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Overnight to begin his First Official tour as a royal. And a legend lost. Looks like we both agree on what to do Mickey Rooney, one of hollywoods iconic stars, dead at the age of 93. The highs and lows of his remarkable life and career today. Monday, april 7th, 2014. Announcer from nbc news, this is today. With matt lauer and savannah guthrie. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. And good morning. Welcome to today on a monday morning. Its a good monday morning, because mr. Roker is back. I love how youre sporting the arm sling casual business look. Very nice. How you feeling . Feeling good. Thanks to all the well wishes and all the nice folks who sent the nice thoughts and prayers. Were going to have much more on that. Good to have you back, buddy. Thanks. We want to get back to our top story. Those signals that are consistent with pings from the planes black boxes have been detected in the indian ocean. Nbcs katy tur is in kuala lumpur with the latest on the investigation. Katy, good morning to you. Reporter hey there, matt. We told you on friday that this would be a critical weekend. And in fact, it was. A number of acoustic signals were reported, two of which coming from ocean shield and its pinger locator. This being the most Significant Development yet. Taking off one by one, as they have been doing for a month, search planes headed to scour the indian ocean. But now, with a renewed sense of urgency and optimism from ships on the water. Today, i can report some very encouraging information, which has unfolded over the last 24 hours. Reporter ocean shield first heard an acoustic signal sunday, lasting for two hours and 20 minutes. But lost it as the ship made a turn. Then another signal, this time on the return leg, lasting for 13 minutes. Two distinct sets of pings that could be consistent with two black boxes, the cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder. Clearly, this is the most promising lead. Reporter the australian ship is using a u. S. Naval pinger locator, one of the most sophisticated pieces of equipment out there for detecting black boxes. Right now, ocean shield is searching a small corridor off the australian coast between the signals it picked up and ones a chinese ship using much less Sophisticated Technology detected over the weekend. Today is day 31 of the search for mh370. Critical timing, as the black box beacons only last around 30 days. Still, no confirmation that any of the pings are connected to mh370. If they gain another acoustic event on that towed pinger locator, that will be the trigger at the moment for mapping and visually looking at the ocean floor. Reporter basically, they are waiting for another ping so they can triangulate the position and then put the unmanned submarine into the water so it can scan the ocean floor. This could take hours, this could take days, this could take weeks. Theres just no telling how long it will take. But again, the most hopeful sign that weve had yet, matt. Katy tur in kuala lumpur. Katy, thanks very much. Greg feith is a former investigator with the ntsb. Bob hager was a longtime aviation correspondent for nbc news. Good morning to both of you and bob, ill start with you. This ship was in contact with this pinger for two hours, 20 minutes in one direction. It turned around, caught it for 13 minutes in the other direction. Its a huge development. Yeah, i think so, too. Weve had a lot of ups and downs in this. But this looks like the beginnings of a breakthrough. I mean, at least it gets them in the right area, you know . So thats very important, as opposed to searching this huge area of the ocean. So as katy just mentioned, they mark this location with a gps right now. They go back, try to triangulate this. What are we talking about realistically in terms of time . I think shes right. You know, could be days, weeks, months. It can take a long time. This is very, very slow work. T. This is very, very slow work. But the point is, now, even if the pinger eventually quits, at least theyre in the general area and they might even be able to find it without a pinger. They can get an autonomous underwater device in there and start to map the bottom of the ocean. They do it with side scan radar, side scan sonar, which is like an underwater radar, and then finally you start taking still pictures down there, see if you can see it. Greg, obviously this comes in the nick of time. Weve been talking about the battery life on those devices, and it has to be nearing the end. Absolutely, matt. Thats the critical thing. We have the pings. The bad thing is for the second pass, they didnt have it for the same duration. They had to go deeper to get it. The signal itself may be fading. So theyre really going to have to work hard to try and triangulate and get a position for the underwater rov. And now we need to know what happened. If they locate the black boxes and the wreckage, we want to know what happened on that flight. Just real quickly, if you will, remind me what the cockpit voice recorder might tell them and the flight data recorder. If the cockpit voice recorder has survivsurvived, it probably have a lot of information on it because it only records for two hours. This is a six to sevenhour flight, its already overwritten itself, unless, of course, the pilot may have pulled the circuit breaker. The flight data recorder is going to tell us what happened as far as what the airplane was doing, but its not going to tell us why or how it happened. But it will give us some parameters to tell us whether the automation was flying, that is the auto pilot, or whether there were physical inputs made by the captain and or first officer. Once again, a promising todays National Investigative correspondent jeff rossen is at the courthouse this morning. Jeff, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning to you. This surprised everybody when he got up there and began everything by saying im sorry and going into a very tearful explanation about how he feels about it all. Legal experts say it all comes down to this now. No experts, no neighbors, just pistorius. All alone trying to convince the judge this was selfdefense. An honest mistake when he shot and killed his girlfriend reeva steenkamp. This morning, for the first time, Oscar Pistorius in his own words. As he walked to the witness box today, the courtroom silent, Oscar Pistorius started his testimony with a tearful apology to reeva steenkamps family, the girlfriend he shot and killed in his bathroom. Id like to apologize and say theres not a moment and there hasnt been a moment since this tragedy happened that i havent thought about your family. I wake up every morning and youre the first people i think of, the first people i pray for. I cant imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that ive caused you and your family. I was simply trying to protect reeva. I can promise that when she went to bed that night, she felt loved. Ive tried to put my words on paper many, many times to write to you, but no words would ever suffice. Reporter reevas family looking on just feet away. Pistorius chose to testify off camera, audio only, telling the court hes on antidepressants. Im scared to sleep. For several reasons. But i have terrible nightmares about things that happened that night, i wake up and i smell can smell can smell blood and i wake up to being terrified. If i hear a noise, i wake up just in a complete state of terror. To the point that id rather not sleep. Reporter pistorius delved into his disability, how he doesnt have legs and how that impacts his life. Its a difficulty when i dont have my legs on. I dont have balance. Very limited mobility. Reporter pistorius told the court when he thinks about the shooting that night and the death of reeva, he has panic attacks and depends on his family for help. Obviously, if i want to handle a firearm again, ive got a Security Guard that stands outside of my front door at night. But i wake up terrified. For some reason i cant calm myself down. I phone my sister and she comes and sits by me a while, which she did. Reporter spend a lot of time on the stand talking about his disability. He is more vulnerable than most people because he cannot move around as fast and trying to explain why he shot through the bathroom door. Pistorius is back on the stand tomorrow. We will watch it all four you. Savannah. Jeff rossen at the courthouse. Thank you very much. We are joined for the first time by cynthia mcfadden. Nbcs new investigative correspondent. Cynthia, good morning, and welcome to nbc. Its a pleasure to be here, savannah. We have a lot to talk about. Before we get into the specifics of what weve heard from pistorius this morning, theres a distinction in the South African legal system when you look at what we do in this country. He really had no choice but to take the stand. Effectively, he had no choice. In the u. S. , defendants have a right against selfincrimination and many choose not to take the stand. But in south africa, the judge would be permitted to enter a finding that he didnt have a defense at all if he didnt take the stand. So effectively, he had to get up there. Basically an adverse inference against him. Correct. Now, as far as this testimony, weve heard a lot from Oscar Pistorius this morning about his background, his childhood. Certainly how he feels about his prosthetics. I can understand why you would do that before a jury. This is a case being heard by a judge. Do those kinds of facts matter as much . Sure. I mean, look, the factfinders, the judge and the two assessors, or two assistants, who by the way, if they agree with her, they can overrule her, theyre judging demeanor as well. Theyre looking for credibility. Credibility is the persons life story now. His life is essentially in his own hands. And they want to create a case i mean, the most critical issue is did he reasonably fire into a door behind which he did not know who was there . Did he reasonably take that action . Was he reasonably afraid . And so theyre trying to create a life story that would make it credible. Of course, south africa, the death rate is very high in south africa, its one of the highest in the world. But theyre saying not only was he afraid because hes a South African, he was afraid because hes a man with a disability. He was afraid because he grew up with a single mother who had a gun under her bed, as he just testified. Nbcs cynthia mcfadden, welcome, and thank you very much. What a pleasure to be here, savannah. We are glad to have you. Well be seeing you a lot more, im sure. I hope so. Well take a turn. Natalie has other stories, including renewed violence in ukraine. Good morning, everyone. Violence is erupting once again in Eastern Ukraine this morning as armed gunmen stormed government buildings in three different cities. In donetsk, prorussian activists clashed with police, demanding a referendum to join russia. Ethnic russians in the city have been protesting to secede from ukraine since russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula last month. A 1yearold girl is improving this morning after a dramatic rescue at sea. The navy and California Air National Guard rescued a family, including their sick baby, from a disabled sailboat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The 36foot sailboat hit rough waters, losing power and the ability to steer. At the same time, the 1yearold developed a fever and a rash, so the family sent out a distress signal. Were going to have much more on this incredible rescue coming up in our next hour. More than 100 people were arrested and dozens were injured when a street party turned into a riot in Southern California this weekend. About 15,000 people attended the annual del topia Spring Break Party near the Uc Santa Barbara campus. Police say some people began throwing rocks, bottles and bricks at officers. Police then used tear gas, pepper spray, and foam projectiles to break it up. Some scary moments in indiana this weekend when a hot air balloon crashed into some power lines. The dramatic incident caught on camera. Take a look. Seven people were in the balloons basket at the time. It was trying to land when it floated into the power lines, causing that small explosion you saw there. The balloon then fell to the ground. Thankfully, no one onboard was seriously hurt. And in massachusetts this weekend, a wedding venue goes up in flames just minutes after the couple said i do. The justice of the peace captured this video of the fire. As you can see, the entire building completely engulfed in flames. Everyone inside, including the approximately 150 guests got out safely. Investigators say a carelessly discarded cigarette was likely to blame. It is no surprise when a fight breaks out at a hockey game, but you probably wouldnt expect to see this as a charity game. And especially between firefighters and policemen. Take a look. This is the scene on long island on sunday. New York Fire Department facing off with the Police Department in an annual charity game. The benches then cleared. The brawl went on for 20 minutes before order was finally restored. All in the name of a good cause. By the way, if youre keeping score, the nypd went on to win 85. They were able to arrest the other players. Who brought order to that disorder . Theyll have some serious discussions about what happened there this morning. Natalie, thanks very much. Welcome back, bud. Thanks, guys. Weve got a lot of Severe Weather going on through the south. In fact, weve got flooding to talk about. This is near birmingham, alabama. People driving into these underpasses and getting flooded out, and then swift water rescues have to be made. And as we look right now on the radar, you can see weve got a lot going on. The heavy rain has moved through birmingham, but you can see what is left. These are parking lots in Apartment Buildings. Theyve had to rescue folks from the first floor using rafts. So theyre continuing to track that. And in fact, you can see on the live radar, the heaviest showers and thunderstorms now moving into mobile just to the south of atlanta. It is making its way through, and so with this rain, were seeing anywhere from two to five inches of rain, so we have flash flood warnings from mobile up into birmingham, flash flood watches into parts of georgia, including atlanta. And tornado watches today until later this morning from new orleans all the way into central alabama. Were going to get to your local forecast coming up in the next 30 seconds. Lets do a brandnew. Lets step away from the bland and let the color fly. Lets get to the one store with more numberone choices and match this or this without using too much of this. Then lets crack open a can and get to it. Paint . No. Lets do pow. Lets do this. More saving. More doing. Thats the power of the home depot. Right now get 5 off cans and 20 off buckets of behr ultra interior. Nbc bay yare eye microclimate forecast is brought to you by probiattic drink. Im meteorologist christina loren. Temperatures mostly in the 50s to start the day. Crystal clear from the coast to the inland valleys. As a result of that clear start in San Francisco, nice and north bay at 82 degrees and 84 degrees here in the south bay and those warm spring temps stay with us for most of the week and then well drop the temperatures off, bringing some showers by friday. Al, thank you very much. His career spanned a lifetime. A veteran of more than 300 films, Mickey Rooney loved to act, and he loved the limelight. You never get tired of hearing applause. For rooney, the accolades came early. Born joseph yule jr. , he began performing at just 17 months old. By the time he could walk, he was a star. His stage name became permanent, as did his place in hollywood history. A young rooney was box office gold. I was the number one star of the world over such greats as the late king gabel and Spencer Tracy and errol flynn. I was playing in a pretty big ball game at 20, 21 years of age. Standing just 53, rooney said he felt like a man 66. Excuse me for running away, betsy. Its all right. His popular andy hardy series ran for almost 20 years. Get off as fast as you can and jump sure and clean. In National Velvet he taylor. In the adventures of the black stallion. Rooney shined in what may have been his most memorable role. But he also had his critics. Some called this performance in breakfast at tiffanys racist. Once again, i must protest through it all, rooney won golden globes, emmys, and later in life, an Honorary Academy award. If anybody tells you that they arent thrilled to be nominated for an academy award, you tell them that theyre just full of baloney, because its the greatest thrill that can come to a performer in our business. He was what they used to call in show business a triple threat. He could sing, he could dance, he could act. And do them all equally well. Married eight times with 11 children, rooneys life wasnt pictureperfect. He made and also lost millions. My name is Mickey Rooney. He told congress in 2011 he had been a victim of elder abuse. Ive been abused, financially, medically. My wife and i have hungered for food at our house. I want success so. But the showman will always be remembered for his long body of work. A legacy that lives on today. That is sad news. He was on this show many times. Did some really memorable interviews. For the older among us, he was clearly an icon. I was just thinking, he really crosses many, many generations. Because of that longevity. 80year career in hollywood. Coming up, did he help his case . Were going to go back to south africa and get more on this mornings emotional testimony from Oscar Pistorius, unfolding right now. And the duke and duchess of cambridge, along with Prince George arrive in new zealand overnight. Were live on the first leg of the young royals first trip overseas. Carson, welcome back. Thank you very much. Plus, the professor that got pranked bigtime by his own class. If you havent seen the video, its priceless. All that coming up. But first, this is today on opens up about her new sitcom, an ambitious world guinness attempt in our plaza. Can she pull a 15,000 pound truck in high heels . With a higher risk of stroke due to afib, a type of irregular heartbeat not caused by a heart valve problem. 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The search for a missing hiker from menlo park was called off. 100 people and canine units scoured over the weekend looking for any sign of magdalena glinkowski. No one has seen the Software Developer since march 30th when a camera caught her buying a parking ticket. They found her i. D. , cell phone and credit cards inside a car in a parking lot. Hey, good morning to you, peggy. Everybody at home. Its going to be a warm one today. Already pretty mild out there at 53 degrees now in san jose and mostly clear sky overhead and as a result of this clear start not only in san jose but at the immediate coast, were going to warm up a lot today. Into the mid80s, about a 25 degree jump. South bay at 84 degrees and 75 in San Francisco today. And 82 degrees in the north bay. Your sevenday forecast shows you hotter tomorrow and bring in showers as we head throughout friday. Cut off low developments. Right nowmeres mike. San mateo bridge moves smoothly and see slowing and the top speed across the bay, thats okay. Map shows you not a big problem for 92 across and slowing down coming off 38 and south of there, thats where 880 jams towards newark and fremont and an earlier crash cleared 15 minutes ago and start to recover through that area. South bay 280 at 101. Peggy just reports of a car fire and smoke. Well track that back to you. Another local news update for you coming up in 30 minutes. In the meantime, have a great day. Irresistible, incredible, and amazingly affordable. Get the good stuff at a price youll love, at t. J. Maxx. 7 30 now on this monday its the 7th of april, 2014. Its the start of a big week in Rockefeller Plaza. Thats why we have this dramatic music playing. Each morning, we are going to have someone attempt a Guinness World record live on our plaza, and it will start this morning with the heaviest vehicle pulled in high heels by a female. Friends, i do not think we have a winner or a record holder in this category yet. No, well be setting a record. Yes. Shes got her high heel booties and shes ready to tow a truck. And then were going to have you two try this. I have a doctors excuse. You certainly do. Meantime, well get to that in our 8 30 halfhour. Lets look at what is making headlines. U. S. Navy equipment used in the search for malaysia air flight 370 has picked up signals consistent with pings from a planes flight recorders. They had contact with one of the pings for about two hours and 20 minutes in one direction, then the ship turned and picked up the signal for another 13 minutes. But it could take several days to confirm the origin of those sounds. Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney has died. The 93yearold broke into acting more than 80 years ago. He was the Top Box Office draw in the late 30s and 40s. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, and received two special oscars for his big screen lifetime achievements. And the duke and duchess of cambridge and their son Prince George kicked off a lengthy trip down under overnight. Its the first of the young royals life. Were going to take you inside their trip in just a little bit. All right, but we want to begin this halfhour with more on Oscar Pistoriuss testimony this morning, happening at his murder trial. Todays National Investigative correspondent jeff rossen is with us from the courthouse once again. Jeff, good morning. Reporter hey, savannah, good morning. This really is a milestone in the case. We have not heard from him, and what his story is about that night. Sure, weve read it and heard it from his defense lawyers, but never in his own words, and that is exactly whats happening here in pretoria today. Within secondss of taking the stand, he offered an emotional apology to reeva steenkamps family sitting feet away in the courtroom. Take a listen. I wake up every morning and youre the first people i think of, the first people i pray for. I cant imagine the pain and the sorrow and the emptiness that ive caused you and your family. Reporter after that apology today, pistorius talked a lot about his disability and talked about growing up in the house with his mother with a gun under her bed. The crime rate in south africa and how he, himself, is a victim in south africa. Making him more susceptible to intruders. Pistorius is back on the stand tomorrow. Prosecution is the key. They will try to trip Oscar Pistorius up on the version of events that night. We will watch it for you. Savannah. All right, jeff ross, we know youll keep an eye on it. Thank you very much. Let us turn and get a check of the weather from mr. Roker. We still have some Severe Weather to talk about as we make our way into the southeast. In fact, a risk of strong storms today from new orleans all the way to norfolk, virginia and ocala, florida, with the possibility of thunderstorms. Damaging winds, dangerous lightning, and we cannot rule out the risk of tornados. As this system all lifts up to the north and to the east, look for washington to get into this later this morning, into the afternoon. Heavier showers and thunderstorms move into new york and new england late tonight on into tomorrow. Anywhere from one to two inches of rain, but in the southeast, we could be looking up to three to five inches of rain. And were also going to see a big warmup. The jet stream is going to take a change. Its going to ridge up to the west, and so thats going to push way up to the north throughout much of the country. Look at that warm air, mild air making its way into the northeast. Downright hot, southern texas, and into Southern California over the next few days, temperatures high temperatures in l. A. Getting up near 90 degrees in downtown. Thats whats going on around 7 34 on a monday morning. Good morning, im meteorologist christina loren. Temperatures are mild to start. Close to 60 in San Francisco and 53 here and in the south bay, want to show you your forecast. By lunchtime, low 70s in San Francisco. It is going to be warm out there. Here in san jose at lunchtime, well see temperatures in the mid up toer 70s and then well round out the day with plenty of 80s across the board and 83 on the peninsula and 83 in the south bay and 75 in San Francisco and 83 in the north bay. A family of four sailing around the world got into trouble when their sailboat broke down. And their 1yearold baby fell ill. Nbcs Miguel Almaguer has the latest on this. Miguel, good morning to you. Reporter the Kaufman Family began their trip around the world in this small harbor here in san diego. It was to be the journey of a lifetime and now its a rescue they will never forget. It was high drama in the open seas. New pictures of an incredible rescue. It all played out like a hollywood script. A Pararescue Team plunging into the pacific so they could reach a crippled sailboat and bring a sick 1yearold girl to safety. If you were to take a navy z. E. A. L. And paramedic and then throw in a few more years of training, that is a pararescueman. Reporter this morning, the Kaufman Family with little lira is now aboard the uss vandergrift. Some people like to be alone, and some people dont. Reporter for eric and cheryl kaufman, it began a trip of a lifetime, circumventing the globe. Their 36foot sailboat lost power in steering 900 nautical miles off the coast. Adrift april 3rd, they sent a may day. The boat is crippled, lira is seriously ill. The rescue team reaches them in hours. But it takes three days for the vandergrift to reach the family. Sariah english has spoken to her sister charlotte by satellite phone. Im just calling to tell you i love you. Lira is doing great. She is responding well. She no longer has a fever. So shes doing great. Theyre all very tired. And a little bit in shock. Reporter a shocking end to a dream journey that still became the trip of a lifetime. This morning, the family is facing several critics who said they should not have taken the children on the trip around the world. They say they are proud of their choice and expected back in san diego this week. Matt. Miguel almaguer, thank you very much. No. No, no, no. Just because you can, doesnt mean you should. It its crazy. You dont put kids of that age through Something Like that. People had two reactions to that story. Glad theyre okay, what on earth were they thinking. Coming up, the great Billy Crystal will join us on trending. 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Whats your 20 . When youre getting the most out of yourself and out of life. Start your day with the power of protein. Milk life. Were back at 7 42, with the start of the duke and duchess of cambridges tour of new zealand and australia. It marks Prince Georges first trip overseas and his First Official duty as a royal. Lets get to sarah james, shes in wellington this morning. Good morning to you. Reporter good morning. Its nighttime here in new zealand. The end of a long day for the duke and duchess of cambridge, whose visit has caused great excitement here. But there is no doubt the biggest star of this tour is the littlest royal, a cheerful, cheeky cherub baby Prince George. The country known as the land of the long white cloud lived up to its name with a windy welcome for will, kate, and 8monthold george. The trio got the queens permission for two heirs to the throne to travel on the same plane. But there were no complaints about the weather when kate disembarked with her precious cargo. She looked fantastic with her Jackie Kennedy style outfit. But the baby, all eyes were on prince gorge. There she was holding him for the world to see. I think that was the focus of all the cameras. While george is still too young to walk, he is already following in his fathers footsteps. In fact, Prince William was almost exactly the same age as his son is now when Prince Charles and new bride diana took their tour of the region in 1983. A trip which drew crowds by the tens of thousands, and which turned diana into an international star. Like diana before her, kate is a fashion icon. But its not just her outfits that dazzle. The duchess, earning rave reviews for her grace and poise. Later, with Prince George in the care of his traveling nanny, will and kate received a traditional welcome, complete with a nose rub, a we can to a land kate has long said she couldnt wait to visit. Tomorrow, the royal couple will recuperate from that big journey with the little one. Their new zealand tour also includes adventure, play dates for george, and a trip to christchurch, which Prince William visited after the earthquake in 2011 before they head to australia. I can tell all of you, the aussies cant wait. Back to you in new york. Thank you so much. By the way, al, youve been gone for a few days. We havent done a hongi in a long time. Oh. You want to hongi with me. No, you dont. Im cold. I can hongi with you from here. Just ahead on trending, youre going to meet the woman who rejected jon hamm on a totally 90s dating show. Dude second thoughts. Kirstie alley and greg kinnear coming up. Theyll be here, all right. That was a weird harry cut. What do you call that . Im their mom at the playground and im his mom at the dog park. The kids get trail mix, and heres what you get after a full day of chasing that cute little poodle from down the street. 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How are you guys doing . Later in the 8 00 hour, well get to know why you guys are here. We have a thing we do at today. Com called orange room roulette. They come in, answer a question left to them from the previous celebrities. Very confusing. Were going to have you both take a shot at it. I think greg should go first. Greg, want to go first . Show a little enthusiasm, greg. Come on. Why are we doing this . Who left that one . What makes you happy . That is literally the question. What makes you happy. Who wrote that . Quick early segment in the morning. Well move on to kirstie. Okay. We get to write these before we leave, right . Thats right. You get to write a couple. Oh, my god. Of course i got the worlds longest question. Whats something you always meant to do but never got around to. Or dared to. Whos that from . I think its sandwiched between these two. With matt lauer watching. You want to know wheres matt lauer . Thats where he is. Well, fantastic. You want to see more of these, and why wouldnt you . Go to today. Com. Were going to franchise this. Theyre going to actually write a question. Greg, whats the question youre going to leave for the next celebrity . I have to say probably about trigonometry. Politics. This ones fantastic. Read over his shoulder, carson. Why are you leaning over my [ laughter ] greg is gone. Greg said, im so out of here. Why are you looking at my boobs . Thats a great question. The guest on tomorrows show is going to answer the question. Perfect. All right, guys. All right, lets get to it. Coming up on trending, the students who used a cell phone to pull the ultimate prank on their professor. And a Guinness World record attempt live on the plaza. A woman in heels. Trying to pull a 15,000pound truck. First, your local news and the weather. Everything your mouth does in a day is building up layer, upon layer, of bacteria. And to destroy those layers . You need listerine®. 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Ive been talking a lot about his procedure. whispering what . Get our everyday price match guarantee plus a 100 rebate on 4 select tires from your tire experts. Chevy certified service. You are watching today in the bay. 7 56 im scott mcgrew. A family and a sick baby girl rescued at sea are safe aboard a navy ship and could be back home in san diego as early as today. Video of yesterdays dramatic rescue showing a team deploying right into the open ocean 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico where the familys sail boat lost steering and communications. Crews from Moffett Field helped in the rescue. 1yearold baby lera is now in stable condition after receiving medical care for fever and a rash. The parents took off on an around the world journey bringing baby lera and her 3yearold older sister with her. The boat broke down and the baby became sick. Lets check your weather this morning with christina. Good morning. Hey, good morning to you, scott. Good morning to you at home. Almost at 60 degrees in oakland, san jose and San Francisco at 56 degrees and a warm one out there. As temperatures approach the mid80s just about everywhere, except for at the immediate coast. So, grab a light jacket this morning, something to keep you warm for the first part of the day, but at the end of the day, 10 to 15 degrees above average. For tomorrow the 90s are expected and then we have rain on the way for next week. Youll see that on your sevenday forecast. Count on warm conditions and make sure youre ready for that. Close the blinds in your home and keep it nice and cool in there. Heres mike and your drive. The sun heating things up and not really blinding causing them to need to slow down a bit. Southbound 101 heading in towards the sun and look at the map from the peninsula side and doesnt show a problem as far as the speeds slowing down a bit and east bay where we see a lot of slowing southbound 880 approaching san mateo bridge. The earlier crash at stevenson and fremont set off all that closing and it is heavier than last week. All right, mike, well see you back here in half an hour. Its 8 00 on today. Coming up, on the stand. Id like to apologize and say that theres not a moment and there hasnt been a moment since this tragedy happened that i havent thought about your family. Oscar pistorius takes the stand in his own defense. His emotional testimony from inside the courtroom. Plus, a starstudded morning here in Rockefeller Plaza. Billy crystal, Kirstie Alley, and greg kinnear are all up early and here live in studio 1a. Then, one for the record books. Were kicking off a week of Guinness World record attempts live on the plaza. This morning, can a woman in high heels pull a 15,000pound truck . Well find out today, monday, april 7th, 2014. Were from atlanta celebrating birthdays in new york today is my 10th birthday. Good morning, new york were on spring break from michigan. We love the today show aloha from hawaii. Hey, lexi, back in missouri. Will you go to prom with me . Back now, 8 00 on monday morning. Its the seventh day of april, 2014. Big crowd of spring breakers in Rockefeller Plaza this morning. And by the way, some of them may be noticing a distinct odor in the air. Theres a smoke smell. Theres a wildfire, some kind of a fire down in new jersey. Look at the skyline. You can see. Its like 90 miles away, but the winds are bringing it here. You smell it. Anyway, thats coming from our neighbors to the west and south, and we hope that gets under control real fast. Meanwhile, out on the plaza, weve got a big event and a big week of events here. Yes, we are setting World Records, in some cases breaking World Records this morning. She is going to try quite a feat. She is going to try to pull oh. [ laughter ] thats Kirstie Alley. Thats way too easy. A joke. Fantastic. Kirstie alley. My hero. Our camera did a great job on that, too. That reveal was perfect. Looked like she was pulling the truck. That was very, very good. Impressive. Meantime, couldnt help but notice the cover of usa today weekend. Look at that. Very nice, you guys. Whos that bearded guy . But its nice. Its an issue celebrating service to the community, and were obviously doing some projects. That young lady right there came up with a great idea and shes a hero in her community. Go to the magazine and read it and check it out. Very cool. All right. Lets get a check of the top stories of the morning. Natalies at the news desk. Good morning to you all once again. Planes and ships searching for malaysia air flight 370 are zeroing in on their most promising lead so far. Ships have detected underwater sounds this weekend that Officials Say are consistent with pings from aircraft black boxes. Those sounds were picked up in a remote part of the indian ocean where the water is almost three miles deep. The flight with 239 people onboard disappeared a month ago. Olympic blade runner Oscar Pistorius on the stand for the first time today at his murder trial in south africa. Nbcs jeff rossen is covering it all for us in pretoria once again. Jeff, good morning. Reporter hey, natalie, good morning to you. Weve been watching Oscar Pistorius for the past 20 days or so break down in court, trying, hands in his head. Head in his hands. Today when he got on the stand, within seconds, he broke down crying down a tearful, emotional apology to reeva steenkamps family sitting just feet away. Talking a lot about his mobility issues today, how he has a hard time getting around without his prosthetic legs. All part of the defenses case that he was vulnerable to an intruder and thats why he shot four times through the door, that it was all an accident. But the real test here comes when he starts going through the actual facts of that night, which he hasnt done yet. Nano second by nanosecond, and the real test will come when prosecutors give him a grilling. Legal experts say this is one of the best prosecutors in south africa, and he is going to try to trip Oscar Pistorius up. Back on the stand today and hell be back on the stand again tomorrow, natalie. All right, jeff rossen in pretoria, south africa. Thank you. Sad news out of hollywood this morning. Acting legend Mickey Rooney died sunday at his home in north hollywood. Rooney was the Top Box Office draw in the late 1930s and early 40s, playing allamerican boy andy hardy. He was often paired with close friend judy garland. His 53 stature and eight marriages made him a punch line for comedians. Rooney won two honorary oscars and an enemy. He was 93 years old. A wannabe sports mascot lost his cool this weekend. It was all caught on camera. Billy cub was hanging out in a chicago bar when some joker came up behind him and removed his giant head. Billy then answered with a hard right paw to the chin. Other patrons broke up the brawl, giving billy a chance to retrieve his head and to stalk out. The chicago cubs point out that billy is strictly selfappointed and has never been affiliated with the team. That will teach him. Lets get a check of the weather once again with al. All righty, thanks so much, natalie. Got all these nice folks hanging out here. Hanging out with dad. Where are you guys from . Chicago. Youre going to warm up later this week. Awfully nice. Lets check it out. Show you what weve got going on. Down to the southeast, it is raining like crazy. Take a look at new orleans right now. Theyve got flooding going on. Downtown new orleans keeping an eye on that. And you can see weve got a tornado watch in effect from louisiana all the way up into central alabama, on into later this afternoon. And were also looking at a risk of strong storms from the Midatlantic States down into the gulf coast. Southeast as well. Some rain in the pacific northwest. Fabulous day in los angeles today. 85 for a high. Look for 49 and partly cloudy skies in chitown. Rain moves into new york city later today. A high of 51 good monday morning to you. Its already 59 yes in San Francisco, where the northerly winds are starting to pump. Were going to see nearrecord temperatures across the bay. Heres the kicker. Even warmer for tomorrow. The temperatures drop like a rock as we head into the end of the week. We have showers on the way, mostly north of the Golden Gate Bridge. That comes into the mix on friday into saturday. And thats your latest weather. All right, al, thank you so much. Coming up on trending, did big papis white house stunt bring an end to the president ial selfie . I hope not. Plus, a bevy of stars in studio 1a. Were talking about Billy Crystal, Kirstie Alley and greg kinnear. And our week of Guinness Record attempts kicks off with a woman in heels pulling a nearly eightton truck. Can she do it . 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All right, were back at 8 09 with whats trending today. These days, when a person meets the president , i think the first thing is to not shake hands, its to take a selfie. But has david ortiz ruined the president ial selfie for the rest of us . I pose the question, because after the red sox sluggers photo with president obama turned out to be staged, although doesnt he say it wasnt staged . He says no, it was spontaneous. Apparently the white house is cracking down anyway. A top aide says from here on out, all selfies with the president could be baed. The white house does not want to risk another publicity stunt. In fact, the administration was so irked by that photo, they complained to samsung, expressing concerns and calling the Product Placement inappropriate. Okay. I hope its not the end of selfies. Maybe case by case. As long as theres no product endorsement. I think most regular folks dont have those product endorsements. So its probably safe to do a selfie with them. Reminds me, by the way, of that song that my kids are addicted to. Let me take a selfie i play it every single morning. Little known fact, matt plays that song every morning. You know who does not play that song . Billy crystal. This guy right here. Hey, Billy Crystal can we take a selfie, billy . Here we go. Got to turn the camera. Its not on. Hey, billy. Hi. Whats shaking . Pitching middle relief. Really . He doesnt even know what that means. Like a falcon. Start using that. Why am i standing and youre sitting . I dont know. Why is that . I am standing. Thats why they call you a walkon guest. By the way, 700 sundays. One of my favorite plays ever. Thank you. And youre bringing it to hbo. Yes, april 19th. Which is really cool. They captured this. I had a screener. They really captured it beautifully. Im very happy with it. You know, its ten years of work. And we had to make it right. The whole family. Its opening day for the yankees home opener. Thats not what i want to talk about. I want to talk about last weeks opener for the mets. Okay . We had a little Daniel Murphy controversy. Took not one, but two games off because his wife gave birth. Hes entitled to three days off for paternity leave. He got blasted on sports radio. You are not only a fan of the game, a student of the game, but youre an evolved man. What do you think about this . I thought it was totally right. He actually caught the baby as it came out. [ laughter ] perfect. Come on lets go. Lets go. Come on, come on. He did have a role. They needed his skills. Listen, i was a mr. Mom back when it wasnt cool. And i talk about it in the show, back in 1970 well, my daughter. And i did that for a year and a half and it was the best time of my life. And it forever bonded us. This is a father with his child. So who was upset with him . Mike francesco. Whats he doing . Whats he doing . Al, youre on from tnet. Not exactly the brightest bulb. Its not just the mothers job. She did the most difficult thing in bringing the baby into the world, so hes there, he should be. Absolutely. Did they lose the two games that he missed . Yes. Well, now its stupid. [ laughter ] theres the punch line right there. Leave it to billy. Somebody said hey, by the way, you play for the mets. Its not going to matter. You said that. Oh whoa that was during the commercial break. Sorry. Now something theyre calling the best stick around, bill. The best prank ever. It happened in grand rapids, michigan. All you need to know is that one professor there has a rule that if your cell phone rings in class, if youre a student, youve got to answer the call, youve got to put it on speakerphone for the entire class to hear. And in this video, sure enough, one students phone goes off during class. Take a look. Is this necessary . Yes. This is kevin. Okay, you might want to okay. Okay. [ laughter ] [ applause ] oh, wow. Got schooled. That was a good one. I love that professor. It was like he knew he was being videotaped. That was very cool. What do you think of that policy, billy . I dont like it. I dont like it. But the whole cell phone thing, i dont like. Even though i have one. Thats going back to share it with the class, share it with everybody. Yeah, exactly. Speaking of sharing, Mickey Rooney as you know passed away. I know you were a big fan of his work. Tremendous. I did one of his last personal appearances at the 50th anniversary of its a mad mad mad mad world. I hosted an evening at the academy with the surviving members of the cast. The late Jonathan Winters was there, too. I think johns last appearance. And mickey, first of all, hes one of the most talented actors ever in the history of the movies. He was the number one box office champion. I believe seven years in a row. He could sing great. Tap dance great. He did shakespeare. He was a phenomenal talent. And we brought him out onstage. He was in a wheelchair and he got out of the chair and did a time step for about a minute. Brought the house down. And jonathan said to him, dont do that again or youll die. [ laughter ] but he was a tremendous talent. And someone at five foot tall that everybody looked up to. He was incredible. Perfect. By the way, i want to mention that were going to hang out this afternoon. Were going to spend some time talking about 700 sundays. Looking forward to that. Me, too. Id also like to declare you the best trending celebrity guest ever. You set the bar. What do i get for that . Not a thing. You get to come back. A handshake. Thanks, Billy Crystal. Good to see you. Thats whats trending today. Up next, Kirstie Alley on her new sitcom, her struggles with weight, plus she has a big emmy winner Kirstie Alley has been in the spotlight for more than 30 years, from sitcoms to movies to her public battle with weight. And were delighted to have kirstie back here in studio 1a this morning. Good to see you, good morning. Good to see you. Before we get to announcements and involvements, how are you . I was looking at the research. You havent been here in a few years. Are you doing okay . Im doing great. Im having a lot of fun out there. In the world. You love doing a sitcom again . I do. Does that life work for you . Its the best life that you could possibly have. Its better than a bankers life. Its the best actor life you could have because you basically work four days a week, sort of. I think whats great, you work with great people. You have Michael Richards of seinfeld fame. Rhea perlman of everything fame. Is that one of the benefits of doing a sitcom, you just get to hang out with funny people . You dont field like hanging out unless you trust the people that youre working with. Because theyre so genius, we do just get to hang out. Its feeling really good. I was raised never to talk about a womans age, but you blurted your age out on a National Show not long ago and you told the world you are well, i had a birthday since i blurted that. So youre so now im 40. No. Im 63. All right. And i get the fielding you are not letting that age define you. Youre kind of throwing it out the window and saying i feel great. Well, theres nothing you can really do about it. So thats how you have to work with it. I think you just sort of you know, i feel amazing because i feel healthy and i feel happy and i have my kids are doing great, and i have a sitcom. I mean, who wouldnt feel great . Yeah, why complain . I dont have anything to complain about really. Last time i was with you, we were at your house. Yes. You were on the yellow sofa. I remember it well. I remember it well, too. We were talking about some nasty comments that were written in some of the newspapers and tabloids about your weight. Yes. You want to talk a little bit about that now . Because i know you were with jenny craig i think it was 2004 to 2007. Yes. Have i got the dates right . Yeah. And you lost a lot of weht. Yes. And when you stopped, you did kind of roller coaster. I did. For a while i maintained it for three years. I maintained it actually i think for four years. And then, you know, i went off the rails a little bit. What triggers that . What triggers going off the rails . Theres two things with me. I think everybodys different. Two things with me. If i have man trouble. And they upset me. And then the other you cant imagine that. Onesided, but thats okay. Listen, men, stop upsetting your women. You make them fat. And the other one is i have too long of a definition of a holiday. Which, you know, the Christmas Holiday lasts from halloween to valentines day. So i just i have to really be more disciplined in that time period. And i stopped doing what jenny craig tells you to do. And i didnt have a consultant anymore. And thats for me really crucial. And i was reading that youre watching kirstie the sitcom and you looked and said i need to lose some weight again. Yeah. I was like, you look okay on the street. But you dont look on tv, not so much. And it is different. Its different for actresses because you really do look a little different on television. And showing you from every angle. You know, if im posing for a picture, im not turning my butt around. But youre not also the kind of person who wakes up every morning and runs to the skasm. Scale. I am now. Theres a couple things you can do that help. Write down everything that you eat. And if you weigh every day, because what happens with me anyway, if i dont weigh every day, then i dont weigh for about a week, and then i get on the scale and ive gained three pounds and i go okay, then i dont get on the scale again until six months later, because im just afraid to get on the scale. So if you can make yourself do it every day, i think that thats a good thing. But youre now going back and you are going to have a business relationship with jenny craig. Yes, i am, matt thats the big announcement. You were there before for the big announcement. This is your duo announcement. Yes, weve sort of merged situations, and im really excited. Yeah. And do you have a goal . I have a goal to lose 30 pounds. Okay. I know this isnt politically correct, but i grew up you know, when there were actually fat ladies in the circus. And now so many of us are fat that you cant tell us apart. There were actually fat ladies in the circus. Remember that at fairs and Different Things and they would parade the fat lady out. So i call that circus fat. And im not circus fat, but i need to lose 30 pounds. Just get back to a fighting weight. Well, 30 pounds is a lot. For most women, they would flip their you know what, the thing we cant say, but they would flip out. You want to come back . Will you kind of keep us abreast of this, so to speak . I want to come back every week until i can just stand here naked and proud in front of the world. Just the mental image there. You tweeted last night, by the way i did. You were going to come on the show and make me blush at least a dozen times. So theres one. You owe me 11. 11 blushes to come. If i wasnt censored, i could make you blush all over the place. And wed both be out of work. Kirstie alley, its always nice to see you. Matt lauer, thank you. What a pleasure. Lets go over to savannah. The bestselling book heaven is for real tells the true story of a 4yearolds near death experience and what he describes as a trip to heaven. Now its heading to the big screen with greg kinnear starring as the father who tries to understand his sons incredible story. Take a look. What about the hospital . How do you feel about that . Does that scare you . No. Thats where the angels sang to me. The angels sang to you . Yes. When . During the operation when mom was in one room talking on the phone and you were in another room yelling at god. And greg kinnear is with us. Good morning to you. Good morning. I was thinking, for some people, the religious aspect of this film will make them flock to the theaters, and for others, maybe its a reason to stay away. Yeah. Did you have any trepidation about that part of it . Well, i thought that the i think youre right. I mean, there are some people who just are going to write it off immediately, but i think that theres a large audience of people in the middle, maybe not sure what they think, how they feel about it that might be open to the story. And i was really surprised. I mean, i definitely had some you know, its not an ambiguous title, heaven is for real. But i thought randy wallace, who is an excellent writer, he wrote braveheart and directed me in we were soldiers, did a great way of finding his way in the story. The story doesnt get bogged down with what heaven looks like. Its not these clouds. I can tell you that. Well, good. Because those clouds are fake. Whatever it is, lets hope its not this. But it doesnt get bogged down with the specifics of what it is or what it looks like, and instead just focuses on this family, and this incredible kind of story that they went through and gives you a front row seat. You have this wonderful little actor. I guess hes about 4 or 5 years old. He plays colton. Hes so cute. How was he to work with . One of these actors that just stays in his trailer all day, sipping tea . Thats him. You know what, hes really you know, has no affectation. Hes too young to have the cute child actor thing happening. Its all natural. Hes kind of the best actor in that way. Its infuriating to work with. Hes effortless in that sense. We lack looked at thousands of and he came in and auditioned. Joe roth is the producer, we had a little audition in his office. Little connor came in there from a little town in ohio and just shocked us all. He had this very natural gift and it was really great. Well, i know you and remember you, of course, from your talk show days. Do you look around a morning show set like this and think gosh, what could have been. The Fried Chicken smell emanating from the kitchen over there. I walked in and i was saying, it does smell like chick in here. Theyre baking next door here. Maybe it is heaven. Well, dont you think ill be the judge of that a little later on . Ill be checking that out. I dont know. This looks like serious television. I used to work at e. Slightly different set. You love it when we say what. Oh, good morning to you. Its 8 26. Starting this morning, crossing the Golden Gate Bridge will cost you 1 more. Tolls are expected to go up by a quarter every year until eventually they reach 8 by 2018. Its to prevent a 142 million budget shortfall. The morning commute is well under way. Its very slow right now. Past the coliseum, we had a steady increase to the volume of traffic. Just north of the coliseum, around 5th, we had a stall. The gold hyundai was blocking one lane for about ten minutes. That was enough to clamp down on the speeds. Now its clear as far as the lanes go. We should see recovery. The east shore freeway coming down out of richmond into berkeley, down to the 20mileperhour mark. Standard for a monday. The cluster of accidents for north 230 and 880. But theyre all moving quickly to the shoulder. Heavier traffic flow than last week, but not as bad as it sometimes can get. We do have another local news update just about 30 minutes away. Well see you then. Avo safeway gets that staying on budget can be a real bear. Thats why. Theyve gots lots of ways to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. This week,. Lifes just a little sweeter with delicious red, seedless grapes. Just 1. 99 a pound. Clean up with bounty paper towels, only 8. 99 for 8 large rolls. And honey bunches of oats are just 1. 88. Theres more savings to love. At safeway. Ingredients for life. 8 30 now on this monday morning. Its the 7th of april. Weve got a great spring break crowd gathered in Rockefeller Plaza. And in a few moments, we believe they will see a Guinness World record set. Carsons trying. Its not working. Wheres leah . There she is. Right there. Leah is going to attempt to pull a 15,000pound truck five meters, or 16. 4 feet. So this is going to be huge. And in heels. And in heels shes attempting to do it. Also, shes going to attempt to complete the most double ditch skips by a dog in one minute. She currently holds the mark at 113. I can do one. Plus, feel like youre in a rut . Marlo thomas is here with some Inspiring Stories of women who have changed the course of their lives midlife to follow their passions. But first, al, lets get a check of the weather. We are looking at the risk of strong storms. Gulf coast and the Midatlantic States, a lot of wet weather into the midatlantic and the northeast. Sunny and warm in the southwest into Southern California. Then, for tomorrow, the heat continues in the southwest. Weve got wet weather along the eastern seaboard into northern new england. More rain moves into the pacific northwest. The heat continues in the southw 8 31 on a backtowork monday. Clear as a bell from the coast all the way through your inland. Temperatures right now in the mid to upper 50s. Were headed toward an unseasonably warm day, to the tune to 10 to 15 degrees above average. Plenty of 80s. Maybe a little bit of shower activity later on this week. Cutoff low developing. Best chance right now looks like the north bay and areas just to the south of the Golden Gate Bridge. Breaking down that heat by the end of the week. And thats your latest weather. Where are you guys from . Chicago. And youre a little warmer in chicago than it is here. Its nice. Very good. All right. Now, lets head into where its even warmer, the orange room and carson. Check this thing out. Ank you, al, very much. Spring breaker fever. Mr. Chocolate is here attempting to break the Guinness World record for the Worlds Largest chocolate egg. Thank you so much for being here. Tell me a little bit about this. Just the sheer dimensions, break it down. Its pretty much 120pound egg. Over 24 inches wide. The 18th of april, those eggs are going to be here at Rockefeller Center and go to an auction. 260 eggs going to be here, all about the same size. Only one in chocolate. Where did you get the idea to do this . Youve done such great things with chocolate. Thank you very much. This is something thats happening in europe, in london, and now its in new york. The sales of all the eggs going to go to charity. One of the charities to help new yorks school. Another for the Preservation Charity of southeast asia. Is this solid . Its not solid, but its very thick. 120 pounds. Thats a lot of chocolate. A lot of chocolate for easter. And the world record, needs to be sold by for more than 11,000 at the auction. All right. Good luck to you. Thank you very much. Nice to have you here. Jacque. Thank you, guys. Back to you. Save us a bite. Exactly. Still ahead, our Guinness World record attempt live on the plaza. Can a woman in high heels, that woman, pull a 15,000pound truck . Were about to find out. But first, marlo thomas on how to start again and succeed. Back in a moment. This is today on nbc. We are back at 8 36 with awardwinning actress and bestselling author marlo thomas. Shes hoping to inspire women across the country with her latest book called it aint over till its over. Malo talks to people who have have realized their dreams. I quit my job, cashed in my i. R. A. , put my money where my heart was, and opened the most unique dance exercise studio. Ten years later, 23,000 registered students. The cat is out of t bag. Were the founders of brads reconstruction bras. As two sisters who both carry the brc Breast Cancer gene, we have created a patented bra solution for women who have undergone a mastectomy with breast reconstruction, like us. Our eureka moment came when we realized we were going to live through Breast Cancer. Im jamie james, and i created the cellfolia. Like most women, i carry a handbag and threw all my essentials into it. Never able to find anything when i needed it. I knew i needed to create a product that would help women have all of their essentials in the palm of their hand. My eureka moment came when i brought my prototype to my tailor and he handed me back something that once fit in my head and now was a product. Im carrie obrien, the designer and creator of commando underwear. I was in a corporate job doing public relations. One thing i did love to do was give advice about underwear. Our eureka moment was when we decided to banish visible panty lines forever. Thats a good mission to have. I know. She made millions from it. Its incredible. I think this book is so inspiring. Youve got people who really reinvented themselves. Why was that topic fascinating to you . I travel around the country raising money for st. Jude. Everywhere i went, women would talk to me about their lives. A lot of them said they just felt stuck. You know, they were 42 years old, their kids had grown and their dream kind of ran out on them. Or they got a divorce or they got a layoff, they lost their job, somebody died in the family, or maybe they just had this nagging thing in the back of their mind, like theres something i always wanted to do. Why didnt i do it . Maybe i can go for it now. And the exciting thing is, if youre in your 40s or 50s, youve got 30, 40, 50 years left. You might as well go for it. Like this wonderful woman whos photographed right there, the doctor. She was 42 years old and she was a graphic artist and she did a medical journal for a company, and she said yeah, i really wish i had gone into medicine, its what i wanted to do. A friend of hers said why dont you do it now . She said well, im 42 years old. Ill be 50 by the time i get to be a doctor. She said youre going to be 50 anyway. So she did and shes a practicing physician. I just think its so exciting to just go for it. I have this saying in my own life, which is never face the facts or youll never get up in the morning. Thats what these women did. They just never faced the facts and they went for it. When you read them all together, you think, i could do that. Thats what i was going to say. Its not just a matter of admiring other women or thinking that was nice. When you read these all together, you start thinking, whats my big dream . What could i do . Is that the point to kind of inspire . Yes, and also how to. How do i get started . I think thats the most interesting part about reading these stories. Is that these women see themselves as their own resources. You know, they know that, okay, ive got to make a phone call to try to find somebody to help me. Maybe i have to get a new skill set. Maybe i have to go back to class and learn something. Maybe i should go into partnership with my sister or my mother or my husband or my daughter. A girlfriend. Its a way of starting to see that there are many, many ways to get to where you want to go. And i think thats an important part of this. Is every day, do one thing rather than because its not in the head. This one woman just said, something that i had in my head, i saw it in my hand now that i have it. Thats just it. Youve got to get it out of your head and each day do one more thing. I think that will get you to your goal. Yeah, and i think one thing you learn from the book is what are smart risks or calculated risks versus a dangerous risk. A lot of women, some of them took a mortgage out on their house. They borrowed on their retirement. They went back to one woman sold her designer clothes on ebay and started her business. I think theres a million ways to do it. Its just you got to have the guts to do it. Well, this book will give you those guts. Its it aint over till its over. Good to have you here. Up next a world record about to be set. Meet the 42yearold woman about to pull a 15,000pound truck. Hang out for this one. This is is today on nbc. Today one of our special Series Spring breakers today. Remarkable people are going to attempt to set guiness World Records right here on our plaza. First up, leah and here is the word. The heaviest vehicle pulled in high heels by a female. You get that . In a moment shes going to try to pull that 15,000pound truck, five meters or as savannah will tell you, 16. 4 feet. For a good cause to raise awareness for women in homelessness. If she sets the record walmart donates 25,000 to women in need in new york. Take a look. I am leah from toronto, canada. I pull trucks. You know, most people who do truck pulling are in strong man competition. I have never done one of those. Im a flatfooted flunky. I never thought i would do anything like this but turns out im good at it. When you pull a truck you think that it would start hurting from the back and then go downward but really it starts from your feet and goes up. When it comes to training, you cant do it in any kind of enclosed space. Its the most humiliating thing actually. I go into a parking lot and i tie myself to my car and i go for a jog. You know, if ever i were to run for mayor my scandal would be 1,000 twitter pictures of my butt. When i was homeless i have to say i didnt think that my life would turn into anything. You talk about survival when youre talking about the challenge of trying to pull yourself, turn your life around, its kind of like pulling a truck because ultimately its really, really hard at first. But if you persist and persist and persist and it really does take little steps like in life, when i was in my shelter bed i made the promise that i would become successful and come backnd be a role model, help other women rebuild their lives faster than i did. Its not just about pulling trucks obviously. I tried to make my life into a story that would capture the imagination of other people, that would be so outrageously amazing that any one could believe that they could get to where they wanted to be as well. Thats an example that inspires. Without further adieu hello to leah. Also mike, good morning to you both. Le leah, its a great metaphor. Lets get practical. How did you discover that you were good at pulling heavy trucks in high heels . You know, it was kind of by accident but when i got out of the shelter i was trying to find a job and the only thing i could find was rick shaw running so i was pulling people and i got paid for every pefrn i could put in. I was known. I broke the wheel at eight. Grew i up pulling. It was a way i pulled out of poverty and the way im pulling women out of poverty. Its not enough to do it in sneakers do it in high heels. You Better Believe it. Turning your life around after homelessness is way harder than pulling a truck in heels. I want to show women were stronger than we think and we can get there. My Organization Helps that we have proven that women who are homeless can rebuild their lives, become successful business women, career women. You are a great example in every way. Should we step out of the way. Anything we have to be watching for, mike, that will qualify or disqualify . We pressumeasured her heels, are good. The truck, thats it. So leah, you tell us when youre ready and you just have at it. Leah, you said its okay to talk to you during this. Yes. Oh, my goodness. Come on, leah. Looking at her feet and they are slipping. Im looking at the process and it looks uphill. Couldnt we have done this in the other direction . Now you tell us. Leah, the wheels are moving a little bit but they rock backwards. You have no idea how badly i want to get behind the truck and give a push. I know. Its definitely moving a little bit which is impressive in and of itself. Leah, what do you think . You know what, i have to be honest, were looking thinking the same thing. This looks like its going uphill. Have to do it on flat ground . So we cant do it downhill. 1. 3 grade. All right. Thats what were trying. I notice your feet like you would have a little leverage and all of a sudden your feet would slip. Yes. But i got another pair of shoes if you would be willing to let me try it again. Weve got some representatives here from walmart. For everything you do, and all you do to raise awareness we think this should go to women in need anyway. Thank you. Thank you so much. You know, i mean i have to walk in heels. This is really amazing because there is this is a situation women in need are going to support im thankful for the board because they have you know, they believe in supporting women just like you guys do. And im incredibly proud just to be here. Thank you. Were proud of you for trying. You gave it your best effort. Are they supposed to take the emergency brake off . Take it out of park . Leah, thank you very much. We want to also thank sarah thorn from walmart and bonnie stone who is here from women in need. Thank you as well. Thanks to you. Thats a wonderful gesture. This is today on nbc. A little live drama. That was frustrating. It was. If you look closely at the wheels of that or the tires of that truck, they started to rock. And then it would just go back. And it would go backward. It was that grade. So apparently you have to do it uphill or you have to do it on level ground. And we chose uphill. Because we dont have enough level ground. I was ready to turn the whole truck around. But then it would be downhill. Theres a guy sitting in the drivers seat. He could have gotten out to help out a little bit. That would have made a difference. In the drivers seat in case that thing really started going. Wasnt a lot of danger of that, but he would have applied the brakes so we didnt take out some of our viewers here. But still. Thats 250 that could have helped her. You know, but leah said it well. There are no losers, and women in need, the organization, gets a big truck from walmart, so were happy about that for sure. Took a lot of courage. And we dont normally do big commercial plugs, but hats off to walmart for donating that money anyway. Yeah, absolutely. So what records are we attempting to set later in the week . By the way, you know that its real, right . First of all, some guys are going to be doing the Team Trampoline bounce tomorrow. The idea i think is to get the highest bounce off the trampoline. There they are. Are they doing that in the plaza . I believe so. Whats the wind like tomorrow . Wow. Every single day this week, were going to attempt to set a Guinness World record. Natalie said basically, have we thought this through . [ laughter ] make sure theres cushions and padding everywhere. We have got Rashida Jones joining us. Shes got a great new movie called cuban fury. Its hilarious. I watched it last night. We love this music thats playing, too. Its very inspiring. When do we get the chocolate egg . Good morning, everyone, 8 56. Whole foods markets has issued a regional recall this morning affecting all of its stores in Northern California and the bay area. The company recalling its chipotle chicken wrap. Apparently it contains a fish allergen i cannot included in the products label. It has a useby date yesterday. So maybe you shouldnt be using them anyway. Somebody got fish in the chicken. As youre getting yourself ready, maybe having coffee, breakfast burrito, mid80s coming our way. 75 degrees in San Francisco. Its going to be warm out there. Hard to believe we had snow on top of Mount Hamilton five days ago. I want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. I want you to be smart. Super smart. I want one thing in a doctor. I want you to be handsome. I want you to be awesome. I dont want you to look at the chart before you say hi. David. I want you to return my emails. I want you to keep me doing this for another sixty years. At kaiser permanente, we want you to choose the doctor thats right for you. Find your Perfect Match at kp. Org and thrive. From nbc news, this is todays take, with al roker, natalie morales, willie geist, and tamron hall. Live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Welcome to today on a monday morning, april the 7th, 2014. Big crowd outside for us this morning. Im willie geist, along with natalie, tamron, and yes, that gentleman to my left, mr. Al roker back in the building, everybody. Can we give you a squeeze . Careful with that, right . I walked up to al, i havent seen him in a few days, i almost went al, how you doing, buddy . Then guided it to the other shoulder. I have a terrific surgeon, riley williams. He stopped by to check on me. On the way out, he gives me a hug and claps me on the shoulder. He said, did i just do that . But it was fine. Its fine. And youre feeling all right . I feel good. Did the family pamper you over the weekend . Not in the least. They didnt help you get dressed . Its not that hard. They tell you, you just kind of let your arm hang and bring the shirt up. Dont put a tshirt. Button doug shirts are the way to go. And ive been doing all the rehab already. How long do you wear the sling . As long as i can get sympathy out of it. Will you start color coordinating it with the outfits . Its very funny. I forget the name of the company, but mickey sees this and he goes oh, dad, does beach make a sling . Oh i said thats not beats. Maybe theres a market for that. Absolutely. Thats a great idea. Got a little credit for that. Get on that. You came right back into some weather. Another dramatic day in alabama. Actually in birmingham. Whats going on down there . They really got slammed. Theres been massive flooding. Flash flooding. These are some underpasses people try to drive through, which is always the most dangerous thing to do. Not the most. But look, six inches of water can knock you off your feet of moving water and a foot can move a car. Theyve had massi ivive floodin. Home rescues. Theyve had to go into one apartment complex and start rescuing people using inflatable rafts. Almost looks like the ocean there. Its crazy stuff. Luckily the rain has stopped in birmingham, but that whole area which were going to get to a little bit later on, theres Severe Weather. This is that area we were talking about. This is near i65 and lake shore road. They were actually doing deep water rescues. High water rescues. And Bailey Collins sent us those photos. Hope youre doing all right in alabama. Thats pretty scary. When its above the level of the cars. I know a story a lot of people were following this weekend was that dramatic rescue at sea. It played out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean with Navy Warships having to go in and rescue a family after their boat lost power. They have a 1 and a 3yearold onboard the boat. The 1yearold was seriously ill. The family was about 900 miles from cabo san lucas, mexico. Eric and charlotte kaufman, their 3yearold cora and baby lira were there. Sailors then helped the family on to the ships small boat, and then on to the ship as part of a joint u. S. Navy coast guard operation, California Air National Guard rescue effort as well. They were stuck there at sea, so, you know, apparently they were there for quite a while before they could be rescued. But a lot of people talking about this one, because a lot of people saying what they were attempting to do . So irresponsible. Sail around the world with a 3 and a 1yearold onboard. A lot of people online, a lot of critics out there saying that, you know, youve got to take into account the lifethreatening situation youre putting your family into, your children into. For example, Sharon Hughes on her Facebook Page says our tax dollars at work. Warship, helicopters. Glad your little ones okay, but you should really pay for this monetarily. Think of how that money could have gone to help people who really need the help. Well, look, its not like they break this out on an individual basis for pay. Rescued at sea. Thats what their job is. The rescuers are putting themselves at risk to do this and they do that willingly. But these are small children. Weve got small kids. Youve got nieces and nephews. You know that anything can happen to your kid on a given day, in the perfect circumstances. A ship at sea with a 1yearold . Im all about adventure and traveling with your children at a young age. But, like, putting them in lifethreatening situations where i mean, its a 36foot boat. One small rogue wave could knock that thing over. One bad storm. I mean, all it took even though the parents say they were wellprepared, as they said, for their journey. But youre still you know, god forbid one of the kids had appendicitis, or as it is, here in this case, you did have a 1yearold who became seriously ill. This is the equivalent of putting a kid in a hot car, in my opinion. I think its like leaving the kid. We can all chime in. We dont know them. But, a Family Member has come out and criticized them. So theres one thing for people who dont know you online, and even myself to give my two cents on this. But i think the family knows them better than all of us, and one Family Member came out and said this was not a good thing. Youre right, you can be adventurous and you want your children to experience things. I love this commercial that the woman and dad are experiencing things with the kid and the dad goes, dont tell mom. Dont tell mom. I love that, because you do want your child to have a fulfilled and wellrounded life. But this one definitely, it turned out this could have been worse, but if this isnt a wakeup call to those parents. By the way, when youre a 1yearold, youre not learning anything. You have no memory of it whatsoever. We wouldnt take our 1yearold to a restaurant, let alone sail around the world with them. Theyre not fit to be in public. And certainly not to be sailing around the world. We traveled, but we would never go around the world. Have you sat at a restaurant with a 1yearold . You pick the restaurant. Chuck e. Cheese. Nope, not even that. Christina called it our blackout period. Were not going in public with that human being. Wow. Come on. Wait until you guys get old. Were not taking mom and dad out. Theyre too old to be in public. Spooning your oatmeal wrong, buddy. Going to be stuck at home. What is the appropriate age then . To go out in public . Id say 12 to 14. When they can read a menu. When they can pay for themselves. Exactly. But what i mean is, these people are different than us. They see parenting and the world different than we do. Probably not a good idea. We should point out our chief correspondent did say the National Guard would not charge for what is considered a rescue at sea. According to a navy official, think National Guard Disaster Relief or tornados, floods, etc. Those are aided and not billed. So they are expected to be choppered home to san diego tomorrow. So they do get a cool chopper ride out of it. They get life experience. Thats not so bad. Look at these pictures. I dont think they should be charged. It was a rescue. We dont want to have them pay back, but i would like to have them come on and talk. The family did put out a statement telling their side of the story. They said, we understand there are those who question our decision to sail with our family, but please know this is how our family has lived for seven years. We are proud of our choices and our preparation. We remain grateful for those who came to our aid. Were so glad theyre okay. They have a 1yearold and a 3yearold. Thank god theyre all right. Something that will warm your heart today. We always bring you these videos of kids being reunited with that are parents who have been serving overseas. Well, an 8yearold got the surprise of a lifetime when her dad unexpectedly returned home from serving overseas. So heres the story. Air force sergeant will altias from new jersey had been serving in southwest asia since last august. He is a single dad. His beautiful little girl is named lyric and shes been living with an aunt in florida. On friday, her teachers and classmates at Mount Dora Bible School played a word game, which ultimately revealed this moment. Lyrics dad is home. Lyrics dad is home. Oh, my gosh. And i love dads one arm lift of her. Sweeps her off her feet. I bet you theyre still hugging. That is so wonderful. And he is a single parent, getting Family Members to help him raise her while hes overseas. And the school participated. Good morning to the school. Great way to do it, too. Her face, though, was like dont mess with me. This is not funny. Theres dad awesome. She had to run down the aisle to him. Boom, i love that. Speaking of catching, its every fans dream to catch a foul ball in a Major League Baseball game. So during fridays pittsburgh piratesst. Louis cardinals game at pittsburghs pnc park, you want to talk about a catch. Check this out. Out of play. Four with the brewers. Four with the reds. How about this. That ball landed in that gentlemans popcorn bucket. Thank goodness that wasnt the beer cup. Look at this catch. Super slowmo. Wow. Oh oh, yeah a popcornnado. Im surprised it didnt go through the popcorn container. That is great. Whoa and the pirates go on to beat the cardinals. That was pretty good. I love it when they you know, when a foul ball is hit on a broadcast, they dont show where it went. But then you heard that crowd reaction, you had to go to the replay. That was pretty cool. Lets show you what weve got going on. Weve been talking about this Severe Weather. Check this out. Weve got a line of thunderstorms from the gulf stretching right on into mobile, alabama. It is unbelievable stuff there. Were looking at this look at this. Stretching just to the west of new orleans, all the way south of atlanta. Heavy showers and thunderstorms. And in fact, we have a tornado watch now until 4 00 p. M. From the panhandle of florida into central and almost northern georgia. As these storms fire up, a risk of strong storms from new orleans all the way to norfolk. Dangerous winds, lightning, tornados likely, all the way into ocala, florida. This system is going to be pushing up to the north, so we have clouds in new york now. The yankees have their home opener around noon. Look at this, too. Weve got a lot of rainmaking its way early Tuesday Morning into new england. And in fact, weve got a series of flood watches and warnings stretching from parts of mississippi all the way into georgia, including atlanta, anywhere from two to four inches of rain through the southeast. One to two inches as you get here into the 9 11 on a monday morning. And temperatures are climbing quickly. Were at 63 degrees on the peninsula right now headed to 83 degrees. Before the day is done, its going to be very warm out there. Well stay warm all week long, until the very finish of it. Warm spring temps that will peak in the upper 80s in places like san jose. Five to ten degrees as we get into your wednesday. Temperatures tumble at the end of the week. And take a quick look. This is our tower cam from top of the rock. No, thats not the top of the rock. No. Anyway, weve got there it is. Theres a wildfire going on in jersey, about 30 acres or so. But it is burning like crazy, and smoke has now made its way into all of manhattan. And youre in midtown, you can smell the smoke. I walked out this morning, i thought there was like a building on fire nearby. I didnt know what that was. I could smell it inside my building. I thought my Apartment Building was on fire. You thought it was dinner in last night. Oh, that hurt. Let me tell you guys about something thats happening tonight, very exciting. The best of us awards show. Its the inaugural event honoring outstanding performances by the United States olympic and paralympic teams. I hosted it. We taped it last week. It will be on tonight, 7 00 on nbc season. All the stars from the olympics in one room. Huge energy. It was so cool. Name a star from the olympics, theyre in the building. Check it out tonight at 7 00. Up next, she left for a gig in london. Actress, singer, screen writer, [ webb ] i think the reception for this product is overwhelmingly positive. This toothpaste sensodyne repair protect can actually repair and protect sensitive teeth. Exposed dentin can cause pain in some peoples teeth. And as long as they brush twice a day, every day, then they can expect to continually have that reparative layer of protection against sensitivity. I think it gets right at the heart of their sensitivity issues. I absolutely think dentists are going to want to recommend sensodyne repair protect. 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This probably is about me continually rolling the billions into the recessed gutters, isnt it . Yes, it is. Yeah. I think its the only weakness in my game, you know . It is the only weakness, but its a pretty major one. Yeah. I love that. Rashida jones, so good to have you back here. Hi. So this movie is not really about bowling, its more about salsa dancing. Yes, i hope so. Did you know about salsa . I didnt know. I trained for this movie. I trained for a couple months in london with nick and it was really, really difficult. Dont try anything new as an adult. Because youll realize how bad you are at it. Thats terrible advice. Actually, try something new. Its good. Its humbling. Tell people at home about nick frost, who may not know who he is, because he is incredibly funny in this movie. He is incredibly funny and tale talented. He is an english comedian actor and writer. He was in movies like shaun of the dead and hot fudge. Hes the smartest, coolest, sweetest person ive ever had the chance to work with. You wanted to work with him. You stalked him. I wasnt like active or dangerous or anything. Wasnt a restraining order. No, not yet. Well see how the press goes for the movie. But i loved him and wanted to work with him and i did kind of fan girl him a little bit. Yeah. Thats okay. What is it like shooting in london . Youre an american in london, literally. Its different. It was raining every single day. I was there during the summer right before the olympics. And it rained every single day. All right. That is not great. It was the middle of the summer. But everybodys really nice. It was terrible. Is that what youre saying . It was a lot of tea. Any other stereotypes . A lot of tea and a lot of scones. They do say cheerio. Cheers. Cheerio. The other guy we have to talk about in this movie, because you have sort of relationships with all these guys, is chris odowd, who was it was a really great script, but he delivers some of these lines, most of which cant be repeated on television. Its a little early for what he said. But he plays the foil, the kind of third point of the love triangle. Hes a very confident man. Yes. And he teases nick a lot about his weight and about his status in the office. I know, you do feel really bad for him. But also, luckily, off screen, chris odowd teases me a lot about my height and my age. Oh. Wait a minute. He really gets away with it. Hes funny enough the jokes are funny enough that its okay. All right. Do you miss parks and rec . I do. But i see my castmates all the time. I text with amy every day. We have not admitted that we are apart yet. Denial, yeah. Rashida jones, youre so full of talent. Cuban fury hits theaters this friday. Very funny. Its super cute. 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They found her identification, her cell phone and credit card inside her parked rental car in the parking lot. A quick break here. When we come back, well take a look at your weather and your traffic. 9 28. Welcome back. It is going to be warm out there. Were already warming up into the low 60s. Were going to be in the mid70s by lunchtime, rounding out the day in the mid80s. It will be warm out there. 84 degrees is the warm down here in san jose. 75 degrees in gorgeous San Francisco today. Were almost getting uniform temperatures with the offshore flow. 83 for the north bay today. 84 degrees out in the tri valley. 79 for the east bay. Youll notice even warmer as we head through tomorrow. Heres mike and your morning drive. A lot of sunshine. But slow southbound. You can see that in the shot. 880 jams up past the coliseum in toward Marina Boulevard and san leandro. Both sides in red, the southbound is not usually this slow. Jamming up downtown oakland. We have a recovery after an earlier crash cleared from the marina. Now all these folks are probably heading southbound into the south bay. We have another local news update coming up in about half an hour. In the meantime, have a great day. Welcome back to today on monday morning, april 7th, 2014. Im willie along with al, natalie, and tamron. You guys remember your prom pictures . That means yes. Sadly, i probably still have the dress somewhere, too. Really . Didnt do. You did go . Couldnt get a date. No. I dont believe that. Anyway why do you bring that up . Painful memories. Former Auburn University head football coach gene chizik didnt look too happy to be letting his little girl go to the prom with her date. Look at the photograph showing his 16yearold daughter [ laughter ] thats his daughter landry. Her date jared. And gene chizik, who by the way, is jacked. Look at gene chizik. I was going to say look at those guns. The dates mother actually tweeted the photo writing, you think my son will come home from prom alive . Fair question. She told us chizik had posed for the photo and thought it would be a funny photo bomb. Were happy to tell you they all survived prom, they had a good time. Yes. Thats the best. And hes got muscles, and hes standing there like intimidating enough dating the daughter of the former auburn football coach. That kids got nerves of steel. Absolutely. Everybody survived. Thats the good news. They all had a good time. All right, mr. Roker. The dad rips a phone book in half. Make sure you call its like he knows the hulk. That guys pretty impressive. Risk of strong storms today from the midatlantic all the way down to the gulf coast. Out west, you are in for a spectacular day. Phoenix, 90. 85 in los angeles. Some rain in seattle. And 69 degrees. Tomorrow, that same system makes its way up the coast. Its going to be windy and wet in the northeast on into new england, stretching all the way down into florida. The western 2 3 of the country going to be, again, spectacular. Some cool weather around the great lakes. Wet weather moves into the pacific northwest. Its going to be sunny and warm, stretching from texas all the way into Southern California. Highs tomorrow, los angeles, youre going to get up tomorrows actually going to be warmer. Good morning to you. Were going to hit the mid80s right here in the bay area for most of the city today. 82 for the north bay. And hey, were looking good in san jose, to hit the mid80s tomorrow. The home opener for the San Francisco giants. 75 degrees out there for first pitch. Its going to be outstanding. Well be out there live tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. Temperatures warm this week. Make sure youre ready for that. And rain by friday. And thats your latest weather. Guys . All right, al. Thanks a lot. It is National Volunteer week, a time to recognize people doing extraordinary things for others in their communities. Hopefully inspire you to do the same. Readers digest has highlighted creative ways. Barbara odair, and monica fioreti who has helped carrie and her son oscar. Welcome, everybody. Barbara, i know you feature everyday heroes all the time in Readers Digest. Youve picked 11 different organizations as well. These are creative ways that can encourage people to volunteer. And a couple of the companies what are the things you wants people to know about these companies and what theyre doing . We found 11 organizations that approach volunteerism in very creative ways. And Readers Digest celebrates everyday heroes in every issue. We believe ordinary people can be heroes in every way. Extraordinary people. Ordinary people can do extraordinary things. And thats by helping people using their skills, everyday skills like caring, compassion, you know, giving their time, energy. They dont have to have special expertise. Or a lot of money to help out. Or a lot of money. Youve picked great organizations. Were going to highlight a cup of them. Lets start with kaboom. Improved playgrounds, more than 15,000 to date and engage volunteers. Among them, linda prout. How did you get involved and what do you get out of this process . Well, after katrina, people had lost their homes, their schools, their libraries, playgrounds. Everything they owned. And kaboom made a commitment to build 100 playgrounds in the gulf coast area so that children could play and just be kids again. What do you do . Are you there with a hammer and nails putting playgrounds together . When you first arrive, they give you a name tag with a sticker and thats your team and you do whatever they say. Assemble equipment. You spread mulch. You build park benches and picnic tables. You paint murals. Just whatever your team says for you to do. And six hours later, they cut the ribbon on a completed playground. Six hours later. Thats amazing. Talk about seeing the joy in a childs eyes when they step foot on that new playground. The next organization were highlighting is the hero network. This is an organization that gives a chance to be an everyday hero, making anyones request or dream come true. Over 110,000 wishes have been granted so far. Everything from food to Hurricane Sandy victims to helping retired police officers. Monica, i know youve been volunteering with the hero network for a long time now. Youve helped grant over a thousand wishes. Tell me some of the ones that i mean, so many different wishes, but what are some of your favorites . One wish in particular, glenda, a woman with cerebral palsy, her dream was to go up to Philadelphia Art Museum stops like Sylvester Stallone did in the movie rocky and we granted her wish. That was so fun. Oh, my gosh. Im going to start crying. Well, youve done so many of these wonderful gestures. And we have another one right here. Carrie, with your beautiful son oscar. You came to the hero network, and what did you ask . I asked for a gate trainer for my son. When i looked at the prices, it was over 2,000 and i was asking trouble getting insurance to pay for it and i had nowhere else to go. And i posted a wish, and monica answered my wish. She helped me every step of the way. I wouldnt have been able to get the gate trainer if it hadnt been for her. To help your little son oscar walk. He has pffd, which is a rare birth defect affecting the growth of his legs. Can he show us tow to walk in his gate trainer . Oscar, you want to go for a spin . Want to take a little walk . Want to give it a try . Maybe not. He wants to be held by mom right now. I get that. He doesnt perform on command. Come on, now. I know. Its amazing. What you all have done is so great. Thanks to all the volunteers who make a difference in america. 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Its in san antonio, a mom says her 3yearold daughter was kicked out of daycare for using the s word. Apparently the daycare has a no tolerance policy. Carol and erica, you have 3yearolds. Yes. What do you think . Zero tolerance for 3yearolds . I mean, its a great way to keep class size down. But my first two kids were such angels and my third, i walked to preschool right now and i get to the door, and i go please, take him back. Its tough. Theyre repeating everything they hear at this age. These adorable, irrational sponges. We slip up once, and we all have, its going to come out at the most inappropriate time. Thats just the way it is. No zero tolerance. A daycare has to have tolerance for everything. The child also didnt use it in context. Because the mother said that would be my concern is if she used it appropriately. But she didnt. She said it once. And if she could spell it how would you deal with the school . Would you go and confront them . I think youve got to find the right fit. If they have a zero tolerance preschool, maybe its not the right fit for you. But you would hope they would just redirect the child and work with it. I think thats it. If thats do you want your kid in that school . Exactly. Lets move on to the Florida School board. Apparently enforcing a dress code policy, not for the students, though, but for the parents. The dropoffs. Because parents are showing up in their pajamas. Or the jeans that come down here. I roll to the bus stop in pajam pajamas. I throw a big winter jacket. Im getting a 3yearold and a 5yearold out the door every single morning. Should there be a zero tolerance policy on parents who show up in pajamas . Heres the problem. You are trying to legislate what should be common sense. And you just need to know that if youre going to tell your kids dont wear booty shorts, then you dont wear booty shorts. Can we say booty . Now ive said it three times. I think theres appropriate dress code that you i mean, you want to set the example for your own kids, right . Shouldnt there be an age limit for wearing the words on the bum for parents . Should moms be carded when they try to buy the pink . Im with you on that. Im kind of antidress code, period. Even for kids, believe it or not. I feel like thats our opportunity to make mistakes. We would have no embarrassing Throwback Thursday photo if you dont want your kids out there with everything hanging out. This is true. Then it becomes a distraction. I think you need to be hanging up your pajamas. I comb my hair and brush my teeth. Im still a pajama mom. All right. I guess were out of time, unfortunately. We were just getting started. It was so good. Well have to have you guys back. This is awesome. Willie and al do southern home cooking with the neelys right after this. Have your next burger with a side of awesome. The oneofakind, creamy blend of sweet and tangy. 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Making Fried Chicken with a twist. Great to see you guys again. Great to see you guys again. These are generational recipes but you lightened them up a little bit. Cant eat the way grandma and grandpa eat. We remixed it a little bit. Kind of bring it up to the times. But also to reach back and still contribute that, add some of that. But its important to keep a identifies balance. People, they want this now. They love their old favorites, but they want to eat a little bit better. They really do. With this being our third cook book, i think the thing thats most attractive about this book is everyone can relate to down home grandmother, grandfather in the backyard, those type of stories. So Fried Chicken with a twist. Whats the twist . The twist is, first of all, were going to dredge it. This chicken and al, im going to help you out. Weve got paprika, some pepper, some onion powder, and add that salt right in. Were going to give that a stir. Were going to dredge that chicken, al. Youre familiar with this. Weve got eggs and butter milk and then weve got some hot sauce. And then you can take that and whisk that all together. The butter milk, the acidity of the butter milk . And also its going to bond things together. The seasoning has been on our chicken overnight. I like to season just like a good old barbecue, want to do it the night before. Were going to take some of our seasoning and put it into our flour. Were going to season our flour. Just a little bit more flavor. Then were going to come right in, there you go, al. And dredge it. He doesnt need those tongs. Al goes right in. The great thing about it. Hes dredging it and its going through both. Weve got grandmothers cast iron skillet. Weve got peanut oil. Got it at about 350 degrees. We want it good and hot. And were going to come right in to our skillet. Once it fries for about ten, 15 minutes until its golden brown, obviously the thighs and the breast are going to fry a little harder. And you dont want to crowd the pan. Never. It lowers the temperature of your oil. And then you dont get an even cook. That candy thermometer saved my life. You got the proper temperature. This is a hot maple glaze that will just come right across our chicken once its done. And look here, yall. Thats good old southern Fried Chicken. What goes in the glaze . Some hot sauce, some maple syrup, some mustard and a little butter, well add it right to the chicken. Make some waffles with that. Oh, yes. A little twist on mashed potatoes here. Exactly. Thats mashed cauliflower. A great way to trick our kids into having something nice and healthy. I got started with my own. I have to keep the side dish moving. So i cored off my cauliflower. I used some butter and then some garlic to give it a little saw today. Stir it all in. You want to add in some warmth to loosen it up. You put everything all in here. There are people who say i wanted my mashed potatoes. But this tastes good when you mix it all together. Dont even tell them. Dont even tell them. Ill take that approach. Get it all in there. Of course, cheddar cheese. Bring in the cheese. Got to have the cheese, baby. And then just mash it all up. Actually, because cauliflower, the texture is different, you want to put it right into the food processor. That saves a lot of time. And then the peppers. You mind if i get in here and try it . Thats fantastic. Thats the finished product. Put some chives on top to make presentation wonderful. That is great. Its great. Isnt it amazing . Pat and gina neely, thank you so much. That is good eating. For these recipes and more, head to today. Com. Were back in a moment. But first, this is today on nbc. Look at that. Kathie lee and hoda coming up next. As always, prepared. In 45 years, shes never been late. Not once. What do you got . Kirstie good morning, everyone. 9 56. A family is safe aboard a navy ship and could be back in san diego as early as today. Video of yesterdays dramatic rescue shows the team deploying into the open ocean 1,000 miles off the coast of mexico, where the familys sailboat had lost steering and communications. Crews helped in that rescue. 1yearold baby lira now in stable condition after receiving med cal care for a fever and a rash. The parents took off in an aroundtheworld journey bringing their children along. The boat broke down and the baby became sick. Lets check our weather this morning. Temperatures are really warming up. It is so warm out there already. Were in the 60s, heading to the 70s by about lunch toil. Mid80s as we round out the day. Highs about 2 00, 3 00 in the afternoon. The warm spring temperature today will stick with us tomorrow. Well climb a little bit and then we drop off wednesday and thursday. A little rain on the way for friday. Well talk more about that at 11 00. Lets check your drive and see how youre looking. That spring weather, rotating around the bay. Pretty much the larger ones to speak with. Next week, we see more schools again. Loosening up over the past few minutes. We see a slower drive eastbound 580 reaching the dublin area. It caused a slowdown. We had a couple of crashes westbound through livermore into dublin. Theyve both moved to the shoulder. 680 not much of a deal. Look at the southbound side, slow from downtown to 238. Earlier crash there. South bay not so bad. Mike, thank you very much. Well have a local news update coming up in half an hour. The answer to treating your dogs fleas and ticks is staring you right in the face. Nexgard from the makers of frontline® plus its the only chew that kills both fleas and american dog ticks. Vets recommend it, and dogs, well theyre begging for it. Nexgard is for dogs only and hasnt been evaluated for use in pregnant, breeding or lactating dogs. Reported side effects include vomiting, dry flaky skin, diarrhea, lethargy and lack of appetite. Use with caution in dogs with a history of seizures. Recommended by vets. Loved by dogs. From the makers of frontline® plus. From nbc news, this is today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in Rockefeller Plaza. Hey, everybody. Guess what . It is fay monday. It is april 7th. We have got twotime no, actually won emmys, i dont know how many times. Shes won golden globes. And shes very talented, Kirstie Alley. And marlo thomas has won a bunch of stuff too. They are both here. They are both here. We have the joy fit club member and we also have a dog that is going to break the guinness book of World Records for doing the double dutch. We hope. The double dutch. Yes. That is so we had nothing but women on the show today, yeah. You have . It is really it is hard even to do one rope, but two. Okay. Anyway. You know what else it is today, hodi . What . It is a big day. Its a celebration close your eyes. Where were you six years ago today . It is our sixth anniversary. Yea which only proves that there is no accounting for taste. Lets take a look at a quick recap of the last six years. Shall we, hoda . Yes, lets do it. Today with Kathie Lee Gifford and hoda kotb. I have my journalistic standards. I wanna hoda on your coffee on the back of my gilapi kathie got low. You have not let me do my friday funny. It is finally time. Hold on one second. Oh, i wonder if my phone is going to ring. Oh, oh theres a number. Oh. Is that my number . Is my phone ringing . Hello, hello. Look i have 20 voice mails. 22. 23. Proven, hoda woman. Here we come on the run with a burger on the bun did anybody find anything attractive down there until we started shaving and dyeing and what about you, missy . Im the landing strip. Seeing any 747s recently . Fat guys make better lovers. Ive known that. No, ive known that. Boots with the pearls im not even going to drink. Im going it eat. Please, crank it. God bless you all. Love you, sweetheart. Love you too. I cant believe that. I thought i was going to stay one year and something happened along the way this and is it, i fell in love with somebody and it is you, hoda woman. I love you. I love you too. Tradition has it, the gift of iron iron . Is given for a sixth anniversary. Okay. Thank you, jerry. Heres mine. If it is an iron if it is iron supplements, which i could use i bet it is. You got iron supplements. Iron supplements. I got the iron. Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. At least jerry just made some money. Thank you, you guys. Thanks to our staff. Six years of putting up with us. And we love you dearly. And our everybody in the control room. Yes. You all too. If you watch the acms last night, the Country Music awards, those are always fun. Annual academy they dont like it when you dont say the annual academy of Country Music. Anyway, Blake Shelton hosted it with luke bryan. And youre very upset. Very upset, arent you . Because Miranda Lambert looks so darn great. Im the one who walked in and said she looked so great. Thats terrible. You threw me under the bus. I thought she looked fabulous and shes the big winner of the night and she had lots of costume changes. They kicked off the whole night with the band perry. Love them. They sang, and then something happened after they sang, a whole avalanche of white confetti finely shredded fell on to the audience. And if you look it is, like, you have new hair and lots of spray in it, and look. Oh. One of those times where they pretend it is okay, but they all want to scream. My god, it is poor carrie. It is all in there. I wonder if those are snowflakes. No. Thats not a good idea. Anyway. Blake and luke are friends, they always have fun and look at how blake introduced lukes performance. Ladies and gentlemen, heres last years entertainer of the year and nominee again this year, bluke lyran i want to see how great miranda looked. She looked so good. Female vocalist of the year for the fifth year in a row. We dont know. Jason aldean, male vocalist of the year. It is our sixth year. How convenient, picture is not available. George strait was voted on by the fans and won entertainer of the year. He says hes retiring though, right . No, no, no. Are we going to get to see this . Oh, good, maybe a little bit of blake and shakira singing their duet medicine. In a second make it fade youre my medicine medicine medicine medicine medicine we make it better you make me feel whole it is so great. Shes adorable. And what the voice has done for her career. A huge star around the world, but she really wasnt almost like who . Shes adorable. The australian girl. Kylie minogue. Huge star around the world and a lot of people would not know her in america. Youre right. Youre right. Lets talk about cute and crazy cute. Were in love with this family. Prince william and kate, they walked around with baby george. They arrived in new zealand. Okay. Look at this. Eight months. It is windy. Hes not even bothered. Hes happy. Bouncing baby. Looks just like william. Hes adorable. I mean hes got thats my favorite when theyre like can we go anyway, hes so oh, such a looks like such a happy baby. Did you see the when the wind a picture in the newspaper, the wind blew her skirt up, shes got the greatest legs in the history of the world. She looks fantastic. I cant believe how great she is. Were moving on to favorite things quick, but this is such a cool thing. So, on thursday of last week, beautiful the musical was on again. You went for the fourth time. I didnt go on thursday because on thursday carole king was in the audience. Before we show this, she dressed up in a wig, glasses, sat in row k, next to her daughter, but some people dont know thats her daughter, and watched the whole thing, the cast deposit kn didnt know. Nobody knew. She watched the whole thing. When it was over, she got up on stage when they were doing the thing with the aids charity where they go up and ask people after the show is over broadway cares. Broadway cares. She walked up on stage. Lets see. Oh, my gosh. Every year at this time, the broadway and Theatrical Community from coast to coast joins together to raise money for an Amazing Organization called broadway cares. Even in the dark eest night you just call out my name and you know wherever i am ill come running to see you again wow. Anyway, so they she sang and by the way, that is jessy mueller, so brilliant in the show. There are a bunch of shots and it showed her sobbing when she first saw her on stage. What a great surprise. The music is out on itunes. What a day for you not to be there. Ive gone five times. The one time i dont go, i was so bummed. Im so glad carole has seen it now. It is such a beautiful tribute to not just her music, but her life. Shes beloved. All right, speaking of beloved, ive not been able thank you, everybody, for coming out this past weekend. Youre very popular. So grateful. Yeah, we have to stay an hour longer each place, so thank you, everybody. Appreciate it. But my your favorite thing is what . It is actually beautiful, the music, the soundtrack is out now. I get it, get it. My favorite thing, ive not been allowed to speak about, but this one i was muzzled by my own daughter who has a small role, but a pivotal role in a movie that i finally was allowed to see yesterday. It is bizarre to see your daughter on the big screen. It is a movie called gods not dead, been out for three weeks, it was the number five there is cassidy. Been out for three weeks. It is still number four. So it is climbing. Still number four. It was five for both weeks, now number four. And it has been a huge surprise. Thats kevin sorbo, huge surprise in the box office. So obviously terrific. Im a proud mom. I am a proud mom. Shes turning out to be a very good little actress. Love her. Congratulations, cas. Thank you for finally letting me go. A reminder that American Express is looking for moms to bring to new york city for an epic everyday getaway. So all you got to do is submit a photo of your mom inspired everyday moments and you and a friend could be chosen to come to the big apple for a great adventure. Go to klgandhoda. Com for all details. Connect button. Yes. Enough talking, were going to find out what hollywood is talking about where we bring out the hollywood buzz. And so sorry that our friend Mickey Rooney passed away this past weekend. If you thought of starting over, marlo thomas is here with brave women that reinvented their lives at midlife. 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You put it in here . Yeah, put it in there. Ok, just press. Im gonna give you some m ms® to put in there. Ok ready . And then you wanna take this. Put it together. Shake it. [ giggles ] are you making them for the easter bunny . No, you. Ahhhhh. [ female announcer ] this easter. Bring a tradition. Out of its shell. Rice krispies®. I did it you did Kirstie Alley is an emmy and golden globe winning actress known for cheers and veronicas closet. And on her new show with a clever name called kirstie. Couldnt think of anything else. She said she didnt like what she saw and after years of battling her weight, she decided to get back on track. So now, seven years after being a paid spokesperson for jenny craig, shes the face of the Weight Loss Program once again. It is nice to see you. Well, well, what are you doing . Im pushing i can see i want it to be up like that. I dont know how you get that up . Just do the whole thing. Im right with you. Lets do this, which hoda doesnt like. They like that. Hi. So seven years, huh . Since i did jenny craig, yes, it has been. You were talking with matt earlier about how the weight it creeps up. Nobody gains seven pounds overnight, or do they . When i wasnt a spokesperson for jenny craig anymore, it crept back on. I didnt follow the program or the presets. And then i lost it again with a program i invented that was called organic liaison. And then i you know, i really miss the thing i love jenny craig is the food was really good and i loved the consultant. It was like having a coach. If youre an athlete, you have to have a coach. Is it harder . I find now it is harder for me to lose weight now than it was when i was younger. It is one of those thins you feel like youre battling. Do you think age factors into it at all when it comes to weight loss with you . It probably does. I dont like to say that because i dont i feel like for every time i say age factors into anything, im just putting a nail in the coffin, you know . Ill say it for you. Yes, it does. Menopause, though, every doctor will tell you it is harder for women it might be. But i have an easy time gaining weight and i think an easy time losing weight. Good for you. If i just keep relatively active and follow some rules. My problem is i dont have guidelines. Youre a rule breaker. I am a bit. I go in stages. Youre a naughty girl. Im a bad girl. What is your trigger when it comes to eating . Everyone has got theirs. My trigger is just holidays, big deal for me. I have a very long span of holidays. Valentines day. Easter is almost here. I know. I got to yeah. It is sort of really when there is a lot of im from kansas, i like heavy foods. I like cooking a lot for people. And entertaining. Ive eaten two meals probably by the time im done cooking so taste testing. You got to make sure its good. Dancing with the stars, everybody who has been on that talks about how grueling it is. You dropp eped a ton of weight,t that sort of exercise thats not something youre going to do. I lost the weight before and then i did it and lost more and i kept losing weight after. And but, no, no one can do that. But, again, you have you also have the future, you know, Dance Teacher standing there making you do it. And i guess if you walked around in real life with a Dance Teacher all the time and they made you do it you would do it. I can only take maks for so long. How much do you want to lose . 30 pounds. What amount of time to do that or just whenever . Im going to give myself probably five months. Im not i dont want to make my set myself up to fail. You know what you got to do, avoid all the state fairs this summer. Everything is fried and corn dogs and everything. Nice to see you, kirstie. Great to see you guys. And you both look very well. Thank you, you too. She didnt say good. Thats not good. We have all the celebrity gossip you may have missed over the weekend. 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Well see if 4yearold geronimo can break her own record with the most double dutch skips by a dog in a minute. Her last record was 113 jumps in 60 seconds. Sam is the owner and mike is the Guinness World record adjudicator. And the nice gentleman on the end will also help us. Have no idea who he is. What made you decide to have your dog enter this type of, you know well, apparently there wasnt a record yet for a double dutch dog, so they contacted me and asked me to do it. Im, like, yeah, sure. Jgeronimo went viral on youtube from her double dutch video i put out a few years ago. They saw it. Shes a rescue, right . She is. How did you teach her how to do that . A lot of time, a lot of patience and not much of a life. Well, we should point out, if anyone ever tried to double dutch, its hard. Well show how hard it is with a human being. Sure. Which is me. Which will be hoda. Because kathies neck hurts. Allegedly. Over here . Please be careful, too. Be careful. You have to really time it. Okay, go ahead. Ropes are heavy, i cant even who is this guy on the end . Im afraid. Get in there. Get involved. Anyway excellent, hoda. Those are ropes. What do we to . Were going to do it now. Geronimo is ready. Lets go. Sit, stay. Lets back up. Not you. Youre the adjudicator. Sit. Look at this. Good baby. Look at her. Eye and paw coordination. Im mesmerized. Who is the guy on the end . Dont mess him up. I cant even look. I dont know. Right now we have the guinness book of world record adjudicator. Whatever he is. Hes counting. His name is sam valley. Who is the other guy . Only 36 seconds. Wow. Now, look, as this is happening, we may go to break, but were count and calculating every jump. Why are we going to break . This is fascinating television. I dont want to. I dont think its right. I dont think it is fair to our guests. We cant. Five, four, three, two, one. Yes, good job good job, geronimo. Did he break it . Were going to tell you oh, wow, this hotel is amazing. Oh no. Who are you . Who are you . Wrong answer. Wait, daddy, this is blair, he booked this room with priceline express deals and saved a ton. Yeah, i didnt have to bid i got everything i wanted. Oh good i always do. Oh good he seemed nice. Express deals. Priceline savings without the bidding. They always figure it out. So they deserve a smart choice in litter. We make fresh step scoopable with carbon thats trapping and eliminating odors. Fresh step, your cat deserves the best. Good morning, everyone. 10 26. Police investigating an earlymorning shooting in south san jose. A man in his 30s shot at least once near an apartment complex on snow drive. He was rushed to the hospital in serious condition. Police do not have any suspects yet. Police trying to figure out who vandalized several smart cars in San Francisco overnight. One car flipped on its roof, the other on its side, one lifted on its back end. A witness at one of the scenes said he saw a group of about eight people walk up and lift the car up. Good monday morning to you. It is going to be warm out there. Almost feeling like summertime. Eheat will come on strong and fast. 83 degrees along the peninsula. South bay at 84 degrees today. Well stay warm just about all week long. Take a look at this. Warmer as we head into your tuesday. Then temperatures tumble. And were going to get rain showers friday through saturday. Lets check the drive and say good morning to mike. Folks, i took a gamble and i guess i lost. Well take the live shot away from us, 880, waiting for three actually, five vehicles heading southbound and blocking part of your fast lane. This is the sweeper caravan past the coliseum. Well show you on the map what were talking about. South out of downtown. You lose basically a lot of speed as they do have that area closed off right now. That will continue down to san leandro over the next few minutes. 580 will continue to recover. A lighter flow of traffic throughout the rest of the bay area. The toll plaza still has the slowing. The sweepers are by the coliseum. More local news in a half an hour at 11 00. See you then. Thats geronimo. Were back with today on this fun day monday. And the judge is reviewing everything now, our adjudicator. Did geronimo break the guinness book of World Records with the most double dutch jumps in one minute . I love that dog. Before we get to that, it is time to get you caught up on all of todays buzz with the celebrity gossip you missed over the weekend, here is josh zaks. Thank you, ladies. Im waiting, i want to find out. Cannot reveal it yet. Theyre adjudicating. It takes time. Lets start with the box office. No surprise really what wound up on top. Captain america doing gang busters. 9. 62 million in north america. Huge internationally. Cracked 300 million globally. The eighth in the franchise, from what i understand. Who can even count . 3 billion. Yeah. It did particularly well in china where it made almost 40 million. It just goes to show that studios have to start thinking about exactly whether something works for the Chinese Market as well. But it is the biggest opening week biggest opening april weekend ever. Ever. Are you mocking my now, noah in second. Not doing wildly well, but made back its money. It will go on to make more than 200 million, which is good. No small change. And third place was divergent and fourth place was gods not dead starring cassidy. A small role. There she is. Lets stop and look get the adjudicator to she shot that two years ago. You grow so much as youre making it. Captain america, theyre planning it out to 2028. They have at least 14 years worth of more franchise. Is it unusual for a film to go from fifth to fourth . Usually every week you see them dropping. It is a good sign. Noah lost 60 of the audience between the first week and the second week. So word of mouth matters. Jon hamms cute video that came out. 25 years old. Im not sure that cute is the right word. Jon hamm is next, 25 years old, hes a waiter. Jon hamm, ladies and gentlemen. How do you make her feel special . Well, start off with some fabulous food. Little fabulous conversation. And then what else is fabulous, jon. End it with a fabulous foot massage for an evening of total fab fabulosity. Total. Im not sure about the haircut. That was the haircut that whats his name had in winters tale and thats why the movie didnt do well. Colin farrell. Encouraging to people like know see, like, the coolest, hottest guy on television back when he was 25, looking a little like a sleazy sort of he doesnt look cool. There is hope for us yet. He never got picked. He was on that show twice and the girl passed over him and tmz tracked down the woman who didnt take him. And she lives in los angeles, shes married for five years, so she said i dont regret it for a second. I wouldnt take a thousand jon hamms over my husband. I dont know why you need a thousand of them anyway. Probably just three. Lets talk use them up so quickly. Lets talk golf digest. It is a controversial cover. It is not a golfer on the cover. It is paulina gretzky, nothing to do with golf other than the fact she looks hot, put her on the cover. Put her on the cover of a hockey magazine, not golf. Shes engaged to i cant remember the name. Dustin johnson, a pga guy. But there is an uproar because a lot of the female golfers are saying, what about us . What are we, chopped liver . This is not a swimsuit Sports Illustrated edition. What are they trying to get, more people to buy the golf magazine . Im sure thats going to work. It is not going to happen. So negative on our anniversary. Thank you. It is our anniversary. And got married. New married man, congrats. Yes. Wish you all the best. Cant get the scale to budge, find out what a joy fit club member did to drop 300 pounds. And emmy and golden globe winning actress marlo thomas on reinventing yo so, heres the story of new lancaster. The year is 1890. Milton hershey has a killer recipe for caramel. Flash forward. Miltons recipe is reimagined into buttery rich, smooth, surprisingly soft cremes, called lancaster. So you give one a try. And wow. They melt in your mouth, while you kick up your feet and forget everything you thought about caramel. Like a throwback to the past, yet totally new. And thats new lancaster. Its caramel reimagined. [ rattling ] wanna see whats in it . Yeah whoagasp whoagasp whoagasp you wanna make these . You put it in here . Yeah, put it in there. Ok, just press. Im gonna give you some m ms® to put in there. Ok ready . And then you wanna take this. Put it together. Shake it. [ giggles ] are you making them for the easter bunny . No, you. Ahhhhh. 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The more you bundle, the more you save. Now, thats progressive. That was my age when i walked in here. [ ding ] that meat gets passed around more than blame at a congressional hearing. I already have the deli meat, frank. [ male announcer ] oscar mayer deli fresh. Made with 100 turkey breast and real spices, sealed at the peak of freshness. Have you ever thought about quitting your job or changing the course of your life completely to follow your dream but you thought to yourself, well, it is just too late . Award winning actress and bestselling author marlo thomas says it is never too late. And writes all about it in her new book it aint over till its over reinventing your life and realizing your dreams anytime at any age. Shes hethese women are the my book, two of the 60 women i wrote about in the book. Theyre so fabulous because they didnt let society tell them what they should do if they were the right age to do it. They just decided to take their dream and go for it. All these women, each of them, had a moment, like, you call it a eureka moment, they said an aha moment, that can be terrifying. What made these women take the leap . I think because we realize, all the women are realizing, if youre 42 years old, your dream runs out on you, it does somewhere in the 40, you raised your family and now what . And, hey, you can live another 40 years, you can live another 50 years, what are you going to do with it . You better have a backup plan, a second dream, a third dream. I like cinnamons dream. This was genius, you knew women loved manicures. You decided instead of us going to the manicure place, you would bring the manicure to us. I had a roommate in college who was pregnant with her third child, this is after school, of course, i called to check on her one day, how are you what do you need . She said i would love a pedicure before i deliver. I said let me find someone to come to you. I searched the internet and called salons and couldnt. Thats when the idea for nail taxi was conceived. Nail taxi. Great idea. Show up at peoples homes or we go to hospital rooms, offices, hotels, wherever they need it. We do weddings, baby showers. A boost. What were you doing before that and were you afraid to sort of jump out of that . I walked in pr for 13 years before i had this idea. And there was a lot of fear, you know . But i went ahead and pushed through it and did it and i would like to encourage women to take that leap of faith, to go for it. What is a great idea too is to do one little thing every day. You cant do the whole banana at once. If you say, okay, im going to make a call. Today im going to figure out how i something. What skill set i need. Please leave your card with hoda, okay . Looking at this great painting by you, leila, you took a leap and decided to become an artist, something you loved your whole life. Yes, yes, i did. Most people dont make money at that. It must have been scary going into that. It was very scary. It was very scary. But my hope was to create something that nobody had painted before, and i layer cities on top of each other. Underneath this city you see lives two other cities, venice and new york, New York Times as well. What a great idea. How clever. Underneath the cities live other cities and so my job was to create something that nobody paints in the world. But the first person she went to, an art gallery expert, that she was told to go to for advice, said, no. No way. It will never there is always a naysayer. There were portraits and and that work had been done before. She said this is unique. In the market, you have to create something that nobody paints in the world. Just a discouragement, made her own thing. They need a paycheck. This all seems great, but you know, we need to be practical too, dont we . We do need to be practical. Also, there is all kinds of one woman sold all of her clotheses on ebay, all of her fabulous clothes. Another woman took a loan out on her retirement fund, scary, but she did it, mortgaged her house and sold her car. If you want to go for your dream, you got to go for it. Nobody else can do it. You got to believe in yourself. Da vinci, anucci, i love it. Thank you. 58 other stories and every one of them theyre all great. Marlo, congrats on another new book. Bestseller in the making. Our newest joy fit member. She shows off the amazing weight loss. And one brought along a special recipe for cookie dough lovers. And showed us the ropes, double dutch. But did geronimo break the guinness book of World Records. I cant wait to find out. I think she did. I think so. But [ buzzer door knock ] isabella. Vincent. Sharon . Did you say bounty is obviously the best brand . Exclamation point. Happy smiley face . Yes, i did did you know that more people prefer viva® vantage over bounty . No. Im gonna show you why. It stretches. Stretch. Stretch. It has a stretch. It stretches oh, i wish my jeans had that kind of stretch. [ laughs ] you use that stretch to get the scrubbing power. I think thats the cleanest spot on my table now. Can you do the rest of it . Wow, thats awesome. Right . Yeah [ abbey ] new viva® vantage. The towel more people prefer. Oh, theres a prize, all right. [ male announcer ] inside every box of cheerios are those greattasting little os made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. Is it a superhero . Kinda. We are back with the joy fit club and two new members who got fed up with being overweight and decided to do something about it through a healthy diet and exercise. They lost nearly 300 pounds combined and here to introduce them to us is today nutritionist and leader of the joy fit club, joy bauer. Hi. It is going to be pretty hard to beat, but i think we can do it. These people are unbelievable. Sarah berger is the first person. 35 years old from chicago, illinois. And in this picture shes at her heaviest, shes 333 pounds here and she felt depressed, defeated and she told me she really thought she had lost her chance to have a fulfilling life. Her aha moment happened on the job. Shes a nanny. So she had her kids she was taking care of, who she adored and cherished, at the playground and there were other mean spirited kids that started yelling nasty things about her weight. She felt at that moment it changed the relationship she had with her own kids because they lost respect for her. It was horrible. But she spurred into action. I will tell you her success is dependent on one word, support. She hired a trainer, she met with once a week, who supported her every single day, to today. She bonded with a gym rats at the gym and they gave her kudos every time she hit a milestone and her family, she set up a text chat every time she weighed herself, she sent the number off to all of her friends and family. And, of course, you know, no matter what it says, they were motivating. I cant wait to see her. Here is her before picture. Shes 123 pounds thinner look at you how do you feel . I feel amazing, yeah. Shes a personal trainer now and gets her inspiration from her clients. That is fantastic. How much exercise played in along with your eating habits . Six days a week. It is a lot. I love it. Good for you. 40 more pounds she wants to lose and there is no doubt shes going to hit ill send you guys photos. She has these crazy recipes. This is her hummus cookie dough. Yes. If you like it, ill tweet out the recipe. Hummus and cookie dough mixed up well, it is chickpeas. Is it good . All right. It tastes like cookie dough. It does. I cant believe it. Next we have 34yearold Cameron Marshall from irving, texas. In this picture, he weighs 382 ponds. He started gaining weight after high school, sort of like that single guy syndrome. He didnt have a cook, didnt know when to shop for and relied on fast food. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. His 4yearold nephew actually asked him all weepy, why cant you play with me . How come youre winded all the time. That did it for him. He jumped into action. Hell walk out here. He is 174 pounds slimmer and you wont recognize him. Come on out. Lets see. Oh, yeah. Show them the biceps. Awesome. Wow. Wow. So what does your nephew say now . Calm down. Im exhausted. Yeah, were able to do all the things that he likes to do now, which is im sorry, for me, it is a little this story is a little emotional for me. Of course it is. What an accomplishment though, god bless. Really changes. Three things he did, i want to show some of the strategic moves. He eats his sandwiches open face, he loses the top layer of bread and uses a fork and knife. It slows down the bites. He took a couple of things, salad toppers, that make boring rabbit food exciting, fruit, olives, slivered almonds, salsa. And hes still a guy. Guess what this is . It is a frozen meal. Hes doing healthy frozen meals. Those are available now for people. And frozen vegetables. It works. One choice at a time. Congrats. Congratio a [ yodeling plays ] worst morning ever. [ angelic music plays ] toaster strudel best morning ever [ hans ] warm, flaky, gooey. Toaster strudel [ male announcer ] dont wait for awesome. Totinos pizza rolls gets you there in just 60 seconds. Now to the moment youve all been waiting for, did geronimo break her own Guinness World record of 113 double dutch skips in a minute . Sam valley is geronimos owner, mike jinella is the adjudicator, and that other guy we didnt introduce last time, rope holder, seth buchanan. Drum roll, please. Lets all look at mike. Mike . If we have the drum roll. Keep it going. Did she do it . Geronimo needed at least 114 skips to break the record. With 128, she did it yea oh, my gosh 128 . Shattered it awesome. Geronimo, you did it give her more. Congratulations. You guys, coming up tomorrow, a performance by martina mcbride. Great actor grieg kinnear is here. And jorge posada and his Beautiful Life laura. And we have got some time on our hands. Well just can he do what else can he do . Dance. Dance. Dance for 30 seconds, please. Dance more. And keep dancing, geronimo. Lets everybody dance. Everybody. Lets do it. Happy anniversary, hoda. Happy anniversary to you. I love geronimo. Why cant blake do anything . Wow. Yes awesome. Well see you tomorrow. Whats tomorrow, hoda . Booze day tuesday. Right, exactly. Five more seconds. Have an awesome. Right now, at 11 00, the bay area heating up. We give you a live look at san jose, dublin, oakland. Much of the bay area in the 80s today, some places could hit the 90s. We could certainly see a record or two. Thank you for joining us. How about those temperatures. My goodness, sounds toasty out there. Like summer. Yeah, it does feel like summer. Whats interesting, peggy and scott, we broke a temperature record yesterday in oakland. The 24hour difference in your temperatures, were actually running seven degrees warmer than we were at this hour in oakland yesterday. This is an indication of the