv. i haven't watched any tv in almost a decade. serious seriously. someone asks me about it. i'm like tell me about the story, then i'll give you my opinion. i don't know what's going on. >> what is your greatest hope now -- i don't mean at this very moment, but your greatest hope now for the future of your children? what is your greatest hope? >> that they are going to continue -- because this is no sleep and traveling. but they are unbelievably behaved and they are advanced in school. they're in preschool. my dream is for them just to keep on growing and be healthy. we are so lucky and fortunate that there's nothing wrong. nothing is wrong. >> actually, joshua needs to have surgery -- jonah. >> you know what the doctor said? he's having it saturday. they said it's partial and that is the easiest surgery they can imagine. >> that is the only physical issue. >> the doctor looked in the camera and said it is a miracle that that is the only thing that is wrong of any of them. that's not even something really wrong. it's common with a singleton. they are 80th percentile in height and weight. science cannot explain it. they're extraordinarily healthy, athletic. they've been jumping out of their cribs, running around since 1 years ode. how do you explain that? 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[ sighs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] toyota venza. 8:26 is yourtime now. 78 degrees. hazy, humid out there. rain is on the way. tom will have your forecast after the news. good morning, i'm eun yang. friday, july 8th, 2011. traffic is moving again on northbound lanes of the bw parkway hours after a serious accident closed the road. one person died when a car went into the routes near route 197 in laurel. three others are seriously injured. weather and traffic up next. somebody help! 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how do you react? we're going to get some expert advice from a parenting expert. >> we're going to get to all of that. but first, let's get a check of the weather from maria la rosa who's in for al this morning. you guys ready for more blake? come on, right? >> let's show you the forecast for the weekend. saturday looking at warm and dry conditions across the northeast. showers and thunderstorms will plague the southeast. slight risk of severe weather through the central plains. that continues on into sunday as slight risk of severe weather through the plains. that continues through sunday. mild and down to hot if southern california for sunday. that's a look at weather across the country. here's what you can expect. >> good morning. sunshine but overall cloudiness now. temperatures are steamy right in the upper 70s to near 80. a lot of humanity around. over the last 12 hours, heavy downpours around virginia capes over the lower eastern shore. and heavy rain coming out of the ohio valley just into west virginia, western west virginia coming our way later today from noon time all the way until past midnight. could get heavy downpours with thunder, lightning and possible flooding. lower humidity for >> you can check your forecast 24 hours a day at weather.com. back to you, ann. >> thanks a lot, maria. coming up, blake shelton on our stage coming up. but first, this is "today" on nbc. we're back at 8:35. this morning on "today's kitc n kitchen," celebrating the history of american cuisine. washington, d.c., my home, is host to a new cultural exhibit in the form of a temporary restaurant called the america eat cavern and it is open until 2012. jose, the chef and creator, great to see you. you are the spaniard who's come to america and helped us rediscover our history of food. >> i mean i've been 21 years in the states. my three daughters born here. i mean the longest anywhere has been in america. i am an immigrant and i think i'm the story of every other immigrant before me. i'm here to keep bringing light to things. i'm a cook. i'm trying to big back forgotten dishes. >> that's fascinating. tell us about these books. >> very quick, this was the first chef of president washington and president jefferson. >> wow. >> this is history. or this one, "joy of cooking," 1971. first edition. signed by her. when i open this book one day, her mind spoke to say, said i help you to bring back the dishes that have been forgotten. >> we're starting with a grapefruit dish. >> we cut the top, we cut the bottom. this is a cocktail that is -- >> what's the history behind it? >> the history is that this amazing woman did whole bunch of different grapefruits dishes and many different cocktails. this to me is the best one. so we're going to make a dressing. grapefruit juice. we have the segments. we add the vinegar. you're going to add the mustard. you're going to whisk. >> i've been waiting all morning to whisk. >> you're going to be whisking. i'm going to have these right here, we're going to get these grapefruit, put it right there. everyone can do it. here we have the finished. we put some paprika like original recipe and people of america -- history in a plate! >> i love it. clam bake here. this is fantastic. is this for one person? >> or two, or three. massachusetts, clams, oysters were everywhere. clam bake with the seaweed. look what you can do. put the seawood in the bottom. open the clams in half. put on the oven or in the stove. the bowl is going to steam. the clams are ready. you get the beautiful melted butter and you put it on top. this is a classic american dish! >> why wife loves these. >> how do you know the clams are done? >> you can say to things, tom, are you good or are you not good? are you healthy? if the clam doesn't answer back to you, the clam is healthy. >> are you ready or not? >> so you have party at home and you don't have lot of time or lot of money. everyone has ice. how you turn this on? we're on talk show. here. here! here we have ice. if you don't have that -- >> you just shave the ice -- >> you put a bottle left over, it is frozen, you get the grater. easy. what do you do? sunflowers. this is with maple syrup, the most elegant dish i know of, ice, song flowers -- this is winter going into spring. you put the flowers -- here. you're going to do this. put the lemon zest on top. then we have some maple syrup warm. you bring this to the table. you didn't have any other ingredient but maple syrup on ice. do the lime, too. i love the citrus touches. man, you're a good cook! >> you know, i'm trying to audition for a job here in one of your d.c. restaurants. >> grab the mach maple syrup. you're going to poor a little bit. what's happening is that the maple syrup when the ice is melt, it is getting hard, it is getting firm and -- >> i know you're so interested not only in the history of the country but also how americans eat today. >> this is important year. the farm bill is being overshadowed by our senate and congressmen. the future of how we're going to feed america and the world is being decided right now. for me this restaurant is important because i hope  everyone in america is going to be coming and looking back into who we were and what we've been forgetting through the years. we need to remember that food is most important thing we have. >> amen. and it's also worth remembering that you are a leader in making washington, d.c. a great restaurant town which not everybody thinks is the case. but thanks to you -- >> there's many, many restaurants. they are doing good. >> jose, thanks very much. up next, a live concert on the plaza from country great blake shelton. but first this is "today" on nbc. what makes the sleep number store different? 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>> it is my best year ever. it's not could it be. it's been amazing. foreign policy "honeybee" doing as well as it is and "the voice" and getting married and -- everything. i don't know. what do you want me to say? >> well, no. which has been the biggest thing? >> oh, getting married. by far the most crucial, pivotal good thing that there is. >> well said. married to miranda lambert who by the way happens to be performing this morning at another morning show. >> really? >> yeah. some other one. something like that. i understand you guys have been involved in a twitter love fest this morning. >> yeah. yeah. we've been popping off back and forth. she says she wins because she has boobs. >> she has a point. but you did argue with her because she just tweeted they won't be watching you, they'll be watching me. what's your response to that? >> she underestimates my moobs. >> your moobs? >> i just wanted to hear you say it back. >> okay. i'll say it back. your moobs. you're now going to sing the song everybody's been waiting for. in fact, the song is "honeybee." we love that song. tell me about writing "honeybee." >> actually red aiken and ben hasting wrote this song and sent it over to me. it was one of those things when i heard it, it was like my life and times. didn't really know two turn into -- >> the first song that's ever gone platinum for you. >> first platinum single i've ever had. >> also i understand it's sold over 1 million downloads in just ten weeks. so congratulations to you. >> thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, "honeybee." ♪ ♪ girl i've been thinkin' bout us ♪ ♪ you know i ain't good at this stuff ♪ ♪ but these feelings piling up won't give me no rest ♪ ♪ this might come out a little crazy ♪ ♪ a little sizeways yeah maybe ♪ i don't know how long it will take me but i'll do my best ♪ ♪ if you'll be my soft and sweet ♪ ♪ i'll be your strong and steady ♪ ♪ you be my glass of wine ♪ i'll be your shot of whiskey ♪ you be my sunny day ♪ i'll be your shade tree ♪ you be my honeysuckle i'll be your honeybee ♪ ♪ yeah that came out a little country ♪ ♪ but every word was right on the money ♪ ♪ and i got your smilin' honey right back at me ♪ ♪ now hold on cause i ain't done ♪ ♪ there's more where that came from ♪ ♪ well you know i'm just havin' fun but seriously ♪ ♪ you will abmy louisiana ♪ i'll be your mississippi ♪ you'll be my little loretta ♪ i'll be your conway twitty ♪ you be my sugar baby ♪ i'll be your sweet iced tea ♪ you be my honeysuckle ♪ i'll be your honeybee ♪ ♪ your kiss just said it all ♪ i'm glad we had this talk ♪ nothing left to do but fall in each other's arms ♪ ♪ i could have said a i love you ♪ ♪ could have wrote you a line or two ♪ ♪ baby all i know to do is speak right from the heart ♪ ♪ if you'll be my soft and sweet ♪ ♪ i'll be your strong and steady ♪ ♪ you be my glass of wine ♪ i'll be your shot of wliskhis♪ ♪ you be my sunny place ♪ i'll be your shade tree ♪ you be my honeysuckle ♪ i'll be your honeybee ♪ you be my louisiana notes ♪ i'll be your mississippi ♪ you be my little loretta ♪ i'll be your conway twitty ♪ you be my sugar baby ♪ i'll be your sweet iced tea ♪ you be my honeysuckle ♪ i'll be your honeybee ♪ i'll be your honeybee ♪ >> blake shelton showing us his moobs. he'll be right back with one more song a little bit later. but first, a check of your local news. 8:55 is your time. 78 degrees. clouds moving in. a wet friday for you. good morning, i'm eun yang. u street back omen, after an early morning fire. the fire started around 5:30 at u wine and beer in the 1300 block of u street. a fire station just a block away so firefighter arrived within minutes. no one was hurt. and the cause is still under investigation. we'll take a quick break. -dad, why are you getting that? 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[ male announcer ] and we think that's the best prize of all. ♪ good morning. partly sunny around the metro area. near 80 degrees. today rain moving in from the west, already coming into west virginia, heavy downpour there's. area of rain and thunder in the northern neck of virginia off to the north and east, maybe moving into st. mary's county. later today, likelihood of heavy downpours, thunder and lightning into tonight. how's traffic? >> earlier accident 95 north in virginia at route 123. that accident is cleared but you're seeing delays out of dale city and head towards lort. i want to show you d.c., new york avenue, delays from the times plant until bladensburg road. d.c., 16th street shut down between constitution avenue and a street northeast. >> thanks so much. in less than three hours the final space shuttle launch will lift-off from kennedy space center ♪ back now with more of "today" on this get-away friday. 8th day of july, 2011. this crowd just saw a great performance by national hitmaker blake shelton. he's back with one more song this morning. wasn't he fun, you guys? >> he is terrific. i mean he is just a great singer. we had kind of a dancing moment. that was just a terrific song. ann curry, along with david gregory, savannah guthrie, natalie morales. coming up in this hour, talking about -- we've got to get you updated on the casey anthony case. last night officials in florida pushed baforward her release da. also, we've got experts to talk about hot topics. lawyer-prosecutor, star jones, donny deutsch, and dr. nancy snyderman. we'll take on the hot topics of the day. also going to be talking about real estate this morning. we'll do a house tour, show you how far your money will go around the country. what you can get for $300,000 or less in cities all over the country. so good advice. > before we get to all of that, let's get to the top stories of the day. good morning, once again. good morning, everyone. the june jobs report is out this morning as hiring -- the hiring ground to a near halt last month. employers added only 18,000 jobs, the fewest added in nine months. the unemployment rate rose to 9.2%. an emotional day for nasa as the shuttle "atlantis" was poised this morning for the final mission of the entire 30-year space shuttle program. the shuttle fueled up while nasa kept an eye on cloudy weather that threatened to delay today's ladies and gentlemen. on thursday nasa reported a lightning strike within one-third of a mile of the launchpad. as you heard, cassie anthony will be a free woman by next sunday, july 17th. as the murder case against her is now closed. nbc's kerry sanders joins us once again from outside the jail in orlando. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: well good morning. she woke up here alone in a cell again, but she won't be here much longer. as you said, she'll be out in nine days. she was convicted on four counts of lying to a law enforcement officer and so the judge sentenced her to the maximum on each of those counts, one year for each one. but she's been in jail here for almost three years and she gets credit for time served, as well as good behavior credit which means she will be getting out initially, they thought she'd get out in about five days but late last night they recalculated. she will now walk free in nine days. >> kerry sanders in orlando, florida, thanks, kerry. a deadly shooting spree, car chase and hostage standoff ended last night with more bloodshed in michigan. police in grand rapids say this 34-year-old went on a shooting rampage that killed seven people, including his own daughter and another unidentified child. after a high-speed chase and a five-hour hostage stand-off, he fatally shot himself. the three hess staostages were unharmed. a stolen picasso was all boxed up and ready to ship in a fedex box. they've arrested a new jersey man, accused him of flying cross-country, walking into an art gallery on tuesday and leaving with "head of a woman." take a look at this. a very tall baby at the vienna zoo. this giraffe is making a big impression at 130 pounds and nearly six feet tall. she is a cutie. four minutes past the hour. let's go outside once again, check in with maria who'stside maria, who is in for al, for a check of the one forecast. >> good morning. along with all of the blake shelton fans we have birthday girls here. happy sweet 16. where are you from? >> from the valley. >> your mom is a bigger fan? >> i don't think so. >> i don't want to start anything. i think blake will love you both equally. check out the weather as we look at satellite radar. showers and thunderstorms rolling through the ohio valley. heavy rain continues to be a threat across florida and thunderstorms through the rockies, that could be leading to strong thunderstorms later today as the cold front sweeps through. sizzling hot across the southern plains, temperatures over 100 degrees today. those a look at the weather across the country. here's what you can expect. >> good morning, showers, thunder and lightning, northern neck of virginia. that's just now crossing the potomac. there is one thunder shower about to move into st. mary's county and more farther south and west. washington, sunshine, 80. later into the mid and upper 80s. but a likelihood of passing heavy downpours from noon time until past midnight tonight. some of those heavier downpours could produce localized flooding. and a bit less humid for the weekend. highnnah, back to you. >> maria, thank you. this morning, we're kicking off a brand-new series "today's professionals." we put together a panel of power players, experts in their field, to tackle the most important headline, studies and people making the news. star jones is a lawyer and former talk show host. donny deutsch is the chairman of advertising giant deutsche incorporated. and dr. nancy snyderman is nbc's chief medical editor. good morning to all of you. >> i'm not quite sure what my profession is, an esteemed lawyer and physician. >> we're about to find out. let's start with the casey anthony case. she's just been sentenced and is about to get out of jail. donny, i will start with you. you are familiar with someone shaping someone's public profile, issues of branding. can she recover? >> two letters. o.j. she will get her interview, she'll get her book and that's it. >> how much can she get? >> for a book or interview -- >> but donny -- >> people with no network will touch her she is o.j. >> we already saw a foreign company offer her something, then revoke it because the outcry was so much. >> she's not out of danger. there are people who so hate her. i would think that there is a real concern for her public safety. >> nancy, how does she adjust going from three years in prison and there was notoriety all along the way but do you think she even has any conception of the attention that will be on her? >> i don't think so. this is a classic sociopath. she lies, makes up fake people. she lies where she works, everything out of her mouth -- >> the sociopathy -- >> she's thinking about what color her hair is next. she's not really thinking about getting a job. >> donny's disgusted. but people want to watch it. >> listen. there is a pretty little baby girl. we got video of her. with the grandma, granddad. we got an attractive young 25-year-old. >> we also know if this was a black person, we wouldn't be covering the story. >> oh! did you just throw it out there! >> you're a former prosecutor. >> and i happen to be black. i actually think that we're not as concerned about missing children of color as we are concerned with the cute little young white child. >> did this result shake your faith in the jury system? >> i learned a lot from you guys this week talking about evidence. i think the jury's wrong. i think this mother is implicated in some way. but i learned more about the judicial system and nuances this week. >> i think the media's so powerful. we're so used to the csis of the world where people are trained with a red ribbon bow around things. when they don't get it, they can't convict. i think the smarter the jury, they're more than willing to convict. >> another topic. charlie sheen has decided to let comedy central roast him on the night that "two and a half men" premiers with ashton kutcher. >> i saw it in the "new york pos post". i saw the picture, i flipped the page. yawn. go away. >> there's a bunch of kids in my neighborhood and they always say, you're doing too much. charlie, you're doing too much. >> he was on brand in everything he did, he was a rogue. if "two and a half men" premiers, which it will, and does a huge number, immediately people are going to go charlie sheen is irrelevant until a half-hour later, he will do a huge number. there's room for "two and a half men." there's room for charlie sheen. the world is fascinated by him. as long as he doesn't continue these stupid rants. >> what does it say about us? he's a train wreck. obvious mental issues. >> he's a train wreck. unless you address the underlying mental health issues and the medication issues that have been insinuated, the train wreck continues. >> there's a fascination between charlie sheen and "jersey shore." people are acting out primally. though what he does is disgusting. this is the guy, the kid that never grows up, there's drugs, rock 'n' roll. >> just so people know -- >> i didn't see any goddesses there. >> have you a beyond a reasonable doubt standard of goddessness. okay? >> speaking of goddesses, we'll move on to another topic. eating out. this isn't exactly a shocker but it is apparently the more you eat out, according to usda, the more likely you are to be fat. >> why do you have to say that? i've lost all this weight. you got to do a fat girl kind of story. >> here's the thing. do you think people recognize how much eating out -- apparently one-third of our calories come from going to restaurants. >> people don't cook anymore. people are detached from their kitchens. i don't care how many times martha stewart is on this show, people go, oh, that looks good, then they go home and order out. >> one of the problems i always have, everything that's wrong with us we have a blame for. we're overweight, it is the media's fault, it is because we eat out. either you can control yourself or you can't. look, this is your real house. >> no, you're right. >> the reason kids are fat is because -- or the reason we're fat is because -- the reason we're fat is we don't want to give anything up which means eat less and work out. >> butky make a point? if you have money you can go to a healthy grocery store and buy fresh fruits and vegetables. if you don't have a lot of money, you're going for the dollar menu at fast food. >> our plates over the decades have gotten bigger and bigger and we feel like we're not getting our money's worth. >> star, have you triumphed. you have kept a significant amount of weight off. >> yeah. as he moves my fat arm -- >> donny. >> how to talk to women, donny. seriously. >> no, seriously. i went from 307 pounds at my height to having lost 160 pounds and kept it off for -- it will be eight years now in august. but the real reason that i was able to do it, obviously started with gastric bypass. that was about 80 pounds but the rest of it is called pushing away from the table and getting up from the couch. i had no choice. >> and some things -- dr. nancy, it's true about restaurants. there's a secertain amount of mystery what's going on -- >> you want to see how your food is prepared? you want the shock of your life? see how much olive oil is being thrown into that pan. at the end of the day, fat is fat. but interestingly, the fancier the restaurant, the more handled your food is. the places where the very wealthy go and you see all those perfect little garnishes, i'd love to know how many hands have touched those plates. >> is that the germ thing we're getting into there? >> if we clean up obesity and diabetes, we've solved all the health care. parents can control their kids. i'm so tired of parents relinquishing control to mcdonald's. >> we've got to move on. >> i think we've lost the war. >> on that depressing note, the faa has announced some new rules having been seven instances of air traffic controllers falling asleep during these overnight shifts since april. the faa has now said, well, to resolve this we'll let them read or listen to the radio to help them stay awake. >> can you say lawsuit is coming any time? >> but this is interesting. because i think the problem is, if you're out in some little place in -- billings, montana is probably too big a town -- and you're on the graveyard shift all by yourself, of course you're going to nod off. that may not be an issue unless you're on a plane flying to l.a. and suddenly you have problems and have to land. so a buddy system or having a radio on is fine. but, human beings are not meant to be up all night. >> unless they're on a different shift. wait a minute, don't we have factories that work all night? obviously if somebody is working at night, they're sleeping in the day. >> do you have a problem with a passenger on principle if they were allowed to take a quick cat nap? obviously someone else would be watching the captain. >> my grandfather worked a graveyard shift for my entire childhood. he did either 8:00 to 4:00, 4:00 to midnight, or midnight to 8:00 a.m. the next day. when he was not working, he was sleeping. >> when you go on those long-haul flights we've all seen, there is a seat for the pilot or sleeping area. pilots do take breaks, power naps do make a difference. >> we're almost out of time butky not not mention this. a british study found men and women packing for a week-long trip, men said they took three pair of underwear, women said they took ten. >> that's exactly right. >> donny, speak for the men. this is crazy. >> i'm man, i take ten. i'm sorry, here's my rule. any time i take a shower, new underwear's going on. i have yet to meet the man -- i've roomed with guys in college. i don't believe that stuff. i just -- >> if you're pippa, you go commando. >> i think we all agree -- >> star jo jones, donny deutsch, dr. nancy, good to see to you. >> that was professional? 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>> good morning, i'm seeing delays. 95 north in virginia. you're delayed from dale city and make your way towards lorton. a live shot. look at this, clears up as you head further north on 95. i want to give you another look at rails. metro, marc, vre running close or on schedule. >> thank you. in two hours, the final shuttle launch ever will lift off from kennedy space ♪ ♪ ♪ that's chris brown singing his top ten hit "forever." he'll be taking our summer concert stage next friday. then this man, with some of the catchiest tunes of the summer, cee lo green is rocking plaza july 22nd. the clean version. we are still going crazy for this country morning that we've had here on the plaza. we'll get one more song from country superstar blake shelton who just happened to be country music association's male vocalist of the year. at one point when he was singing, he look right at savannah guthrie and said "i love you." >> he did. i said "i love you, too." we had a little moment, me and blake. >> newly married. >> i know! i know. yeah. also ahead, summer is all about getting into shape so we're going to help you get into financial shape with four easy things you can do right now to raise your credit score. >> and, does your child have a potty mouth? it's a growing problem for movies from the internet to music, it's become a part of the culture to use bad words. but are parents also partly to blame? we'll talk about that and have some advice. >> i think we're a lot to blame. >> get the soap out. meanwhile, lester holt, jenna wolfe is here with us to tell us -- >> could we get more people on this couch? >> we've got room for one guy. >> what do you have coming up on the weekend? >> coming up, dr. biden, jill biden, the wife of the vice president will speak to us and talk candidly about her very personal mission to help military families around the country.mission to help militar families around the country. the fab four like never before. rare photographs of the beatles from their first trip to the u.s. on the auction block. we'll have an exclusive sneak preview for you. >> also, speaking of the british invasion, william and kate are hollywood bound in tinseltown rolling out the red carpet for the royal couple. plus, up and away. check this out. florida keys, it's called a jet lev, a jet pack on water and letting everyone play out the james bond fantasy. i gave it a whirl. i got up at one point. a wish the video would make me look -- >> you can do this. >> this is only a four-hour show. >> those stories and more. i did get up. there is a twitter picture somewhere. >> we'll be tuning in. >> you have something fun next week? >> absolutely. next week on my show, we've got a special series, big and beautiful. >> big and beautiful. >> helping plus-sized women. we're not telling them how to diet and look skinnier, how to enhance curves. great advise. >> we love it. >> let's go to our other maria for a look at weather. >> it's humid outside, country feeling heat. here's a look at what you can expect though. >> good morning, here, we have heat and humidity under way climbing into the low 80s throughout the region and the radar showing showers and thunder northern neck of virginia and one thunder shower dissipating into southern st. mary's county drifting off north and east. other areas of heavier rain coming into western west virginia. we have a likelihood of passing heavier downpours here from noon time until after midnight. some downpours could produce >> all right, savannah, take it away. coming up next -- fixes to boost your credit score today. but first these messages. we used to bet who could get closest to the edge. took some crazy risks as a kid. but i was still over the edge with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself. i've been eating healthier, exercising more, and now i'm also taking lipitor. if you've been kidding yourself about high cholesterol...stop. 80% of people who have had heart attacks have high cholesterol. lipitor is a cholesterol lowering medication, fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. 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[ female announcer ] find them in the cracker aisle. this morning on "today's money," quick fixes to bump up your credit score. whether it is an extra five points or 50, every little bit really helps especially if you're shopping around for lower interest rates, even a better job sometimes. credit coach jean kelly is author of "the 90 day credit challenge." and we also have the author of "psyche yourself rich." before you even talk about your credit score, it is important for you to know what your credit score is. you got to find your credit report. so where do you go about finding that information? >> you should go to the most popular source which is fico. go to myfico.com. it is about $20. it is not free despite a lot of claims out there that you can get a free credit score, a lot of those are just bait-and-switch. they get you on but you also have to buy something or sign up for a service to get the score. >> it is worth it to pay the $20. jean, once you do get your credit report, you say it is really important to look through it all and see if there are any errors. >> right. >> what should you be looking for? >> look to see if your name is correct. your address. your phone number. late payments. balances on your credit cards. you want to highlight everything that's wrong and then dispute it directly with the credit bureau. >> each of the credit bureaus. >> absolutely. they do not share information so you have to go directly to each one. expo experi experian, equifax and transunion. >> someone who made two late payments on his car loan was able to fix that. how much did that change his score in the end? >> he had a 671 fico score. had he a deal with the creditor that put the error on the credit report. he got a letter. they corrected it. he sent that to the credit bureau. when he had his credit repulled he was 5720. big difference. >> that's a huge difference when it comes to those interest payments or things, this can make a big difference. so meantime, couple ways that you can lower your credit -- or you can lower the score is by first paying -- or increase your scores by paying your bills on time which -- so important. >> payment history is about 35% of your fico score. missing a payment can lower your score by as much as 100 points. so make sure that -- we're talking about current bills. your current mortgage, your car payments, your credit cards. not the old delinquent past-due accounts which the damage has already been done. you want to really pay attention to the bills that are coming in currently and really automate those payments so you don't forget. >> how quickly will you really see a difference in your credit score rating just by making sure that you're making all those payments on time? >> well, it can be as quickly as 30 days because the credit bureaus update their information about every 30 days or 45 days, whatever the billing cycle is. so the faster you pay down your debt, the faster you'll see your score increase. >> you say to lower the balance on your credit card, this doesn't necessarily mean that you have to pay off your credit cards entirely. it means you can actually use something that you call debt utilization. >> debt utilization we use this term a lot when talking about credit scores is a big ingredient when it comes to valuing your credit score. it is about 30% of your credit score. it is equal to how much debt you are carrying month to month, all your credit cards, over the limit on all of your credit cards. we have an example here just to simplify. let's say you have a credit card with a $10,000 limit and you're carrying a balance of $5,000 on that card. your 50% utilized, that's too high. you want to get to a point where you have 10% utilization or maybe $1,000 on that card. the people in the country with the highest credit scores have a utilization ratio of 7%. >> then i'm going to do this really quickly because we're running out of time. you also say use cards that you haven't used in a while. jean, why is that important even -- a lot of us think, you're racking up some debt there. but you say it is not the point is not to rack up the debt. >> it is not to rack up the debt. you want to have activity, healthy credit. so you can use that card you haven't used for a while and pay a utility bill. whatever. we're not saying get more debt. but just use this in a healthy way an you'll see that your score will jump by using accounts that you used in a while. >> significantly? >> well, every point matters. as we discussed, lower your balances, pay your bills on time, all of these things if you do it, you can jump 50 points over the summer. >> you got to show that you're responsible whether it comes to your credit. the only way to do that is by having a little bit of credit. >> right. >> thanks so much, as always. next, kids an cursing. what is a parent to do? oy vey. we've got some help right after this. every day, thousands of people are choosing advil. cer ] here's one story. my name is lacey calvert and i train professional athletes with yoga. i know how my body should feel. if i have any soreness, i'm not going to be able to do my job. but once i take advil, i'm able to finish my day and finish out strong. then when i do try other things, i always find myself going back to advil. it really works! 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>> i think that's a little bit unrealistic. there is a tendency especially when we get hurt or we're really frustrated sometimes to swear. so just be really cognizant and aware of it and try to get out of a bad habit. i think that's what's really most important. >> reporter: you learn to develop new words instead of swearing. then you're again modeling that for your children. >> youngsters also curse to express anger around frustration and to deal with what you say is a need to express themselves but they have the lack of words. so you suggest that we teach them alternative words to deal and express their feelings. >> that's right. so you can ask your child, we don't use that word, are you feeling angry? are you feeling frustrated? are you feeling something else? so you help them really put new expressive emotional words to express themselves. it's really helping them develop new languaging skills that are more acceptable in the outside world. >> next time we get to talk about this, we're going to talk about when they curse in two languages, which is another subject all together! thank you, robi. >> thank you. well, next one more song from country superstar blake shelton. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪ and coming up still, kevin james on his new movie "zookeeper." plus "ambush makeover" for two lucky ladies. >> but first my boyfriend singing "god gave me you." ♪ i've been walkin' ♪ i made a mess of me ♪ the person i been lately ain't hey want to be but ♪ ♪ he stayed here right beside me watch as the storm blows through ♪ ♪ and i need you ♪ god gave me you ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ 9:56 is your time, 80 degrees. a wet friday. how will your weekend look? tom will have the forecast after the news. i'm eun yang. friday july 8, 2011. flames in the back of one of homes along 16th street. no one was hurt. the cause is under investigation. and we have a traffic alert for drivers in southeast. branch avenue closed at pennsylvania avenue. so crews can rebuild the road. the closure will last through the one. a check of the forecast now. tom kiernan's in the storm center. >> a humid morning, temperatures in the low 80s now. we ought to hit the mid and upper 80s by early to midafternoon. cloudy sky over the potomac. live picture from the city camera. we will likely get some heavy downpours later this afternoon and all the way until past midnight tonight. some isolated downpours could produce enough rain to cause localized flooding. a slight risk that an isolated storm would produce wind damage. lower humidity, less humid on saturday and sunday. highs near 90 each afternoon. danella? >> it's looking good. starting out to be a great friday. so far we had problems around the beltway but i'll show you right now, it is smooth here. this is new hampshire avenue and the beltway in maryland clear for you. also in virginia the beltway is clear as well. another look at rail, metro, marc, vre running on or close to schedule. >> in less than two hours the final shuttle launch will lift off from kennedy space center hello. everybody, you made it to friday. >> it's friday around here. it's july 8th, which means just six more days, and we will see you in montreal, where we're going to be live from the plaza jacques cartier. if you're around, you don't need tickets. just show up. it's free. >> you know who's going to join us too? >> bobby. >> bobby thomas is there. so we're very excited. and you can catch us tonight, if you have insomnia, at 11:35 on with jay leno. it's going to be fun. >> and hilarity will ensue. >> it will. >> last time i did a keg stand. it's time for to you do something interesting. >> i'm worried about the prop action involved. >> there are some props that we are supposed to be -- >> propping with. >> one is something bobby showed us on the air. we'll reveal that later. >> a little later. >> here's something going on in apple stores. if you've been in the apple stores, you see all the computers are open with the little computer camera and what not of the there's this kid, his name is, i think, trevor. >> trevor something or other. >> he goes to the apple store and starts to do a little dance in front of the camera. >> video camera. >> and then he starts uploading them on youtube. look. ♪ baby baby baby oh >> with justin bieber. >> now everyone else started doing it because he did it. this is just in an apple store, as you can see people walking behind them. >> but it's fun for kids. >> anyway, they upload them on youtube, and trevor's got en500,000 hits. >> you know how many the female elvis presley? 5 million hits. >> we've got a lot of explaining to do, folks. we really, really do. >> we did make an error yesterday. >> we'll be generous and gracious about it as usual. >> we told you guys about the story of a dallas cowboys guy named roy williams. >> we were right about that. his name is roy williams. >> he proposed through the mail, sent the ring, et cetera, et cetera. apparently, there are two roy williams on the dallas cowboys team. >> one who plays safety and the other is the wide receiver. >> we mistakenly showed the wrong roy williams. >> okay. >> not us, but some people. you know what, it was not done with any malice toward anyone. it was a complete mistake. >> we're sorry to roy williams, who didn't do anything like that. >> we're sorry to all the roys. >> so here's the deal. >> banana peel. >> when you go to the beach, there are certain things that are incredibly annoying, and they have a list of these annoying things that happen. >> what is the most to you? >> to me, it's a combination of smoking and someone whose chair is too close to me. >> well, if they're smoking too close to you as well. >> i don't like -- the beach is vast and wide. >> not always. not always, hoda. >> but when it is and someone walks their chair up and just plops it, i'm like this, are you kidding me? >> yeah. >> this is a big -- because you want to spread out a little. >> i think they want to see your toes up close. she has the most beautiful toes. >> what is your pet peeve on the beach? >> i don't go to the beach anymore because of issues. >> what is this, your earrings are flipping. >> the thing i used to hate about the beach, i think i hate the most when they take pictures of you and put you in the magazines that say, with the worst beach bodies, you know? >> that's a bad one. >> that's awful because anything up close can be ugly. so i don't go to the beach anymore. but if i did, it would be blasting loud music. >> that's what they say. >> public intoxication. >> that's number two. >> because god knows i have a thing about that. and littering. no, to me, it's when you have sand and you're going like this. >> people who do that. >> people who do that, and people who play frisbee. >> in front of you or over you. >> and jumping over you to get the frisbee >> or when they pass the football right over you. >> or those that have their pets unleashed. i don't mind if their dog is well behaved, but i never meet the ones that are well behaved. >> and people who hog beach chairs. >> usually pool chairs. >> right. you drape your towel over. >> to show ownership, and you put your stuff on it. >> and then you leave, all day practically. >> yes. >> and then you come back, and there are people waiting for chairs or that kind of thing. >> do you think it's equally rude to go over and take someone's stuff and put it to the side. >> i would never take people's stuff. do not do that. >> you don't like people messing with your junk. >> no, i don't. >> do you, hodi? >> no, i don't. here are the worst beach violators, just so you know. new yorkers are number one, i think, but i'm getting very dizzy. new yorkers are number one, and number two are people from jersey. and floridians are number three. so those are the most annoying beach people. >> the most rudest. >> the rudest. >> according to tripadviser.com. there's lots of other stuff going on. >> strange behavior in the bathroom. if you've ever been to a public rest room, everybody has. you walk in -- >> i try to avoid those too. >> i don't like using them, but i do. there are people who have conversations between stalls, which i have had before with people, hey, are we going shopping after this? >> hey. >> people you know. >> well, hopefully. >> but you know what's gross? people talk on their cell phones in the stall while maybe they're going. that's gross because you can't wash your phone. you're on the phone in the stall. >> you know what i'm delighted about? you're thinking this through. >> it's grossing me out, though. someone's on the phone, and you can hear them in the stall, you know that that hand is on the phone, and they're going to come out and wash their hands. >> and the people they're on the phone with can hear whatever sounds are going on. are you on a toilet right now? no. flush. no. >> there was that one book where the guy goes, no, no, i'm just opening a jar of peanut butter. because you know that sound you make, oh. anyway, i did not -- someone else said that. so you can use that if you're ever in the bathroom talking on the phone. and you're doing that. the other thing too is there are people who, when you take toilet paper from the public rest room, do you take a lot? >> and ball it up. a snowballer. >> women snowballers, so to speak. >> i'm definitely a snowballer. i like a lot, and i take a big wad. men are folders. >> no man i know is a folder. no. >> remember? they had that story about coney island where you could only -- they are giving you two little squares, and there's a lady holding the roll. >> that's right. you get your two and be grateful for it. wasn't there a seinfeld thing about -- >> yes. >> elaine only needed one. >> just a square. that is nasty. >> anyway, the point is still 1 out 5 people are not washing their hands after going potty. but it would not be our own bobbie thomas. are you ready for montreal? 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>> i think the question you said is very telling. how do i make this happen? you can't, sweetie. this is out of your hands. and the more you want him to do it, the probably the less he's going to. you can't make another human being do something. nor if you really think about it -- >> i like that answer. >> -- do you want to. you want somebody with you who wants to be there more than anything in the world. who looks at you the way that jay looks at hoda. that's what you want. might be time to cut the strings. >> she just told her to break up. >> it's done. thanks. >> you're in love, though, right? >> yes. no, i'm not even ready to get married. i just want a ring. >> then may i suggest you go buy one you like. >> and he probably spotted you as a catch right away. okay. we've got jay from pennsylvania. just kidding. we have jay from pennsylvania. >> hi. i'd like to know how you walk in those high platform heels. >> we don't. >> do you have any tips? >> we have people who carry us from place to place. >> can i tell you something -- >> jerry and his group. >> it gets easier the more you do it. >> with practice. >> these ones, though, you have trouble in these. >> these are the ones that bobby gave me. but i get so many compliments on them. >> you've got to wear them. >> we don't put long distances in them at all. >> we just put in mileage here in this general area. >> sounds like a plan. >> we have a birthday girl, regan from south carolina. you're turning 14. >> yes. >> i remember those days. >> what was your favorite birthday present that you got as a kid? >> as a kid? >> probably my schwinn bike with the banana seat and the handle bars like that. you know what i'm talking about? >> that's awesome. >> i'm so old that i don't remember anything i got when i was a child, but i do remember something called the country store, which was a corner store -- anyway, i stole stuff from my own house and went and sold it with the little country store on the corner. >> thanks, guys. >> you know what time it is? it's time for friday funny. >> because we forgot it in the chat. >> i know. >> give it to us. >> all right. got to sort of pay attention to this one. a lonely older woman decided she needed a pet to keep her company. when she went to the pet store, nothing caught her eye or her attention until she noticed a jar that contained a frog. so she looked at the frog a little more closely. the frog looked at her and said -- whispered, i'm lonely too. buy me and take me home. you won't be sorry. the woman thought, what the heck, i have nothing to lose. so she bought the frog. she puts him in the car and places him next to her in the seat and starts to head home. after a while, the frog said to the woman, pull aside and kiss me. you won't be sorry. although surprised at first, the woman kisses the frog. >> what happened? >> he immediately turns into a young sexy prince. >> of course he did. >> suddenly, the woman also felt herself turning into something. can you guess what it was, hodi? come on, guess. the first holiday inn she could find. >> that's good. that was good. >> the older woman, you have to sort of pay attention. >> i was listening for most of it. >> another thing we didn't get to yesterday because we were very busy. >> okay are on okay? is it okay to have a secret wedding? kathie lee says, of course it's okay. it's your day. good luck to keeping the secret. >> definitely. and hoda woman said, yes, it's your wedding after all. do it your way. we agree. >> we do. >> come on, you've got to have something private in life. right? >> yes. i think that people should be allowed to do their open thing. eloping, sometimes you elope and you leave family out of it, your parents and what not. sometimes it hurts people's feelings. >> i just believe you're going to hurt somebody's feelings no matter what when you get married. it's your day, and you should do what makes sense to you, what you can afford, and what makes you happy. and then say to everybody else, when it's your day, i'll be happy for you. >> all right. still to come, everybody, should everybody get a trophy? 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>> right away. we're getting pretty good at that. >> here's our first lucky lady, 36 years old from pittsburgh, pennsylvania. even though her stepdaughter is a fashionista. she doesn't ever wear makeup or dress up. they were excited when they were approached on the plaza. let's take a listen. >> we saw shannon in the crowd, and we can't wait to get our hands on you. you are going to be gorgeous. i know you want this for shannon. tell us why. >> because she like takes me places and stuff. >> she's a good stepmom, right? >> yeah. >> tell me why you want this for your wife. >> my wife is already stunningly beautiful. i can't wait to see what she looks like with makeup. >> a smart hubby. i promise you, you are going to look drastically different but fabulous. are you ready to go? >> shannon looks he ready. she's here with her stepdaughter samantha, who's adorable, and cher husband shawn. please keep your blindfolds on until she comes out. here is shannon before. shannon, let's see the new you. >> oh, my gosh. >> are you guys ready? >> take off your blindfolds. you can take it off, samantha. whoa. amazing. what do you think, sam? >> wow. >> you ready to see yourself? >> yeah. >> take a deep breath. shannon, turn right here to the mirror. >> oh, my. >> that is a big difference. >> that is. >> see what a little leopard does. >> you got the same hair color now, you and your stepdaughter. tell us about the hair. >> thank you, shannon. shannon started coming from pittsburgh, and now she looks like young hollywood. >> hello, amy adams. >> amy adams who? what i did is she had naturally strawberry hair. i just emphasized it to show off her eye color, skin color, which i always love to do. jennifer lawrence gave her more fullness on the bottom with this great haircut, took up four or five inches, i believe. she still has long hair because she wanted to keep long hair. the softness of the bangs. she just looks like a million. >> makeup is so pretty. >> the trick with the the makeup is emphasize the eyebrows because it just defines the face. >> that is a hot dress, jill. >> can you believe this body? when we saw her in the crowd, i thought, i can't wait to get my hands on her. this is maggie chen, available at macy's. look at the gorgeous line on this dress. you can dress it up and dress it down with the blazer or metallic shoes. >> what are we thinking? >> i always organized my better three-quarters is the most beautiful woman in the entire world. hopefully now she'll believe me. >> he's a keeper. >> all right, everybody. a big round of applause. go join your hubby and stepdaughter. our second lady is paula. she is 66 years old from farmington, missouri. she's too busy taking care of her grandson, hoda, to do anything for herself. she was thrilled we wanted to focus on her for a change. she's going to be here with her husband jerry and grandson jesse. first let's listen to her story. >> all right. we're a little nervous here. we're going to calm you down. you tell me that your grandma really deserves this. tell me why. >> because she does everything for me. >> what does she do? >> everything. >> i love that. well said. and i know you want this for your wife. tell us why. >> i don't know how she was chosen. she doesn't need a makeover. >> you're very smart, right? well, you don't need a makeover, but we are going to make you look so glamorous, and i know you're nervous, but are you ready to go? >> yes, i'm ready to go. >> i love seeing these husbands love their wives so much. my daddy used to always say to my mom, you look good to me, baby. so sweet. all right. so we're going to take one last look. don't take off the blindfold yet. at paula. the old picture. we've got a brand new paula coming out right now. wow. >> all right. jerry and -- is jesse over there? yes, he is. you can take off that blindfold. >> whoa. >> i think he likes it. are you ready to look, paula? >> yes, i am. >> turn right around. >> oh, my gosh. she doesn't look like me. >> you look gorgeous. >> see, that's the real you. >> you look beautiful. you look lovely, so gorgeous. >> come on. that hair looks gorgeous. >> you are beautiful before and after, but what we did to you was we gave you a little bit of glamour. i did that by making your hair color a little bit stronger, a few highlights around the face so it's soft. >> look at the difference. >> and then, of course, jennifer gave you that great haircut, took away the squareness of your haircut. another movie star. >> and, jill, what about that outfit? >> a great twist on the shirt dress. look at these great shoes that you can dress up or dress down. >> darling. >> what are you guys thinking over there? >> she is probably as pretty as she was june the 4th, 166. >> and what's your grandson think? you weren't born then. >> my mind's blown. >> his mind is blown. come on now. a big round of applause. >> thank you. >> great job. all right. up next, should everyone get a trophy? it's a big controversy. the down side of coddling our kids too much. i think the word should be coddling. >> it is coddling. >> instead of cuddlincuddling. i think cuddling is good. coddling not so much. welcome to glad tv. thanks, skyler. let's go to last night's highlights. look what sometimes happens with the ordinary bag. it slips. bingo, falls in. mom was mad. mom should have used glad forceflex with the stretchable drawstring that grips the can and stays in place. plus, it has the stretchable strength of forceflex. that's all today for glad tv. 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[ male announcer ] fios. a network ahead. during the summer months, more families will be taking van of outdoor grilling and dining. but food borne illnesses are more prevalent when it's hot outside. >> here to help us keep food safe, the senior health editor at "shape" magazine. thank you for using me on the cover. >> okay. talk to us about the beginning. you've got to start off clean. >> you do. food-borne illnesses are so common in the summer. 1 out of 6 americans will get a food-borne illness every single year, and they're not fun. you know the symptoms -- diarrhea, vomiting, fever, all bad stuff. >> so it's easy to avoid a lot of them, isn't it? >> exactly. we're going to give you those tips. first tip, keep your hands clean. you want to use anti-bacterial wipes, hand sanitizers. they come in foam, pumps, sprays. >> we've all seen them. there's no excuse not to use them. >> there's a great alternative called camp soap. this is wonderful. you just put it on your hands. you want to do it for 20 seconds. that's enough to get rid of those germs. you can buy this in those outdoor stores. it's wonderful. make sure you clean your hands before you actually cook. >> great. you're not going to like that thing. >> anyway. >> so it's important to keep your drinks and food separate in coolers. >> absolutely. we have two coolers. coolers are very, very important, especially for your meat. you want to make sure it's at 40 degrees fahrenheit for all of your meat. and you want to keep the drinks separate because a lot of people like to open the cooler up and continue drinking, getting their beers, getting their juices. >> you've got a thing full of food and you go on a picnic and you leave it there and the kids play. how long do you think you can leave food in that cooler before it gets -- >> rank? >> rank. >> if it's nice and cold and it has the ice, probably an hour or two is great. >> that's all? >> you want to practice safety, and you want to make sure if you have -- >> safe picnic. >> if you have anything with mayo like a potato salad. >> anything with mayonnaise, separate it. >> you've got to put that in there as soon as possible. >> even if this is covered up, i wouldn't keep that in the sun, right? >> never keep that in the sun. always keep this in the shade. >> yes, hodi. >> exactly. >> and we've got great packaged food, tuna, carrots, snap peas. just because you're having a picnic doesn't mean you can have pack ge aed food. these are healthy. you can put these in a sandwich. it's not going to be soggy. toss it in a salled. no wilted food. and this is cross-contamination. make sure you have a separate cutting board for your fish, for your meat. >> how many, be honest, actually do? >> i only have one cutting board in my apartment. except for tammy, who has eight cutting boards, one for chicken, one for fish, one for husband. >> be careful. and the temperature of your chicken is so important. use a thermometer. you put that in here in the center. that's the thickest part. >> nobody else does that. i'm telling you right now. >> 165 degrees will keep your chicken safe. >> all right. thank you so much. >> we really appreciate it. thanks for coming. >> great advice that nobody's going to follow. all right. anyway, tonight watch for monday, harry potter's rupert grim. >> good advice. these sweet honey clustery things have fiber? fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [ male announcer ] half a days worth of fiber. not that anyone has to know. fiber beyond recognition. fiber one.