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this thursday morning, i m meredith vieira. and i m matt lauer. nearly seven years, five months after the u.s.-led invasion of iraq got under way. the final american combat brigade left that country overnight crossing into kuwait just before dawn. historic moment that comes nearly two weeks ahead of president obama s august 31st deadline. 50,000 troops will stay in iraq for at least another year, serving in noncombat roles. we ll have the latest in a live report from kuwait straight ahead. also ahead, the latest on that controversial plan to build a mosque year ground zero. new numbers show the majority of americans are against this idea. rudy giuliani was mayor of new york city during 9/11. so, how does he feel about that planned mosque? we re going to talk to him in a live interview in just a little while. plus, a freak accident at a fishing pier. a 10-year-old boy s liver pierced when he was stabbed in the stomach by a stingray barb. he ll share his story in an exclusive live interview coming up. let s begin on this thursday morning with the overnight withdrawal of the last u.s. combat brigade in iraq. nbc s richard engel traveled with them. he s at camp virginia in kuwait. richard, good morning to you. good morning, matt. soldiers from the 4-2 striker brigade, they call themselves the raiders, have officially crossed into kuwait. that happened overnight. their vehicles are still here behind me. the soldiers are now just waiting to go home. commanders on the ground tell us it was a historical milestone that changed the war as we know it. on a windless morning, already near 100 degrees before sunrise the 30-ton strikers crossed into kuwait. 440 soldiers, in 68 strikers, the last american combat troops leave iraq. good job, guys, good job. good job! reporter: just two american soldiers greet them as they cross the border. an understated arrival. although the soldiers have been driving all night, some cheer. we re going home! reporter: or light cigars. we accompanied the strikers on their journey out of iraq, code named the last patrol. so this is the vehicle? it began on a base on the edge of baghdad. where the soldiers set off on the 326-mile drive to kuwait. the soldiers have just left camp liberty in baghdad. it s about 2:00 in the morning. they ll be driving for seven hours in the night, then take a break before pushing on to the border. the troops scan the roads, weapons armed. but mostly as a precaution. the threat is considered low. at sunrise we first see the road. the troops are driving down iraq s main north/south highway. smooth, wide blacktop. what a difference to how american troops entered iraq. in the 2003 invasion, u.s. forces crashed through the desert to surprise iraqi forces. as they exit iraq, the strikers navigate through traffic on a road protected by iraqi troops, trained by american forces. unlike the invasion, too, the helicopters over the convoy aren t providing protection. but carry reporters taking pictures. our own video is broadcast by a satellite truck we affectionly call the blue mobile. it can transmit while driving. we will cross over this border within about 15 minutes. the satellite truck was named after nbc news correspondent david bloom. in 2003, bloom used it to do the first-ever live television reports from a moving battlefield. but because it s an armored vehicle reporter: sadly, bloom died of a blood clot before reaching baghdad. on the convoy to kuwait, lieutenant steven dewitt from san jose, california, knows he s taking part in a turning point for american troops, and the united states. it s just sinking in. a war that has defined this generation of military men and women. and today, it s over. reporter: in california, dewitt s family watches. and waits for his return. it s really great to see him as he heads the way out. reporter: but it was back on the kuwaiti border where we saw, perhaps, the most iconic image of this withdrawal. soldiers from the 4-2 striker brigade, unloading their weap weapons. chucking the ammunition so it can be turned in. 7 naep years after the combat mission in iraq began. it is the end of war as we have come to know it as american soldiers, and as america. reporter: a withdrawal that for many soldiers, veterans, military families, and just americans, brings closure. an official ceremony will be held in iraq on the first of september to mark the official symbolic transition from the combat mission to that new training mission, which, by the way, is called new dawn. that officially will begin on the 1st of september. but this, the end of the combat mission as we know it, was the last american combat brigade receiving iraq. and now their vehicles just behind me in kuwait. richard engel in kuwait for us this morning. welcome images. richard, thank you very much. it s now six minutes after the hour. here s meredith. matt, thank you. now to pakistan where those floodwaters have left millions homeless. not expected to fully recede until the end of the month. ann curry joins us by phone from pakistan this morning where she is traveling with the country s president. ann, good morning to you. reporter: meredith, good morning. this morning in an exclusive interview with nbc news, his first since the flood catastrophe, pakistan s president nra dari agreed the catastrophe threatens to destabilize his country. he said as long as militants are using it as an opportunity to gain ground, trying to turn pakistan into a nation like afghanistan. this concern has been echoed, as you know, by u.s. officials, and today senator kerry joined president zardari for a helicopter flight over the flood zone this morning. they saw the scope, the water breaching the canals and the main north/south railway. and for the entire 25 minute flight there was no break in the flooding down below. here is the latest on the ground. 22 days after the floods began, water is still everywhere. with millions struggling to escape it. this morning, the government said more than 970,000 homes were damaged or destroyed. water actually was all over this. reporter: so many are hurting. there s no medical supplies to treat the sick and dying. this mother is saying, our children have become sick. tell us, where shall we go? some areas are getting help. the u.s. has committed $90 million so far, along with relief supplies, aircraft and military personnel on the ground. the u.s. is the largest single donor, but the state department knows it won t be enough. this crisis will get worse before it gets better. this is also a long-term crisis, and it affects the vast majority of pakistan. reporter: pakistan army which has rescued more than 600,000 people today continues to drop food and water in remote areas. but anger is boiling over from the millions who haven t gotten help. much of the fury directed at pakistan s president zardari. on wednesday he was in russia. the second trip out of the country since the crisis began. it threatened to further destabilize pakistan, a key u.s. ally in the region. senator john kerry arrived in islamabad wednesday. it s important that pakistan be stable. it s important for all of our security that the insurgents not be able to use this in order to gain ground. reporter: a daunting challenge given the scope of this catastrophe. in answer to a question posed by nbc news, president zardari acknowledged the very survival of his country is under threat. adding that if he cannot rebuild his country, as he put it, quote, other forces will win. meredith, back to you. ann curry, thank you very much. and we re going to switch gears now, if you re eating eggs for breakfast, listen up. a recall of potentially salmonella tainted eggs has nearly doubled overnight to include 380 million eggs. hundreds of people have already been sickened in at least four states. nbc s tom costello has the very latest. tom, good morning to you. hi, meredith. yeah, this has really grown quickly from 228 million yesterday to 380 million this morning. 32 million cartons of eggs involved. the cdc knows of about 300 people who have already been sickened in four states. but they fear it could become thousands of people who already have become ill or will become ill from eating these eggs. the eggs originated in the massive wright county egg farm in iowa. officials believe the hens themselves have been infected with salmonella. they have passed the disease on to their eggs. the eggs were produced between late may and early august, from iowa. they were sent to grocery stores and distributors in 17 states. from there they went across the entire country. and here s a list of the brands associated with this recall. it s a long one. it includes big names like@bertsons, louis earn, pacific coast and ralph s just to name a few. you know, we all eat about 248 of these every single year. many of them as ingredients. so this is a very big recall, indeed. paying close attention to that list. tom, what are symptoms of salmonella? the symptoms generally include a fever, abdominal cramps. it can also include diarrhea. they can show up in the first 8 to 72 hours, though in the very young, and in the elderly, they become far more can become far more severe, especially if that disease enters the bloodstream. the list, by the way, the affected lot numbers is rather long, it involves dates, and whatnot, so we have it all on our website. todayshow.com. as well as msnbc.com. but again, there s a list of the companies involved, and the distributors and this could grow bigger as the day proceeds. appreciate it, tom. thank you very much. it is 7:11. here s matt. thank you. now the debate raging over those plans to build a mosque near ground zero. the current mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, has been one of the most vocal proponents of that mosque. but former mayor rudolph giuliani has a different opinion. mr. mayor, good morning. it s nice to see you. good morning. what s your problem with it? most people say, look, it s legal, it s within the constitution. we protect religious freedom in this country. why don t you think it should be built there? i agree with all that. and beyond that it s an act of right project as far as i can tell under new york law. they never even had to go through all the reviews they went through. the question here is a question of sensitivity. people s feelings. and, are you really what you pretend to be? as i understand this cordoba house, the idea of it is to healing, to show that muslims care about the same things that christians and jews do. that we re one people. that we should be one. well, if you re going to so horribly offend the people who are most directly offended by this, most directly affected by this, the families of the september 11th victims, who i happen to know and have got ton know, you know, really well, then how are you healing? i mean all this is doing is creating more division, more anger, more hatred, and i mean, there are are you worried about the imam behind this project? in terms of his politics, his religious beliefs, do you find him to be anything but the moderate that he s described as by the current administration? and by the way, the bush administration before that? i m confused by the imam. i see all the things that you re saying. but i also see a man who said that america was an accessory to september 11th. those are the very words that require me to give $10 million back to an arab chic or prince. he gave us $10 million for the 9/11 let me clarify so people understand what you re saying. shortly after 9/11 on 60 minutes he said, quote, i wouldn t say the united states deserved what happened, but united states policies were an accessory to the crime that happened on 9/11, because we have been accessory to a lot of innocent lives dying in the world. well, that s exactly what e the what the arab prince said when he gave me $10 million. that america was an accessory to september 11th because of its foreign policy. america was not an accessory to september 11th. all you ve got to do is read about jihad and second thing, the second thing he said was, he refused to condemn hamas, with whom he is alleged to have had some ties. a terrorist group. it s recognized by everyone as a terrorist group. and he said america should apologize. so, okay, that s one part of it. the other part of the it is, he has had a history of appearing to be a hero, appearing to be someone that wants to talk about a moderate islam. he s made appearances with condoleezza rice there are two ways you could interpret the koran. the better way, which is the peaceful way, or the warrior way, which is the way in which you get into trouble with jihad. but those quotes trouble me. but here s what troubles me more. if he s truly about healing, he will not go forward with this project. because this project is not healing. this project is divisive. this project is creating tremendous pain to people who have already paid the ultimate sacrifice. there are a lot of issues are divisive, and yet they have to be tough choices matt, matt, but not this. that s true. a lot of issues are divisive. but if you want to claim to be the healer, then you re not on the side of the person who is pushing those issues. let me play you something you said on our program, meet the press back on december 22nd of 2002. so about 14 months after 9/11. if you think about the attacks on september 11th, i think everyone will acknowledge that part of the core of that attack was the fact that we have freedom of religion in america. that that part of why america was founded. it s part of what we re all about. it s one of the most prominent things about us, that you can be a catholic, a protestant, a jew, a muslim, or no religion at all, and no one s going to interfere with you. and no one s going to interfere with you. by saying that these people shouldn t build their mosque where they plan to build it, isn t that interfering? no, of course not. first of all, they have freedom of religion. they can build it. they have every right to build it. the question is, should they build it? are they displaying the sensitivity they claim by building it? for example, the pope asked the nuns to take the convent back from right in front of auschwitz or one of the concentration camps. they had a perfect right to be there. they had the freedom of religion there. the nuns were sensitive enough to the concerns of jews that they pulled it back. now here s a man who is selling sensitivity. he s got $180,000 in the bank, he wants to raise $100 million. ask me how he s going to do it, i don t know. you don t do it by creating this kind of vicious, sort of angry battle that s going on. the people who are speaking about it some would say he didn t create the vicious, angry battle. that it s the people who decided to weigh in on it who added it to the battle? i was the first person on september 11th that stepped forward in the heat of battle, that afternoon, my first press conference and said, no group blamed. do not blame arabs. we have to understand this is a small group, and we have to focus on them. but, the reality is, that right now, if you are a healer, you do not go forward with this project. a couple of real quick if you re a warrior you do. a couple of quick things. do you think union workers in this city, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, will build on that site? before i returned to new york last night on an airplane, i was talking to a couple construction workers there. they told me, typical new york accent. we ain t working on that project. let them see if they can go find somebody to work on that project. my answer is, i know new york well enough, you re going to probably find somebody to work on it. i question whether they can raise the money. every indication from the attorney general s report of their charity is they have about $180,000. $100 million project. where is the money coming from? in your gut do you think if we sit down a year from right now the project will be under construction at this site? i think governor paterson had an approach. nice compromise, find another place, have a beautiful mosque there. don t offend easily 80%, 90% of the families are seriously offended. i know people who are crying over this who have lost loved ones. you or i might not even agree. we might say, okay, put the mosque there. but maybe we haven t lost that that son, that father, person who is watching their child today, and still remember every day that person is gone. it wasn t an attack in the name of islam. it was a perverted kind of islam. but the kind of prevalent view that goes on in a lot of parts of the world. we ve got to be sensitive to everybody here. rudy giuliani, good to have you here. good to see you. let s a check of the other top stories from natalie morales who is covering while ann s in pakistan. good morning to you, matt. good morning, everyone. today a house panel holds a hearing on the safety of seafood coming from the gulf of mexico. following the big oil spill. 33 shrimping resumed in the gulf earlier this week. parts of tennessee are getting more rain today. one day after more than seven inches fell in some areas. flooding rose in homes, drenching rains swept away one home and trapped some drivers in their vehicles. california governor arnold schwarzenegger says he expects to deploy the first of more than 200 national guard troops to the u.s./mexico border in two weeks. they will support federal efforts to secure the border. an investigation is under way in denver into the way officers handled a traffic stop and arrest earlier this year. it got violent, as you see, when police say the suspect resisted arrest. mack afee is out with its list of celebrities that you should not search for online and topping the list, cameron diaz, julia roberts and jessica biel. mcafee says there s a name criminals use most often to lure people to malicious websites, and possibly infect their computers. and wednesday in spain, a raging bull jumped from the ring during a bull fight and into the stands, packed with spectators. sending panicked people running for their lives. 40 people were hurt. most of them minor injuries. to say, wow, didn t end well there for the bull, either. it is now 7:19. back over to meredith, matt and al. you think you re safe in the stands. you know i ve never seen an animal do that. no, but i mean, he s an animal. you can t predict what he s going to do. i love the end where the guy grabs his tail. wow, i got him now. so this way. oh, geez. fortunately no serious injuries, right, so that except to the bull. mr. roker. drying out on this thursday morning. good morning, i m meteorologist tom kiernan. cloud cover beginning to break up. right now 72 in washington. near 70 in the suburbs. rural areas north and west of washington patchy fog. watch out for that. later today, partly cloud why, highs in the upper 80s not too humid. good beach and pool weather for friday and saturday with sunshine. good weather for the skins game saturday night. might get an afternoon thunder shower sunday. and that s your latest weather. meredith? 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[ male announcer ] these medicines make you choose. pepcid® complete doesn t. it s fast acting and long lasting. pepcid® complete works now and works later. good morning 7:26 on thursday. 19th day of august. i m joe krebs. in the news4 today, police in arlington looking for a man who attacked and terrorized two women at a hotel. the women were staying in a hotel in the 2400 block. on saturday, before midnight a man knocked, and they answered. he restrained and sexually asauld one of them. they stole electronics, money, and ran. police ask anyone who may be able to help give them a call. yesterday s flooding causing problems this morning. we ll take a look at weather and traffic next. good morning. your four-day forecast. sunshine today and tomorrow and saturday. a small chance of a thunder shower sunday. how s the traffic? chopper 4 over the scene of the cleanup in northern virginia. buhler road remains closed with a detour in place of browns mill road. chopper 4 over swinks mill road, closed with a lot of damage near the georgetown pike. we ll keep you updated. stay tuned for updates throughout the morning. join us tomorrow morning for news4 today starting at 4:30 in the 7:30 now on a thursday morning. the 19th of august, 2010. weather here in the northeast, nice and sunny, just perfect for the people outside. if they stick around, if we get lucky, we ll have a crowd tomorrow. a live concert out here on the plaza, 8:30 time morning. meanwhile inside studio 1a, i m matt lauer alongside meredith vieira. just ahead a 10-year-old boy recovering from a freak accident, after being stabbed with a stingray barb. it pierced his liver. this young man nearly died. how did it happen? he s going to tell us all about it coming up in just a couple of minutes. show us the barb, too. also ahead, they are dirty, disgusting, and they are spreading. we are talking about bed bupgs. there s a nationwide invasion under way that now includes public places like office buildings and even movie theaters. just ahead what you can do to keep those pests out of your home. and new details on a tragic crash that killed a popular plastic surgeon to the stars. a lot of people asking was he texting and tweeting on his cell phone behind the wheel just moments before he drove off a cliff? we ll have the latest on the investigation coming up. but let us begin with that 10-year-old boy who got the shock of his life when he was impaled by the barb of a stingray. in a moment we ll talk to him and his parents exclusively. but first, his story. 10-year-old quentin tokar was fishing with his family earlier this month off a pier on the outer banks of north carolina. nearby another group of fishermen were pulling a stingray out of the water. in the blink of an eye the barb of the stingray came off, flighting at least eight feet in the air, hitting quentin in the stomach. i don t think i have words for what it felt like. i just pretty much started screaming, get it out of me. reporter: it pierced his liver. with only a portion of the four-inch barb remaining visible. alls i could do i think is if i was going to live or not. and when we were going to get to the hospital. reporter: luckily for quentin, a nurse, also on the pier, instructed the family to leave the barb alone. had they pulled it out he would have probably bled out right there really quick. reporter: approximately 1500 stingray injuries occur in the u.s. every year. and in 2006, there were at least 17 fatalities recorded worldwide. one of the most memorable stingray encounters was the death of steve irwin, the crocodile hunter, who died from blood loss in 2006 after removing a stingray barb from his heart. it popped off the stingray, you could hear it. and then you heard me scream. reporter: quentin battled some serious infections after his surgery but miraculously doctors now expect him to make a full recovery. quentin s also kept his sense of humor over the accident, carrying around a stuffed stingray that he affectionately named ray. and quentin tokar and his parents candace and peter are with us exclusively, along with the barb. good morning to all of you. you ve got it in your hands. i know, quentin, you re a very brave guy, i really do. i know that you just got out of the hospital on saturday because you had infection caused by that barb. how are you feeling? good. you feeling almost back to normal? yeah. getting a little better every day? yeah. it was a couple weeks ago, you are at, you know, on a pier with your parents on vacation, watching the fisherman. from what i understand they had caught the stingray and they were trying to take the barb off it. did you see that part? yeah. you saw them doing that. and then, did you see it, when it suddenly flew off it, and you saw it coming towards you? no, i didn t see that. but it was in our group tried to pull it off. and then it went flying. and you said in the taped piece, you can t even describe how painful it was? yeah. really awful. yeah. really awful. peter, i know you weren t standing right with your son. you didn t see it either but you heard him screaming. yeah. and you ran over to him. you lifted up his shirt. describe what you saw. it was about that much of that barb still sticking out of his stomach, and of course my initial reaction was to yank it out. fortunately there was a nurse on the peer and another gentleman was with us, chuck, and they both kind of screamed at me, no, don t pull it out. then we laid him down, and the nurse helped out a lot trying to hold it so it wouldn t go in any further. but it went in, didn t it? you were breathing so strongly, his chest was going up and down, stomach was going up and down. exactly. it kept inching its way in, until it was all the way under the skin. at that point actually at that point i passed out. really? yeah. it was i thought that was it. you thought you were going to lose your boy? yep, sure did, right there on the pier. candace, i know you ran down the pier to call 911. yes. and you were you were scared to come back. i was. i was kind of stuck in the middle. i was afraid to go back, because i thought that the only reason they weren t bringing him down the pier was because he died. and so i i stood there and well i didn t really stand there, i paced back and forth and walked in circles and was on the phone with 911 the whole time. but i just felt like i couldn t go back up, and i couldn t believe because i couldn t leave him. and then you did go back up and discovered peter s legs had buckled and he fainted. yes. but the ambulance did show up. the ambulance showed up, that s when i walked back up with them. with the emts to where he was at. because then you knew at least there was help. yes. something good was going to happen. yes. through all of this i understand quentin you pretty much kept your cool given everything that happened. how would you describe the way your son handled this? he s a trouper, i ll tell you. he was awfully strong. never once lost consciousness. he talked to us the whole time. you know, throughout the whole thing. it was it was amazing. terrifying. but he s a strong little boy. and thank goodness for that nurse. we ve been trying to find her. i understand her first name is sandy. we believe it s sandy. what do you want to say to her? thank you. from everything i have, thank you. you ve got a stingray which i find pretty incredible. you named it ray. you re not scared of no stinking stingray? no. your shirt says, just take your best shot. hopefully there won t be another barb coming your way any time soon. let s hope not. you going to save that? what are you going to do with it? i guess put it in a drawer. take it to school, man. you are the coolest kid now to everybody in school. no doubt. a story to tell. all kidding aside, we re so glad you re okay. because the outcome could have been just horrible. thank god for that. so nice to meet you quentin and candace and peter. thanks for smaring your story. now let s get a check of the weather from al. thank you very mu we are happy to see some sunshine breaking out on this thursday morning. good morning, i m tom kiernan. right now, 72 in washington. it s near 70 in prince georges county, in arlington, fairfax, montgomery counties in the 60s. west and north we do have patchy fog on this thursday morning. highs today should climb into the 80s. we ll have turning less humid as the day progresses. not too humid friday and saturday. great beach and pool weather. highs around 90. coming up here, friends of hoda. don t forget to get your weather any time of the day or night, weather channel on cable, or the new and improved weather.com online. matt? all right, al, thank you very much. now to the tragic death of a celebrity plastic surgeon, dr. frank ryan. he was killed when his jeep plunged off a cliff on monday. now investigators are looking into whether texting while driving may have played a role in the crash. nbc s george lewis is in malibu with the latest. george, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. this is the spot where dr. frank ryan s jeep wrangler plunged off the cliff to the rocks below. ryan pronounced dead at the scene. the question now, was he distracted, possibly checking twitter messages while he was driving? what was it that caused the jeep to veer off the road with ryan and his dog on board? a twitter message from ryan and a picture posted 20 minutes before the crash said, border collie jill surveying the view from atop the sand dune. the dog survived the crash, but was badly injured. the california highway patrol says investigators have not yet found evidence that ryan was texting while driving. something california has outlawed. we ve got studies now that tell us that texts while driving is more dangerous than drinking while driving. more dangerous than driving under the influence of marijuana. and yet probably 25% to 30% of californians acknowledge that they drive while texting. reporter: many of ryan s hollywood friends and clients showed up for a vigil at nearby zuma beach. he was a popular figure who ran charities for children. he s known for making people beautiful. he s known for putting a smile on people s face. reporter: his major makeover of mtv reality star heidi montag created controversy, when people magazine reported that she had ten different procedures. including a mini brow lift, botox injections, a nose job, fat injections in her face, chin reduction, neck, waist, hip and think liposuction, ears pinned back, breasts and buttocks augmentation. ryan defended doing all that work on montag, claiming she was not addicted to plastic surgery. most of the times we ll do multiple procedures because these people don t have the time to divide things up into ten different surgeries. dr. frank ryan s list of celebrity clientele was quite extensive. i mean it was anyone from heidi montag to janice dickinson, to gene simmons and shannon tweed, to adrian curry and vince neil. reporter: this morning dr. frank ryan is being remembered as a nice guy who died way too early at age 50. on her twitter account, montag said she was devastated by ryan s death and called him an angel who, quote, changed my life and the lives of everyone around him. matt? all right, george lewis in malibu this morning. george, thanks very much. still to come, the bed bug invasion. it is spreading nationwide. now, they re even showing up in movie theaters. but up next, the bag of chips that is good to the environment, but bad for your ears. 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we re going to talk about that in just a couple minutes. you move. also ahead, raising strong girls. it takes tweens and teens and teaches them about self-confidence, self-esteem and also how to stand up to mean girls. it s good. and then a little bit later on, why are so many kids actually being misdiagnosed with adhd? coming up, important information for parents, especially if your child is one of the youngest in his or her class. okay. but first a check of the morning s top stories. ann is in pakistan. natalie is standing by at the news desk. good morning, meredith, matt and al. good morning, everyone. and a milestone this morning in the iraq war. the last full u.s. combat brigade withdrew from iraq overnight. the obama administration says about 50,000 noncombat troops will remain for another year. more than 4400 members of the u.s. military have died in the iraq war since the invasion 7 1/2 years ago. that toppled saddam hussein. another 150 million eggs have been added to a nationwide recall bringing the total now to 380 million eggs possibly contaminated with salmonella. the eggs were all produced by wright county eggs and sold under more than a dozen brand names. health officials believe hundreds of people have been sickened by the eggs since may. and for more on all of this just go to our website at todayshow.com. a south carolina mother charged with suffocating her two toddlers then staging an accident made her first court appearance wednesday. officials say shequan who also has a 5-year-old daughter confessed to murdering the boys monday then placing them in their car seats and rolling the car into a river. overseas markets are higher this morning. cnbc s erin burnett is at the new york stock exchange for us. natalie, the big story today is going to be the second biggest offering of new stocks in american history. it s an ipo. general motors has filed all of its paperwork, 734 pages to be exact, this is so the government can get some of the taxpayer money back. keep in mind, taxpayers bailed out gm with more than $50 billion. at this time no independent analysis shows that gm will ever pay all of that money back. but gm is highlighting its return to profitability, and its strength in the world s biggest car market, which is china. now, not the united states. and it may be possible for some taxpayers to get in on this ipo. gm is going to be the biggest ipo and that is the big story of the day. erin burnett at the new york stock exchange. thank you. well, american airlines now charging a new fee for coach travelers who want to be the first in line to board and leave domestic flights. express seats are those bulk head seats in the first two rows can be reserved now for a price ranging from $19 to $39. those passengers also get first shot at the overhead bins. what is left for them to charge us? probably going to the bathroom. turn it back over to matt and meredith. the people let s get a check of the weather from mr. roker. signing autographs. good morning. past 8:00 here on this,000 morning. welcomed sunshine has returned. now 73 in washington. 70s south and east of washington. upper 60s, near 70 west and north. there is patchy, dense fog west and north of washington that should dissipate in the next couple of hours. and it will be a partly cloudy day, highed into the upper 80s. turning less humid by this afternoon. friday and saturday, more sun both days, highs near 90. might get an afternoon thunder shower sunday, a small chance. and we ve got an official teenager here. what s your name? hunter. all right, hunter, 13. enjoy the day. all right. now let s go back to meredith. thank you, al. up next, bed bugs coming to a movie theater near you. how to deal with those pests that make your skin crawl. right after this. 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reporter: enjoy the movies this summer. just make sure you re the only one in your seat. i ll probably wait. maybe until fall, winter. maybe next year. reporter: to see a movie? yes. i can wait. reporter: she said she ll probably order them into her house more often now. there is some good news here, bed bugs don t carry diseases. so a bite isn t necessarily dangerous but scratching it can lead to other infections. and as an added bonus, if they invade your home, it s pretty expensive, too. exterminators often have to come several times to get rid of them. thanks very much. missy hendrickson is with the national pest management association. good to see you. thank you. are there more bed bugs or are we just talking about them? unfortunately that s real. there are more. they re coming to us for three reasons. one in particular is travel. increased international travel. also, people are getting out, enjoying the world more. they re going out and enjoying the movie theaters, getting out and enjoying town. they re traveling with people. and also, really, because they re becoming resistant to some of the products we have. let s get the ick factor out and news you can use. here s the bed. this is where they get their name. if you re home and you want to look, what can you do? this is in your home, and also checking into hotel rooms, same steps apply. you re looking for the bug itself. small apple-seed looking bugs. you re looking for any signs of light blood droplets that would be on the bed. evidence they ve been feeding on a human. and also pepper-like flakes, evidence of the droppings or leave-behind. pull back the sheets, pull back the bed linens, pull back the sheets, and you re going to look around on the mattress or the mattress cover ooh. no. misty, you ve got to hang around here more. you re looking around the seam. around the seam you re going to be looking for small, brown bugs. but they are visible. if you look down there and they re there you re going to see them. the adults you should be able to see. not the babies. also look around the dust ruffle area, as well. looking particularly underneath where the white fabric may be. you can definitely have a chance. do they get on the nightstand and things like that? unfortunately the word bed bug is just a misnamer. picture frames, electrical sockets, in your furniture, in your clothes. so we ve heard this big story about them invading a movie theater here in new york. one of the problems that comes to mind, you walk into a movie theater, they re dark basically. you re not going to be able to see the bugs short of walking in with those night vision goggles, what are we supposed to do? the best advice i can offer other than the night vision goggles would be items you re bringing in with you, your pocketbook, your man bag, your bag which you may be shopping with or even a coat as we re moving into the colder times, you re not going to want to put those on the seat next to you. don t save those seats with some of those items. keep those in your lap or even if you feel okay with the dirty soda on the floor, put those on the floor. but if i sit in that seat and i m wearing a jacket it s going to get on my jacket, right? and i m going to take them home with me. you could. very good advice to check your clothes, check yourself when you get back home. anything that you maybe have warn and might be concerned about, put it in the washer, wash it at hot temperature. you ve got a clothes rack here. we ll walk over here. like any clothes rack you might find in a home, or in a restaurant, or something like that. we have to be careful of these, too? you do. we re hearing a little bit more about bed bugs popping up in retail locations. so we re suggesting if you re trying on clothes for the first time, just get a little visual inspection. make sure you don t see any signs of those bugs, make sure you re not seeing any signs of the blood droplets. keep your handbag off the floor, keep your shopping bags off the floor and definitely inspect them when you get home. also wash those clothes. i know it s tempting to want to model your new fashion but take a minute and wash them. going back to the home when you find them in the bed, how long is it going to take you to get rid of these in your home? the most important thing is to jump on the problem immediately. the females can reproduce 400 offspring. the sooner you get to the infestation the better. the only way to properly deal with these is a trained and licensed professional. and jeff mentioned, they don t really transmit disease but the ick factor is off the charts. it s pretty high. misty, thanks very much. appreciate it. up next how to teach your young girl the skills to become strong, independent and self-confident. we ll get to that right after these messages. avo: you re lashes are going to love this. new revlon growluscious mascara. the first revlon mascara that actually helps lashes grow stronger. with a unique formula that complements your lashes natural growth cycle. and a lash extending brush that delivers length and volume. in fact, 96% saw instantly longer lashes. jessica: this is the start of something big. avo: new revlon growluscious mascara. i can t hold her hand on the bus. or be there to show everyone how great she is. but what i can do is give her everything she needs to be excited for school, while staying in my budget. that s why i go to walmart. she has everything she needs. and then some. 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the goal of the camp is not to teach confidence. skills to themselves, to notify gate conflict, to recognize relationships. i think confidence is a by-product of being part of a community where you are accepted for who you really are. reporter: the co-founder of the girls leadership institute and runs the camp skills workshop. she s also the author of the curse of the good girl: raising authentic girls with courage and confidence which is out in paperback on august 31st. nice to see you. why do you think it is the skills you teach at this camp translate into the real world so effectively? because when girls know how to communicate with their friends, we re giving them opportunities at this camp to role play. they re coming to camp, they re writing about their past conflicts. they re practicing how to deal with them. just so they can go back to school and try it there. so in other words, when they experience those negative things at school, they sort of this clicks right in, they know what to do? right. because we re teaching skills that they can practice. that they can really feel in their bodies, that they can talk about with their friends. we re not teaching self-esteem. we re teaching skills that you can be effective with in your life. kids don t start out with such a lack of self-esteem. what happens to them? when girls hit around middle school, they become very self-conscious. very aware of the pressure to try to be nice to everyone all the time and they often repress their needs in their relationships. they stop telling people what they need and how they feel. but the camp only lasts a couple of weeks, right? it s true. but it s amazing what you can do in a couple of weeks. we love to be silly with the girls. we play with them and give them permission to just be wild and fun and not care about what other people think of you. i guess being with other people, the bonding experience also goes a long way? absolutely. i used to think it was only our workshops that did it. but when girls feel confident in their friendships that gives them the resilient and permission to take risks and do incredible things. not everybody can attend your camp. so you have an opportunity here to share some of your skills and some of the tips. first you say to be silly. you sort of talked about that before. absolutely. be silly. think about this, girls are under so much pressure to act older than they are, to be sexy. just have fun with your daughter. dork out with her. sing in the car, dance in the kitchen, and let her not care about what other people may think. now she may get embarrassed i was going to say. if we stopped doing everything because our kids get in holes. you also say use conflict as an opportunity. why is that? because girls see conflict often as a catastrophic thing. help your daughter see it s an opportunity to get what you want from someone. and even if it doesn t go your way use it. absolutely. and then if it doesn t go your way, you ve actually learned something about your friends. and that can be an important lesson. learning that someone s not a good friend, as getting what you want is. you also say, own up when you need to. yes. directed at moms. what does that mean? if we want girls to be confident about who they are, they have to learn to accept their limits. we as adults have to model being okay with our mistakes. if we do that, girls will feel permission to take risks and be okay with who they are. you also say, this is for moms again, be a little selfish. moms are under crazy pressure to be perfect all the time. if you want to model something really strong for your daughter, take care of yourself in front of her. once in awhile put yourself first, so that she sees that she has permission to do the same. and you say get your daughter to share her feelings. that s not always easy. it s not always easy. helping your daughter know and say her emotions. ask her how she s feeling. don t let her say fine, good. ask for an emotion word and model your own emotion words. say i m feeling anxious today, i m feeling happy. that will build her emotional vocabulary. when you think of girls, they re touchy-feely but often they re not. absolutely. it is not only boys who have problems expressing their feelings. girls really need the help, too. how do you spot a troubled teen? well, if you re a parent and know that it s really a problem. parents need to use their gut. and if your child changes his or her behavior, not eating, not sleeping the same way, saying terrible things about themselves, not texting, not communicating, then you ve got a problem. but if your kid comes home and is crying one day or is unhappy, that doesn t mean you pick up the bat phone and start launching an emergency response. you ve got to give your kid a chance to get through it on her own first. rachel simmons, thank you so much. it s amazing what it does to kids who have been bullied like that little girl, once you gave her self-confidence. just ahead, something for adults. how to find the right pants for your body type. 8:26 is your time. 75 degrees. sunny skies in the nation s capital. no rain in sight. good morning, i m eun yang. in the news4 today, police in arlington looking for a man who attacked and terrorized two women at a hotel. the women were staying a holt in the 2400 block of south gleeb road. a man knock, and they answered. he sexually assaulted one of them. they stole electron igs, money, and ran. police are asking anyone to help with the case to give them a call. weather and traffic when we come back. stay with us. good morning. sunshine breaking out. still have dense fog in the shenandoah valley and the mountains that will burn off. around the region we ll get sunshine in and out. highs reaching upper 80s. more sun friday and saturday. how s the traffic? 395, backup begins pentagon to the 14th street bridge, not bad. receiving word a stretch of goldsboro closed minutes ago between massachusetts avenue and river road. this is river road, looking pretty good. we ll keep you updated. stay tuned for news updates throughout the morning. join us bright and early we re back now, 8:30 on a thursday morning. the 19th day of august, 2010. lots of smiling people out on the plaza on what is just a great day here in new york. hopefully it s nice where you re waking up, as well. out on the plaza by the way, tomorrow these people will be smiling even more because they ll be hearing music from daughtry as part of our summer concert series sponsored by chris daughtry, the guy from american idol. meanwhile, i m matt lauer along with meredith, al and natalie. coming up, why a lot of kids are misdiagnosed with adhd. i want to talk about this, kids 6 to 18 have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. now we re learning many of them were misdiagnosed because of their age. just ahead we re going to tell you the big problems. and another change gears a little bit, we ve got some fantastic pooches with our bow to wow makeovers. jill rappaport has found them. ah. happily, we are drying out on this thursday morning. good morning, i m tom kiernan. right now 73 in washington. and it s in the upper 60s to near 70 in fairfax, montgomery county. farther to the west, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, western maryland patchy fog in the 60s. and in prince georges county now the low 70s, as is south earn maryland, around the bay and the eastern shore. highs reaching 80s today. partly cloudy. tomorrow, saturday, more sun. don t forget you can check your weather any time of the day or night, weather channel on cable with the new and improved weather.com. thanks, al. coming up next, why too many children have been misdiagnosed with adhd. but first, this is today on nbc. we are back at 8:35. this morning on today s health, the overdiagnosis of adhd. new research published this week by the university of notre dame found that around 1 million children may have been misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. nbc s chief medical editor dr. nancy synderman is here with details. hi, meredith. how does that happen? it happens for a couple of reasons. one, there s a big push to get kids into school early. so a lot of times the youngest kids in a class don t have the adaptation skills and the social skills, so one of my friends says, if you have a 5-year-old in a class with a bunch of 6-year-olds, that 5-year-old may be okay academically but he s going to be the last one on the bus. that s the child who might not be able to pay attention, be impulsive, and then bing, get that diagnosis. research showed that in kindergarten the youngest kids in kindergartners were 60% more likely to be diagnosed than the older kids are. and there may be over 1 million children misdiagnosed with this label just because of that. so any time you see a huge increase in something over a short period of time, and now we re talking about maybe a 500% increase in adhd in just a 20-year period, i can t explain that to you that somehow the human brain has changed that dramatically in 20 years. right. so obviously the educational system is overcalling it or we re pushing our kids too early. or, frankly, if you roll back how kids used to go to school, they kind of blow off steam. they take these little boys and expect them to sit and behave and conform and they re overscheduled. and recess now has become an extraordinary luxury. it s more likely to be diagnosed in a boy than a girl? it is more likely. and if you re a teacher and you have 25 or 30 kids in a classroom and you can t afford to have those two or three who are disruptive you put them on meds. it s much easier to say please put them on meds. what s the dangerous? obviously to put any child on medication when they don t need it. yeah, most medications are safe. they ve been studied and they re safe. here s the looming question i think most behavioral pediatricians don t know, for how long? do you stay on this stuff forever if you re diagnosed once, does that mean it follows you through adolescence into young adulthood? and so many parents are hesitant to take their kids off of medicine, but they seem to be doing somewhat better in school. i think it s that looming question mark, over our medication of children, whether correct, or in some cases incorrect, and how do you challenge the system? it s hard to know. i think it s hard for parents exactly what you just said, to challenge authority. if somebody says to you, your child has this, we think they do, and you want the best for your kid, you go, okay, i ll do whatever i can. obviously in some cases kids do have adhd? they re basically hyperactivity. the inability to concentrate and conform. and sometimes acting out. over a prolonged period of time. not just for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. but a couple of things that parents can do. if you have a 5-year-old, consider maybe staying another year of preschool. don t rush the kindergarten and first grade. because if your child is having trouble, it is much easier from a social standpoint to hold that child back at that time than to have problems in second, third or fourth grade. and listen to your gut. i mean, do you have a normal child who is just rambunctious? some children do better with medication. but if you feel that it s a pressure from a teacher, because he or she has to have certain control in the classroom, perhaps try to have either an aide for a day. and some states will pay for this. or ask to have your child moved to another class r5078. there are options. so many times overscheduled kids who just don t have time to blow off steam. occasionally the kid is bored in school, not learning enough. you look at some of these kids they re the uber bright kids. so find it s too boring to sit in circle time for 45 minutes, their brains are already off to the next thing. very quickly, do you expect that people will pay close attention to the study now going forward? i think it s going to be huge. but you know what, this is parents, teachers, pediatricians, everyone taking a collective breath saying these are good medications for some kids, but if we have a million children misdiagnosed, that s a number we have to pay attention to. all right, dr. nancy synderman. thank you. you bet, meredith. up next doggie makeovers to transform dogs from bow to wow. first this is today on nbc. we are back with from bow to wow our special series where we take dogs out of the shelter, clean them up and find them loving homes. jill rappaport is here with our latest bunch. good morning. hi, natalie. i m so happy to say after 16 months we still have 100% track record. yay! so let s keep this going. today we have four more fabulous mutts, but they re in desperate need of a little makeover. it s the dog days of summer, and animal care and control in new york city where we have four more wonderful pooches up for adoption. first, meet this caramel curlicue named rusty. rusty is a 4-year-old poodle. cute little guy. there are eyes under there. you see them? the wonderful thing about poodles is they don t shed. right. exactly. he s so friendly. and he s in good shape. in good shape, yes. playful, very active. oh, he s active. from a proper pedi to a black and white special. are you a little bored? boredom. he s 2 years old. we found him as a stray but he is neutered so that means at one point he was owned. i cannot believe a beautiful dog like this just wandering around the streets. a little grooming, but otherwise, healthwise, he s in good shape. and this is a breed that of course, will be wonderful with children. moving on from a mellow fellow to a canine that can t stop kissing. here s shaggy. this is shaggy. he s a 1-year-old fox terrier, jack russell mix. puppy age. he s so affectionate. but terriers are very curious dogs. active. very active. you have to keep them busy. lot of exercise. a lot of running around. finally, meet the belle of the ball. this is 1 1/2-year-old belle, a collie mix. she is so young she knows basic commands. she was just too big for the house that she was living in. she s not that big. what is she about 40 pounds? yeah, she s about 40 pounds. and she s in great shape. yeah. she seems very well trained. you sit, right? okay. four wonderful wagging tails, just waiting for a place to call home. how can you go wrong? they re gorgeous. as always joining us is richard from animal control in new york city. good morning. you thank you. beautiful dogs. we took care of them. let s bring out meredith first with rusty. meredith is not in need of a makeover but rusty was. a dramatic difference. you see with rusty. look at him now. the before shot, and he just needs he s posing. he says take me home. what s great about him, obviously, he doesn t shed. right. so hyperallergenic. he s got personality. i don t know. bye-bye. bye, meredith. all right, gorgeous dog. there goes rusty. we should point out all these dogs are in foster homes until they get adopted. let s take a look at bella first again and see what bella looked like. now she is a gorgeous collie mix as you see there. she really didn t need a lot for the makeover. let s bring jeff rossen out with bella now. come on, bella. a great dog, great personality, right? very playful. she likes to play. will follow you around the house. is very loyal and very concerned. so she ll run around the dog park and come back to you, make sure you re still there. so a family that wants loyalty and also good with children i bet. and females are so wonderful. they really bond. and very smart dogs, too. really smart. okay. thank you bella. okay, now onto look at this. use some muscle. now take a look at benjamin. the cute shih tzu. a little trimming. the mellow fellow of the bunch. oh. mellowest dog that i ve ever met. really? unbelievable. how old is he? he s 3 years old. when you put him in your lap literally he just falls asleep. he s a true couch potato. wake up in the morning, he ll put his paws on the bed and walk around until you wake up. he s good for somebody who wants a quieter dog. maybe not as active. he d also be great with kids. he s falling asleep in your arms. i know he doesn t want to go anywhere. he s wearing the yellow bandanna. all right, thank you, jean. okay, last but not least is shaggy. you see there. looking a little shaggy. shaggy d.a., but he s an absolutely adorable dog. courtney our nbc page is going to bring him out now. shaggy is a terrier, right? yes, very active dog. will jump with his paws straight up in the air. i think we have a home maybe for shaggy. all right. oh. kisses. on command. what do you think? going home with you? maybe a little house training. but otherwise, he s great. a little house training. you got the house training, okay? all right. the importance of going to your local shelter. look at the incredible, beautiful dogs you can find. i know. one more time. everybody come on out with the dogs. good job, everybody. loving homes. all right. okay. okay now. whoa! to find out how you can adopt these dogs head to our website todayshow.com and find out more. up next, how to pick the right pants to flatter your body type. first this is today on nbc. this morning on today s style, pants that mr. flatter every figure. we recently tagged along with glamour magazine s photo shot. suze yalof schwartz helped a roomful of women find their perfect pants. we re here in the studios seeing the october issue of glamour magazine. is it really hard to find the perfect pants for your body? we re going to solve that issue right here and right now. this is augustinea who is plus size. you want to stay away from any pleats, stay away from any tight pants that hug the thighs and you don t want anything too big because it s going to blow off the proportion. we re going to show you what works. this is lauren who wants to create curves because she feels she s too boxy at the waist. you want to wear something that s higher waisted and really suck it in with a belt. and then it goes a little bit wider and that will create a curve. so you don t want to wear a low-waisted trouser because that will make you look boxy. when you have long legs like india, there s two routes. one you can go with the skinny pant and roll it up. always does the trick. this is lauren and she s a pear plus which means she s smaller on top and bigger on the bottom. what you want to do is find something that fits the waist but goes over the thighs. what you don t want to do is go with anything too skinny which draws attention to the thighs or something too large on the waist. big no-no. and suze yalof schwartz is here to show us the outfits she chose. good morning, meredith. everybody says it s hard to find jeans, but pants are the same. it s true. you re going to have to navigate because this is the season of the pant. let s start with augustinea, she was a plus-size model. let s take a look at her body size. a real girl we grabbed off the street, which is pretty amazing. that s her before. now let s take a look at her afterwards. today she is a model for us. that is true. she looks fantastic. my trick is you want to go with a darker colored pant. i like the idea of slouchy pants but you don t want to be too slouchy because that s going to make you look bigger. this is a perfect one, long enough and i 35ir it with a cropped cardigan. a longer one will make you look bigger. people probably want to wear it longer to hide a little bit. you do not want to do that. what s great about these is they re $70. come to size 26. no pleats. you look gorgeous. thank you very much. i love her old navy sweater top. our next, give me curves when you have a boy shape and you want a little bit of curve there. take a look at lauren, and her body type. there she is. you put her in a great yut fit. okay, here is the trick. when you want to have curves you wear a blousier top and bigger pants and cinch it at the waist to create an hourglass-like figure. right now the high-waisted pant is really in, as is the crop. she is wearing a pleated pant because that makes her look a little bit fuller around the hips. and you also have the tapered bottoms, right, rolled up? that is the fall look right now. you re going to be seeing a lot of that. makes everything look 2010. and these are by a company called asos. they re $60. thank you very much, lauren. our next model india. she has long legs. you wouldn t think about it being a problem. long legs is not a problem at all. in fact i would love to have long legs. but the trick is a lot of women have problems finding pants that felt and are long enough. and you can definitely find them at the gap and j. crew. but now, to roll up the pants, and no one could get away with it more than people with really long legs. because it does make your leg look a little bit shorter. these are by american eagle and they re the pants that everybody is clamoring for. they re $45. you ve seen them on gwyneth paltrow on the streets, hot right now. and they look absolutely gorgeous. and michael antonio shoes. you want to wear it with a high heel. even if you re tall you still want to add more height? why not? thank you so much. and our last model lauren is a pear shape. let s take a look at her body type before you do your magic with her. the trick is to create the illusion of the perfect proportion. as you can see on lauren she s much smaller on top and bigger in the thighs. how do you do it? so i have to talk about these pants. okay. these are skinny pants. i own them, they re called shape ups and they have built-in body slimmers and they re totally comfortable for $50. that s fantastic. aren t those amazing pants? it sucks in all throughout the thigh. they re built-in body slimmers and they loosely graze the thigh. they re comfortable? and you want to go for a boot cut. and i like the top, too. it s beautiful. come on out, ladies. you should plan if you re going out shopping for pants, spend some time to get the right pair. or check out, you know, glamour magazine. we have the special edition going on. thank you very much. thank you, ladies. it s now 8:55. 77 degrees. the nation s capital is drying out after heavy rains yesterday. tom will have the forecast in a moment. good morning, i m eun yang. thursday, august 19, 2010. in the news4 today, learning more about the relationship between a murdered university of virginia student and the fellow student accused of killing her. they found e-mails that they had a fight before love was killed back in may. police found the e-mails on love s computer, which they found any trash ban where huguely told him he dumped. he is now charged with her murder. we ll take a break and have weather and traffic when we come back. stay with us. sflo goo oogood morning, i m to kiernan. shenandoah valley, mountains, the fog will dissipate in the next few hours. 70s in most of the region. more sun around friday and saturday. how s the traffic now? this morning, check it out, damage in a couple of spots. buhler road remains closed near browns mill road. swinks mill road, bad damage from the storms, closed near georgetown pike. 66, one mile to the capital beltway. stay tun and we are back now with more of today on this thursday morning. the 19th day of august, 2010. looks like it s going to be a nice one this afternoon. if you just hang around and wait for our concert tomorrow when daughtry takes the stage. live. i m al roker along with natalie morales. matt had to leave a little bit early this morning. coming up in this first half hour, stomach. everyone suffers from stomach ailments now and then. if you are feeling sick you could be suffering from a more serious condition such as castro intestinal problems or maybe sill yak disease. we ve brought in dr. nancy synderman to answer some of your questions. as our kids head back to school, not only do they need new books and new clothes, schools also require a physical, as well. so we re going to have advice for parents on what you should be asking your doctor to check out at every age group so your kids get a healthy start before heading back to class. just did that a couple of weeks ago with the kids. me, too. also ladies if you re engaged and shopping around for our wedding dress, maybe one that looks a little bit like chelsea clinton s glamorous vera wang gown, that one cost as much as $20,000, is this year s it dress. our jill martin has found it for a lot less. she s going to give you a similar style at a fraction of the price, under $500. you, too, can have that gown. all right. first, ann is in pakistan. so natalie s got the check of the headlines. in the news this morning, there s a big egg recall. almost doubled in size now. it involves 380 million eggs, and the threat of salmonella. the eggs are from a farm in iowa. they ve been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened people in california, colorado, minnesota and possibly some other states as well. for more on this go to our website at todayshow.com. today, a house panel holds a hearing on the safety of seafood from the gulf of mexico following the big oil spill. shrimping resumed there earlier this week. and this morning the government s point man on the spill response said bp should begin permanently sealing the ruptured well the week after labor day. a milestone for the u.s. military. the last full american combat brigade in iraq has crossed over the border into kuwait. that s well ahead of president obama s august 31st deadline for ending u.s. combat operations in iraq. some 50,000 u.s. noncombat troops will remain there another year. pakistan now says flooding in that country has left more than 4 million people homeless, and that is double the earlier estimate. today flood victims waited hours for food at relief camps. the u.s. is increasing its aid to $150 million. the u.s. holds a meeting on the pakistan flood crisis today. california governor arounol schwarzenegger says he expects to employ the first of u.s. national guard troops to the u.s./mexico border this week. they will support federal efforts to secure the border. new claims for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in nine months. it s a sign employers are still cutting jobs despite hopes of an economic recovery. and when a woman in australia takes her pets for a walk, no one gets in her way. this is why. the woman has two fresh water crocodiles and a salt water one that is eight feet long and still growing. she calls them beautiful. by the way, her husband said either the crocodiles go, or he will. well, they stayed. he went. yikes. man. that s harsh. it s now four minutes past the hour. you ve got another check of the weather. that takes care of your problems if you re having a little tiff with your spouse. she actually had five but he s gotten a new pair of shoes. oh. just kidding. let s see what s going on, we ll show you today, we ve got some clouds and showers around the gulf coast. they may pick up another 5 to 8 inches of rain. the remnants of tropical depression number 5. also look at wet weather, strong storms possible stretching from the dakotas back into minnesota and on into wisconsin. we re also seeing lots of sunshine up and down the west coast. it s going to be a little chilly. i think when natalie was making her way upstairs we ve got some wet good morning. welcomed sunshine has returned on this thursday morning. we do have fog around the bay. eastern shore, shenandoah valley and the mountains. a live view of sky watcher camera. arlington in the distance, we have sun coming in now. 76 in washington. and generating 70s throughout the region except where fog lingers around shenandoah valley. mountains still in the 60s there. ought to make it in the 80s in the region today. near 90 friday and saturday, with more sun. and that s your latest weather. natalie? al, thank you. this morning on today s daily dose tummy troubles. we all suffer come discome farther once in awhile but as many as 70 million americans are affected by digestive diseases. here to answer your questions about what ails you is dr. nancy synderman. good morning. hey, natalie. we all at some point in time have some sort of tummy trouble. when do you really need to check it out with the doctor? when it lasts for more than 24 or 48 hours. most people when they have what they call the stomach flu, it s just food poisoning. there are viruses that can go around. but these are short-lived things. but if something lasts longer than 48 hours or if there s blood either in your stool or your vomiting, or awful pain, you can t eat food it makes it worse or you can t keep it down, again, 48 hours you check with your physician. try to avoid food at the emergency room because most of the time they can be diagnosed as outpatient. the first is in the news this morning, 380 million eggs being recalled from the salmonella outbreak. we have vicky outside in the crowd. she s got a question for us. go ahead, vicky. i ve had salmonella before and it was not fun. so what can i do to prevent myself from getting it again? but if i do get it, how do i get rid of it quicker? vicky, i ve had salmonella, too. those of us who have been in that sorority, you think dying is perhaps the nice way out. it is unbelievable to get so sick. fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea. you lose so much bodily fluids you just can t believe it. the first thing to know is immediately, if you it s a kind of food poisoning, obviously. you can get it through restaurants. right now talking about hundreds of millions of eggs out of iowa. if you suddenly have this vomiting, diarrhea, that s out of proportion to anything you ve had before, accompanied with a fever, call your doctor, and here s why. you may just be you may go through sort of hell and back with the infection, but this has to be reported to the authorities. right. because this is how we keep track of bad food getting into the food supply in this country. it is life threatening in the very elderly and the very young. for most of us, however, it s just a very, very sad memory. do let your doctor know. come up anywhere from 8 to 12 hours afterwards. think, what did i eat? obviously on our website we have the list of those recalled brands. take them back to your store, get a brand that appears to be safe. you can visit todayshow.com to find out the exact numbers and everything that have been affected. okay let s move on to joan who is joining us from los angeles on skype. good morning, joan. say hi to dr. nancy. good morning. my husband is my husband has just been diagnosed with ciliac disease. will he ever be able to eat wheat or gluten products again? well, it depends. you know, ciliac disease is sort of the disease du jour. and i think it s underdiagnosed and frankly a little overdiagnosed in some people. it really is an intolerance to that protein. and it happens in the small bowel. people who eat glutens, who have a real insensitivity will describe everything from bloating and stomach upset to gas, and sometimes unbelievable pain. and if it s uncontrolled, you really can lose weight and have a malabsorption of a lot of vitamins. the first thing to do, you ve got the diagnosis, you have to go to the doctor. usually a doctor will listen to what you eat, listen to your symptoms, and then sometimes under light sedation put a little tube down into your stomach into your small bowel. very important to get this diagnosis correct. now, some people forever just can t tolerate gluten and they have to go on gluten-free diets. other people can reinduce small amounts and be fine. here s my one caveat to people who think they have a gluten problem. there s a whole industry out there right now about really prepackaged, i think, high-fat, high-calorie, not very nutritious and very expensive foods that are really catering to this audience. a lot of times people with gluten problems are better to stick to the real foods, fruits, vegetables, and stay away from the grains that cause the problem. all right. a vegetarian diet will get you out of trouble. and does ciliac or other issues with gluten, does that develop as you get older? well, you know it seems to be happening a lot more. i think we re calling it a lot more. probably in some people, develops over time. it may be that we re introducing too complex a diet too early to our children. instead of doing what we used to do, which was breast milk, then vegetables, then fruits, and complex proteins coming in later. okay, great. great question, joan. thank you. you bet. next we have an e-mail sent by loretta from nebraska and she asks, i ve had ibs problems for years, irritable bowel syndrome. recently i started suffering from acid reflux and indigestion. i take medication but i feel like i have exhausted my options. any other suggestions? make sure you re diagnosed correctly, heartburn is a classic kind of thing where, after you have a meal, you have pain in your chest. you don t feel well, you re nauseated. so a couple of things. look at how you live your life. because a lot of times, these are simple things that you have more control over than you think. and you may not need the medicine. don t eat after 7:00. sleep with a couple of pillows so your head is propped up. alcohol, tobacco and believe it or not that little chocolate mint that s waiting for you at the end of your dinner, those are all notorious offenders. so do those first. then, if you need medication, natalie, the over-the-counter stuff is really good. and really safe. the reason you want to control gerd is because over time erosion of the esophagus can lead to cancer of the esophagus and cancer of the voicebox in a very little hidden area can be hard for doctors to find. a lot of times women are given the diagnosis of, oh, well, it s irritable bowel syndrome. i think thaiths almost a wastebasket diagnosis. make sure you get this one right. another viewer e-mail. steve from ohio writes my younger brother died 12 1/2 years ago of stomach hanser. until two months ago i had never heard of h.pylori about this and its relation to the disease. can you explain? sorry about your loss, steve. here s one of the sort of cool things about science. h.pylori is a bacteria, a funny little curlicue bacteria that causes ulcers. for years, we thought stress and alcohol and cigarettes caused ulcers. now we know that over 50% of the world s population has carrying this bacteria, and antibiotics can take care of your ulcers. so the link to that and stomach cancer i don t think is as well figured out. what we do know, however, that can lead to stomach cancer, cigarette smoking, and interestingly, charred foods. for those of you who love the barbecue, but you have to have a char on your steak, retrain yourself. people who cook over open fires like the chinese have a higher incidence of cancer of the esophagus and stomach. it is those fumes and the night rates from the char that seem to be a bigger problem. for those of us who have plane old ulcers it s really just the bacteria. and stomach cancer symptoms? a lot of times, unfortunately, it s phenomenal weight loss early. vomiting, any kind of blood, spitting up blood. difficulty swallowing can be esophagus or stump an. usually it is feel poorly after eating and you have uncontrolled weight loss that you otherwise can t explain. anything like that, and again, after 24 hours, 48 hours, that s when you at least have to check, and cancers are really increased in people over 40 or 50 years of age. all right. so next we have another question. we re hearing a lot about crohn s disease. i have crohn s disease and i want to know what type of foods can i eat to stay healthy and reduce the symptoms? this is the simple thing of, if you ve been diagnosed with crohn s disease and i assume it s a correct diagnosis, start with the basics. really talk to your doctor about the plainest diet you can have and then reintroduce one food at a time over a week. if any of those foods give you trouble, check them off. you re going to have to work at elimination more carefully than most people. because crohn s disease can be tough to manage for some. good luck with it. thank you, and thank you dr. nancy. always great information. thank you. obviously problems so many people have. coming up next, we ll talk about why it s important to get your child to the doctor before they head back to school no matter their age. and a little bit later on, some of the coolest products you may have never seen. but they re jill s fun finds. jim: we go to olive garden all the time. so sure i already knew the salad and breadsticks were endless. but the other night even the pasta was endless. whoa, whoa, wait. so i get to choose any sauce and pasta then just keep trying them in different combinations? 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well, most parents think of a back-to-school physical as the exam with the stethoscope and other doctor gadgets. while that s very important i often spend more time discussing nutrition, exercise, sleep, media exposure and safety, as these things can really impact a child s future health. so now each grade or each group, age group, it s a different kind of a checkup. let s start with preschool. re. this is a fun age. i often ask the kids questions like, are you a bore or a girl? and when they look at me silly and say, i m a boy, i know they re on track with developments. parents also want to talk about temper tantrums and potty training at this age. what about behavioral discussions? i ask them how they listen, if they re following directions, and about sleep and potty training. any questions. when we talk about kindergarten entrance exam, what signs are doctors looking for? for kindergarten i really want to know, will the child sit and follow directions? are they learning their letters and how to write their name. for the kindergarten exam there s often some simple blood test that can be done with a poke in the doctor s office, vaccines and my son s favorite part was that he got to pee in a cup. who doesn t like that. and are they when you said that basically the needles, the finger prick, are there any needle needle type shots? there are four kindergarten boosters that your child can get any time after age 4 before they start kindergarten. now moving into elementary school. what are we going to be expecting thereth in this age, they may be starting to go through puberty. we talk about hygiene. for the girls it s often washing your face, for the boys that you really do need a shower. we ll start talking about safety, internet safety is important. i encourage parents to start an electronic curfew so a certain time at night, all media in the house is off. tell me about scoliosis. it s something that your doctor should check with something that measures your child s spine. and we do that every year when they come in for the exam. as they grow taller that s often when we pick up scoliosis. once you move into middle school, now we ve got biology taking part and coming into play. exactly. puberty and pimples. if i can help a middle school student clear up their acne i ve made a friend for life. and what else are we looking at? well, at this age parents often aren t with their kids when they re hopping on the skateboard or bicycle. and we start talking about peer pressure. which means doing what you may think is right. i took my daughter in a couple of months ago to get her physical for camp and we kind of doubled up and did it for school. there were some shots involved. exactly. 11 and 12-year-olds get their booster for tetanus and whooping cough as well as meningitis and hpv. do you talk about, especially with girls, the bulimia issue? we do. that often comes up. i ask them how they re getting along with everyone at school and at home. we talk about self-esteem, how they feel about theirself and is anyone giving them problems. how we move into high school and this is probably going to be the first time when the pediatrician asks you, the parent, to leave the room for awhile. exactly. and i think it s very important to give your teenager a chance to be alone with their doctor. this way they can start taking control of their own health, and ask some questions that they may not feel comfortable asking a parent. yes, we do talk about sex, drugs and alcohol. and we also talk about how things are going on at home, at school. we evaluate for depression and suicide. at what point as a pediatrician, especially when you re dealing with a high school student, when they discuss things with you, where does that patient/doctor confidentiality, where does that stand as when it pertains to a parent? if you hear something from the student, do you say something to the parent? well, everything that the patients are students tell me is confidential. unless i feel that they re going to hurt themselves or harm someone else. okay. dr. tanya thank you so much. if you want more information check out our website at todayshow.com. and if you want to look like chelsea clinton did on your wedding day, but you don t want to spend thousands of dollars, guess what? we found a similar style for under $500. and later you either loved him or hated him in sex and the city and desperate housewives. now kyle mclachlan has a new movie. - ( audience applauds ) - hey, you re supposed to be a vegetable! there s a full serving of vegetables in every manwich. announcer: surprise. every manwich has a full serving of wholesome vegetables. manwich. meat your vegetables. it s so luxurious, it may inspire you to make all the things you touch ultra plush. quilted northern ultra plush ®. luxury you can see and feel. moh-ohm. -do you have your lunch? 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right for the star wars geek, school is starting. this is a fun way to get off in the morning. start with the pancakes, which are amazing. i can t believe the dark side of the pancake. i can probably even make these. one more. want to do one more? that s it. and these are the sandwiches and the cookies. so these are just great to start school. these are the new lunch boxes. these are not the pancakes you re looking for. okay. that s right are we done? yes, we re done. now we re officially done. moving on to this. these pacifiers. razz baby dotcom for $5. and i baby sit a lot. so i can relate to this one. jill is excited. i get $10 an hour for this. so this you give your child this, and then in motion, you drop it and it closes. that s amazing. isn t that great? i love these outfits. these are just, i know it s random but i found these and i love it. 25parks.com starting at $25. look at all these fun finds. my son has about ten of these shirts. this is his look. the little tie shirt. i love that i wears a tie like that. my son is 18. but, you know so he s only 8. it s a little his son is 8, not 18. designing your own sneakers. converse.com starting at $45. what a great way to kickoff didn t even mean that, and you can put your name on them. that s great. you pick the laces. you pick the tongue, the soles, everything on converse. that s a great way and a great gift. now on to my stuff. this is hammacher.com. this is a case, we all have been in situations where we lose power. you charge it for four hours and you get four hours of extra battery in the case. $69. that will save you. i know you moved on to the ipad. but ed uses a kindle. right. so this charges everything at once. ahomeaudio.com. $49. all in one shopping. ipad, we re both really into the ipad. this i like from quirky.com because it gives you three ways you can type. you can use it as a frame, and you can use it to read. so it gives you all the different levels. $55. that s pretty neat. i know for a lot of women, you don t want to carry the bulky handbag, you ve gotish-but where do you keep your credit cards? these bracelets which i showed you earlier, and you can fit i have a credit card in here. you can fit money, a credit card, and a little lipstick. our director joe michaels has that. it s so funny. i saw him this morning and he was wearing one. $12 to $150. and joe also likes these very much he told me. because this is delight.com. a coffee cup that you can keep your money and your keys in, and if you go running after you wear it around your wrist. oh, that s amazing. jill, thank you so much. thanks for having me. any star wars lines? no, that s all i ve got. that s all i ve got. sorry. jill martin, thank you so much. coming up next, tasty chicken he can bobs two different ways in today s kitchen. this morning in today s kitchen we re firing up the grill, chicken kebabs two different ways. hot chef kenny gilbert is a former contestant on top chef d.c. and chef and partner of culinary adventures capital. you ve been a busy guy. i am. also you re opening a restaurant in d.c., i hear. actually going to be opening in jacksonville, florida. okay, wonderful. what s the theme of the restaurant? perfect island retreat. a lot of caribbean flavors. using a lot of local ingredients. jicama, mango, papaya. kind of what we re going to be talking about today. you re making two different kinds of skewered chicken recipes. the first one is a classic chicken sate. we re starting with coconut milk. a marinade? yeah, a marinade. a little bit of fish sauce. this is a thai style marinade. cilantro. sugar. little curry powder. a little sweetness to the sugar in there. a nice balance. a little bit of salt. and a little bit of fresh pepper. and it s so easy to do. very easy. this is an appetizer at a restaurant all the time. but so easy to make at home. exactly. you can marinate this. will take about 10, 15 minutes. you also can marinate it overnight, as well. and you just slice the chicken really, really super thin there, right? exactly. about a quarter of an inch thickness on the strips. so, the unique thing about this is that when you skewer these up, you want to weave the skewer through it. through it, yeah. now people a lot of time when they make kebabs they put the vegetables sometimes with it, too. that can be a little bit of a it can be hard to cook the meat and the chicken at the same time? exactly. but you know, this is very common. so we already have some started over here. oh, it looks great. what you re seeing is nice caramelization on the chicken from the combination of the sugar, the coconut milk, the cilantro. smells so good, too. over here we put together a beautiful mango coconut salad. so fresh lime juice, mango. the mangoes. red bell pepper. that looks amazing. this is a habanero. one of the hottest peppers in the world. that s going to have a kick. we remove the seeds. and you just cut it. chop it really fine. more fish sauce, coconut milk and fresh cilantro. and that makes that delicious salad. which you like to serve it with. just a tiny little bit more time. let s go over to the other cumin chicken that you re going to make here for us, too. you really love, i mean, these island spices that you know, cumin always sort of has that great distinctive flavor. it does. and this is actually marinated with cumin, honey, a little bit of parsley and salt. it s great with orange juice. you can put this with a beautiful babagnoush, or tabbouleh, another version. more mediterranean influence. and then here you keep the cuts a little bit thicker. any reason why? it s just, again, classic kebabs. kebab style. use thick pieces and you can also make the vegetables here. whether you re zucchini or onions, tomatoes. this is what it looks like all plated up. i think these are getting done here. almost. they look good. almost. very nice. good. i m going to give it a go. al, you want to try? don t even need a fork. i m going to go for the salad. you ve got my favorite between coconut and mango, hmm. that s amazing. chicken lollipop. it is a lollipop. did you see yoda out there? no. kenny albert, thanks so much. top chef d.c. airs 10:00, 9:00 central on bravo. coming up. hoda lee and kathie lee. actor kyle mclachlan stops by. and a live performance by trace atkins. all that after your local news and weather. kins. all that after your local news and weather. dkins. all that after your local news and weather. good play guys. hey, mikey. mikey, come on. go get em, tiger. guys look good! set.hut! run it out. that s it. go! go! go! get it! 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a live look at this hour. construct now in place for the midday. live pictures of 95 southbound which is very backed up now. springfield headed through the work zone, lose the right lane at lorden. hov lanes configured for northbound. the check on maryland side, not bad, 270, southbound, right side of screen, moving along well on down. thanks so much. stay tuned for news updates throughout the day. join us early tomorrow morning. we start at 4:30. see you then. from nbc news, this is today with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb live from studio 1-a in rockefeller plaza. hello, everybody. it s thursday, august 19th. happy you joined uss today. i spent a little time on the joy beyar show. we did a panel on cancer. there are a lot of people diagnosed with cancer publicly. michael douglas. just a nice panel. they were talking about being in the public eye and talking about an illness like that and how you deal with it. a great panel. we talked a little bit about michael and life. it was uplifting. sometimes those discussions can make you feel bad. renee steered the discussion in a great way. that s what i love about you. you never let an illness define you. a lot of people do. they want to play the victim and you don t let that happen. it shapes you but doesn t define you. most things shape you but probably shouldn t define you. it s part of me but not all of me. it s a gone part. good-bye. we have lots to talk about. do you know that you might live in one of forbes most stressful cities? they put all kind of factors. unemployment. commute time. crime. health. all kinds of stuff stressful city in the entire nation is houston, texas. number two is los angeles where i m headed off to today. the number one stressful city is las vegas. part of the reason is because it gets so hot there that people can t exercise. if you exercise for 30 minutes your stress levels go down. there s a lot of air conditioning. that s an excuse. you can go to a gym that s cooled off and do your half hour. we need excuses for not going. that s what happens. okay. we re the last people on television to play with these bags. we had these bags yesterday. careful. all right. now hold on. hold on. hold on. one second. this is hold on. this is a sun chips biodegradable bag. it s great because it goes into the heap and disengrates. the one problem is that it is loud. okay. let s figure out how loud it is. it says it is 90 decibels. let s see. keeps track of sound. okay. let s see. you hold it up. i ll do it. watch the red thing. one, two, go. see what happened? went way up there. don t eat these at rock concerts. or at the movies. or if you re trying to sneak food which a lot of us do on occasion. you don t want to have this bag. all alone in the privacy of your own house. they are working on the technology and hopefully next time they ll have that worked out. peter alexander took this noise maker to the subway and it was 90 and this thing was 95. don t eat it on the subway. kids hearing is dissipating. kids are having much more trouble with their hearing than my generation and yours. they are plugging in with those headphones. do you that a lot. i have to tell you this. this is what i do in the morning. most people don t like it. i come into work with a song and i make people listen to it. i force feed them my music in the makeup room. some people love it. some don t. i was going to tell you this is the song that got stuck in my head and it s by michael frantee called say hey. don t focus on her during the segment at all. i don t want any scowling. nothing. stop. stop. not you. her. feel it. feel it. don t focus on her. i love the lyrics. i love you i love you keep it going. you got it. it s so good. you want to dance. say hey. that s it. i wish him the best in the world. you kind of like it. don t. you know what was more than fine, last night on pbs, they did a live telecast from lincoln center of south pacific. okay. thank you. now, did you hear that snooki has a new charge attached to her previous charge for annoying people. what took them so long? she got charged with disorderly conduct, creating a public nuisance and being annoying is involved in these charges. it just happens to be the fact that they also are taping their newest season. i think it s all to get ratings. she keeps getting what s the snooki appeal? what do you think? sorry. none. just look at the whole thing. the situation. again, i wish snooki all the best but i don t want to see a bunch of little snookis running around the world. i don t want a generalatition o little snookis. i like how your bangs are growing out. thank you. this is the good phase. thank you. we re going through the good phase right now. i thought we were going to talk today about the parents who came home they were home. parents were home. is that for later? it s for later. i love this story. we ll talk about it tomorrow. today we ll talk about okay or not okay. the question is it okay for a celebrity to run for office. kathie lee says everyone should follow their passion. if that leads to you politics, god bless you and god help us. hoda said yes, especially if they are good looking. clooney/pitt for 2012. we misspoke the other day. imagine that. you apologize. it was not our fault. here s what happened. on tuesday during our conversation about waxing young girls, we showed you one new york spa s web advertisement for such services which included children s discounts. unfortunately our conversation made it sound as if we were attributing that advertisement to the international spa association. we had no idea. they reached out to us and to be clear they said the international spa association does not in any way advocate bikini waxes for young girl and the business referenced within the today show statement is not an i-spa member. we want to be honest. it wasn t our fault. there is someone to blame. i don t know if we have okay. our beloved and esteemed director dropped the ball. that s all we can say. i have a question. can we disengreat that picture? it s only fair that we have equal time and keep putting up the picture of me without makeup. that s the only fair thing in this world. i like when you are mid sneeze. that s how i like you. let s say hi to the ladies from the library of congress. a big quick hey. hi, sarah. hoda, everyone loved your song. lauren wrote in it s one of my favorite songs. pamela said i listen to that song every morning. it makes me so happy. happy for everybody. say hey download it. still to come, our guys tell all panel has gathered. 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[ male announcer ] these medicines make you choose. pepcid® complete doesn t. it s fast acting and long lasting. pepcid® complete works now and works later. time for our guys tell all panel to solve your relationship dilemmas. and in some instances your racial ones too. we should note they are single. and married father of one and also the star of comedy album and we have chuck who can be seen on world s dumbest. and finally last but not least is andrew. andrew is married with a little boy. okay. we re going to talk to sarah. i m here with kristen from new york. she has a question about who plans the date. i ve been asked out on a few first dates recently and the men have inquired on what i would like to do opposed to just planning the date. i was wondering why do men do this. maybe because we are, what do we call it, considerate? how about that? what we want to plan is this. we re going the jets game and by jets game i mean my family room where my mother will make us snacks and we ll watch a football game. see what i meant about andrew? i think that s considerate that he s asking what you want to do. it s not like he s asking you to plan the whole date. he s not expecting you to come up with all of the ideas. he just wants some ideas of what you like. we always like to i don t know about him but i always like to at least have, you know, most of the date planned but i need to know dislikes like allergies such as sushi. you show up at a sushi restaurant and you hate it. she may have been thinking about the guys who can never make a plan and everyone knows who those guys. what do you want? what do you want? i think it is laziness. it s not always being considerate. sometimes it s just guys he understands. those are guys i date. we re talking about first dates. early on. hoda has lots of first dates. stop it. question two is an e-mail. why when a man looks at another woman in front of a significant other it seems to be okay to him but when the woman looks at another man, he gets upset. good question. this reminds me of something i always say. people say, hey, man, you re married and look at women. i m married not buried. as guys we re always looking. we don t mean harm. we re not smooth with it. women are smooth with it. if we catch you looking, that means your foot is probably already halfway out the door. men have to worry about paternity issues they are more sensitive and overreact where women can be more easy going about it. you guys worry about paternity issues? when you get caught, just point out different things that are wrong with the girl. you would never do that. you would never have your thing hanging out like that. you look great. it doesn t bother me at all. if i can look, you can look and as a matter of fact look at each other all day long. i don t care. as long as there s no touching involved. if she sees a good looking man and he s gorgeous, i say, yeah, and he s also gay. you girls are the worst. girls check out girls in a restaurant. they ll look at them like just to even talk something to say what is she wearing. this, that and the other thing. it s kind of none of you have answers for that question. we re going to take a break and come back and discuss more with our new guy panel. and trace atkins is going to perform for us. you guys are terrific. guys remember, we re a solar system. 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. but this is warm, fresh-baked strawberry toaster strudel. 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she may be doing the same thing. have it in writing that both parties know what s going on. if you want to do booty call it means you have to resolve the issue. do you want to be with that person or find someone new? if you re in that in between stage it happens when neither party has moved on. it s not a sign that the relationship is not done it s a sign that you re horny and drunk. that s what it comes down to. you have to love him on some level. tells it like it is. let s talk to sarah. jordan from florida has a question about guys and body odor. okay. hi, guys. you are on your first date and you re very excited to meet him and all of a sudden he opens his mouth and it s not smelling so good. what do you do? you leave. if it s regular body owed dod stuff you can entice him into a shower. what if he had to drive four hours to come visit you and didn t have time to get a toothbrush and brush his teeth. another ten minutes to the store. what if she s challenged orally. how fine is she? it doesn t matter. if she s short enough where all her breath is hitting right here, then with he can maybe make it happen. i m not going to get into what happens when we get back to the crib. that s a sign of problems with health so that s why people are turned off by it. they re turned off by it because it stinks. especially on the first date. that s the problem. it s the first date. that s when you re supposed to put on your best. if this is your best, if stink is your best, come on. people with stinky breath don t know it. it s hard to tell somebody that their breath stinks until you re 40 and your breath is still stinking. shouldn t someone have told them the truth along the way? tell people the truth. i m sensitive. all right. let s go to our next question on tape. hi. i m caroline from california. i have a question for the guys panel. why do you expect women to always be perfectly groomed from head to toe. question for you is, have you ever heard of manscaping. do you guys expect women to be perfectly groomed from head to toe? she used words like us a. that sounds like she has experience. i want you to be who you are and i don t like you to be over manicured any way. i don t want you to be who you are. you re hairy. what you can t help is removing that hair. i would appreciate that. hairy women do not women assume that men want them much more groomed than they do. she probably can let her grooming fly a bit. if she wants a guy to manscape she needs to go to a place like new york. if you are upset if a gal doesn t shave her legs in a day or two? a couple days stubble is understandable. if you are like sheena from the jungle if you can braid it, it s too long. if it s a construction worker and, sorry, miss okay. okay. okay. we got it. let s go talk to sarah. laura from florida has a question about passing gas. i need to know. you re on your first date. he takes you to a nice restaurant. the dinner doesn t agree with you and you pass a little gas. do you fess up or do you just pretend nothing happened? this is what do you. you keep talking and you don t miss a beat. if you miss a beat, i know it s you. or if you look at me like i did it. now it s time to have a conversation over there. it s not going to make a difference if you keep talking or not. we know it was you. we know it was you. what you should really do is excuse yourself from the table, catch a cab and never call me again. that s the end of it. you pretend it s not you and it is, who did that? do you smell that? you just go and possess it and say didn t see that coming. she s funny. don t do that no more but i can hang with you. you didn t say anything about it and you just wound up on twitter. if it s in the car and just tuck and roll. i ll unlock the door for you in neutral. just get out. i need fresh air. that s great. can t beat humor. guys, thanks so much. coming up next, trace atkins will make you want to be in the kitchen. don t want to be in the kitchen. 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[ female announcer ] this school year, make a resolution to give your kid kellogg s frosted mini-wheats cereal. an excellent source of fiber from 100% whole grain. that helps keep them full so they can focus on the day ahead. keeps em full. keeps em focused. if you like spending time in your kitchen like kathie lee does, have we got something like. if you don t, you may change your mind after this. we have some fun gadgets to make life a little easier. a lot easier, right? this is all about last dates and not first dates. no fart jokes. i m leaving. everything is inexpensive $15 or less except for this which is a knife. 150 bucks. it is east meets west. it s a japanese knife that s a thin blade for slicing versus the western knife which is heavy, blunt instrument for chopping. this is a rounded edge. very thin. it has a wider edge and pittsburgh handle. that s a perfect gift. you can get this online. look at that. paper thin. it s a combination of thin slicing but you can chop with it. very sharp. no small children. this is smart if you are trying to lose weight. this is microwave popcorn popper. you put in half a cup of popcorn in. throw it in the microwave. two to three minutes. no oil. how does it taste? it needs salt. no burning. healthy. three to five minutes. and you got real popcorn. that s good. we tried in the test kitchen to smoke foods in the kitchen. stove top. doesn t work. these are smoker bags. you put the food in. 475 for 15 minutes. reduce the oven to 375 to finish. this is salmon. takes 20 minutes. it is double walled and has wood chips and a little sugar so it gives you that great flavor. it really works. if it didn t work, i wouldn t be here. look what chris brought us. i bet he did. you know what it is. don t believe this. it s a dough whisk. you put in the chips and you mix it up and it s very hard to do with a spatula. it goes right through. it works much better than a spatula. there you go. 15 bucks. works great. all right. so now grill gauge. you want to know how much propane is here. you lift it up like this. hold onto it. okay. she s empty. lift it up like that. you read the gauge. this is empty of course. that will tell you. there s no other way of telling. you have to remember the last time you used it and for how long. this is the fifth one you like finally. man. i got one out of five. weber chimney starter. has a lot of holes here. upside down. put more newspaper in. left side down. add charcoal to here. fill it up. it s a chimney starter. instead of using lighter fluid or electric starter outside on the grill it starts your charcoal. you light newspaper underneath. come back in 20 minutes and charcoal is lit. do you put it on the grill? i don t get it. put it on the grill and light it like you normally do. it concentrates the heat and starts charcoal without lighter fluid. just throw coals on the grill and light them. see. you use a gas grill, right? no. she goes to my house for dinner. this has been around a while. it cost $13. if you want to get a box grater there you go. you can use it on ginger, chocolate and cheese. love it. chris enjoys himself. even if no one else does. chris is having the time of his life. coming up next, trace atkins is joining us for a performance right after this. did you know go-gurt is specially made to freeze and thaw by lunch time? so kids can have their favorite yogurt in their lunch box go-gurt. freeze it. thaw it. eat it up. it s called hope. hope? cause every time you get a happy meal or a mighty kids meal some of the money goes to ronald mcdonald house charities. happy meals. the simple joy of helping. when allergies make them itch, don t wait for your pills to kick in. choose alaway, from the eye health experts at bausch & lomb. it works in minutes and up to 12 hours. bausch & lomb alaway. because it s not just your allergies, it s your eyes. and you have that moment of. oh, yeah! well. this. is mine. sprinkled with cinnamon, sparkling with taste. cinnamon toast crunch. enjoy the cinnsation. we got a cowboy in the studio with us today. we do. country star trace atkins riding through town fresh off his release of his ninth studio album named cowboys back in town. yeah. you ve been on the road all night coming to see. thanks for bringing the guys. they weren t doing anything. you have a new label, right? yeah. i moved over to show dog universal after 15 years. how s that. it s good. first album on that label. is it different? can we expect something brand new out of trace atkins? i always thought with everyone that i grow a little and get a little better at what i do. i always think the latest one is the best one. they got the best one so far. has life changed you? you re a granddaddy. i like that. i m tactile. we should have had you up there. they don t know answers to any of those questions. they re boys. we should have brought the real man up. what are you going to sing for us? this ain t no love song. which means this is not a love song. trace atkins. my heart didn t skip a beat when i saw you standing there looking like some kind of angel like you were walking on air and the earth didn t move when you first said my name i didn t feel a thing no not me my heart didn t skip a beat this ain t no love song this ain t no love song this ain t no love song i just felt getting my guitar on and singing a tune won t be hear it on the radio but then you never know note baby if you want you can sing along but this ain t no love song love song love song sing it to you baby all night long all night long yeah half this stuff i m making up well you probably won t be hearing it on the radio all night long baby if you want you can sing along but this ain t no love song love song love song this ain t no love song great job. you re on the road with toby keith? say hi to him. thank you for being here. we ll be back with more today on nbc. it is time for miss sarah. a lot of potty chatter about the man panel. love the man panel. so funny. jennifer said it s the best segment. i sit here and lmao. can t say that. all right. have a good one. see you tomorrow.