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in her home. to rob and possibly murder her in her home. today, thursday, june 16, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this thursday morning. i m ann curry. and i m matt lauer. congratulations to the boston bruins as they raise the cup, as the boston globe puts it here. in the streets of boston it was calm for the most part as fans took to the streets to celebrate the first stanley cup in some 39 years. in vancouver, some fans of the losing kacanucks took out their frustrations on the streets and caused mayhem. very big there, hockey. and things got so out of hand police had to use teargas on the crowds. we have the latest coming up. we spent a lot of time in vancouver and met nothing but great people. this game seems to have brought out the not so great people. and in the casey anthony case, as the defense begins its case will they call casey to the stand? did the prosecution do enough to prove their case? we ll get into that in a little while. also, at one point or another, most women have told their husband to stop horseplaying with the children. that can be what your children need to grow up to be confident adults. we ll explain that coming up. if you drop them, that s not good. let s begin with the check of the top stories with natalie at the news desk. good morning. good morning, everyone. as one city is rejoicing, another city is mourning. for the first time in nearly four decades the boston bruins brought home the stanley cup shutting out the vancouver canucks in game seven. looting and rioting rocked the streets of vancouver where angry fans set fires, flipped cars. hospital officials say at least four people were stabbed in the violence. police unleashed teargas and pepper spray on the mob for the first time since the stanley cup riots in 1994. that was also after the canucks lost back then to the rangers. more than a month after the death of osama bin laden, the terror network has named a successor. formerly al qaeda s second in command ayman al zawahari is now the chief. he was born in egypt and comes from an upper middle class family of professors and doctors. president obama is defending the legality of the u.s. operation in libya as a group of ten congressman fileded suit against him, calling action there unconstitutional. the white house sent a report to congress arguing that intervention in libya does not violate the water powers act, even as the operation approaches the 90-day deadline this sunday for action without congressional approval. a predawn nato air strike this morning targeted the area near moammar gadhafi s compound in tripoli. the waters in iowa are reaching a levee. river levels dipped slightly following several other intentional breaches the water is again on the rise today. now let s head to wall street where the financial crisis in greece has investors skittish this morning. melissa francis is at the new york stock exchange. good morning. good morning, natalie. investors are watching the violent protests in greece and they are watching the prime minister there scramble to try and make a deal. all of that is making a greek default seem more likely. what does that mean? if you don t pay back your debt, you can t borrow more money. that means a run on the greek banks. as a result, we are seeing a sell-off in euros, stocks and oil as well. and we are learning american banks have tens of billions in exposure. it all feels like lehman again. we are worried it could spill into neighboring countries like spain. we ll be watching the situation closely. back to you. we ll be checking in throughout the day. thanks, melissa francis. nasa conducted a fuelling test on the space shuttle atlantis in preparation for the final flight of of the program. there were concerns that a possible hydrogen fuel leak could delay the july 8th lift-off date, but engineers isolated the problem. they say the issue can be repaired without delaying the launch. it s 7:05. back to matt and ann. thanks, natalie. so far al has been in anchorage, las vegas and handoouston, texa. this morning he s in birmingham, alabama, for his lend a hand tour. good morning. good morning, matt. it s a beautiful morning in birmingham with temperatures in the low 70s and breezy. this is considered the cradle of the american civil rights movement. we are thrilled to be here. it s a great charity. we also cannot forget the folks who were devastated by the 64 tornadoes that ravaged the state back in mid april. so we are bringing the big pensky truck. in fact, we have ten trucks today to bring almost $1.7 million worth of help to a worthy charity which we will reveal in a little while. let s get you caught up on weather. this morning we have a risk ofm. a risk of strong storms today, two areas in fact, one from alliance, kansas city, dodge city into, northern texas. could be looking at afternoon thunderstorms developing, maybe tornadoes. and also a wide area in the east from much of ohio, pennsylvania, down into charlotte. heavy rain will be developing already. rainfall amounts anywhere from one to two inches with damaging winds and hail possible in the systems. that s what s going on around the country. here s what s happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. sprinkles now, just coming into montgomery county, fairfax, and farther south in charles, cal vert and st. mary s. today after morning sprinkles, sunshine in and out, could get storms with highs near 80. a slight risk storm would produce damaging winds and hail in virginia. any storms should dissipate by late evening. tomorrow, cloudy, more from birmingham, alabama, coming up in the next half hour. ann? thank you, al. now to the big step in the recovery of congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she s home this morning for the first time since she was shot in the head in january. thanh truong has details on this from houston this morning. good morning. reporter: good morning to you. doctors say gabrielle giffords s cognitive ability and physical strength have improved to the point she no longer has to be a full-time patient. she will receive care but on an outpatient basis. she s been released to her husband and family which they have all been waiting on since that horrible day in january. reporter: mark kelly and gabrielle giffords were seen coming and going. a neighbor captured the emotions of so many. i think it s a miracle. it s really just been very happy that she s come this far and that she s at this point. reporter: already this week new photos were released showing gabrielle giffords smiling. in a phone interview her communications director described the homecoming for gabby. fantastic. she was elated, happy to be able to go to mark s home and be with her family every evening. reporter: of course, it was january 8th when the congresswoman was shot in tucson leaving six people dead and 13 injured, including giffords who clung to life after a gunshot to the head. with her husband by her side, the nation has followed giffords progress every step of the way. gabby opened her eyes for the first time. [ cheers and applause ] gabby opened her eyes for the first time. reporter: then, her first word. she was having oatmeal and yogurt for breakfast. she asked me for toast. she sounded great. reporter: soon, she was able to have a conversation with her husband. she s speaking a lot. at some level they are asking her to slow down a little bit. reporter: giffords continued to work. eight hours a day in rehab, determined to be at her husband s final shuttle launch. she s more than medically ready to be here. she s excited about making the trip. reporter: in april, she not only made it to florida, but she did it on her own two feet. her progress continues to surprise everyone around her. it s amazing to think this woman was shot at point blank range in the head less than six months ago. reporter: doctors warn gabby s recovery is far from over. when anyone has a traumatic brain injury like this people want to know, when will i get better? how long will it take? what will it look like? an the reality is no one really knows. it s important to recognize that while everyone is excited for her discharge, this doesn t mean it s all over. it means that we have turned a new chapter in her life. reporter: a new chapter that gabby and her family are happy to begin at home. as an outpatient, giffords therapy won t change. she has a lot of work to do on her speech and motor skills but at the end of the day she ll be with her family and friends say it means everything to the congresswoman. thank you so much. here s matt. with each passing day the pressure builds on congressman anthony weiner to resign. the latest call from one of the women he apparently had an online relationship with. luke russert is on capitol hill with details on this. good morning. reporter: good morning, matt. other women involved in the anthony weiner scandal reported more sexually explicit exchanges on the internet. a former porn star took to the cameras yesterday and said anthony weiner asked her to lie about the online relationship. i did not sext anthony weiner. reporter: even while weiner remained out of sight one recipient of lewd messages stepped before cameras to say the congressman asked her to lie about the relationship. former porn star ginger lee. i put out a three sentence communication. i didn t want to say anything further. i refused to lie so i went silent and into hiding. reporter: on the same day his wife returned from a trip with hillary clinton, lee said they quickly escalated their talk from politics to racier topics. i didn t send photos to him or receive any from him. any time he took our communications in a sexual direction i did not reciprocate. reporter: lee said she exchanged 100 e-mails with weiner. her attorney read one of them. i have wardrobe demands, too. i need to highlight my package. reporter: lee volunteered to assist the house ethics committee in their investigation of weiner. she stands ready to cooperate with that investigation if she is asked to do so. if called to testify, she will testify truthfully. and she will provide all of her communications to and from the congressman to the committee. i think that anthony weiner should resign because he lied to the public and to the press for more than a week. reporter: in congress, democratic leaders continue the call for weiner to step down. the right thing for anthony weiner to do for the country and for himself and his family is to resign. reporter: while most of his caucus wants him gone he still has a few friends. it was painful, emotional to be very honest with you. i m not going to mince words here. i wish the best for him and his family. he ll have to make that decision. congressman weiner has two options. stay and risk being ostracized, lose his committee assignments and probably lose his district in redistricting, or go quietly. reporter: weiner s office had no response to the latest developments. just when democrats want the story to go away, it surely won t today. nancy pelosi will hold her e first press conference since the story broke and weiner is expected to be a topic of discussion. thanks, luke. chuck todd, good morning. reporter: good morning, ann. just when you thought the pressure couldn t get more intense it s growing and i understand democratic leaders will be having a meeting to think of new ways to pressure anthony weiner to resign. why not just let him decide? reporter: at this point they feel he s become a distraction. the fact that he s a new york congressman means it s not as if there is a small press corps in new york city. they know it s not something that s going to fade away. if this were a member of congress from iowa, indiana or north dakota. so at this point in an odd way i talked to one aide to a member of the leadership, ann, who said they are glad in some ways that more allegations are coming out. they think that will help push him to resignation sooner rather than later. in this effort to push him out, here comes a new poll by nbc news, the wall street journal that shows congress needs to work on his reputation. it shows 74% of americans disapprove of the job that congress is doing. chuck, that seems particularly high. it s always high. is it higher? it is. it s interesting. since republicans took control of the house there was a little bit of a honeymoon for congress. instead of being really unpopular they were just unpopular. the approval rating was over 20% for the first six months. it hasn t been this low since march of 2010. that s when health care was passeded where congress was under a lot of ideological pressure and everybody was unhappy with them. when you look at it on the superficial part, weiner is giving congress a bad reputation. on the issue front you see a senate not being able to get anything done on the debt ceiling. it s not surprising to me that the opinion has gotten worse. that adds to the pressure in the upcoming election. there is bad news in your poll for republicans. it says 73% of republicans approved of the gop field in 2008. look at this number. 45% of republicans are dissatisfied with choices for 2012. what s mising? what are they looking for, chuck? reporter: they are clearly not happy. mitt romney is not firing up all parts of the base. we know this even from opinion leaders inside the party. that s why you see texas governor rick perry popping up. you had 45%. this was lower than the feel four years ago. it means you will see a summer of speculation. more talk about rick perry. more talk about sarah palin. more talk about chris christie in new jersey because right now romney is not exciting anybody. nobody else in that field appears poised to challenge romney for the nomination. that said, the poll did find he has widened his lead as a favorite. reporter: absolutely. let s move on to obama. his approval ratings have taken a hit, due in part to pessimism about the economy. how tough is it going to be for the president headed into re-election? reporter: this isn t easy. our pollsters say it s remarkable the president s job rating is able to hold up at 49% when you look at the economic indicators. you have the highest level in two years of pessimism about the economy. 30% of americans believe the economy will get worse in the next 12 months, highest in two years. 44%, ann, think we are headed for another recession. yet the president is close to 50% in his job rating i. at some point the bad economy could start pulling him down. so far it s not part of that. he s got a loyal base inside the democratic party which is important for incumbents trying to win re-election. before you go i want to ask about our investigative reporting about newt gingrich s wife having a negative impact on his campaign. he had this reaction on fox news. i believe nbc owes calista an apology. the fact is my campaign is my campaign. yes, we make decisions as a couple, but in the end i take full responsibility. i think the program this morning was totally irresponsible and personally reprehensible and the kind of thing that makes it hard to get decent people to run for public office. nbc news is standing by its reporting. what is the reaction in washington? reporter: this is misplaced anger. nobody should be surprised when a candidate stands up for their spouse. that s the type of partnership that s just the nature of a solid marriage. that said, his anger probably should be at his aides because all of the reporting on this has been about how newt gingrich was allowing his personal issues, whether it was actions by his wife, by his production company, to somehow be prioritized over the presidential campaign. these folks left because they felt newt gingrich was not putting a priority on running a campaign. instead he was worried about going on vacation, keeping things happy at home. nothing wrong with those things, but that s not how you win the presidency. thanks so much. it s 7:19. here s matt. thanks, ann. to libya and the ongoing fighting between gadhafi s forces and renl rebels. there are growing concerns violence could spread to libya s most spectacular, ancient sites. stephanie gosk has more on this. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. in libya today the civil war threatens to tear the country apart. moammar gadhafi is clinging to power as nato intensifies bombing. in the face of that it s easy to forget or overlook that the country is rich in ancient history, that is until the artifacts of the history are thrown into the crosshairs of the crisis. this is an ancient roman city on the coast of the mediterranean. an hour and a half drive from tripoli, just over 30 miles west of where government forces are locked in a bloody battle with rebels. the commander of the rebels says gadhafi is using this place where the roman emperor septum severus was born using these. deadly and a target for war planes. this is a credible information, a credible report. it is true and it is very much consistent with gadhafi s tactics. reporter: the opposition says gadhafi is relying on nato not to bomb ancient ruins. at the time this was the grandest roman city. today it is a world heritage site. there are plenty of places to hide rocket launchers but no guarantees from nato that they aren t going to hit them. the government took us there. the accusations were lies. there are no weapons here at all. reporter: with regular propaganda from both sides and no proof from the rebels, there is little way to know for sure. in the small area the government let us see there were plenty of marble columns, well preserved arches and a lovely ampitheatre. no signs of rockets or war. commanders of nato say they can t confirm gadhafi s forces are hiding weapons here. they say when they evaluate targets they don t just consider civilian casualties, they look at the infrastructure of the country. stephanie gosk, thank you very much. coming up, the defense set to begin presenting at the casey anthony murder trial today. will casey take the stand? 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slow on the outer loop of the beltway. slow from 95 as you approach georgia avenue. new hampshire avenue creeping by at 18 miles an hour. a live look. back to someone 7:30 on a thursday morning, june 16, 2011. sunny skies to greet these people out in the plaza in the heart of midtown manhattan. we are hoping for a beautiful day tomorrow for concert day on the plaza. we have country superstar kenny chesney, the four-time entertainer of the year. if you re in the area, check us out, check him out in the 8:30 half hour. that one will be crowded. we ll all check him out. meanwhile inside studio 1a i m matt lauer along with ann curry. just ahead the casey anthony trial enters a new phase. the defense is to call its first witness a day after they claim the prosecution failed to prove casey anthony murdered her 2-year-old daughter. plus, more details about the bizarre plot to rob and possibly kill joss stone. two men with arrested with swords, maps and photographs of the singer s home. we ll have the latest from london coming up. when it comes to parenting, does father or mother know best? there is no evidence that dads may be onto something with their constant wrestling and horseplay with the children that s very good for them. we moms should rethink when we try to stop them. we have a lot to get to. let s begin with casey anthony s murder trial. kerry sanders is in orlando where he has been for a while now. good morning to you. reporter: good morning, matt. three years ago today, caylee marie anthony died. it s a strange confluence of dates because on this day the defense will start arguing that casey did not murder her own daughter after they lost an argument in court. they lost the argument to the judge that prosecutors did not produce enough evidence for any jury to conclude that casey murdered her daughter. casey anthony stared at her attorney as he argued the judge should dismiss the case now. now, in this case, there is not any evidence of anything other than a caring, loving mother/child relationship. reporter: in what will be a preview of the closing arguments, mason said prosecution witnesses may have testified about deadly chloroform, duct tape found on caylee s skull, even her skeleton hidden in the woods about a five-minute walk from her mother s home. even with that, mason argued, the state didn t prove caylee was murdered or that her mother had anything to do with it. there is no evidence to establish when the child died, where she died, how she died, who, if anyone, was with her in attendance when she died and they have failed wholly to rebut the reasonable hypothesis of innocence that it was an accidental death. reporter: the defense argues caylee accidentally drowned in the backyard swimming pool and in a misguided effort to avoid her mother s criticism, casey covered it up. the law is the law. reporter: prosecutors believe their witnesses have proven casey suffocated her daughter and, for the first time, they added, even absent toxicology tests they believe the jury will conclude casey poisoned her daughter. it is our position that a reasonable jury in this case can conclude that caylee marie anthony died as a result of the application of three pieces of duct tape to her nose and mouth. that a reasonable jury can conclude that caylee marie anthony died as a result of poisoning by chloroform. in our case, there has been no evidence presented that casey marie anthony used duct tape for any purpose that she used chloroform ever for any purpose, and it in any way, any capacity whatsoever, contributed to the cause of death of this child. it is forcing, guessing, and speculation, and not in this country. reporter: so shortly, in the courthouse over my shoulder, here the defense will begin presenting its case and the big question is, will casey anthony take the stand in her own defense? matt? kerry sanders in orlando, thank you very much. savannah guthrie, today s legal corner. we ll get to the question whether casey will take the stand in a second. if you re a member of the jury, you have been sitting through the prosecution case and you have not seen direct evidence about when caylee died, how she died, who killed her, or anything like that, how confident would you be feeling about a guilty verdict right now? the proof beyond a reasonable doubt is a very high standard, and it s questionable whether jurors feel they have enough. i think the prosecutors have proven that something criminal happened and that casey anthony is connected to it. but will jurors be able to look at the evidence and come to the conclusion this is a woman who premeditated the killing of her daughter and executed it through the chloroform and the duct tape? there l. they think they have proof beyond a reasonable doubt? that s the question. what the prosecution has done a very good job of, two things, one, proven that casey anthony is a liar. they have trapped her in several very important lies. does that, in some ways, in the mind of a juror make up for a lack of concrete evidence in other areas? the determines of some kind of conviction it does because she s lying for a reason and jurors are going to ask themselves, why? and let s not forget the central fact, this is a woman who did not report her child was missing for 31 days, jurors will look at that evidence and say, why? they ll think she did something. that s the other thing the prosecution has done a good job of doing, they ve painted a picture of a woman who went out partying and enjoyed a good life, knowing her daughter was dead or missing, depending on whose story you believe, and that cannot help casey anthony. it can t. however, i ve always had some problem with the motive that prosecutors have offered in this case. look she wanted a better life, to have fun? she was a mom too young, she wanted to party. prosecutors do not have to put on any evidence of motive but as a practical matter they like to, jurors expect it, they want to understand the motivations. the defense case. some legal experts that i ve read have said, you know that in some ways the defense has painted itself backed itself into the corner by saying caylee anthony died in an accidental drowning in the swimming pool. as the defense puts on its case, do they have to prove that happened? as a legal matter, no they do not. as a practical matter, yes, because jose baez stood up in opening statements and offered a counternarive, alternative story and jurors want to see, what is the proof? tell me about it, yeah. if they don t see the proof, they may not be willing to believe the defense. the story comes from none other than the proven liar, casey anthony. and you kind of stole my last question. but, yes, the question of whether casey anthony will take the stand in her own defense, the jury already knows she s a liar. the defense admits she s a liar. why would jurors believe anything she says on the stand, though she s raised her hand? that s the fundamental problem. remember, this is a case where jurors have heard casey anthony lie in hour after hourf audio have avideotape. when she says, the honest to god s truth, caylee is with the nanny. is she going to use the same terminology as she faces jurors and says the honest to god truth is my baby died in a pool? jurors will have a problem. she has a credibility problem with the jury, i don t know if it will be overcome. thanks. a check of the weather now from al, lending a hand in birmingham, alabama. hi, al. matt, thank you so much. $1.7 million of donations, ten trucks, the most we ve ever had as we continue to give out more than $9 million of goods and services and cash. but first, we want to talk about this heat. man it will not break. b big area of high pressure, heat from palm springs, las vegas, phoenix. temperatures over 100. roswell, new mexico, strange things going on there, 104. midland, texas, 108. laredo, high of 107. dallas, oppressive, high humidity. tallahassee yesterday, 105. broke all-time record high. they ll goet to 100 today. a two areas of a slight risk of strong storm as long the eastern seaboard and the central plains, windy conditions through the southwest. that s what s going on around the country. good morning. here on radar, we are getting some light sprinkles and a little bit of light rain in montgomery county, the district and farther south and east in southern maryland and into western maryland. later today could get an isolated afternoon thunderstorm with highs near 8 p. a slight risk storms severe, mainly virginia, damaging wins and hail later today. could get passing thunderstorms tomorrow afternoon. warming up over the and that s your latest weather. don t forget. you can check your weather day or night on the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. matt? 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(narrator) from unforgettable adventures to the wizarding world of harry potter, only at universal orlando resort. good morning. it s 7:56 on thursday, the 16th of june. i m joe krebs. in the news 4 today, assistant elementary school teacher is to appear in court. yers had folders filled with illegal images on his compute somewhere bragged to an agent that he travelled to california to have sex with a child. myers is 29, worked as an el men tear school principal assistant and fauquier county. good morning, rain on radar on in the metro area, moving off north and east and pulling out in the next half hour to hour, and later today we could get afternoon storms, highs near 80. scattered storms, perhaps into the evening, and again tomorrow afternoon and sunday. how s traffic? our rails are looking good, everything s running on or close to schedule. on virginia 395, jammed north from the belt weigh as you approach the 14th street bridge. 19 miles per hour crawling by. i m drinkin dunkin . dunkin iced latte. iced dunkin decaf. estoy tomando café helado. large caramel iced with skim. one shot of hazelnut, iced, cream and sugar. i wouldn t want it any other way. get your iced coffee your way. america runs on dunkin coffee. 8:00 now on a thursday morning, june 16, 2011. we have a happy crowd outside, packed into rockefeller plaza. and as they come back tomorrow morning they will be treated to a live summer concert from one of the biggest stars in country music. we are talking about kenny chesney. i m ann curry along with matt lauer. al is in birmingham, alabama, on day four of his lend a hand today. we ll get the big reveal. you have been doing a great job, al. we re proud of you. this morning he s giving out a trillion dollars. a trillion dollars in goods to a great charity. we ll check in with al. we have another huge star in the studio right now. take a look. we have jim carey taking photos, having fun. he s also starring in a brand new movie calleded mr. popper s penguins. you re going to talk to him in a couple minutes. i might need some help to take him on. i don t want anything to do with that. we ll talk to jim in a few minutes. we also hear a lot about fathers roughhousing with children and moms are stopping the kids. there is new evidence that shows it is so important for the children. so we ll get to the bottom of that. i think fathers are underrated. what fathers do needs to be celebrated especially as we move toward father s day coming up. don t we all agree? of course! you are just sucking up to the dads out there. i believe it. natalie has the headlines of the morning. good morning, everyone. recovering arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is marking her next milestone at home. giffords was discharged from a houston hospital wednesday more than five months after she was shot in the head during an assassination attempt. she will continue therapy on an outpatient basis. house democratic leaders are meeting today to discuss what to do about the anthony weiner sexting scandal. weiner could be stripped of committee assignments. a former adult star weiner s getting stripped! oh, boy. jim carey is here. a group of hackers breached the agency s nonclassified website wednesday. users did experience temporary problems trying to access the site. the same group hacked the senate computer system earlier this week. and a new study suggests that children on medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to be turned away by specialists or be forced to wait weeks for an appointment. the study was done in the chicago area. it used adults posing as parents calling doctor s offices to make appointments. now here s brian williams with what s coming up tonight on nightly news . tonight when we see you for nightly news a friend of yours and mine, a member of the nbc family goes back to a place where he emerged a hero 40 years ago. for now, natalie, back to you. now for trending on today, a round-up of what you re talking about online. looting and rioting in downtown vancouver overnight after the hometown canucks were shut out by boston in game seven of the stanley cup finals. two popular facebook groups quickly popped up. one to organize a massive cleanup and another group trying to help identify the hooligans. no self-esteem and molson exports do not mix. jim carey will be trending later today for messing up the today show newscast. a token of my affection for you. thank you, jim. this will be a hit on youtube and i can t hoond google. thank you, jim. i m embarrassed. it s 8:04. now back to matt and ann, please. that s a first for the news. so great of jim. by the way, we want to mention. hat day in the sun. protect yourself from skin damage. we have choices. i have the dallas mavericks hat from these people here or the fedora from these people here. i m not sure. i say nobody wears a hat like you do. we ll let we ll let al decide, who is out in birmingham, alabama. take it away. thank you. paula, they re not going to shoot these guns. we re here with paula deen. loud noises. good morning, everybody. if they fire those guns i will jump out of these white britches. are you firing the guns? we will be firing the muskets. patrick henry and colonial counterparts, celebrating our country s liberty and independence. they are here in the greater birmingham area teaching students about american history. indeed, my pleasure. say, my good people, the fourth of july, 1776 will be known as america s birthday. the declaration of independence has been passed in philadelphia. now we all unite for liberty. [ gunfire ] that wasn t so bad, paula. that wasn t so bad. paula s here, part of our lend a hand today extravaganza with the nice folks at smithfield. you do that dance, don t you? we did that in high school. i miss that laugh. don t you remember high school? i do, i do. doing that rap version of the fife and drum. let s check your weather, see what s happening. our pick city of the day, birmingham, alabama. partly to mostly sunny, hot. fabulous. beautiful now. look on the radar, we have strong storms, working their way through the southeast. also stretching from the great lakes back into parts of the northeast. risk of storm there s. back through the central plains. west, gorgeous. the southern tier of states hot. temperatures in the 100s and 90s from the southwest all the way into florida. that s what s going on around the country. here s what s happening. light rain in washington, prince georges county and montgomery counties, heading off to the north and east and pulling away from the metro area trarly. later today we could get thunderstorms this afternoon. highs before that near 80. some isolated storms could produce wind, hail in virginia later this afternoon. tomorrow, mid 80s, afternoon storms. saturday, 80s. hot and humid sunday, storms. and we ll have more are from birmingham and paula when we come back. and taylor hicks will be stopping by, too. thanks so much. we ll check in later. up next, the secret to dad s success. how all the roughhousing and tickling benefits your children later in life. that s coming up right after this. imagine living your life with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that s fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing of the skin or eyes. talk with your doctor about your medicines, including those for migraine, or if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles, to address a possible life-threatening condition. tell your doctor about alcohol use, liver disease, and before you reduce or stop taking cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. side effects include nausea, dry mouth, and constipation. 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[ giggling ] it ranges from horseback riding to pillow fighting. we basically just dog pile, take each other around. it s run and jump on dad as soon as he s on the floor. reporter: but not mom. todd s wife is more of a spectator. he s down there being pretty rough with the children. there s a part of me that s like, oh, i don t know. so i sit back, watch, let him be and i just let it happen. reporter: experts say don t be too concerned. get in there. it s one of the secrets to dad s success. horseplay teaches boys and girls the lessons of life like thinking fast, shaking things off, even independence. this michigan doctor, a father of three, is such a fan he wrote a book about it the art of roughhousing. what may be a dying art. i think two things that are affecting play and roughhousing specifically are the screen time and video games invading homes across the country as well as an obsession with safety. people are too afraid of a skinned knee or a bruise. it is an opportune time for parents to cut the strings and let kids be kids. reporter: according to one study, fathers are cutting the strings more often. dads spend 35% of their time playing with kids, 29% for moms. moms may say, look, we are busy doing the work. i encourage them to play. i get down on the ground. we play cards, barbies and trucks. but i stay on the outskirts and watch. he ll drag them owl over tall o house, tickle and wrestle. i seldom do that on my own without him here. reporter: right. let s be honest. moms are usually more nurturing. kids need that, but they need this, too. so they are learning about the tricks of the trade of the world and how difficult the world can be, but they are also doing it in a protected and safe environment with someone they respect and love and who loves them. that s important. moms and dads are different. i think what s useful is for kids to get the of benefit of both. reporter: in todd s house, he s getting the kids out of their comfort zone and making memories. this is most likely what they will remember of their childhood, of me. cute. of course, don t take it too far. kids can get hurt, but experts say you have to know your children. you can push the limits with them. i have been doing it for years before i knew it officially helped you. there are my little girls skylar and sloan. i really just like when they re exhausted and can t move. that makes night-night easier. thank you very much, jeff. hal ronkel is the author of scream free parenting. good morning to you. have we been making too little of the horse play that dads do with kids over the years? well, i think we have been making a little too little of the unique contributions fathers make overall. in fact, ann said she thinks fathers are underrated. i think we have wanted to celebrate and honor what mothering can do, but i think celebrating fathers doesn t denigrate the conibutions that mothers make. the article gets specific here, hal. let me read something. interactions are more physical and rambunctious. dads are more likely to startle babies, laugh, play physical games like tossing in the air and that is believed to help kids develop self-regulatory skills. does that make sense to you? absolutely. one of the great things we do is help our kids learn to manage themselves. when they have to rough play and it s not all nurturing sometimes they have to defend themselves. they have to stand up for themselves. one of the great joys of life is talking smack with my kids. my son is now 12. we re playing basketball and bantering back and forth. so it s not as much physical rough play anymore. it is a sense of, you know, i m challenging him to stand up for himself. i do the same thing with my daughter as well. let s get a female perspective on this. does this make sense to you? absolutely. we want both moms and dads to be involved. they have unique contributions to how a child develops. here s what the article goes on to say about other interactions. for example, the temper tantrum. a lot of parents walk in with a game plan. dads correct is child with wrong words or distract them with humor. moms try to reason with a child and use face-to-face interaction. does that sound right to you? it sounds right. if you wonder which works, it depends on the child, the situation. it always depends. something that works with one child may not work with another. sometimes it s a combination of those contributions from mom and dad. i think robin makes a good point. it s important to have the contributions of mom and dad. we conducted an unscientific poll on our website. who s the better parent mom or dad. 59% came in at team mom. 41% for team dad. does that surprise you? here s the deal. in 1960, 17% of homes across america were single parent homes. now it s almost 47%. a number of us have grown up with the single mother being normal. the absent dad is one of the tragedies that s happened overall. it makes sense that people would say moms because unfortunately they have had more experience with mom as the primary parent. but that s changing because there are fathers like you and me trying to re-emphasize our unique contribution. it doesn t make us better. just different. thank you very much. robin, thank you. going from horseplay with kids to horseplay with jim carrey [ neighing ] here to talk about his new movie right after this. ines? 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[ male announcer ] get the venture card from capital one, and earn double miles on every purchase, every day. go to capitalone.com. what s in your wallet? so, you re a democrat right? that was jim carrey having fun with natalie at the news desk. then there was matt this morning. jim has a new movie out this morning. take a look at this. that s not news. this is not news. it may be actually. now it is. you make news no matter where you go. you have a new movie out the spanking made it news. it will be on youtube. it s everywhere. you re here to talk about the new movie, mr. popper s penguins. mpp. you down with mpp? you know me. your life changes suddenly when you inherit six adorable penguins. what is it with you and animals? i like them, they like me. i especially like penguins. steve martin says you can t be unhappy when someone s playing a banjo. same goes for penguins. freedom from concern. that s what i m about. you re like a penguin that way. i am. and they re magic penguins. if you rub their bellies your dreams come true. my dream was always to be pecked mercilessly. that really happened? right away. unbelievable. they are not made-up computer graphics. they are real penguins. there are some cg penguins like the ones solving rubik s cubes and stuff. for the most part i chose the live penguins. they don t smell like flowers though. they are stinky. but not too bad. they were in the same facility and every once in a while i would be saying, we have to have a meeting [ honks ] they are the ultimate heckler. this is based on a book about a guy who at first resists the idea of getting penguins as a gift from his father. estranged father. his father sends them and he turns around. you can t get rid of them. he wants to. but then his kids take a shine to them and it brings him closer to the kids than he s ever been, so he falls in love with them. this is a clip of him now becoming fond of the penguins. make way. they re on the open ice. nothing but daylight. back check. oh, sorry. place is coming together, huh? it s often been said you should not work with animals and children. in this one you work with both. they re scene stealers. were there times you wanted to put your head in an ice bucket like, get me out of here? i love to be spontaneous. if something s going to throw me off the track of what i was thinking about, that s fine with me. it s great. it happens a lot. i love it. like the scene at the dinner table where the penguin just annihilated the fish. they were supposed to sit in their seats but they were kept at baby broomsticks eight inches from sardines for, like, two minutes while they were waiting for the take. by the time they pulled those out they went crazy and i was going, yes! yes! how much of the movie is stuff you threw in because you are reacting to this ever-changing environment. it happens to me all the time. people think it is all written out. we do a lot of writing ahead of time, but invariably ideas come at the last second or whatever. the director will say, jim, do something funny. so i m standing on set going, okay. this is where the rubber meets the road, you know? i think there was an especially celebrated moment, your jimmy stewart moment. i love jimmy stewart. how did he emerge in the movie? he was the guy that my character was trying to emulate in order to trick van gundi into getting what he wanted. it was a manipulation. so you ve got me, penguins, jimmy stewart. what do you want! what else do you want? what do i gotta do? [ as stewart ] and jimmy is just so sweet, you have to just kind of give him whatever he wants. his perk package got completely out of control because no one could say no. how do you say no to this guy? nobody can say no to jimmy or to you. i also want to mention that you are also focused, apart from the movie on anthony weiner, yes, i am. on the news. yeah. you pay attention. what about anthony weiner? everybody s talking about the texting and sexting, but no one s noticing how odd it is that he has the body of a beefcake workout dude and the head of a fly. [ laughter ] that s weird to me. it s likefreaky. it s like jeff gold plume. 8:26 is your time. 66 degrees out there. clouds in the sky. when will the rain move? tom will have your forecast after the news. i m eun yang. thursday, june 16th, 2011. the u.s. open officially started. 40,000 people expected to crowd congressional country club in bethesda in the income four days. the u.s. open one of the most prestigious golf events of the year. expect heavy traffic around montgomery specially near the club on river road. cars cannot park near congressional pedestrian bridge and shuttle bus can get fans to and from the main parking areas. band of light rain moving northeast of washington, heading off to the north and east. could get storms later today. highs near 80. storms tomorrow. sunday afternoon. how s traffic? if you re in maryland traveling 270 south bound, jammed from germantown to the 270 spur. here s the live look now. we are packed. back to you. thanks so much. back with another check of news, weather and traffic in 25 mi back now at 8:30 on a thursday morning, the 16th day of june, 2011. a huge crowd on the plaza. particularly excited now because mr. jim carrey has decided to come out and shake a couple of hands and give some kisses. always a crowd favorite. hi, there! they are chanting on the other side of the plaza. they re chanting for you! oh, yeah. that s the blue shirts. they follow me everywhere i go. can i say one thing? i can t believe i rode jim carrey. you did. we can t believe it. did that happen? i thought maybe i dozed off. you should change my shoes, too. thank you for coming by. the movie, mr. popper s penguins that s hard to say. you down with mpp? yeah, you know me. hey, thanks again. great to see you. ladies and gentlemen, jim carrey? yeah, jim carrey, we love you so much. [ cheers and applause ] we have a little bit of an update here, as jim shakes more hands. we ll do some grilling? that s right. for father s day, of course, this weekend. we have to get the grill fired up and have some special entrees that i think your husbands and dads will love. we have special news from the duggar family. we hinted about this. jim bob and michelle are announcing the birth of their second grandchild, a baby boy born last night. eight pounds, five ounces. the second child for josh and anna. the proud parents have not yet chosen a name. they surely have experience handling babies. also coming up, an emotional return to vietnam for retired colonel jack jacobs. you may remember him from this broadcast and nightly news. it was his first trip back there since the war in vietnam. he s gone back he was injured. went back and rescued, i think, 14 wounded people. for him to go back, this is an emotional trip. before that, can we say hello to and bring in the legendary hi, matt. hi, ann. so good to see you. go back to wimbledon for the 50th year in a row. seems unbelievable. i know. it s great. i just got double knee replacement last year and i snuck out on the court last year, on court 16 you re not supposed to and i hit my first ball. if anyone wants to know what i had done, rediscoveryourgo.com. i m playing tennis again. i couldn t do anything. my life closed in on me. you re saying you re not feeling any kind of can you i can play tennis again. i hadn t been able to play for years. i can walk to a restaurant. i had to take a taxi to the gym. i m tell you, i talk to people every day walking down the street. find out about my technology. on the subject of wimbledon, quickly, any favorites? favorites, federer, nadal, djokovic, murray at the end. i think sharapova s back, maria, but serena and venus are playing again. i m so happy! serena had the pulmonary embolism. and clijsters had to withdraw because of her ankle. we ll talk about serena? we ll run over to al in birmingham, alabama. love you. say hi to deborah. mr. roker. thank you, billie jean. we ve got ralph bada from 2 xist. donating over $125,000 worth of merchandise. thanks so much. our pleasure. great to meet you. the job that you and nbc have done with the lend a hand program unbelievable. and at 2xist we believe everyone deserves great fitting underwear. weir weirdo naeti we re donating over $125,000. thank you so much. keep in touch. follow us the 2xist.com. here s what happening in your ne next of the wood. light rain in howard county, northern prince georges county and anne arundel and north and east. today sun coming back but this afternoon maybe storms. we could get isolated severe storms in virginia and early evening some of which could produce damaging wins and hail. elsewhere maybiiae an afternoonr ten trucks. over $1.7 million in merchandise. paula dean and taylor hicks coming up and the big charity reveal. ann? al s big reveal coming up. first, this is today on nbc. [ male announcer ] spare toothbrush, just in case: $4. home cooked meal: $28. first date finest: $33. having time on your side: priceless. mastercard paypass. bringing you the most convenient ways to pay. learn more at mastercard.com/paypass. back for lend a hand today. al is in birmingham, al. take it away. thanks so much. we are at community kitchens of birmingham, a great organization dedicated to make sure those in need of a hot meal every day get it. when you spend time with these folks you realize they are playing an important role in people s lives here. feeding time, a moment when this unemployed mother of three may forget about her financial struggles while trying to raise her family. i just lost my job right after i had my baby. reporter: debra isn t alone and the community kitchens of birmingham were there offering hot meals and a lovely smile. i really appreciate them. they feed you. they offer clothes. they do anything they can to help you. reporter: for more than three decades community kitchens has been offering meals to anyone in need. today they are feeding the hungry every day of the year, operating out of two locations in the city, making a difference and changing lives. renew my faith in people. when i got here, i didn t i mean, i couldn t. you know? i didn t have that. i didn t have anybody. reporter: community kitchens is dedicated to making difficult lives easier. our income is $757 a month. there is no way to live off that. our rent is $425. but this place helps me keep a smile on my face. it s probably one of our primary tenets and beliefs. everyone is welcome. everyone is deserving of a warm meal. reporter: andrea blackard is the executive director. for her it s a labor of love but at times becomes personal. so many americans live paycheck to paycheck. i recognize in the end they know i care. and i do genuinely from the heart. it s part of my calling. path of destruction, one of the worst tornado outbreaks in american history devastates the south. reporter: in april, a string of deadly tornadoes ripped through alabama causing widespread death and destruction. in the days that followed, community kitchens was there to help the red cross provide meals for people in shelters who lost everything. i thank god for touching their heart in order for them to do this. reporter: community kitchens intends to keep working to make a difference in their community. and here we are. andrea blackhurt. are you ready to open up the trucks? i am. say yes! i am! we have two tractor-trailers full of frozen meat for you guys for our friends from smithfield. we have paula dean, bobby, michael. and taylor hicks. paula, tell us about the donation. oh, my gosh. i m so fortunate to be in partnership with smithfield who does so much for communities all over the u.s., al. they have brought in not one truckload this morning, but two truckloads to help the cause. how is that going to help you guys? pure protein, i don t have to tell you. y all don t get protein very often. our most expensive ingredient, yes. smithfield taylor, you re a birmingham native. this is amazing. how much money and the charity here. just absolutely amazing. we appreciate that. it s great for alabama. we have friends, family and loved ones here. we care about them and we want to do what we can to help. and ufcw. al davis is right back over there. my buddy. alvin ce vincent. sorry, mixing it up. and from beechnut, we have baby food. almost $150,000 worth of strollers. from our friends at united, $120,000 from united for 200,000 air miles, $10,000 in cash. nestle s ice cream and edy s shakes, $110,000. that s a lot of ice cream. abro with $37,000 of pasta and race. mal malt-o-meal, mccormick and country, seasonings, rice mixes, simply asian noodles. hasbro, toys and games. fabulous jeans from jordache. ho bart, we have kitchen equipment including slicers, salad dryers, mixers. $22,000 for two reach-in coolers and freezers. ice system. $18,000 for kitchen equipment. paula dean s meijer cookware. all clad kitchen equipment. honest-tea. $10,000 in pork rinds. hormel has vegetarian and turkey chili. $10,000 in sauces. old spice, $10,000 worth of old spice deodorant sticks because you work up a sweat in there. you need those. $10,000 in dental products. slim-jims, $10,000 worth. and our friends at columbia who have been there from the beginning, fleece jackets and backpacks. andrea, we love you guys. thank you so much. we have more coming up, matt. al, that s fantastic. great job. deserving group of people. you ve done it again. we thank you very much. we ll check in with al later on. still ahead, age-defying secrets for women in their 40s, 50s and beyond. first, this is today on nbc. beyond. first, this is today on nbc. i m drinkin dunkin . dunkin iced latte. iced dunkin decaf. estoy tomando café helado. large caramel iced with skim. one shot of hazelnut, iced, cream and sugar. i wouldn t want it any other way. get your iced coffee your way. america runs on dunkin coffee. more than 58,000 americans died in the vietnam war and many others were severely injured. among them, nbc news military analyst and medal of honor recipient, retired colonel jack jacobs. we ll talk to him in a moment. first, we have jacobs emotional journey back to the battlefield where he saved more than a dozen lives. far away from the noise, the bustle, and the youthful optimism of modern day vietnam is a place where banana boats still navigate the river, mothers and daughters bathe along the shore and time seems to stand still. and where so many of an american generation left behind their innocence. the mecong delta. for the first time since the war, jack jacobs returned. it s like time has gone backwards. reporter: on a search for the battlefield where he nearly died over 40 years ago. we landed here and headed due north. reporter: with images seared in his memory. this is it. this is it. this was all open field back then. reporter: the rice paddy has been flooded for fishing, but in the eyes of a retired colonel it s as if he can see himself all those years ago, a 22-year-old first lieutenant caught in an ambush, seriously wounded in a hail of devastating machine gun and mortar fire. you don t even here it. it s so close. you feel the rush of warm air, get lifted up and so on. reporter: you retch ach up t hole in your head. you re convinced it isn t happening and then you realize it is. reporter: bleeding profusely, blind in one eye, his hearing impaired, jacobs went onto the battlefield again and again and again, saving 14 lives that day until he collapsed and was medevaced unconscious to a military hospital after a harrowing rescue. for conspicuous ga lan tri. reporter: he was awarded the medal of honor by president nixon. danger doesn t make heroes, it finds them. reporter: it found jacobs, march 9, 1968. all 5 4 of him, ammunition flying. scenes that punctuate his nightmares even now and that so many years later drew him back to vietnam. it was important for me, for an unexplainable series of reasons, that i had to be here. i had the opportunity to do so and here i am. reporter: nbc news, the mecong delta. colonel jacobs, it s an honor, good morning. good morning. being wounded in the head, why did you go back 14 times? i thought i was the only guy who could do anything. we all fought for each other. i knew if i were in the same situation they would come get me. so i had to do it. i kept doing it because i thought nobody else could. in this journey we ll see more about on nightly news you meet some of the enemy. i met the enemy commander who s now 82 years old, a retired brigadier general. he lives near a bicycle shop not far from where we fought. we talked about the battle 43 years after the fact. even all these years later it created healing for you. i wonder what the takeaway is for these young men and women who were serving today in the other wars and the numbers of them and struggles for them ahead. what would you say? it s very difficult to be in a situation in which everybody s trying to kill you and then transition back into normal life. there is no normal life afterwards. your experience in war stays with you forever. you ve got to come to grips wit. there are lots of people to help. it s important to recognize that we fight for our country. we fight to accomplish the mission, but most of all we fight for each other. we keep that in our minds and everything will be fine. thank you. you re welcome. again, you can see more of the story tonight on nbc nightly news. we re back in a moment. th is today on nbc. announcer: today s kitchen is brought to you by hershey s s mores. you make it special. this morning we re talking about meaty meals for the perfect father s day feast. food network star aaron mccargill junior, known as big daddy has recipes from simply done, well done. happy almost father s day. you have three little ones. three. happy father s day to you. you like meat dishes. flavor, meat, big and bold. papa s going to have to do some fasting on monday. we have boneless pork chops on the grill with hickory bacon, smouked gouda and marmalade glaze. get out the treadmill. we re not playing around. i like something simple to snack on and i don t think dinner has to be complicateded. i have marmalade, soy, scallions and i have boneless chops. everyone wants to know how to stuff them. you wiggle in the slit there, get your finger rocking and rolling in there. i have gouda, bacon, spinach and chipotle peppers. so you will jam it in there. will that stay in there? it holds it in. just push it in. i like to get some salt and pepper on the outside of this bad boy, just like that. the flavors are inside. you pop it on the grill like that? no oil or anything? a little bit of oil. i seasoned up the grill pretty good. this goes right on like this snm po . pork, you have to be careful this. how long do you suggest? three, four minutes per side and let it rest. you worked in a fancy restaurant that with veal. you can do veal. if you re on a budget use the pork. now we have the pork belly, and i like to take a little bit of the glaze, dribble it right on top. that s ready to go. ready to go. now we have the pork. pork belly sliders. normally made in a dutch oven. you do it on a grill. i like to do it in the oven, grill it for a char mark. little bit of pesto mayo. little burger buns. cheddar. cheddar. caramelized onions here. this is the sweetness. o we have an onion lover in the house! uh-huh. this is hot. taste this. i will take it. you want another one, baby? i can take care of myself. that s a nice tasty one right there. what s that? pork belly slider. will you come every day? i love being here, baby. that s good. delicious. how can you not like that? it tastes amazing. aaron, good to have you here. glad to to have you. happy father s day. 8:56 is your time now on this thursday june 16, 2011. good morning, i m eun yang. assistant principal scheduled to be in a courtroom today to face child pornography charges. according to the federal court papers joshua myers used file sharing software to look at and exchange graphic images with an undercover agent. records show the 29-year-old told the agent he went to california to have sex with a child and had sexual contact with children ages 9 to 14 years old. myers worked at an elementary school, assistant principal in fauquier. good morning. temperatures in the 60s. radar showing a band of light rain moving northeast away from the metro area. today sun out, highs in the 80. afternoon storms. in virginia we re jammed on 66 east. delays sfrart start from 234 towards route 38. they pick up at 123 to the capitol beltway. here s a back now with more of today on a thursday morning, the 16th day of june, 2011. lots of people out on the plaza. it s a really pretty day in the northeast. hopefully the weather holds up for the big father s day weekend coming. we thank all the moms and dads for stopping by our studio. have you checked out what s happening behind you? i know. there is a lot of green. it s not about the green lantern. you even have tutus. i have already spanked jim carrey today. i don t think i m going over there. i m only one man. meanwhile, i m matt lauer along with ann curry and savannah guthrie. al is on day four of lend a hand today. we ll check in with al in birmingham, alabama, in a few minutes. and how to defy your age. we have ideas on how you can look like you have been drinking from the fountain of youth. it involves sleep and what you eat. and then americans with no shame in clipping coupons anymore. you don t actually have to clip them. you can follow some companies on facebook and twitter and get coupons that way, but clipping still works. we ll get the latest on that. timely. a lot of people could use extra money. al has been delivering that all week long. as i mentioned, day four of lend a hand today in birmingham, alabama. this was a scene a couple minutes ago when he unveiled more than $1.7 million in goods and services and cash to today s charity located in birmingham. al, well done. take it away. thank you, matt. we re here with community kitchens. we are in one of the locations for community kitchens. we have more stuff to talk about. baxter has a hybrid convection oven. yeah, look at that. they have been fantastic. sara lee, jimmy dean, ballpark and hillshire farms. a freezer, refrigerator and dishwasher. paula dean furniture. a living room and dining room set. motivated movers helping us move all of this. whirlpool with a washer and dri dryer and installation. lots of paint. mixing bowls, knives, cuisniart, two food processors, storage space and labor, another convection toaster oven. aprons and we have more coming up. $14,000 in warehousing, equipment and operation. strickland companies bringing $10,000 in trucking. we are so thrilled. now we want to turn to patrick from procter & gamble. you have something for andrea as well. good morning. puff, downy and charmin are thrilled to partner with today. we ll donate $125,000 worth of our products to community kitchens in birmingham, alabama. that s fantastic. you can do a lot of piwiping up with that. what does that even look like? looks like quite a bit. that s a lot of stuff. . you deserve it. now back to new york. matt? great job as always, al. give andrea a hug for us, al. let s go inside now. natalie morales has a check of the headlines of the morning. good morning, matt, ann and savannah. one city is rejoicing as another is mourning today. for the first time in four decades the boston bruins brought home in stanley cup, shutting out the vancouver canucks 4-0 in a winner-take-all game seven. as the bruins fans partied the night away, looting and rioting in vancouver where angry fans set fires and flipped cars. hospitals say at least four people were stabbed in the violence. recovering arizona congresswoman gabrielle giffords is marking her next milestone at home. she was discharged from a houston hospital wednesday more than five months after she was shot in the head during an assassination attempt. giffords will continue daily therapy on an outpatient basis. more than a month after the death of osama bin laden, the terror network named a successor. formerly al qaeda s second in command 59-year-old ayman al zawahiri is now the chief. the news comes from an al qaeda-affiliated website. police released new pictures they hope will generate leads in the search for missing student lauren spierer. john yang has the details. reporter: lauren spierer captured on security camera just hours after she vanished nearly two weeks ago. investigators also released surveillance camera photos of a pickup truck they are trying to track down. lauren spent the hours before her disappearance in a three-block area. the truck is spotted on the same security camera ten minutes apart, seeming to circle a block between the friend s apartment building where lauren was last seen and her apartment at about the same time she went missing. police want to talk to the driver. that person may have some direct responsibility for the event or that individual has information that could lead us in a direction. reporter: the vehicle appears to be a late model white chevy pickup truck with distinctive wheels and either writing or a logo on the side. heavy rain hampered search efforts wednesday but did nothing to dampen lauren s parents determination. she s very dear to us. we love her very much. we want to get her back. reporter: john yang, nbc news, chicago. and a little boy with the courage of a lion is the latest youtube sensation. look at 1-year-old trent higley. he stayed cool and amused while a 400-pound lioness eyed him as lunch fare. mom pulled him away from the glass saying it was natural instincts kicking in. back to al inbirmingham, alabama with a check of your weather. thank you so much. we are just highly blessings for andrea for community kitchens. taylor hicks, birmingham nature in, what does this mean? you re involved in charity a lot. this is amazing for the nation to really come out and support alabama like this because you know, not only just a. alabama lots of parts of the country that need help. we appreciate you being here. i ve got a brand-new record coming out working on that. but i ll be touring all this summer. go to thetodayshow.com. today.com. joining us also, jeff wood, manage of community relations for tysons. you ve have something to say. tyson foods so happy to be here today. on behalf of our 115,000 members, 6,000, 12,000 farmers across america who make this possible we re happy to do this for community kitsch nnz birmingham and today showed. this will help people in great city of birmingham. fantastic. thank you so much. we cannot thank you enough. let s bring in scott from good neighbor pharmacy. you ve been helping us all four days so far. scott, what s your last name? robins. what do you have for andrea? on behalf 0 the 3600 throughout the country, thanks for all of the hard work you do with lend a hand. as it relates, it s all about the community. we are pleased to support you and provide you with the check for $15,000, as well as $25,000 of health care products and water and other things as well. thank you. you can give him a hug. there you go. the gifts just keep coming. we re so thrilled. that s what s going on around the country. here s what s happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. a band of light rain come through over the last hour but moving north and east of the metro area, another baltimore and on the eastern shore and northern maryland today sun may break out and then storm maze pop up later this afternoon into the evening. highs before then near 80. right now in the 60s. a slight risk a storm could produce wind damage or hail in virginia later today. tomorrow, cloudy, 80s, might get a storm. hot and humid stunned, maybe storms. that s your latest weather. we are not done yet. $1.7 million for the community kitchens here in birmingham. we have more and paula will be cooking later. back to you. looking forward to it, al. this morning on today s health, defy your age. doesn t matter if you re 30, 40 or 50, you can feel like a 21-year-old in mind, body and spirit. dr. raj is here with her prescription for staying forever young. good morning. good morning. we are not talking about anything extreme here. there is no cosmetic surgery. no. no fountain of youth pill, no crazy diet. the first thing is turn in earlier. go to bed at a decent hour. do not underestimate the power of a good night s sleep. we are talking about eight hours of sleep for six weeks in a row. you will feel the changes. you have more energy, your mood is better. it can make you look and feel younger. it s important. easier said than done. you plan to go to bed early. anything you recommend? for women, especially, we spend so much time taking care of everyone in the family. at night we are worrying about different things. i s hard to fall asleep. make a list of the things you have to do the next day. put it on the table and forget it rather than laying in bed thinking about it. coming up with the list while you try to sleep. i do that. write it down and set it aside. you say to eat revitalizing foods. many times people think they need vitamins to feel and look young but the best way to get them is through fruits and vegetables. they pack antioxidants great for anti-aging and anti-cancer. you want to get a good dose of fruits and vegetables in the morning with a big glass of water. if you are eating those, eat less of the starches and meats and things that are not good for you. you are what you eat. next, you say pump some iron. we know working out is good for you and definitely proven an anti-ager, but definitely with weights for women. we are not talking about the aerobic exercise, though that s fabulous, but weight training is important as we age. we lose muscle mass and muscles keep your bones healthy. make sure you have daily weight training. helps with stress levels, too. that s a benefit. you say it s okay to be vain. cover up the grays. we re not talking about going under the knife, but take time to look at your appearance. we get so busy with kids, work. sometimes we think, o it s not important. i don t need to wear makeup today. pretty yourself. it makes you feel better and other people look at you in a different way as well. you say to mix up the daily routine. we get stuck in a rut doing the same things oven and over again. studies have showed changing the routine helps prevent dementia, neurological decay. whether it s just driving a different route to work, eat at a different place for lunch. mix it up a little bit. it could help your neurons fire more and better. speaking of that, it s good to think back on the good old days. a little nostalgia does the brain good. some people think, o you shouldn t live in the past, but relive a time you were happy and youthful. whether it s a song, a hotel you went to when you were young, these things can revitalize you. and make you think positively. you say don t be negative. absolutely. as we get older we have more worries and concerns whether they are financial, marital, whatever it is. you ve got to focus on the positive. go back to the days when you didn t have a care in the world. you will look and feel better. exactly. dr. raj, thank you so much. still to come, more ways to look your best if you re in your 20s or old enough to remember the 60s we ll show you stylish shorts for every age. but next, making the most of coupon shopping whether you get from them from newspapers or online, they pay off big. hangs . because you don t see this everyday. 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i don t have one. that s the issue. i do the housewives reunions all the time. my face i am never able to keep it keep it together? exactly so i m looking forward to what happens. you and juliana rans is cic. and also kelly osbourne doing sort of color commentary. you can choose someone going into the semifinals with a viewer vote. natalie did it last year. any tips? work on the straight face. watch what happens backstage. that s fun. i love it. you re used to it with the drama queens on reality tv. absolutely. i m going right off nbc and going to bravo live. then watch what happens live on bravo. that s when the cocktails start pouring. is there controversy this year? not yet. you have two hours after live tv. i hope we can stir up something. and the photos. i know, i know. great to see you. you can catch the miss usa pageant sunday at 9:00 eastern time live on nbc. that s happening in las vegas. now let s go back to al in birmingham for a check of the weather and special guests there. thanks guys, thanks so much. joined by andrea, the executive director of community kitchens of birmingham. we should say some of the food is going to make its way to tuscaloosa a network of community kitchens that help out. in that, we ve got two, not one, but two trucks from the nice folks at winn-dixie. the district manager and, richard, thank you so much. you re hot in this blazer. starting to get warm. you re going to warm andrea s heart. thank you so much. andrea, we always like being a part of the community in i you operate and this is such a great cause. on behalf of 46,000 winn-dixie teammates we d like to donate over $100,000 worth of product for you to use. thanks for what you do. thank you very much, richard. richard, thank you so much. thank you. fantastic. we came to see you. thank you. she s the star of the show. thank all of you folks from winn-dixie. great team. let s check the weather. we ve got two areas of slight risk of strong storms, one is making for the weekend, saturday we ve got strong storms from the plains to the mid-atlantic states. sunny and mild out west. sizzling from the gulf coast. sunday more sunshine for daddy s day. say hi to your dad. more showers and thunderstorms off the northern plains. hot weather continues into the south. beautiful day sun in the pacific northwest for father s day. that s what s going on around the country. good morning. here we ve had light rain over the last couple of hours but that s moved into northeastern maryland. behind that sunshine breaking out virginia. cloudy in the metro area. later we ll get sun breaking out and then later this afternoon thunderstorms breaking out as well. highs near 80 before that. isolated storms in virginia could produce damaging winds and hail late afternoon and evening. partly cloud c. tomorrow, afternoon storms. could get storms sunday. we ve got more coming up from here in birmingham. paula deen doing some southern cooking. that and more. back to you. we love paula. up next, we have stylish and age-appropriate shorts just in time for summer. that s right after this. happy father s day! and now. ala kazaam! can t wait to make dad s day magical? 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[ male announcer ] ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. this morning on today s woman stylish shorts for summer. jackie stafford is here to give us a leg up on what shorts look best and are age appropriate whether you are in your 20s or 50s. good morning. good morning. shorts are all the rage. i m sure ladies are thinking, can i really pull it off? what do we keep in mind when thinking of what shorts to pick. what s most important is finding the ones that are age-appropriate and making sure they fit your body shape as well. getting the right ones for you. the right length, fabric and make sure they look great if you have great legs. and the right accessories. let s bring our models out starting in the 20s. kayla is wearing a romper which i guess is the most trendy way to wear shorts. it s perfect for somebody in their 20s. it s fun, flirty, young, innocent. this one is only $49. we found it at pepperminttogs.com. we have the cross body accessories. and a cute fedora as well with a chunky heel. that s key. why the chunky heel? you re not going for a provocative look. you don t want to look hoochy. i didn t want to say that. i was going to say some such term. if you want to go for a chunky, substantial heel because anything more delicate throws off the balance. if you are wearing short-short, there is a moment of too short. and go with the chunky heel. that s the secret to the look. kayla, thank you. christine is in her 30s. you have her in white denim which you say is great for someone in her 30s. look at beautiful christina. she s a mom of three. and has a great tan. amazing body. the white denim shorts we found at vineyard vines. the flowered shirt from macy s. this is a chunky heel with shorts. the reason i like the white denim is she could wear these to the soccer pitch or maybe a date look. make she ll get the wrong kind of attention. on the soccer field she could wear a cute white tee, little slacks and a casualness of denim. she can dress it up for date night. phyllis is in her 40s. the shorts are going a little bit longer. it s still a sexy look going here. this is more appropriate in the summer. we found the top here at jc penney and the great shorts from jc penney. what makes this look work appropriate is the fabric. it is not denim. it s a stiff cotton with the shirt from ann taylor. it s a casual work environment but you can wear it to the office. you said you can also bring this look to night. how? the shirt is sleeveless. slip it off, put a cute bolero over it, different heels and it works for night. your final model is nancy in her 50s. this is almost a bermuda length short. women in their 50s ask, can you wear shorts? yes, you can. you have to have great legs. we found these for $38. the rest is a structured jacket found at bloomingdale s. it s a more corporate look. great accessories we found at kohl s. people think with the bermuda short you lose the cuteness or sexiness. that s not the case. how do you keep it trendy, cute and up to the moment? we pair it with bright accessories. we have the wedge heel. that s an important thing to wear. we make it look more sophisticated without the casualness. let s bring out the models. 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s. you guys look great. jackie start, thank you so much. shorts at any age. the key is the wedge shoe! absolutely. don t wear the stilettos or you look hoochy. up next, paula deen and her son bobby grill pork tenderloin. that s after this. t anti-wrinkl. the cream disappears but your wrinkles don t. introducing neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair. it has the fastest retinol formula available. in fact, it s clinically proven to smooth wrinkles in just one week. so all you have to do is sit back and watch your wrinkles go away. new rapid wrinkle repair. from neutrogena®. 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[ kim ] you can have it all. with 70% less saturated fat than butter. the difference between my pale dry skin . . . . . etween landing and making an arrival. etween jergens. the beautiful difference. this morning on today s lend a hand kitchen, we are cooking rubbed pork tender loin and orzo salad. you saw paula s generous donation including two truckloads of stuff from smithfield. and the ufcw. paula and bobby deen are here. they have a new cookbook the deen brothers get fired up. you re fired up about this pork tender loin. golly, it s hot but it s grilling season. it s based on family friends and fun. we like a tender loin. mom s got one on the grill now. a good tip with the tender loin is to wrap it in tinfoil and then poke holes in it. if you don t like the char on it. oh, yeah. what s on that? this is a little bit of olive oil. anything in the garden would be good. fresh herbs. we ve got thyme, tarragon, marjoram. rosemary. whatever we have in the garden, al. and the great thing is it cooks up quickly. in the oven, 25 minutes. you can have a fabulous meal on the table, y all, in 25 minutes. also, we always talk about growing up, my mom i was the same way. my grandma and mama said, cook that pork good or you get trichinosis. i didn t know what it was but i didn t want it. sounded bad. i would fry a pork chop until it was the color of the griddle. i can attest to that. you lived through it. hockey pucks. if you don t want to be in front of the grill. a nice side to go with the pork tenderloin. a nice orzo salad. bobby loves it. i love orzo, couscous or any type of rice dish. it s cooked, boileded down and we ll let it cool. we ll add pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes. love those. fresh basil. right. kalamata olives. i could eat them by the fistful. when i was raised hang on, mama. he loveded olives and i couldn t afford them. orzo salad, this is good picnic or go to the beach type of thing. make it ahead and put it in the cooler. i like this in the old fashioned mason jars transported that way. now, when you cook, you like for dessert a nice cake. this is our strawberry cake. sonny boy, pass me i forgot one ingredient. thanks to smithfield, we ll put ham in that. is that strawberry cake if the 5th anniversary? paula needs an answer. maybe it s in this one. it s in the 5th anniversary. that s a good-looking cake. it is. strawberry is my favorite. want some? you can cut it up for me. oh! the cake is down! it s all right. it s hot. yes, it is. paula and bobby deen, thank you so much. we have more. first, this is today on nbc. 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or design wipers that could handle anything? what do you think? the cadillac cts-v, the world s fastest production sedan. we don t just make luxury cars, we make cadillacs good morning, everyone. time right now 9:56. i m barbara harrison. it s thursday, jun 16, 2011. assistant principal scheduled to be in a courtroom to face child pornography charges. according to the court papers, joshua myers used file-sharing software to look at and exchange graphic images with an undercover agent. he worked as an elementary school assistant principal in fauquier county. a laook at our weather now. we ve had a few sprinkles but those are gone for now. radar and satellite image showing that that rain is now in the northeastern maryland. we have breaks in the clouds, sunshine across virginia and that should be moving into the metro area over the next hour or two. later this afternoon, some thunderstorms likely popping up around the region. could be severe in virginia with damaging wins and hail. highs near 80. tomorrow, partly cloudy, mid 80s. could get storms, smaller chance. over the weekend, partly cloudy, saturday, upper 80s and more humid on sunday near 90. could get afternoon storms as well as on monday. that s the way it looks now with the weather. how s the traffic danella? we have congestion in maryland. delays are continuing. right here, 495 west, as you head from new hampshire avenue to georgia avenue you are conguested. 395 north in virginia, delays from the beltway waall the wait 14th street bridge. nbc is confirming that congressman weiner has resigned. more on this coming this is an nbc news special report. good morning, everyone. i m matt lauer along with ann curry, a democratic source with knowledge of the situation tells nbc news that anthony weiner, the democratic congressman from new york, has decided to resign his seat in congress. this following a week of daily revelations, drip, drip, drip, none of those revelations good for congressman weiner. a series of text messages and photos between the congressman and a series of young women across the country. nbc s luke russert s on capitol hill. he s got more on this. good morning. matt, after nearly a two-week saga that engulfed the democratic party, anthony weiner informed nancy pelosi at congressional picnic that he would step down as a member of congress. this comes after nearly one week of his colleagues calling him to step down because he was a distraction to the party and prohibiting them to talk about issues they deemed to be important like economy and health care. around 9:30 a.m. we saw leaving the d.c. office on capitol hill. they left with their belongings and would not say where they were going. the doors were locked and the office lights were turned out and all calls need anthony weiner s offers would go directly to voice mail. so we can now report anthony weiner has stepped down and this is really a sad ending, a lot would say to what was once a bright, promising political career. the youngest person ever elected to the new york city counts nil the 90s and congress in 1998. someone who had a $4 million war chest for a possible run for mayor of new york in 2013 has now resigned as member of congress and his political future is certainly unclear this morning. hey, luke, i m asking you to speculate a little bit here, but this comes just about a day after his wife huma returned from an overseas trip with her boss secretary of state hillary clinton and it came as congress ramped up the pressure congressman weiner. do we know if this was a result from pressure from his wife, pressure from his colleagues or a little of both? it s certainly about 4:30 a.m. yesterday morning. we presume that that consultation did occur. also, matt, the timing on this is interesting. at 10:45 a.m. today nancy pelosi was slated to give a press conference, the first one that she was going to give since this scandal started where we can now know the announcement that she would give this press conference last night and she knew he would step down which would make her more inclined to go before cameras. if she had to answer questions why he was still a member of congress. the writing has certainly been on the wall the last few days and anthony weiner no longer representing new york s ninth congressional district, matt. luke russ or the capitol hill. he s been covering the story from the beginning. thank you very much. let s bring in nbc s chuck todd, nbc political director and chief white house correspondent. good morning to you. gm, ann. given that the intense pressure anthony weiner was going to intensify, did he have any other choice? he appeared to make this decision yesterday because it was last night, you know, the white house, president obama who was the most recent person in that interview with you, ann, to call on weiner to resign, it was at a white house congressional picnic last night anthony weiner called nancy pelosi and steve israel, he is chairman of the democratic campaign commit e but also a member of the new york delegation, sort of one of the persons that s been a go-between between pelosi and anthony weiner in this and it was last night, yesterday evening, that weiner called two of them and said he would be resigning this morning. given his ambitions and also his the prospects that he once had, give us some sense about how steep this fall is. it s a pretty big fall. this is a guy who was a protege of chuck schumer. he s the senior senator from new york, very famous for being unafraid about going before any tv camera, having sunday news conferences. he learned sort of at the foot of chuck schumer, this idea of being a little blunt, a little in your face and always knowing how to get media attention and for anthony weiner, his ice were on the mayoral ship of new york city. he almost ran four years ago and thought he could beat decided he couldn t beat bloomberg when bloomberg decided to run for a third term. he was getting this together to try to run again and he was serving as sort of the bombastic angry progressive, trying to be the anti-tea party liberal in congress taking on these folks. he d become sort of a hero to the more progressive left who were always upset that democrats don t stand up for themselves. here was the guy that had all this potential to become a huge political figure to become may offer new york city and now it s going to be tough for him where he goes next. huma, his wife, very close to the clintons, maybe they can help him out and it s want clear where he goes next. being a politician was what he thought he was going do for the rest of his life. meantime today you will hear a lot of relief from the democratic party m but i wonder how you think this will play out. now they need to have an election to fill his spot. what is the timing? what is the thing that you expect to happen over the course of the next couple of days. it s awkward with what will happen in new york state because new york is supposed to lose two congressional districts and lawmakers in albany have to figure out which ones they ll get rid of. now it probably means they ll get rid of this one, but it will be between now and january of 2013, they ll have to have a special election and you ll see that and perhaps some familiar names for new york city folks may decide to run for that seat, but the seat will probably be gone and that makes for an awkward waste of money, frankly, for the state of new york to do this. and, you know, the rest of this week is gone for the democrats in trying to talk about medicare, talk about the economy, but i think that the point they finally get to turn the page and go back to trying to beat the republicans up over the paul ryan medicare plan which they believe they were getting traction on until this weiner mess exploded. chuck todd, always great to talk to you. thank you very much for your perspective. so the headline once again. new york congressman, a democrat, anthony weiner has decided to resign his seat in congress after the scandal, the sexting scandal developed around him and because of him over the last couple of weeks. we re going have much more on this story throughout the morning on msnbc and msnbc.com and of course, a complete wrap-up tonight on nbc nightly news, some ever you will return to your regularly scheduled ose of you on the west coast much more of today straight ahead. baby food festival. so about 100,000 people come to this. and these include moms and they where blindfolds and feed other moms. what else would you want to do? besides feed another person. all of these are from tripadviser.com. isn t that interesting? which leads us, not really to our okay or not okay. you want to do about the blood test in. okay. i think this is interesting. it s scary to me, but go on. would you want to know what your blood reveals about how long you have potentially to live? if there was a blood test out there, and there are some people who claim to have these kind of tests. we re in the going to go into the science of them because it s complicated. if you could take your blood and someone would say, hoda, you re going to live until you re 55? would i want to know that information? or you re going to live to be 100 or another week. we d love to know how you all feel about it. it can also give you messages, not officially, but that you re likely to develop illnesses like cancer or heart disease. there s no way i would want to know that. there s no way on god s green earth. it s like you know when they have those tubes you can go in those body scans that tell you everything. and then you knee-jerk react. like, i don t like any of that stuff. would you ever enjoy another day if you knew all of that? you go through all of that and you go back to your doctor, and he goes, well? have a nice day. because you know, it s going to be over soon. in a way, would you want to say whatever time i have, i want to live it like it s my last? i think you should try to live that way. anyway anyway. but if i knew a finite year enjoy what you have right now. carpe diem. that s latin. this song, you re going to love. here s the song, it s kind of mellow, it s a duet, i d like you to guess the duet. the song is called always on your side. two distinctive beautiful voices that should have always been married together and they re not married. so don t think i m trying to give you a hint. so it s not faith hill and no. okay, go. my yesterdays are almost done and neatly put away but every now and then you come to mind you are always waiting to be picked to play the game when your name was called you found a place to hide when you knew that i was always on your side everything was easy then so sweet and innocent by my demons and my angels reappeared of the man you thought i d be too afraid to change the words i had always feared even you will so many questions all these years is there some place far away some place where all is clear easy to start over with the ones you hold so dear all your love you didn t like flashlight from last week? no, i didn t. but this is awesome. you know what they decide last night, there was a big award ceremony last night. in style had a big contest, the best new designer of a great handbag. and the winner is? the independent handbag designer awards last night went to fabiola petrazzini. it s like butter. interesting color, too, with the brown with the sort of electric blue. i don t know if there s enough room in here for me. look. wait, what s going on here, wait. maybe it will, what s going on. it s supposed to does it? wait, don t pull that. no. it s supposed to expand. it kind of looks like it does. because we re not that smart. anyway, it s beautiful. so okay or not okay. did retails for $700 and it will also be made in red. it s not $700? there s a mistake there. okay. so is it okay to let your bridesmaids dress sexy? is it okay or not okay. kathie lee says your bridesmaids are an extension of you and should dress accordingly. and hoda judges from all the bridesmaids dresses i have worn, the answer seems to be no, it s not okay. you should have seen those dresses, i just wore it and walked down the aisle. good girl. up next, a funny look at a modern-day motherhood. and how moms can reclaim their sex kitten status. but most importantly you no he who we have the incredible legend. who is she? 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[ dog ] i am an iams dog. woof. breaking news, nbc news confirms anthony weiner will resign. coming up on news4 midday, what finally push the lawmaker into making that decision. good morning. i m barbara harrison. also coming up, two virginia women competing for $1 million in the pillsbury bake-off. how to help them move closer to the prize money and how to try we re back with today s beauty in five-minute beauty rituals. women are so busy these days. they ve got little time to get ready. we re here with tips on how to get the look you need from black tie to work in minutes. it doesn t sound possible. it s doable. it s easy, easy beauty. five-minute deals? yes. we re starting with the weekend. why don t we start there? we have our beautiful model, laura is with us. the great thing about the weekend, you can be a little lazy. cut back a little. i m putting concealer just where you need it. sometimes you see women with a full face of makeup on the weekend. just put concealer in limited areas. one place women forget about is the corners of the mouth. if you dab a little concealer on the corner of the mouth you ll see it lifts the face just a little. so right here is where and this is a tip i picked up backstage at the shows, it lifts your face just the tiniest amount. you ve got this red fingernail item. a cool new nail polish item. stickers. you get a manicure in one second. i m anti-salon manicure, it takes too long. i want to be able to be on my blackberry. you peel off the top sticker, break off the tab. you take this tiny little sticker which is the hardest part. and then all you do is you stick it on the nail. you don t even have to cut it. what? is it going to be too long? no, just peel it. wait a minute. you just it just comes off. may i see that? you know what, that looks pretty real. and i did it in a nanosecond. same time as a regular manicure and you take it off with regular nail polish remover. take us to work with laurel. at work with laurel here. most people in the morning they have three minutes to put on makeup. i m an oversleeper, i can t help it. the first thing i like to do is put on eyeliner. i love that thing. this is amazing. it makes your eyelashes grow. if you have to put on mascara and eyeliner every day, it will make your eyelashes grow. now women when they apply eyeliner, they apply it pencil style. if you hold the eyeliner lengthwise and if you look in closely between lashes, there are tiny, i don t want to say bald spots, most people naturally have empty spots. if you hold it in like this and smudge it in, it s an easy way and you don t have to worry about the precision application. how do we go from day to night? hair is an issue. hair is an issue, especially in the summer. your hair tends to fall flat by the end of day. first things first, dry shampoo, it s a miracle product. a lot of women are scared of it because they re worried it will make your hair looks powdery, you might have a kate moss moment where your hair looks gray. it s all about brushing it out. you spray it on your roots, really brush it out. you ll find that your hair has incredible, amazing lift. the other thing is mascara. this is cool, new mascara. if you look at the way the applicator is shaped? these are so great, you can really get into the corner lashes for a fun and flirty look. take us to the black tie. if you re getting dressed at night. black tie. what makes me feel special when i m going out, black tie is having my hair up. but who has time to go to the salon for three hours. these are spin pins. have you seen these before? they re amazing. all you have to do is twist your hair up into a bun, let s see if i can actually do this on the telly. and take this, and twist it. you twist it like a corkscrew for hair. we got to run, honey. you rock. you know what, the legendary actress, angela lansbury pops in to talk about mr. popper s penguins. tad the new mascara with a conditioning formula that helps strengthen and plump lashes up to 200%. instantly. for maximum volume. and a killer look. new revlon growluscious plumping mascara. is the kind you can forget about completely. introducing the new acti-fresh™ liner from carefree®. so thin, so absorbent, so comfortable you ll forget you re wearing a liner. new acti-fresh™ from carefree®. wonderfully forgettable™. oh yeah, great wings. so.why did you call? just want to give you your menus back, fridge magnet, and two unused coupons. okay! 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[ male announcer ] get low prices every day on everything you need to beat the summer heat. like minute maid lemonade or tropicana fruit punch, for just $1. backed by our ad match guarantee. save money. live better. walmart. angela is best known for her role in the long-running tv series murder she wrote. now she stars in the new movie, mr. popper s penguins, based on the classic, 1938 novel about a man with big dreams who learns about life through his new-found bird brain friends, she will always be known to us who love theater, as one of the great leading ladies of the broadway stage. we saw you on the tonys on sunday. you looked ravishing. that was last year. we have all kinds of old pictures. you hosted that many times. how did you think neil did this time? i thought he was spectacular. really spectacular. really thrilling to see a young man really take stage and take off like he did. he did a wonderful job for the show. he really did. tell us about, your character, you play mrs. van gundy in this penguin movie. what made you decide to take this role. because it took a lot of coaxing. it took a great deal of persuasion, i can tell you that. i thought penguins? i m not sure that i can compete with penguins. who can? but you know what sold me on it was jim carrey. because i m a great fan of his. and once we kind of made the role interesting and once i heard that ed roth was going to do my costumes, i said well? maybe we can work this thing out. so we did. and i m so glad. i m so glad i did. very few people know this little story. i hope you doind mind if i tell it. but when you were asked to do beauty and the beast our own david friedman was musical director on that project and you at first didn t want to do it. i m told and then when he talked to you and said, just do the song as mrs. potts would. he said one of the greatest moments of his life was standing there with you in the booth recording and you went tale as old as time and it was perfect. you need someone to talk you into something. well, sometimes we do because we think we re moving out of our comfort range, you know. and i thought, well i m not that kind of singer. because when, when it was first sung, it was sung sort of tale as old as time true as it can be and i thought that isn t quite for me. and i said, look, can i sing it the way i would want to sing it as an old lady, she s a teapot, an english teapot. and that s one of the great moments ever. so the movie looks adorable. i m a little upset because my daughter tried out for it and didn t get upset as the role of the young daughter. but that s okay. i m okay because you re in. what was the role about jim carrey that you liked so much? the ability to do so many kinds of things. he s a great improviser, and you believe him. he can play it absolutely straight. or he can be he can be the fool of all time. but what he does with the penguins in this instance, is extraordinary. so these are real penguins? these are real penguins. he ll tell you, they nipped him. he had to deal very closely with them. but he did it wonderfully successfully. and with great love. so you re happy with the way the movie turned out. i think it s a lovely movie. we heard there may be a remake of murder she wrote. people ask me and i say it s a possibility. but never say never. i think a lot of people would like to know how jessica has aged. and how she s dealing with her advanced age now. and take it from there. and that will solve the mystery. why not. we can sitting very close to letter and we can tell you she s aged beautifully. absolutely beautifully. you re one of the great ladies, ever. thank you so much for coming. coming up, the right party food to celebrate national party hour. that s what we do here after these messages. lights, camera, activia it s the best job in the world. my students are amazing. but to be there for them, you ve gotta feel your best. kids can tell. that s why i love eating activia every day. so delicious activia helps me feel good inside. which helps me be my best. positive, cheerful and on top of things. help regulate your digestive system. love how you feel or your money back. activia let s do this. you re a little early! 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what time is it? it s time to up your girlfriends and plan a party. redbook magazine has declared this saturday national happy hour. here with some fun and fancy-looking food options is redbook s executive editor, mary beth rollins. you declared it s a happy day? we throwing in conjunction with house party and 15,000 women around the u.s. are going to be throwing parties together at their homes. ? is not your grandma s redbook ? no. what should we do? go to the grocery store and pick up things you don t have to toil over. take it out of the bag and serve it. these amazing gourmet chips, all natural, one step up from the usual chip. holy guacamole, you can get at any grocery store. this is how it s packaged, in a box? exactly. you pour it into your bowl and it looks like you made it yourself. hoda would lie and say she did. quit it. i would not say we ve got two kinds of nuts, both spicy. blue diamond almonds that are chili and lime, which have a nice kick and these five-alarm chili, planter s peanuts. look at those things, they look like they re deadly. corn dogs, don t let the husband and kids eat them all before the guests arrive. i thought we were kicking them out? they re there beforehand. it s happy hour day. 24 hours of happy hour. two different drinks this is sangria. the great thing about it, you can make it will night before and it gets bet wer time. by the time your friends come over you can pour it out. and with all the fruit it looks healthy. it is. and these are peach sparklers. this is peach nectar with sliced peaches and a little bit of sparkling wine on top. what s at the bottom? peach nectar and grenadine, to give it the pretty pink color. refreshing and fun. we re enjoying happy hour day. we love it. so again, this is, this is h hum us. but you swank it up, you put diced tomatoes and paprika. olive oil? yes. and is that basil you ve got in there with it? mint? cilantro. we ve got to try this. because it looks so good. go for it. and these are tomato pops, they look super-professional, it looks like you ve spent all this time on them, but you haven t. what have you done? you worked so hard to sort of scoop out a little cherry tomato. you put in some mashed avacado and lime and spear it with a tiny piece of cheese. and it looks like you did, but you totally didn t. you get a melon baller. put the kids to work. there are tons of places to get great already-made lobster salad. these are lobster blts, costco does a great lobster salad. costco is unbelievable. everything they do is unbelievable, costco. you have the bacon and the blt and these are little ice cream sandwiches. tiny cookies and sorbet. and you can do chocolate chip cookies and ice cream. meredith, we wiv you were going to celebrate with us on saturday. but we re going to be in aspen, colorado. we ll be having happy hour. meredith will be back tomorrow. some decor ideas that are also super-easy. we ll see you then. thanks so much. up next, choosing the right four-legged friend where you going, meredith. for your guy. but first, this is today on nbc. what makes the sleep number store different? 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we ve heard jokes about this, but we re not going to. they re man s best friend, right? yes. and there s obviously different types of men and different types of dogs. as you said, there s over 170 breeds. okay. let s start bringing them out, shall we? let s bring out cool dad. this is cool dad s dog, a british lab. this is tilly, right? this is tilly. careful, hoda. i like them both. that s not the match. let s say you have your house in the suburbs, your 2.5 kids. this is the dog that s running around your perfectly manicured lawn. this is a british lab, as opposed to the american lab. we all have the friend with the big, stick-crazed american lab. labs can be crazy. they re great, lovable dogs, but they can be a little out of control. look how mellow. next is our downtown dog. it s a brussels griffon. let s bring out bon-bon and ryan. how are you? what about that pairing? bon-bon same facial hair. this is the dog for your artist s loft, they were actually bred by cabdrivers, when cabs were pulled by horses. why would they breed those? because they were good at getting rats out of stables. so let s say your neighborhood isn t totally gentrified yet. you get a dog like bon-bones, you get a dog with all the benefits of a cat, without the air of cold superiority. and our next this one i like, it s the tough guy dog. the tough guy. here s nacho. accompanied by check this out, look at this dog oh, he doesn t like that. look at himself. david, bon-bon he s going to charge himself. be careful. nacho s not too smart. not very smart. tell us about this pairing. okay. so far, you re batting 1,000. nacho you know, most big, scary-looking dogs, are as scary as you look. your rottweillers and your pit bulls, nacho is actually a teddy bear except when he sees his own image on the camera. now bring out our last guy. he s still scared. all right, last one out, our australi australian shepherd we see a lot of guys who dress like they like being outdoors. if you like being outdoors this is the dog for you. their nickname is the develop crowe dog, they stick to your side whether you re hiking or walking the appalachian trail. you need a lot of space for this dog to run around. i ve never seen the coloring like that on a dog. we ll bring them all out. we have ten more seconds, everyone but nacho come on out. nacho s going to lead the way, i think. come back tomorrow, you guys, we ll have some father s day dinner suggestions and ambush makeover. and what you should know about ballpark food.