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live report from florida in a couple of minutes. it is wednesday so our money team is here. good timing, too, just one day before tax day. they re going to have critical tax tips you may need to know before you file. plus, what the new student loan laws mean for you and whether it is a good idea to take money out of your 401(k). all that and so much more in our money 911. and more of our exclusive interview with kate gosselin. she survived one more week on dancing with the stars last night. she talks about her relationship with her ex-husband jon and if she regrets anything s she s said about him. from state of the art microchips to gps devices, we ll show you some of the best gadgets to help you take care of and pamper your pet. that s actually not a pet. that s a gps device. before we get to just talk to them, tell him where you want to go, he takes through. in the news this morning, serious story. more than 200 aftershocks have followed today s magnitude 6.9 earthquake in western china. the quake struck a remote farming region near tibet. officials said hundreds of people were killed, thousands injured and many are still missing under the rubble president obama says he is confident china and other nations will press for tough new sanctions against iran over its nuclear program. he spoke at the end of a two-day nuclear summit in washington. first lady michelle obama is on her first solo trip to mexico. she is meeting with mexico s first lady and also with children while she is there. on tuesday she stopped in haiti to see the damage from the earthquake there three months ago. toyota s temporarily halting sales of the 2010 lexus gs-460 after consumer reports warned people not to buy it. the magazine said handling problems could lead the suv to roll over. as matt mentioned, an 11-year-old florida girl is safe this morning after a harrowing ordeal. she was found tuesday morning following more than four days lost in an alligator infested swamp. nbc s mark potter has more on the incredible story of her being lost and found. good morning, mark. reporter: good morning to you, natalie. too often these missing children s cases don t end up well and many here had begun to fear that in natalie bloom s disappearance. but then came a stunning 911 call and everything changed. 11-year-old nadia bloom found alive after days of difficult searching in dense woods and swamps, officials had begun to fear the worst. but then, they got a dramatic 911 cell phone call from a densely wooded area they had not yet searched. i ve got her. i ve got nadia. okay, i m in the middle of the swamp. i can give you my gps coordinates off of this blackberry. sir, you re in contact with her? i m holding her right now, yeah. she s okay. she s got bites all over her. she s got some scratches. she s very lucid. she has no major injuries. just exposure. i m going to give her some liquids. i ve got some stuff prepared for her. the lord told me where to find her. reporter: the caller was james king, a searcher from the bloom family s church who at dawn had ventured into the woods alone. i would call, nadia, i d be praying, talking to the lord. the lord would be directing me. one time i said, nadia? i heard, what? i said i m going that one. the 911 operator asks to speak to nadia. hi, this is nadia. i m the girl that was lost. i m one of the dispatchers from the police department. if you just stay with that man right where you are, we re going to have somebody come to you right now. reporter: word that nadia had been rescued spread fast and electrified the community. she s alive! she s here. reporter: nadia who has a mild form of autism disappeared friday afternoon in a wooded area close to home in winter springs, florida. nadia was dehydrated and suffering from mosquito bites but very much alive. her parents waited nervously to see her. her emotional father later hugging james king. things don t always turn out this way. reporter: doctors treating nadia said, given all she had been through, she actually was doing wonderfully. she was smiling. her vitals were stable. she clearly has had the effects of being outside now for about five days. reporter: for police and the entire community, nadia s rescue was a huge relief. nadia is now out of the hospital and the police chief says he is absolutely convinced that james king is a real hero. he also says if he didn t believe in miracles before, he sure does now. natalie? making us all believe in miracles, mark potter. thank you so much. how s this for a photo-op? seven space shuttle astronauts joined six others aboard the international space station for a crowded orbital news conference. nasa really knows how to pack them in. there is a photo to remember. it is six minutes past the hour right now. let s get another check of the weather from al. i love that, hanging upside down. thanks, natalie. let s check your weather, see what s happening. for today we re looking at a system that s bringing some snow to montana. they may pick up another five to six inches of snow. weak frontal system bringing showers from minnesota all the way down into nebraska. we expect to see beautiful weather up and down the eastern seaboard. plenty of sunshine. temperatures in new york getting up into the upper 60s, low 70s. more rain moves into the pacific northwest. hit or miss showers and thunderstorms stretch from west texas all the way up into minnesota. beautiful weather through the southeast. good morning, everyone. i m tony pann. there is probably a little bit of fog left, but it should be burning of shortly and we will wind up a sunny skies today. temperatures will be below now in today s money 911, we try to give you timely and useful financial advice for all your questions. jean chatzky, today financial editor and author of money 11. david bach, founder of fini finishrich.com, and cnbc s personal finance correspondent sharon epperson. just give us a wink. there you go. natalie is across the street with some questions from our crowd. little wink from natalie as well. before we get started with a question, tax day tomorrow, april 15th. any last-minute ideas? jean, first extensions. if you haven t made it, you can absolutely file for an extension. you ll get an automatic six months but you ve got to remember this is an extension to file, it is not an extension to pay. and if you owe the irs money and you ve basically known based on how much you earned this year based on last year, write them a check so you don t face large interest and penalties. sharon, because of some of the rough weather across the country, some places are actually granted extensions. definitely file. first, make sure you file your taxes on april 15th so you don t get a penalty. for residents in four states massachusetts, rhode island, new jersey and west virginia if you were a victim of a flood, if you re in a federal disaster area, declared so by the president, your county may be able to give you some tax relief. that means you may not have to pay your taxes until may 11th. you may get that automatic extension. the irs already knows automatically who those folks are. it also is an extension to pay your tax if you owe it and an extension to actually contribute to your i.r.a. for it to count for 2009. that s good to know as well. david, people are getting ready to seal the envelope up. before they do, are there tax credits? there are some new ones this year. go to irs.gov. they re on the front of their website. one is the environmental credit. called the go green credit. if you ve done any home improvements to your house that are environmentally friendly, there is a $1,500 tax credit for that this year and there is a tax credit for college class, called the american opportunities credit. up to $2,500. that s for parents who have been paying for college costs. all of that information is on irs.gov. great resources to help you get your taxes done last minute. start off with the viewer questions. a video question sent in from laura in new york. let s check out the video. my questions relate to the recent student reform loan bill. i heard beginning in 2014 annual student loan payments will be capped at 10% of the borrower s income and any remaining balance unpaid after 25 years will be forgiven. one, does this apply only to new loans obtained after passage of the bill or will my older student loans qualify? and, two, does this apply only to my subsidized and unsubsidized federal stafford loans or will my private graduate student loans also qualify? a lot of questions. very few minutes. here s the deal. it was part of the health care bill actually and, yes, you re right. starting in 2014 paying back on those subsidized student loans on the federal student loans will be capped at 10% of your income which is great. it does not apply to any of your old loans which actually answers both of those questions that you asked. but it doesn t mean there s no option available to you. if you re having trouble paying, look into income-based repayment. that went into effect last year and you may actually find based on your income, if you don t make a huge amount of money, that your payments will be capped and then at the end of 25 years you won t owe anymore more. now to skype, nick calling in checking in from wake forest, north carolina. he s got a question. nick? hello. my wife and i have built a great nest egg, professional i.r.a.s and equity in our home. but i recently started a new career, started a new 401(k) and i still have a small student loan that s just kind of hanging out there. my question is, should i put my retirement savings on hold so i can focus on trying to pay that student loan off quickly? seems like a great time to be investing but i also don t want to be paying off my student loan when my 1-year-old daughter starts school in about 17 years. all right. well, david, i think i know the answer to this but go ahead. the simple answer is, no, do not stop using your 401(k) plan because you have to save for retirement. the best gift parents can give their kids is to not need to sleep on their couch when they grow up. you want to have a retirement account. also here s the key to these student loans. it is the interest rate. we asked you before the show what is interest rate is. i heard you got i think it is a stafford loan, your payment s 4.25%. that s an extremely low rate. we call that free money. you know what i would do? keep using your 401(k) plan. but i want you to double that down on those payments on your student loans. reality is if you just take that minimum student loan and you double it, you re going to pay that debt down in half the time. that will be a huge relief to you. i would have said this if it was a private student loan. if rates were 10%, 11%, i d have you reduce the 401(k) contributions just a little bit and pay extra on the student loan. even if you don t feel like you can completely double a payment, just adding a few extra dollars will get you out in many fewers years. contributing up to the company match is just the key for retirement planning. after that, some of that money can be put to other retirement buckets or also to pay off this loan. now let s go to the street, natalie s got the question. i have the lovely sherry here visiting from ohio. what s your question? my husband and i have been helping put five kids through college so we ve been remiss in saving for our retirement. i was wondering would a roth i.r.a. be a good way to get started? what should they do? i think a roth i.r.a. is a great way to get started. one of the things you may want to do first is see how much you really owe and go to choosetosave.org. that will give you a ballpark estimate on how much you need for retirement. the other thing, start this roth i.r.a., you can contribute up to $5,000 for this year. if you hurry up and get it in before april 15th, do it for 2009 and do it again for 2010. jumpstart that. then think about what kinds of things can you do in terms of adding to your income. are you working right now? i work part-time and we re working to get our mortgage paid off. that s great thing to do as well. but really think about perhaps extending the amount of time you may have to work. a lot of folks think i got to stop working at 65. you don t have to stop working all together. if you are working part-time and you enjoy it, think of your retirement as something that will supplement your income, not keep you from working all together. teams, stand by. more advice coming up, including where to find the extra cash for a down payment on a if you home. then later on if all these money issues have you stressed out, how about some comfort food? 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in nine days. wait. i m being serious. i m engaged. to lamar? we don t know him. you guys are not being supportive! what was that, al? you wanted to show something? you know she is a reality star, business owner, spokesperson. hard to keep up with khloe kardashian. the youngest kardashian sister is here. we ll hear from her later on on today. in this half-hour, more of m meredith s exclusive conversation with kate gosselin, talking about her ex-husband jon, the mistakes she s made and how she plans to provide for her kids in the future. she survived last night on dancing with the stars. so one more week. speaking of cheese, grilled cheese. did i say cheese? whether you like it with bacon or a side of tomato soup, it is the ultimate comfort food and so easy to make. we are kicking off the classic sandwich with two gourmet versions. one of those has my name on it. if you treat your pets like members of the family, you want to pamper them but you also want to protect them. we ll show you the latest technology from gps trackers to a state of the arterobot robot clean up after them. speaking of pets, time to vote again for the coveted title of today s top dog. first up, bix named after the trumpet playing jazz musician. but this pooch prefers to play the piano. 10-year-old jake with his own theme song. keeps his nearby park litter free. and sami, who helps her puppy pals find loving homes by going to weekly adoption events and blogging about it online. it is up to you to decide which of these three make it to the finals. logon to todayshow.com or text your vote. voting ends at noon eastern on thursday. there is still time to enter your pooch. deadline april 23rd. now let s get another check of the weather for you. starting with today, we got sunshine up and down the eastern seaboard, wet weather in the pacific northwest, strong storms working their way into west texas. also windy conditions and snow back through montana. rip currents along the eastern shore of florida. then tomorrow, rain moves in to upstate new york and parts of the great lakes, sunny in new england and warm through the southe good morning, everyone. i m tony pann. it will be a nice day today. any fog out there will burn off shortly and we will wind up with sunny skie and that s your la weather. coming up next, kate gosselin opens up about her regrets, her sometimes sharp tongue and hitting the road with a new reality show coming up right after this. you beco a different person. are you ready? you taste foods you ve never tried. i want to bang on the drum all day you swim with animals you ve only seen in aquariums. and somewhere out on the high seas, you get your first water wedgie. i don t want to play i just want to bang on the drum all day [ ship horn blows ] [ sniffs ] morning. you got in pretty late last night. dad, i m not sixteen anymore. still, it was late. well. you re not gonna have to worry about that anymore. yeah, why s that? todd s a lucky man. the best part of wakin up. that s what i told him when we talked last week. .is folgers in your cup can you believe how fast kids grow these days? that s why there s new danonino. new danonino has twice the calcium of milk, ounce per ounce, with vitamin d. so it s power packed for healthy growth. yummy! new danonino from dannon. power packed to help kids grow. our chefs learn secrets cookinof italian cooking., like how to blend four artisanal cheeses to create our new creamy fonduta sauce. in our new steak fonduta and grilled chicken fonduta. at olive garden. more now of our exclusive interview with kate gosselin. last night kate survived another week on dancing with the stars, but can she survive the criticism of starting production on yet another reality show? meredith asked kate all about the pressure and what the book i just want you to know is all about. when people heard were you writing this book, a lot of people assumed it was going to be a jon-bashing book. and it is anything but that. you talk about your relationship as a married couple trying to raise these eight kids. you also make some confessions about yourself and jon. you say much of what i said to jon was unwarranted. could i have watched what i said better, could have guarded my tongue better. what have you learned about yourself, kate? i learned that in the heat of the moment i have a sharp tongue and looking back, there is probably a lot of people that i love that i probably spoke to inappropriately. and those are the people that are beside you to support you and love you sorry and i ve really learned to watch what i say. do you regret the things you said to jon along the way? i think everybody in life says things at times that they regret. so there are things i probably do. but this book was not hard to write because i put myself back in that time when we were living on andrew avenue when our series started, the house that everybody remembers. when things were good. when things were good. i can wholly go there. i can go there and not have anger or regret or hatred. i can go there and those memories are preserved as good memories. if they re preserved as good memories for me, i want them to be preserved as good memories for my kids as well. you re starting a new show with tlc, twist of kate, traveling all over the country visiting with families who are dealing with their own issues with kids and all that that entails. do you think you re adding more fuel to the fire, more ammunition for jon to say, here she goes. well, i don t see another option. i have eight children to provide for. and this is a great opportunity. it s certainly not going to cut the mustard being a nurse working 12-hour shifts, six days a week. i wouldn t see the kids anymore than i see them now. so this is an opportunity that i have that i ve grasped can t even talk too early on to and i m enjoying what i m doing and i m thankful for the opportunities that i have so i can provide for my kids. some people complain but yet, look. she s got to provide for these kids. i mean eight kids. that s a lot. a lot of mouths to feed. anybody who s a nurse knows working, nurses have a great job but she s not going to make it. plus she s a single mom. that s tough. coming up next, pampering your pets with the coolest high-tech gadgets. that and more right after what s going on over there? 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the demonic dog in the picture. children are number one, so sony just launched with the feature of the pet mode which is incredible. shooting video, too. first of all, this is amazing to have at home. this is the view. the view is all over my house so i can always see what s happening with my dogs and cats if i m not home. like puppy cam! yes! it s basically the view. the view personal video network, have you them all over your house, can you go on your computer or iphone and actually see what your dogs are doing while you re at home or while you re at work. it is great for kids, too. nanny cam, too. first of all, the i-robot roomba is absolutely incredible. $349. it basically, you press it, you can go take your dog for a walk and it cleans all the dirt and excess pet hair and everything all over. not mushy messes that are left behind. ooh! it is really fun. can you go on a talk walk, do anything, you come home and the roomba has your whole place cleaned. there is a great puppy community on the internet these days. how can you connect with other pet owners? first, twitter has a huge following for dog people as well as you can go first, these are all up for adoption. how cute are these dogs? you have facebook, dogbook. anybody looking to adopt a dog, go online, put in your zip code on petfinder.com. put in your zip code and find any kind of dog you want. any animal. they re all up for adoption online and easy to look at. lucky of course is not up for adoption but the others are, humane society of new york. thank you so much. coming up next, we ll get grilling with two new twists on the classic grilled cheese sandwich. - are you chronically ill and can t work? are you mentally ill and can t work? are you physically disabled and can t work? then the law firm of disability associates should be working for you. for years, disability associates has been working with our clients to get them the social security benefits that they deserve. don t be just another client at another law firm. - depend on disability associates because social security disability law is all that we do. this morning in today s kitchen, the perfect grilled cheese sandwich. april is national grilled cheese month. who better to teach us how to whip one up, hot chef nancy silverman. what is it about grilled cheese in. we love it because it brings back a lot of childhood memories. but for me there s nothing better than melty, oozy, warm cheese. right? i love it. i ll make two sandwiches, one turkey and one more classic. with the turkey one, i ll grill it in the sandwich grill. i m using a rustic country style of white bread. butter both sides. with this turkey sandwich, it is also delicious with walnut bread. start with cheese and end with the cheese. always when you make your sandwich. start with cheese, end with cheese. that s what we believe in this program. that s the glue. start with cheese and end with cheese. layering a little turkey. what kind of cheese if. i m using a cheddar cheese that has sage in it. a little softened leeks, celery. a little bit of crunch and a little bit of thanksgiving flavor. i ll decorate it with sage leafs. you ve got green there so it is healthy. i ve got one ready. let me take that one out. gently close it. don t smash i. people think you have to press it down, but you press the life out of the bread when you do that. i love the smell of the sage. that s for you to try. i have to. we ll move over and do a little classic more cheese. good. thanksgiving in a bite. step over here and do the next one with me. start with your butter. again, don t skimp on the butter. never. this one we re doing old school in the cast iron pan. you never want to not make something delicious if you don t have the right equipment. cast iron skillet. open it up, start with layering in a little mozzarella. we re doing three kinds of cheese. gruyere. which is my favorite. i love the way it melts. it is really stringy. then grate a little parmesan on top. for that green, healthy look, stick a little arugula in between the layers. grate a little sharp parmesan on. maybe i should use you know what would be even better? hold on a second. just take a slice of it! a and voila! let s see how this one is. not ready to turn yet. and yet we ve got a couple of different ones here. yeah. that s one that has some italian cured meat. prosciutto, a little italian salami, and cheese. that s good. oh, that s so good. what about the classic american cheese, white bread, tomato soup, the one we grew up on? i think that one sounds better than it really tastes. i remember it with margarine. i remember it with processed american cheese. here comes natalie. smells so good! where s the tomato soup? you were saying. that looks amazing. there s one for you. nice hot one for natalie. that s great! what a great idea. it looks so pretty. nancy silverman, thank you so much. if you re in los angeles, go by moza. if you want to try these cheesy recipes at home, check out our website at todayshow.com. coming up, hoda and kathie lee will help you get in shape. after your local news and weather. , local, late breaking, this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning, i m mindy basara. here s a look at our top story this morning. the department of public works says the water main break that record yesterday in baltimore city is fixed. a 20-inch main broke between the harbor and fort mchenry tunnel, slowing down evening traffic. a stretch of keith avenue shut down to a company repair crews. public works officials say this is a prime example of the city s dated and it dilapidated water and sewer systems. officials say the money is not there to good morning, everyone. i m tony pann. we re off to a good start. most of the fog is dissipated. a little on the cool side, mostly sunny with a high of 63 we will make it into the 70 .eop s with some rain