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on trial for involuntary manslaughter, on day one of the trial, the prosecution played an audiotape of the pop singer, seeming incoherent just weeks before his death and also showed a picture of michael jackson after he passed away, so what s in storer today and the future? more on that coming up. totally different note we re talking about your financial emergencies, in today s money 911 our expert team weighs in on everything from putting your life and finances back together after bankruptcy to paying off the balance of your debt with savings for retirement. and speaking of savings, we ll try to help you save a lot of money. things you can do with yourome now that could save you as much as $20,000 down the road. we are a news organization, we are on top of everything, so if you look at studio 1a here this morning you will see that it is september 24th! 2011. no, not quite. we re only off by four days. that s okay. we ll catch up we promise you. you know it s a leap year. natalie is off today. samantha guthrie has the headlines. good morning. in the news today more testimony today in los angeles in the involuntary manslaughter trial of michael jackson s doctor, conrad murray. on tuesday, chilling new revelations as the trial got under way and nbc s jeff rossen has more. jeff, good morning to you. hey, good morning to you. dr. conrad murray, houston cardiologist, never starred in a movie or tv show but make no mistake this is a full on hollywood trial broadcast from coast to coast, even some of the local stations here in l.a. are having gavel to gavel coverage, and within minutes, prosecutors dropped two big bombshells. even by hollywood standards, complete with a spectacle outside, the shocker in court came early. the evidence in this case will show that michael jackson literally put his life in the hands of conrad murray. conrad murray repeatedly acted with gross negligence. reporter: and prosecutors brought visuals showing the jury the side by side photos, on the left, june 24th, michael jackson alert and dancing during rehearsal. on the right, just 12 hours later, michael s lifeless body on a gurney at ucla medical center, a photo never made public until now. what happened during that time frame is that the acts and the omissions of michael jackson s personal doctor, conrad murray, directly led to his premature death at the age of 50. reporter: but the biggest surprise was yet to come, dr. murray had recorded michael jackson on his iphone, a month and a half before michael s death. why, why reporter: on the tape you hear michael drugged up, prosecutors say, and barely making sense, talking about his upcoming tour. when people leave my show, i want them to say, i ve never seen nothing like this in my life. go. go. and what does he do with that knowledge? what does he do with that information? on may 12th, he orders another shipment of propofol. this is someone who was letharg lethargic, barely able to compose a sentence, sounding completely loaded and that doctor will be able to say i used good judgment in giving him propofol? that s going to be hard to overcome. strong for the prosecution. best piece of evidence that i ve seen so far. reporter: dr. murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter, facing four years in prison, accused of administering a lethal doels of the power of then dose of the anesthetic propofol. murray says he was trying to wean jackson off of propofol but they say the morning of jackson s death jackson was begging for propofol. the argsment is th the latest argument is that michael jackson gave him another dose, a lethal dose. it will show michael jackson self-administered a dose of propofol that with the lorazepam created a perfect storm in his body that killed him imassistantly. reporter: but it is that audiotape, michael s only gar e garbled words that left its mark on day one. i ve never seen nothing like this, go. it s amazing. he s the greatest entertainer in the world. reporter: tough to hear that tape. by the way, the jackson family, mother katherine, jermaine, latoya, janet all here in court yesterday to see and hear it all. latoya was tweeting from inside court saying seeing his lifeless body laying on the gurney is heartwrenching and this is all a big conspiracy and the doctor knows exactly what happened. another big day in court, two of michael jackson s employees will be on the stand including his personal assistant. jeff rossen at the courthouse in los angeles, jeff, thank you. other news, listeria contaminated cantaloupes from a farm in colorado led to the nation s deadliest food borne outbreak in a decade. at least 13 people have died and 72 others have been infected by this bacterial strain. so far 18 states have reported illnesses and the cdc has traced the tainted cantaloupes to jensen farms. a stunning sight on top of the washington monument. engineers tuesday began the process of inspecting cracks caused by last month s earthquake, perched 555 feet aboveground they set up a rope system for repelling down the now closed monument and spend the next few days looking for kraxz and other damage. it is now 9:07 and here is al with a check of the weather. thank you so much, savannah. as we show you what agency going on for today, we are looking at more storms. tropical storm ophelia back again, moving northeast at 3, with 35 mile-per-hour winds, could become a hurricane by late saturday and just brush by bermuda. here in the 50 states, continental united states plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest, some showers in the central great lakes, look for rain here in the northeast, some flash flood watches are up from central pennsylvania into central new york. showers and thunderstorms along the gulf coast, plenty of sunshine, texas all the way good morning, we will see off and on showers or thunderstorms and it won t be steady but some storms could drop heavy amounts of rain. you might get a p somebody call 911, sure the fire burning on the dance floor now to today s money 911 from prioritizing expenses to boosting your credit score our expert panel has your answers. jean chatzky, author of money 911 and david bach author of debt free for life and looking collegiate today and carmen wong ulrich, personal finance expert and the author of the real cost of living. good to see you. good morning. good morning. let s go to skype, erin from groton, connecticut. good morning, what s your question? good morning. i m a newlywed, my husband and i are working to align our finances so ensure we re saving properly. today we make $160,000, i have $140,000 in law school loans with an interest rate of 7%. we don t have any credit card debt and credit scores in the high 700s. we have a good amount in savings but not much toward retirement and other investments. our current plan is to put my entire salary which is about $3,500 toward the student loans. are we making the right decision to repay the loans faster or putting more towards savings, investments and retirement? thank you, counselor. what do you say? i would say you re not doing it right, unfortunately. i think you need to be putting more of that money into your retirement plans and into your savings. 7% not a great rate, but you could possibly do significantly better particularly if you can get watching dollars from any employer through a 401(k), whether it s yours or your husband s, and then if that money grows, you could do significantly better so i d say pay off those student loans on time, add a little bit of money if you can but prioritize retirement. thank you. great question. to the phones heading down to st. augustine, florida, and patty on the line. good morning, patty. caller: good morning, al. what s your question? caller: well, i m 47 years old, single, no kids, renting. i went through a bankruptcy the first of this year. at the time i cashed out all my retirement and savings. i now have nothing. i earn anywhere from $45,000 to $55,000 a year. my question is where do i start again? i m starting with nothing. i don t want to work until i m in my grave. what do i got to do? sorry about your bankruptcy. you got a clean slate with bankruptcy. hard to go through bankruptcy but you don t owe anybody any money. you need to rebuild two things, emergency account and your savings account. i want you to do the following, go down to the bank, have them withdraw money automatically from your checking account when you get paid, move that directly into an emergency account that you will not touch. whatever that is, you re making $45,000 a year, you ought to be able to save a couple hundred bucks every two weeks emergency account and ask them to give you a secured credit card to build your credit off of that emergency account and the last thing is you have to sign back up for your 401(k) plan but put more into the emergency account for the next 12 months, put a couple percent in your 401(k) plan but get at least three months of emergency savings set up and go fully fund that 401(k) plan. patty you got a plan. good luck. caller: thank you. thank you. now let s get to an e-mail from kimberly in dallas, texas, she writes i m trying to improve my credit score to purchase a home with my husband who has great credit. i previously had horrible credit with multiple delinquencydelinq. around two years ago i paid everything off in full. while my credit score improved to 653 how can i get the negative information off of my report to see a bigger increase? think of the credit report as your grownup report card. you got a d the first semester and fourth a bunch of as. the ds stay on the report card. same thing with credit, as long as it s not fraudulent or a mistake you end up having those things on the credit report. as time goals by as you continue to manage your credit well it will lose its power with your credit score. also kimberly you re really young. it s impossible to be in your 20s with a perfect credit score. you may not be able to buy that house this year but within another year or two you ll be well on track to 700 plus. if anybody tells you they can get that negative information off, they re lying. be careful because it can t happen. go back to the phone one more call, pam on the line, in chicago. good morning, pam. caller: good morning. and your question? caller: my husband is 70 years old, and he has just been laid off. can you tell us if we should keep his money with his company or move it to a roth i.r.a. or something else? the benefit of moving money to a roth at age 70 is if you think you re never going to need to pull it out, a roth allows you to maintain it and pass it on to the next generation, but the tax benefits of doing it at age 70 are pretty minimal. i d look at roolg intolling int traditional i.r.a. where you have more control over the investments. caller: thank you. you re welcome. thanks for your question. thank you so much. thank you. thanks. still ahead small fixes that could save you big bucks on your home, got a fall checklist for you. later say good-bye to the mom jeans. oh, no, what am i going to do? how to take style pointers from your daughter. first these messages. where d ya go? there you are. there you go. 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[ female announcer ] swap one thing a day for a yoplait light at around 100 calories. it will add up to amazing. this morning on tooled s home a fall fixup checklist, taking care of some issues now, you can save more than $20,000 in repairs later. lisa lee freeman the editor in chief of shopsmart magazine. good morning. you shouldn t procrastinate when it comes to minor house repairs. you might see a small leak in your house, something that doesn t look important and it can turn into many thousands of dollars in repairs. you really have to take care of it. the fall is the time to do it. the fall leaves. make sure all of the leaves are gone before the winter comes because they ll attract critters and then end up in your house. you don t want that. also, those leaves can actually damage your lawn and that could result in lots of damage obviously. what s your best method to get rid of the leaves? a lot of people break their back raking up the leeflz aves, hire expensive services to come in. our advice use a lawnmower with the mulching mode, it breaks up the leaves, feeds your lawn and you won t have to bag up it the leaves. clogged gutters, why take care of it now? the water in the winter could freeze or pill over and destroy your foundation and that can end up very expensive job, and there are some very inexpensive do-it-yourself systems for $50 that you can put in to prevent the leaves and debris from clogging up your gutters and you could hire a professional for a couple hundred dollars to do that for you. one of the systems we like is amer amerimax it s called. and check your roof, don t want your roof leaking. one easy way to do it, get a pair of binoculars and check your roof, looked for curled shingles or any cracks and get a professional if you see anything that looks suspicious. after the thaw and freeze cycle kicks in, you get ice damage, you get a much bigger roof problem and once you have to, once the leak starts and the rafters start getting damaged, then you re looking at possibly tens of thousands of dollars in damage. major repairs. yes. the other tip is close your hose. the idea is ifhe water is in there, it can get frozen once the cold temperatures come. that s right, and that could crack your pipes, and cause a flood in your house. you want to find the valve that shuts off the hoses onthe outside, on the inside of your house and what you want to do is turn the spigot and get all that additional water out of the spigots before the winter comes, just to make sure there s no water in there. you say watch for air leaks. you can have a professional come and do this but you can do it yourself, too. absolutely on a windy day, close your doors, close your furnace, put the bathroom fans on, house fans and take an incense stick and put it near the doors and windows and see where the smoke goes. if it goes out the door you have a problem and that could cost you a few hundred dollars a year, all of the hot air going out the door. good one to remember, replace furnace filters. i always procrastinate this one. a lot of people do this regularly but if you don t and they re clogged they could end up hurting your furnace and that ends up being an expensive repair as well. and our last one, clean your chimney. this isn t necessarily a do-it-yourselfer, though, right? to. you want someone to come in and check and make sure there s not a big buildup of creosote, the black crud that is in your chimney. it is highly flammable and could cause a fire in your house. it s essential. get a certified chimney sweep, go to csia.org to get a recommendation. lisa lee friedman from shopsmart thank you for your advice. you re welcome. coming up they ve got delicious fall recipes in the kitch kitchen, we ll eat them right after these messages. is with a little something extra. so every bite can be uncommonly good. my walgreens pharmacist recommends bubble gum flavor. and patience. mine recommends antacid tablets and only one taco. 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[ male announcer ] university of phoenix is proud to sponsor education nation. because we believe an educated world is a better world. back now education nation today, and this morning taking a look at teachers, between budget cuts and threats against seniority and pensions, teachers have certainly been a hot button issue in the public debate over education funding. kristen dahlgren sat down with three teachers to talk about why it takes more than test scores and salaries to judge their performance. today is your first day of? kindergarten. reporter: for michelle teper there was never any doubt. i got into teaching because my first grade teacher was so inspirational to me. fill in the bubble. reporter: michelle hamburger was 7 when she found her inspiration. i knew when i was in class i wanted to be a teacher when i was in second grade. i thought you were just clapping because you like me, oh well you do like me. you do like me. thank you. reporter: eddie lampell thought he might go into sports psychology or physicaler this by but friends and counselors told him he was born to teach. what is it that makes you so passionate about teaching? i m content, i m satisfied, i know i m doing what i m supposed to be doing. i go home and ask myself did i do everything i could for these kids today and the answer is inevitably yes. reporter: this isn t the only question being asked of teachers these days. are american kids falling behind the rest of the world and are bad teachers to blame? principals have their limits. these are teachers who are chronically bad. reporter: the documentary waiting for superman shows how hard it is for some kids to get rid of bad teachers. in new jersey governor chris christie is taking on teachers unions. you do not represent the best that teachers have to offer. reporter: while in wisconsin, teachers and union reps marched on the state house earlier this year, in a battle over collective bargaining and pension cuts. a lot of times the budget cuts are affecting really good teachers, that should be here in public schools. reporter: lample sees promising new teachers get pink slips based on seniority. he and his colleagues say the union protects good teachers, too. they fight for us, no, no, no we ll have this many students in the class. reporter: what do you think people don t know about teachers? tend to think we re glorified baby sit hes. that s not the case at all. teaching i believe is truly an art and you either have it or you don t. reporter: tepper says the it factor can t be measured by test scores alone. the black and white data is what they feel is the best thing, but you re not looking at the whole picture. reporter: that picture includes growing class sizes, shrinking budgets and more students with special needs. but for hamburger, there s no greater feeling than watching a child learn. all of the sudden, it makes sense to them and their eyes light up and their face changes and their bodies change, and they get it. reporter: those are the moments that can t be measured by test scores or teachers salaries and why these three keep coming back for more. i m still bringing it everything day, as an ex-athlete as we say. do you believe in me? yes. because i believe in it shall. you. we re going places, yeah, moving on up. for today, kristen dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. good teacher makes such a difference. mine was mrs. eleanor friar, st. catherine, taught all six roker kids, just a terrific lady. a teacher can make a difference. for me first grade teacher mr. hunt in tucson, arizona, and i think there s something about that age, the first year you go off to school full time and he was young and fun and he played the guitar. thanks to our teachers who have made such a difference. absolutely. up next the scottos cook a hearty fall meal. they re teachers of sorts. oh, thank you very much, eighth grade, st. catherine. as cute as ever. oh, no! oh, yeah! ha! still has the hair issues. okay. today s kitchen is brought to you bykraft macaroni you know you love it. today, easy as one, two, three, it s autumn in new york with the scotto family. we have got marianne, john, anthony and elena of fresco by scotto. al. what are you doing? this is for you. that s nice. you were doing a cute segment. he has my genes. let s get started, mom. as opposed to gnoki, this is gnuoo ty, this is in ravioli, manicotti and lasagna. today we blended it with spinach and some cheeses, and we re boiling it for about two minutes. you roll it out first and cut it into these little we rolled it out, al, we cut it like in about inch and a half. um-hum. you know everyone loves the filling. right. this is double love. this is like having your own filling, like dessert almost. well it s not dessert, because it s not sweet. savory. you put salt and pepper and when it comes up john, it s ready for you. when it floats to the top we now have a pan with butter. so it s twice cooked in a way. twice cooked, butter and olive oil, cook it up. right. we had some parmesan cheese! mmm! right to the top, a little lemon. yes. what are you doing? and then, al, the piece de resistan resistance, fresco, come visit us. pork scallopini. this is a one-pan dish, we ll talk about reductions easy to do also. scallopini is the pork. we ll pound this. i thought you were pounding. you got to make it thin. once we ve done that, use plastic wrap, won t stick to thr bottom of the wood, we ll saute it with a little flour. what s in there? just olive oil. you brown this, set it aside just a minute or two and then we ll start with our components, the components are ginger, black currants. aka raisins. and pears. okay. put a pat of butter, really just a pat, to thicken it up, because you already have the flour in there, which will help thicken also. salt, beef stock, you can buy this out of a can, not a big deal. marsala. i like the sound of that. and to finish a little amaretto. you re reducing the wine, this wine stock a few times. this is the big reduction everybody seems to worry about. can you overreduce? , you can t overreduce. you want to just let this sit. it will thicken all on its own, probably every two or three minutes on a heavy pan that s really going and that s it. what you re going to do is take that reduction after it s done and place it right on top of the pork and that s what it s going to look like. looks delicious. elena and desserts. pear is in season right now. yes so this is the if you will the sophisticated sister of the pineapple upside down cake. xa icompared to him everybod the sophisticated sister. no joke. sift the flour, savannah would you like to join in? yes. i have the baking powder and these are all spice, nutmeg, and then give it a little tap. we have the dry ingredients. wet ingredients, we ve already started, sugar, butter, now we re going to add some molasses and we re going to add milk, and then amaretto, and we re going to mix it all together, and we re going to alternate with the dry ingredients. so you end up with this? yep, that s what we end up with, and now we put it over our pears, which have been nonstick spray in the pan. you could also use butter if you re not afraid of butter. we re going to bake this for about 40 minutes. ahhh. to turn it upside down let it cool and use a knife and here s what you wind up with. fantastic. and top it with just a little whip cream. great recipes, marianne, john, anthony and elena thank you so much. the recipes at today.com. coming up travel deals for a fall getaway after your local news and weather.