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for us, we actually lost to the suits. which is not a good thing. you never want to do that. so, if we take on a third rematch, we just want to know, c.c., nick, a-rod, can you play for us next year? a-rod, nick, c.c., thank for joining us here. we have heard all about the warnings, but guess what 11 million people have their identities stolen last year, so this morning we re going to have some simple ways that you can protect yourself online and also in stores. natalee is standing by in the news desk, she s got a check of all the headlines. good morning, everyone, investigators in california are looking for answers in a racing tragedy over the weekend that left eight people dead. they want to know why spectators watching the offroad race were so close to the track. reporter: the investigation continues today into saturday s deadly accident with officials planning to interview some of the injured victims recovering at local hospitals. now this comes as we learn more about those killed in that race crash, they were avid race fans, almost all in their 20s. a makeshift memorial in the desert marks the spot where 22-year-old zachary free ma am was tragically killed. free man was one of thousands gathered for an offroad truck race. and then in an instant, spectators women victims when an out of control truck slammed into the crowd, many standing just feet away, killing eight, scattering their bodies on the ground. 17 were injured. it s not fair. reporter: free man s girlfriend of two years said she would almost certainly be among the dead if she hadn t stepped away to go to the bathroom. while she was gone, the man she was planning to marry was killed. all he wanted to do was go out and have fun and it ends up like this. reporter: the truck was one of more than 80 taking part in the annual race known as the california 200 on saturday evening. photographer david conklin captured the moments leading up to the tragic accident. lots of people starting to run to the scene, people yelling, people screaming. the driver, 28-year-old bret michaels sloppy wasn t injured but is clearly in pain. posting on his facebook page, totally lost and devastated. sloppy has not been charged with a crime. desert racing is essentially self-governed, organizers often let crowds stand right on the sidelines with no barriers whatsoever, no protection. it s nobody s fault and that s because the spectators have to use common sense, obviously, but so do the drivers. everyone getses a close as they k it s exciting, it s thri thrilling. reporter: a fast moving thrill that quickly led to tragedy. now in terms of the investigation, the bureau of land management issued permits for these offroad races, but permits of this particular event state that the organizer is responsible for safety and also notes the vehicle should be moving no faster than 15 miles an hour when traveling within 50 feet of crowds, a regulation that clearly was not enforced this this case. thank you, mara. initials in columbia say a columbian passenger jet liner crashed while landing this morning on the resort island of san andreas. 131 people were on board, there are injuries and at least one person was killed. survivors in pakistan say international aid is not coming quickly enough following the worst flooding there in recorded history. some 20 million people have been affected by the floods that began two weeks ago. firms in boston are now investigating how the suspected craigslist killer was able to commit suicide in jail. he was awaiting trial for the murder of one woman he met during an onlined classified ad and the robbery of another. many u.s. shrimpers are concerned about the oil spill and its affect on the shrimp population. the average price for regular gas is now $2.77 a gallon. thousands have been gathering at graceland to mark the 33rd anniversary of elvis s death. atwo zebras escaped from an animal training farm. one had been hit by a car, but both are expected to be okay. some good news there. it s now 6 minutes past the hour, let s go back outside to matt and ann. t-shirts are being thrown by the yankees players who joined us this morning. it s a big day, no question about it. our thanks to them. let s get a check on the weather, al is off today, stephanie abrams is filling in. and jordan is joining us, jordan is a boy scout, but jordan, what is your dream. to become an eagle scout. good luck with that. let s have a look at your forecast across the country. this storm could become a depression. otherwise the threat for severe weather exists from the mid-atlantic deep into the northeast. good morning, everyone. it is muggy on this monday it is muggy on this monday morning. this morning on today s consumer, how to protect yourself on identity theft. more than 11 million consumers had their identities compromised. here with some simple steps to protect yourself is mandy watts. id theft is such a furious problem. but when most of us think it s identity theft. the person becomes you, it s committing lots of fraud in your name. that happens to very few households, according to the department of justice, less than 1% of u.s. households. more common, but still pretty rare, about 4% of households will experience the kind of somebody gets your credit card number and they re making purchases or gets your bank account number and they re out there. when that happens, the good thing is banks usually cover most of those expenses and the people who last did have some out of pocket expenses, it was the minority and it was about $373. and we have got some low tech, really common sense precautions. we hear them all the time but it s worth repeating once again. first is never give your social security number out. right, especially if somebody contacts you, if they say it s your bank, contact your bank directly. don t give your social security number out. take it out of your wallet. don t carry it, take the credit cards out that you don t use. and never store your financial account information on the obvious place like your cell phone or something. the things that you keep, like your tax records, things that you keep for a while, keep under lock and key. shred things like your bank statement after you have reviewed it each month, shred that. it s really important to put a freeze on your credit report. what s the benefit of something that? if you re concerned about your identity theft, you can put a freeze on it. they re unlikely to give somebody credit in your name. it s a very small fee, $5, $10 depending on where you you live. but if you re in line to get a mortgage. you can lift it temporarily, and they ll charge you a small fee to do that as well. another thing you say to do is file a fraud alert on your credit reportive you suspect there s something going on there. if you see a charge on your credit card that you didn t authorize. contact one of the three credit reporting agencies and it s free and they ll let the others know. so it s important to do that. this is a great tip, really to prepare an id theft file. what are some of the things that you should have in that file. you suspect you have or you are the victim of identity theft, you want to teakeep your entire record of what s going on. any records of breaches of your account, exactly what you have done, who you contacted, when it happened. good things to keep in mind. another thing that i think a lot of people get in the mail, those preapproved credit card offers. still to this day. that is a perfect way for somebody to then just get a hold of your mail and go and get a credit card in your name, right? exactly, you can go to opt out prescreen.com and that will stop all those little mailings coming to you in people that you don t do business with. i m going to do that right away, that s free to do. it s free too do. so you want to go read your privacy statements and opt out of any information sharing that you k. and i think all of us check our bank statements or some more frequently than others, but you say it s something that we should always be checking. you should check it daily. sign up for online access to your bank account and your credit card accounts. check it just for the recent transactions so you catch something that you didn t make. is id theft on the rise? do we see more activity there? it went up last year for the first time in four years. and yes, they usually point to the recession as the cause. and on your computer too, you have to make sure you have the spy ware. you want security protection on your i phone and ipod as well. from saving your identity to saving some money, smart advice on how to be a smart shopper when you go to the outlet malls. and up next, when will prince william say i do? we ll tell you what the royal bookies are betting on after this. activia is better than ever! hey, you guys. want to try activia s great new taste? today is your tasty lucky day! sure, why not? isn t this the yogurt 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it s usually overstock or misbuys. maybe they thought that texas would have a winter, they sent a bunch of coats down there that they re not going to need in 110 degrees. exactly. some things are returned after the season was over. it s a mixed bag. it s always good to dig through all the racks. you went with a big breakfast before you did the stores. you went shopping at the woodbury commons outlet. you ended up with some pretty good deals. let s start off with an outfit from neiman marcus. we always represent starting at the major brands. you can see she s wearing a total on trend skirt. huge for fall. it s a neutral, but it s a pattern, so it s a little bit more interesting. we have paired it with this jewel tone top. looks great and the little sequ sequins. sequins are never going to die. this one s a little unexpected and cool so it s not a huge piece. she can wear it with jeans, she can wear it with t-shirts. you paid for this whole ensemble, which is fantastic. $2 $206.50 which if you total the retail price and we did, it would have been $741 and she s completely on trend. okay the next outlet store, gregs was like your workday look. let s bring out our next model, sheryl. it s really great to be wearing expensive, but it s totally worth it, particularly when we re talking about blazers. go to a store like theory, they have reliably great vests. every woman needs one. it totally polishes any look. and then military colors are another big trend. army green, khaki and they re actually surprisingly easy to wear, you can mix them with brown or black. and for sheryl s outfit, you paid $178 and the original retail price would have been $660. so there again, a savings of 73%. so, yeah, we like the dings, the three dings for you. sheryl, you look great. thank you, good job. okay next outlet store is the gap outlet. do they make things specifically for the outlet store versus the regular store? you re going to see a mix. but you re also going to find jeans that you would otherwise find at the store, they re all on trend. gray jeans, we love that look. they re skinny, but they re flattering, and it s a great way, if you go monochromatic, and you can add a lot of layers and still feel coordinated. and i like how you added color with the shoes. and skinny jeans are terrifying for a lot of women, but the layers are long and lean. you can just stock up on kids stuff because that s never going to go out of style or off trend. okay, nicole and by the way, that outfit is $74.40 which normally would have been $160 so a savings of 55%. you can get the coupons at the information center and you print out a little coupon, you take it, exchange it for a booklet, you re going to get even better savings. let s bring the ladies out one more time and get a better look at their outfits. nice job, nice outlet shopping. thank you, well done. coming up next, the secrets for mouth watering pork ribs right after this. ink fast, go slow now i know freedom is all that i need [ female announcer ] ladies, raise your spoons. now there s nothing left standing between you and a satisfying breakfast. introducing special k low-fat granola. with 50% less fat than the leading granola and 5 grams of fiber per serving, it s a satisfying way to help you manage your weight. special k low-fat granola a taste of freedom. oh, love me oh oh oh just love me oh oh oh just hold me oh oh oh just kiss me oh oh oh just want me l-o-v-e love, love, love, love l-o-v-e love, love, love, love time to face the pollen that used to make me sneeze. my eyes water. but now zyrtec®, the fastest 24-hour allergy relief, comes in a new liquid gel. new zyrtec® liquid gels work fast, so i can love the air®. it s called hope. hope? 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we brought a treat from memphis for you guys. we re going to break it all the way down to the beginning to the end. so for labor day you can follow these simple steps and have this great barbecue. these are pork ribs, we love to cook a spare rib method. ann, do you mind helping me, sugar? i have got gloves on for a reason, hon, but i need you to help with the dry rub. typically the spice fairy besides you she handles that. i need my wings for that. you ve got paprika, add your sugar. and then you ve got onion powder. that s it, three simple ingreed yents. what we re going to do, every time we do ribs, we want to sprinkle our dry rub on them, but we can do this the night before. i m just trimming these trips so we can make it nice and smooth. i m trimming just a little bit of jena s skirt. taking that membrane off would let this dry rub really get in there. also make it extremely moist. so i want your hands to get nasty so we ll take a nice amount of this. based on the fact that it s been so hot this summer. what geina and i do, and what we re going to do for labor day, we re going to cook these the night before, we have step by step, how to cook it in indirect heat, whether it s charcoal, hickory, apple treats. that s where the rub comes from. you want to rub it in. i ll take this rib and i m going to the fridge and let it set for about four hours. people go that s the man that rubs the meat. i love to rub the meat. okay, okay, okay. now we re going get started with the barbecue sauce. we re going to go ahead and add in the ketchup. this is a family recipe? this is a family recipe, this is like the real secret to making those ribs dance in your mouth. we put the ketchup in. is that just water you re boiling? yes, and if you can add in the brown sugar, not a lot of people add in the brown sugar. and some lemon juice. worcestershire sauce. add that brown stuff. and this is the corn syrup? can you use like molasses if you didn t want to use corn syrup? you can. or honey. and then you ve got some spices and they are? brown rub, and salt and pepper. that cooks for about an hour or two. it s all in the book. then what you can do the next day, i have already cooked the ribs, you ve got them on your stove top grill, and after that s cooked, you just want to slide on down. the really keep to memphis ribs is wet versus dry. i love wet. i love dry. so at the end, the only thing we have to do is just come with a little barbecue sauce and if you re doing it dry, gina s going sprinkle that rub. we want to show you something that goes great. and you want to take a little bite, baby. no, i ll take a big bite. let s move to the back because we have got some great side items that go great with barbecue in memphis in the south. these go right in. we have got the five bean salad, which is a nice, refreshing salad. now, we have got two dry salads and two wets. i saw raw right about now. for your holidays, barbecue, or backyard barbecue, very simple, we have seen broken it down to how you can do some of it the night before. and in our fabulous book, y all, is a step by step, the charcoal, everything gina and i are in the kitchen, rubbing away, we also have some fantastic stories about we get it. thank you so much. we re going to invite hoda and kathy lee in in just a minute. hoda and kathy lee are here on a very special day. happy birthday. it makes me feel better to know that madonna s 52 today. wishing her a happy one too. it s leslie ann warren s birthday. and frank s getting a big kiss tonight? i think something s going on at the brand-new meadowlands theater, he says stadium, i call it intermission, he calls it halftime. so that will be cute. you got to know, we came all this way because it was your birthday, darling. and we brought you some delicious ribs. wet or dry? i want the wet ones. whooo! you guys have a busy half hour coming up. busy hour. t.i. is joining our program today. that sound nice. and i gather there will probably be some alcohol involved. and some birthday cake. how do you get the invite? you can stay with us, we re coming up in about five minutes. thank you for all of that, kathy lee s birthday right after local news and weather. friday on today, daughtry, right here on the plaza, the toyota summer concert series, music s best live. be there. only on today on nbc. 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