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bernie madoff. he s breaking his silence alleging that banks and hedge funds, quote, had to know about a $65 billion fraud but he didn t name the banks and he also said the banks chose to ignore it. we ll hear more about that coming um. and coming up on today s money 911, money saving strategies. if you are financially underwater on your home, planning for retirement or trying to stash cash for a rainy day the experts have advice. then move over superman, spider-man, you can turn off the dark and stay inside. we have a new superhero crime fighter. the 71-year-old grandmother from england who single handedly stopped a group of six armed thiefs from robbing a local jewelry store. that s right. faster than a speeding bullet, able to leap tall handbags in a single bound. her amazing bound sing story sh earlier. she ll answer your questions in a few minutes. unlike super man she s impervious to kryptonite. and that was her purse. you love that. the response everybody ha had here. first a check of today s top stories from natalie at the news desk. good morning, everyone. unrest inspired by egypt s revolution spread from bahrain, yemen and libya. there are report that is libya released imprisoned militants including al qaeda members. overnight they called for the ousting of muammar qaddafi. protesters have taken over a main square and police haven t interfered. government supporters clashed with mourners of a student shot in monday s rallies. a potential headache for travelers. united airlines grounded nearly 100 757 jets to complete unscheduled maintenance checks which could mean flight delays and cancellations. convicted ponzi schemer bernie madoff is speaking out from his prison cell in north carolina. mike taibbi has the details. good morning. reporter: good morning, natalie. the biggest ponzi schemer would have to be a big liar, so it s hard to know how credible his statements will, but what he s saying is what many suspect that he was a monumental crook, yes, but that a lot of his biggest investors had to know it. in his first interview since he went to prison in 2009 bernard madoff says banks and hedge funds were guilty of willful blindness as they continued doing business with him without asking questions. he didn t name the banks and hedge funds but told the times he had to know. but the attitude was, if you re doing something wrong, we don t want to know. he said he helped the trustee appointed to help recover some $20 billion in profits for the scam s innocent victims. he said he gave piccard, quote, information i knew would be instrumental from recovering assets from those people come police in the the mess i put myself into. victims seeking hundreds of millions in allegedly illicit profits from j.p. morgan chase and even the owners of the new york mets. both denied suspecting fraud. even if you don t know specifically, if there are signs that should have led you to know and you ignored them you are liable. reporter: the scheme victimized thousands of investors including mentors, friends and strangers hoping to recover something. even before his trial and before he went to prison he became a pariah. what s lost as we talk about tens of millions, hundreds of millions and billions of dollars are the smaller investors who had a fraction invested and now have nothing left. reporter: so far only madoff has gone to prison and only he and his accountant and five employees have been charged with crimes. he s willing to talk now. maybe he s willing to spend more time with people. so we could find out when exactly the fraud began, what prompted him to start the fraud, what was his mindset when he started lying to people. reporter: in the new york times article, madoff said he told prosecutors he would give them information to recover assets but refused to provide criminal evidence. he insisted his family knew nothing about his massive fraud. you will recall that his son mark committed suicide in december. madoff said the only reason he didn t go to the funeral was the prison wouldn t let him. thank you. a new report shows zinc taken during the first few days of a cold may shorten symptoms by a day. this gorilla wasn t monkeying around when it was time to get moving. look as zoo keepers caught 3-month-old tiny taking his first steps on tape with just a little bit of urging there from his proud mama to keep on going. oh, can we go back to the video? too cute. adorable. it s five minutes past the hour. now back to ann and al. i m sure we ll put the video on todayshow.com and you can play it over and over. meantime, you want to give us a check of the weather? you bet. we have a young lady. what s your name? ashley. and you are 9 today. happy birthday. thank you. what a pretty smile. let s check your weather and see what s going on. out west, winter storm warnings for the sierras, idaho, high wind watches from california to colorado. rainfall amounts anywhere from a half inch to two inches of rain along the coast. mountain snows above 7,000 feet, up to three feet of snow. temperatures are going to be awfully warm throughout much of the country today. as you start to see the warmth finally filtering into the east, that s good news. temperatures 60s and 70s. 70s blooming up into the midatlantic states but more frigid air back through the plains with teens and single digits. there goes mike taibbi! mike taibbi, everybody! [ cheers and applause ] there you go. off to a chilly start but it will be a nice day today. the high temperature between and that s your latest weather. natalie? al, thank you. in the last week ann timson has gone from a humble grandmother to being worldwide known as super granny. the 71-year-old chased down a group of thieves attempting to rob a jewelry store with nothing more than a handbag. now four of them have been arrested and ann is being hailed a hero. she s back with us to answer your questions. here is ann timson. good morning. good morning. i tell you, our viewers are so into your story. people just can t get enough of the super granny. are you shocked at the world s reaction? i am. why? absolutely overwhelmed by the fact that these people would find this so important. well, to see someone you re a 71-year-old woman. and when you see that video, a lot of people are standing by doing nothing but yet you crossed all the way across the street, ran over as if you were a 20-something-year-old and took on six armed men. what was going through your mind when this happened? i thought a boy was being attacked by three other boys. mm-hmm. and i just felt uneven, not right, got to do something. when you realized they had sledge hammers and they were robbing the jewelry store, did you ever think that this could be a dangerous situation you were getting into? at that moment, no. i think the adrenaline was running and it was go for it. i was there. the other thought that crossed my mind was how dare they? how dare they do a robbery at this time of day? right. an interesting thing is i know you told meredith that your neighborhood has had its troubles with drug dealers and prostitution in the past. you re one who s always stood your ground when it came to staying in your neighborhood trying to clean up the streets, right? like a lot of other people did. i m just one of them. but you didn t look for trouble. you stay put. i don t think i can run these days. why should we be moved from our homes that we love in our neighborhood that s so strong in community spirit? why should we run from it? it s ours. well, good for you. now four of those men have been arrested for what you did. a lot of people are raving about you. we have a lot of great e-mails. let me get to some of them now. melinda from maine says it looks like there were a lot of cars and bystanders. did anybody stop to help you, not that you looked like you needed help. not in the first instance. i think they were mesmerized. i think some thought it was a wind-up for candid camera or something like that. right. in fact, the video that we see was being shot. there was a documentary being filmed in the area. did you know that was going on at the time? no. i had no idea. that explains the video. a lot of people thought that was probably part of the deal. right. then somebody did jump into action and they were able to grab some of the other guys and take care of them as well. once two of the lads went down that s when it kicked in with everybody else. i know you played hockey until you were 51 and you take dance classes. you say that was probably the reason you were able to run across the street the way you did. you have rheumatoid arthritis but you were wearing support garments headed to your dance class. right. hope from kentucky says do you attribute your super agility to dance class? if so, what type of dance moves do you do and have you ever taken any self-defense classes? that s a good question. show us your karate. not my thing, i guess. isn t dancing at our age all about keeping your mind active and your body? that s one of the things that goes with it. i teem youngest of our class. i m the beebaby. the youngest person oldest person there is 91. i have dragged them into the 21st century with line dancing. oh, wonderful. we also have from florida nancy writes, would you do it again and if so would you do anything different? given the circumstances that i thought a child was being attacked, yes, i would d that again. the one thing i would do different is get away as quickly as possible. get away as quickly as possible, yeah. but you made quite an impact and you put down a situation which fortunately they did not end up robbing the store. in fact, has the jewelry store offered to reward you for this? yes. they have been in touch. they are going to donate to a charity of my choice. that s great. good for you. they are nice people. you re a wonderful woman and the world is wonderful with you in it, ann timson. thank you. up next, how to settle a debt with the irs and more timely advice from our experts in today s money 911. then a little bit later, some cleansers to face creams. we ll tell you what could be causing your sensitive skin and how to best treat it. first, these messages. oh! 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[ female announcer ] and now, winter skin can be too. discover relief from dry uncomfortable skin with skin relief moisturizing lotion. only aveeno has an active naturals triple oat and shea butter formula that soothes, nourishes and restores moisture. women saw improvement in all five symptoms of winter skin in just one day. beauty you can see and feel. that s being comfortable in your own skin. aveeno skin relief. and now get dermatologist recommended relief from severely dry skin with eczema therapy. new from aveeno. discover the power of active naturals now for money 911. we have a team of experts this morning. jean chatzky, author of money 911 david bach, author of debt free for life and sharon epperson from cnbc and cnbc.com. good to see you. we re going to skype starting with shannon. she s up early from los angeles. good morning. good morning. what s your question for the group? well, i m 33 years old and recently married. my husband began to file our 2010 taxes and we realize our combined income is getting close to the phase-out limit of what we can contribute to my roth ira. this year the salaries will increase so we ll make too much to invest in the roth and my company doesn t offer a 401-k. where should i invest for retirement without paying a penalty at tax time? a traditional ira is a good option if you don t qualify for the roth. the roth has advantages when you take out the money you don t pay taxes on it and you also can leave it in there for your heirs. but the traditional ira is fine. the money can continue to grow tax deferred. you will take a tax deduction up front which may be appreciated at this point. the most important thing is that you contribute as much as you can. so you want to max out his accounts at work, max out your ability to put the money into a traditional ira and just continue doing it every year. all right, shannon. thank you so much for getting up early. we ll stay on the west coast and go to the phone. we have tracy from corcoran, california. hi, good morning. caller: good morning. my husband is disabled and received a fixed income. i work part-time. we purchased a home a little over three years ago and are struggling to make our payments. we owe approximately $100,000 more than what our home is worth. although we love our home, my husband thinks we should let it go and rent. i think that we should try to lower our interest rate. we have three children, one of whom will be needing college tuition starting within the next two years. what should we do? that s a good question. a lot of people in the same boat. i will go with your idea. i want you to keep the house. you said a couple of things. first of all, a little bit of sacrifice and you can afford to keep the home. i would work on trying to get the interest rate reduced. so i would do a couple of things. i m sorry about your husband being on disability. make sure he s getting full disability benefits. if he hasn t already, i would apply to social security through disability benefits. go to socialsecurity.gov and go to the government website, makinghomesaffordable.gov to see if you can modify the loan. if you bought three years ago in california you bought at the high. right now arguably many people in california are at the low. i would tell your husband, look, make a sacrifice, keep the house. go out five years from now and you will be happy you kept the home. all right. and marriage counseling there, too. thanks, david. a viewer e-mail from an anonymous viewer. i have an irs tax lien. now i m getting mailings from firms claiming to be able to reduce my liability up to 80%. i have a payment plan with the irs that i set up myself but if these firms can do what they claim it would save me money. i owe over $29,000, can only afford to pay $500 a month. is it worth trying any of these firms? you hear it on the radio all the time. many of the programs are a scam. if they are telling you they can save you and you have to pay pennies on the dollar, that s something you have to look twice at. really, this taxpayer has done what they should have done. they contacted the irs and set up a payment plan on their own. as much as people want to get third-party advice, nobody wants to do their own taxes particularly when there is a collection situation, there is nothing the irs can do for a cpa or tax attorney they can t do for you, the taxpayer directly. contacting them to try to find out what they can do for you is best. what this company is probably offering is something called an offer in compromise where you pay not the full tax debt but as much as you can afford to pay. that s something you can contact the irs about. you can do it yourself? irs.gov. they really want to try to work with people. they understand people are in these situations but the thing is a lot of folks think someone else will do a better job. they can do it themselves. we have a caller on the line. thanks for the e-mail. jesse from brownsburg, indiana. please go ahead. caller: my husband and i are building our emergency cash fund. we want to know the best way to invest or save the money. savings accounts and cd rates are terrible and not keeping up with inflation. ibonds aren t much better and we are hesitant to consider higher risk investments since this is emergency money and we don t want to use the capital. you re totally right. you need to keep the money in a low risk investment because it s your emergency fund and you don t want to lose any of the principal. hang out in a money market account. go to bankrate.com for a good money market account. interest rates have nowhere to go but up. thank you so much. for all of you on the east coast, we ll have more questions from david bach. he ll stick around for an hour for a web chat. you missed that. just log on to todayshow.com. coming up, brightening your home to brighten your mood during this long, cold winter. first, these messages. hey, max. 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is that what s happening? he s into that book. the best part is he s getting paid! just keep on reading, jerry. anyway, then we ll talk about something that apparently more than a million women suffer from chronic skin diseases whether it s redness, itching, peeling. what you can do about the four common causes of irritation and how you can help your symptoms. and then earlier this week meredith sat down with janet jackson who shared her battles with weight and self-esteem. one of the people who helped her get back to healthier eating is here to share secrets janet has in the new book. al has a check of the weather for us. well eel show you what s we ll show you what s happening. we have a mess out west. windy conditions, snow in the mountains. sunshine through the gulf coast. showers off the atlantic coast. sunshine in the northeast but chilly. tomorrow, record warmth in the mississippi river valley. rain in the pacific northwest as a low pressure system moves in. frigid in the western plains. showers around the eastern great lakes and rain persists off the southeastern florida coast. we are looking for sunshine and warmer conditions in the midatlantic states to the northeast. we are off to a chilly start but it will be a mild afternoon. a big dump in the temperature department, all the way up to 53. a mixture of clouds and and that s your latest weather. al, thank you. coming up next, solutions for sensitive skin right after this. well, the first thing we do when we come up here is take her out to eat. she needs a good meal, and we need to catch up. i love when they come visit, and so do my roommates. introducing olive garden s new artisanal raviolis starting at just $10.95. try our creamy asiago cheese ravioli topped with pan-seared chicken. or try our artisanal ravioli topped with shrimp. starting at just $10.95. with unlimited salad and breadsticks. i just like to know my little girl is okay. daddy. 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[ female announcer ] lyrica is not for everyone. lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression, or unusual changes in mood or behavior or any swelling or affected breathing, or skin, or changes in eyesight, including blurry vision or muscle pain with fever or tired feeling. common side effects are dizziness, sleepiness, weight gain and swelling of hands, legs and feet. don t drink alcohol while taking lyrica. don t drive or use machinery until you know how lyrica affects you. i found answers about fibromyalgia. then i found lyrica. ask your doctor about lyrica today. this morning on today s health how to treat sensitive skin. if you suffer from redness, burning, itching or peeling you are among more than 1 million women dealing with chronic skin issues. we have dermatologist dr. frances ka fusco with ideas. good morning to you. good morning. we think of it is something that affects a specific group of women. you say as we age or if we use certain products we can make ourselves much more sensitive. yes, we can. women as they are aging are applying for anti-aging products to their face. this can sensitize them as they use multiples of them. also as we become peri-menopause the skin changes and can make us more sensitive as well. it is a common question readers write in about. it s something throughout your life you may be affected by. yes. one way we need to think about cleansers which is interesting because you think about skin products but how are cleansers important? the cleansers in our home that we are washing laundry with contain fragrance which is a big sensitizer. it s important to look for products that not only say fragrance free but also are hypoallerg hypoallergenic. it can cause us to break out and get red. we have great products here. anything else besides fragrance free? hypoallergenic. there you go. let s go to lotions and creams we put on the face. you know, there are so many to choose from. what should you look for or make sure your cleanser doesn t have. start with label. it must say hypo allergenic and sodium laurel sulfate. it s not good. and look for something that doesn t suds so well. the soap isn t good. it isn t good. okay. good information. what about cosmetics? again, so many options and they have lots of chemicals in them. they do. again looking for a brand like philosophy is something that has ingredients that are better for the skin. look for something that can be applied with your fingers. avoid using a brush. even though a brush is soft it can be abrasive to the skin. you don t want ingredients like mica, talc and formaldehyde and colorful makeup like blues and purples on the eyes are more likely to irritate than the neutrals. good information. these are the actual things you would use to wash your face. yes, they are. also you have i think spf stuff here. in choosing what to wash your face with, again you are talking suds-free. les suds. and you want to say we want moisturizers that say hypoallergenic. these are our favorites, cetaphil. moisturize more frequently in cold weather. we should be wearing sunscreen, sun block. look for a physical block. zinc oxide, titanium dioxide. less likely to irritate the skin. thank you so much for helping us. you look beautiful. you re a good billboard for what you are talking about. you re sweet. thank you. brightening your mood by brightening your home after this. heaven comes to earth. rich, creamy, thick dannon greek, the most delicious yogurt imaginable. heaven on earth! discover dannon greek [ male announcer ] we asked zyrtec® users what they love about their allergy relief, and what it lets them do. the thing i love most about zyrtec® is that it allows me to be outside. 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(announcer) progresso. you gotta taste this soup. this morning on today s home lifting your spirits on the outside with a lift on the inside. bold colors and patterns to beat the winter blues. elizabeth mayhue is editor in chief of women s day magazine. good morning, al. we re halfway through winter. it s like the winter wardrobe. you re sick of what s inside your house. there are quick things you can do that don t cost a lot of money or take a lot of time. they will lift your spirits and make everything fresher and better. you say be bold with color. paint is the single most transformative thing you can do to your home. doesn t cost a lot. you don t even have to do the whole room. do one wall. this may seem bright to people, but we were inspired by it s called honeysuckle. we were inspired by the pantone paint color of the year for 2011. you can do just one wall and it can really pop. what are some other colors if this is too bold? blues, greens. i always say pick your favorite sweater. if it s your favorite you look good in it. take it to the paint store and you will look good. you will like it. the dragon flies? this is a huge trend, the three dimensional adhesive. you get a whole package and you can dot them on the wall. it s art for not a lot of money. and rugs. rugs are super important. one of the biggest trends we are seeing are stripes and zig zag patterns like this. in a sense it s brown and white, a neutral from west elm but it elongates the room and makes it feel bigger. should you use patterns rather than solids? to me a pattern like a stripe and neutrals is a neutral. it gives another fun thing to do in your room and gives it a kick. you also say lighting is important. lighting is super important. one of the most important things that costs no money is to wash your windows, get the dirt and grime, sun light in, natural light. then too many of us rely too much on the overheadlighting which is harsh and not flattering. instead, you want a combination of floor lamps. this is from gracious home. a table lamp from crate & barrel to a reading lamp which is a task lamp from restoration hardware. you want to mix those. lighting is relatively inexpensive. all of these are in the $200 range. anything less than that, you could go to target for lighting. and seating. you want a comfortable place. good-bye archie bunker recliners. edith! stifle! this is a beautiful chair from la-z-boy but recliners aren t what they used to be. now you need wine, book, a lamp and you can kick back and enjoy your home. what else? i m listening. pillows. oh, pillows. i know you love them. oh, pillows. you ve got to be kidding me. and you know what, let s have a hundred. this is the thing, al. pillows are a quick, easy, inexpensive accessory. it s like your shoes, earrings or jewelries. the big trend is an east asian tribal thing. great. you had me until pillows. you were doing great. i think he s going to sleep. the other thing is you just keep going. you want to accessorize, too. fresh flowers in the spring, you ve got to bring them in. it gives it a pop of color. you look like you re going to sleep on me, al. all right. just bolts of color. what we did in this room is stayed neutral with the big pieces and added pops of color with things like pillows. all right. elizabeth, great to see you. okay. coming up next, please. the man who helped janet jackson get fit, chef andre shares healthy recipes. first, this is today on nbc. the moment you feel run down or achy nip flu-like symptoms in the bud, with oscillococcinum. get oscillo and feel like yourself again. oscillococcinum, nip it in the bud. this morning in today s kitchen recipes that are as easy as one, two, three. we are creating dishes that helped janet jackson stay on a healthy diet track. the recipes are in her new book true you and they are courtesy of chef andre carson who is here with us this morning. good morning and thank you. what an honor to be picked by janet jackson to represent in her book. absolutely. an honor for any chef, especially this one. she s an amazing person. i was introduced to her. she knew it was my dream to meet janet and work with her. she said, maybe i can hook it up for you. you knew you could help her. help her lose the weight and maintain that weight. absolutely. if you want to be fit and you want to stay lean, true you is an amazing self-help book. she s been through so many struggles. so the honor of being able to cook for her, her team and the crew and so many recipes we went over. they were all tested by janet jackson, all approved by her. absolutely. we re starting with a quinoa breakfast burrito. this is so good for you. lots of fiber. protein. absolutely. low in fat. she loves many of the recipes. this is a great one to get you started. it fills you up through the day and you can go on with the energy. you want the fiber to fill you up. you re toasting it first. to bring out the flavor. it s very nutty. we ll bring out the flavors and then add our vegetable broth. we re going to add our beans, yeast and let me add this. then i will let you add the beans and other ingredients. okay. what is this? that s our nutritional yeast. where do you find that? at a health food store? whole foods, health food store plugging whole foods. we have a little garlic and then salt and pepper. just a little bit. i have never heard of adding nutritional yeast. it adds vitamin b, extra protein as well. good. oh, you know, janet s on world tour now, selling out. yeah. she needs energy. this is the kind of thing to keep you going throughout the day. we ll bring that to a boil and let it simmer. until it cooks down until you get the actual quinoa to fluff up. if it starts to stick we may add extra water to it. you can even buy it boxed, too. yeah. there are two different kinds. golden and harvest. over here we ll show you how to make that. easy enough. in a wheat wrap. whole wheat, very healthy. when janet s touring, she tries to stay low in salt and sugars. these recipes can be modified. what kind of salsa? you have a great-looking salsa here. we ll cook that up right quick, too. that is a combination of salsa, a little bit of honey not honey, but maple syrup. so that s the breakfast part. we have lime, cumin, chili powder and we ll combine it together. that looks great. doesn t it look good? your team is amazing. they are. we know that. bianca and the staff do a great job with the avacado on top. absolutely. and we have something back here. time to move on, okay. that looks good, but moving on to the great filling soup. our carrot yam rosemary soup. we have onions in here already going. caramelizing. then we ll add the carrots and sweet potatoes or yams. mm-hmm. here we go. the thing i love about her because she s off and on stage so much, such a busy life. she said, i have to stay healthy and lean. if you want stay lean? honey, you don t look like you have to worry. chef, i love your voice. you guys are great. he s the lou rawls of you ll never find this man can sing. i ll leave it to janet. she does the singing and i do the cooking. now you make it into a puree? make sure it stays in the blender. come on, come on. the magic of television, it looks like this. boom. what do you have here? we have our peach blueberry cobbler with whole wheat flour. we have the blueberries for antioxidants. i m checking out the quinoa. all recipes on todayshow.com. and coming up, makeovers that don t turn into fashion dos and don ts after your local news. good morning. we are off to a quiet start but chile this morning. it will be a nice afternoon. high, thin clouds, but partly to mostly sunny. we will see temperatures in the low 50 s later today. warmer by the end of the week. 65 on friday with a chance for a few