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england shocked the world as she s caught grocery shopping, today, may 6, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this friday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m david gregory in for matt lauer. president obama heads to fort comp be campbell, kentucky, today to meet with some of the members of s.e.a.l. team 6. ander more information about what the s.e.a.l.s recovered during the raid. there was talk of an attack on september 11 this year involving trains in the u.s. and what s the best way to reach kids about the dangers of obesity. a controversial new campaign is using brutally honest images and messages cliek chubby kids may not outlive their parents but some experts say it crosses the line. plus, do you want to own a piece of hollywood history? the house made in the christmas classic home alone is up for sale. [ screaming ] and it will cause you to scream. this is exciting. we ll unveil the star-studded summer concert series line up. we begin with serious news and the latest on the raid and killing of osama bin laden. ann curry is in abbottabad again this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you, meredith. a few hours ago, a u.s. drone attack with multiple missiles fired was reported. this is likely to further inflame the already tense situation here. also today, a major push-back from the army. roads cleared, reporters, every cleared from osama bin laden s compound as officials here want this embarrassment to end. this morning, new video emerged, shot by pakistani intelligence services inside osama bin laden s compound. this as u.s. officials release initial details of what special forces found there on laptops, papers and cell phones. no references to specific plots. but, they say, it appears al qaeda operatives weighed options as far back as february 2010 as to whether or not they should attack trains on the september 11 anniversary as they have in britain, spain and india. embarrassed about the way the u.s. took down osama bin laden on thursday the most powerful man in pakistan called sunday s raid a misadventure warming in a statement that any similar action violating the sovereignty of pakistan would jeopardize the level of military/intelligence cooperation with the united states. a respected pakistani journalist and bin laden expert says security is gathering intelligence from three of bin laden s wives taken into custody at the compound. i think they can provide information to the investigators which areas where he was hiding, what kind of people he was meeting, and especially from how long he was hiding in pakistan. reporter: u.s. analysts piecing together the life of one of those wives, amal asada was just 18 when she was married to osama bin laden then at 43 becoming his last and favorite wife. she was known to be devoted to him. she lunged forward seemingly to protect osama. she was shot in the leg. she was in the room when her husband died. she s from yemen, a country osama considered his homeland. she was like him simple, pious and not interested in luxury like his other four wives. it appears she lived her life on the run. she traveled with bin laden during one of the most difficult parts of his life when he was mostly on the run traveling across pakistan, afghanistan with few luxuries yet she stuck by him. reporter: there are reports that amal, now in custody, has told interrogators that osama bin laden and family members had been living in the compound for the past five years. she will know details about the life of the world s most wanted man and u.s. officials will want to speak with her. pakistan security is reportedly considering lettinging u.s. officials have access to osama bin laden s wives but not to hand them over. also there is a report in the washington post that the cia had a safehouse here used to monitor movements at the osama bin laden compound. if so, locals here still don t know where that safehouse was. david, back to you. all right, ann. thank you very much. reporting from pakistan this morning. president obama will meet today with the navy s.e.a.l. tale that carried out the raid on osama bin laden s compound. this after making his first visit to ground zero as president on thursday. savannah guthrie is here in new york with the details. good morning. good morning. the president will meet with some of the s.e.a.l.s. fort campbell is the training base for the helicopters that took part in the raid to kill osama bin laden. with the president s visit to ground zero and the trip today, he s trying to mark a moment in american history. one day after laying a wreath at 9/11 s hallowed grounds, the president will travel today to fort campbell, kentucky, and meet face to face for the first time behind closed doors with some of the navy s.e.a.l.s who raided osama bin laden s pakistan compound, killing america s most wanted terrorist. on thursday in new york, the president told 9/11 first responders what the s.e.a.l.s did last weekend was for them. when those guys took the extraordinary risks going into pakistan they were doing it, in part, because of the sacrifices that were made in this state. they were doing it in the name of your brothers that were lost. reporter: the president s visit to new york was low key. he mettle privately with 9/11 families, visited firefighters and a ground zero police precinct, trying to recreate the spirit of unity that reigned on 9/11. we did what we said we were going to do, and that america even in the midst of tragedy will come together across the years, across politics, across party, across administrations, to make sure justice is done. reporter: but the administration still faced questions over why early accounts of how bin laden was killed were wrong. the white house acknowledging in the rush to get information out some facts were inaccurate. i think it s an embarrassment to the white house and the optics of it. look, the big issue is an extremely daring, risky raid carried out nearly flawlessly hundreds of miles from the launch point and finally achieving an objective we tried to carry out for ten years. the white house says accounts changed as more s.e.a.l.s were interviewed and aides say there is no question that sometimes these things change over time and that the administration deserves credit for trying to correct the record as quickly as possible. david? security analyst peter bergen produced the first television interview with osama bin laden in 1997. his book is called the longest war, the enduring conflict between america and al qaeda. good morning. good morning. the details we are learning about a potential plot against america for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 or another major holiday against trains, against the rail system. what details have we learned about that? i think this was, like a lot of al qaeda plots, very much in the blue sky category. they had been thinking about a lot of things. still a focus on the spectacular attack. what was interesting was the cities they were targeting new york, los angeles, washington, chicago. you know, they are not going to attack sioux city or des moines or less of an american city. people of influence have never heard of des moines. it s the iconic cities that are targets. presumably we ll learn from evidence compiled from the scene but there was a picture of osama bin laden in more direct command and control. do you think that s what we can glean from this? that s unsurprising. when you join al qaeda you don t swear oath of allegiance to al qaeda. it s to osama bin laden. replacing him will be difficult. they pledge to osama bin laden personally. we hear about al qaeda being a franchise operation, more decentralized but he was the figurehead. yeah. in the u.s. military there is a thing called commander of intent. general petraeus puts out a general order. that s what bin laden would do. attack westerners, attack jews. sometimes he would add something like, let s take revenge for the danish cartoon of the t prophet mohamed. we have seen a lot of activity trying tole kill the cartoonist responsible. you are talking about the cult of personality surrounding bin laden. so the number two who is still at large, ayman al zawahiri, can he take over? he ll run it into the ground. he s not well liked in his own group. he doesn t have the stature bin laden has. he s a divisive figure. i know friends, family, who have nice things to say humble, modest. no one describes feelings of love for ayman. love is a strong verb. what about the terrorist threat we face as a country? you wrote this week, between the arab spring and the death of bin laden it is hard to imagine greater blows to al qaeda s ideology and organization. it had nothing to do with the spring. people are not carrying pictures of osama bin laden, demanding a taliban theocracy. they want accountable government, everything we want. al qaeda the organization was founded by bin laden. he s the intellectual 9/11. he s irreplaceable. if we spent hours thinking about t what better way to end this thing and the arab spring and the death of bin laden are big. it s a major national security problem for the united states, this thing is receding. that s a significant statement. i think it s true. we are in new york, almost ten years later. most americans would have wanted it to have succeeded by now. as you look back and in the new book you talk about the mistakes bin laden made that led to his downfall. what are the top ones? first of all, attacking the united states was dumb. he got an 800-pound gorilla riled up. people within al qaeda understood this was a mistake. we have recovered things on the battlefield where they say, hey, that was dumb. bin laden bought into his idea that the united states was as weak as the former soviet union, that our activities would be explained by the pull-out of vietnam. we weren t going to pull out after being attacked there. it was a misanalysis of what the united states responses were. that was the big bad idea. he should have stuck with trying to overthrow the saudi regime which was his initial aim. thank you, peter. the killing of bin laden and how it shape it is war on terror and the world, we have a speciale hour of meet the press this sunday. among the guests, michael chertoff, michael hayden and white house national security adviser tom donilon. now we want a check of the top news stories with natalie at the news desk. more members of the mississippi delta are being forced to evacuate as the water is rising and the river rushes south. ron mott is in memphis, tennessee, with the latest. good morning. reporter: good morning. a lot of damage has been done in the north. here in memphis and points south, people are bracing for much of the same. for the second straight spring john and dora richards have watched as river water inched toward the their house. unlike last year when flooding seeped inside the home they are feeling lucky. the last two years you thought, well, in the morning am i going to put my feet in water. reporter: the worst appears to be behind residents and businesses here with the river cresting thursday, the situation upstream is more dire, especially for farmers who make their living along the mississippi. the army corps of engineers breached the river intentionally blowing up the levees at three points along the big muddy. first at cairo, then new madrid and then hickman, kentucky, sending water onto prime farmland. the levees were blasted to protect people and property, but farmers say it will cost them millions. it s amazing that one boom can put this much water through here and devastate this many lives. reporter: the richards are counting their good fortune, but they are concerned about flood victims and those to come down river. i feel for them. really, i do. i do. i feel for them. i know what they re going through. it s heart-breaking. reporter: the river is expected to crest in memphis on wednesday, very close to an all-time high. officials say 2,800 residences and businesses are in the flood zone perhaps threatening to flood. back to you. ron mott in memphis, tennessee. thank you. as the flooding threatens the mississippi delta, a major swath of texas is undergoing a severe drought. the drought-stricken area is larger than pennsylvania, maryland, new jersey and delaware combined. some schools received suspicious letters containing white powder prompting concern and several school evacuations. initial testing finds the powder to be nontoxic. investigators believe the letters are a hoax. the fbi will test the powder today. tensions are mounting again today in syria where demonstrators promise another day of defiance. lee cowan is on the syrian border with the latest. lee, good morning. reporter: good morning. it s shaping up to be another deadly day for those protesting in syria. word from across the border indicates at least 1,000 people have gathered in damascus but the military has tanks and troops to intimidate them or worse. since the uprising began six weeks ago, more than 500 demonstrators have been killed, thousands taken into custody and the most recent is an american reporter from seattle named dorothy parva. she was working for aljazeera english at the time. she arrived about a week ago. no one has seen or heard from her since. syrian authorities say they have her in custody. so far, calls for her release have gone unanswered. natalie? lee cowan, thanks so much. now to wall street. mandy drury is at the new york stock exchange. how will the week turn out, do you think? it s often billed as the mother of all data but the monthly jobs report is very much the focus of the markets, just as investors started to fret that economic news is starting to weaken. the good news here is, natalie, remember the plunge in crude oil prices i was talking about yesterday? we saw a $10 plunge which also brought wholesale gasoline prices down 20 cents a gallon. we hope that translates into a halt in the rise we have been seeing in retail prices that we pay at the pump. commodities like oil, gold and silver and copper really taking a hit this week as economic news is starting to weaken. they had risen too far and too fast. back to you. mandy, thank you. it took three years of planning to make one spectacular leap. chilean base jumper julio munoz revved his motor bike into the andes. he free falled about 3,000 feet before opening his parachute. the bike smashed to pieces but he landed safe and sound along with all of the cameras mounted to his body to capture the feat. that s stunning and unbelievable and frightening. crazy. all at once. i was training to do that. next where in the world is matt lauer. all the cameras. we want to see that. we get to push him off the cliff. oh, my gosh. amazing. that s on a list of things i don t want to do. exactly. one more thing we will not be doing. thank you. sure. mr. roker didn t make it this way but he made it to louisville for the kentucky derby. he s at churchill downs for a look at the weather. looking spiffy. good morning. by the way, wile e. coyote has done that trick with the bike. we are here at churchill downs getting ready for the 137th run for the roses here at louisville, kentucky. nbc s coverage starts tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. right here on nbc. let s check your weather, nbc. let s check your weather and show you what is going on. thankfully a quiet day across much of the country. that s a good thing. we have clouds in the pacific northwest and showers moving through the great lakes, and a few showers lingering in northern new england, and breezy and sunny from the southwest, and showers in the upper ohio river valley, and showers moving towards the ending of the day, and then running of the roses, cloudy and mild, and possible rain, and less than a quarter of an inch, high temperature upper 60s so track should not be that big of a problem. another chill in the air this morning, starting off around 40 degrees in many locations. and by the bay, upper 40s now. later this afternoon, we should make it into the low 70s. a lot of clouds around, though. there is a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm this morning or early this evening. partly cloudy and meredith, that horse over there is the one i was on last year. that s the one that gave me trouble. i m keeping distance from him. stay away from that one, al. thank you, honey. we may not know where prince william and princess catherine are going on their honeymoon but we know they are coming to america. michelle kosinski is here with details on that in our first kate spotting since the royal wedding. good morning. good morning. gob-smacked is the great british world people use. seeing the future queen at a grocery store in remote wales, she had two body guards but she had the cart doing her own shopping. it seems impossible to tell if they are trying to make a point that, hey, we re regular people or this is how they roll, but they added another surprise a visit to the u.s. in two months. to join together this man and this woman in holy matrimony. reporter: what do you do after your historic wedding of the century that approximately a third of the planet watched live? you take off for two whole days of peace and quiet at some secret location nearby. then right back home and back to work. and so life is back to kind of normal for these two, setting up house in their little coastal town. still no word on where they will head for the honeymoon or when. that s all private. what they are revealing is more of the public life together. their first official trip to canada in july now all of the sudden adding a visit to quite possibly their biggest fan base in the u.s. of a. california, here they come july 8 to 10th. i think the visit of william and catherine will be huge in america. something like 600,000 americans came over to britain just to see the royal wedding. it s no surprise to me that california has been picked. it s a place where the celebrities are based. i m sure there will be a gala reception. this is the first time the american couple can celebrate a new royal princess. reporter: california couldn t be more thrilled to welcome the future king and queen of england, whatever they choose to do and see here. the nice thing about california is there is something for everybody. they re interested in seeing the sun, surf, beaches. absolutely something you can enjoy. reporter: the last time we saw prince william in the united states he was 11. his little brother harry was 8 and their mother princess diana brought them to disneyworld. here he is, newly married about to begin the visible role for which he tried to prepare his bride. [ cheers and applause ] reporter: together, little by little, creating a balance of private normal home life and the world s stage. venturing out one step at a time. true to form the palace isn t saying why they added a u.s. trip to the agenda or you know, some people are speculating maybe they wanted to show how important the alliance is between the u.s. and britain or maybe they were pleased with the ratings their wedding got here in the united states. we hear they may go to universal out there. have you heard that? no, i haven t. putting it out there. michelle, thank you so much. thank you. still ahead, did a police officer use too much force to subdue a 15-year-old girl? the violent shove that could land that officer in hot water. the violent shove that could land that officer in hot water. first 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. just ahead, the new anti-obesity campaign aimed at kids that some critics say crosses the line. and want to live in the home alone house? it just hit the market. after your local news. ly went t. female announcer: celebrate life s unforgettable moments with pandora, at jared. girls: awww. - they are so cute at that age. good morning. it s 7:26 on this friday, the 6th of may. all d.c. schools will be open today. somebody spent suspicious letters to 29 of them yesterday, and they contained a harmless white powder and a reference to al qaeda. 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[ male announcer ] but yiayia approves of them eating athenos greek yogurt. mmmmmm! because athenos is made the greek way, never using preservatives or artificial flavors. athenos. maybe the only thing approved by yiayia. good morning. sunny and chilly, and clouds will close in after the day progresses. a small chance of a isolated thunderstorm from late afternoon into evening. partly and mild tomorrow. for sunday, showers likely from time to time, mostly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s. how is traffic, jerry? germantown, 118 and middle brook road intersection is completely closed as there is an accident. and then 395, this is the slowest traffic i can find for the moment headed for downtown, fantastic. was that good? can i do it with a british accent? you can try it. okay. crowds lined the mall today [ laughter ] brilliant. fantastic. if it s okay with you we ll stick with your native american tongue. seriously? yeah. we are back at 7:30 on friday morning, may 6, 2011. that s me on the set of the long-running british sci-fi show dr. who as part of a special series called anchors abroad where we make cameos on some of the biggest international tv shows. i ll get started on monday. that will be fun. you were brilliant. thank you so much. hello! hello! i m meredith vieira alongside david gregory in for matt. switching gears, a violent arrest caught on tape. the officer for a phoenix police department is being called into question. he was seen shoving a 15-year-old girl into a concrete wall. that looks so hard. details coming up. plus, you wouldn t think anybody would be against a campaign to end childhood obesity, but a campaign in georgia is facing criticism by some who say the ads go too far. we ll tell you why. on a different note it could be yours. the iconic house from the movie home alone was put on the market. we have an inside tour. i loved that house. well, there it is. i thought it was part of a set. no, it s the real thing. we ll begin this half hour with the startling video of the police take-down of a 15-year-old girl. miguel alma fwguer is in phoeni. reporter: this incident happened in january but video of the arresting officer was just discovered by a police department employee. now that the video has been forwarded to a supervisor it s that arresting officer that could face charges of his own. the youtube video under review by the phoenix police department is just over three minutes long, but the police takedown of the 15-year-old girl is over in seconds. the powerful impact of this quick hit prompted an internal investigation. at face value, what you see on the video is of great concern to the phoenix police department about how a member of this community was treated. reporter: police won t identify the 15-year-old girl but say the officer is a six-year member of the force defended by the police union. we should not crucify the officer without knowing all the facts. reporter: the incident happened at this small charter school, what s called the last chance campus for troubled youth. the home video begins in the school parking lot. the teenager pinned to the ground by her mother, the person who police say called officers to the scene. according to police, the teenager was kicked out of class because she was allegedly drunk, had served liquor to other students and assaulted a teacherer. as you can see, the 15-year-old physically assaults her mother with fist strikes to the face. reporter: as witnesses and police arrive the teen tries to walk away. the officer pursues from behind, picking up speed before slamming the girl into the concrete wall. police call this, quote, an impact push. but critics including this retired law enforcement officer call the video and use of force disturbing. i didn t see the girl resisting the officer. i didn t see where the officer gave the opportunity for her to comply with any orders. it s troubling. reporter: after the teen was thrust into the wall, for a moment she lies motionless on the ground while being hand cuffed. police say she wasn t hurt but the video appears to show a bloody wound on her head. the 15-year-old was bookd on three charges including assault. now that the video has surfaced it s the arresting officer who could also face criminal charges. if this is a case in which an unlawful amount of force was used by the officer and what we are looking at is evidence of an aggravated assault or not. reporter: the police department says the officer has no criminal history or no problems. they have advised him not to talk. meantime, that 15-year-old girl and her mother er have not file charge or so complaints. her case is still pending. meredith? miguel, thank you very much. now let s get another check of the weather from al at churchill downs this morning. he s getting set for tomorrow s kentucky derby. announcer: today s weather is reporter: and one of the best parts of the being here is getting to interview donna brothers. she is one of the all-time female leading jockeys, and one of her great feats, she is known for saddling up for interviews. this morning, she s taking a chance to ride next to me after a less than popular incident that happened last year here on the backside. whoa, whoa. oh, oh, ouch. okay. wow. i just decided i am not getting on another horse after that. actually i did get on a horse, but this one is safer. donna brothers is joining me now. donna, this is much better. i feel much better on these. i thought you would like these just a little bit better. what are these called? exwau sizers. they practice their skills here. after my fall from grace this year, i thought this would be better for both of us. what are jockeys doing to get ready for the big race tomorrow? just trying to do everything to distract themselves. one thing i wanted to talk about last year and as soon as i set my reigns down last year, you pushed me off my horse. i did not push you. they will you have, what, how many? four pairs. they will put all of those down, and then put it s a cross, both of your reigns in one hand. and then when the gates ring open, they will pop up in the riding position. as the mud starts to hit them, they are riding along and grab a goggle and pull it down. as each one gets dirty they put it down? uh-huh. and then as they start to ride, they have to turn over the stick, and all right, al, you can do it. and all right, down the stretch they come, here is what is happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. we re off to a chilly start on this friday morning on the 6th day of may. doesn t feel like may, but more like a march morning. in the mid and low 40s through much of the region. it should be mild and in the 70s. and there is a chance of a small thunder shower. and then sunday, we could get showers, mostly cloudy and highs upper 60 and coverage of the 137th run for the roses, the kentucky derby, starts tomorrow morning, 11:00 a.m. on versus on cable and 4:00 p.m. on nbc. back to you. al, thanks. we re looking forward to it. switching gears here, more teens accused of bullying phoebe prince so that she took her own life have taken plea deals but not before her mother had her say. jeff rossen has the latest this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning. after all of the pain, all of the suffering and it has been intense and long. about a year and a half since phoebe s death, prosecutors are putting the wraps on the criminal case that s officially over. five of the bullies reached plea deals. no jail time for them and the d.a. dropped charges against the sixth and final student involved. they did not get away scot-free here. decision to probation and community service, the victim s mother confronted the bullies in court, face to face, crying and some of them couldn t take it. is there anything you want to say to phoebe or her family? absolutely not. reporter: sharon velasquez was stoic but tears. turns out phoebe prince s mother had plenty to say. moments of outrage. sharon s anger and aggression would have scared me, an adult. i can only imagine the terror in phoebe. reporter: and moments of pure pain. i will not be spending the summer teaching her to drive. no. this summer i will be negotiating with stone cutters who will design and cut the celtic cross for her head stone. reporter: she lived in fear of bullies. three of the so-called mean girls appeared in court. all of them admitting to misdemeanor criminal harassment. are you admitting to those facts freely, willingly and voluntarily? yes, sir. yes. yes, your honor. reporter: for the bullies sentenced to probation and 50 to 100 hours of community service, it is the end of a horrible chapter, but for phoebe s family, it is forever. they want the kids involved to know it. phoebe drew a sketch on one of the folders. it was a candle with a flame and underneath she d written, there is always a light. phoebe tried to be strong, but sometimes people want nothing more than to break you. she gave me some of the happiest moments of my life. my baby. reporter: this week five of the accused bullies struck plea deals keeping them out of jail. late thursday, the d.a. dropped the charges against the sixth student. the criminal case is over. the era of turning a blind eye to bullying and harassment is over. reporter: but before the day was done, a surprise twist in court. phoebe s mother found the strength to compliment one of her daughter s tormenters, ashley, who asked for a private meeting before the hearing. it was not easy for her to sit across from me not knowing what i might say to her, but i am very satisfied that the accountability and genuine remorse we have been asking for has been offered to me by ashley. i think with the right support system in place to help her, ashley could go far. reporter: quite a day in court. around here, a lot of parents of the past year and a half ever since this happened blamed school officials inside south hadly high for what happened saying they knew the bullying was going on but turned a blind eye, did nothing to stop it. prosecutors are weighing in saying while school official behavior was troublesome, it was not criminal. there will be no criminal charges filed against school officials here. all right. jeff rossen, a tough story to hear. thank you very much. still ahead, are the messages used in a new anti-obesity used too cruel? 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[ screaming ] people have an emotional attachment to this house in that it reminds them of home and family and good times. reporter: the mcdonald family took a look the day it went on the market. it s a great piece of history in a great area. reporter: the scene set in the kitchen, the basement and the main staircase were shot in the house over four and a half months. when the owners finally saw the movie, it solved the mystery. we had been trying to figure out how we lost the top of one of the trees. we watched the movie at the premiere and learned where it went. reporter: just being in this house, i can t help but channel the character. heads up! don t worry, marv. i ll get him for you. harry! [ grunts ] yes! reporter: whoever buys it will have a good place to come home to. reporter: for today, john yang, nbc news, winetka, illinois. i want that house so bad! apparently they had to kick john out of the house. he was having too much fun. he s a little obsessed. you can have that house. i would love that house. it s a thought. yeah. just ahead, the young jockey whole could become the first woman in history to win the kentucky derby. we are going to meet her. first, these messages. 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[ ship horn blows ] good morning. we have 53 degrees right now, and a beautiful bright sunshiny sky at the nation s capital. 7:56 is the time on this friday, the 6th of day. and then the intersection of middlebrook intersection is closed. there was an accident. maryland s men basketball coach, gary williams, will make it official that he is retiring. he is stepping down after 22 years of coaching, 668 wins and a champion good morning. chilly now, and mild this afternoon. a small chance of a shower or thunder shower. on sunday a. chance of rain. south of town, a couple slow spots including the beltway. spots including the beltway. tonight lexus holds its vae better than any other luxury brand. intellichoice proclaims that lexus has the best overall value of any brand. and j.d. power and associates ranks lexus the highest in customer satisfaction. no wonder more people have chosen lexus over any other luxury brand 11 years in a row. see your lexus dealer. 8:00 now on this friday morning, the 6th of may, 2011. a very nice crowd out on the plaza this morning, but we are really going to pack them in and believe it or not our summer concert series kicks off and the line-up is just ahead. i m meredith vieira along with david gregory who s in for matt this morning. i almost got killed by that camera. i know. you know, your scarf matches i know. what is this about? it s the new color for the season. anyway, coming up this half hour, the controversy over a new anti-obesity campaign aimed at kids. it uses striking images of overweight boys and girls with messages like chubby kids may not outlive their parents. some say it could do more harm than good. we ll talk about it with the chair of the campaign and one of the kids used in the ads. she is a child actor. we ll hear more about it in a few minutes. plus, the kentucky derby is coming up. will history be made this year? we ll go to churchill downs to meet the young jockey who could be the first woman to win the legendary race. which would be great. this sunday on dateline an update on david goldman who fought a long battle to bring his son home from brazil. he ll speak about the struggle and what life is like for them now. i think people are very interested in knowing how sean is doing. shown is my special buddy. we are we are father and son again. you can see our exclusive interview on a special dateline on sunday. david will be here live on monday. he s written a book about the experience over the past five years of getting his son back. you covered so much of it. i m looking forward to it. they re doing really well. we want to go inside. natalie has a look at the top headlines of the day. good morning. today president obama travels to kentucky to meet with and thank some of the navy s.e.a.l.s who took down osama bin laden. this as we learn more from documents seized at the terror leader s hideout in pakistan. al qaeda considered attacking america s rail system on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. documents reveal the terrorists wanted to tip a train by tampering with the rails so it would fall off a track at either a valley or a bridge. the u.s. may release some of moammar gadhafi s frozen assets to fund opposition fighters. the rebels say they need up to $3 billion for military salaries, food, medicine and basic supplies. now there is a stalemate between the rebels and the government. the grim search for victims of last week s tornadoes is under way in the south with no firm number of how many people are missing. the mayor of tuscaloosa, alabama, says 25 people are unaccounted for in his city alone. five lesser known republican hopefuls took part in the first presidential debate of the t 2012 campaign season last night. they congratulated president obama for finding and killing osama bin laden but oppose the commander in chief on a variety of national security and domestic policy issues. almost all senate republicans say they will vote against any obama administration choice to head the new consumer financial protection bureau. they say no one should be confirmed unless changes are made in the agency to make it less powerful. carl lewis can run but he may not be able to serve. an appeals court says the olympic gold medalist can be on the ballot in new jersey for the senate but the court hasn t decided whether or not lewis meets the residency requirement. he owns homes in new jersey and california. spectators were shocked at a steeplechase in australia. one runaway horse that lost its je jockey jumped into the crowd injuringing a 2-year-old boy and 80-year-old woman. only two of the starters finished the race. what a scene. 8:04. now to al with a check of the weather with today s weather is brought to you by advil. good morning, everybody. we re here in the backside. churchill downs joining me. we are here in louisville. and the mainstay here, the mint. we are in the heart of bourbon country. the winning horse is the most wanted thing in town. let s show you on the classic jewelup. we use a classic spearmint. we are trying to release some of the aroma and oils. you will do one ounce of simple syrup, and crushed ice. it will be a little messy. and then one ounce of bourbon on each. and that s it? well, we will gaurn issish wa little bit of mint. and there we go. got one for meredith here. what is this we are making? a sno-cone. we thought it would be fun to make sno-cones. we made a simple syrup. this is for the nonbourbon drinke drinkers. and this is our version of a arnold palmer. that s what s going on around the country, and here s what is happening in your neck of the bourbon. a chill in the air, and still, temperatures in the 40s around the region to near 50 degrees. now 51 at reagan national. and today ought to climb into the low 70s and cloudiness this afternoon. there is a small chance of an isolated shower, and then tomorrow, it looks like a delightful day. partly cloudy, and highs reaching the low 70s. and then sunday, mostly cloudy, and could get a passing shower in the morning, and highs reaching upper 60s. and then monday david, bourbon snow cone. don t try this at home. you re having a good time this morning, al. coming up next, the controversy surrounding the new anti-obesity ads, part of a campaign. did they go too far? 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reporter: a heavy issue that many kids don t want to face alone. for today, nbc news, miami. ron prizen is the chair of the stop childhood obesity campaign. maya walters is the 14-year-old actor featured in the ads. they are here with clinical psychologist judith sills. maya, did you think the ads would be controversial or is that the idea? we knew there would be some discomfort when the ads would go up. keep in mind this is a three-part campaign. this is part one. this is part one. the first part is intended to raise the level of awareness. we tried to give voice to these kids in their words how they feel about being overweight. you re aiming it at parents, is that correct? we want the parents to be aware, but we want educators to be aware and we want other kids to see these kids who may relate to them. i want people to know that the kids in the commercials are acting. they are actors. but the words they speak are from kids you talked to. it s a direct dialogue. what were the kids saying? we did a focus group and asked the kids, how should we talk about being overweight, being obese? they told us, give it to us straight, tell us the facts so we can make decisions about how to live our lives. maya, your mom saw an ad on facebook and said, why don t we try this. didhesitation? at first i did. but once i got the part and i went there, i saw it was a great opportunity. were you worried though as some people have said that the ads might contribute to more bullying? have you faced bullying in your life because of weight issues? yes. every kid experiences bullying. this ad gave me way more self-confidence than i had before to know they liked me just how i was. not a lot of people at my school saw the ad. but i haven t gotten bullied because of it. you felt by doing it, you feel better about yourself? yes. why is that? because before i didn t feel pretty. i didn t feel i could do anything like this because of my weight and now i see somebody likes me just the way i am and because of how i look. i want to talk about the criticism, ron. the national association to advance fat acceptance said you are making children think there is something wrong with them. how do you respond to that? well, keep in mind when people are uncomfortable these charges come about. we ll say in a heartbeat, you are listening to the kids in terms of how they feel about this disease. we actually talked to some of the parents early on and the parents said that it was more important for kids to be happy than to focus on their weight. assuming that they will grow out of their weight issues. but the fact is, meredith, these kids are ten times as likely to become overweight adults than their normal-wigeight peers. we know they are already suffering from low self-esteem, depression and in addition to that, loads of clinical types of issues. do you think these ads are the way to go to address those issues? well, i think the straight talk and aggressiveness address the denial ron talked about. parents don t want to see my kid suffering. so you do have to put it in their face and say, take a look at this. at the same time, meredith, there is a price to be paid and the price is the stigma that fat is so awful we get 9-year-old girls dieting because they don t want to have that problem. we need a wellness approach that s says every kid needs to get up and move. every parent needs to get active. we don t want to separate out obesity, but we want to notice the problem. as we go forward with the campaign the ads that are to follow are directed at healthy eating and kids encouraging their parents to get involved. the second part of the campaign we call activate. you will see maya and the rest of her counterparts becoming more active, happy about the journey to become more healthy. third part of the campaign talks about the solutions. maya, i want to add that because of doing the ad you and your mom started trying to get healthy together. yes. which is a great thing. and you have lost a little bit of weight, i understand. yes. you re feeling even better about yourself? 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i m both but i wouldle rather be compared to jockeys as a who whole. reporter: these guys aren t playing around like, come race with us. they don t care if you re small, a girl, this or that. right? absolutely. they treat me as an exactly. we re all competitors. we give each other crap for this, that or joke around. reporter: at just 23 years old, rosie napravnik is on track to become the most successful female jockey of all time. the final furlong, it s pantsonfire for rosie napravnik! it s refreshing for me. i can remember jockeys boycotting the races because they didn t want to ride against a female. i always believed it s not about male/female. it s about who s good at what they do. she s really good. reporter: you ve got to love winning. do you relish beating the boys when you win? i don t really think about it like that. they re just competitors to me. i will tell you this. when i turn for home and i m next to a guy, i want to win so bad. if i head for home and i m head to head with a girl jockey it is like, how dare you? you are so not going to beat me. i do not like getting beat by girls. to her there are ten jockeys out there. she rides like a man. she doesn t run like a girl. she race runs like a guy. reporter: with with regards to the kentucky derby, will anything less than a win be a disappointment to you? no. first of all, getting to ride in the kentucky derby is cool. feeling that i have a horse underneath me that has a shot is extra icing on the cake. however well we do it s just going to be a thrill to be there. reporter: so rosie will be riding pantsonfire in the kentucky derby. should she finish in the top 10 she ll do something no female jockey has done before. david? thank you. the action begins on versus with the oaks today at 5:00 on versus. catch the derby tomorrow starting at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on nbc. especially coverage on versus at 11:00 a.m. i m doing mucho macho man. i like pantsonfire. but mucho macho man has a great story. they all do. you can bet on the ponies. time for the big reveal. our star-studded 2011 toyota concert series line-up. kicking off the series, the one, the only rihanna on may 27. in june the american idol winner and runner-up followed by boy band super groups new kids on the block and the backstreet boys. irish pop rock band the script. country music star kenny chesney. and singer/songwriting sensation bruno mars. in july, international pop superstar pitbull with t-pain and neyo. country music star blake shelton. the r & b grooves and moves of chris brown. singer/songwriter ce ere-lo gre and legendary rock band journey. august features pop band maroon 5. country music s the zack brown band. latin heartthrob enriqu enrique eglesias and 2000 grammy winners train. and on september 2nd, lenn lenny kravitz finishing out our hot summer season, only on today. don t stop believing awesome. i was so excited about journey until you did that. you get crazy. at least we re not on television. at least i didn t do it on air. we re live. you have done something ridiculous on air. need we remind you of mary k. blige. wow! why did they have that ready so fast? they have it running on a loop here. i come here and i just feel it. i m looking forward to t-pain and neyo. right. 8:26 is your time now. good morning. we have breaking news right now. there are reports of two more letters with a suspicious white powder found in d.c. emergency crews are responding to the 900 block of f street and newton street northwest. and this is after similar letters were sent to schools, and contained a reference to al qaeda and a harmless white powder. and we re going to take a break at this hour, we re near 50 degrees. later today, below 70s. and a small chance of a isolated thunder shower this evening. partly cloudy and mild tomorrow. could get rain on sunday. heavy traffic from new hampshire avenue to george avenue, and that s the worst of it. the lanes are open to the 14th street bridge. tonight on news4 at fives, the simple mistakes that can get 8:30 now on this friday morning, may 6, 2011. it s a little chilly out here, but otherwise a beautiful spring day here in midtown manhattan as we say hey to the fine folks starting their morning with us. i m meredith vieira alongside david gregory and natalie morales. matt has the morning off and ann is on assignment. coming up, mother s day gifts with a personal touch. happy mother s day to you both early. and to your lovely wife as well. my wife beth and my mother. we re going to work on the personalized gifts. it will be great because martha stewart will be here. she has fantastic ideas. not just breakfast in bed but great crafts the kids can get involved with. martha will tell us about it in a moment. fantastic. all right. coming up later on we ll take a look at some of the lessons we learned from our mother. al, ann and i talked about some of our most cherished memories and what they taught us about motherhood, being a good mom and life. my mother taught me to be a good mother. i didn t understand that until i was a mom myself. all the things she had given to me emotionally i wanted to give to my kids. what about you, david? perseverance is a big one. she was a great model for that. we love you, mom. we also love the kentucky derby. we also love the ponies. and the hats. wow. beautiful. we ll show you some of the stylish creations that will be on display. that s a hat. we ll get more on that. we re going to al who is in churchill downs. hey, al. with more on the weather. thank sos much. you never know who you will run into at churchill downs. mr. bobby flay. hey, al. horse owner, i didn t know that. it s one of the things i get to do in my off time. i like to come to the track early in the morning and watch the horses work. it gets me away from the crowds in the restaurants and everything. it s the thing i like to do on my time off. in fact, you have a horse running this afternoon in the oaks. in the kentucky oaks. it s been a dream of mine. i never thought it would happen. just hours away. they go into the gets. what do you think his shots are? her name is her smile. she s in the race. she s mid pack according to the handicapper handicappers, but like a proud dad i think she ll do terrific. who that is terrific. who do you like tomorrow in the derby? i like a horse named sol dad. now that uncle mo has been scratched, does that change the field? yeah, that horse was not fit to run so they took him out. and just pan down here, big fellow, and we are standing on boxes, and his box is shorter than mine. that s how it work in hollywood. let s check your weather and she what is going on. we ll show you what we can expect as far as derby is concerned. for tomorrow, a 50% chance of showers and thunderstorms, but nowhere near as bad as last year. high temperature, in the upper 60s. sunny and mild in the northwest. and hot through texas, and into the southwest, showers into the western great lakes, and then sunday more showers in northern new england. and then, again, more showers in the pacific northwest. that s what s going on around the country, and here s what is happening in your neck of the woods. sunshine, and another cool morning under way. we re climbing, and we ll hit the low 70s by midafternoon. cloudiness this afternoon. a small chance of a shower or thunder shower this afternoon, and then tomorrow partly cloudy in the low 70s, and good weather for the virginia gold cup tomorrow. and sunday, cloudy and highs, upper 60s, and a possibility of showers throughout the day. by the way, on cable of the oaks begins today at 5:00 p.m. meredith? al, thank you very much. up next, martha stewart s hand made treats for mom on mother s day. first, this is today on nbc. announcer: martha on today is brought to you by macy s. the martha stewart collection is now available at macy s and on macys.com. we re back at 8:37. this morning on martha an today a home made mother s day from breakfast in bed to mother s day crafts there is no better way to show your love. martha, good to see you. happy mother s day to you. thank you very much. you teamed up with the first d lady and dr. biden as well. on sunday at 8:00 p.m. on hallmark channel we have a wonderful special celebrating moms. we were at lamp le jeune with the military wives. it s a touching and beautiful story. we ll look forward to that. let s look forward to great recipes as well. your classic signature french toast. six eggs. you can add the milk there. one and a half cups of whole milk. if you want to guild the lily you can add some cream. don t forget the grand marnier. and this is a nice flavor. mix it all up. you can add the orange zest. you could use lemon zest if you like that. with some orange juice. a big pinch of salt. and don t forget the great bread. sugar, too. a little bit of sugar. try to find a good brioche loaf, a light loaf of bread. you could use heavier bread but i love the light bread to sop up the wonderful liquid. do you want the bread fresh, day old? fresh. i m all about making it right at the moment. all right. you can soak it in here. don t leave it in too long. this is light bread. but you can put in another one. over here i have a little bit of vegetable oil, canola or grapeseed oil. i saw you mixing in the butter. right. i love the taste of butter. you brown it on both sides. it s light and fluffy and delicious. right on there. i like some of the go ahead. let s finish up. let it cook on both sides. if you want to make them really fun, you know, your wife may not want all that stuff on it. my daughter ava loves the sweet stuff. what do you have here? nutella, banana, hazelnuts, strawberries, cream and brown sugar or maple, walnut and syrup. i like it with browned butter, s maple syrup and sanding sugar. these are all ingredients around the house. except for the bread because you have to really look for the bread. in new york there is balthazar and amy s bread. you can make your own brioche. what if it gets too brown? just pay attention. and ideas of what to make. crafts. are you making this for your wife? i have a day job on sunday morning. i may leave the kids on their own. you re doing the news on mother s day? i know. it s awful. i love the idea of the crafts. you can make flowers with tissue paper. accordion pleat and then fluff it up with your fingers. do you have a daughter? i have one daughter and two sons. the boys can do it, too. just pull it apart? takes a while. don t tear i heard that. she hears everything. in our magazine we have wonderful, wonderful hand-painted again, the kids can work on this as well. old canvas pillow. and for mother, a special violet. you can pick them in the lawn and put them in ice cubes with a little bit of orange zest. mother will have pretty, pretty things. fantastic. this is special. moms really appreciate it. i know they do. or my daughter may get works from outside and bring them in. whatever. it s great to see you. thank you. up next, a special salute to everyday moms. plus, al gets his hat on at the kentucky derby. first 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. this morning on happy mother s day today, a salute to everyday moms. sunday is the day for kids young and old to honor the woman who played a key role in defining who they are. we found a group of harlem village academy high schoolers who were more than willing to reveal how much they treasure their moms. i m into basketball. my name is rodney. i m a sophomore. my name is candice. i like to talk to my mom, and text. my name s eric brown. i m in 9th grade. i m lorenzo. i m into fashion and music. my mom is pretty, very outgoing. she often speaks her mind. she s like the person that when i have a problem i can go to her and ask her anything. she helps me with my schoolwork and friends. she s a smart person. you always see her reading in her free time. she s not afraid to wear something that nobody elsele could wear. my mother, sometimes i feel like she s a sports agent. she doesn t take no for an answer. she put me in this school because she wanted me to do better. i have been doing better. it s hard at first. eventually you get used to it. sometimes i feel like breaking down and not doing it. for some reason she s always there to push me. to her it s already written in stone that i m going to college. there is no option about it. you graduate high school and you re being shipped right off to college. as soon as she gets home i run to her and start talking to her. like every sunday she ll cook a big dinner. i ll be able to take her to school and it s something delicious. sometimes we slide down the slide like little kids. sometimes i m happy when i m sick because she comes home and makes me tea. she spends time with me. three christmass in a row she had to work. there was a christmas we got to spend together. that was one of my best christmases so far. having her give me a hug, you know, it made me happy. if i have the money, i would really like to take her to europe just to be with her in a different environment. i would like to say to my mom that i love her. i love her to death. i would do anything for her. thank you for being there for me and helping me out and being someone i can trust. i just want to say i love you so much. i can t even express the words. i don t even know how to put it. but i m sure you know. you know. so, yeah. we re all crying. it s unbelievable. we are joined now by the moms of the teenagers we just saw. marita, patriya, sylvia, aretha and marlene. ladies, good morning. good morning. why are we all crying? happy because it s your baby. right. exactly. to hear them say how they feel about mom because sometimes you don t hear it on a day to day basis. what did you think of the tape you saw? awesome. [ crying ] oh, my god. what does it mean to you to be a mom? it s hard to put it into words. it s an awesome feeling, the best feeling in the world. you get to see what you create. you get to see them grow and to see this is unbelievable. i know he has it in him, but to hear him say it is completely different. unbelievable. what is the best part of being a mom for you, sylvia? i just love spending time with the children and trying to teach them right from wrong. i just love it. it s not always easy, is it? no, it s not. letting go is the hard part. all these kids we have seen are getting ready to fly away soon. are you ready for that? no. no. [ laughter ] but they say about moms, i think, that you give your kids roots and wings. you do. it s a little bit easier for me with rodney. he has an older sister who s already in college. but for him i think it will be harder. that s my baby. always. well, he s funny about you. he says, you know, like a sports agent you don t take no for an answer. you re tough. it s true. i had to fight to get him in the school he s in. it s worked. he s an a student and he knows you have to get good grades. he knows he s going to college. it works. marlene, what do you hope to give to your daughter emily? what s your dream for your daughter? that she become a successful young lady. whatever her dream is, that she just is able to achieve that. be very successful. do you approach mothering looking back at the way your mom raised you? yes. absolutely. and what lesso did you learn from your moms? i will throw it out to any one of you? you can do anything you want to be. anything you put your mind to, you can achieve. that s the same thing i teach my daughter. what do you want on mother s day? i m looking for breakfast in bed myself. what are you hoping for? just a nice day. all of them around us. yes. just relax. yeah. do you tend to forget the bad things they do and focus on the good? yes. it s the only way to survive it. they re good kids. i know. any message you want to impart to your children besides you can do anything you want to do? when mother s day arrives on sunday what s the first thing you will say to your son? cook me breakfast. live your life to the fullest and enjoy it. i would like to just have a quiet day. peaceful day. i just want to spend more time with them. i would like to spend more time. i m not home a lot. i would like to spend more time. just spend time with my girl. just relax. i wish you all the happiest of mother s days. i really do. you have phenomenal children. thank you. they love you very much. we love them. and i love mine, too, as i go for more kleenex. up next, al and jenna check out the fabulous hats for tomorrow s kentucky derby. 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[ male announcer ] don t worry, kids. at least yiayia approves of you eating athenos greek yogurt. mmmmmm! because athenos is made the traditional greek way, never using preservatives or artificial flavors. athenos. maybe the only thing approved by yiayia. back at 8:52. this morning on today s style the kentucky derby s must have fashion accessory. why is this hat too small for my head? for that let s check back in with al and jenna. oh, my god. what s going on there? they re at churchill downs. hey, guys. something s gone wrong here. i know. you know, it s because it s so wrong it is so right. since the royal wedding the talk in the u.s. has been all about hats and fashion. joining us now is the milliner of the triple crown christine moore, one of the premier hat makers in this country. good morning. good morning. you look good. so do you. so does everyone else here. this fascination with hats came after the british wedding. we are getting into hats and fascinators. are we going to see more of the british look more here in the next couple of years? definitely. the fascinator gives millinery a broader range of styles to wear. including a smaller brim. right. everything is acceptable which is great for millinery and fashion. christine, is this a fascinator? it is. this is a very british style. very angular, clean lines. nice. how does it hook on? this is on a head band. there are a couple of ways to fasten a fascinator. next up we have elizabeth. right. the mad hatter. it is. this hat gives height because it has a tall crown. it has a great presence. and it gives width. i don t like width next up, katie is wearing jasmine. that s the very sculptural. actually katie is in another fascinator. i m sorry. the third is whitney wearing the claudette, very clean line with a manipulation of fabric which you are seeing a lot in fashion is fabric manipulation as opposed to applied flowers. there is no size limit? for example, miss kentucky 2 2011. we have hats that are smaller, really wide. what s the one at the end? oh, that s a classic. holly. that s holly in a classic american, derby look and pink for oaks. very nice. these are all hats. anything you want? i love the big yellow one. we were saying thank goodness she s a pretty girl. i think i might need something like this. i don t know. kentucky derby, 4:00 p.m. eastern. we re back after your local news. good morning. 8:56, i am joe krebs. there are reports of three more letters with a suspicious white powder found at d.c. schools. emergency crews responding to dunbar and gooding elementary school in northeast. this comes one day after similar letters were sent to 29 d.c. schools. the letters contained a harmless white powder and reference to al qaeda. the fbi is investigating. so far all the letters have so far all the letters have appearedwhat 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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[ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what s your story? citi can help you write it. back now with more today on this friday morning, may 6, 2011. you couldn t ask for a nicer day or a nicer crowd. here in the northeast, 66 degrees, sun shining bright outside. can t wait to get out there, go off on our weekends. but we have a little bit more work to do. i m natalie morales here with david gregory and tamron hill. al is down in churchill downs for the running of the kentucky derby. he s having fun there. also over the next hour we ll take a look at lessons our moms have taught us over the years. al, ann and natalie will kick things off by talking about the special role their moms played in their lives. and jean chatzky will be here with her mom to talk about the influence mothers have, especially when it comes to our financial future. and giada de laurentiis shares entertaining tips her mom taught her. first a look at the top stories. in the news, al qaeda confirmed that osama bin laden is dead. this as we learn more from the documents seized at the terror leader s hideout in pakistan. the cia says al qaeda considered a strike on america on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. a plot was in the works to derail passenger trains but according to counter terrorism officials the attack never progressed beyond initial planning stages. other documents obtained in sunday s raid indicate al qaeda s desire to strike the u.s. on major american holidays and anniversaries. the april employment report is out and the economy added more jobs than analysts expected. employers added eed 244,000 ne jobs. the unemployment rate rose to 9% mostly because job hunters resumed looking for work. many residents of the mississippi delta are being forced to evacuate as the waters rise. this week army engineers demolished levees at three points along the mississippi river hoping to protect several small towns. missouri farmers are devastated as the surging waters were diverted onto their land, causing damages they say could cost them millions of dollars. as the flooding threatens the mississippi delta, a major swath of texas is undergoing a d-4 level daughtrought, the most se on the scale. some 25 washington, d.c. schools received letters containing a white powder thursday prompting concern and evacuation of the schools. initial testing find it is powder to be nonto sicknontoxic. the fbi will conduct further tests today. reporter: arthur lawrence as died. he wrote west side story and rope and the way we were. he was 93 years old. truly a legending ining in eve. it s three minutes past the hour and we are up to let s goto mr. roker. joining me, gary stevens after a incredible 27 years as one of the winningness jockeys ever. he will be calling part of the can you have rin of the running of the roses. now, out to the uncle mo, the favorite not going to run? not going to run. no real surprise. not good to speculate in horse racing, but we were speculating this was going to happen. we thought it may happen tomorrow morning, the morning of the derby. what does that do to the field? it changes the race a little bit. uncle mo was going to be challenging early on. it s going to make things a little easier on one of my midnight favorites. i love dialed in. not going to help him very much. the faster they go the better it was going to be for him. let s go to a jockey standpoint. and coming out of the sunland derby. he is drawing the three post position. she s going to get a good trip and where he wants to be. thank you so much. nbc s coverage for the run for the roses begins at at 4:00, and that s what s go on around the country, and here s what is happening in your neck of the woods. temperatures are warming up with the strong may sun. we are hitting the 50s around the region, and it will continue to climb into the low 70s by midafternoon, and we will have increasing clouds and a chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon or evening, and then afternoon highs, low 70s, and good weather for the virginia gold cup, and then midday and afternoon, mostly cloudy and highs reaching upper 60s on and that s your latest weather. natalie? announcer: lessons i learned from my mother is brought to you by thank you, al. now to lessons i learned from my mother. ann, al and i sat down to talk about our moms and their special brand of motherly advice. my mother was from japan. she was a war bride after world war ii. one of the things that happens in the japanese culture is that women, mothers show their love by offering advice. she would say, anna, don t marry good-looking guy, i think so you should marry a man with a good heart because some day he s going to be ugly, old man. i took this to mean that in the end we rely on each other s character and who we are and that we can make a mistake by just judging someone from the outside and especialliy the man we marry. i thought this was pretty good advice. i decided to marry a man who was really good-looking and had a good heart. she would say things like anna, you need to fix your hair. you look like a boy. no sexy nothing. nobody going to marry you. number one, fix the hair. this is the way my mom loved me. it was to show me that she cared. at the time i didn t always feel that way. but as i got older i realized the value. you know, i think she was right. on virtually everything now that i think about it. we touched down at the south pole. i guess i would say that, you know, so much of who i am and what i have made of my life i owe her. yeah. she was very honest, very direct. she was very lovinging, very demanding. she had a very wacky sense of humor. everybody wanted to make sure they stayed on her good side because she was, you know, mom. even my dad would come home from driving the bus and poke his head in, how s your mother today? she s great. oh, okay. she really ran the house. always speak up for yourself. if you don t, nobody else will. she was very vocal. you know, some might say blunt. it was also, your family is your most important possession. i think that was you know, she was all about her family and everything she did was about her family. so i think those are probably the greatest lessons she left all of us. no matter who her children were and what they did she was just as equally proud of them. and i think that is a gift that gives every day, not just mother s day. there are times where you know, it s hard to think that she s not here. debra and i will look at each other and she ll say, i miss her so much. and i know she d love seeing her grandchildren growing up. you know, i look at those kids my three kids and this is my gift from her. my mom is brazilian. she s an immigrant mom. she came to this country when she married my father. he was in the air force, fell in love and brought her over. we moved every three years. she was constantly having to asimilara sasimilar late to new assimilate to new cultures. the one constant we had was mom being there when i came home from school, not knowing anyone, not having any friends yet wherever i moved to. she was the one who always made us feel that we were loved, we were taken care of and very safe and secure. we would have dinner every night together as a family. that was really an important thing that i also do with my kids. all right. the biggest lesson i learned from my mother is to really value motherhood and to fight for it and to fight for your kids and to value the relationship you have with your kids. they re going to be very hard times and there are going to be some amazing times. but to always make sure at the end of the day you give your kids a hug and a kiss and tell them how much you love them. mom, i love you dearly. you are everything to me now i m going to cry. you have made me who i am. and you have always and constantly are the perfect mom. thank you. i love you. happy mother s day. okay! let s bring al in because we re all in tears. i m sure al is, too. yeah, yeah. but, you know what? one of the things that i do cherish is my mom wasn t perfect. you realize that they still did the best they could. at the end of the day, she seemed they always seemed perfect to us. so true. that s so true. tamron, we didn t get to have you in there. tell us about your mom. we know you have a speciale bond with her. she s my best friend in the world. that s us together. i took her as my date. she s my date because i never have one. i m sure there are plenty of offers. she taught me to put others first and share. when i was a kid and had ice cream, i couldn t go outside if i didn t have enough to share. we had people who had fallen on their luck for different reasons and someone was always living with us. our home is the place where everyone comes for a big meal. again i m saying, who is that? she taught me to put other people first. that s the joy of life. i love you, mom. she s in texas watching now. she s my best friend on the planet. and my date all the time. i love you, woman. beautiful piece, by the way. rachel delima put it together for us. rachel is a mom and said she has to include everyone s mom. thank you, rachel. we ll have much more because we are talking about moms this hour. straight ahead, how mom influences our habits when it comes to money. jean chatzky is here with her gorgeous mom. and later giada delawrene laures sharinging tips from her mother. . the next i m saying. i have this thing called psoriatic arthritis. i had some intense pain. it progressively got worse. my rheumatologist told me about enbrel. i m surprised how quickly my symptoms have been managed. 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mostly, i think, by watching. we watch what our mothers do and it influences us. in fact, there was a survey yesterday that said moms are more influential than dads where money is concerned. i wonder why. i had good lessons from my mom. i passed them on. that s how we stay on track. i have some of the tips you have offered to jean and the first is to save. that s simple enough. we had a family piggy bank when i was a kid. we did. my dad was a college professor. we didn t have a ton of money, but i remember when we went to disney for the first time sitting in the living room, e y emptying that out and deciding we had enough for admission to the park. do you have one? we still have it. it s really a bowl. but we call it a pig. what jean s brothers don t know is she s made claim to it already. i get to inherit the pig. i think it s appropriate, don t you think? elaine says yes and i say yes. i m not going against mom. take it up with your brothers. the next lesson is to work. that s a necessary lesson for children to have. it is. the children all worked during high school. they had some very interesting jobs. we gave allowances. but we felt that money is more valuable to you if you earn it yourself. absolutely. what are some of the interesting jobs you had? i detasseled corn. we lived in indiana and that was a big thing. what is that? you pull the tassel off the corn before they ship it out. you were paid for that? oh, yes. we worked in summer parks and things like that. it was just having if you wanted something extra, you had to work for it. that s true. i had my first job at 14. i worked at toys r us. it was a great lesson in learning to have your own money and buy what you want in life. if my kids earn the money it s more valuable to them. you want to see a kid hold onto money, make them earn it. you have another lesson. you say come up with creative solutions. you have a fond memory of driving across country. right. it was an expensive trip. yes, it was. you know, we managed. we didn t go to restaurants all the time. we used to picnic out of the car with a loaf of bread. we would be saving money but we don t know. i understand you had a creative way to pay for college tuition. we did. my husband and i were very set on the children not coming out of college with debt. one of our homes, we had a side lot extra to the house. we sold it to our neighbor and we could have the extra cash when we had two children in college at the same time. wow. it gave us the cash and less lawn to mow. you talk about regarding spouses and finances. this is one of my biggest memories from childhood. my parents took turn paying the bills. you would pay them for six months, you would get cranky and dad would pay for six months. they switched back and forth. it obviously worked. it really worked. it gave us both a picture of our finances. so one wasn t spending while the other was, you know, wringing her hands or his hands. and when it came to big things we always discussed them. then i did all the paperwork. right. she really had a handle on the investments. i learned through you that if you didn t understand something because it was complicated and you say to speak up. yes. you have to ask. i learn add lot just by asking like i learn a lot from my daughter all the time. you have a great relationship. thank you, elaine. happy mother s day. jean, thank you very much. thank you. elaine and i went to the same college, temple university. i have to give a shout out to that. still ahead, we ll check in with al at churchill downs for a taste of the great food they will serve at tomorrow s kentucky derby. plus, at-home entertaining tips from giada de laurentiis. first these messages. and that s what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? 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[ female announcer ] olay regenerist. back now with more of our special series lessons i learned from my mother. our first style lesson often comes from watching mom get dressed for a special occasion or just put on lipstick in the morning. bobby thomas, good morning. good morning. i know you say your sense of style comes from your gorgeous mom. absolutely. how so? what did she teach you about style? my mom was also resourceful coming up. if something had a stain she said, put a safety pin and make it a pleat or wear something backwards. she was a diy er, too. she was fashionable. you see herself wearing hats. i remember thinking, my mom has always worn hats. ahead of the curve. let s bring out your gorgeous f mom fatima and her lesson is to wear it your way. the most important lesson. wear it your way. today we have the same dress on. as she makes her way out, my favorite part about picking the outfits is my mom put it on b k backwar backwards. she liked it backwards. so cool. i thought, this is the perfect example. i decided to wear it this way. she s giving me the confidence to try new things. your mom is so stunning. oh, my goodness. i know where you get it. just gorgeous. that s a great point. i know your family didn t come from much, didn t have much. that s a way to make your dollar go further. and your own sense of style. regardless if you have money or not. to be able to buy what you want don t be a walking advertisement for a designer. try something else. thank you, mom. oh, so sweet. the next lesson is love your body. we have three generations of moms. tell me what we ll see. i love that melanie interns for me. she shows up every day in the office so fantastic. she has such a sense of confidence about herself. melanie is wearing light jeans on the end. i asked, where do you get the confidence? she embraces her curves, wears figure-flattering, tight-fitting silhouettes. she said, her mother and grandmother. i wanted to bring in the ladies. they know how to pull it together. marlene, you were just brag about shop, right? there you go. and bright colors and wearing things, again. just whatever they like. but knowing how to pull it off. you don t have to be the conventional supermodel on a cover of a magazine to love your body. i think melanie learned the lessons from you, pamela and marlene. good job, ladies. you raised a beautiful girl with lots of confidence. we should all love our bodies. embrace it. next, thank you. next lesson is about embracing the culture. this is something we have from a mother-daughter as well. bebe taught her taught, the other bebe, to embrace their culture. they are gayanese. this hits home because my mother is from portugal and i shied away from wanting to wear trinkets she brought back. the irony is that today her daughter bebe is doing whatever she can to get jewelry from india and embrace color. it s a great lesson. to embrace culture. it s very important today. i think we can all bin spired. gorgeous. gorgeous mom and daughter. thank you. finally, we have with us as well is that all? we have one more mom. andrea is another intern of mine. i love that her mom always says, betsy, dress your best and betsy is always polished head to toe. even when we watched a movie she had her heels on. she s always steaming something, always tailored. it s a great lesson to dress your best. put your best foot forward. exactly. they say to dress for the job you want, not the job you want. ladies, come back out. we have to get through the door first. i know. great lessons from all of our moms. happy mother s day. thank you. coming up next, giada de laurentiis shares entertaining tips she learned from her mom after this. mother s day is not for celebrating moms. it s for celebrating all they ve given us. really?! 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reporter: and out front, greeting customers and making sure everything on display is perfect. if i like it we make it. if a customer doesn t order it, i give it to them. so basically you have to like everything. reporter: it s hard not to. everything tastes great. we get to eat. this looks so good. try that. reporter: orange, lemon, a little currant? mm-hmm. and reporter: pecans or walnuts? i think pecans. reporter: this is like healthy comfort food. right. reporter: i m finishing this one. what s next? br brussell sprout salad. it has dates in it. reporter: you get sweetness from dates and a crunch from almonds. like eating peanuts or popcorn. wonderful. i have to have mac and cheese. this is one of my favorites. look at the cheese. can you see it? i m hungry now. giada has ideas for creating a hospitable setting when entertaining at home. nice to see you. hi. like many of us your mom was your inspiration. my mother. she taught you to entertain. she did. the thing i love about joan s is the warmth. my mom taught me when you entertain you have to have a great environment. lightly scented candles because you don t want to overthrow anything. your mom. gorgeous. i know. i like people to smell chocolate when they walk in. makes little ones happy. she loves it. so i do that. you can create a theme as well with the party. yes, jade. you can see here with music because the kids love it. they love to play on the drums. so great. and you can eat somewhere different. it s fun to change things up. if you eat at the table all the time it s boring. so i go to a coffee table with butcher paper. okay. over here? over here this is cool. i like to do a little menu. these are coasters. i print out a little menu on them. cute. you can put lovely pictures and get four of these, pack them up and give them to mom for mother s day. $12 at crate and barrel. sippy cups for them and for us. martinis for you guys. very happy. this is more appropriate for me. happy mother s day, by the way. happy mother s day. this is great. have a good one. a couple of easy ones. giada de laurentiis. we are going to check in with al roker at churchill downs coming up. and we have goodies from the derby. first this is today on nbc. in today s kitchen at the derby along with hats and fashion the food of the derby is something of a tradition. levi restaurants are the official caterers here at churchill downs and chef jojo doyle is putting it all together. good to see you. 250,000 fans. you will serve 300,000 strawberries, 142,000 hot dogs, 32,000 shrimp. amazing. yeah. tomorrow, 155,000 people will be here. 90,000 people here today. we just give them the best experience they can possibly have. tell me about the super fecta burger. four meats. you pick the top four winners. i have chorizo, pulled pork, bacon, crispy onions and coleslaw. you can make that. it s easy. the burger. what kind of cheese? it s pepperjack. that s the secret. ooh. move it to the bottom. don t forget. a little pulled pork. yes. coleslaw. mm-hmm. you can get the onions ready. hold on there. i like to put the bacon over the coleslaw to trap it so the coleslaw doesn t go anywhere. now frizzled onions. okay. top it and there you are. man. that s tasty. that s for everybody who comes to the track. you can have that. you want to cut it back maybe, not go so heavy? it s all about traditions. we have the classic derby pie, bourbon-glazed wings. we ll make a black-eyed pea salad. how do you do it? black-eyed peas, a little bit of edamame beans for color. a little jicama. for crunch. i like to add some red and yellow peppers. then we made a nice citrus honey vinaigret vinaigrette. you spray it over and stir. we used to have it in the south when i was growing up like a little black-eyed pea salad. we did 650,000 pounds of that for everybody. the cool thing is the derby bourbonal crunch ice cream. we designed it for churchill. and you have baby lamb chops? 600 pounds today. they re like meat lollipops. i have to comment on that hat. it s great. are you trying to get one as tall as me? this is fantastic. i m glad you like it. then we have the wax bean salad with the dijon vinaigrette and the silk cookies designed after jockey silks. don t forget the mint julep. everybody has to have one when they go to the track. very nice. over 170,000 served tomorrow. 70,000 in the hour before derby. that s when we all sing my kentucky home . who do you like? i pick the food, not the horses, but i have a personal tie with arch, arch, arch. they work at the track. good to see you. don t forget, nbc s coverage of the 137th running of the roses here at churchill downs begins at 11:00 a.m. on versus on cable and 4:00 p.m. on the nbc television network. that will do it for us from churchill downs. kathie lee and hoda are coming up next with the fabulous ambush makeover. have a great day, everybody. don t forget, they have little handles on them. beautiful morning here in washington. we will check the forecast for you shortly. it s 9:56, and i am barbara harrison. there are reports of several more letters with a suspicious white powder found in d.c. schools. police just contermed they responded to the prospect learning center, and bancroft elementary in northwest. and this is after letters were sent to 29 other d.c. schools. the letters have a reference to al qaeda, and have harmless white powder. we will be waufrming up today and making it into the low 70s by the midafternoon. a small chance of an isolated thunderstorm. and a beautiful day. and then on sunday, mother s day, mostly cloudy, and highs upper 60s. a possibility of passing showers from morning into early evening, and then drying out and warming up on monday with sunshine and mid-70s. and then next week and mid next week, we could get a few showers. and then on the beltway, for the most part, construction out of the roadway. between springfield, the wilson bridge moving nicely. no issues to report, and even the topside of the beltway getting into silver spring has cleared out. our garden experts here. our garden experts here. he has p captions paid for by nbc-universal television hello, everybody. we made it to try day friday. not dry day may 6th. it s only two more days before mother s day and one more day before the kentucky derby. it s going to be a big weekend. we have moms in the house. not ours. bobbie s beautiful mom is here. sitting right around the corner. can you believe that s bobbie s mother, for one second? oh, my gosh. bobbie s mom is with us. yes, great genes. and andrea is one of our interns. got to get to your butt in a minute. before that, let s get this out of the way. it s been sitting in my house and i ve been waiting to bring it to you. it s a little gift from me to you. okay? hope it s not upside down. is it something naked? no. oh, my gosh. i did the whole people magazine thing for you. who s nicer than me? nobody. i can t believe it. you know what? i don t have a copy of it. now you do. thank you. now i can move back into my house. kath, that is so sweet. let s hear about your butt. yesterday giada was telling me to go to this doctor, dr. gwen corbin. they were like bend over. what is going on with this ent. they gave me a shot of prednisone in the tail. who knew a shot in your behind could clear up your congestion in an hour and a half. getting on a plane. one of my ears is still clogged up. she does all the broadway stars. every singer knows about that. it shrinks your swollen vocal cords, right. it shrinks anything that s swollen. i ll take another. i love it. so thank you. here is your choice. if you had a choice to be one of two things, which would you choose. would you be fat, kind of obese or would you be blind? owe bless or blind? one in six women say they would rather be blind than obese. i d pick fat in a new york minute. i have to ask the question, how fat? when you have to ask that question i would take the fat, as well. fat is something you can do about. blind is forever. no. you can t. it s permanent. you re going to be permanently obese. i want to see my grandchildren some day, if i couldn t see sunrises and sunsets and musicals. i wouldn t want to be obese. i think that is a tragic situation for people. first of all, it s not healthy at all. but if you had to choose, i would choose obese. some would rather be depressed than obese. because you re depressed any way when you are obese, right? some would prefer alcoholism or catching herpes. catching herpes? okay. betty white was on letterman last night. i didn t see it, but i hear it s hysterical. she is promoting her new book called if you ask me. he asked her about dating. she is 89, right? right. she s been long widows from her husband alan ludman. i know you socialize. you have a lot of friends. do you ever, like, date? there is no reason why you couldn t or shouldn t, but do you? why do you make it sound like such a remote possibility? i m sorry. i m so sorry. how in the world? i love her. she is so great. she might want to know the benefits of sex. a whole new research survey came out basically talking about the health benefits of sex. apparently it does all sorts of things for your immune system. it boosts that. strengthens your blood vessels, lowers your risk of prostate and breast cancer. when i was talking about not feeling well, having a cold, a cardiologist said you should have lots of sex because that is good for it. you don t want to when you have a cold, plus you have a whole lot of germs. they said, so what, just do it. did they mean with a partner? you re going to get your partner sick. yes. sometimes that happens. we had quite the day. after our show we had to shoot a promo. we are doing a show, it s a pajama party thursday may 19th. we got decked out with jammis. the problem was they didn t get the shot they need. way to go, guys. so we have to get the shot. we just have to get this done. we ll get it over with. excuse me, bob. can you hand that one, too? it gets nasty. be sure you re on us and we ll get the shot quickly. then we ll be done with it. come here. are you okay? i m fine. she s down. get that pillow. meredith s here. this is not what i had this mind. get over here. meredith, get back here. you re in our world now, missy. where is she going? get back here. oh, i m fine. let s do bobbie s buzz. meredith s cameo that just happened there will be explained to us, apparently, at a later date. tune in next week. we are in sweeps after all. yes. you never looked lovelier. you look like a mullton chicken. i would give up except for mothers. for all the moms, if you need a last-minute gift for your mom, i have feathers for you. you could go to clubs galore.com. you can do an of the month situation for your mother. you can mix it up. you can do anything from wine to chocolate to coffee. it starts at $22. you can give them something different every month. then spa finder. great starting at $50. give your mom any massage or facial or whatever. they have 6,000 locations. last but not least, experience days. you can get an adventure for your mom like dancing, hot air balloon ride, whitewater rafting. press print, print out the gift certificate, you put it in the card and you have a gift to bring to lunch. they are great gifts that will look like you thought about it for a while. bobbie, your mom by the way. can i tell you i have been watching her put the clothes on from my closet and going, oh. what does she eat? she is all about there she is. making her own food. she doesn t eat anything processed. she cringes when i eat pink berry. they both have on the exact same dress. if you get the shot of bobbie s mom, she s got it on backwards because she is, look at that, trendy and hippie. what s funny. i had two in my wardrobe. instinctively she turned it around. happy mother s day. wish our moms could be with us today. we have fun with them. you ll be with your mom soon. i m going to puerto rico to visit everybody. to get a sun tan. we had shania twain on with us. yesterday i found feathers where i didn t know i had places. it s going to take a while. she was at the apple store in soho. she had a great crowd out there she so enjoyed the interview here with us. she had such a great group of people asking very poignant question. her cute husband was there. frederick. she has a tiny core group of friends. she doesn t share with the world so i think this book was difficult for her. i think it will be a big hip. that whole entire podcast, you can download it for free. we are thirsty. this might look like an ordinary mint julep to you. you look good in feathers. of course, mint juleps are the official drink, but see these glasses? they are $1,000 each. they are sterling silver. we have to go back where people can buy them. oh, my gosh. at the derby. heart of horse association. we want to congratulate natalie, jill and barbara. three of our ladies were honored at the albert einstein hospital for their great philanthropic work. we ve got a lot to do today. moms need more pampering. i need more pampering. luis and jill s special mother s day makeovers after this. 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loreal in a box. fancy. we are going to up that today. i know kaitlin, we are so happy we can do it for you. she s been through a lot. she was going through a divorce at the same time diagnosed with breast cancer. she does a lot for everyone else. i want to give her a good mother s day gift with a makeover. we love your daughter. and you re single. we are going to make you look hot. ready to go? yes, yes, yes. i think she means yes. her daughter kaitlin is here along with her sisters debbie, zairean and her niece liz. here is the before picture of carol. let s see the new you. check it out. you re going to freak out. wait, hold on. mom, happy mother s day. you want to turn around and see yourself. oh, my god, look at my hair, my make-up, oh, my god! beautiful. so pretty. i never had make-up on my face before. oh, my god. look at that. oh, my god! what we did here, we had to do a make under, not a makeover. she put hair color on. she made it excessively blonde. i held on to a few of the blonde streaks and toned the rest down. this gives it dimension and works better with her skin tone. she left her hair long because she is young, dating. i m not dating yet, but hopefully. we shaped it around the face. that dress i have, jill. i have that dress. i love that dress. do you? thank you. she kept saying, are you sure i look good in this? i can promise you look good and you will get dates out of it. thank you so much. what do you think? you look awesome. thank you, who thanny. big round of applause for carol. go ahead and join your family. our second lady is diane, 51 from new york. she had the same hairstyle since the 70s. her daughter wanted to bring her to the 21st century. we spotted you in the crowd. i know luis can t wait to get his hands on your hair. i know you really want this for your mom. you re already crying. tell us why? she always supports me and always takes care of me and my sister before herself and she deserves this. we are so happy we can give you this mother s day gift. are you ready for a glam new look? i am. i am sick of people saying, i know where you re sitting because i can tell by your hair. okay. we ll fix that. she is here with her daughter tiffany. one more look at diane before and let s bring on the the new diane. not the same person. it s an optical illusion. ready? go ahead, sweetheart. ready to see yourself, diane? turn around. oh, my god. i m finally speechless. you look beautiful. tell us what about the hair? i m looking at the split screen and it s making me speechless. i ve got feathers in my mouth. i can speak. what happened for both mothers today, we did make unders. this is an at-home hair color abuser. read the directions. you did not. what we did, i toned it down again because what she did would color from roots to end and gave herself a chemical haircut. we gave her a real haircut. if you have fine hair make it into a bob. this color made it more natural, more looking like she was in the sun. that dress looks familiar, too, jill. you have that one? i have. i think you ve worn it. that s out of her wardrobe. this is from maggie london. we are ready for spring and summer to start. this is a great variation of the leopard print. she looks amazing. happy mother s day. carol, come on out. nex . 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