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nervously. reporter: we re live as william s grandmother, the queen, pays him a visit at work william s grandmother, the queen, pays him a visit at work today, friday, april 1, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning. welcome to today on a friday morning. i m matt lauer. i m ann curry in for meredith. good morning and happy you know, april fool s day. right. but it looks like mother nature is feeling like she s playing a joke on us. it s beginning to look a little bit like christmas in parts of the northeast. we have been having below normal temperatures. now you re looking you will look at the falling snow in concord, new hampshire. by tonight up to a foot of snow. maybe more possible in areas of new england. on the other coast, los angeles set a record of 92 degrees on thursday. we re going to have the latest on the forecast coming up. also this morning, one woman s cosmetic surgery horror story. she sued her surgeon after a procedure left her unable to blink or close her eyes all the way, even when she sleeps. how is she coping with the 30 painful surgeries she now needs to connect the damage. we ll talk to her coming up this morning. plus, have you ever cried at work? is it appropriate? what if a co-workerer co comes your office and bursts into tears? should that co-worker apologize the day after? i hug you all the time when you cry. you bring it out of me. it s a common workplace dilemma. yes. we re going to talk about it. let s begin with the springtime storm. jim cantore is up in concord, new hampshire. it s coming down, jim. good morning. reporter: good morning, matt. a quarter er of the year is ove and we re back into winter here. we have already tasted the 70-degree days here but it s beautiful in concord. the trees are all flock and there s the problem. you have a very heavy wet snow as would be the case. it s 32 degrees with the snow coming down. so that weight will mean power outages. you can bend over, grab some of the snow and you can see the water content that we have in this. there is a lot of water here and occasionally it makes its way out of the snow. not the case there, but believe me there is a lot of water and weight to the snow sticking to everything. we are expect a foot across the mountains. once the wind kicks in, the weight of the snow that didn t cause power outages, the wind may do us all in here. the mountains should benefit as the wonderful ski season in new england continues. by the way, matt, as we get into tuesday there is a forecast for severe thunderstorms. so the wild swings of spring will make its way this far north as well. back to you. jim cantore, thank you very much. the question now is where is the storm headed? we have maria la rosa in for al this morning tracking it. good morning. good news, bad news. it is moving out in some areas but not before really wreaking havoc in parts of new england. we have a number of winter storm warnings in blue. winter weather advisories posted here and there in the poconos. it will continue to deepen off the coast. snow continues in up state new york through the berkshires, green and white mountains to maine. the hardest hit area will see well over a foot of snow. in the blue, three to six inches but it will begin to wrap up later tonight. matt? we ll get the local forecast in a moment. meanwhile, now we re talking about fallout in the usa tied to japan s nuclear crisis. traces of radiation have been found in milk samples from california and washington state. how concerned should you be in nbc s george lewis is here to put it in perspective. good morning. good morning, matt. california is the number one milk producing state in the country. any talk of radiation in the milk supply has people talking, even as experts say there is no reason to worry. those tiny barely measurable amounts of radiation were probably ingested by cattle in california and washington state as the wind carried it in from japan. minute amounts of iodine 131 for found on march 28 from california and march 25 from washington state. it s really a speck of dust. are we seeing anything new? reporter: this epa lab in alabama is keeping an eye on radiation in the air, water and milk supply. the people in charge say the levels are way below anything that would trigger an alert. we have seen no cause for alarm. the very first samples we got in. reporter: it wasn t the epa but rather state officials who first detected radiation in the california milk supply. while they say it s insignificant, some anti-nuclear power groups say there is ample reason to worry. this accident continues. our concerns grow for the pasturelands, grazing animals, agricultural products and fish from the sea. reporter: in washington state consumers have differing views. it sounds bad. i hope it s not getting into school supplies of milk. reporter: i think a reasonable person would have to conclude there is not a lot to worry about. i ll defer to the experts. if they say there is nothing to worry about, i don t worry about it. reporter: so far that s what they are saying. this is a speck of dust. don t worry. the worry itself is far worse than the dust, the radiation we re talking about. reporter: bottom line, the experts say, once again, drinking milk is still perfectly safe. to your good health, matt. and to yours, george. thank you very much. let s get a check on the other top stories. tamron hall is at the news desk this morning. good morning. moammar gadhafi is defiant today despite two high profile defections and report that is his power base and regime are deteriorating. this as the rag tag rebel army is pushed back into eastern libya. nbc s chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in benghazi. good morning. reporter: good morning. in a written statement, gadhafi said the west has started a crusader war between muslims and christians. as you mentioned, for several days gadhafi s troops have been pushing back rebels. we have seen the rebels trying to hold a defensive line about 120 miles outside of benghazi. for the first time, they are standing and fighting. they are firing rockets and mortars directly at gadhafi s troops, even without western air support. so they are doing a little bit better and not retreating, as we have seen them doing and just giving up territory day after day. richard engel, thank you. hundreds of foreignerers in ivory coast are fleeing to a french military base as fighting in that country escalates. an explosion could be heard outside the presidential mansion where supporters of the internationally recognized leader of ivory coast are pushing the incumbent who has refused to leave since november. a judge will hear arguments on the union bill that s divided state lawmakers. governor scott walker has agreed to stop attempts to implement a law cutting union rights. meantime, ohio s governor signed a bill drastically limiting union rights and banning strikes for 360,000 public workers. the house is expected to vote today on a republican-backed bill to cut the federal aviation administration budget by $4 billion and make it more difficult for union workers to unionize. the white house has already threatened to veto the bill. two skydivers in southern california collided in midair causing them to fall 200 feet to their deaths. no one on the ground was injured in the accident. it s under investigation. now to wall street. melissa francis is at the new york stock exchange. job numbers are the hot topic. good morning. that s right. the jobs number is the news of the day. so much of the economy waiting on the jobs number to improve in order to get better. not stocks though, it seems. the dow having the best start to the year as the first quarterer ends since 1999. up better than 6%. good news if you have a 401-k. march auto sales out today. analysts looking for those to improve by 16% versus this time last year. small cars leading the way. back to you. thank you. he s being called the unluckiest man in america. the office worker who chose not to chip in two bucks to buy a mega millions ticket. his co-workers got $19 million each after taxes. mike barth said he paused to buy a candy bar prompting another customer to cut in line buying the ticket before him. he said if he hadn t lost his spot in line he would have fewer millions to his name now. it is 7:10. back to matt, ann and maria. i feel bad for that guy. didn t have the two we still operate in the area. it is beginning to thin out a little bit. snow in the pennsylvania line. we could see a couple of spotty showers in the ann, back to you. thank you. there is good news about the safety on our roads. the department of transportation reports traffic fatalities are at their lowest levels in six decades and there s been a huge drop in the last five years. tom costello is in maryland with the details on the story. we love good news, tom. reporter: ann, good morning. absolutely. the stats are amazing. the fewest deaths since 1949. we can credit everything from safer, better cars, a dui enforcement, even the roads we drive on. it was the kind of car accident that medics with denver s flight for life know could have a tragic ending. on a mountain highway pat reardon lost control of her suburu, flipped it four times and went off the road. at the hospital they found she had a concussion, cuts and bruises thanks to seat belts and air bags. the trooper that came to interview me said i was undoubtedly alive because of being in that particular car with that kind of protection. reporter: she s not alone. the government says in 2010 traffic fatalities dropped 3% in just one year. and an impressive 25% in five years. for more than 43,000 fatalities in 2005 to under 33,000 last year. at denver health medical center chief surgeon moore says he sees fewer head and chest injuries now than at any time in his career. torn aorta, the most common cause of death at the scene. it s been reduced with air bags. reporter: cars have never been safer. now built to cocoon occupants and absorb the energy of a crash with air bags that protect everyone inside. it s packaging 101. if the box doesn t collapse the ka cargo is better protected. reporter: now systems keep cars on the road while collision avoidance systems keep spaces between cars. meanwhile, dui enforcement has never been tougherer with a .08 blood alcohol level the law nationwide. police don t allow drunk drivers to walk away from the car, drive away from their car. they arrest them. people lose their driving privileges. reporter: and 85% of drivers now wear seat belts while ems response times and techniques have also improved. distracted driving, especially texting while driving are a growing concern, but listen to this number, in 1972, 54,000 people died on the nation s roads. now 33,000 people have died and we have a population of 100 million more. back to you. a stunning change. tom costello, thank you very much for the report. here s meredith. the family of the woman who died in the mansion of august bush i iv, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. jeff rosen has details on that. good morning. reporter: hey, matt. good morning. around here the busch family is like royalty. not that bush family. the busch as in anheiser-busch. they live in a mansion a few miles from here and inside the gates of the long-winding driveway, apparently august busch, iv, said he found his girlfriend dead in his bedroom. it was a drug overdose, but the lawsuit claims it was all busch s fault. inside the walls of this sprawling estate, august busch, iv, the heir to the anheiser-busch fortune said he made an awful discovery in bed. his 27-year-old girlfriend, adrianne martin was motionless. a workerer in the mansion called 911. what s the problem? this girl s not waking up. is she breathing? we don t know. reporter: the divorced mother raising her 8-year-old son was dead. authorities found lethal levels of cocaine and the painkiller oxycodone in her system. now her ex-husband filed this lawsuit on behalf of little blake. it accuses busch of carelessness and negligence leading to the wrongful death of adrianne. the lawsuit claims his actions contributed or caused blake alexander martin to suffer loss of comfort, and come pan i don t know ship companionship. not like they have to prove he gave her the overdose. they can say he was aware of dangerous drug use. he was aware of something happening in his bedroom and took no steps to stop. reporter: busch denied any wrongdoing and prosecutors decided not to charge him. if you had two people sitting in a room doing drugs and one overdoses and dies it doesn t make the other one criminally responsible. reporter: august busch, iv, the former ceoheiser-busch has a checkerered past. in 1983 he crashed a corvette. his passenger, a 22-year-old woman died. police found him disoriented six hours later. no charges were filed n. 1985 he was accused of trying to run down two detectives during a police chase. he was acquitted. and now a lawsuit blaming him for the death of his latest girlfriend. i wouldn t be surprised if he tries as harder as he can to settle. the last thing he s going to want is to have his dirty laundry dragged out in public. reporter: last night i spoke with august busch, iv s attorney by phone and he said, august busch cares about adrianne s son and wants him taken care of. no telling when the settlement could happen or how much money busch would end up paying. jeff rossen in missouri this morning. thank you very much. it s 18 after the hour. here s ann. matt, thanks. on a different note, the search for the missing cobra at the bronx zoo has come to an end. what s next for the popular fanged fugitive? peter alexander has been on the case at the bronx zoo and has details. good morning. reporter: on the case all weekend, thank you very much. it s worth noting that the bronx zoo finally did catch this thing. how do you catch a cobra? apparently with stong tongs and something that looks like a golf club. the snake is safe and so are the rest of us. it s alive! reporter: our not so long national nightmare is over. unlike anaconda or indiana jones this is the real thing. here she is, easily the most famous egyptian cobra alive and welle and, for the moment, in quarantine. she s resting comfortably and secure in the reptile house. reporter: after an unauthorized six-day sabbatical the cobra was found coiled in a dark cornerer inside the zoo s reptile house, just as the director predicted. the key strategy here in recovering the snake was patience. reporter: patience and apparently wood shavings scented with mice and rats in hopes of luring the baby cobra out of hiding. how did the snake sneak out? the zoo is investigating. still, the staff was relieved. their news release alone gave that away. for a little snake tale the story had legs. they found the cobra that was missing from the bronx zoo. it was in lindsay lohan s purse. reporter: and online. in just days the fake twitter feed attracted more than 200,000 followers. leaving wall street. these guys make my skin crawl. then on top of the empire state building, all the people look like little mice, delicious little mice. and finally, if you see a bag of peanuts moving at yankee stadium today, just ignore it. it s probabliy nothing. the cobra was in the zoo all along. this snake is the balloon boy of our generation. she slithered her way into headlines, onto mugs and into this weatherman s unforgettable forecast. snakey, snakey! reporter: we just had to squeeze that into this piece. worth telling you now that the reptile house hopes to open next weekend. they have a naming contest in the works to come up with a name. we haven t heard a word from the twittering snake since the capture but we exchanged e-mails and it said it has something up its sleeve if it had sleeves. whoever was the fake bronx zoo snake we need to hire them. funny person. reporter: 215,000. peter alexander, thank you very much. take a look at this. we have live pictures from wales. this is prince william showing the duke of edinborough and his grandmoth grandmother, the queen, around his base there. it s take your grandmother to work day and he wins, no question. more of the queen s visit in just a little while. and prince william speaks out about what appear to be some prewedding jitters. we have details, but first this is today on nbc. just ahead, was it a flip or something more? lindsay lohan falling down outside a local city bar. could it lead to more trouble? after your local news. i ve found a new love a zero-calorie true love that comes from a leaf sweet surprise it s natural, guilt-free no artificiality it won t land on my hips or my thighs [ announcer ] truvia. honestly sweet. build your better breakfast at subway [ male announcer ] only subway lets you build your better breakfast with all the flavors you choose. start off with an irresistible steak, egg & cheese, then 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traffic pulse 11. things are getting a little better. last couple of frames shows us that the rain and snow to the north are beginning to thin out now. snow we had earlier near the pennsylvania line is giving way a little bit. we are still chilly this morning. reading at b.w.i. marshall is 36 degrees. still some light rain in the area. northwest winds at 5. wyndal picked up during the day today. wind will pick up during the day today. scattered afternoon rain showers. northwest winds at 10-20. 47-52, warmer than yesterday. check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. we are back at 7:55 with another live update. this is footage of the queen s visit to wales where her grandson, prince william, is stationed as part of the r.a.f. valley air base. this event taking place as we speak. the queen there along with the duke of edinborough. they always play mozart when they work on helicopters there. nice for the prince to have the queen visit. part of her job, by the way. she tours military bases as part of her official duties. and there is an opportunity for her to kill two birds with one stone. william happens to be part of a big event coming up in some 28 days, the royal wedding. we ll hear from the prince about his feelings about that. apparently there are jitters. and he won t wear a wedding band after marriage. some people are talking about it. that s right. he says he has an excuse. plus, we ll talk about a woman who sued her plastic surgeon after undergoing a plastic surgery that left her unable to blink or shut her eyes. how does she cope and what about when she tries to sleep at night? her story is coming up. also, showing emotion at the office, house speaker john boehnerer is known to cry from time to time. are you taken les seriously if you re known as the office cryer? and what should you do if you re with a person who cries? comfort them? hand them a tissue and move on? in the work environment it raises questions. absolutely. the rules are changing about crying maybe. we ll see. we begin with prince william breaking his silence about the royal wedding as he welcomes his grandmother to his base in wales. michelle kosinski is there. reporter: hi, matt. it feels like a hurricane. this is what william has to fly in here. the queen, and her hat, seem to be weathering it well. it s a sweet moment here. his grandparents visiting him at work. it s all public and that s the other part of it. the way this young prince chooses to live his life will shape the monarchy for the future. what they do and how they are viewed. it s been prince william s year to emerge from what has largely been his private life as his own man. everyone will be watching this when it goes out. yeah, thanks for that. do you want me to fly it? no, i can do it. reporter: william pilots a sea king search and rescue helicopter along this rugged coastline. these are the guys who rush out in the worst conditions to save lives. it gets very hairy. especially with me at the controls. you re trying to find someone who s broken a leg or is lost in the hills. reporter: here, the future king is almost like any other flight lieutenant about to embark on married life. i did rehearsal the other day and my knee started tapping nervously. it s a daunting prospect but very exciting. i m looking forward to it, but there is a lot of planning to be done. reporter: he managed to get the bachelor party out of the way without any press finding it. it s always tough with the media. but it was a military operation. my brother and i are proud of how it went. reporter: the palace said william won t be wearing a wedding band, but kate s will be made from a nugget of the queen s rare welsh gold. william s grandfather, the duke also doesn t wear a ring, though prince charles does on his left pinky. that s how many aristocrats do it. but william doesn t wear rings and it s his preference not to start now. not as if anyone won t know he s taken. today, he gets to show around his grandparents the queen and prince philip. william s other job is to shape the monarchy for the next century to make it an example for the people of modern britain. a few may find themselves saved by prince william. he also invited his search and rescue team to the wedding as well as the widow of his training commander who was killed in afghanistan. the work william and his brother have chosen to do has made an impression on the british people. he ll go to a pub and here people passionately talking about the way they are impressed by the public service they have chosen, risking their lives to do so. matt? michelle kosinski in windy anglesy this morning. we bring in camilla this morning. reporter: good morning, matt. it s not unusually for the queen to visit. she s head of the armed forces but we have an image of her with william 28 days before the wedding and it has people all aflutter this morning. of course. the scheduling has to do with the wedding. she visits bases like r.a.f. valley but it s william s special month in the run-up to the big day. so the queen and duke are appearing there and it has been extra significance. let s talk about the run-up to the big day. there is a lot of speculation and attention. we heard this sound bite from william saying he s nervous. is that unexpected or maybe self-deprecating humor? a bit of both. most grooms are nervous before the wedding day but they aren t getting married in front of billions of people around the world. he s not the most natural public speaker or someone who likes the limelight, but it s par for the course. goodness knows how kate s feeling. we are getting a lot of comments. people making a big deal about the fact that he won t be wearing a wedding band after the marriage. is it much ado about nothing? some wives are suspicious if their husbands don t want to wear a ring, but everyone will know william is taken. traditionally, royal men wear signet rings but he s opted not to do so. we know william is his own man and he does things in his own way. if he says no, so be it. how involved is the queen actually in the planning of the wedding? she s overseeing it as she would as head of the royal household. the couple are putting their own mark on it. we have seen kate go by car, not carriage and for them to choose the cake. so the finer details, the hosting of the luncheon is the queen s doing at buckingham palace. four weeks to go. thank you. thank you. now a check of the weather from maria filling in for al. announcer: today s weather is brought to you by chico s. it s who you are, so chico s. it s a wet, cold, windy morning on the plaza. tell us why you re here today. we re here for autism speaks. thank you. enjoy new york. let s look ahead to the weekend. in the northeast we ll get a break with showers tapering off. mild and warm in the south and southwest. into sunday, really watching a storm taking shape through the mid section. severe weather, probably day one of dismal morning this morning. rain chances will be tapering off. rain chances this afternoon are minimal. a couple of spotty showers and matt, back to you. thank you, maria. still ahead, lindsay lohan take as fall outside a bar in new york. could it lead to more legal problems for the actress? we ll talk about it right after this. some say i m bold. i say i m free. i wear what i love, because expression means everything. i wear the pants. and the tops. and the jewels. i grab life by the accessories. some say i ve done it all. i say i m just getting started. too hot to trot baby i m so chico s. good morning [ male announcer ] there are sixteen fresh-picked oranges squeezed into each carton of tropicana pure premium and absolutely no space for added sugar, water or preservatives. tropicana we put the good in morning. how about a coastal soup and grilled shrimp salad combination? or maybe skewers of wood-grilled shrimp. seafood lunches starting at just $6.99 at red lobster. i really 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[ grunts ] not from my perspective! discover customersl are getting five percent cashback bonus at home improvement stores. it pays to switch, it pays to discover. back now at 7:41. with actress lindsay lohan back in new york where she was caught on camera hitting the streets literally. amy robach has details on this. good morning. reporter: that s right, ann. good morning. on thursday, lindsay tweeted that what happened here was all a joke. but the pictures that were taken here at this manhattan club have raised eyebrows and questions about the troubled star. far from the red carpet, lindsay lohan out late wednesday night with friends in new york city. as the paparazzi snap away, lindsay seems to take a spill, face first outside the motor city bar, cigarette in hand, having a big laugh. less than 24 hours later the pictures were circulating the internet with chatter and speculation about her condition. in many ways a picture is worth a thousand words. this gives the impression that lindsay is out of control. reporter: with the rumor mill churning lindsay posted on facebook, is it not allowed to slip and fall? i m always a clklutz. and then saying, a joke can turn into me falling and a story. the pictures don t help. reporter: three months ago this paparazzi photo got lindsay in deep trouble. she was snapped wearing a necklace she s accused of stealistea stealing from this boutique. lindsay pled not guilty and plans to fight the charges in court. legal experts say the pics will likely holdle no weight in the upcoming trial. the chances of the pictures coming in on the grand theft case are slim to none. they don t show anything either than she s a klutz or may have been out drinking. reporter: the mean girls star is on probation stemming from a 2007 dui arrest. she s been in and out of jail and rehab for violating probation. in january, she finished a three-month stint at the betty ford clinic. just weeks ago she spoke about winning her battle against addiction. as long as i focus on the one thing i need to put first in my life which is my recovery and stuff. i m doing good. reporter: photos of a stumbling lindsay outside a bar aren t necessarily proof she violated probation but paparazzi pics may be a problem for the star. without other evidence the pictures are useless. if there is other evidence out there receipts, witnesses, drinking, they could be powerful. reporter: nbc news reached out to lindsay but we didn t hear back. overnight tmz reported that lindsay denied being drunk saying just because i m out doesn t mean i m drinking. while she awaits her day in court she did receive good news. prosecutors have announced that they will not seek charges against lindsay for battery against that former staffer at the betty ford clinic. ann, back to you. amy, thank you so much. mark garagos is an attorney and christina wanzilak is from full circle intervention. good morning. good morning. mark, you first. do you see anything in what we are hearing in the reports that would indicate to you increased legal problems for lindsay lohan? no, not from the pictures. if there was a term and i don t know if there is. but if there was a term that she s not to be in any place where alcohol is the chief item of sale that could be a problem for the probation. but it will have no effect on the grand theft case. all right. do you see that investigators would use this evidence, these photographs to go seek any other evidence or do you think that investigators from, as you understand how the criminal justice system works, will look at this as just photographs to step away from? i can t imagine any investigator wasting time unless they wanted a free trip to new york to follow up on something like this. i don t think it has any moment or will give anybody pause to do anything. it seems to me more a story about what did lindsay do this week and she s tripping and falling. i don t think anybody judge, d.a. or a defense lawyer will give it much thought at all. let me ask you then, christina. you re an addiction specialist. you have made it a point that you, yourself, have been addicted. when we talk about somebody treated for addiction in this way and seeing what we are seeing this morning, what s your take away? what s your thought about how we should be looking at this? well, certainly, just because she fell on the sidewalk doesn t mean she s drinking or not drinking. i can tell you this sober or not sober, for somebody new in recovery. for somebody on probation trying to change her image, the decision to go bar hopping late at night wasn t a positive one. for somebody that s changed her life, hadn t had a drink since 21 which is almost 18 consecutive years going to bars is high risk behavior. the truth is, ann, it s asking for trouble. point made. in terms of understanding this with compassion because addiction is a disease, often those who are addicted have difficulty having control of themselves. what do you think the best thing for lindsay lohan is given what we know? well, anybody in early recovery, for any addictive individual trying to stay sober, you know, addiction affects the brain and in one of the ways is our decision-making process. you know, we don t make the most reasonable, responsible or accountable decisions for ourselves. the most important thing a new recovering addict can do is to surround themselves with positive people that can help us make better decisions in our lives. interesting perspective. christina, thank you. mark as well. nice to see you. thank you both. thank you. we re back after this. ee fli. you know that comes with a private island. really? 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[ cheers ] i do it all the time. i m just going to own it. it does create an interesting debate. first of all, does it make you look weakerer in the work place? how does the person you cry in front of handle it? we have rules for the work place coming up in a few minutes. all right. let us first go inside. tamron hall is filling in for ann at the news desk. good morning, everyone. a libyan opposition leader says rebels would accept a u.n. cease-fire if moammar gadhafi s forces pull back from cities. u.s. defense secretary robert gates said thursday it is not likely the u.s. will arm the rebels. gadhafi suffers more defections from his political innerer circle. the operators of t t damaged nuclear plant in japan say radiation exceeding government safety limits seeped into groundwater under the plant. it s not clear if the radiation will contaminate drinking water. u.s. troops joined the search for 16,000 people still missing since the earthquake and tsunami three weeks ago. snow is falling in the northeast this morning with up to a foot expected in parts of new england. a suspected tornado flipped planes and damaged homes thursday in central florida. nasa is examining damage to the space shuttle endeavor after hail and high winds hit the kennedy space center. lawmakers are expressing new willingness to compromise on a deal to keep the government from running short of money by next week. john boehner said thursday his goal is to cut spending, not shut down the government. democratic senator charles schumer said cooler heads seem to be prevailing. if you re in the market for the most expensive home in the country you just missed your shot. russian tech tycoon uri milner paid $100 million for the silicon valley mansion. if you re wondering when he moves in, the answer is never. his representatives say his primary residence will remain in moscow. must be nice. it s 8:03. i m choked up by the dollar figure. now a check of the weather with maria. nice life he s got there. yeah. it s raining, cool and wet. but we have warm spots. this young lady is putting itle all out there. what s going on with the sign? i m asking my friend shawn to prom. shawn, you would be a fool. look how lovely she is. i m just saying. let s head up to fargo, north dakota today. partly sunny sh breezy. no snow in the forecast for fargo. that s different in the northeast. satellite and radar with pockets of heavy snow from vermont, new hampshire into maine. more snow across the south from texas to california. talking about record highs. the storm system pulling away, so the rain chances taper off a bit during the morning. we have a lingering chance for a sprinkle shower during the afternoon. temperatures near 50 for the t matt, back to you. thank you very much. when we come back, a woman who sued her plastic surgeon because she said a procedure left her unable to blink or close her eyes properly. we ll find out more after this. 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thank you, tamron. marilyn joins us along with her attorney. good morning. good morning. are you satisfied with the verdict? will the case now proceed? i don t believe it can proceed. this is a question for the attorney. i think the verdict, the amount fell far short of our expectations. that said, we are gratified that we were able to win. malpractice cases arrivinging out of elective cosmetic surgery are difficult to win. i think to some degree the jury said a pox on both your houses that this is somebody who has had more than one plastic surgery. it was the third procedure to the eyes but they wanted to send a message to the doctor as well. marilyn, a lot of people are wondering how you cope. you have undergone already, as i understand it, 30 procedures painful procedures trying to fix this problem. have they corrected them? no. only thing that s happened here is the doctor helped the closure a little bit. she made the eyes smaller and tried to make the closure better for me. there is another alternative available call eyelid skin graft. it s major surgery. there is a lot of risk involved with that. the cosmetic outcome is poor. and the graft failure rate is high. if she goes in and cuts along my eyelash like the surgery is supposed to go and she puts the three centimetres of skin on the eye lid if it doesn t take she has to take it out but you already have a hole in the eye. i could be totally disfigured. then there is a possibility of partial closure because she s had to change the shape of the eyes. i notice that you have a little container of tissues with you at all times. yes. are you unable to close your eyes completely? yes. what happens and what are the risks of that? i m always at risk for eye infections, corneal ulcers, glaucoma because of the medication i have to use and blindness. how do you sleep at night without being able to close your eyes? there is a whole regime from night into day to take care of this. i don t know if you want to hear that. it s rather elaborate. like when i take a shower i have to put gel into my eyes so the water and soap doesn t get into my eyes. by the time the shower is over the gel is washed out. that s how much water gets in my eyes. it sounds like a nightmare. are you able to sleep for a period of time? well, you have to do things like put a lot of gel in your ey eyes, medication, have a vaporizer running and a mask to protect your eyes. once the eyelids relax they retract and your eyes are open. you could easily scratch them. it s a cautionary tale. i think everyone is wishing that you find a good solution for yourself. thank you. marilyn leisz, thank you very much for talking to us. thank you. thank you for joining us as well. . coming up, is it ever okay to cry at work? we ll talk about that after this. 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i decided to take my own unofficial poll. how do you feel about someone crying? you are the big boss. there is a perpetual box of kleenex on my desk. your boss and co-workers should never see you cry. i try not to cry that often. it s weird. it s not a place to bring personal issues. put your head on my busom. there you go. i do think there is a line. i try to bite the lip. except for when kathie lee sings. everyone has a story that s when i really start wailing. never cry at work. never? never. reporter: what about someone being over worked and exhausted. no can do. there s no crying! there s no crying in baseball! sometimes it can be a distraction or hurt you. what do you think, meredith? i think when i think of this workplace i want to cry. it can be an emotional place. sometimes people will let their emotions show. crying is for those who can. it can brand you as a woman. i m a pretty girl when i cry. i get the nice pink flush. me, too. it s not the worst thing. al is a cryer. yes? al has an emotional side. he cries watching the a team . exactly. don t worry. don t worry. i m not going to do what you all think i m going to do which is just flip out. reporter: with nearly three-quarters of americans feeling frustrated at work, anger and emotion are out there. there are other ways to express your anger. i m mad as hell. and i m not going to take it anymore. so there is no tissue ceiling. people from entry level to management reported that they have shed tears at work. matt? thank you very much. ann kramer is author of the book. is it okay to cry at work? i think it is. it s our most natural emotional reset button we have. it s something in your life that warrants attention. here s the statistic. women under 45 are ten times more likely to cry at work than men over the age of 45. that s right. we found it in our survey. the point is the older you bet get, the better you get at emotion regulation. women are hard-wired to cry in a way that men are not which is another piece of the statistic. tear ducts ready to let the water works go. our tear ducts are different! give me the crib notes on this. i was working at nickelodeon as a senior vice president and the chairman called me after i had done a gigantic deal with sony music to chastise me that the stock price didn t move. it came out of left field. exploded, screamed at you on the phone. never said good-bye, hung up. there were people in the room that didn t hear the call but knew something was going wrong. what caused the waterworks? his anger or the embarrassment? the shock and my responsive anger. often when women end up crying at work what they really want to do is get angry. they feel powerless to do so because they are in a position that s junior to somebody. how should a woman, since we are talking mostly about women, take it if they react emotionally and a co-worker says, don t take it personally, it s just business. is that the right approach? it s always personal. the fact is in this society we are working 24/7 all the time giving our hearts and blood to our jobs. we want to have value there. we want to have our emotions connected. it brings out the best in us. it s not personal. when you do cry it brings out certain emotions in other people. women asked about another woman crying in the workplace say they view that woman as unstable. a man asked about a woman said he tends to view the woman as unprofessional. that s a big difference. a huge difference. women carry the baggage of when we went to work in the 60s, having to man up, act like a man. there is the famous ad, whatever you do, don t let them see you cry. go to the bathroom. with us being 50% of the work force we can step back and change that behavior. this happened in my office where a female employee has come in to tell me they are upset about something and started crying. how am i supposed to handle that? do i give that person a hug in the workplace? hand over a tissue? what do i say? the important thing to do is acknowledge that something s happening to that person and say, look, let me give you a moment to compose yourself. a tissue is a good thing because it shows compassion. then say, can we address this? don t deny it or it becomes something that never gets fixed. for the woman crying, should she approach the people she cried to and apologize? i don t think so. she should use her judgment and if possible say, look, i was overwhelmed for x, y, z yesterday. i m over it. or not. or i need this live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. good morning. here is the latest on traffic pulse 11. we have several crashes to report. one is that paca and lombard street, the other at 28 street. we also have a crash westbound 100 past 95. that has moved off to the right shoulder. northbound 295, 100, two right lanes are blocked their. accident on the spot 100 at 97 blocking the right lane. we also have a crash eastbound 78 on marriottsville. watch out for that. we will give you a live look at the top side of the beltway at par for road. delays from the outer loop all the way charles street. southbound of traffic coming towards us, and heavier in the area of those accidents. looks like traffic is moving just fine in both directions. john has a check on the forecast. a quick look at our radar. showers fromand of annapolis to the city. also activity out in cecil county back down towards the district. this is getting out considerably now. it is not going to end completely today. temperatures are 37 at b.w.i. marshall. northwest winds at about seven miles an hour. breeze will pick up on the northwest at 10:20. maybe a few sunbreaks. the rain will be reduced with a few scattered showers. another update at 8:55. i am a chemistry aficionado. diphenhydramine. magnesium hydroxide. atheletes foot. yes. i m a people pleaser. if elected, i promise flu shots for all. i am a walking medical dictionary. congratulations virginia. inflamed uvula. i m virginia. i m a target pharmacist and i m here to answer your questions. back now at 8:30 on a friday morning, the first day of april 2011. it s a dreary one here in the northeast. we ve had rain overnight, lots of wind as well. they ve got freezing rain and snow north of us here, up to a foot in new england. not the best way to start april. but we will get to spring sooner or later, as ann curry said. we will. and we have a huge crowd wrapped all around the plaza. from where? pennsylvania. that s a cool sign. i m matt lauer along with ann curry filling in while meredith is off. tamron hall is with us as well. al s off and natalie s off. we ll get them back next week. coming up, a problem that s been bedev bedeviling women. sometimes men as well. how to find the perfect pair of jeans. bobbie thomas will offer great looks for any age and shape. we ll talk about that and the controversy over the tube of potato chips supposed to be a child guard tube. some people say it s too hard to open proving frustrating. we ll put it to the test. is this like give it to me april fool s. oh, i could kill you. you know what s weird? walking out here she said to me, this is an april fool s joke. he s the biggest joker in the building. you ruined it. i saw through you. you should talk to me. how i know this and you didn t. good grief. we are toasting the new season despite the weather with reds, roses and whites. i m talking wine, of course. spring wines for under $20. that s my favorite right there. that s no april fool s joke. rose? that particular one. good stuff. my hair s going to look bad. i will have an afro. maria will tell us about it. it s windy across the northeast. we have love on our minds. we had a prom date prom asking session. what do you have? this is for kimberly paske, get down here. another prom proposal. good luck with that. let s get you through the weekend. the northeast will dry out a little bit. still on the cool side. warm across the southeast and southwest. record highs again today potentially some of the regions for the weekend staying hot. by sunday, a big time storm system producing a severe weather outbreak. starting sunday, could be seeing this weather pattern across the mid south. dismal morning this morning. rain chances will be tapering off. rain chances this afternoon are minimal. a couple of spotty showers and and breaking news, she said yes. let s go to willard scott in ft. myers, florida. the water, the sunlight shines on the beautiful gulf of mexico. right across from houston, texas. straight across and you re there. happy birthday from smuckers. we love our smuckers and we love our friends like jane chung who was an actress for years. did mash and when harry met sal sally. from royal oak michigan, chester and betty randolph. they have been married 75 years and he s 100. lillian van fleet from jordan, new york. 100. lives in the house she was born in. they don t make them like that anymore. sydney liebeskind of tucson, arizona. distinguished world war ii veteran. he is absolutely adored by his fellow workers. happy birthday. he held up a robber one time at a store. i think he was 88 years old. the robber wasn t 88. he was. finally, edna oknowles, new brunswick, new jersey. 100 years old and she s a passionate school teacherer. loves all the kids she taught. that s all from the gulf of mexico. now back to new york. how much do we dislike willard right now? looks beautiful there. you heard they caught the snake at the bronx zoo, right? they found it in a can of potato chips apparently. ann found it. the weird part is it scared me and i knew it was coming. when we come back, the right jeans for any age, shape or size. we ll talk about that. first this is today on nbc. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it s sort of my weakness. i always keep it in the house. well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, and mmm key lime pie. yeah, i ve already lost some weight. 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[ female announcer ] the yoplait you love, now in a 4-pack. try it today. back now at 8:38. this morning on today s style, denim for every age, size and shape. jeans may be a wardrobe staple but it can be hard to find a flattering fit. bobbi thomas is here withal stiles for spring to help avoid the blue jeans rut. good morning. good morning. every woman knows this problem. it s hard to find one that fits your shape and flatterers. we all have different shape. there s the difficulty. it s ironic that this is what we are known for in america. we love jeans but it s up there with bathing suit shopping. we hate denim shopping. you ll make it easy for us. we have a little fashion show. the first set of jeans are for the hips. the hip-hip-hooray. for robin and melody who are modeling. women have hips. some have more than others. i have two women with different body types. robin has a straighter mid section. she often finds jeans tough to fit her in the hip and seat area, her rear and her stomach. they both have on gap jeans. robin in the black t-shirt has a style called sexy boots. it s cut like slimmer in the thigh and the rear, but the waistband has stretch so you don t get the dreaded muffin top. melody has the curvy jean. it s wider in the thigh and in the back she has a curved yoke for more coverage. she was excited when she tried them on. this is a fantastic fit. you better make sure she can keep the jeans. thank you both. by the way, did you hear muffin top is in the oxford dictionary? just this week. crazy. we have jeans for a tailored look. and we have autumn and jan. good morning. i want to show the versatility of denim. we are all about it here and abroad now, too. a tailored jean great. autumn wants something she can wear to the office on casual friday, dress up with heels and go out. you see it like a black look in the cut. can you turn around? you can see it s nice and polished. you can dress it up with a blouse or flip-flops. on jan, white denim is great. it s great for summer and winterer. if you switch it up with snow boots it works with a sweater. we put it together so she should have something during the day or go straight to dinner. these white jeans are from banana republic. they have an ankle zip. she can wear them short or unzip the ankle and have more room in the leg for more casual. they re $29 from old navy on autumn. all right. thank you so much. now we have jeans for full figures. we have rethu and diana modeling for us. good morning. yes. this is all about curve appeal. these are two beautiful striking women. rethu has on a great leopard shirt and jeans from madisonplus.com. there is such a great assortment of styles. these jeans are michael by michael kors. she tried on a ton. this is a universally flattering style whether you re a 2 or a 22. i love the line at the bottom. a dark rinse boot cut jean is great for anyone, any size. on diane she has jegings on. i wanted to put jegings on. what are they? a stretchy jean like a legging. a lot of women are afraid to think about it. they stretch and conform to your shape. she had a hard time because she has long slim legs. she wanted to show them off and not feel boxy in a boot cut. seems they would be so comfortable, too. she loves them. by the way, to make sure i mention it, it s madisonplus.com. and the jeggings are from wdny.com. we have another trend which is denim outfits and we have twyla and megan. there is such a huge push for jeans. we have seen it on the runways. stella mccartney, chanel. this is the alternative to denim. on twyla it s denim but looks polished. you could wear this to a meeting or the office. this is from lord & taylor. then on megan she s got a great dress on from tommy hilfiger at macy s. affordable buys, head to toe look. she prefers a dress. so why not try out the denim trend. great advice. thank you so much, everybody. if you couldle a all come out s can say thank you for modeling for us. up next, the best spring wines for under $20. first this is today on nbc. red, red wine back at 8:45 with a toast to spring. we have the best spring wines for under $20. and a couple of foods to pair them with. joe, good to see you. nice to see you. you call some of the wines approachable and easy. i thought these were the dating notes. no dating. why approachable and easy? they re for spring. i want them low i are ere in al higher in acidity. they are lower in alcohol content because they re younger? they are generally 2009. fresh and young. with spring foods generally lighter fare. you want wines that wake up the pallet like spring wakes up the world. couple young and fresh wines. white wines. this is from austria. sauvignon blanc. these are indigenous from the place they come from. this is austria. light and crisp. simple, spring foods. these are blanched peas. we dressed them with a little bit of olive oil and honey. on top of toasted bruschetta and fresh ricotta. what better way to spend a spring afternoon. you have rose. proseco, the great sparkling wine of italy. and then i have a red wine [ laughter ] no, guys. they are lower in alcohol. you won t like them. at least don t go away empty handed. here. hoda, glass of comele on in. come, come. the more the merrier. good morning. how are you? we re not miked. good. so what else is new? sparklinging ingoes well wi what? tomatoes, olive oil, basil flavor. bruschetta is toasted or grilled bread with different toppings. i like rose chilled, chilled, chilled. really cold. cold and fast. easy, sleazy, super breezy. that s how we like the rosé. that s good. for lighter spring wines like this pinot noir or a vilocelo. you chill them to take the edge off and make it more approachable with more summery foods. this is braised eggplant and tomato or arugula, pesto and anchovy. we both like to serve reds cooler than most people. chilled. most people are taught you serve it at room temperature. opposite. i m drinking my whites warmer, reds cold and i like my sparkling wines and rosé ice cold. when you talk about white, what temperature would you set it? whites like these, not fridge. cellar temperature. 55 for the whites, 60 for the reds and the rosé and sparkling, dump it in ice. the overwhelming theme is these are under $20. basically all $15. people think you can t get a great bottle for under $25, $30. that s the secret of the spring-type wines. they are regional from corners of the world that are underexplored and not well known. joe, thank you. my pleasure. cheers. up next, sasha cohen live on the rockefeller center rink. first this is today on nbc. this morning on today on the rink we re welcoming one of our favorites back. it s been almost exactly five years since sasha cohen won the silver medal at the 2006 winter games in torino, italy. with such lovely skating to watch and she now joins us this morning. good morning. good morning. thanks for having me. great to have you. one of the things i hear that s new is i hear you re thinking of going to college. i have applied and was accepted at nyu and i m planning to start in may. it s busy. a lot of change, but i m excited about coming to new york monday to support figure skating in harlem. we re having a great event. new york s such an amazing city. tell us about that. that s one of the main reasons you re here this morning. it s such an incredible charity. it supports the girls that are in harlem that otherwise wouldn t have a chance to skate and practice. it gives them the character to later go to college and succeed and become a doctor, lawyer or just have that sense of community, that sense of work ethic. i have been a part of this every year for i think almost five years. i love coming back. you know, i started by saying you re one of our favorites and i mean it. our technical crew sh e, in fac everybody talks about how we love to watch you skate. thank you. you will do some this morning despite the rain. it is rainy. be safe out there. thank you. i know you will skate to nobody knows by pink. and i m going to stall and then say sasha, take it away. [ cheers and applause ] gorgeous. much more after this. live, local, latebreaking. this wbal tv 11 news and a baltimore. good morning. i am mindy basara to win remains in critical condition this morning after she was attacked by her grandson with a hammer. investigators said that the 14- year-old a bit tbilisi attacked his grandmother admitted to police he attacked his grandmother. he reportedly told police he got angry what going to school. back in a minute with a check on today now let s look at the forecast with john collins. it has been a quiet morning. wet morning. as the nor easter polls northwood, a little bit of snow polls with it. we will continue to see a chance for spotty showers during the afternoon hours. basic forecast, clouds and breezy. rain becoming much more scattered. 47-52 for the high. thank you for joining us. another weather update at 9:25.