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emergency crews found him. as his relatives struggle will how they will tell him the rest of his family did not survive, how they will tell him the rest of his family did not survive, today, friday, may 14th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this friday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m ann curry in this morning for matt who apparently wanted to work on his tan in cannes this morning because he didn t make it back. you mentioned this plane crash and there is a miraculous as the survival of this 9-year-old boy was, he s got some very tough days ahead. very tough. apparently he still does not know that both his parents and his older brother died in that horrific crash. they were returning home from a dream vacation in africa and now we are seeing our first photos of the family in happier times on that trip. we ll have more on that little boy s amazing survival. his name is rubin and just what he endured in that crash in a moment. the tragic murder in mexico of an 18-year-old texas girl. the family and friends was an above-average student says she was a promising future getting ready for a high school graduation but her death has revealed she was living a shocking double life, including a job as an exotic dancer. we ll hear from her family. then on a much, much lighter note, as it special friday for us. the start of our summer concert series. we have a big crowd out on the plaza to check out sting live in concert in our 8:30 half-hour. he s taking over the whole half-hour. we ll begin with the latest on those men being held as part of the investigation into that failed bombing in times square. nbc s justice correspondent pete williams is in washington with more. good morning, pete. reporter: good morning. these searches were done to follow up on what officials say faisal shahzad has told the fbi, that he had money sent to him from pakistan through cash exchanges and couriers in the u.s. now the question did anyone here know what he was up to? dozens of fbi agents and local police swarmed around a house in suburban boston just after dawn thursday and at a gasoline station nearby looking for evidence that two men there helped faisal shahzad receive cash from overseas. officials say two pakistani men there, and another in maine, now held on immigration charges, helped him receive money transfers. but investigators stress that so far, they have no evidence to suggest that the men had any idea that shahzad was planning to drive an suv loaded with bomb materials into times square. there s at least a basis to believe that one of the things that they did was to provide him with funds and so we are trying to trace back to see what exactly was the nature of those transactions. reporter: related searches were carried out in southern new jersey and on new york s long island. federal investigators say shahzad has told them that he took the train to long island in april and received $4,000 in cash from a money currier there. meantime, president obama was in new york to thank first responders who found the bomb made first and evacuated times square. you have saved an awful lot of lives, and so my main message to you is that the country s proud of you. i know your mayor and your commissioner are proud. your president is proud of you. reporter: now the fbi hopes that these searches can help them trace the money back to pakistan to discover who was giving him money on that end of these cash exchange. meredith? pete williams, thank you very much. it is 7:04. once again, here s ann. british petroleum has come up with yet another new option to try to stop the flow of crude oil that s already leaked more than 4 million gallons into the gulf of mexico. we ll talk to the man in charge of bp s clean-up efforts in just a moment. but first, nbc s chief environmental affairs correspondent anne thompson is in venice, louisiana with the latest on this story. anne, good morning. reporter: good morning, ann. bp says the price tag for the clean-up of this spill so far is $450 million, and increasing at a rate of $10 million a day. but there is one company involved in this accident that wants to make sure it pays a far smaller sum. this is what bp still can t control. the oil leak roaring at the bottom of the gulf. engineers are now considering two options. the top hat containment dome which is on the sea floor, or an insertion tube, using this technique, a new riser with a narrower pipe inside would be sent down to the leak site. the tapered end would be placed in the hole in the broken riser, then the oil, suctions to a tanker vessel on the surface. as the spill spreads and many louisiana fishermen begin a third week out of work, transocean, the company that owns the oil rig that burst into an inferno, wants a federal court to limit its liability to just $27 million. the request is sparking new outrage from some of the families of the 11 men who died. don t go around telling everybody that you re going to take care of them and we re going to treat you right when you re down in houston federal court filing a lawsuit saying you re not responsible for anything. reporter: the spill is now hitting seafood sellers like this store. merlin says he s seeing prices jump as the supply of oysters, shrimp and crabs falls. for adult crabs and baby crabs, if they get caught at all, there won t be any. this is not just a job, this is a way of life. this is this is in my heart. this is this saltwater runs through my veins. reporter: now he wonders if the seafood will continue to run here in southeastern louisiana, a part of the world he calls god s country. i know how to build out the storms. i can do that. i don t know what to do with an oil spill. i never had to experience anything like this before. reporter: that sinking feeling is spreading here along the louisiana coast. it s a feeling that only plugging that well a mile below the surface can fix. ann? anne thompson, thank you. british petroleum s chief operating officer doug suttles is overseeing the clean-up. good morning. at last report, you were weighing two new solutions on parallel tracks, the so-called top hat over the leak, and also an insertion tube to siphon out the oil. why would either of these untested solutions work when all others you ve tried have failed? well, ann, i think you know we re going to try everything we can to stop this thing. but these two techniques in theory should work. we ve got the same challenge we ve had since the beginning, which is the 5,000 feet of water. what we re trying to do is, we have to find a way to keep these gas hydrates from forming. we think both of these techniques should help with that. in the meantime, we re seeing stunning new images, doug, about how the oil is impacting the coastal waters. scientific experts are questioning whether your condition has again underplayed the size of this leak. some suggest it could be up to 26,000 barrels of oil, five times a day your current estimate. are you guessing? and if you don t know the true volume of this leak, how can you stop it? well, ann, since the very beginning, we ve said it is highly uncertain. the two things we can do is we can watch what we observe on the sea floor and we can see what happens on the surface. what we do know is when we get good weather and can apply all of our techniques, we can actually slink this spill. we ve actually done that. we re putting every resource against this problem. it isn t related to the amount coming out. we re actually applying everything we can. we ve mounted the largest response effort ever done in the world. but is it possible that you are actually leaking more than 5,000 barrels a day? yes or no. i think, ann, it could be higher or lower. i don t think it is wildly different than that number. we ve said since the beginning, it can be a bit above or below. a congressional hearing on wednesday revealed human and also mechanical errors contributed to this disaster. including a failed battery on what s called a blow-out preventer which is supposed to be the failsafe that s supposed to prevent something like this from ever happening. how could it be, given the risks, there could be a faulty battery on this blow-out protector, sir? well, ann, i m only involved in the response. my focus since two hours after this thing began has been about how do we get this thing brought to an end and how do we minimize the impact let me interrupt that. i know that. but i m saying, you re not involving so you don t know as a ceo why there would be a faulty battery on this blow-out preventer? actually, ann, i don t. the investigate i m sure will find that out. if that was part of the factors. but i actually don t know. part of what relates to you here is that there is a u.s. representative, bart stupak, who suggests now that your company, and also transocean, we should also add inadequately maintained the blow-out preventer, at the very least. do you sort of want to respond in terms of how your company operates with this kind of thing? you know, ann, what i think i need to do and what the people of this region want me to do is bring this flow to a stop and actually minimize the impact. that s what i work on every single day. there are other people worried about this investigation and i m sure they ll get to the bottom of it. the clean-up costs alone is now supposed to cost about $450 million. there are liability claims in addition to this, sir, as you well know, people who have been hurt by this spill. so the question as a ceo i need to ask you this morning i know you re involved with the clean-up, but dealing with the price tag of this thing, you know, do you are you now willing this morning to agree that your company is willing to go beyond the $75 million cap on these kinds of claims, these liability kinds of claims? you know, ann coo. i m sorry. yes, ann. as of yesterday we had already spent over $460 million. we are a putting every resource to this. we re doing everything we can. the $75 million cap isn t actually material. we re doing everything we can. we ve applied money, people. we have over 13,000 people working on this thing right now. i just don t think it is a relevant issue. so you re saying that there is no cap on how much you are willing to spend, not just for the clean-up, but for all of those people who say they ve been hurt by this spill. you know, since the beginning, ann, we ve said we re going to make this thing right. we re going to deal with the impacts, we re going to do what it takes to clean this thing up and stop the flow and we ve said that since the beginning and we re still saying it. i think our actions back that up. you know, the pictures that we re showing, i want to show people again about the environmental impact. because we don t know how much this thing is going to cost. dolphins and turtles have washed up dead on shore. scientists are trying to determine whether or not they died of this oil contamination. but given the long-term impact from this spill, are you now, as the c.o.o. of british petroleum, prepared to apologize to this country, to the american people, sir? you know, ann, i think what i m asking people to do is judge us on our actions. we re out there doing everything we can, working with the government, working with the coast guard. and i d actually ask people to say look at what we do. we re mounting the largest response ever. we re trying to immediately get money in people s hands right now to offset some of the impact. we re trying to employ the people who live in this region, the families that are impacted, put them to work so that actually we minimize those impacts. i think our actions is how we should be judged. so that s not an apology this morning. you know, ann, i think as we look at this, we ll find out who was at fault. we ll find out ultimately what went wrong. i think what people want to know is that we act responsibly. that s what the rules say and that s who we are and that s what we re going to do. british petroleum c.o.o. doug suttles, thank you so much for joining us this morning and good luck in your efforts. thanks, ann. once again, here s meredith. that oil slick is just one of the situations that s landed on president obama s desk. he s also pushing financial reform legislation and shepherding his second supreme court nomination through the senate. jonathan altar is a newsweek columnist and author of the new book, the promise president obama year one. jonathan, good morning to you. let s start with this nomination to the supreme court of elena kagan. what do you think drew the president to her? well, i think they share something in common that relates to harvard university, of all things. when obama was the president of the harvard law review, he brought liberals and conservatives together. he was a consillater. and when elena kagan was the dean of harvard law school, she did the same thing. he mentioned this, obama did, when he announced her appointment. so i think they also connected in that he wanted somebody who was not already on the bench. every other supreme court justice has been a judge prior and he wanted somebody with broader experience, which she has. when you were writing this book, he had the task of getting justice sotomayor confirmed so you learned a lot about the process and the president s role in it. what can you tell us about that? well, first of all, he has a very rigorous disciplined process, whereas president clinton took three months, was going back and forth, this nominee, that nominee. and president bush operated on instinct. with obama it s almost corporate, very structured. but he also would be sort of rye in the middle of it. at one point when they were talking about another possible nominee, he said, you know, i couldn t get confirmed for the supreme court nowadays. i have too much of a paper trail. so we ve got to nominate somebody who would have a better chance of senate confirmation than i would. so he s always trying to kind of interject a bit of a rye tone amid the discipline. that lack of a paper trail worked for him with regard to yeah. yeah, that helped. what i try to do in this book, meredith, this is the first book about the obama presidency. there have been a lot about his campaign, his background and so forth. i wanted to take people behind the closed doors of the oval office, into the situation room, really give them a sense of what s this guy like when he s operating, not just what s he like on the basketball court, or the playing poker, but what s he like making decisions, how does he reach out, call on the person who is sitting in the back row, doesn t think they re going to get called on suddenly the president saying, what do you think, meredith? if you re not prepared, you might not be invited back to the next meeting. why do you think based on the latest nbc/ wall street journal poll his approval rating is hovering around 50% which is where it s been since last summer, given the amount of anger that s out there in terms of elected officials in general? why is he staying strong? that s exactly right. it is this fascinating gap that we also saw with ronald reagan where the policies are not tremendously popular, but the president remains well respected. i think for obama, the key is authenticity. he just doesn t seem like a phony and the people who deal with him every day feel this way. he s got a kind of psychological health to him and even if you don t like what he s doing, and i try to assess where he s succeeded and where he s failed, you have to respect the man. he brings a thoughtfulness to the process. and he does try to drill down into these decisions. even on afghanistan, which is not working very well right now, but they really examined the policy. they didn t want to just stumble into this. and they had the most thoreau policy review since the cuban missile crisis in 1962 of what to do. there is always a back story, meredith what happened that we don t know about. that s where i tried to get at in this book. for all your analysis of the president, it s mrs. obama and that story involving her and the first lady of france that s getting the most buzz right now. well, you know, when they first met, carla bruni, the first lady of france, said, my husband and i do not have sexual relations as much as we would like because of the duties of office. but we did keep a foreign leader once waiting for one hour while we finished making love. did you ever do that with the president? and michelle obama kind of embarrassed said, uh, no? but she s a fascinating figure, i found, as i was researching this book. some people on the white house staff call her the supreme leader, because even though she doesn t sit in on policy meetings the way hillary clinton did, she s very influential behind the scenes, and she s focused on some of these new issues, obesity and so forth, and it is a formidable figure. jonathan alter, thank you so much. by the way, the promise comes out on tuesday. now let s get a check of the rest of the morning s top stories. natalie morales is in at the news desk for ann. good morning. we begin with violent clashes continuing in thailand s capital that have forced the u.s. embassy and four other foreign embassies to close their doors this morning. gunfire and explosions could be hear near bangkok s business district today as troops battle anti-government protesters. the clashes are now ongoing for six weeks and turned bloody late thursday when the opposition leader was shot in the head and critically wounded. the family of that 13-year-old boy in houston who was shown on a classmate s cell phone video being beaten by a teacher is now suing the teacher and the school. the parents say the boy suffered a black eye and bruising. the teacher has been fired. the space shuttle atlantis is set to blast off this afternoon from the kennedy space center to the international space station. this is atlantis final voyage before nasa retires the shuttle program. and a buffalo woman is all the talk this morning after she flirted with president obama thursday while he stopped for lunch at the city s famous duck s wings. she told the president, you re a hottie with a smokin little body. the president apparently took it all in stride and gave her a hug. boy, she s got a lot of h chutzpah. are you sure that wasn t carla bruni? you re a hottie with a smokin little body. we could say that about you this morning. i d go for the side of wings, good morning. we have low cloud and a light mist from the clouds and milder temperatures in the low 60s around the metro and much of the region. as the day progresses, we ought to get low 80s. the front in the midwest will be drifting our way and coming through late this afternoon and early evening, a slight risk an isolated storm could produce wind damage. a bit blust and that s your latest weather. al, thanks. as the 9-year-old survivor of that deadly plane crash in libya slowly recovers in the hospital, there are new details this morning about what he endured when the plane went down. here s nbc s stephanie gosk. reporter: they found him still strapped to his seat. semi-conscious with badly broken legs. but alive, miraculously alive. 9-year-old rubin was a half-mile from the plane s tail section. investigators believe he was sitting up front. afriquiyah airlines flight 771 from south africa crashed just before the runway in tripoli, libya. 103 people were killed. everyone except rubin. his entire family, mom, dad and older brother enzo, are dead, but officials say he still hasn t been told. an aunt and uncle flew to libya as soon as possible to be at his side. actually, i ve seen for myself that he is okay. he s awake. he s talking. reporter: over the phone, rubin told a dutch journalist my legs hurt a lot. i don t know how i got here. i really want to go home. the family was flying home from a once in a lifetime african safari. rubin s father blogged about the trip. older brother, enzo, spotted the first elephant. this is a picture of the two brothers by a waterfall. the worst thing that happened to them, he writes, is a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. back in holland, the tragedy and the miracle are starting to sink in. flowers have been placed by the family home. rubin s classmates say they didn t believe it was him at first. he laughs all the time. he plays a lot with lego in the classroom. he has a lot of friends. everyone in class likes him. doctors say rubin is doing well but still in a state of shock. how could he not be? the cameras, the pain and a steady stream of officials, including libyan president moammar gadhafi s son at his bedside. investigators have retrieved the black boxes which could reveal what brought the plane down. what they may never know is how this 9-year-old little boy managed to survive. for today, stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. just ahead, the california man who admits to murdering two teenage girls meets face to face with the mother of one just ahead, will your kids score better in tests in high school if they go to daycare as a toddler? the surprising new results of an interesting new study. but first, our summer concert of the season sting live on our plaza stage after concert of the season sting live on our plaza stage after your local news. count on. like these consumers digest best buys. and all backed by a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty. discover for yourself, and see why over a thousand people a day are switching to chevy. during the spring event, qualified lessees now get a 27 month, low mileage lease on this malibu ls for around $199 a month. call for details. the switch to chevy starts at chevy dealer dot com. and we ve got some deep rollbacks! like crest with scope. now $1.50. that s almost a buck less. i ve never seen rollbacks like this before. my name is darrell, and i save people money so they can live better. good morning. it s 7:26 on the 14th of may. in the news for today, al zanda police are looking for a shooting suspect from early this morning on the playground of a housing complex north of old town. the victim was hit in the thigh and is expected to survive. we will come back with an good morning, low clouds and scattered light mist and a little sun coming out and late this afternoon and early this evening, a slight risk of isolated storms could produce wind damage and highs in the 70s. how is the traffic. into downtown, an accident in the roadway second lane in the left and inbound. police are trying to get it out of the roadway. along the 270, from frederick through the interchanges, not bad at all. travel lanes are open and very light. good news out on the rail. metrorail s red line have been taken care of and no lingering delaying. think of it as your rich warm coff 7:30 now on this friday morning, may 14th, 2010. and this is what we like to see the plaza packed to the brim for the start of our summer concert series. some of these folks drove all night, including one couple from cleveland just to catch sting live in concert. we ll get to that in one hour from now. inside studio 1a, i m meredith vieira, alongside ann curry who is in for matt. just ahead, a serious and tragic story. the brutal murder of an 18-year-old texas girl has revealed a secret life that almost no one knew she was living. we ll have details coming up. plus, this morning, do children who are placed in daycare at an early age have an advantage or disadvantage over their classmates when they reach high school? we ll have the results of most comprehensive study on this topic. plus a special series starting next book called today looks back, the stheeories tha have stayed with us through a years. the story i selected was shortly after i started here in 2006, about tragedy turned into hope and the power of the human spirit. the one i picked is sort of a today show first. it s i think one of our executive producers and seniors best and most favorite moment. however, it is a story that still haunts me today. we ll get that about next week. but other things we ll revisiting stories with matt and al who will share their picks as today looks back. we begin with sentencing day for the california man who admitted killing two teenagers in cold blood. here s nbc miguel almaguer. reporter: when john gardner faces a judge today, he ll also face the families of the two young women he raped and murdered. 17-year-old chelsea king, and 14-year-old amber dubois. at sentencing hearing, the families will have a chance to speak directly to their daughter s killer, a man who s already broken his own silence about the brutal crimes. are there other victims? good try. reporter: in a telephone interview with san diego television station kfmb, gardner spoke of a building anger before his murders and regret after. i mean i was aware of what i was doing, and i could not stop myself. i was in a major rage and pissed off, and pissed off at my whole life and everybody that s hurt me and blew up. and i hurt the wrong people. reporter: after king s body was discovered in a san diego park march 2nd, the convicted sex offender was questioned in her disappearance and quickly arrested for her murder. in a plea bargain with police, gardner confessed to chelsea s murder and led investigators to dubois body, missing for a year. leaving her parents, even today, searching for answers. week amber s mother approached gardner s mother outside a san diego county jail. i m not here to harass you. i want to talk to your son. and find out why he murdered my daughter. reporter: she wanted gardner s mother to give up visitation time so she could question the man who killed her daughter. on wednesday, gardner agreed to talk with her for 30 minutes behind bars. afterwards, she would not share the details of the difficult talk. yes, i met with gardner. yes, we talked. i got my answers. i got my closure that i needed. reporter: when gardner is expected in court today, dubois father is expected to read a statement blasting prison and parole officials for allowing gardner to be out on the street. now with our last hope for justice, we depend on the prison community to slowly and painfully cause his remaining days on this earth to be a living nightmare. as for gardner there is no kaeg bataking ba i did. if i could, i would. i was out of control. this call is being recorded. i would have. reporter: now gardner won t be able to stop what happens later today. he faces two life sentences and the two families whose lives he destroyed. for today, miguel almaguer, nbc news, los angeles. pat brown is an investigative criminal profiler and author of the profiler. pat, good morning to you. as we just saw in miguel s report, gardner seems almost remorseful at points in that interview. he says at one point everything that i ve done is horrible, what am i supposed to say? did i try to prevent it? yeah, i did. do you believe him when he says he understands what he did? no. you don t. blah blah blah. no. it hurts my little heart no. this is a psychopath who is enjoying the limelight and he enjoy is manipulating those who are listening to him. he s trying to get sympathy of the people around him. he s blaming the system for what he did. everybody has done these terrible things to him, that s what caused him this rage, he s a victim, too, so feel sorry for me. hey, ladies, when i m in prison, start writing me those love letters, start writing me those letters that say i can find god, start being my friends. of course he doesn t say any of that in that interview, but he does no, he doesn t. but that s what he s planning. pat, he claims that he has a mental illness that he s schizophrenic and he s got ahdh or i think he said he was bipolar. that s kind of the new one that a lot of or adhd. he says when he was 5 years old he was diagnosed as bipolar. in a sense i believe that, because psycho pathy starts very, very young and is often misdiagnosed as bipolar. you can understand where i m coming from, i have these mood swings. sometimes i m dr. jekyll, then my mr. hyde comes out. can t help myself. chemical imbalance in the brain. not my fault. not to defend him here, but he says he tried to get help repeatedly, mental health, and it failed, nobody was willing to help him. do you think if he d gotten help no, he s a psycho path lying. he s lying to the psychiatrist. he even says i wasn t able to be open because basicallify told them the truth, thet s rat me out to law enforcement so i couldn t get any help. that s a psychopathic normal exclues for what they do and why they couldn t get help. it s their fault again, everybody else s fault. i think one of the more disturbing things about the interview is not what he said but the tone, the fact that he sort of giggles through it. at one point he says i m normally not all chipper sounding. i m really not happy anymore. i might laugh on occasion. i m just explaining to you what s going on. i don t think anything is funny. there is not much more i can say. yeah. well he actually is enjoying the limelight. this is what happens with our serial killers who get life sentences. for one thing he says, you know, he finally confessed. he was willing to confess. he didn t confess. they had his dna so of course he s going to then say, well you ve already got me. secondly, he was plea bargaining for a life sentence instead of the death penalty so he was clearly getting a deal on that. now he s moved on to his next game which is, enamour himself with the community, make people like him and start getting those deals he ll get in prison, get along with the guards, get women to write him, get a girlfriend or two, that s what these psychopaths do when they get in prison which is one of the reasons life sentence doesn t do enough harm to them, because they usually get along very well. chelsea and amber s parents will confront him at this sentencing. you sigh there. is that not a good thing for them to do? i think almost every parent feels the need to do that because it is a pandora s box. he s there. they want to go forth. they think there might be an answer somewhere behind that face of his. but what he s doing is continuing his manipulations. they might even think they get closure temporarily. but later on they ll look back and think, that guy was just enjoying it and he s still lying to us and he really doesn t give a darn. they re hoping somehow they ll break through to a human being that will truly feel remorse. but they can t get there from a person like this so it is a very hard thing for families to have to go through. it is very sad. pat brown, thank you so much. now let s get a check of the weather from al. today s weather is brought to you by chico s. some women are destined to wear chico s. good morning. let s look at good morning. we have lou clouds and a light mist scattered around the region. temperatures in the low to mid 60 no, sir a few locations. 62 in washington. highs should reach the low 80s and sun breaking out in the early afternoon. a front early this evening will likely trigger passing thundershowers. a small chance a storm could produce damaging winds and clearing out late tonight, that s your latest weather. meredith? al, thank you. now to a new twist in the case of a florida woman accused of hiring a hitman to kill her husband. she was arrested last year in an elaborate undercover sting operation. now we are learning about another man in her life. nbc s kerry sanders is in boy ton beach, florida with details. reporter: good morning, meredith. dalia dippolito thought she had the perfect plan to make her husband go away. allegedly hire a hitman. turned out he was an undercover police officer. and now there is new evidence in the case dozens of text messages that she allegedly sent to her lover the week before her arrest. she played the part like a professional actress. dalia dippolito broke down when she arrived home last august. police were everywhere. they said her husband had been murdered. but the elaborate scene was all part of a police sting operation caught on hidden camera. the hitman was really an undercover police officer, hired, authorities say, by dalia dippolito. she was arrested an charged with solicitation to commit first degree murder. now, prosecutors have revealed new evidence in the case. 49 single-spaced pages of text messages sent a week before her arrest. messages between dippolito and a california businessman. in one message, dippolito professed her love to the man saying, when i saw you, the chemistry was mind-blowing. in another she texted, ur the man of my dreams, my prince charming. cell phone records reveal dippolito even plotted to get her husband arrested. she texted i told you we need drugs in the car and it will put him away for a while. the sooner he gets jammed up, the sooner we can be in paradise island, baby. the latest texts are the latest against dalia dippolito. last year police released this recording of an undercover agent posing as a hitman. after the staged murder scene, police sprung it on dippolito that her husband wasn t really dead. oh, my god! mike, come here! come here, please! come here! why not? i didn t do anything! reporter: michael dippolito has since filed for divorce. last year he told matt he was still processing the idea his wife allegedly tried to have him killed. you got to understand, matt, i didn t want to believe it was her and i had a hard time thinking this. we were so close. i can t make sense of it. i can t make sense of any of it. reporter: dalia dippolito is out of jail on bond. if she s convicted on these murder-for-hire charges, she could face up to 30 years in prison. we contacted her attorney about this new evidence, the text messages. he said he had no comment. meredith? kerry sanders, thank you very much. up next want your kids to do better in high school? maybe you should send them to daycare. the controversial findings of a major new study right after this. had a passion for pink. and pearls. i was a sucker for sequins. always knew what i loved, and insisted on wearing it. 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so natalie, we ll have a little bit of pressure in the early session. real reason is fear that europe is falling back into a recession. the so-called double-dip scenario which could hurt america since american companies sell more to europe than they do anywhere else overseas. former fed chief paul volcker, a close advisor to president obama, says he s worried the european union could break apart. oil a bright spot though, we could see lower prices at the pump by memorial day. back to you. erin burnett at the new york stock exchange, thank you. facebook is rolling out some new security measures to protect users from internet criminals. the measures include notification when an account is accessed from an unknown mobile device or accessed from different parts of the world at the same time. sounds like a good idea. 8:03 right now. back outside once again to al, good morning. it s cloudy and mild on this friday. we have a little bit of a light mist falling and scattered around the region. cloudy and low and mid 60s, but sun breaks out later this morning and early afternoon and climbing into the low 80s. front moving in and could trigger passing thundershowers and a slight risk of an isolated thunderstorm. clearing up, sunny tomorrow and breezy and that s your latest weather. still ahead, sting kicks off our summer concert series. but up first, a texas teen s double life uncovered in the wake of her tragic death. her family speaks out right after this. 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elisabeth once told her sister she wanted to be what s called a coyote, smuggling people into the u.s. for money. her sister thought it was a joke. i don t think she went to go smuggle immigrants. reporter: similar sentiments at school. she was a great girl. and she was a good friend. and all this other side stuff, it wasn t really like her. reporter: elisabeth lived at home where her family runs a stable and where it seemed she was like so many of her friends. she had the regular teenager life. she played soccer. i just looked at her progress report. it was all as, maybe one or two bs she was going to graduate. reporter: she will be in graduation only in the hearts and minds of her classmates who turned the parking lot full of tributes to a fallen friend. this has been so difficult for the family first learning the details about elisabeth they did not know, then losing her. the case is under investigation in mexico but there have been no arrests. ann, back to you. janet schamlian, thanks. former fbi profiler clint van zandt is now an nbc news analyst. he joins us now. good morning. this doesn t make a lot of sense. based on what you know, based on your experience, what do you think happened to this girl? well, it sounds like she was living life on the wild side a little bit. she had this secret life we re toll. she was a stripper in this topless bar. a one-star topless bar, but she was picking up money. it may not have been money. it may just have been the excitement. at 18 you think you re bulletproof. for her it may have been a short step from working in a topless bar to finding something else exciting, perhaps bringing illegal aliens into the united states. either because she thought it was the right thing to or she wanted to pick up some money. but it looks like she got together with the wrong men to do this. you talk about the wrong men. talk about this. you say that the real because the family obviously wants to know what happened, why she is no longer alive. you say one of the ways to do that is to follow the trail of these two men who were found murdered with her. yeah. these two men, at least one that had a criminal record. they were both obviously twice or more her age. i would suggest she probably met them in or around this gentlemen s club that she was working in. they probably offered her some incentive to go down to mexico. realize, she went down there tuesday, she wrote on her facebook account that she was in fact down there. so i would think if the authorities are able to determine not only who these two men are, but what their associates were in mexico, what they were doing down there, that would give us a better picture of what brought elisabeth down there with them. you talk about the investigation. a lot of murders in mexico go unsolved. at what point do you think the u.s. can, and should, get involved in this, and what about the way they die, the fact that they were beaten to death? what does that tell us? a number of things. one, in certain parts of mexico, it is a dangerous place. early part of this year in one day, 70 murders took place in an area of mexico. 70 in just one day. tens of thousands take place on a yearly basis. so life in many areas of mexico can be very, very cheap. the way she was murdered, ann, i think is investigators have to take a hard look at that. as janet set-up piece said, it was staged to look like an accident, but what happened was that elisabeth and these two men had been brutally beaten to death. their bodies placed in this pickup truck, and then somebody, ann, had to drive the truck, put a rock on the accelerator pedal, probably jump out at the last second and let this truck run into the back of another vehicle to simulate an accident. so again, the forensic evidence potentially could be there. whoever set that truck up, hairs, fibers, fingerprints. but again, do the mexican authorities have those capabilities, and, ann, they are so overwhelmed with homicide investigations, is this one more homicide investigation going to receive attention when they have police officers and public figures being murdered every day. on that question we ll have to leave it. clint van zandt, thank you so much this morning. coming up next on a lighter note, matt, meredith and al face off in today s commuter challenges. who can get to work the fastest. that s coming up next. how many cups is it? 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what s the easiest part, what s the hardest part about taking the subway in new york. hardest part is pay 2ing $2.. oh, my gosh! how are you? little less hair now. you got a little less weight. sons of xavier, here we go! i think i passed al. have no idea what matt s doing on the ground. sure he s up to no good. that biker cut me off. hey, watch it. i m taking a bus. why, you don t think i look like the bus type? no. bike lanes now all the way down broadway. my man, mayor mike, taking care of the bikes. whoa! behind you! hello, sir. they serve snacks or anything on this? no? all right, one block to go. no sign of meredith. hey, happy cinco de mayo. yeah! bye! see? new yorkers are so nice. all right. here we go. nbc, baby. hey, good to see you zblimpbls where you been? where s meredith? no meredith to be seen. honest to good, we re doing a shoot. between the taking pictures, it was crazy. you want it with the first place finisher, second place finisher or the loser. special thanks to transportation alternatives for helping us with our little bike race. just for the record, i would not have been the loser. ann was on assignment that day. she was supposed to be the driver of the car. so you re both losers. sorry i wasn t there to help you. let s bring in the editor in chief of self magazine. 50% of americans, five miles or less to work every day. why not take a bike? listen. if you just bike three times a week, you re going to lose ten pounds in a year. you ll save gas, your body and the planet. and you can actually find bikes to match your outfits. any tips for finding a bike for commuting? go to a bike store with a budget and they ll set you one a lightweight bike. this starts at $350. that one is about $500. can you step it up to a greaseless chain. people worry about getting grease on their clothes. that s a greaseless chain. you have the folding bike. this one actually you can win at self.com because we want people to bike to work. put it in your cubicle, fold it up, bring it upstairs. you know your seat is adjusted right if the ball of your foot is on the pedal? you want a little bit of a bend in the knee. they ll fit you for a bike. there should be no pain. what about carrying stuff. of course you don t want it on your arm. a backpack is a great idea. you can get these flats or folding ones. our director joe michaels has these. in that color. they fold up. you need a jacket. this folds up into a ball. you definitely need a helmet. that s serious business. some places it is required by law. some places it is not. that s right. but nutcakes makes them more $50. this is aerated. this actually holds your hair in place. you need a bell. you need sunglasses. obviously we ve tricked up this really cute bike here with the right seat and a lock and your water bottle. it s so simple, so easy. and it is safe if you stay in the slow lane or the bike lane. all right. again, next friday s national bike-to-work day. that s important to remember. that s right. go online and see all the support. there will be a little pit stop in times square by transportation alternatives. they ll hand out little things. everyone should do it next friday. just try it. good advice. thanks very much. now we ll go from riding bikes to riding horses. the 135th running of the preakness stakes tomorrow right here on nbc. nbc sports donna brothers is at pimlico race course in baltimore with a preview. donna, good morning. good morning, al. how are you? i m doing great. the preakness, weather s going to be perfect for it. who s the favorite? or is there a favorite? wide open? well, it is wide open. super saver is going to be the favorite. winner of the kentucky derby, comes back into the preakness stakes. he s going to be the favorite for the race but there s five horses that come back from the kentucky derby into the preakness stakes off that short two-week turn-around so it will be tough on them. seven newcomers coming to the preakness stakes. there is a little genre that s developing. looki lookin at lucky comes back into the preakness stakes. in the interrum, lucky s trainer fired the jockey garrett gomez, unhappy with the ride he got in the kentucky derby. he rides martin garcia on lookin at lucky. gomez picks up dublin who s already won the preakness five times. i m confused. now donna, last time i saw you at the kentucky derby, my horse kind of spooked your horse and hill later ensued. luckily you were okay. i mean you were right back up. i m glad you took the blame for it. but, no, i was fine. not a scratch on me. thank you for asking. i thought you should know, we talked about it that day, that my mom was a jockey and she said that if you re going to ride horses you re going to fall off. but the thing is, you got to get back on your horse and you got to practice. so with that in mind, al, i found a horse i think i m going to be able to ride. i don t think i m going to fall off of this one. this is for equestrians to practice riding. i got to go, al. see you tomorrow. 4:30. preakness stakes. local news is next. . a:26 is your time and 64 degrees. will we get more rain? tom will have the forecast after the news. in the news for today, alexandria police are searching for a shooting suspect. someone shot a 19-year-old on white street this morning on the playground of the housing complex north of old town. the victim was hit in the thigh and expected to survive. we ll take a break and have weather and traffic when we good morning. low clouds and for the most part the scattered mist we had is dissipated. we might see sun and otherwise mostly cloudy. a chance of late afternoon and evening thundershowers. a slight risk and isolated thunderstorm might produce a damaging wind. nicer for the weekend. how is the traffic? making the trip on the inner loop of the beltway, heavy and slow and springfield up towards 66. the outer loop looks good with sunshine delays. america avenue jammed up and checking reports of a problem near the times plant. thank you, jerry. news 4 at 5:00, should you keep it or throw it out. the age-old question about food in the fridge. in the fridge. we will break it dow in the fridge. we will break it dow navigating today s real estate market is complicated. you ve seen the signs. that s why having the right real estate agent is more important than ever. at remax.com, you can find experts in short sales or bank-owned properties or commercial real estate, agents who can help speed up the process, no matter how intricate. and that s good news, whether you re trying to sell or hoping to buy. because the only sign you really want to see is sold. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. 8:30 now on this friday morning, may 14th, 2010. we have a big crowd on hand for the kickoff of our summer concert series. they re in for a big treat sting is here to get things started with an entire half-hour of music. we have a great lineup throughout the summer from teen sensation justin bieber who lady gaga. the list goes on and on and on. of course, this morning it is all about sting. absolutely. he has a little explaining to do. we ll ask him why this picture of him appeared in yesterday s paper. why was he dressed like that? actually, this morning s paper. little heavy on the rouge, i think. so he was wearing makeup on thursday. yet hoda and kathie lee were not. they declared the fourth hour a makeup-free zone. this is us. huge response! ladies, good morning. hello, everybody. they have their makeup on. were you guys surprised by the response? yes, i really was. i was, too. i thought it was one of those deals, it seemed like a good idea when we were leading up to it. when it sunk in about the whole hd situation when we actually stopped to think it through, it wasn t such a good idea. it is one thing not to wear makeup, but it is another thing on national television under those harsh lights. you guys joined us in solidarity except for you. i waen evsn t even here! you always have excuses. you know what frank said to me as i was leaving the house? i hope you re wearing makeup today. nice! a majority of women agree with you guys, they want to do the same thing. we should have a national no makeup day where everyone walks out of the door fresh-faced and goes to work. you guys start it then. go ahead! you know what s interesting about it? it makes you wonder what else you re hiding. what else are we putting a mask on. having gone through this, what is the feeling after having gone through that entire hour. relief. no. but at first were you really i could see you were a little nervous. i think the thing was, it actually started to become fun. what was weird was when you were sitting opposite someone who was fully made up, you felt like the person who showed up at a formal dinnerwaring sweats. you felt a little like that. you re brave. now to someone who later on 80s and sun coming out, but the big story we got a very exciting announcement. today has partnered with four-square. if you don t know what four-square is and none of us do we re square it is a social utility on your cell phone that lets your friends know where you are and what you re doing, assuming you have friends. at such locations, including our plaza, you can win different rewards. if you visit us this summer, bring your phone and make sure to check in on foursquare. good luck. there you go. now we re in the know. are you guys ready? are we ready? i m ready. sting kicks off our summer concert series. that s next. but first, this is today on nbc. announcer: the toyo toyota concert series on today brought to you by toyota. toyota. moving forward. and now, ladies and gentlemen, the moment we ve all been waiting for start of our 2010 summer concert series, ladies and gentlemen, sting! i tried before to tell her of the feelings i have for her in my heart every time that i come near her i just lose my nerve as i ve done from the start every little thing she does is magic every thing she do just turns me on even though my life before was tragic now i know my love for her goes on do i have to tell a story of a thousand rainy days since we first met it is a big enough umbrella but it is always me that s getting wet every little thing she does is magic every thing she do just turns me on even though my life before was tragic now i know my love for her goes on every little thing she does is magic every thing she do just turns me on even though my life before was tragic now i know my love for her goes on i resolve to call her up a thousand times a day ask her if she ll marry me some old-fashioned way but my silent fears have gripped me long before i reach the phone long before my tongue has tripped me must i always be alone every little thing she does is magic every thing she do just turns me on even though my life before was tragic now i know my love for her goes on every little thing she does is magic everything she do just turn me on even though my life before was tragic now i know my love for her goes on every little thing every little thing every little thing every little thing every little thing she does every little thing she does every little thing she does every little thing she does thing she does is magic eeoh eeoh ee oftoh every little thing she does every little thing she does every little thing she does is magic magic magic magic magic magic yo yo eeyo is not thank you. everything sting does is magic. we ll hear more from him. but first, this is today on nbc. the gas prices are going down, they go back up again. we know saving money is important. this summer, shop with your giant card and save on shell fuel. earn one point for every dollar you spend. every 100 points earned gets you another 10 cents off per gallon. the more you spend, the more you save. i m saving money at the store, i m saving money at the pump, and that works for me. more savings every time you shop, only with your giant card. he has 16 grammy awards, countless hits and now sting has remanaged his hits with symphonic arrangement. sting, good morning. before we get to the tour, you got some explaining to do. here s you, as quite an attractive woman. we were singing with shelly bass. i ve never been a woman before. it is tough being a woman. it is very hard. it is the makeup. the eyelashes are painful, the makeup, the hat. it was all for a very good cause. don t do it again. you re much better without. talk a little bit about how this all began. in 2008 you were invited to perform with the chicago symphony. it worked so well. i loved it, musicians loved it, audience loved it. i thought let s take it on the road and see what happens. you made that decision instead of writing new music, you went back to original hits. 25 years as a solo artist, many before that performing with what s the matter with me the police! thank you. the police. why take the old ones and not write new music? i think i will write some new material for this kind of thing when i m inspired to. but i ve rediscovered some old songs through playing with the orchestra. it is fantastic. do you think were your fans will be surprised by these arrangements? you go on tour in june. i always want my fans to be surprised, whatever i do. that s the whole element. surprise and normality. do you have a favorite? englishman in new york. which happens to be what you re about to perform. take it away, sting. i don t drink coffee i take my tea my dear i like my toast done on one side and you can hear it in my accent when i talk i m an englishman in new york see me walking down fifth avenue a walking cane here at my side i take it everywhere i walk i m an englishman in new york whoa i m an alien i m a legal alien i m an englishman in new york whoa i m an alien i m a legal alien i m an englishman in new york if manners makeeth man as someone said then he s the hero of the day it takes a noon suffer ignorance and smile be yourself no matter what they say whoa i m an alien i m a legal alien i m an englishman in new york whoa i m an alien i m a legal alien i m an englishman in new york modesty propriety can lead to notoriety you could end up as the only one gentleness, sobriety are rare in this society at night a candle s brighter than the sun takes more than combat gear to make a man takes more than a license for a gun confront your enemies avoid them when you can a gentleman will walk but never run if manners maketh man as someone said then he s the hero of the day it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say be yourself no matter what they say i m an alien i m a legal ill yen i m an englishman in new york whoa i m an alien i m a legal alien i m an englishman in new york whoa yeah yeah whoa yeah yeah whoa yeah yeah i m an englishman in new york sting, thank you! back in a moment. this is today on nbc. not that long ago, many families were priced out of an overheated housing market. but the times have changed. get the facts at remax.com. it s a great place to see all the listings in thousands of cities and towns. with lots of houses to chose from and down-to-earth prices the dream of owning a home seems more attainable than ever. find out what an experienced re/max agent can do for you. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. now singing next to you, once again here s sting. note he still has roxanne to sing. that s coming up after these messages. . 8:56 is the time and score degrees. gray skies over the nation s cap fal. what does it mean for the forecast. in the news for today, the university of virginia s men and women s lacrosse returned to action for the first time since yeardley love was murdered. she was a senior on the women s team. both teams are competing in the ncaa tournament. the men play tomorrow and the men on sunday. we will have the weather and traffic when we come back. here she is. pretty cool, huh? 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[ male announcer ] mortgages, home equity loans, and lines of credit from pnc. helping achievers borrow with an eye towards the future. pnc. for the achiever in us all. per good morning. cloudy and a southwesterly breeze in the mid-and upper 60s. low 80s this afternoon and a little sun. from 4:00 to 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., passing storms and a slight risk of damaging winds. how is the traffic? partaking a live look and things are deescalating and moving along well. no late issues to report. let s pop over to virginia and see how things are progressing. inner loop and outer loop are moving fine, but we just received word of an accident. should you keep it or throw it out. the age-old question about food in the fridge. we will break down the expiration date codes to make sure the food you feed roxanne roxanne we re back this morning on may 14th, friday morning. sting, we want to quickly ask you. thank you so much. what a gentleman. a gentleman. we have a gentleman here in new york. you know, this new album that you have is called symphonicity. hearing roxanne, it is clearly clear you have the courage to re-invent beloved songs. what does it mean to hear new this new way? it is fascinating to hear it in a completely different way. it allows a different emotion, very romantic. normally it isn t. do you realize how big it would sound, how lush? i had no idea. i m so thrilled. i m so happy. we re so thrilled to hear it. because it really is beautiful. congratulations. ed a good luand good luck with album. and the tour. thank you all for being here this morning. we brought a little culture to our plaza. we ll be talking about some vacation deals. and barbara corcoran will be talking about great deals all over the country if you re looking for a new home. let s get the news from natalie in for me at the news desk. good morning. the fbi is holding three men this morning arrested during searches thursday as part of the investigation into the attempted times square bombing. pete williams is in washington. what s the fbi trying to find out now? reporter: these searches follow up on what officials say faisal shahzad said, that he received money from pakistan from couriers in the u.s. federal agents and local police searched homes and businesses thur in the suburbs of boston, philadelphia and new york city hoping to follow that money connection. two pakistani men in massachusetts and a third in maine now held on immigration charges were said to have helped shahzad receive money from pakistan. investigators stress so far, there is no evidence to suggest that the men had any idea shahzad was planning to set off a bomb in times square. overseas authorities in pakistan arrested a man there they say helped shahzad get bomb training. he is said to be cooperating with investigators there. natalie? pete williams in washington, thank you. investigators are hoping the black boxes from the plane that crashed in tripoli this week will shed some light on what caused that airliner to go down killing 103 people. new dedals atails are emerging the bosole survive. reporter: what s found strapped to his seat. badly broken legs but miraculously alive. he was a half mile away from the plane s tail section. the afriquiyah flight crashed just before hitting the runway in tripoli, libya. 103 people were killed, everyone except ruben. officials say he still hasn t been told his family is dead. an aunt and uncle flew to libya as soon as possible to be at his side. over the phone, ruben told a dutch journalist, my legs hurt a lot. i don t know how i got here. i really want to go home. the family was flying home from a once in a lifetime african safari. ruben s father blogged about the trip. older blower enzo spotted the first elephant. is the pictures of the two brothers by a waterfall. worst thing that happens, he writes, is a flat tire in the middle of nowhere. back in holland, the tragedy and the miracle are starting to sink in. flowers have been placed by the family home. investigators have retrieved the black boxes which could reveal what brought the plane down. what they may never know is how this 9-year-old little boy managed to survive. for today, stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. so sad. violent clashes in thailand s capital have injured at least 45 people and forced the u.s. embassy to close its doors this morning. gunfire and explosions could be heard near bangkok s business district today as troops battle anti-government protesters. on thursday, the opposition leader was shot in the head and critically wounded. in the latest attempt to stop thousands of barrels of oil from gushing into the gulf of mexico, bp officials are now trying to insert a tube into the leaking pipe so oil can then be pumped up into a tanker ship. a new study finds that quality dozen matter when it comes to daycare for your child. the national institutes of health found that teenagers who had high-quality daycare as children performed better on academic tests compared to children who had lower quality care. the teens also had fewer behavioral problems. however, the study said ultimately, parents have the greatest influence on a child s development. as you would expect. it is now five minutes past the hour. let s get a sun breaking out into early afternoon and mostly cloudy and highs reaching the low 80s. late afternoon and early this evening we could get passing thundershowers and an isolated thundershower that could produce a damaging wind, but sun returns and a now today s real estate. from california to kentucky, great homes for reasonable prices. looking to relocate but don t know how much house can you afford? barbara corcoran has a peek inside homes in the market now ranging from $200,000 to $450,000. good to see you. nice to be here. you don t want to lie. it is not really nice to see me, but that s okay. let s go to georgetown, kentucky. a four-bedroom house priced at $229,900. this is a historic town. the bourbon whiskey was invented here back in 1785. i think you ve been drinking it ever since, al. maybe even today. this is a siolid brick house smack in the middle of kentucky. it is charming outside but once you get inside you ll see the beautiful condition of this house. it reads as a much bigger house. it is in triple mint condition. gleaming wood floors are delicious. it makes it look like a more important house than the small house it is. the bhowhole house is airy and sunny. there s the kitchen with the cherry cabinets, an island and again the wood floors. master bedroom has a pretty trace ceiling up above, whirlpool tub and separate shower right through the door on the left pcht b. the big deck out back is storage. back out in the backyard there, you can see the beautiful kentucky hills. no wonder that s horse country. it s beautiful. you don t even have a neighbor for miles. that s gorgeous. now to upper st. clair, pennsylvania, another house, priced same amount, $229,900. this is in upper st. clair, ten miles from pittsburgh. people there call it st. clair, only ten miles from heaven. that s because people there are very happy to live here. there is the inside. that lovely dining room. i think had you a quick shot of the outside. i lot of cherry wood floors throughout the house, except right there they have carpeting right there in a private office with its own entrance. there is another shot of that office. i guess we really love that office with would you get rid of the deer on the wall? i definitely would. oh, dear! it s not everybody s taste. but hey, it is only an office. better than being in the living room. there are two wood burning fireplaces. a big old family room. would you staff laughing? pay attention. what about the notty pine? you have a million questions. it is warm and welcoming but most people would walk in and just paint right over it. pardon me for asking! there s the big brick fireplace without the knotty pine. plenty of windows throughout. kitchen has been renovated but it is kind of in keeping with the style of the house, it doesn t like too modern to my eye. there is a composite deck outside. once we get past this master bedroom, that gives you a sense of how big each of the bedrooms in this house are. they re all luxuriously large. it is not just the major rooms. then of course, if we can ever get back out back out of this room, you re going to see that it s got a great backyard. i guess we lost the backyard. we re not. okay. let s go to jonesboro, georgia, three-bedroom house priced at $289,997. why don t we just round it up to $298,000? jonesboro is 25 miles from atlanta. what s great about this town, there is a wide range of people and homes, every type from the average joe to hip-hop to media celebs. a two-car garage. i like the nice porch out front that wraps around the house. that says georgia all over it. what s nice also about this house is this large tree surrounding it so it is nice and cool in those hot georgian days in the summertime. there is the rather formal living room. a lot of people don t respond well to that kind of formality but it is in great proportion. all the rooms in this house are nice and square with lots of windows, easy to decorate. a private lake community. does that add value to the house? it sure does. this private lake community has about 300 actually 500 acres of water. so rather than paying for that waterfront house, it just comes with the community. it is a short drive away and everyone shares and enjoys the heck out of that lake. let s head tout california, rockland, california, four-bedroom home priced at $348,900. we ought to just round them all up. easy to say. rockland is north of sacramento, two hours from the ocean or the mountains. the only thing wrong with this house in my mind is the color. that to me just doesn t read as california but picture that totally changed to a happier color. you d feel like that was a much prettier house. ignore the color, let s see what it looks like on the inside. there is a view out the back, out the sides. every window in this house has great views. there is a beautiful living room. large oversized windows, a working fireplace, ceiling fans, nice moldings, good floors. there is not a lot of work to do in this house. it also has in the kitchen a beautiful new cabinets, breakfast nook. the dining room. the kitchen is off to the left right there. there she is. nothing s wrong with that kitchen. it is not the largest kitchen but it is beautifully laid out with an eating counter and that adjacent dining room goes right out on to the back deck. this is a really pretty house. let s head to the rockies, three-bedroom house at $449,900. $449,000. sounds expensive only because the other ones were so inexpensive. but it is not. you get a lot here. colorado house values have really been going up quite quickly outpacing the rest of the nation. it is a great state right now to invest in. there is a winter view. you re going to have to picture this in the summer a little bit. very rustic. very rustic and it is a mountain town. ski something very close. only 20 miles west of boulder, colorado, if you want to pinpoint it in your led. this house has almost two acres surrounding it so you have plenty of backyard space, if that s your thing. the inside is a little bit lacking of color i think, but very spacious, very open. very nice house for only $449,000. there is a great shot of it. it is much more flattering to the house. you can see the whole backyard. that hot tub out the back and all that beautiful surrounding forestry outside. gorgeous stuff. barbara, good to see you again. have a great weekend. thank you. if you ve got questions for barbara, go to todayshow.com. we ll try to answer them for you. how would you like to build a better smile? 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we re seeing trends in kind of buzzwords. we re seeing off-season, midweek, added value. you can find all three of those at the breakers hotel in palm beach. $249 a night. that s this summer. that means it is a family-oriented value. means you and your kids can go there. kids can go to camp for free. the kids can get free meals. then the whole family can get free breakfast. they suggest you be flexible with the timing. that s right. because it is sunday through wednesday, and then summer in florida is known as off-season. we ve got the off-season, the mid-week and we have the added value there. special access perks. these are more for the loyal or repeat customer. yeah. this would be more at high-end. high-end hotels normally don t discount. if they discount they bring in an audience that s really not going back when those prices equalize so they want to build brand loyalty. there is a five-star hotel chain in italy that actually one in florence is offering special access perks. they have a three-star restaurant that usually takes six months for a reservation. you ll get a reservation there immediately. they also have a midnight romantic violin serenade. and also one-on-one artisan workshops in ancient laboratories where you can be with your husband and learn leather working and you can also possibly learn jewelry making. in case you need to know leather working. but these are really exclusive experiences you wouldn t get anywhere else. it is up to 35% off. so discounting that level is very unusual also. florence this time of year, amazing. now looking for incentive deals, now is this rewards for booking your travel? yeah. this is really fun. i think this is the category i like the most. say you are coming in for the next concert series. next week here in manhattan, can you stay at the marmara manhattan hotel, extended stay on the east side, a three-night minimum. if you opt not to change your sheets, you have a green consciousness, they re going to refund you $20 a night, per night. so you re saving $60. i think that s really fun. saving but also good for the environment. saving the environment as well. very good. yes. some hotels actually give you extra bonuses if you act early. what kind of specials are you finding here? we re finding advance purchase bonuses. for instance, ten days in advance at the rad son edwardian hotels. you book in advance, you pay in advance, the catch is you do not get your money back. it is not early booking and just putting a deposit down. the edwardian hotels offer that. you ll find that all across the industry so it comes down to about $147 a night at the entry level with that advance purchase. but you have to do it ten days in advance. then also another one, airfare and resort credits. this i m seeing a lot of. i just booked a trip and they offered a companion airfare free which was great. right. that s a companion airfare. you can also get what s known as a airfare credit. at kona village in hawaii, he ll get an $800 credit back to your credit card if you stay a minimum of five nights. that s one way to do it. then across barbados, you can get a $300 booking credit and that goes towards your bill so you can spend that on anything in the hotel. so, for instance, a spa credit. one thing i didn t mention and i thought was lots of fun, the eat-and-tweet deal. this is for social media conscious people. the twitter set as well as the facebook set. can you eat for free and tweet about it in new haven, connecticut which has a really great culinary scene. we re seeing more and more of the social media getting involved in the travel industry. so that s a lot of fun. you just bring out your twitter and you just talk about how great the meal was and you get to do it for free. things to be aware of, hidden taxes and fees, internet charges, bottled water, minibar charges which always add up, phone charges and those resort fees. valerie, thank you so much. coming up here on today, hoda and kathie lee comfortably back in makeup. thank goodness no, just kidding. triting lucky ladies from our crowd this morning to ambush makeovers. wait until you see the results. they look aplaysing. plus, stig with a new take on one of his all-time classics songs. but first, these messages. with expedia, i ve got the building blocks of a perfect girls weekend. it all starts with having more hotels to choose from. so i can find someplace familiar. or somewhere more unique. nice. then expedia lets me compare dates to find out when i can save the most cash. done and done. we should do this more often. where you book matters. expedia. hi, jay bush and duke here to introduce new bush s black bean fiesta..whoa. you can t tell everyone about new black bean fiesta. but it s perfectly cooked black beans, in a zesty south of the border chipotle sauce with red and green peppers, onion, and crisp corn. a bold new taste. i know. but i want people to think i m a great cook. so hide. delicious! can i have your recipe? 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just, sweetie, just like it but with cocktails. and they re back. carrie, miranda, samantha and charlotte. before they hit a theater near you, they re stopping by studio 1a kicking off their high heels next week right here on today. that should be interesting. not just the women. the men in their lives are going to be stopping by as well. mr. big is going to be here? that s right. you ll have to make some more room on the couch. meanwhile, look who stopped in to fill us in on the weekend. today hits the road. lester, amy and i will take you to some of the most traveled and scenic highways in the u.s. this beak jen weekend. i ll have the time of my life dirty dancing style showing you the beauty of the blue ridge parkway. we ll also talk about those social networking sites. you can find out if you should live your life online. we ll also meet the woman behind the saturday night live photographs that graced the walls here at 30 rock. who is that guy? he looks oddly familiar. all that and more when we see you this weekend on today. those pictures are fantastic. if you walk the eighth or ninth floor here, you see these amazing faces. they use them on bumpers on the show. it really captures the essence of each person. what s the photographer s name? i don t remember. i good morning. sunshine beginning to break out and temperatures are warming into the mid-and upper 60s to near 70 and east of the blue ridge. in the 60s as the clouds break up. temperatures will climb into the low 80s by early to mid-afternoon. by perhaps late afternoon and mid-evening hours, we could get passing thunderstorms. a slight chance a storm could produce damaging winds. nice weekend and that s your latest weather. coming up next on this friday morning, the best and worst foods for your teeth. right after this. 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what s going on with the teeth? to keep your teeth healthy, you want something that keeps a lot of saliva and a lot of water. acid is always building up in your teeth. it builds up plaque and that causes tooth decay. stick with foods that are going to keep your mouth moist and promote both sparkling teeth and no cavities by getting rid of extra acid and can you do that with food. is there a general rufl thumb to pick foods that are good for you? like raw fruits and vegetables, like nature s toothbrush. they re filled with water so they re always flushing your mouth out and they also brush between those crevasses. crunchy fruits and vegetables. that gets rid of the asscid and keeps you cavity-free. apples are perfect. you always want a lot of water flushing. drink water all day. after we eat we don t all walk around with toothbrushes. rinse with a little water and that s something good. i imagine milk has to be great and dairy products in general for your teeth with all the calcium. true? dairy products are great. calcium and vitamin d are good for strong bones and teeth. keep them strong from the inside out. that s going to be good. plus the added plus with yogurt is that all those healthy bacteria that are good for your digestive track are healthy bacteria for your mouth that help fight off the bad bacteria. because the bad bacteria in your mouth are the things that cause cavities. any way to get rid of that is going to be good. gum is not necessarily a food group but you say it actually is good sugarless kind. one of the b.e.t. tools for fighting cavities and dental health is sugarless gim. xylitol is a low-calorie sweetener. it directly fights the acid and bacteria in your mouths so it prevents cavities. it promotes saliva production. when you chew sugarless gum, your mouth is moist with saliva. then it s always going to be fighting off bacteria. water. after you eat during the day, it is good for a lot of reasons especially your teeth. now let s get to the stuff that s not good for you. this is an obvious but you say the hard sucking can diz. these are the worst things for you. every candy is not so terrible. the biggest problem with things like lollipops and caramels and gumdrops, have you a lot of sugar in your mouth. it is in your mouth for a long time. if you re going to have something sugary, eat it, flush with water, then you re done. these things in your mouth for hours so you have a lot of sugar clinging to your teeth and just setting up the area for tooth decay. of course. now over here, dried fruit. you d think this is good for you, good for your health, but there is a lot of sugar in dried fruit. fabulous for your insides. we don t want people to stop t eating fruit. but when you take all the water out, it is dry an sugary like a candy. if you have dried fruit, be sure to at least rinse with water because this cleans to your teeth. fruit sugar is just the same, it will give you some cavities. natural fruit. blackberries. a lot of us think great for your health and they are. but when it comes to your teeth you think what could be wrong with this? anything that will stain. a t-shirt or stains your fingers when you re having it with stain your teeth. this doesn t have to be permanent but that s the other way that you can have a tooth negative, staining. any dark berries are going to be something that after you have them, you just want to rinse. over here we have a whole group of different beverages, not great for your teeth. what s the message here? high-sugar drinks. avoid high-sugar liquids for a lot of reasons but especially for your teeth. all that sugar gwen is just going to be surrounding your teeth all the time, whether it is a juice, smoothie, some things are still loaded with sugar. downside on the sugar. carbonated drinks. soda is a double whammy. sugar and then carb onation. even if you switch to diet soda and low calorie soda, you still have a problem with the fizz. message, brush frequently, often. drink through a straw. that prevents staining. madelyn, thanks. great information. coming up next, one family s sweet dreams come true right after this. if you are shopping for a new car, we invite you to put ours to the test. put us up against anyone. and may the best car win. put us up against anyone. why do women like you love activia light? 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zero. had you ever made ice cream? no. reporter: but he would learn and so would they. drawing on strengths that had little to do with the ice cream business. i m the youngest of 13. and my wife is the youngest of 10. that s one of the big things that i think helps us with this business, is when we were growing up, i saw my mom and my dad and how hard they had to work, and it touches you. you know? you just go, you know, some day i ve got to come through like they did. reporter: jim s award-winning ice cream is now on par with the best in the country. while katie s thus yasic staff celebrated with an 18-scoop ice cream hope happily served up by the grateful people who never take their success for granted. the day before i opened i was a full-time fireman in mount prospect. i was sitting with a guy. he says, i just read something. 80% of businesses that start failing in the first five years, 60% of those that make it fail in the next five years. i m like, oh, thanks for the confidence, jim! to look out here on a really busy, warm night and see families here and people eating ice cream and laughing and joking and say, we started this. yeah. you know, my dad stopped me about half-hour before we opened the doors the first day. he pulled me and made me walk across the street. he had me look at building. and he said, i m really, really proud of you. and i know you re going to have a ton of success. reporter: and they say we don t make things in america anymore. for today, mike leonard, nbc news, mount prospect, illinois. makes you feel good, doesn t it? they make smiles. we really do. we ve got more music from sting coming up. that will bring some smiles. coming up, kathie lee and hoda unveil the results of today s ambush makeover. that s right, but before he leaves for his world tour with the philharmonic okrchestra, here s sting with one of our all-time favorites roxanne. roxanne you don t have to put on the red light those days are over you don t have to sell your body to the night roxanne you don t have to wear that dress tonight walk the streets for money you don t care if it s wrong or if it s right roxanne you don t have to put on the red light roxanne you don t have to put on the red light i love ya since you knew ya i wouldn t talk down to ya i have to tell you just how i feel i won t share you with another boy you know my mind is made up so put away your makeup told you once i won t tell you again it s a bad way roxanne you don t have to put on the red light roxanne you don t have to put on the red light you know my mind is made up so put away your makeup told you once i won t tell you again it s a bad way roxanne you don t have to put on the red light roxanne you don t have to put on the red light roxanne you don t have to put on the red light roxanne you don t have to put on the red light roxanne notes roxanne roxanne per 9:56 is your time. 69 degrees and cloud chi asks it is warming up, but not this much. in the news, the university of men s and women s lacrosse teams return to action for the fertile time since yeardley love was murdered. george lugly is charged with her murder. the men play tomorrow and the women on sunday. here s the forecast. a little bit of a warm up, but clouds had the sky still? we are seeing sunshine breaking out and you mentioned 80 by early afternoon and maybe even peak in the low to mid 80s. getting sunshine breaking out and a live view looking west from washington. temperatures beginning to into the 70s and low to mid 80s, but after that into the early to mid-evening, passing thunderstorms. a slight chance of producing a damaging wind. tomorrow sunny and breezy and in the upper 70s and partly cloudy. how is the traffic? taking a live look, the beltway on the outer loop, marlboro road had an accident. good news there and one more stop. let s see how we are doing. right now virtually no delay. testimonying up tonight at 5:00, should you keep it or throw it out. the age-old question about food. we will break down the ex hello, this is our new ocean spray 100% fruit & veggie juice with no added sugar. just one glass equals two servings of fruits and vegetables. with tasty flavors like cranberry, strawberry, banana, it s like a farm stand in every bottle. the fruits you love mixed with the veggies you need. just, you know. demonstrating how we, uh, mix the fruits and the vegetables. ocean spray. grower owned since 1930. from nbc news, this is today with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. hello, rybody. wire so glad you re with us today on this what is a friday for you is a why-not day for us. exactly. may 14th. it feels like a celebration. we had our very first concert this morning. it s like summer. and it s also nice you rejoined us even after yesterday. we re just very trainingful that you came back. it was i thought it was a more difficult thing that i i expected. was it for you too? yes, we went yesterday with no makeup, in case you missed the show, which i know you didn t. at first i thought who cares. and then we saw ourselves in a monitor, and we did care. a lot. you went off to lunch. in fact, with bobbie thomas, who also didn t have makeup on. there s a little controversy. people were saying we were wearing lipstick. we were wearing lip balm, but the big controversy let s freeze you. no. the people are wondering if you had mass caro on, because you have light hair and brows, yet the eyelashes are dark-looking. tell the truth. i swear i did not have any mascara on at all. that is painful. that s a freeze frame. put it back up. could you maybe have me smiling? that s a good freeze frame. show it again, joann. lovely. just keep it up in the corner for the whole show. here was something that was let me explain why. when i started on rapid-lash, what about a year ago, it not only thickens your lashes, lengthens it they re darker? they re darker, too. oh, so it s like mascara built in. rapid-lash better start spending some money on you anyway, we were honest about that, you guys. so i m sitting in my apartment at about 6:30. i always try to catch the top of nightly news. it was a little surprising. why don t we show the people what they missed. this growing crisis in the gulf, the money trail behind the scheme to blow up times square. the survivor learning about the small boy. making a difference, america s injured warriors, and all natural. a moment on this morning s today show that touch a nerve for a lot of women. the hosts of the fourth hour of today decided to show a different face to the world today, a face without the makeup that we all usually wear to go on television. it was a simple idea designed to show a dramatic difference, but a few members of the morning family were missing. the bottom line is the men on the show, they re wearing makeup, too. oh, yeah. you would think they know by now that men are notoriously vain. we love brian. so nice of him to do that. brian does it s funny. his wife jane is terrific, and he understands women. he gets what we are concerned about. at first i thought, wow. his wife has his ear, don t you think? yeah. very much so. this no makeup thing was bleeding into other things. kim kardashian did some dover without she s 28 or 29 years old. i know. so what? i m 32. it s just a different thing. it s different. i m sorry. once you turn 30 she s 29. and jessica simpson, too. what is she? i don t know. 30-child. please, there s a huge difference. they just don t know it yesterday. we have maria menounos also as well. we talked to sting when we were walking out. he is so sexy. oh, hoda, it s embarrassing. hoda had to change her spanx, if you know what i mean. [ laughter ] you take that back. take it back. take it back. tell me i m wrong. anyway, he is tres sexy. he s adorable. he said he had no voice, and he swan his very, very tight end off. even though my life is so life goes on every little thing she does is magic he was singing for you, hoda. i was out there for the whole thing. the conductor is my friend rob mathis. that s right after the concert. sting called rob up and asked him to be to conduct this world tour, and also do all these amazing orb investigations for or contechestrations. afterwards i said to sting, because we re tight i wish i was, but go on. you should your makeup what did he say? he was so cute, and i said, this has been a dream come true for rob, because you ve been his musical hero forever, and sting goes, he s a genius. is that what he said? i love whatever he says. anyway, he s just i said, have you heard all of his cds? he said, i do my homework. i love when sting talks. think about this. lath sunday he s at my trinity church in connecticut, you know, playing like he does. tonight he gets on a plane to go to london for the world tour with sting. hello! what i have done for this man s career. you are turning careers around. i m so happy for a him i could burst. let s a toast to him. it is the preakness. this is a black-eyed susan. and it s. light rum, triple sec, lime juice and and you have a fab russ crab cake. crazy good. but soft-shell crabs are also in season. so we ll just sit and eat. this makes for great tv. by the way we ll talk about sting. he s so cute. the preakness is on tomorrow at 4:30 eastern time right here on nbc. and other stuff is going on. mostly bobbie. this is bobbie s minute. yesterday, congrats on going what kind of reaction did you get? my friends were like, we see it every day. this is you without. look on you gorgeous she is without makeup. excuse me, can we please put up my picture next to bobbie s picture? a split screen on that? they ll be working on that. the split screen of you was good. i m going to eat. you look beautiful. makeup or no makeup, i m here for the bobbie s buzz. you guys match, by the way. this is awesome. i better get this minute to start over. makeup or no makeup, i m a stickler for spf. it s a skin cancer awareness month, so pick up an spf that works for you. i love this one. i was excited, if you haven t found your favorite, at se se fora, you can telephone find this group. and since you called attention to my girl friends, your puppies. your twin peaks. what is going on? i don t know. you ve stashed use lipstick in hidden places. i always do. this is a secret pocket, it can go on if you re jogging or going to a wedding, and also in the summer, if you have puppies, this this is a bra liner. it wicks away moisture, but it keeps you comfortable and dry. love this. mwah. thank you, bobbie. you were busy yesterday. and you were so dear to come over, you really were. we liked everyday rapture. we just did not have a chance to talk about it. we loved it. but yesterday we were at up at a new place. 91st street or something. tons of kids, and we were all dancing. we were there with a bunch of kids with party animals. that s why i m hoarse. you forget how much hard work children are. yeah. we had a ball. i have to thank everybody at diva-licious. that was fun. you had those kids in the palm of your hands. well, you know. buy that book. it s still out there. sara you were there. you really are amazing with kids. i love kids, and i was like at shock when the screaming started. lisa wrote in, it shod solidarity was impressive. kathy wrote in, it was awesome, good to see women without makeup. thanks, girls, for showing you that we are the same. dawn wrote in how refreshing, what a great way to on and on and on. i like being superficial. that s why we have our makeup on today. up next, maria gets her wishes granted. i ve never seen maria this excited. she was on broadway last night. she has her makeup on. imagine that. cheers. cheers. pop-tarts®! i ll have a frosted strawberry. as an ice cream sandwich. chocolate fudge. on a stick please! 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(announcer) k-y® brand intense™ - intensifies female satisfaction. a chance to hang in the recording studio with justin bieber to a spin with dolly parton. these are a couple challenges that maria menounos fashions. but none measure you have to appearing with us without makeup. look at you. gorgeous without. again, she s smiling. and she s also 12. hey, i had to stick with you guys, you know? this is cool what you re doing. how did this concept come about? first of all, you know i m crazy. so i wrest eld in the wwe in october, the most amazing night in october. a woman or a man? see, check that out. i trained hardcore to do this. i come back and all the guys are like, you are the craziest girl we know. i said, i know, what s the next craziest thing i can do? and we put this series together, and i did dolly parton, was on broadway last night. i think we have some pictures of that. i was in chicago last night, and it was my broadway debut, and i was asking kathy for all the tips and stuff. seriously? yes, legit. look it is fossie move she s. i ve never done dancing or singing lessons. how did you know how to do everything? i had great teachers. she said i know how to mimic. i can mimic. but fossie is the hardest dancing there is besides ballet. i got my feet wet and i m dying to go back. will you have me back? she wants to do more, if you re listening. it s one thing to have an idea and another thing when the curtain goes up. believe me, when i had to do dolly, i m at vegas, and they said there s no back track. i said, come again? that s me. look at that little waist. it s scary as all i could even explain the fear. except you were like a racehorse. you were like at the preakness. that was so shocking to me. i was scared doing play by play, doing dolly, but with broadway, i ve been dreaming and dying of doing chicago. i felt like i was supposed to do it. and your mom and dad, they re such beautiful people. you can do anything you put your mind to, like that, and he s right. we all can. i hope this is inspirational to people. i want people to challenge themselves. i m putting myself on the line, sink or swim. a lot of young girls will be very envious, because you were in a recording session with the one, the only justin bieber. no death threats. what was he look? look rocky balboa. you re going to be singing baby baby baby did he have a crush on you? yeah yeah yeah at the end there was some snickering going on, he was walking out, and he walked back in, and he said i want to let you know you re like . i m like, how do i process this? you re like 13 years old. this is so weird. this is good on this week or next week? on access all next week monday through friday, a new adventure. after this, the sky s the limit. cass and i appeared in a movie maria is producing, which hopefully will go to called cereal buddies. what don t you do? catch maria next week. check your local listings. the rabbi is here to make sure the right family values live under your roof. right after this. mars is down.and. um, it s only 10am. who hasn t had their jimmy dean breakfast this morning? mmmm! now lets orbit i feel awesome. you re all awesome. jimmy dean breakfast sandwiches, fight the morning fade. you can do this. get the ball. get the ball, girl. hmmm, you can t do that. but you can do this. new bengay pain relief + massage. love the nubs! begins with a balanced breakfast. country crock has 70% less saturated fat than butter, and 30% fewer calories. add multigrain toast, fresh fruit and low fat milk, and they re off to a good start. country crock. doo doo doo woman: there s only one disinfecting wipe with a low streak formula. clorox disinfecting wipes. 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first, let s get rid of the idea of fate. so many people believe their fortune is scripted. destiny is a much better value. it means you script your future based on everyday actions. free will. but to play devil s advocate there are things that just happen in life. random thing. things happen that you wish wouldn t and change the entire course of your life. the one thing we always have control of is how we react and the positive affirmation, the positive reaction we can always adopt. we don t have to be morbid and defeatist. i think in america we live under the tyranny of perfection. women are shown these gorgeous bodies. we may have just seen one right now. maria walking away is what we he s talking about. i was talking about me. what is this, chopped liver? these pictures are on the cover of magazines, and women feel inadequate. that s why we went makeup-less the other day. you talk about we are the richest nation in the world, but the most depressed. i think one of the reasons is we punish ourselves based on the standard of perfection. men feel so depressed because they keep on reading like guys like steve jobs. don t look for the big victory in life. look for the everyday victory, where you re engaged in the arena and feel good about the fact and your relationships are solid and meaningful. and do choose to do the right thing. there s big research that talked about how this latest generation is the most narcissistic, most self-absorbed. you see it everywhere. every day is the truman show. you have to balance that with a bit of selflessness, what do you do for other people? one of the most important values i think is the idea of sacred time versus sacred space. we buy things, define ourselves by what we own. relationships are built on sacred time, using all the money you make for special moments. fly your kids in for a special weekend. define yourself not by the quantity in your bank account but by the quality of your relationships. being and not doing. one of the interesting things you say is you don t have to be perfect. no one is. but you make an example of bill clinton, who you say people watch him and think if he s talking about a good marriage, you think, how can he that you can about that if he s had the past indiscretions? that s one of the greatest, we define hypocrisy as someone who says x and does y. that s inconsistency. of course bill clinton believes in being happily mar are married. he may not summon the self-discipline or the will. most people want to do what s right, but by calling everybody hypocrite, we ensure we re never challenged. we all want to do the right thing, but it s never always easy. the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak. why did you have me on, this woman is the repository of wisdom. renewal hits stores today, and the other and i did not dye my beard in honor of this. kids are hungry after school. that s why i always have totino s pizza rolls. big pizza taste. in a bite size roll. kids can t resist their delicious pizza flavor. totino s pizza rolls. the pizza way to snack. good news and bad news on the weather. coming up on midday, the possibility of storms today. he also talks about a great weekend forecast. also coming up, this might be the right time for it. the box of wine? perhaps the perfect time to try it. the news begins at [ sneezes ] music plays [ sneezing ] [ male announcer ] what are you gonna miss when you have an allergy attack? benadryl® is more effective than claritin® at relieving your worst symptoms runny nose, sneezing, and watery eyes and works when you need it most. benadryl®. you can t pause life. we re back on this dry day with the moment you ve been waiting for, the results of today s ambush makeovers. today louis licari and jill martin, hit the sting fan-filled audience this morning, and found two ladies. i like concert days. you get it jammed. and a variation of people. old to young. when you take them out of the plaza, are they bummed they don t get to see the concert, or are they okay? a little bit of both. we say forget sting for an hour, you get to meet you two. she s from berkeley heights, been married to dave for 25 years, she s the senior vice president of a finance company, and her busy days leave her very little time to glam up. let s listen to her story. you gave up a good spot at sting for this. i know. so i know you want this. well, i m a professional. i ve never dyed my hair, so i want to see what it would look like. tell me why you want this for your wife. well, i can t have it. it just wouldn t work for me. long ago she wore her hair very short. i love it long as well, but the peer pressure from the crowd, we got to her, so she s going to try it again short. we sort of bullied her into this. are you ready to go? i m ready. this is be dramatic, i can feel it. dave has think blindfold. don t take it off until i give you the green light. mindy, let s cece the new you. oh, my gosh. oh, wow. david take off your blindfold. she just said, do you want me? he said, whoa. turn right behind you. how adorable. you look awesome. oh, my gosh. louis, the hair, the hair. isn t that so pretty? you know. mindy was worried about looking professional with her long hair. this is so much more of a professional look. great, stylish haircut. look at dave. dave is like please express that s the way you were about sting this morning. stop it. that s what we did is highlighted her hair, made it warmer, so we just it brightened her face. dave, talk to us. i m not sure i can. i like. he whispered i think we need a room. i was going to say you kids need a room. she wanted a professional look, so we compromised. the skirt is from t.j. maxx, and you can dress the top up our down. do you like it? i love it. mindy, join your husband in your room. that s so cute. the next lady is monica fineman, she s been married to ray for 21 years. she s been told she looks like cher more times than she would like and is finally ready to change it up. let s hear her story. monica gave up front row of sting for this, so i know you really want this. yes, i do. i really, really need a new look. i m just tired up my hair and i just need a new look. i m going older and we re going to fix you up, and i know you want this absolutely. putting up with my stuff for two minutes, shy deserves it. knowing you for two minutes, i can wow, there s a story there. yes, there is. ray is here, obviously. we re going to take one last look at monica. let s bring out the new monica. oh, wow, wow. are you ready? ray, you better take it off, babe. oh, my gosh. did you just say i wasn t supposed to say that. turn yourself around, darling. o. my gosh! whoa! all righty then. louis a beautiful contrast. that was incredible. hey, monica, you got a minute? i want to look at myself in the mirror. monica, again, she had too much of a good thing. her hair was so long, so overwhelming. adel cut her hair to this great haircut. good job, adel. i lightened it and softened it to take some of the harshness away. to make her features softer, put taupe in certain areas. louis can t talk when he s crying. so sweet. can ray talk? can i keep it? tell us about the outfit. speaking of keeping it, we like to give them outfits they ll wear. she needed an updated version of the little black dress. this is from talbot s. come on over. where are the earrings from, jill? h & m. big round of applause. can you really trust someone who says i ve changed? i don t think so. we ll see. isn t she lovely calcium every day. that s why there s new danonino. danonino! unlike leading kids yogurts, danonino has twice the calcium of milk, ounce per ounce, with vitamin d. so it s power packed for healthy growth. and its rich creamy taste is. yummy! so they can start building strong bones today. for stronger bodies tomorrow. new danonino from dannon. power packed to help kids grow. - knock, knock. - who s there? 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[ clucks ] [ male announcer ] perdue. extra inspections. extraordinary chicken. hoda, you are so hot. you know who s coming to see you next week? jason alexander, mary j. blige, jason alexander. and paula deen s kids. have a great weekend. beautiful girls all over the world i could be chasing but my time would be wasted they ve got nothing on you baby nothing on you don t adjust your television set nothing on you come on over here. we give birth in full makeup. do whatever you want over there. an entire bottle of wine. that s one glass of wine. that s a big party right there. when you were walking out hoda had to change her spanx. i like a woman with brains. let me smell it. beautiful girls all over the world wow.