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to be there to watch mark launch like she always does. she ll be there to watch him land as well. it s just i m just really happy and proud for both of them. do you know if she ll be able to communicate with him during the mission? yes. she ll be able to talk with him by phone. i know he s able to communicate by e-mail and send her messages, yes. thank you for joining us this morning. we are all watching, keeping our fingers crossed for a safe and successful mission. we ll have a full wrap-up tonight on nbc nightly news. those of you on the west coast, turns out, including in the garden. we ll check in on that. then a little later on what happens when the world s most sophisticated and artistic city, the center of culture, the home to some of the greatest work arts in the world meets snookie the situation and j-wow. today a cultural mecca, tomorrow a vast waistland. the cast of squer zee shore is in florence, italy. we ll find out how the city is dealing with on onslaught. something tells me they are being told to be on their best behavior. we ll get a check of the news stories right now. we ll turn to ann curry at news desk for us. good morning, ann. thank you, guys. good morning once again. the space shuttle endeavour lifted off for the last time to deliver new equipment to the international space station. and wounded arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords was there watching the launch because her husband mark kelly is commanding this 16-day mission. a remarkable sight as we saw it blastoff. 149 people abard a cathay pacific jet liner are happy to be alive when they were in the air and one of the engines caught fire. the flight landed before dawn in singapore and passengers said they joined together in prayer after seeing the plane on fire through their windows. mandatorory evacuations are underway in rural louisiana where the mississippi flood gates were opened this weekend to spare major cities and oil refineries down river. the head of the international monetary fund is expected to plead not guilty in a new york city court today after a hotel maid picked him out of lineup as the man who sexually assaulted her this weekend. nbc s jeff rossen has this report now. reporter: you may not recognize his face or his name, but make no mistake, come next strauss-kahn is one of the most powerful men in the world. as leader of the imf, strauss-kahn lends money to countries in crisis. he was even running for president in france, but now police say he s a sexual predator. the leadership of the biggest financial institution in the world. reporter: strauss-kahn was staying in a $3,000-a-night suite here in manhattan just steps from times square. investigators say he came out of the shower naked and saw the maid in his room. he allegedly sexually assaulted her on the bed, dragged her to the bathroom and sexually assaulted her again. he intends to vigorously deny these charges. reporter: police say he almost got away. officers rushed his flight over the weekend and yanked strauss-kahn out of his first-class seat moments before takeoff. sud listen i the world s power broker was under arrest. a moment of madness in this midtown mat hand manhattan hotel as a potential presidential candidate. the timing couldn t be worse. whether he s guilty or not, this has already smeared him. reporter: the maid has picked him out of a lineup and they have physical evidence, too, including his cell phone left blind in the hotel room. and that s not all. law enforcement sources tell nbc news they have recovered bodily fluids, dna from the scene. late sunday night prosecutors took dna from strauss-kahn himself looking for a match. our client willingly consented to a scientific and forensic examination tonight. he is tired but he s fine. reporter: strauss-kahn is married to an american-born journalist, his third wife, and has been involved in sex scandals before dubbed the grand seducer by the french media. in 2002 a woman in her 20s accused him of sexually attacked her. no charges filed. in 2008 he admitted to an affair with a lower-level employee at the imf. his current wife stood by him and now finds herself stuck in the middle yet again. and that was jeff rossen. turning now to the last story, which is about the second week in a row for thor hammering away at the competition nailing the top spot at the box office with $34.5 million. bridesmaid came in second and fast five was third. it is five minutes past the hour, we ll go back inside to al with a check on the weather. yes, i have slipped inside. as we take a look at the forecast for our flooding along the mississippi river, vicksburg, the latest river level, a new record today, 56.6 feet. lit crest on thursday at 57.5 feet as it continues its record-setting pace. as we look along the coast, you can see rain here in the northeast. rain in the pacific northwest in between. we have some nice weather with temperatures on the cooler side today for much of the country, about 80% of the country at below normal temperature readings. we should get the morning commute dry. by the afternoon, a 40-50% chance for showers and thunderstorms. she s brick house now solutions to your real estate questions. barbara corcoran is here with answers to your questions. good morning, al. on skype we have mark from san francisco joining us. good morning. what s your question? good morning. i m putting my complex on the market in san francisco. my question is should i consider an offer before it hit it is multiple listing service? the market has a low inventory, the market is heated up and my agent says we may get a stronger buyer before more competition comes in. that s it. you can catch me on facebook. thank you. nice marketing. you re a good promoter. you ought to be a promoter. i get what your broker is trying to do. it s not good for you. you ought to get the officeers early and expose it to the marketplace at the same moment in time. in san francisco many are selling in two, three weeks over market price. you have to get everybody in right away. a little patience. not much. two, three weeks. not bad. now to an e-mail question from susan in keller, texas. she writes, i have a unique house i built in 2006 for $345,000. there are no other comparables around so it is difficult to price other than going by the average price per kwar square foot in the market. can you give me advice for selling a unique home? the first thing you have to do is adjust your sights. no way you will sell by june. we re almost there. what s most unique about the house is it s 105,000 over the typical asking price in your town. that makes it a hard sale. the most important thing you should do is pay for a professional appraisal to see what it s worth and price it right. other than that you have to give it two, three months at least. in your market it s taking seven to eight months to sell a house. first, adjust your sights down. when advertising how should she market it? say it s a unique home? unique is the worst word in real estate. you hear unique you don t want to buy it. the only thing unique about the house is that it s $100,000 over everybody else. not good. no, no. melissa from philadelphia, pennsylvania. good morning, what s your question? hi. my husband may be getting transferred to houston, texas. we are doing research on the schools and housing in the northwest area of houston. we want to know the best school for our kids, the most house for our buck and wonder if you can make recommendations on the most kid friendly areas. is there a dog in there? yes. sorry about that. i wasn t sure if it was you, my stomach. you need a place that likes dogs, too. but that goes along with kids, so no problem. i m sure you have discovered already the website greatschools.org, the best one out there. it rates every grammar school, primary school, high school in america on a scale of 1 to 10. i did that research leading with the schools first because obviously kids come first. the two towns i picked is cady which is close to where your husband will be working. they get a great report card. every school is 7 to 10. it s a small, growing town. you get a three bedroom, two bath home for $119,000. a great way to stretch your dollars. in woodland, texas, it s larger like a leave it to beaver town. great school districts. probably seven in total. the houses sell for $264,000, but for that you get four bedrooms with a big backyard with mature trees. great choices. just because you re getting a good school district doesn t mean you have to pay more. for a great school district you will typically always pay more. they come together. on this particular website you can find the exceptions. that s what you want. good luck, melissa. feed the dog. and an e-mail from springfield, missouri. i started a mortgage on my home two years ago. there are problems with the house not disclosed in the inspection report. we had it reinspected and were told things that pose immediate and long term health concerns for the family. we have sunk several thousand into home repairs but don t want to put more in the house. we know given the market we can t sell for the principlprin you could foreclose on the home. it ruins your credit for seven years and you can t buy another house for a good five years. short sale the house if you work with the bank. that s a faster prospect. don t over look pricing the home as a rental. if you can get a rental estimate on the home, the home that looks like a miserable problem now may be a good investment in hindsight if you get enough rent to cover the mortgage and taxes. after they correct the problems. correct. thanks so much. good to see you. thank you. up next, financial advice for couples living together. how to protect your money. plus, snooki and the situation bring jersey shore to italy. is italy ready for them? good luck. right after these messages. today we re going to surprise people with the taste of activia. that 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[ cheers and applause ] reporter: florence, brace yourselves. they re here. they have tattoos. they get drunk. i think they are stupid. italians are not like that. reporter: italians love to hate jersey shore with its no holds barred everything. however, they, too, are becoming strangely entranced. like the whole town follows them and they just kind of pretend it s not. surrounded by a huge, very handy pack of security they shop, look around, get rejected from a restaurant. why am i not allowed to ask? here is the staff waving them away, but the gang will work for the good of florence here where they will craft real italian pizza and on their first night out, even found a club just their style. though a slight language barrier. [ speaking in a foreign language ] jersey shore ? reporter: hey, at least they made it. the mayor wasn t huge on them. snooki? she s a woman snooki? reporter: despite asking they not be filmed drinking hmm he has a higher plan. maybe the situation. reporter: they are not allowed to shoot here inside the magnificent galleries. i m from jersey. we re allowed. didn t they go out dressed like that one night? there may be culture shock on both sides. we apologize to italy. reporter: let s see. gym, tan, laundry translates to [ speaking italian ] reporter: gorilla juicehead, grenade grundle choad. [ speaking italian ] reporter: they are surrounded by icons just as ripped as they are with similar interests and jersey shore could leave behind new dance moves, not to mention the all american spirit of people being able to make their wildest, dreams come true. this is fantastic for the city and for mtv. i think he s probably one of the only guys who thinks it s fantastic for the city of florence that they are there. the good news is they won t bring the stereo typical ugly american thing. they represent us well. so nice. survived us. we went to florence together. we did, with our families. i know. it survived you and me. so in other words you re comparing us to the situation and snooki? you re snooki? yes. i don t think so. your hair is flat. and i don t have any. anyway, it s a beautiful city. it is. exactly. i hope they take in all the sights rather than the party scenes. any advice for them? i think they should probably just follow their hearts. i hear they are catching up on italian, doing the rosetta stone to learn italian. i liked the little boat ride on the river. very romantic i mean with our spouses. anyway, we have much more coming up. i m going to stop talking. thank you. we re getting into trouble. exactly. we ll talk money minus marriage. advice to couples on how to define your financial relationship. that and more after these messages. 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exactly. and mow the lawn. exactly. the robotic weeder in your life. mm-hmm. in honor of italy, easy and delicious pastas. hearty rigatoni you can whip up with the guidance from one of new york s hottest chefs. one of the best pasta dishes i had one was from one ann curry. you go on and on about it. i have to make it for you. you re on ellen today. i am. it s exciting. who doesn t love ellen? we love her. everybody does. we have al here talking. if you could combine pasta and ellen. exactly. how about the forecast? let s see what s happening as far as the week ahead. wet in the west. here in the east and cooler than normal with the exception of the central plains. mid-week period, more cool weather in the east, southeast, out to the west and in the northern plains with wet weather along the east coast. above normal temperatures in the pacific northwest and the latter part of the week, warmer than usual temperatures in the east. wet weather continues and below normal temperatures out to the southwest into california. we should stay dry through lunch, and by the time we had afternoon hours, the chance for showers and thunderstorms will pop up. high-temperature near that s your latest weather. thanks, al. up next the garden goes high tech. gadgets you may need to get your lawn looking like that one after these messages. 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[ female announcer ] eggland s best. the better egg. this morning on today s garden growing high tech. new digital tools are helping people design, grow and maintain green retreats and heather is here to show us high tech gardening ideas. good morning. good morning. i m sure there is an app that tells you today you are probably not supposed to be out gardening. a weather app, right? a lot of people are embracing technology. used to be the garden would be the last sanctuary, your escape, but not anymore. it s counterintuitive. the internet is a huge part of the world. it s how we do research, how we connect with family and friends. just for example in terms of yahoo. we have seen an increase in searches for gardening tips. they are up 61% over the last month. people are involved in social gardening online. what are sites they are going to? we all have digital cameras and want to brag. share the lawn and flowers with everybody. there is a proliferation of social gardening communities. one is called yardshare. it was founded by a guy who was a new homeowner, wanted to create a beautiful backyard, do it himself. he was looking online for photos and found it disorganized. so he made a site where people could have a profile page for gardens and share with family and friends and connect with experts. everybody s involved. there is a digital plant care sensor that might be the tool for you if you don t have a green thumb, like me. this is the plant smart. it actually connects your computer a usb port. download software and connect toyota the sensor. put it into your plant or anywhere in the garden. it monitors the sunlight put it in the plant like that. set it up. it s measuring sunlight, soil, water, whatever. i was trying at at home with a basil plant. it said i m overwatering and i m not getting enough sun. it s great for anybody just starting out. it connects to a database with thousands of plant species and it s $59.99. what else? my favorite device. this is the auto mower. the auto mower. a robotic lawnmower. they have been around ten years. what s unique about this looks like a roomba. it s on a mission. it recharges itself so it knows when to go back to its home and recharge. you never have to worry about the battery running down. use it on up to three-quarters of an acre. you can control it with your smartphone. the latest generation allows you to use an iphone app to turn it off and on, use gps if it gets stolen. amazing. you don t have to worry about it running over your feet ow! you scared me. kidding. it s a cool thing. it s expensive. the dog won t like it. there is an app for everything including gardening. right. two apps i like. one is herbs plus. use it on the iphone and also on an android. it s a database of herbs. so it tells you where to grow them, where to grow best. it s $2.99 on the iphone store and the essential garden guide is for fruits and vegetables. shows you pictures of various fruits and vegetables and advises you. it s like having your own coach. that s what these things are. i love it. i m terrible. i don t have a green thumb. this will get me working all right. heather, great stuff. thank you so much. up next, money minus marriage. advice to couples on how to define your financial relationship. but first, these messages. today we re going to surprise people with the taste of activia. that s good. wow. this is really good. great flavor! it s really creamy, it s really tasty. ooh! wow! jamie lee curtis! it s activia! it s delicious. i am shocked. it s hard to believe it s that good for you. it s so good. try the fabulous taste of activia today. taste it, love it, or it s free! and now discover activia dessert. in rich indulgent flavors like strawberry cheesecake. try activia dessert today. activia pizza hut s ten-dollar any deal is back. any pizza, any size, any crust, any toppings is now just ten dollars when you carry out. that s right. the ten dollar any deal is back. but hurry in. this deal is for a limited time only. only at your pizza hut. 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 this is stacy. who runs circles around asthma. and dan. he never lets high cholesterol get him too low. and amy with her arthritis well in hand. they go to walgreens. where their pharmacist not only refills prescriptions but gives advice. immunizations. and health tests. staying on top of your health starts right in your neighborhood. walgreens. there s a way to stay well. like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that s what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? 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[ female announcer ] olay regenerist. this morning on today s money, money minus marriage. more couples are living together without the walk down the aisle, so sharon epperson says it s important that they have their financial houses in order. she s the cnbc personal finance correspondent and has advice for us. good morning. good morning. 7.5 million couples according to the census bureau. these are people in a committed relationship unmarried. unmarried couples. the number has doubled in the past decade. we are seeing it as a growing trend. and not just for young people but for retirees as well, for people on the older end. it comes with a lot of consideration. when you re retired you won t have the same benefits as a married couple like spouse benefits from social security or a pension from your spouse. so you want to maximize financial security people in relationships can get. you say the first thing they should do is define their financial relationship. how? well, figure out what you want financially and where you have come from. what prior commitments do you have? are you unmarried now because you were in a previous relationship? perhaps you have children you need to support? who s going to support them? what are your shared expenses in terms of a home or other large expenses? determine what the financial relationship is going to look like. also, who is going to pay for what. you say it s a serious conversation you have to have. something else they have to talk about is defining what is theirs and what is theirs together. yours, mine and ours. that s good for any couple to talk about, but especially important if you are unmarried to make sure you have some things separate. have your own separate checking and savings accounts. have a shared account for household expenses but you want some things in your own name. you can plan individually and together. you should document it as well? everything should be documented. that s key. it s one of the biggest shortcomings unmarried couples face. you have no legal or financial protections like many married couples do. make sure everything is in writing. that comes down to the will, health care proxy, durable power of attorney. key documents you need to say this is the person in my life i want to take care of these things. they won t automatically be the person. how do you recommend these couples handle insurance? you need more. again, you re not going to have the spouse benefits from social security. you may not get the pension. you may not be able to roll over the ira the same way as well unless beneficiaries are designated properly. you want enough life insurance, term life insurance. make sure you have enough long-term care insurance for when you get older. again, there are discounts for married couples that may not be there for unmarried couples. look carefully at those programs. also you want to save more than if you were married for retirement. again, you want to plan individually together. so you re not planning on what you would have together in retirement because you may not have some of the benefits but you want to be sure you are secure. make sure you re maxing out on your own retirement contributions. i think you say this for married and unmarried couples that you should inform others of your wishes. very important. this is not someone who would legally be the person who wouldle automatically get things in your will. make sure everything is in writing and let people know who may say, why are they giving it to this person or having these responsibilities? make sure people around you know who is in charge in your absence. you say have it in writing because not having the proper documentation is the single biggest mistake unmarried couples make. it s a huge mistake. all couples need to write things down. in this case it s important. you don t have the same legal backing that you might have as a married couple. you want it in writing so you know what you want to happen and your loved ones know. sounds like mom was right. when you are married you are likely to have greater financial security because the rules support you. when you are unmarried you have to think of yourself as making sure you have retirement for yourself. in other words, you can t think about it in conjunction with a partner. legally you don t have the same backing, again, that you would have as a married couple. one thing you have as a married couple is you are thinking individually, but together. that s key for any down couple. you have to think about what you have to do to get your financial house in order. you can t rely on your spouse for everything. when you re unmarried it s a greater concern. it s important to get your own financial house in order. sharon epperson, great to see you, looking lovely in red. you, too. coming up, how to spice up your rigatoni and whip up some ricotta crepes. first this is today on nbc. 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