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and welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. we have learned that president obama plans to visit ground zero on tuesday to pay tribute to lives lost there and use it as a way to mark this success fful mission to kill osama bin laden. the president and aids saw it unfold live from the situation room. an extremely tense atmosphere. one insider said those 40 minutesle felt like days. it was nothing but cheers last night where the president received a standing ovation. ahead, new details on the mission and the possible release of photos and video of a dead bin laden. plus, the white house is getting credit for the operation, but did the controversial enhanced interrogation techniques such as water boarding used by the bush administrational yield key information that eventually led to bin laden? we ll ask president bush s secretary of state condoleezza rice about that. we begin on this tuesday morning with dramatic details on the mission. nbc s bent gone correspondent jim miklaszewski has the latest on all this. good morning. reporter: good morning, matt. we are getting incredible insight into the last-minute planning and presidential decision-making behind the attack. and president obama s top priorities protect u.s. forces but take out osama bin laden. the white house released photos of the nail-biting tension as the president and his national security team watch live video of the u.s. military attack on bin laden s compound. the minutes passed like days. the president was very concerned about the security of our personnel. reporter: 40 minutes into the operation, it was over and osama bin laden was dead. for a successful killer captured, the code word was geronimo but on the ground they transmitted, for god and country, geronimo, geronimo. bin laden s code name was jackpot. osama bin laden would not surrender and his security agents had been told to kill him if it looked like they were about to lose him to a u.s. snatch operation. reporter: the white house ruled out one option to drop 2,000-pound bombs on the compound because it would obliterate dna that could prove bin laden was killed. the president settled on two special ops teams of navy s.e.a.l.s and a back-up if something went wrong. if a chopper went down, another would take its place. they cornered bin laden on the third floor of the residence. one commando recognized bin laden and put two bullets into his head. this is what we call a clean hit and a solid piece of work, both from an intelligence and speciale operations standpoint. reporter: bin laden s body was taken to given a proper burial at sea. there are details about how the u.s. tracked him to abbottabad in a compound eight times the size of anything nearby but the pakistani forces missed it. it is said khalidshake mohamed interrogation techniques like water boarding. it took seven years but the cia identified a courier and tracked him to the compound where bin laden was killed. the navy s.e.a.l.s gathered up thousands of secret documents on computers and hard drives. a task force was formed. hundreds of analysts will wade through the material, trying to unlock the deep secrets of al qaeda. meredith? jim miklaszewski, thank you very much. john brennan is the president s top counter terrorism adviser. good morning to you. good morning, meredith. you were in the situation room on sunday as the raid went down. you described it as the minutes passing like days. can you tell me about the moment you realized the raid had been a success? well, i think we were increasingly hopeful as the operation was going on that we were able to get the person we were after, but we were not confident that the mission was a success until all of our brave soldiers were able to come out and bring the body out. so one of the things the president was most concerned about was ensuring the safety and security of the u.s. personnel that were involved in this mission. the united states has not released pictures or video of his dead body or the burial at sea. does the administration plan to release that? if so, when? and what is the hesitation at this point? we have been releasing a lot of information to the public. we are trying to make sure we are confident in the information. we want to be sure it s in the right condition. so what we are doing is now considering whether or not additional information such as photos, videos or whatever else. this needs to be done thoughtfully. we are trying to ensure the information we put out is clear and as accurate as possible. are you concerned it would incite terrorists or people opposed to the united states if you release the picture? we are trying to anticipate the reaction to news of osama bin laden s death. we are taking security measures, adopting prudent acts we think are appropriate in this case. so the additional release of information or any type of t foet graphic evidence is something we have to take into account in terms of what reaction might be to it. we are doing it in a carefulle manner. yesterday you said it was inconceivable that he could have been there without support. how are we going to get to the truth? we are within 48 hours of the raid taking place. there is an investigation by pakistani authorities now. i believele th i believe they want to get to the bottom of this. there is clearly a support network that provided him assistance and helped if ale sill tate contact between bin laden and operatives. whether or not there were individuals inside the pakistani governments are unknown. we re working closely with them to help in the investigation. do you totally trust pakistan when it comes to aiding the u.s. in this war on terrorism? i ll point out that there will be more terrorists killed, captured and brought to justice in pakistan than any other country. yes, there are differences of view. yes, there are times we want to be more aggressive. we take into account their considerations, but pakistan is a strong counter terrorism partner. we need to make sure we maintain the pressure on al qaeda and otherle militant organizations resident inside pakistan. we won t rest until al qaeda is destroyed and so are the other groups. critical information that led to bin laden s compound came from interviews with multiple sources includinging khali khalid sheik mohamed captured in 2003. how important was the information he delivered to the use and was any of it as a result of water boarding? the information acquired that led to our knowledge about the compound came from multiple sources. sometimes individuals provided information willingly and sometimes unwittingly. the analysts who have been tracking bin laden s whereabouts painstakingly put those pieces of the puzzle together. there was no one critical bit of information provided by eitherer a detainee or somebody else. what happened is there was a mosaic appearing over time and by diligent work and very strong work we pieced it together and it brought us to abbottabad. yesterday you described the killing of bin laden as essentially cutting off the head of the snake. what happens to the snake at this point? we ll continue to pummel the rest of al qaeda. they have taken severe body blows over the last year. we believe we have damaged the organization to the greatest capability and made it more difficult for it to operate inside pakistan and beyond. we are going to try to take advantage of the opportunity we have now with the death of al qaeda s leader, bin laden, to ensure that we are able to destroy the organization. we are determined to do so and we believe we can. finally, the president said we are safer because of bin laden s death. do you believe it or worry that in the short term at least we are at more risk of being harmed by terrorists? every day, we make our country safer by security measures we put in place and things we do overseas. every day we degrade al qaeda s capabilities. i would say each day we are safer. that doesn t mean we should rest. we need to maintain vigilance and determination to continue to destroy al qaeda. we need to maintain our vigilance here in the homeland. but t it s going in a good direction. we are confident we can build upon this success and we ll have more. we appreciate your time. thank you very much. thank you, meredith. now here s matt. bin laden s death rekindled the debate over enhanced interrogation technique. did controversial questions of terror suspects that have been criticized by human rights groups provide useful intelligence? did what happened here, the compound where u.s. forces cornered and killed osama bin laden, actually start here in prison where detainees who were subjected to the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques like water boarding gave up information that eventually led to bin laden. the debate started up all over again. i would assume that the enhanced interrogation program that we put in place produced some of the results that led to bin laden s ultimate capture. but did it? u.s. officials say one of the key clues that led to bin laden was the threat of information about an al qaeda courier. that may have come from the mastermind of the september 11 attacks or from the so-called 20th hijacker mohamed al katani. there was a nickname during enhanced interrogation techniques. no bones about it. in the 2002 to 2004 range. authorities acknowledge both mohamed and al katani were subjected to enhanced interrogation, a policy authorized by former president george bush. when i talked to president bush last year he had no apologies. we used this technique on three people. we captured a lot of people, used it on three. we gained valuable information to protect the country and it was the right thing to do as far as i m concerned. was it the harsh interrogation that led to critical information? the identify and whereabouts of the courier came to light years later after the enhanced interrogation had stopped. it took them about four years to figure out who that nickname mightle really be. critics say there is no way to know if enhanced interrogation methods led to the crucial piece of intelligence. to reduce it to the idea that one piece of fact here or there came from enhanced interrogation techniques and their use is misleading the american public. administration officials say it was multiple sources of intelligence and years of patient work that led to bin laden. those who believe enhanced interrogation techniques were successful will be out there publically advocating for why they worked and why we should continue to use them. others say, they may have worked on this one occasion but you can t say they always work. condoleezza rice was president bush s national security adviser on 9/11 and served later as secretary of state. nice to see you. good morning. let s start with the enhanced interrogation techniques. some former officials are connecting the dots between those techniques and the information that led to the killing of osama bin laden. do you feel the dots can be connected? what you see is the united states over many years and two presidencies pieced together the information of how to get to osama bin laden. obviously information gleaned in the effort by our intelligence people contributed to this. but this is a bigger picture. it s a picture of intelligence and military working together in a way that allowed the joint special operations command to do what they did. our intelligence people were able, over a significant period of time, to bring together all of the threads and it is a tremendous victory for our intelligence people, our military. and really for the two presidencies. i remember president bush saying, we will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail. that was on behalf of the united states and president obama and his team are to be congratulated on bringing this chapter to an end. let me ask you about where he was found. it wasn t in the mountains or a primitive cave. it was an up scale neighborhood about 35 miles from the capitol of pakistan close to a prestigious military academy in a walled compound that by its very size and design should have called attention to it. in your mind, do you think some of the people we call partners in the war on terrorism in pakistan actually knew he was there? i have to say i was surprised to learn where he was found. i think the general sense is he was probably in the tribal areas between afghanistan and pakistan. obviously there are tough questions here. i just heard john brennan say the pakistanis are looking into this. they should lauchblg an investigation because they, too, have been victims at the hands of al qaeda. they are our counter terrorism partners. they need to be does it draw they have to investigate this. does it draw conclusions that either somebody in a position of power knew oral intelligence-gathering in their own country is embarrassingly labbing? lacking? let s take a hard look at what happened. i m certain the administration along with the pakistanis wants to understand why osama bin laden could be so close to islamabad, really in plain sight. that s not good for us or pakistan. did you trust the question meredith just asked mr. brennan? when you were secretary of state and nationalle security adviser, did you trust the pakistanis? the fact that we told them nothing of the mission until it was over, not even of our intelligence that suggested bin laden was at this location indicates to me that we don t trust them. a mission of this kind has to operate in absolute secrecy. i m not surprised foreign governments weren t brought into the circle about this. obviously pakistan is a counter terrorism partner. everyone knows pakistan had trouble with extremism within some of the military and intelligence forces. president mousharef launched a kind of reform, even purgele of some of the institutions. it is no secret there were sympathizers within those institutions. it s always a delicate matter with pakistan as to how much information really is warranted and how much information will be protected. but i take the president at his word. i take secretary clinton at her word that the pakistanis were important in cooperating on this mission. former secretary of state condoleezza rice. always nice to see you. thank you very much for your time. nice to see you, too, matt. here s meredith. nbc s reporter is near abbottabad near the compound where osama bin laden was killed. what did you see? reporter: good morning, meredith. we haven t been able to go much further with this camera but we have been filming all morning. the house is about 500 yards down this dirt track in an area still being developed. there are a number of plots still empty and also some houses half filled. this house was finished. what stands out apart from the house that it sle huge is that you can t see it. there are huge walls, very high walls, 12, 14 feet high. on top of the walls are barbed fences. i could see the top of the house. it s about three stories high, but i couldn t see damage done to the house. along the walls of the house, they are not painted. there was an advert for a girl s school. that struck me as strange. and locals say when children in the area play football or play with balls and the balls went over the wall usually in the area people would just throw them back. in this house, somebody would come out, an unnamed person and give them money instead of returning the ball. that s strange. are they saying anything about the death of osama bin laden on the street this morning? you know, if you walk around this city, this town today, everybody is going about their business. women are shopping, men on their bicycles, kids going to school. but there is curiosity about the media. people are surprised. they didn t know much about who was living in the house. across pakistan there is a level of disbelief about this entire operation. huge skepticism, cynicism, a typical pakistani mind set with bin laden, that it didn t happen. they need to see more evidence, meredith. thank you very much, tazeen ahmed. now a check of the headlines with ann curry at the news desk. good morning. some 130,000 acres of rich missouri farm land are being intentionally flooded after army engineers detonated a distressed levee. missouri farmers fought the decision but the judge ruled the levee breech would save lives. the cockpit recorder was found nearly two years after a plane crashed in the ocean killing 228 people on board. the flight data reporter was recovered on sunday. together the two pieces of equipment may explain the cause of the crash. honda is expanding the recall of cars, suvs and minivans because of concerns about driver side air bags. the recall is now 833,000 o vehicles. faulty air bags have been installed on some vehicles when they were repaired after crashes. find more information about this at today.com. and we are getting stunning images from hawaii where residence tents spotted at least two rare water spouts off the shores of honolulu. the storm caused thunderstorms, funnel clouds and flooding. parts of oahu lost power but no injuries were reported. and a personal celebration for a washington state teacher who vowed on september 11, 2001, that he would not shave until osama bin laden was found. he kept the promise and over the next decade his beard grew 15 inches. he said he heard the news, burst into tears, dropped everything and grabbed his shaving cream. looks like a different guy. i bet he got a big kiss from his wife. now back to meredith, matt and al. he started to look like osama bin laden with the beard. i m not sure that was the desired effect. there is ale whole flock of birds that are homeless today. nesting. mr. roker has a check of the le. we do have flooding to worry about, and some folks that don t need to get rain. the folks in tuscaloosa alabama and northern alabama will look at rain tonight. temperatures falling back into the upper 30s, and rainfall amounts generally one to two inches from huntsville into the northeast, and we will look at heavier rainfall starting to work its way in from this afternoon into tonight. that s what s going on around the country and here s what is happening in your neck of the woods. we could get storms later today into tonight and tomorrow morning. right now it s partly cloudy and low and mid-60s. and 50s further west, and later today, feeling like summer, up into the low and mid-80s by the afternoon, and then late afternoon from 5:00 until 9:00 or 10:00 this evening is when we have the threat for strong storms that might produce damaging w and that s your latest weather. matt? just ahead, s.e.a.l. team 6. a look at the work of the elite force thatle ultimately took down osama bin laden. fist on a tuesday morning, this is today on nbc. can t get better. unless we were kicking it on my couch in pjs, watching our soaps. yeah, that would make it worse. much worse. the new blueberry waffle with maple sausage sandwich. it just might be the perfect breakfast sandwich. so try one today. hurry in for the new blueberry waffle with maple sausage sandwich today. in the dc area, it s hard to miss a capital one bank. alright, let s get ready to work alex. rosslyn! arlington! falls church! nice save! 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[ female announcer ] fight the forces of gravity. stay! new roc® multi correxion™ lift with protient® plus. skin looks lifted overnight. roc® multi correxion™. correct what ages you. what gravity? good morning. it s 7:26 on this tuesday. it s the 3rd of may. today the district receives a royal visitor. prince charles arrives here after his son s royal wedding and has a busy schedule in town. first stop to the supreme u.s. court, and an urban garden in north west washi morning. it s partly cloudy and cool on this tuesday. and highs today, summer like. low and mid-80s. a likelihood of late afternoon and evening thunderstorms, and unfortunately some of the storms could be severe with damaging winds and hail and even a tornado. tomorrow, showers in the morning ending by the afternoon. delays beginning just inside the beltway all the way to the 14th street bridge. there was an accident earlier and quickly cleared but we re seeing the consequences. and then along i-270, and no accidents or incidents to report. thank you very much. mother s day is around the corner. tonight, we find 7:30 now on a tuesday morning. it s the 3rd of may, 2011. let s say hi for a second to the nice people outside our studio on this tuesday morning. moderate temperatures today in the new york area. it s a nice spring day. we ll get outside there in a few minutes. meanwhile, inside studio 1a i m matt lauer alongside meredith vieira. just ahead, much more on the killing of osama bin laden. the operation was carried out by the navy s s.e.a.l. team 6, among the most elite teams in the world. we ll take you inside their intense training and speak to two men who were involved in special forces missions coming up. and one of the most well known victims of the 9/11 attacks was barbara olsson. she was on the plane that crashed into the pentagon. coming up, what bin laden s death means to him personally and professionally. first on the s.e.a.l. mission to get osama bin laden. george, good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. you can see behind me the s.e.a.l. training compound. the people inside here politely declined our requests for interviews today, but as the s.e.a.l.s are fond of saying, we are the quiet professionals. their missions are shrouded in secrecy. their names and faces unknown to the public. but the reputation of the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s as the best of america s elite warriors has never been higher. the operation that resulted in the death of osama bin laden isy chapter in the story of a legendary fighting force. itle all starts here with the high intensity training course designed to push candidates to their limit. in scenarios that test mental toughness, physical fitness and extreme courage. whether on land, in the air or under water,le sel s.e.a.l.s demonstrate ability to stay focused under fire. whether it s a scenario change-up delivered as a platoon exercises, those things make you more capable and likely to survive the unforeseen over s s seas. reporter: in this exercise s.e.a.l.s are taught to react quickly in a dark environment. as the hoods are pulled off their heads they have seconds to assess the situation and respond accordingly. s.e.a.l. teams carried out missions in afghanistan since shortly after 9/11. in 2009 pulled off the spectacular rescue of american merchant captain richard phillips who was taken hostage by somali pirates. back in coronado at a bar owned by a former s.e.a.l., a special feeling of bride and gratitude at the news of bin laden s death. you can count on the navy s.e.a.l.s and special forces to do the hard jobs. it s thankless. you can t exactly name who they were. but pretty sure they are proud of what they did. reporter: the s.e.a.l.s don t expect parades or medals. in fact, not even their families know details of what they dole while deployed over seas. there are times they say, well, i can t talk about that. we don t know half the stuff. but what they can share, they do when they get home. reporter: rear admiral ed winters, in charge of the s.e.a.l.s, sent out this e-mail. today, we should all be proud. that handful of courageous men of strong will and character have changed the course of history. the fight is not over. because the s.e.a.l.s operate in secret, the identities of t people in the bin laden operation may never be known, may never be recognized publically for heroism. wherever the fight leads now rest assured that the s.e.a.l.s and other members of the special forces community will be there on the front lines. matt? george lewis, thank you very much. we have the author of the heart and the fist, the making of a navy s.e.a.l. michael sheehan started in the army special forces. good morning. good morning. the level of anxiety once they find out who the target is, the navy s.e.a.l. team 6 get into the choppers. what was the level of anxiety likely aboard the choppers? the word is when they heard osama bin laden was the target there was a huge cheer that went up. the guys were excited for the mission. they had been practicing for months going through every possible contingency. adrenaline was high. excited, but these are professionals ready for the operation. you talk about every possible con ten g contingency. i was glad they had the backup, two choppers coming in. how do they go through all the things that can go wrong. these s.e.a.l.s are the elite of the elite. some of the best commandos in the world. they practice time an again. they run different scenarios where things go wrong and they practice adjusting. they can never know for certain what will happen on the target but they know the objective was to kill bin laden, grab intelligence and get out. 40 minutes on the ground. that s how long it took to get in and out. you re operating in a sovereign nation. could be hostile. you are expecting to meet resistance inside the compound. how important is speed? speed is critical. three key principles for them in planning the operation. number one is speed. two is surprise and three, violence of action. overwhelmingly force. make sure the enemy doesn t know you re coming, hit fast and hard. this is shock and awe. yes. when i first heard about the operation, helicopters are noisy. yes. you have to assume osama bin laden is expecting to be attacked and that there are ways out of the compound like tunnels. is it safe to assume there were other people on the ground, our people on the ground that were helping to secure the compound even as the s.e.a.l.s were flying in? helicopters are not only noisy but dangerous. they fall out of the sky. there are crashes. president carter saw it in tehran in 1980. we crashed a helicopter and an aircraft. mogadishu, a blackhawk goes down in 1993. disaster ensues. i imagine there were people on the ground for somebody trying to escape, having to exfiltrate people out, a crash. i would think probably operatives on the ground. perhaps still on the ground. for those slower to get out than the s.e.a.l.s who were in and out in 40 minutes. exactly. trust. clearly we didn t trust the pakistanis. we didn t share one piece of information about thinking he was there. does it speak for itself? it does. there are answers that need to be made in the days ahead. they are a flawed partner for us. two questions. mike, i get this mental image of the unsung heroes here. that there were people for years at computers, filing names into a program, locations, dates, cold cup of coffee and a steal donut. like the cops who go after cold cases. the cia, everyone likes beating up on them when things go bad. this went well. the unsung heroes are people in pakistan trying to find a person in the basement of an office trying to piece together the dots. they are normally forgotten. i hope we remember to recognize them. they were as crucial as the brave fighters that went through the door. we may never know the names of the members of s.e.a.l. team 6 that carried this out. but within the organization, within the navy s.e.a.l.s, how will they be regarded in the years to come? where does it fall in the history of accomplishments of the navy s.e.a.l.s? they will be honored and revered. for a lot of men who undertook the mission, it was not just a courageous action on a particular day. many of these men had been fighting this battle for nine and a half years. they made sacrifices, their families made sacrifices. they lost comrades. others came off wounded and disabled. for them it wasn t just about hitting a target. it was about justice. the guy that fired the shot that killed bin laden? a hero in my mind and i think for all americans. thank you both. i appreciate you being here. now a check of the weather from good morning, everybody. let s go back to the 60s with these sweat shirts. what a tie die job. where are you from noo oregon. it s still very granola there. ann s from oregon, so i think she needs one of those shirts, absolutely. let s check your weather. groovy. look how hot in phoenix, 93. and yuma, 95. los angeles, 88. the rest of the country, chilly around the great lakes. 50s and 60s in the northeast, and 50s throughout much of the great lakes and the upper mississippi valley. that s what s going on around the country and here s what is happening in your neck of the woods. a haze in the air and it s cool. the temperatures around the region are low to mid-60s in washington. and later today, feeling like summer. low and mid-80s by midafternoon and partly sunny. late afternoon and into the evening is when we have a threat of strong storms, unfortunately could produce hail or a tornado. and then tomorrow, sun back in the afternoon and cooler. don tht. weather channel on cable. weather.com online. nice lumberjack shirts. matt? 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a great sense of release and relief. a malignancy in the world has been removed, a malignancy that had no principles, no morals and whose only aim was to hurt, maim and kill innocent people, school buses, people attending church, people get an airplanes. it had to happen that this malignancy would be removed. it is a great relief that it finally happened. it must churn up memories of 9/11 and your wife calling you from flight 77 right before it crashed into the pentagon. when you think about the final moments you shared in that conversation, what stays with you the most? well, the shock. i had first been relieved when the call came in to the justice department that my late wife was on the phone because i knew then that planes had been hijacked and were being crashed into the world trade center. i had known her flight had taken off that morning. i was worried that one of those airplanes may have been her flight. when i heard her voice i was enormously relieved that she was alive, well and on an airplane in the air still. then, of course, my heart sank when she told me her plane had been hijacked. that s a feeling that i can never really fully describe. we had a brief conversation. the phone was interrupted. we had another conversation. she asked for help. she asked, what can i do? what can ile te tell the pilot? we had a brief conversation, but it will remain for all of my life a poignant memory. september 11 was your 61st birthday. she left a note on your pillow you didn t find until that evening when you made it home. you coped by diving into work, including advocating for changes in the intelligence-gathering system in this country. you felt it was broken. what kinds of changes did you feel you helped make in the system? i was doing what i could to help with the administration in the department of justice to encourage congress to change the laws that were obsolete. we did not have the tools to collect information. we had ability to deal with money laund rers or drug dealers but we didn t have the ability to deal with terrorists. the laws that were enacted with respect to electronic surveillance and the like were obsolete. they were created in the days when there were land lines, not cell phones. there was not that kind of communication. so all of these laws had to be brought up to date or we could never fight an international terrorist organization like al qaeda. it was essential that laws be changed. the changes that were made in the law are reflected in what happened on sunday. the great efforts to gather intelligence, the meticulous gather of information and the careful following of the information ultimately, as i understand it, led to the killing of bin laden. ted, we have a woman coming on in a few minutes who feels she was groped by members of the t.s.a. she believes our civil rights are being chiselled away. that was a concern when you were trying to change the laws. do you feel we have lost of some of our civil rights in the effort to stay safe? it s unfortunate that, indeed, when a terrorist threat like this can take the lives of thousands of people and bring down the largest buildings in new york and attack the pentagon itself and threaten the congress, the capitol of the united states and/or the white house, we have to take measures to protect ourselves, but we have to be extraordinarily sensitive to civil liberties. compromises have to be made, but i think our national intelligence agencies and our national security and our homeland security people are sensitive to this. of course, mistakes get made. things occur that make us uncomfortable and that we do not like. and i think that there is a constant effort to improve and refine the system so that we minimize the amount of intrusion on civil liberties. remember, that the greatest civil liberty is the right to live and the right to get on airplanes and the right to ride school buses on the way to school. we have to protect that civil liberty as well as other civil liberties that we have. compromises have to be made. i think our government, individuals working on this are doing everything they can to protect civil liberties at the same time protecting our lives. thank you very much for joining us this morning. we appreciate it. thank you. we re back after this. you have a child with adhd. you re getting calls from his teacher he s impulsive in class. and his inattention makes focusing on homework tough. i know how it is because my son has adhd too. i didn t know all i could do to help manage his adhd. our doctor suggested a treatment plan with non-stimulant intuniv. 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we ll see if mr. van dyke will sing them for us later on. let s go to ann for a check ott the news desk. we have president obama will visit ground zero in new york on thursday to mark the death of osama bin laden and meet with the families of 9/11 victims. the white house released photographs of the president and top aides watching a life video feed of the operation that killed bin laden on sunday. last night the president received a standing ovation at a dinner for bipartisan congressional leaders. the tornadoes that killed more than 340 people in the southeast last week has been noted as the largest one day outbreak of twisters on record. 226 tornadoes struck the region eclipsing the record of 148 set in 1974. nasa delayed the final launch of the space shuttle endeavour for at least a week saying more time is needed to replace the bad fuse box. wounded arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords whose astronaut husband heads the mission, plans to return to florida for the launch. sony said it s detected a second security breach last month. hackers may have stolen personal information from more than 100 million user accounts. the breach could put users at risk of identity theft for years to come. mandy drury, good morning. good morning. we are watching to see whether or not stocks will continue yesterday s soft start to may after the initial boost from bin laden s death faded. we are watching april sales of cars and trucks. they are expected to rise 20% which is usually a good indicator of consumer spending. this time however it s partly due to customers rushing to buy the models they want before shortages of japanese cars kicks in due to the earthquake which caused production cuts of both cars and parts. back to you. thanks, mandy. and a florida sheriff s deputy answered a call about an animal causing a nuisance only to discover a 7 0 al fwa tor. the patrol car won the tug of war. no one was hurt but the car was damaged. is there insurance for that? 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[ cheers and applause ] at the age of 63, rocker steven tyler is white hot right now. having taken his talents and way with words to one of america s hottest television shows. he s become a media darling with his kooky style and tylerisms. well [ bleep ] a duck and see what happens. what? for the last 30 years as the lead singer of aerosmith, a band which churned out platinum records every year since the 70s, all the news fit to print about tyler was barely suitable to print at all. reporter: the sweet emotion he was feeling was from an addiction to drugs. and as recently as two years ago he almost lost everything. how did you end up on one of the most popular shows on television? the week before, i went to betty ford in december of 09 i was so angry with it all, i got a new manager. i said to him get me a job. i don t care what it is. i m going in. get me american idol. to move forward we first have to look back. it s hard to believe someone called the demon of screaming honed his hard rock musicality in new hampshire where he met his band meats. tyler says dream on came to him like a piece of divine inspiration 37 years ago. think of the lyrics of that song. that s a guy looking back over the vast terrain of his life. here you are a 26-year-old kid. it seems like it couldn t come from you. tell me about that song. i wrote that song and i m sitting up at the barn and i m like you know, i m loving that melodic stuff. it s growing through me. i don t know where it came from. every time that i look in the mirror all these lines on my face getting clearer here s the best part. the past is gone in my life like dusk to dawn isn t that the way everybody got this was just that melody which told my mouth, touched something in my brain that made my mouth sing that. every time i look in the mirror. do you have a lighter i can hold up? come on. i want more! more is what you get in the memoir. i will start with the title. does the noise in my head bother you. what s the noise? your head? it goes like this. sit a spell it will take about an hour i ll tell you a little story about me and matt lauer we ll leave it about that. is that there constantly? pretty much. yeah. some may know aerosmith published a metrodome wmoir in . in the last 14 years he s gone through divorce, had potentially career-ending throat surgery, revealed he has hepatitis c, been to rehab after rehab and had a bitter feud with bandmates who came close to replacing him after he fell off a concert stage two years ago high on prescription drugs. writing a book about lsd and this is not the drug. no, no. lds is lead singer disorder. jimmy page wrote that. you had it. i think we all do as lead singers. we front the band. so therefore why don t they listen to us? we know everything. big ego? of course. tough to work with? yeah. made trouble when you could have made peace? yeah. when you look back now was it all just natural, part of the job? you re damn right. if feuding with the band was part of the job, tyler could have won employee of the year for his stormy relationship with joe perry. the two once dubbed the toxic twins. is it fair to say you have spent as much time fighting over your time together as loving each other? well, see, he plays guitar in such a way where i m addicted to it. there is no one like him. he s my own keith. my own clapton. he s there. he s aerosmith. he plays the licks and i go, whoa, wait! [ scatting ] love in an elevator it just works. do that again! so it s magic. what, am i going to fight it? oh, yeah. the guy in the skin tight pants is also a grandfather, although the road to paving a relationship with his two eldest daughters, actress liv and model mia has not been easy. you write about how drugs robbed you of spirituality and compassion only to realize you lost liv and mia as well. i cried when they for gave me for past behaviors but i will be working on it for the rest of my life. that s what drugs did. it took my children away, my life away, my band away. took my marriages away. i was on my knees. don t want to close my eyes tyler has been sober for a year and a half. even he says he s lucky to be alive. in the book you say you re 63 and it took you to the age of 60 to realize you didn t know anything, and that s okay. that s the best part of not knowing something. when you realize it s okay, that s when you reap the rewards. reporter: and the rewards have come. american idol s ratings are holding strong. aerosmith record sales are seeing a surge and there are plans for a new album and a new tour. of course all of those things need a wardrobe change many, many changes. my new favorites. look. they zip all the way down. i put this on the leg just because i can. because you re steven tyler. and i get to stand next to j. lo every night. i m beat. she s street and the dog s in heat or whatever. tylerism. no quincoincidence his upcoming single is called it feels so good. i m sober again and life s good. cut! you can find more of the interview with steven tyler and read an excerpt from the memoir on our website on today.com. just ahead, another legend, dick van dyke on his lucky life in and out 8:26 is your time. 66 degrees out there. looks cloudy. good morning. prince william is on his way to d.c. right now. he has a very busy schedule while he is in town prince charles, sorry. prince charles has a busy schedule in town. his first stop is to the supreme court this afternoon. and the prince will also meet with injured members of the military. president obama will also meet president obama will also meet with himwhat do we have here? oh, it s scotts naturescapes advanced mulch. advanced huh? ehh.mulch is mulch. oh, not so, pops. ordinary mulch can fade after a few months. that s mulch! naturescapes holds its color for a full year. a whole year? guaranteed. plus, it s water smart. water-what? water smart. it channels water directly to the roots. reducing runoff, so you can water 30% less. saves water.holds color. you re sure this is mulch? 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[ laughter ] he lived a life, didn t he? well, okay, as long as you helped me make the segue, you were open and honest about your own problems with drink. yeah. you were not the trash a hotel room kind of no. i never broke anything. what kind of drinker were you? i thought i was a funny one. most people do, don t they? yes. i was very, very shy. during my 20s i never drank at all. i was a tee totaler but in my 30s if i had a martini i lost my inhibitions. i found out it became five or six in the evening and i realized i had a problem. was there an incident that made you get help? no. i just got up to go to morning and i had a very bad hangover. i never drank at work, but i didn t want to work with a hangover either. so i sought help. rehab was just beginning back then. i kind of went public with it. there was a stigma. they thought only skid row bums and people with no willpower. i was a normal middle class guy and i thought i should let it out that it can happen to anybody. i have three kids, 10 is the oldest. if they are watching now they re not saying, hey, the guy from the dick van dyke show is on. they think you re burt from mary poppins. that was the most fun. i did the old banker, too. and i had to pay him. had to make a contribution to his arts school. but the numbers, the music and the dancing. it was never work. you re such a good song and dance man. seriously, we saw such talent in you in that role and others. did you ever doubt your abilities? i didn t know i had them, as i explained in the book. i thought i would be a television announcer. that was my ambition. singing and dancing came later. i didn t know how. i didn t do it. i auditioned for bye-bye birdie and sang an old ray bolger song and did a bit of a soft shoe. he walked up and said, you have the part. i said, i can t dance. he said, we ll teach you what you need to know. and i discovered dancing on that show. it was like flying. i have been hoofing ever since. i have a feeling the talent was there all along. something was going on. what a pleasure to have you here. thank you. the book is dick van dyke: my lucky life in and out of show business. up next, a man who wants to prove the best things in life are free. first, this is today on nbc. 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[ man ] for general electric, here is ronald reagan. have you ever experienced a sense of pride when you picked the fastest moving line at the grocery store? or how about the feeling when you click through the channels and come across your favorite mov movie? the best selling author of the book of awesome has a follow-up edition the book of even more awesome. kneel pasricha, thanks to you. this came along in a hard time of your life. absolutely, meredith. i was in a marriage headed in the wrong direction. my friend was battling a major illness. i needed a way to focus on the positive. so i came home from work and started writing down little universal pleasures that made mel smile like getting called up to the dinner buffet first at a wedding, wearing warm underwear just out of the dryer. i love that. how did it go from notes you left to yourself to these books? i started writing this at 1,000 awesome things.com. it was one of thousands of blogs that start up every day. nobody read it but my mom, but the traffic doubled when she forwarded it to my dad. it fwru grew to hundreds, thous millions of hits. i won the best blog in the world award. got to accept a webby award for best blogs and there were publishers waiting to turn it into the book of awesome. it s been a best seller all year. today the book of even more awesome comes out. what do you think appeals to people? it obviously strikes a chord. i just think the news is heavy right now. mm-hmm. it s heavy whether there are wars over seas, rising gas prices, troubled economy. a lot of us have our own personal problems. so there is something gratifying about saying, you know, life s pretty good. there are so many free simple things like the smell of a bakery, popping bubble wrap or hitting a string of green lights on the way to work. or finally getting that piece of popcorn out of your teeth. little things add up to a realization that things aren t bad. the weddings, healthy babies screeching in delivery rooms and father-daughter dances add up. between that we have tiny little moments, free little joys that add up to minutes and days in our lives. we have certain people in our audience, viewers what they think is awesome. holding your first grandchild. coming home after a business trip. singing in the car by yourself. or seeing someone else singing in the car. even better. being told you re cancer-free. wow. getting the job you wanted really after being laid off. yeah. and the perfect photo which is an awesome thing to happen. it s amazing. those things remind me. the response to 1,000 awesome things was surreal. 30 million people stopped by. i m lucky because pastors e-mail me saying that preach using the book of awesome and teachers say, i use it in the classroom. we have a wall of awesome where every kid writes down their own awesome thing. we want to be happy. there are a lot of awesome things in life to focus on. thanks for bringing these to us. thanks for having us on the show. i appreciate it. the book is called the book of even more awesome. up next, an awesome meal from guy fieri. first, this is today on nbc. the kincaids live here. across the street, the padillas. ben and his family live here, too. ben s a re/max agent, and he s a big part of this community. there are lots of reasons why re/max agents average more sales than other agents. experience, certainly. but maybe it s also because they care about the markets they serve and the neighbors who rely on them. nobody sells more real estate than re/max. visit remax.com today. announcer: today s kitchen is brought to you by maxwell house coffee. good to the last drop. this morning on today s kitchen step by step, guy fieri hosts minute to win it and has two food network shows and he s a best selling author. his first book of recipes is called food, cooking it, living it, loving it. did i say the name correctly? you brought it all in. there. and the name of the wook book was invented by my son. he said, it s your food. point blank. next topic, dad. you say the recipes are off the hook. why do you like them so much? it s a combination. recipes i did as a kid. recipes i do at my restaurants in the california wide country, recipes from guy s big bite on food network. we have 150-plus recipes, stories that back them up and this is the right time of year to do it. this is a peppered tri-tip. you can t get it on the east coast. what is it? it s a fantastic piece of meat. this is the flank steak. tri-tip is marbled with great meat. the meat dissolves, becomes incredible. see the nice yellow feet inside the meat. that cooks out like a skirt steak. this is tone with pepper, salt, olive oil. now what happens over here is i have onions going. we ll make a balsamic reduction. it s a little bit of red wine. i did that last night. the red wine? some garlic. that s every night. and brown sugar. a little balsamic vin fwar and this just reduces while you re making the steak. how long? 20 to 30 minutes depending how much you put in and what temperature. don t burn it with the sugar in it. you have a glaze that reduces down. almost candies up and it s thin when it s hot. when it s cool it gets thick. drizzle that over the top. looks great. sefb it with fried spinach. let s go to one of my other favorites. [ coughing ] that pepper on the grill gets you. it does. we have a sangria reduction. we have grilled shrimp from earlier, peppers, garlic and onion. we get in here with sherry, a little bit of apple juice. a little bit of orange juice. wine. red wine. a common theme of this one. exactly. i cook with a t lot of different alcohols in the book. i do a bloody mary flank steak, mo swrrks mojito chicken. wow. we have honey here, corn starch. i like this. i get the triple threat. little bit of corn starch mixed in. a touch of garlic and let it reduce. you can make it indoors. you can make it ahead of time. then we ll take this nicele little compote here. you can lay this on top. what s this? peppers, apples, an i don t knows, garlic and the sangria glaze. thank you very much. we re back after your local news. 8:55 is your time now. it s 67 degrees out there. cloudy skies, but the storms are not moving in quite yet. we will have your forecast after the news. we are following breaking news right now out of northern virginia. that s where the loudoun county sheriff s department is investigating a double shooting in sterling. the sheriff s department tells us it s being investigated as a murder suicide. we have a crew on the scene and will bring more details throughout the morning. today, the council is expected to vote on the bag tax proposal. it would add a five cent charge [ male announcer ] hi lauren and greg, what s up? we re getting the day started with athenos greek yogurt. later we re gonna ride bikes and go to the [ male announcer ] wonderful! let s see what yiayia thinks. are you two married? um, no. but you living together, ah? yeah. you are going to hell. 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now with more of today on a tuesday morning, may 3, 2011. some of the nice people gathered on our plaza. we thank them for sticking around. out on the plaza i m matt lauer along with natalie morales and al roker. coming up, we re going to take another look inside the situation room. this past sunday this was at the white house. that photo taken as the special forces operation was under way. the mission to kill osama bin laden. obviously enormous tension inside the room. we are learning more details of the operation. we ll be talking about those coming up. you can see hillary clinton with her hand over her mouth there. long 40 minutes for them. exactly. we ll switch gears to talk about the look and legacy of the late alexander mcqueen. very well known in the fashion industry before the royal wedding of kate middleton to prince william. but she of course wore the alexander dress designed by sarah burton. the designer was honored last night at a star-studded gala in new york. we ll get a glimpse at some of the famous faces there to honor the mcqueen house. right. three american women were living it up in london on our tab. they won the once in a lifetime chance to enjoy today s royal treatment. they will share their memories of that special week. later on in the program, it s often imitated, never duplica duplicated. we have the one, the only, the original jill s steals & deals! we show you bargains on stylish items. today we have lingerie to shoes to cashmere sweaters. we ll show you how to take advantage of deep discounts just for the loyal today viewers. are those the dr. scholl s that have been around 40 years. making a comeback. they have always been in style. comfortable. now affordable. all right. we have a lot to get to. ann is at the news desk with the headlines. thanks a lot. as matt mentioned, still more new details emerging about the daring raid that took down osama bin laden in pakistan on sunday. nbc pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski has been following the story. he s joining us now with the latest. fwro good morning again. reporter: good morning. we are getting remarkable insight into the last-minute plans of the operation and president obama s priorities. first to protect the navy s.e.a.l.s and other special operations forces. second to get osama bin laden. the white house released photos of the nail-biting tension as the president and his national security team watch live video of the u.s. military attack on bin laden s compound. the minutes passed like days. the president was very concerned about the security of our personnel. reporter: 40 minutes into the operation, it was over and osama bin laden was dead. for a successful killer capture, the code word was geronimo but on the ground they transmitted, for god and country, geronimo, geronimo. from the beginning the u.s. operation was aimed more at killing, not capturing bin laden. bin laden s code name was jackpot. osama bin laden would not surrender and his security agents had been told to kill him if it looked like they were about to lose him to a u.s. snatch operation. reporter: the white house ruled out one option to drop 2,000-pound bombs on the compound because it would obliterate dna that could prove bin laden was killed. the president settled on two special ops teams of navy s.e.a.l.s and a back-up if something went wrong. when a chopper went down, another was there to take its place. u.s. officials say as the s.e.a.l.s stormed the complex, they cornered bin laden on the third floor of the residence. one commando recognized bin laden and put two bullets into his head. this is what we call a clean hit and a solid piece of work, both from an intelligence and special operations standpoint. reporter: bin laden s body was flown by helicopter to the u.s. aircraft carrier carl vincent where he was given a proper muslim burial at sea. there are details about how the u.s. tracked him to abbottabad in a compound eight times the size of anything nearby but the pakistani forces missed it. u.s. officials tell nbc news that 9/11 mastermind call shake mohamed while in custody provided key information concerning a courier close to bin laden. intelligence obtained through aggressive interradiation techniques like water boarding. it took seven years but the cia identified a courier and tracked him to the compound where bin laden was killed. those u.s. special forces came up with an intelligence bonanza. thousands of al qaeda documents on computers and hard drives that analysts are poring over now to try to learn al qaeda s secrets. ann? thank you so much on that. also in the news 130,000 acrers of rich missouri farmland are being intentionally flooded after army engineers detonated a distressed levee hoping to divert flood waters away from caro, illinois. a district judge ruled the heavy breech would save lives. schools in cleveland, mississippi, remain racially segregated more than 40 years after they were ordered to begin integration. justice officials asked that the court begin enforcing the 1969 integration order. we are getting stunning images from hawaii where residents spotted at least two rare water spouts off the shores of honolulu. the storm caused funnel clouds and flash flooding in parts of oahu that lost power. there were no reports of injury. it is now six minutes past the hour. let s turn it over to mr. roker for a check of the weather. a gorgeous day here in the northeast. we have some where are you from? they are wearing tydie, very popular today. and our friends in tuscaloosa will be dealing with rain today and cooler temperatures tonight. rainfall amounts about an inch through northern alabama, and we have heavier rain moving into the northeast later on today. here s what is happening in your neck of the woods. a mild morning. partly sunny. good morning. temperatures right now are upper 60s to near 70. it will continue to climb into the low and mid-80s later today. and then there is an increased chance of storms moving through the region. and then there is a small risk of an isolated tornado. and then tomorrow, chilly mt. morning and in the 50s. and maybe a passing afternoon shower, and highs near 60 tomorrow. and that s your latest weather. ann? thank you very much. celeb tis and designers around the world took turns twirling down the red carpet at the metropolitan museum of art. a design house that was the most famous in the world when kate middleton walked down the aisle of westminster abbey. reporter: the world watched the new royal couple take center stage last week. the widely viewed event watched by an estimated 2 billion people around the globe show cased a new couple exchanging vows. the much anticipated kiss and a departure from buckingham palace in a fancy aston-martin car. most people couldn t wait to see what kate middleton would wear. everybody s waiting to see what she s wearing. reporter: it was one of fashion and britain s best kept secrets. we finally saw it when kate middleton stepped out in an ivory satin and lace gown designed by sarah burton of alexander mcqueen. and the prince seemed pleased. his expression echoed throughout the design industry. stunning. she looked like a real princess. reporter: the mcqueen label also designed pippa middleton s dress complete with the same buttons as her refwal sister. sarah burton and the late alexander mcqueen are back in the spotlight. last night celebrities graced the red carpet at the metropolitan museum of art to honor the late alexander mcqueen s contribution to fashion. i miss him. he was a brilliant designer. reporter: the eccentric alexander mcqueen committed suicide but the designs he left and current designs are more popular than ever. his designs have been worn by michelle obama and celebrities like kate moss and rihanna. sarah burton is now the creative director. i m proud to have worked for him. he was a genius. reporter: stars were on hand last night making the red 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[ male announcer ] nope. capri sun 100% juice. this morning on today s royal treatment the three winners are back from their all expenses paid trip to london. the mom and daughters saw the town dressed to the nines with all the pomp and splendor during the royal wedding of prince william to kate middleton. they are here to tell us about it. first, let s check out the journey. one of the reasons we think molly is so speciale is what she does for a living. she works with kids who are ill and their families. so the winner of the all expense paid trip to london is megan redd, which means her sister molly and mom are headed to london. i d like to thank the academy at today. thank you! i m so excited. we have your first class boarding passes and your passport and the first class lounge is on your right hand side. ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for megan, molly and colleen as they head to london for the royal wedding. [ applause ] girls, next stop london! cheers! you go first. is that big ben? oh, it is big ben! now i really feel like we re in london. i know. this is amazing. is that the palace? oh, my word. it really looks like a palace. we re not in cleveland anymore. isn t that cool? it is so cool. is this your first time having afternoon tea? it is. fancy. our own little tea party. wow. i feel like princess kate right now. okay! here we are at hyde park. we re here watching the big screens. hello, kate! hello! [ cheers and applause ] this is so great. kate. mom is crying. i don t know why. what are you drinking, mom? lemonade. this is pretty cool. good night. everything s been just wonderful. megan redd is back with her sister molly and mom colleen. welcome back. thank you. wow. this all started with you, me n megan. it did. can you believe your luck? no. i still have to pinch myself that i m here on set, that we had this amazing trip. i never dreamed this would happen, but i m so happy it did. what were your impressions of london? it s a beautiful city. it was so clean and so much to see. it was amazing. molly, you re a fan of english literature and movies. what was your impression? did it match your expectations? definitely. even more. from the architecture to the people. it was such an exciting environment with the wedding going on that week. the city was so beautiful and clean. we had great weather. it was fantastic. you never expect mom to be the party girl, but you have a picture in the park. what did the girls drink? water. whose idea were the masks? we bought them. we all three used them quite a bit throughout the day. while you were watching the wedding, what was the mood of the crowd? oh, so patriotic and i really did cry. it was so beautiful, dignified and regal. it was wonderful to be with all of the londoners. they were so proud and happy. it was so emotional. did you run into other americans there? we did. we ran into people from outside of cleveland when we were at changing of the guards. we met somebody who lives 20 miles away from us. what are the odds? small world. what was your favorite thing? i can only speak for myself. but when they were singing their national anthem and everyone was singing god save the queen it was a hush and then everyone sang. it was just surreal. it was beautiful. it was awesome. all the opportunities. we had thanks to the today show to go the spa, high tea, the royal treatment, all the traditional english things and seeing the city. it was a once in a lifetime opportunity. it was the first time you left your little boy. it was. good seeing him when you got back? i haven t seen him yet. i ll see him tonight. i can t wait. your husband aaron has been doing a good job? phenomenal job. he s a great dad. megan, molly and colleen, thank you so much. thank you! thanks to today. and the flight was amazing. oh, my gosh. they should put it on their website. thanks, guys. coming up, the one, the only, the original great bargains just for today viewers. more staels and deals. first these messages. you gotta try honey bunches of oats with almonds! it s got real, sliced california almonds with a third less sugar per serving than honey nut cheerios. wow! delicious! try honey bunches of oats with almonds! but sometimes i wonder. what s left behind? 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and should we be counting calories or carbs and yeah! what s going on here? we ll get the answer to your diet and nutrition questions and guess who s here? who? olympic gold medal figure skater kristi yamaguchi sharing her workout plan. we ll find out about that from her. get out. you can stop, kristi. firs let s get a check of the weather. that s what s going on around your neck of the woods. temperatures are around 70. today low to mid-80s this afternoon. a greater chance of a thunderstorm after 6:00 or 5:00 this evening, and all the way to midnight. an isolated storm could produce wind damage and perhaps an isolated tornado. after that, chilly rain and much cooler weather for wednesday, and thursday, the sun returns and highs near 70. near 70 again on friday. now we get to say hello to you wanted to say it? that s okay. the latest contestant to have the scales tip against her on the biggest loser couples. good morning. good morning. you joined with your dad and did it because you wanted your dad to be healthier. it was out of love. exactly. i watched my dad. he had problems just moving around. he was in pain. for me, as a daughter to watch dad go through it was hard. i want to do anything to support him, help him change his life. and the weigh-off started with a big change. rulon gardener announced he was leaving the ranch for personal reasons. that was a shocker. he was a big competitor in the game. it changed the game a lot. he was having a hard time at the ranch and he wanted to leave for personal reasons so we expected that. you actually gained two pounds. do you think that s the reason you ended up getting kicked off the ranch? what went into the decision? you look amazing. how much have you lost? quite a bit? 68. it was definitely a shock. but just being trying not to get discouraged when that happens. weight loss just changes so much. up and down. happens to everybody. it does. but you lost 68 pounds. you started at 233. this means you re under the limit to go skydiving. exactly. that s definitely what i want to do. in new zealand i got to do some extreme things. i want to do some more. good luck to you and your dad. thank you very much. you can catch the show tonight at 8/7 central on nbc. up next, steals and deals, big bargains for you, our today viewers after this. part of my job is teaching my patients how to take insulin. but i ve learned a lot from patients who use flexpen. flexpen comes pre-filled with the insulin i take and i can dial the exact dose of insulin i need. i live my life on the go and need an on-the-go insulin. i don t need to carry a cooler with flexpen. novolog is a fast-acting, man-made insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults and children with diabetes. do not inject novolog if you do not plan to eat within 5 to 10 minutes after injection to avoid low blood sugar. tell your healthcare provider about all medicines you take and all of your medical conditions, including if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. the most common side effect of novolog is low blood sugar. other possible side effects include reactions at the injection site. get medical help right away if you experience serious allergic reactions, body rash, trouble with breathing, fast heartbeat or sweating. ask your healthcare provider about novolog flexpen today. learn more about the different insulins available in flexpen at myflexpen.com. flexpen, insulin delivery that goes with you. 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or maybe you have a recipe for a dressing you can share. you re right. they are high in fat, calories and even the reduced calorie versions are packed with sodium. here s a great trick with any commercial brand. go to the store. pick up a low calorie vinaigrette. at home, dilute it with plain vinegar. add extra balsamic if it s reduced fat balsamic vinegar. shake it in a larger bottle and you will drive down the calories, fat and sodium for any brand. if you don t mind putting in a little bit of work in the kitchen here s my go-to light balsamic vinaigrette recipe. take half a cup of really good balsamic vinegar and mix it with three tablespoons of olive oil, quarter cup of water, table spoon of dijon mustard, a teaspoon each of honey and garlic powder. screw on the lid of a mason jar and shake it up for an unbelievable low callery balsamic vinaigrette. anyone can access that on my facebook and twitter. now to tina. she s on the phone from illinois. good morning. what s your question? le. caller: hi, joy. i m trying to lose weight and would like to know what s more effective? should i omit carbs completely or focus on myle calorie intake and allow myself to eat carbs? when it comes to losing weight, tina, calories matter most. you can certainly go out of your way to incorporate high quality carbohydrates as long as you account for the calories. the issue is that the starchy carbs, rice, pasta, potatoes and bread are delicious, comforting and not as filling as protein. so people tend to overeat them. it s a personal choice, but the bottom line is as long as you account for the carb calories, it s the calories that matter. go ahead and enjoy them. and exercise. le absolutely. exercise helps you burn calories. thank you very much. our final question, we have an e-mail from a viewer from rob in eriep.a. i m taking a statin and heard it s a good idea to take a coq 10 sup ple meant. in my opinion it might be worth considering. it s an antioxidant. typically your body produces enough of the antioxidant to keep yourself healthy and happy. when you re taking a statin medication, that same mechanism that has your liver produce less cholesterol also slows down the production of this antioxidant called coq-10. experts think that s why some people on statins get aches and pains in muscles. i say speak with your physician. if together the two of you decide that it s worth taking the supplement, i would recommend 100 to 200le milligrams in a soft gel tab every day. speak with your physician. absolutely. joy, thanks so much. up next, olympic gold medalist kristi yamaguchi shares workout secrets. first this is today on nbc. you go, girl. on take it off today kristi yamaguchi s power workout. olympic gold medalist kristi yamaguchi won america s hearts and now this wife and mother of two beautiful girls is sharing her secrets in a dvd called kristi yamaguchi s power workout. we look at you as the epitome of fitness. you were the dancing champ on dancing with the stars. you re a working mom and it s hard to fit it in. it is. before dancing with the stars i took a good three years out and didn t work out at all. i didn t have time. the kids were little. now i want to find ways to stay active. it was a good way to stay home, be with the kids and fit it all in. even on weekends if the kids are home, i m home. this one you need coordination. i didn t wear workout clothes but i ll play along as much as i can. one way to get the heart pumping are grapevines which a lot of people know. so grapevine. step touch. do we use weights with these? you can start without weights. you just want to get the heart going. then my training calls them the little yamaguchi with squat moves with a rotation. the jumping and squatting really gets the heart. it works every muscle. that gets the heart going for the cardio section. what s next? you will do that for a little bit. then you want to move to low intensity weights. we ll start with marching to work the biceps. a little bit of the bounce is required. balance. so start out slow. opposite arm like you re marching. fairly easy so a minute of this and you feel it. it s the slowness, too that can burn. you can pick it up and go totem po as well. oh, yeah! now moving on to the arms and biceps. this will be kind of the back of the leg, the hamstrings and shoulders. bending down. lifting to the chin and two lateral raises. coordination. watch those teeth. okay. down again, zip it up and two lateral raises. okay. very good. take it down a little bit more. al and ann. oh! you re always in great shape. good to see you encouraging over women to fit it into the schedule and make it a priority. absolutely. kristi yamaguchi! thank you. all right. keep it going. let s keep going. coming up kathie lee and hoda reveal the results of their special ambush makeover. that s coming up after your local news and weather. bree: sis, help me create my oasis. marcy: ok, romantic garden? bree: oh, is there a castle nearby? marcy: no, but there s a charming farmhouse. bree: right next to my posh castle! i m sensing a theme here. well, i am the queen, dear sister. good morning, everybody. 9:56 is our time right now. it s tuesday, may 3rd, 2011. we re following breaking news in northern virginia, deputies are investigating a apparently murder suicide. a man turned the gun on himself after he shot his wife. and days after his son s royal wedding, prince charles will be here today. and the great day to be farming out there, at least so far, nice and sunny, tom noo yeah, warming up quickly, too. we should hit the low to mid-80s this afternoon. a likelihood of storms between 7:00 and midnight, we could get storms that produce damaging winds and hail and maybe a tornado, and after that, chilly rain. off and on, thursday wednesday morning. jerry, how is traffic? over on 395 northbound, there had been a fender bender, and delays coming up from the beltway. head over towards the americanlien bridge, and right side the outer loop, and left side, inner loop, and no delays or accidents. or accidents. tonight, we find out captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, everybody. so glad you re with us today. it s tuesday, booze day, may 3rd. our hoda is still under the weather. poor, baby. i am still under. everybody has their home remedies. i did one of those tweets and asked people what works for them. i have the throat and thing everybody has. i like some of these. this one involves a pair of socks and some vick s vapor rub. i m ready. stick them up here. i ll put them down here. she has the prettiest feet. ooh, a little clammy. put vick s vapor rub. oh, that does feel good. who loves you baby? put a sock on it. what is the thinking behind this? i ve got to do ooh, i put it in my hair. this is my mother s solution. she would slather vick s vapor rub all over us. do the other one. i don t even care about the show. that was from cindy claire. thank you, cindy. that feels so good. i m so happy. i m having weird thoughts. apparently the vick s vapor rub on the bottom of your feet does something like reflexology and goes all the way where it needs to go. look at that sock. look how i take care of you. it s neti pot i tried to get you to do. my daughter does it a couple of times a day. she swears by it. especially during the pollen season. that is nasty. jer, can i have thank you. please. thank you. one of our viewers said to chew on a clove of garlic and just eat it. that s what you re supposed to do and it cures you. another guy said i should have a glass of red wine. two a day for five days. why stop at two? and the hot toddy. frank makes the greatest. oh, my god. that is good. that is really good. thank you, everybody. what we are excited about is hoda s sister is here today and sara s sister is here today. feel better for your sister hala. there is hala and me. she flew in for an ambush makeover. not just for that. she came in for vacation. right now she loves her hair. she didn t get my hair. she got my dad s hair which is the vick great hair. anyway, she is going to we are going to see what she looks like after. is she excited about it? yes. we ll see what happens. and sara, your sister sathy is nervous. in one is a camera person but me clearly. the middle child system. she is adorable. she is darling. your brother joe is here to look on? and your mom. my sister mish couldn t make it. if you want to snuggle up on the couch tonight in your socks and vick s vapor rub, watch the voice. i am so excited to see it tonight. this is the one where the judges have their chairs turned back. coaches are christina aguilera, ceelo green. we are going to start our own thing around here. we ll have our own competition for the voice. we are. we are excited about this. we ll start off by you going to our website. let us know how you feel about the contestants. we ll invite some of you to come to our show. we ll have our backs turned to you in the big chairs. now we have another contest. contests are us. kentucky derby is this coming weekend. you have all the hats. i don t know. i wear a lot of hats. if you want to enter our kentucky derby hat contest, you have a few more hours. here are some of the entries. that is a horse s ass. i believe it is. or it s pin the tail on the donkey gone awry. that is a good one. contest ends today 4:00 p.m. eastern time. these are amazing. look at that one. i love it. they are going to receive two tickets to the derby. he has a calling. he is my personal favorite. four days, three nights in louisville, which is a beautiful city. i take it back, that s my favorite. round trip airfare for two. wow. cool. get in your hats in. i was hoping today in the paper there would be some physical evidence we could see of the demise of osama bin laden. not yet. do you think they are going to? i think they are worried they say they have it and it might inflame. people want proof. they could photo shop out the part blown away, you know? above his left there will be a part of him that is recognizable. we don t need to see the gory details. if they show the burial into the sea, that could be anything. and there are going to be skeptics all around. there is an interesting picture in the paper today. headline here shows the top brass watching this thing. you can see hillary clinton covering her mouth. everybody watching intently. that must have been a grueling 40 minutes. when the one helicopter went down, they were like, oh, my god. they were all at such peril. it was a very gutsy call by our president. he is getting rave reviews from both sides of the aisle. bipartisan. jay leno had a little fun. i guess he was quite giddy. mr. obama has a new campaign slogan, yes, i did! you can see he was giddy. and may god bless the united states of america. watch what he does here. that was genius. that s the way you do it. a lot of our friends in the south suffering from the tornados haven t been getting tons of attention because of all these news stories. facebook is reuniting people with some of their old photos and family heirlooms. say you had a picture that blew 300 miles into some of these yards. people are taking photos and posting them on facebook so you can get reconnected with photos and mementos. there was an ultrasound picture. a woman found an ultrasound picture. apparently she had been adopted herself. she was so moved finding somebody else s record of their birth and formation. something she didn t have that she started to do it and put it on facebook so people could connect. i guess 50,000 people have become fans of her page. she do send our love and prayers to all the folks. they can t watch television right now. many of them lost their lives their livelihoods, their homes, their possessions, but there are so many great organizations, too. salvation army does an unbelievable job down there. so does, you know the one. red cross. real quick. i want to give a shout out. i went to an event the other day it s the alzheimer s drug association foundation. you ve got to start saying no. this week, no. there is jen miller. she looks good. this was at sotheby s. this works solely on discovering a drug for alzheimer s. often there are things, money that goes to administrative cost. it was a fun night. jennifer, i m quite jealous of her. you have a lot of fans. one is donny deutsch. he was upset when he heard what happened to your shoes. all right. if one more person stops me on the street and has been asking for valentino shoes and she is asking you. i couldn t find them. what? i couldn t find them. i can fall in love with something else. i did a guy s perspective of what you probably would like. these aren t the valentinos, but maybe what do we think? i ve got a pair for you also. this would do it for you? frank and i have been talking online. this is what he said. jay told me to get a pair of these also. truth be told, i did find the valentinos. those are just jokes. oh, my gosh! donny deutsch, you sweetheart. yes. i think it was the right foot though. a whole new pair? bambino, all is forgiven. donny, i love you. for all men watching at home, women love shoes. you don t need jewelry. women who love men who pay attention. thank you so much. sorry i smell like vick s. thank you, sweetie. you are the dearest. by the way, we have a big surprise for everybody on friday, right? yes, we are. we have another little announcement on friday. you said don t tease. can i take these home with me? not for me to wear, just in case. we are going to miss sara haines. you re sweet. you re the best. it s that time you guys all wait for. our winner this week is kristen vitunic. she is from pittsburgh. favorite part of the show is today s talk especially on thursday. as way of saying thank you and early happy mother s day, we are sending you on a gorgeous get away to clearwater beach, florida. you ll stay at the sandpearl resort. we are also giving you show what s behind curtain number two. multifunctional two-seated stroller for a wide range of outdoor activities. hotel and airfare furnished by sandpearl resort. it is a beautiful beach. thanks so much. all righty. it s i time for my sister and sara s sister. not like ambushing the ones you love. hoda and sara treat their sisters to a makeover. i love my shoe and donny deutsch. hey! you want that? you want a warm, super-delicious strawberry toaster strudel yeah but now i have nothing to eat sure you do. hey! you can have the pop tart! pillsbury toaster strudel. the one kids want to eat pillsbury toaster strudel. these ladies have been exercising, watching their diets and enjoying activia light. well? i m managing my weight really well, and i ve never felt so light. at 70 calories, delicious activia light helps you be light and feel light too. activia we re all out of toilet paper. can you toss me a roll? too rough. we re out of toilet paper. can you toss me a roll? too soft. can you toss me a roll? that s better. angel soft. an ideal balance of softness and strength. time for a very special sister edition of plaza ambush makeovers. hopefully they ll love us when it s over. today contribute why are and stylist to the stars luis lacari. and jill martin. this was so nice for us to be able to do. was it tougher because they re our sisters and you knew we would be sitting here? i think we both gave ourselves a lot of pressure. of course. they both wanted this. sort of. wanted it but with restrictions. small change. i didn t see the piece. first one is, of course, where is it? ha hala kotb who is hoda s sister. my sister hala has always taken care of me. i did anything she asked. when we were kids and it was snowing she would point up the hill and i would pull her up the hill and she would point down and i would push her down the hill. that describes her in a nutshell. ballsy. that s how i describe her. she worked her whole life. she tries to take care of everyone. i always thought, you know what? hala only has one problem. she doesn t look out for herself. i thought this would be perfect. hala was always right next to me. when i got sick with breast cancer, hala came and lived with me. there is one thing i remember where i had to go into an mri machine. i was so squared to go into the machine. hala took a chair and put it right next to the mri machine and sat there. there is a time in your life when you want to clean slate it like, here i go. hala lost a lot of weight recently. she feels differently. i just hope this whole thing is going to be a lot of fun for her. is it time to put on the blind fold? don t take it off until i tell you so. let s look at hala before and bring out the beautiful hala kotb. oh, my gosh, hala. can i look? yes, you may. hala, you look awesome. take a look at yourself. let me turn. oh, my gosh. she does have great hair. do you like? wow. thank you. the highlights look great. tell us what you did. hala wanted color, but she was frightened of color. if you notice i gave her those highlights. they are basically on the edges of the hair. this is ombre color. i accented the hair with this great haircut and accented the lips. i love the dress. no pressure from hoda. she wants this, she wants that. how about this? it worked out when we went shopping. she was three sizes off from where she is now. how much did you lose? close to 40. good for you. and her jewelry from jennifer miller to help her sparkle like you do. all right. terrific, hala. hold on. next up is sara haines sister kathie. let s listen to her story. my sister kathie deserves an ambush makeover because she is constantly living her life doing for other people and never gives back to herself. kathie is the oldest of the four of us kids. she is mother to my beautiful and adorable nephew austin and nice abigail. she, since birth, has lived for those kids. she also has to wear every hat in the household because she is a single mom. everything that would normally be shared by two is on her shoulders. at the end of the day, the stuff that falls by the wayside is anything that has to do with making kathy feel good. she is so deserving. she has a beautiful heart. she sings offtune in the car, but it s adorable. she is everything and she does it so well and it s effortless, but she just doesn t see that herself. i want to see her just once look in the mirror and see what the world sees. oh, my god. we can t wait. sara and her mom have their blind folds on. here is kathy s before picture. you were hot before. all right. ready? take off your blind folds, ladies. oh, kathy! your hair looks so great. i love it. you look so great. gorgeous. again. we ve given her subtle layers throughout and styled it differently. offersly a beautiful woman. this is pretty made prettier made beautiful. what i did, her hair color was brassy. i made it more subtle. kleenex. i am so excited. you look gorgeous. the whole family is sobbing. now you know where i get it from. we get it. sorry. jill, the outfit is hot. did i ruin my make-up? calvin klein. look at her beautiful waistline. we added this belt from talbot. looks fabulous. these shirt dresses are so in for spring and summer and jennifer miller jewelry. you all did beautiful. why former gray s anatomy star might get you digging up your roots. you can turn ordinary chicken into luscious, delicious, and scrumptious. with recipes from campbellskitchen.com, and campbell s cream of chicken soup. campbell s.® it s amazing what soup can do.™ by giving me huge discounts on rooms hotels can t always fill. with unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin hotel, for less. where you book matters. expedia. individualize with the covergirl exact eyelights collection. green eyes here s the look for you. blues, hazels, and browns have their look too. individualeyes! with exact eyelights from easy, breezy, beautiful covergirl. that was quite the deal with the sisters. we ve got to learn to keep kleenex available at all times. we forget it s a highly emotional experience for everybody. what did you think? 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i put a delegation together to see what would be needed on the ground of sierra leone. was i was being inducted as a chief, she said you re a man from another land. interesting. how did you make you feel? terrified. it sounds like an awesome responsibility. representing 6,000 villagers now. i was thinking i would get in and have the african experience and come back and donate basketballs and build some things. now the folklore states i will be a man from another land that will help bring this country back to its original state which was called the athens of africa. that s been my journey the last four years. in this book, fans from the show will know you from your work on tv. what will they learn they don t already know? me. they ll get the real isaiah washington. that starts in 1972 at the age of 9 talking about a dream that i call a rerun in the book. it seems every time i would step away from the path of my destiny which has been today, something catastrophic happens. such as? when i thought i would be a football player, my coach had a scandal in texas where i didn t get the letter of interest to go to the school i was supposed to go to. i joined the air force. in the air force i ended up working in part of a company. that didn t work out after the space shuttle blew up. i watched the film she s got to have it. i said that s what i want to do, what spike lee is doing. i said ten years we would be working together. by that tenth year i made four films with him in new york. can you see bridging the two worlds? 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i tell you. it started badly. the reason i wrote this book because when our show officially started, joe was making 14 times more than me. it s a little weird to talk about money, isn t it? you get up at the same time, you sit there together. i don t know if i was worth exactly what he we came from very different. i came from no job, he came from primetime. it was how wide the disparity was that bothered me. and it was me that put myself in that situation. i signed a contract no wasn t what i was worth. did you know at the time what he was making? we talked about it. we talked about it and i had done my research. that is one of my pieces of advice. he offered to help you out which i found interesting. at one point i was going to leave. i finally realized it looked too good on the outside and it wasn t good on the inside. i have two girls to go home to and it didn t feel right. i decided i would leave. he actually thought this is a business transaction that was not worth passing up on. he gets ratings bonuses and negotiated them, smartly, in his contract and had them diverted to me. that was horrifying to me. that s not the way you want to be paid. there were so many things wrong with that. let me have my vodka martini. we brought your favorite drink. i need it right now. ultimately, just inspired me to go and tell management i m leaving. and that you, management at nbc, have become by virtue how i allowed it to happen, bad boyfriend. i can t let this go on. we worked it out. actually, i handled to the president of msnbc phil griffin, i wrote this book. he changed two words in the entire book. this book is not only filled with your own advice but advice from other people. we ve all been through it. tina brown, aarona huffington, donny deutsch, donald trump. i m a big donny deutsch fan. sheila baird. we all have common stories. they have people approach them for raises. all had parallels in the way women ask for raises as oppose to men. women apologize. women want to be liked in the room. i don t worry about being liked any more. i know what i bring to the table. that maturity is a wonderful place to get to. that s hard for women. we want to be liked almost as much as we want to be valued. i think you ve come a long way, baby. there are a lot of women who struggle and miscross those wires in their head when are at the negotiating table. has a lot of good advice in it. if you settle for what you got, you deserve what you get. i think we smell another bestseller. thank you. up next, the truth about frozen foods and what you should never think about storing in your freezer. can you tell when your food is made with fresh ingredients? we ll taste test three different dishes and find out. maureen petroski is here to unlock good news about frozen foods. is it better to buy frozen as opposed to fresh foods? vitaminwise, no, nutrientwise, no. you re like all the moms on the mother board. because it s a big combination of meredith corporation and walmart we have over a million moms who weighed in. recipes are from lots of moms. these are the ones we think you won t be able to tell the difference. it s a contest. hoda has a cold. she thinks from looking at it that s the fresh. the peas are just a little bit darker. do you want to taste? okay. i can t taste anything. the thing that is great with frozen veggies, you can buy organic frozen veggies. i ll be surprised if you can tell the difference. all the items are products we think are great coming from the freezer. i think this one is fresh. okay. you re wrong. this is the fresh and this is the frozen. these are a little plumper. even in color and by look you can t tell the difference. frozen are sweeter. what happens with frozen foods, when frozen at their peak they maintain that peak. so they are almost fresher. those peas peaked. this is a frozen dough versus a fresh dough. bread products from the freezer are one of our favorite things. you can have warm, crusty rolls at home. i don t care. i haven t had pizza in so long. this is ham, gruyere and caramelized onions and parmesan. can you tell? fresh. she is weighing on fresh. kathie? exactly the same to me. i ll say this one. this one is our fresh. the only reason it s a little bit different, it plumped up more. you can t even tell the difference. go for the frozen. i m looking forward to this one. this is an entree. you can entertain, have a quick family night dinner. this is angel hair pasta, shrimp. here we are talking about the shrimp. they are both cooked. she is a little nervous. they are both purchased fully cooked. one was fully cooked from a fish purveyor. freezer. great thing about fish, when you buy something from the freezer, they pull this right from the ocean, they freeze it immediately. tell us the truth. this is the fresh. that s what i said. no, you said this one. no, i didn t. hoda, we could rerack the tape. we need a drink to go with all this stuff. we ran out of time. we ve got to bring in one of our wonderful guys from southern living. norman is here. we love you. here you go. a big bite. mint juleps all around. our state julep cups. beautiful. it s going to air live saturday on versus. we love versus. starting 11:00 a.m. eastern time. captions by vitac www.vitac.com here s what you should be watching: your cable bill. because you could be paying way too much. stop spending more for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. call now and get this special bonus: $100 back. fios is a 100% fiber-optic network that delivers superior picture quality, the best channel lineup, more hd, plus the fastest internet in the u.s. and there s no term contract required. why keep paying for cable? 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