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halt proceedings. so what was it? we re live at the courthouse today, monday, june 27th, we re live at the courthouse today, monday, june 27th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome to today on this monday morning. i m an curry. look who s in for matt this morning, mr. willie geist. hello, ann. great to be back with you. a lot of eyes open in the political world over the weekend seeing that poll number for michelle bachmann in iowa polling right near the top with mitt romney. some people taking a second look at michelle bachmann here. no question about that. also we have tim pawlenty also in the race in our studio this morning. we ll also ask him about that. meantime, bad news for people in north dakota with the flooding. good news/bad news i guess. water levels are following, just not fast enough for homeowners stuck in the flood zone. 4,000 homes already destroyed or damaged and a spokeswoman for the u.s. army corp of engineers says they are still at full alert. we ll get the latest on that story straight ahead. also, there is a new wrinkle in the appeal hearing for amanda knox. roady ga day addressed the court this morning but did he help or hurt her chances of being cleared. are they are on the they? prince harry speaks up about whether he and pippa middleton are an item. but first, let s begin with the devastating flooding in north dakota. john yang is in minot. reporter: good morning. only took a few days for this water to come surging into minot but the retreat is going to be agonizingly slow. this water isn t going anywhere any time soon. this morning this city is holding its breath, hoping that efforts to reinforce the last lines of defense hold. this is our war zone here. and this is where we continue to fight. reporter: a key site, the city s water filtration plant. so far the levees are holding, but officials ordered residents to boil drinking water in case the psupply is contaminated. until there is a significant reduction in the water level, we all have to remain vigilant. reporter: the souris river crested in minot sunday about two feet lower than forecast, but still shattered a record set in the 1880s. the historic flooding, fueled by heavy spring rains and a melting record snow pack, have submerged 4,000 houses and businesses and forced more than 11,000 people to flee their homes. but so far, only a few hundred are in the city s temporary shelters. far more have turned to friends and neighbors. it is a very big house, but because there s three families there now, we have one bed. with lots of stuff but it s just like a sleepover so it s all good. reporter: shawn and penny edwards live outside the flood zone but helped evaccees pack up their belongings as surging waters advanced. everything in boxes. pretty much what we did. reporter: while floodwaters are still nine feet deep in some areas, signs that the river has begun its slow retreat encouraged some to take down defenses so hastily built just days ago. we hit the crest, then we re going down and if need be, if it comes back, we can put the berm back in place. reporter: but for those who couldn t escape the water s onslaught, a first look at the results was overwhelming. you hear so much about what it s like out here. but when you actually see your house and you know it s not just your basement, it s your whole house, i m sorry. reporter: the army corp of engineers remains on alert here. they re waiting until the water can recede even more and relieve some of the pressure on the levees. ann? john, we wish them every luck. 7:04. here s willie. now to presidential politics. minnesota congresswoman and tea party favorite michelle bachmann formally enters the republican field this morning. she s returned to her iowa roots to kick off the campaign. nbc s kelly o donnell is in waterloo, iowa. kelly, good morning. reporter: good morning, willie. she was born here 55 years ago and bachmann is hoping to generate some favorite daughter status. kicking off her campaign here, she is getting some favorable buzz coming off of a des moines register poll that shows bachmann and mitt romney in a statistical tie at the top of the pack. bachmann has a knack for getting attention with her big personality, but now she wants voters to see her humble beginnings. i am going to be the president. nice to meet you. reporter: on the street in waterloo where her childhood began this is where we lived when i was born. reporter: michelle bachmann is all about her iowa roots. we ve been in iowa for about seven generations. reporter: never mind that she represents minnesota and is tea party conservative didn t start out republican. i have been a democrat and i understand the sensibilities that people who are democrats and independents, but also republican. reporter: redefining bachmann s public image is step one. i think it s important that people know that i m not pigeon holed in just one part of american society. reporter: candidate bachmann is turning down the flame thrower persona. i m a business woman, as a former federal tax lawyer, i ve seen the devastation of high taxes on businesses and farmers and individuals. i ve seen that. i ve lived it. i ve practiced that in the courtroom. reporter: her criticism of the president remains fierce, but more carefully worded. i m not questioning who barack obama is or whether he s a nice guy. i think he is a nice guy. but i think his solutions are wrong for america. reporter: you did say that the president will anti-american views. was that a mistake? i don t question the president s patriotism in any way. i think is he a patriotic individual. reporter: popular among evangelical christians, bachmann has said god told her to marry her husband of 33 years, and told her to enter politics through prayer. it s just a normal part of life where we pray, and before we make any big decision like many americans, we just pray and say, lord, what should i do? which direction should i go? and then try to make the decision best decision from that. reporter: a mother of five who often talks about her family taking in 23 foster children. their identities kept private. we have never wanted to exploit them or their families. it is a very private matter for them and i m sure people in the media and around the country can understand that. reporter: bachmann has taken heat for gaffes and errors on things like american history. have you been too careless about facts? well, there s times i ve gotten things wrong and made misstatements, that s true. i think most people feel that they ve done that. reporter: bachmann treads lightly when it comes to potential rival sarah palin. i think she s a lovely person. i don t mind the comparison at all. but i m my own unique person. just because we re two women that are looking at a presidential level of a race doesn t mean that we re identical. reporter: and there s a little something brewing this morning, willie. bachmann was asked on fox news sunday by host chris wallace, are you a flake? she seemed upset about that. wallace later apologized, said that he made a mistake in asking the question so bluntly. her campaign calls it an insult and we re hearing see may not be willing to accept that apology. willie? that was quite a question. kelly o donnell in iowa for us this morning, thank you so much. 7:08. here s ann. willie, thanks. another republican from minnesota is also running for president, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. governor pawlenty, great to have you in the studio. thanks for being here. good morning, ann. great to be with you. you seem to have an unusual problem. the des moines register iowa poll show you have the second highest net favorability rating of all the republican candidates but as you well know, you won just 6% of the poll over the weekend. behind newt gingrich, behind ron paul, behind herman cain, the former ceo of godfather s ceo. you ve spent 26 days in the state. these polls aren t early predictors of how the race is going to come out. if they were, we d have hillary clinton as president or someone on the republican side more popular than john mccain last time. but the fact of the matter is io iowans decide late, consider the polls late, so the reality is mike huckabee at this point was at 4% in the polls. we re the 6% and he ended up winning the iowa caucuses. there s still plenty of time to do well in iowa and beyond. you sound like a very strong optimist. okay. your fellow minnesotan, michelle bachmann, has tea party support. she won front-runner status along with mitt romney even though she won t announce until today. she has been described as being too far outside the mainstream to be president. you know her. you re both from minnesota. do you agree with that or disagree with that? each candidate brings something different to the table. i ve got eight years of a record as an executive in minnesota moving the needle on taxes, spending, school reform, health care reform in a private market way, public employee pension reform. so each candidate has to present their own views. i think i m the only candidate in the race who can appeal to the whole conservative movement, that s the economic conservatives, social conservatives, libertarian. i think most of the other candidates appeal primarily to one part of it but not the whole spectrum. it s noted that you didn t directly want to take on this question about criticizing michelle bachmann and that begs this next question. because you are pretty candid in saying that america really is still getting to know you, they don t really even know your name but you made this initial splash when you coined this phrase obamney care linking president obama s health care plan with obviously mitt romney s plan in massachusetts. so why didn t you seize the moment at the republican debate to push that point to drive your point home? well, i decided in that moment to focus on president obama, not mitt romney. i think the press was expecting more direct confrontation with governor romney. i m happy to give them that if that s what they d like. and i think that s appropriate on issues, we ve got some dig big differences. his health care plan in massachusetts is more like president obama s plan. that s why i called it obamney care. it is a different approach than we took in minnesota which was no mandates, no takeovers and a more private market approach to health care reform. some people actually not just the press, but some pundits also said and political watchers suggested, they essentially said you wimped out, essentially saying it raised a question about whether you could go toe-to-toe in the presidential race. what is your response to that concern? just look at my record in minnesota. my goodness, it is easy to take on mitt romney on health care or anyone else to suggest that i don t have the ability to do that is just preposterous. i was the first governor in 150 years to shut down government. i set a record for vetoes. i used executive power to take more money out of spending than all the other governors in minnesota combined. irv i ve been an old hockey player so i ve probably been in more fights than anyone on that stage combined. i decided in that moment to focus on president obama rather than the rest of the republican field. at that moment. but there will be plenty of time to show contrast between other republicans and me an i ve got the best record in the field, by far. i ve actually led in an executive position and moved the needle on conservative results. you mention playing hockey. some people have are still getting to know you. we should probably mention that you did suffer a lot of difficulty as you lost your mom when you were just 16 years old. and you re the only person in your family to go to college and you mentioned playing hockey. do you foresee a rink in the white house when you become president? that would be terrific. i think with the weather in washington, d.c. we may have to bring in some refrigeration equipment but we re looking forward to a little maybe charity game with the governor of new hampshire who is a democrat in the fall, my friend governor lynch and i may play a little hockey up in the granite state. i know have you a big foreign policy speech tomorrow. great to meet you. thanks, ann. thanks so much. now let s get the rest of the top stories from natalie morales who s at the news desk. good morning, everyone. in a new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in new mexico forcing residents in the area to evacuate and shutting down the los alamos national laboratory this morning, the nuclear facility where the first atom bomb was built. officials say all radioactive material at the lab is being safeguarded from the approaching flames. meantime, two other nuclear reactors are being threatened by water. the swollen missouri river broke through an inflatable barrier at ft. calhoun nuclear power plant near omaha, mnebraska. regulators say the situation is not significantly dangerous. 80 miles down river waters are also rising around the cooper station plant. and as three nuclear facilities are now threatened today by fire and water, a new investigation of the associated press, the report finds that while the u.s. population is booming in areas surrounding nuclear power plants, there is no standard for evacuations in case of an accident. 15 children and eight adults are recovering from their injuries today after a school bus carrying kids to summer camp flipped over in pennsylvania sunday. authorities say the crash was caused by an elderly driver who swerved into the path of the bus while trying to avoid oncoming traffic. and federal investigators are questioning the safety record of a company that operated the truck that crashed into an amtrak tlan in the nevada desert friday killing six people. the trucking company had multiple citations for crashes on safe driving and poorly maintained vehicles. the budget battle resumes as president obama meets at the white house with senate leaders from both sides of the aisle today. the president s trying to hammer out a deal to cut government spending and raise the debt limit after negotiations stalled last week. now let s head to wall street. cnbc s amanda drury is at the new york stock exchange for us. mandy, good news at the pump today? yeah, that s right. especially if you re going on a road trip this coming weekend, natalie. as you mentioned, the price of gasoline continues to head down. in fact the average price has gone down by 11 cents a gallon over the past week to $3.63 a gallon. it s getting better by the day. that is not the case however for food prices. you probably feel like you re paying more for everything from beef to avocados and tomato. well whchipotle mexican grill i anas a result they re raising prices in the southwest and northeast with changes on their menus elsewhere to follow as a result of those higher prices. it is affecting all of us. back to you. mandy drury at the new york stock exchange, thank you. gay pride parades around the country turned into victory laps especially right here in new york city on sunday where revelers celebrated new york for becoming the sixth and largest state to legalize same-sex marriage. gay and lesbian couples spoke about finally realizing their decades-long dream of waushging down the aisle. new york governor andrew cuomo was cheered at the celebrationed and called for nationwide marriage equality. from studio 1a to the auction block, it is a thriller. after appearing here on the today show last friday, michael jackson s calf skin jacket in thriller sold at auction for$.8 million. the sale took place sunday on the second anniversary of jackson s death. a texas tycoon had the winning bid and says he plans to use the jacket to help raise money for children s charities. all going back to a great cause. it is autographed as well. 7:16 right now. back over to ann, willie and al. it s amazing. i don t think it was supposed to go that high at all. and your green dress got $30,000. that was amazing. allvy to say to that is ribbet. i was remiss in not welcoming you back from vacation. well, were you busy. thank you. meantime, al roker is here. the al roker. the only one. welcoming you back. the one and only al roker. let s see what s happening. a risk of strong storms from green bay to joplin, missouri where they do not need bad weather. knoxville, tennessee, isolated tornado, mostly looking at strong winds, hail, severe thunderstorm watch from wichita to decatur, illinois through this morning. heavy showers and thunderstorms anywhere from one to three inches of rain from duluth all the way down to st. louis. that s what s going on around the country. here is what s happening in your neck of the woods. you ll need an umbrella on this monday. we do have scattered light sprinkles in the nearby suburbs and lighter showers to moderate showers in southern maryland, eastern shore. those are drifting east northeast. later today sun breaking out, highs reaching mid-80s. later afternoon, evening thunderstorms are hikely, probably not severe. tomorrow more humid, hot day in the upper 80s, near and that s your latest weather. willie? all right, thanks. the appeal hearing of american college student amanda knox is back under way as the man convicted of killing her roommate took the stand. martin fletcher has details. reporter: amanda knox and her family were hoping for a big break this morning, but it didn t work out that way. looking very nervous, more than three years in jail after 23 more to go, amanda knox entered the courtroom today hoping that last week s surprise testimony from a child killer could help set her free. but it didn t. today speaking in knox s appeal for the first time, rudy dwa da, convicted with knox, provided no help. last week another prisoner testified in court that he told her amanda was not present at the time of the killing. light at the end of the tunnel for amanda s family. it was huge. it would be the single biggest thing in the case. but today he said it wasn t true, that he didn t sell alessi anything, that alessi had i lied. but why would he lied? knox s lawyer put it down to simple prison gossip. there is many, many, many people that knew the mystery of every case. reporter: it may not be that simple. two other prison inmates also testified that dwa da told them amanda knox was not present at the murder. so who s lying? another critical question that could help determine the fate of amanda knox. the biggest question of although is the dna. i m assuming that these people are professionals and that they re going to do a good job of relooking at this and we know that amanda s innocent and so we can only hope and assume that it is going to be a good report. reporter: amanda was convicted partly on the evidence of her dna on the murder weapon, a knife. but now that dna is being reexamined amid reports there wasn t enough of it to be accurate. independent experts examining the critical dna evidence and will report to the court in three days. it will take another four weeks before that will be officially made public. that s the key moment in the amanda knox appeal that could decide if she walks free or serves another 23 years in prison. martin fletcher in perugia, italy, thank you. princess catherine wows at a military ceremony as her brother-in-law prince harry opens up about pippa. we ll have details. but first, this is today on nbc. stanley! stanley! come here! somebody help! 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a live look at chopper 4. georgetown pikous the beltway, an accident in both directions. the beltway is closed. when i m laura, and this is my cvs. i just transferred a prescription to cvs because they have care 1on1. it s where the pharmacist stops and talks to me about safety and saving money with generic prescriptions. laura, let s talk about possible side effects. it s all about me. love that. get care 1on1 and talk savings, safety, and side effects when you transfer or fill a new, ongoing prescription. i m laura, and this is my cvs. it s all mine. 7:30 now on this monday morning, the 27th of june, 2011. you really could not ask for a better start to the work week here in the northeast as we check out the view of the top of the rock, sunny, warm, not a cloud in the sky, and down below, we ve got people on the plaza. inside studio 1a, i m ann curry, alongside willie geist who s in for matt this morning. really glad to have you here. just ahead, is there any truth this is a very compelling question any truth to the rumor that prince harry and pippa middleton are dating. well, the prince himself has now spoken out about that. we ll get details to you coming up. also ahead, whitey bulger reportedly opening up to the fbi about his 16 years on the run and apparently the man on the fbi s top ten list had no problem going in and out of the country on a regular basis. the latest on that. pretty dramatic story. also, when you go out to eat, do you pick the grilled entree? i often do? not always. because you think it is going to be the healthier option. well, it may not be. just ahead, the dinner that s equal to eating five huge slices of pizza and some lower calorie, lower-priced options you can make at home. trying to replace pizza. we don t want that. let s begin with a serious story this half-hour in florida where the casey anthony murder trial has taken yet another surprising detour. nbc s kerry sanders is at the courthouse in orlando with more on this. kerry, good morning. reporter: well good morning. the plan was for five hours of testimony on friday, but 40 minutes after the lawyers arrived, the proceedings ended abruptly. and then the judge didn t explain why. the one thing we do know is it is highly unlikely that there s been a plea deal. that s because seven weeks ago the judge told casey anthony that he would not accept any plea deals once the first potential juror was questioned. before the jury even set foot in the courtroom on saturday morning, defense attorney jose baez he doesn t even know if this is new or not. reporter: and prosecutor jeff ashton were at it again. this time openly sparring over an expert witness testimony and surprise powerpoint. the powerpoint has specific chloroform amounts for specific items from the trunk. that s just the one i found quickly, sir. reporter: accused murderer casey anthony stared emotionless as the prosecutor ranted that the defense again broke florida s court rules, attempting to bring in last-minute testimony. i ve just been handed slides. where apparently he s now planning to point out specific items and claim, i assume, they re the source of the odor. reporter: that odor in question came from casey anthony s car. prosecutors argue it was the unmistakable stench of death that resulted from stowing 2-year-old caylee s lifeless body in the trunk for several days during that hot summer three years ago. but now what had this defense expert uncovered, if anything at all, and is it true that the state has no idea what he concluded about that smell. i guess the more times you make this argument, i guess it becomes real. you would think that this would have grown old by now, but i guess some things never change. reporter: and with that, the judge announced he would review the defense expert s report on the odor, but then mr. mason? reporter: defense attorney cheney mason requested a sidebar on what he called an entirely different subject. 40 minutes later, court mysteriously adjourned and the judge sealed the transcript from that off-microphone conversation. as both sides concur that a legal issue has arisen reporter: among the last testimony the jury heard came friday from casey s brother, who said he was excluded from celebrating caylee s birth. i was just angry at everyone in general that they didn t that they didn t want to include me. reporter: and there was cindy anthony s vivid testimony with pictures showing her granddaughter caylee opening the sliding glass door to the backyard all by herself. and then photos of the backyard pool where the defense argues caylee accidentally drowned. how many times have you advised law enforcement that you thought caylee had drowned in the pool? reporter: that question went unanswered because the prosecution objected. so all the jury heard was the question, which the defense hoped is yet again enough to raise reasonable doubt. willie? kerry sanders, thanks very much. savannah guthrie is today s legal correspondent. what happened on saturday? why the recess? that s the question and something we may never know the answer to. you can speculate all day long maybe this is another one of those discovery violations, some people were speculating could it be a plea deal in the works. the bottom line is, defense attorneys are telling reporters in orlando the trial s going to go forward as expected today so that would make us believe there s not a plea deal in the works. and it may be something that we just never hear about. we never get a transcript of what went on in chambers. whatever it was, it obviously was significant enough for the judge to cancel court. this is a judge who has not liked the delays he s seen recently, who s very concerned about jurors who are sequestered living in a hotel room and just have to go back and spend the weekend while nothing to do essentially while lawyers work it out. so this delay is obviously a problem. a lot of people watch this case, savannah, and they see the mother on the stand, in essence defending her daughter, and yet this is a daughter who accused her father of sexually molesting her. where does the family stand? it is hard to figure out. you can almost see how torn they are. cindy anthony testified for the prosecution several times as well as had devastating evidence, including saying that the trunk of her daughter s car smelled like a dead body. that s some of the most significant evidence the prosecution has. then last week we saw her on the stand with the defense a couple times making points that are beneficial to her daughter. i think the bottom line is, according to the anthonies, they want to know the truth but you can be sure they do not want to see their daughter put to death. they don t agree with what the prosecutors are doing in seeking the death penalty. and you said yesterday we saw perhaps last week a turning point when the mother said i, in fact, searched chloroform online, not my daughter. how does the prosecution handle that? well, i can almost guarantee their investigators are looking into trying to establish that indeed cindy anthony, the mother, was at work that day when those computer searches were taking place. her work records show that she was at work, not at home on the family computer. she has a rationale for that saying well sometimes i write down eight hours on my time card but i was actually at home. i m sure their investigators are looking into it and i m sure in closing arguments the prosecution will have to say, look, cindy anthony is torn here, this is her daughter, she may have reason to shave the truth a little bit. and the defense may rest some time this week. savannah, thank you have much. let s turn now to al for a check of the weather.week. savannah, thank you very much. let s turn to al for a check of the weather. hello, al. today s weather brought to you by california tourism. you can start planning your trip to the golden state today. california, find yourself here. and good morning. all our friends. you ve got kids pictures on a stick. these are my kids from minnesota. we said we d get them on camera if we could. worked out all right. kids on a stick. here we go. get your kids on a stick. let s see what we ve got happening for you today. sizzling temperatures tucson, 109, 114 in phoenix, arizona, tulsa, oklahoma over 100. heat is going to build north and east as we head during the week. as you can see for today, we ve got a risk of strong storms from the great lakes down to central ohio river valleys. more rain in the pacific northwest later this afternoon. up and down the east coast we ve got gorgeous weather and warm weather in southern california. 86 in lal. twins birthdays. sarah. rebecca. where are you from? kentucky. nice to see you. happy birthday. that s what s going on around the country. here is what s happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, cloudy, more humid, temperatures around the region 60s west and north of washington near washington by the bay low and mid-70s, southern maryland eastern shore getting a few showers and sprinkles near washington. later today, partly sunny mid-80s. might get an afternoon thundershower in the early evening. tomorrow more humid. a little hotter, partly sunny, scattered afternoon and evening storms are likely. after that lower humidity moves in for wednesday, thursday, friday with sunshine each day. don t forget, get your weather any time of the day or night, go to weather channel on cable or weather.com online. ann? all right, al. thank you so much. there are new details this morning tied to the capture of one of the most wanted men in this country after 16 years on the run, reputed mob boss whitey bulger is reportedly now talking to the fbi. nbc s jeff rossen is in boston with the latest. reporter: good morning to you. this is where it all went down on the mean streets of south boston. back in the day, whitey bulger owned these streets and he also ran this liquor store behind me where locals say he ran the mob out of the basement and did a couple other things down there, too. this morning he s behind bars and according to publish reports out today, he is spilling about his life on the run. inside the plymouth county jail, whitey bulger is hold up in the notorious g-unit, the most feared man in boston today looks more like a grandpa than a reputed mob boss, accused in the murders of at least 19 people. now he s reportedly opening up, telling authorities about his secret life hiding from the fbi, living in this modest apartment in santa monica, california, sometimes in plain sight. neighbors say he and his girlfriend, also under arrest, walked the bustling promenade nearby. they are very charming. reporter: according to the boston globe, bulger claims he often drove to the u.s.-mexico border and walked into tijuana to buy heart medication. the most wanted man in america was able to easily access and walk between mexico and the united states with no problem. reporter: bulger s been on the run for 16 years, about when authorities arrested him, he reportedly invited them inside his apartment without a search warrant. they found $800,000 in cash an dozens of weapons hidden in a fake wall. bulger s ex-girlfriend thought he d never get caught. to me, he had always been adamant about the idea that he was not going back to jail. reporter: but now that they have him, investigators want to know how he hid for so long. records show bulger s niece lived on the same street in santa monica, just two miles away in the early 90s. the most benign explanation is, boy, is that coincidental. the other explanation is that perhaps he knew about this area because, hey, his niece lived out there. reporter: thing is, bulger and the people chasing him, the fbi, go way back, as he was allegedly ordering hits, the fbi was working with bulger as an informant. he s a guy who knows where the skeletons are buried, human and otherwise, and his information could well get a lot of people in trouble, even to the reaches of law enforcement. reporter: because many believe bulger had help inside the fbi. will he now rat on the agents who may have helped him? whitey bulger ain t getting out. he s going to die in prison. but the question is how many other people is he going to take to prison with him. reporter: we also have new details this morning about his life behind bars. his life in jail right now. he s apparently in solitary confinement kept in his cell for 23 hours a day, only allowed out for one hour a day for recreation in the yard where there are basketball courts and such. i spoke with his lawyer late last night who said no comment to most of my questions but did tell me that whitey bulger plans to plead not guilty in court and when an arraignment date is set, there are more hearings scheduled here in boston later this week. jeff rossen this morning, thanks. up next, eat this, not that. the restaurant steak dish with more calories than a six-pack of beer. how to make healthier choices right after this. yes! ha ha! 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it s like finding nemo. like you have to go find the fish in there. it s got all this breading on this, then it s got cheese, then it s got a creamy sauce. it ends up being the equivalent of these 300 shrimp. okay? 307 shrimp. that s the same equivalent. you ve got a full day s worth of calories in that one dish. okay? two days worth of sodium. what we re say something grill at home, make yourself thin, save money, in this case you can get some mahi-mahi, throw it on the grill, throw a little homemade salsa on it and the next thing you know, you have saved a whopping like 1,800 calories. you mentioned mahi-mahi. that s probably not the fish we re finding in the fish tacos. it s probably not as high quality. it doesn t even matter because when you hit it with that much fat, that much oil, you can barely taste it. all right. steak. this is the steak, rib eye, from ruby tuesday. right. it s large. what else is wrong with it? well, here at ruby tuesday, it is inevitably followed by regrettable chubby wednesday. rib eye is a very fatty cut. the problem is this is 822 calories. it is 63 grams of fat, a day s worth of sodium. it would be the calorie equivalent of 5 1/2 pints of beer. okay? so what we re saying is you can cook at home on the grill, throw a party, lose weight, and by going basically with some sliced skirt steak and your own topping, you re going to be saving, again, 550 calories and $15. we re going to keep moving. we re starting to run out of time. i want to get to all of these. this is chicken at the outback steakhouse alice springs chicken. it is basically this cut this is a chicken that s struggling for lift-off because it s over 1,300 calories, it s 92 grams of fat. more than two days worth of saturated fat. it s got bacon on top of it. it s got bacon, cheese, mushrooms, all of it, some sauce on the side. it is the calorie equivalent of almost the whole brooklyn-style domino s pizza. five or six slices. so again you can go with chicken under a brick. you re coming in at 280 calories. basically you are saving 700, 800 calories, at least, and a ton of fat. this one sounds especially good, the burger at chili s. it s called the southern smokehouse burger with ancho chili barbecue. it s so good. the problem is, ann, it s 1,900 calories. okay? an entire day s worth of calories. what s in it? well, it s cheese, it s bacon, it s got creamy sauce, it s got the barbecue sauce on the side, fried onions, the works. it s the calorie equivalent of 30 delved eggs. so you go and you make the green chili cheeseburger on your own in ten minutes, 320 calories. you save a half-pound of pure fat. these are the kinds of smart food swaps you should be make. save your money, save your waistline. just do a little work at home. you re a good example of that. thanks, david. for full recipes for all of david s healthier alternatives, go to today.com. we re back after this. ale announcer ] why is toyota the number-one choice among consumers? maybe it s because of trucks like tacoma, the best-selling compact pickup in america or the rugged tundra, named a 2011 best overall value of the year by intellichoice.com. and right now, get 0% apr financing on a new 2011 tundra. plus, every new toyota comes with toyotacare, a complimentary maintenance plan with roadside assistance. we have lots to choose from, so hurry in today. it s a cloud of depression. and although you ve been on an antidepressant for at least six weeks, you re frustrated that your depressive symptoms are still with you. seroquel xr, when added to an antidepressant, is approved for the treatment of major depressive disorder. for many, taking seroquel xr with an antidepressant was proven more effective than an antidepressant alone for treating unresolved symptoms of depression. talk to your doctor about seroquel xr. then visit seroquelxr.com for a free trial offer. call your doctor if you have unusual changes in mood, behavior, or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children,teens, and young adults. elderly dementia patients taking seroquel xr have an increased risk of death. call your doctor if you have fever, stiff muscles, and confusion, as these may be signs of a life-threatening reaction or if you have uncontrollable muscle movements, as these could become permanent. high blood sugar has been reported with seroquel xr and medicines like it and in extreme cases can lead to coma or death. your doctor should check for cataracts. other risks include decreases in white blood cells, which can be fatal, seizures, increased cholesterol, weight gain, dizziness on standing, drowsiness,impaired judgment, and trouble swallowing. use caution before driving or operating machinery. for more help putting distance between you and your depression, ask your doctor about adding seroquel xr. if you can t afford your medication, astrazeneca may be able to help. the duke and duchess of cambridge also known as william and kate, attended their first military event as a married royal couple this weekend. that s right. prince and princess honor the british armed forces and handed out operational medals to members of the irish guard who recently returned from afghanistan. a lot is being made of what kate was wearing, a beautiful suit, as you can see, with a little military flare. we ve just heard that the two will also be in the royal box watching wimbledon this morning which i understand is going to be around 10:00 this morning. right here on nbc. and the big news, we ve been chasing it all morning here it is, ladies. is prince harry single? that s right. that s been the big question. there s been people talking about what he saw well, who didn t see something in pippa, my goodness, what a beautiful girl, and whether there was a little something going on here. but then this morning zblsh we ve learned over the weekend a quote from prince harry himself. pippa ha. no, i am not seeing anyone at the moment and the shrieks go out in the plaza. the world s most eligible bachelor remains so. ladies, what about davy here? every man i know who s seen those pictures of pippa would say that they re happy, too, even though they may be married anyway. just ahead social media s impact on adoption. the search for a long lost child could be just two clicks away. after your local news. 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i ve got revigor. what s revigor? it s the amino acid metabolite, hmb to help rebuild muscle and strength naturally lost over time. 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henry winkler starred on happy days after he moved on to other projects. one of the nicest guys ever. just an accomplished author. just a great guy. by the way, we ve got the final four down to the final four on the hit series the competition. we are going to meet the finalists just ahead. but first, let s get a check of the morning s top stories. we ve got natalie morales at the news desk. good morning, everyone. record floodwaters have started to recede in minot, north dakota. the souris river crested sunday at a level not seen in a century. officials say 4,000 homes are under water. while 11,000 evacuated residents wait for permission to return home, others are being told to boil their drinking water in case of contamination. libyan leader moammar gadhafi is now a wanted man. this morning the international criminal court issued arrest warrants for gadhafi along with one of his sons and his intelligence chief. they re accused of crimes against humanity. ahead of the fourth of july holiday weekend, some good news as gas prices are continuing their downward trend. the nationwide average for a gallon of regular is now $3.63, that s down 11 cents since the middle of the month. a ban on the sale or manufacture of drop-side cribs in the u.s. takes effect tomorrow. federal officials said the cribs played a role in dozens of infant deaths over the past decade. hotels, motels and daycare centers can use the cribs until december of 2012. the countdown to same-sex weddings is now under way in new york state where the law signed friday goes into effect next month. n reporter: at new york city s annual gay pride parade, a huge welcome for governor andrew cuomo. just days after signing a same-sex marriage bill into law, a huge political victory for the governor making new york the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. i was so proud and honored to be the governor of this state signing this law into effect. reporter: this year s parade isn t just a celebration of pride, but for the first time, equality. we ve never been able to enjoy the rights that are afforded to married people. reporter: but long after the initial jubilation ends, new york s business owners will still be celebrating. new york is already one of the world s most popular tourist destinations. the city estimates the new law will bring more than $180 million to the state in the next three years. 41 states have specifically banned same-sex marriage. but national polls show support is steadily increasing and for the first time ever, opposition has fallen below 50%. a new reason to celebrate, turning an annual march into a wedding party. nbc news, new york. now for a look at what s trending on today, a quick round-up of what you re talking about online. michael jackson s red and black thriller jacket is a hit on twitter after appearing here on the today show friday, a texas tycoon bought the jacket at auction sunday for $1.8 million. he plans to use it as a fund-raising tool for children s charities. take a look, this jumping shark in florida has foolstirree people searching yahoo! and google. good thing this is a harmless shark, not a man-eater. and bow wow whoa. dog lovers are googling, then bracing themselves for pictures of yoda. it won this year s ugliest dog contest. yoda s owner said at first stop she thought this traffic stopper was a rat. kind of looks like one. trafficr was a rat. kind of looks like one. nice trophy, though. now 8:05. let s get a check of the weather from al. announcer: today s weather is brought to you by bush s beans. discover the bolder side of bush s. and good morning, everybody. what s she s my sister some of we re a bike tour to maine for support of victims of violence. thank you for doing that we appreciate it. let s check your weather, shall we? pick city of the day. are we doing the pick city of the day? we re supposed to be doing the wick city of the day but we re not. anyway, we ve got some heavy showers and thunderstorms making their way through the midsections of the country with those storms we ve got, in fact severe thunderstorm watches through sections of the u.s. this afternoon. risk of electronic storms. east coast looks fabulous, plenty of sunshine, temperatures fairly moderate. we are looking at the heat to continue for the gulf coast, southwest, texas and afternoon showers and thunderstorms moving into the pacific northwest. this young lady here 94 years old? what s your name, ma am? ann. ann, good to see you. thanks so much. you re a lot sharper than i am. a cutie over here. jacob. all right. thank you very much. he s sharper than i am, too. that s what s going on around the country, here is what s happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, a little sunshine breaking out, a few lingering sprinkles in northern montgomery into western howard and eastern shore. later today as the sun breaks out from time to time, climb bought mid-80s, afternoon or early evening thundershower, humid tomorrow, upper 80s, partly sunny, afternoon and evening storms likely, then drying out, lower humidity. beautiful weather for wednesday, thursday, and friday. sunny each day with low humidity. then over the weekend, turning humid hey, guess what? let s do the pick city of the day! what a great idea. today s pick city today is los angeles. as we mentioned, it is one of the cities prince william and kate will visit next month. did you know the original name for los angeles it s much easier to say los angeles. willie? al, thank you. you nailed that pick city. appreciate it. coming up next, birth parents using facebook to track down the children they gave up for adoption. one family shares their story right after this. 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because the internet really makes it difficult to have secrets anymore. and especially difficult to keep secrets from people who don t want secrets kept. it is prevalent, it is growing, it can t be stopped. some people like it, some won t like it. but we have to deal with it, we have to understand that this is the future in adoption and we have to set policies and practices accordingly. let s talk about when it doesn t work. there are some negatives to this. i mean there are kids who don t know that they ve been adopted. is there a danger here, lisa, that you found in your reporting? yes. well, in the story there are happy endings and there are surprises. and there are people who just got e-mails out of the blue and said i m mom. and the lesson though i think is not shut down the internet. the lesson is that adoptive parents need to understand there aren t any secrets anymore. you can t keep secrets from someone who wants to know. you can t keep a secret from a 13-year-old or a 17-year-old. nowadays if they have a small piece of information, they have everything. okay. so if that s the case then, you re not talking about or are you talking about any changes in policies or rules that would allow for some protections? well, what we need to do is figure it out how this works. first of all. it s happening because it can. we have the technology so it occurs. at the adoption institute that i head we re doing research now to develop best practices, what should parents know, what should kids know, what are the protections that need to be put into place. you don t know yet. we don t know yet. what we do know is that it s real, we can t pretend it s not happening. as to the secrets, any parent that s not telling their kid she s adopted is taking a huge risk that the kid will find out she s being lied to every day. so the positive part for real is it is going to force us to be honest. that has to be a positive. now we have to get all those other pieces in place. there were 135,000 adoptions every year in this country. we re talking about a lot of people being impacted. you re dealing also with an in-between generation. the kids coming of age right now who have the social media tools were adopted in relatively closed adoptions. and are now trying to find their parents in a very open era. and so it s shifting. the sands are shifting as we speak. you say more protection. actually, i don t think the answer is more protection. i think the answer is more openness. but i do worry about the child who is not ready to meet his or her adopted parent. i worry about the family that may have some sort of nuances that make it really difficult or the adoptive mother who is ngoi i don t think we re talking about protections, we re talking about education. we re talking about knowledge. we have to empower our kids to know right thing is to do, when the wrong thing is to do, to be sensitive to people s needs. we have to learn all of that. but i don t know that you can literally protect people in this realm any more than we do in any other realm and the internet. the reality is all the potential worries, this is as you point out, the truth of today. as lynn katold me in the original story, if you think your adopted child can t find their birth mother, you re kidding yourself. henry winkler opens up about his true passion 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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for me, it is like a washing money for yobe washing machi for your brain. if you re standing in the river as you re walking to the river, it is overwhelming. you re in a beautiful place. the trout are magnificent fish. you have to be in tune with the fish so you cannot concentrate on anything else. and then you take a beautiful photograph hopefully. and you re a guy from new york city. yes, i am. spent most of your working life in los angeles. now you re this big sky outdoors man. how did this happen. my daughter, who is a master fly fisher person, took stacy and i for the first time on the smith river in montana. no pun intended, we were hooked. and i m going august 13th to montana where i hope to catch i caught my biggest fish last year. you mentioned your wife stacy. i want to read something from the book. you talk about this great serenity, being on the water. i m not sure that s quite the way it happens. stacy says are you a good-natured man, a mild-natured man but the rules of etiquette do not apply on the river. are you a bit of a madman when you go out there? she says she won t even go in the same boat as you. who said that? your wife, stacy! you need to read the introduction. you know what? i skipped that part no. see, the thing is that when you fish with somebody else in the boat, there s an etiquette. there is you have all the fish up and to the guide and they have all the fish from the guide to wherever they re sitting in the back. i sometimes feel that there is fishing water where her fly should be and i cannot stop myself. so, we take separate boats and we now meet for lunch on the bank. do you have tantrums out on the river, henry? because that s what s implied. i might have had a tantrum, but now they are and i am calm now on the river. okay. we re going to ask your wife if that s actually true. you can call her. i promise you. and our oldest son was 40 yesterday. he is my only hope. the other two children don t like to fly fish that much. and you take photographs. a lot of them in the book. i do. to sort of preserve this. they re absolutely gorgeous. oh, thank you. this is a puddle after a rain storm in montana. you know what? i bought a photograph at a gallery and i said, can i buy a can i take a photograph? i don t have to pay somebody else. that i can hang up on my wall and be proud. and so there are two cows talking to each other. and you actually put a caption in the book. i did. hi, bob. what are you doing? well, i m looking at you. henry, i was interested to read that you said fly fishing has improved your acting. you mention some of the work you re doing on royal pains. interesting you should bring up royal pains, it starts on the 29th of this month. yeah? but how does the fly fishing the fly fishing. you got in your plug in. the fly fishing, yes. i tell you what, you have to learn to concentrate. you have to learn not to force the issue so that as an actor sometimes i would push. you cannot push on the river because the fish will break your line. you cannot force yourself in a scene, you have to find the rhythm with your fellow actors. had he beenry winkler, thank you so much. things are going great for you. 8:26 is your time now on this monday june 27, 2011. good morning. i m eun yang. dozens of health clinics in our area will offer free hiv tests to mark national hiv tessing day. d.c. has the highest hiv rate in the country and many people do not know their status. mayor gray will show his support by getting tested at the newest clinic in the district. it is one of more than 20 d.c. community organizations that offer free testing today. clinics will offer free testing in prince george s county. more than 3% of d.c. s good morning. partly sunny now and later today, might get a passing thundershower during afternoon, early evening. tomorrow, warm and humid, afternoon and evening storms likely. lower humidity with sunshine. courtney, how is traffic? 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for nick, it was easy. by the way. he was in right away. but you know what? we had fun writing script and they enjoyed the script and they thought it was going to be a great thing so they all jumped on and i m excited. you always say be careful working with kids and animals. you jumped right in here. i did. they were great. the animals were great. some of the actors smell worse than the animals. but it was fun. it was a lot of fun. kevin, your parents are getting dating advice, i understand, from the animals. how does that go? yeah. it goes okay and then not so great. i got to be honest, not too fantastic. but we have a lot of fun. they try to help me out, they try to help me become a better person. there s a little monkey that steals the scene actually the monkey was also in hangover 2. this monkey is a little tr l trollup. look at her. you had a couple of divas on the set, too, two special cameos in your movie. your wife and adam sandler s wife. yes. we brought them around. we wanted to bring them and the kids around, we had fun and made it a whole family thing. it was just great to have them. it opens in theers caters on 8th. kevin james, thank you. nice to be here. thanks, guys. now a check of the weather. all righty. let s find out what s doing on. ahead early part of the week above normal temperatures in the east down gulf coast, up in the plains, wet weather along the pacific coast. for the midweek period warm in the midsection of the country cooler out west, normal conditions in the east of the later part of the week warms up again in the east, out west as well with showers in the northern plains. that s what s doing on around the country. here is what s happening in your neck of the woods. good morning. radar showing um can of sprinkles northern montgomery county, southern frederick county, passing northeast. much of the rain ended we ve had early this morning. today might get a passing early evening thundershower, partly sunny with temperatures in the mid-80s. tomorrow warm and humid, upper 80s, partly sunny. some scattered afternoon and evening storms likely. wednesday, thursday, and friday the sunshine back with lower humidity. over the weekend turning more humid. slight chance of afternoon don t forget, check your weather any time of the day or night. go to weather channel on cable or weather channel.com online. oh, willard! jams and jellies and toppings for dessert, they all come from smucker s and they re all delicious. happy birthday. take a look at bill stephens, bridgeville, pennsylvania. 104. he enjoys watching baseball and he shook hands with jackie robinson and babe ruth. how about that? eden raradi, montauk, new york. 101 years old. goes to town to see the broadway musical. we have june smith, venice, florida. she s 104. always has her television tuned to guess what? you got it. the today show. she likes her smucker s. irma deutscher, bowman, north dakota. 104 years old. loves to cook and bake. everyone loves to eat what she cooks and bakes. we wish her a very happy birthday. and martha ames, tampa, florida. 102 years old. loves to dine at different restaurants. and she walks a mile a day. keeps her healthy and happy. gertrude stoltz of st. paul, minnesota. 108 years old. still writes poetry. people love to read her poems. she is just one fine lady. very talented and sharp as a tack. and that s it. that s all we have for this day. now back to new york. all right, willard. thank you so much. as i take a walk, we can show more people here. coming up next, we ll meet the finalist of nbc s the voice as they prepare for this week s final. but first, this is today on nbc. we are down to the final four on nbc s smash hit the voice. it s up to you to decide who gets the $100,000 prize. but more importantly, a recording contract. four finalists beverly was going to join thus morning but was caught up in a late night session so vickie, javier, good morning. vickie, i want to start with you. you ve become something of a fan favorite. talking so much about the influence of your father who passed away five years ago. what must he be thinking as all this is happening right now? well, i feel like, you know, i definitely am doing him justice and representing myself well but at the same time, you know, just having fun with it just like he would have done. hopefully that s coming across. javier, you said this was your last shot at making it in the music business. this has been your dream for a long time. you ve been at it since you were a kid. when or not coming up this week? will you stay in the music industry now just based on all the attention you ve got and the fact that so many people have seen your gifts now on national television? i mean i hope so. obviously it s going to depend on the people here in america that will decide if they support me and come to my shows and buy cds and stuff. i really hope so. but i guess only time will tell. for those of us who watch the show we don t get to see a lot of interaction between you and the coaches. how much do you speak with your coach blake shelton and what kind of advice does he give you behind the scenes? i hang out with blake a lot. i think he is amazing and an amazing person. he s given me a lot of great advice but i think the best time i ever had with him was when he took us to a show in ohio and i was kind of watching him perform that i learned so much from him and watching how he interacted with his fans and everybody and that s what taught me the most. vicki, what about you and c lo? what s it like to work with him? he s a riot. you never know what you re going to get from him as far as performances go. you never know what he s going to do and that s him, you know, in real life all the time. javier, it s been fun to watch the way this show has just blown up. all of you guys have had singles in the itunes top 100 over the run of this show. could you have ever imagined entering this show when you stood in line to wait to get in, that it would have turned into what its become? no. you know, you go into something like this and you realize how the odds are stacked against you. i mean you re one of thousands of people that are trying to get to this point and to be able to have made it this far, to be if the final four with these amazing women that are next to me, is an honor. dia, real quick before we go, if not you, who would you like to see win this competition? oh, my gosh. i love everybody next to me and beverly. i d be happy for any of them. they re great people. very diplomatic. very diplomatic answer. it s so true though. it s so true! we love each other. we really do. i think we all would say the same. that we really just genuinely love each other and would be happy for whoever wins and i think we ve all won at this point to have come this far. well, it s been really fun to watch you guys blossom sheer. good luck to all of you. vicki martinez, javier colon and dia frampton, good luck to you all. tomorrow 9:00, 8:00 central time right here on nbc. the voice. still ahead, america s messiest home. we ll meet a family who did not clean their house for 17 years. stanley! somebody help! my hero! anyone can be a hero with the new captain america cherry coolatta from dunkin . america runs on dunkin . the gas prices are going down, they go back up again. we know saving money is important. this summer, shop with your giant card and save on shell fuel. earn one point for every dollar you spend. every 100 points earned gets you another 10 cents off per gallon. the more you spend, the more you save. i m saving money at the store, i m saving money at the pump, and that works for me. more savings every time you shop, only with your giant card. back now at 8:45. this morning on leonard s look, one couple s dream of a perfect life that led to an unsuspected and booming business. here s mike leonard. reporter: well, you know what they say about a dirty job. somebody s got to do it. somebody has to stick their nose in. somebody has to make a stand. and that somebody . may as el be you. reporter: by default. after all, in the age of newsworthy twitter feeds, what relevant reporter would opt to follow a southern indiana ael fall that feed way out in the land beyond kardashian where reality shows, it is not an illusion to see present day kids still being kids, still doing chores, still playing games powered only by imagination. say hello to jim and p.j. jonas. the eight jonas children coulter. brett.. and the family s ever expanding herd of goats. in the interest of time, let s skip the rest of the goat names to focus on something of greater importance. goat milk. first collected for family consumption as a nutritional drink, and then recrafted in 2008 for the general public as a moisturizing skin healing soap. i knew that we had a wonderful product when i put it in the shower, my husband s fingers stopped cracking and splitting. reporter: a flourishing home business called goat milk stuff was born. staffed by their home schooled children and housed behind their house in a no-frill structure designed to keep the family structure happily intact. in just two years time, their reach has expanded from a regional customer base to a national network of home-based distributors to an expanding global internet market. we actually are on all seven continents. reporter: to keep up with the demand, two non-family employees have been added and a product line bolstered with more soaps and more fragrances for more skin conditions. in addition to lotions, laundry products, insect repellants, lip balms, shaving accessories, and on and on. as university of virginia alums, neither jim with his bachelor s in economics or masters in education where nor p.j. with her schooling diploma ever envisioned this for a living. what do you want to do when you grow up? i want to be a goat soap maker. reporter: what they dreamed of instead was some kind of life s work that afforded them the luxury of this kind of life with the children literally under foot to observe and absorb the lessons that come from personal responsibility, cooperative behavior, creative play, and of course, hard work. and just kids being kids, are they sometimes oh, i don t want to do this today? oh, no, not our kids never! yeah, we get a lot of that. but that s they re kids and that s part of the learning process, too, is that some things need to be done even when you don t want to do them. reporter: an exercise in character building, that some of us wish that we had learned when we were young. for today, mike leonard, nbc news, charlestown, indiana. what was mike exactly doing there? i m not sure if the goat enjoyed that so much. i was thinking the same thing, put the kids to work. my kids aren t working enough. have more kids. he s making me put together another puzzle! faster! faster! okay. well coming up next, you guys, we ll have something great to eat. chef curtis stone is here cooking up a tasty plate for the fourth of july bash. yep. with a smile. but first, this is today on nbc. we are back doing a little cooking with curtis. fourth of july is just one week away. curtis stone wants to help you get ready for the big party. this morning it s all about the marinade. curtis, great to see you. we need to congratulate you expecting a baby. well, i m not. my girlfriend is. congratulations! that s so exciting. the baby s going to eat really, really well. you re making this morning a flank steak. is that right? i m going to start down here. what i m doing, i m doing three different types of sliders. because i figure fourth of july, you re going to invite all your friends around and you want to grill out. okay? so the first thing we re going to do is flank steak which i ve got marinated here. i m going to show you how to make a sauce which is a marinade. i m going to do that for pork, beef and chicken. a flank steak sometimes needs a lot of marination. it does. onion, garlic, chili peppers, lemon zest and green tomatoes. this is going to be the barbecue sauce and the marinade. it is a bit of a laundry list of stuff for a good barbecue sauce but all this stuff goes in lemon juice. molasses. just pour all this stuff in. tomato? ketchup? some apple cider vinegar, mustard powder, a little bit of salt. then you just basically stir all this together and let it cook right down. that s it, ann. i like putting you to work. what kind of molasses is that, curtis? this molasses actually brings all the sweetness into it. you can use corn syrup as well. it comes out looking like this once you put it in the blender. the flank steak looks just like this. then you give a little drizzle of olive oil on to your barbecue or your grill. you pick up the whole flank and you stick that on. wow! look at that. what s the rule for flank steak? how long are we cooking that? about six minutes on each side so we ve got to turn it every couple of minutes. next let s do pork. over here you get your blender out. i ll drop again a bunch of ingredients from cilantro, onions, a little bit of garlic and a little bit of lime zest. that s soy sauce. bit of brown sugar. lemon juice and a little bit of chi chili. stick it in to your blender. you blend it up and it comes out as this beautiful marinade which again is your sauce. that then goes over your pork. you let that marinate. this again overnight? you can or you can just give this one a couple of hours. the pork goes straight on your grill. make sure your grill s nice and hot. you can cook this on a grill outdoors. you can use a grill pan if you haven t got a grill. see how that works. that s the sauce. you don t combine all of it with the pork. for the chicken, i ve got some yogurt. yogurt s a beautiful marinade for meat actually. cumin, curry, salt, throw that all in with some fresh mint. yum! yum! you mix all this up. i m salivating! this is amazing. i m dripping. oh! yogurt with a marinade. okay. it s a beautiful marinade, also a great sauce. it looks just like that, and it comes out like this. what i ve made, a coleslaw. you can see all these different sliders an buns. you basically toast your buns, watch your flank steak comes off, you just want to slice through this and you want it to be nice and pink. i put her to work and she s doing a stand-up job. you slice through that wow! beautiful. curtis, thank you. out to your local news. 8:55 is your time now. good morning, i m eun yang. it is monday june 27, 2011. today marks one year since the death of this college student found stabbed to death. tonight at 6:30 family and friends will gather f. police are offering $20,000 reward for information that good morning. around the region now partly sunny climbing bought 70s later today into the mid-80s. might get an afternoon or evening thundershower, more humid tomorrow in the upper 80s and scattered afternoon and evening storms likely. lower humidity after that. courtney, how is traffic? breaking news on the outer loop of the american legion bridge. accident blocking the two left lanes. we just saw fire crews put out the smoke and the fire on that car. we ll be sure to keep you updated and let you know in this does clear in the near future. eun. back in 25 minutes with more news. have a great day. we ll see you soon. 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[ male announcer ] from pre-approval to closing, citi is with you every step of the way. what s your story? citi can help you write it. back now with more of today on this monday morning, the 27th day of june, 2011. the beginnings of a beautiful summer day here in rockefeller plaza. and we have a beautiful summer crowd soaking up the rays with us this morning. i m ann curry, along with natalie morales and willie geist. savannah guthrie and al roker join us. matt will be back tomorrow. we re going to talk about a trial with no surprises. talking about the casey anthony murder trial. over the weekend it was a mystery recess, an unexplained legal issue forced the judge to abruptly stop the proceedings on saturday, this as everyone is back in court today. so what happened. we ll get a live report. a little bit later on, fighting over finances with your family. it s great when the whole family gets together until your cousin or one of your siblings corners you, hits you up for a loan, or maybe even worse. according to money magazine, it is one of the biggest causes of family friction. we re going to show you how to handle it and get expert advice. it is an important topic especially given the tenor of our times. something a lot of families are facing. do you consider yourself to be neat or you kind of a mess around the house? mess. neat freak. then we ve got you beat. we will introduce to you a family that did not clean the house for more than 17 years. they live in virginia but now they re getting some much-needed help. we re going to show you what happens when the clean house team steps in. probably after a while it just got overwhelming. that s exactly right. we ll talk to her live. before we get to that, let s get a check of the morning s top stories an we ve got natalie at the news desk. good morning to you guys once again. good morning, everyone. a new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in new mexico forcing residents in the area to evacuate and shutting down the lossal moss laboratory this morning, the nuclear facility where the first atom bomb was built. everything at the lab is being safeguarded from the approaching flames. two other nuclear reactors are being threatened by water. the swollen missouri river broke through an inflatable barrier at the ft. calhoun nuclear power plant near omaha, nebraska, inundating parts of the reactor and containment areas. regulators say the situation is not significantly dangerous. 80 miles down river, waters there also rising around the cooper station plant, and as three nuclear facilities are threatened today by fire and water, a new investigation from the associated press, the report finds that while the u.s. population is booming in areas surrounding nuclear power plants, there is no standard for evacuations in case of an accident. now to florida where the casey anthony trial took yet another unexpected turn this weekend. nbc s kerry sanders joins us now from orlando, florida. kerry, good morning. reporter: good morning, natalie. the plan on saturday was for five hours of testimony, but 40 minutes after the attorneys arrived in the courtroom, the proceedings ended, and then the judge did not explain why. the one thing that is highly unlikely is a plea deal. that s because the judge told casey anthony that he would not accept a plea deal seven weeks ago when the first potential juror was questioned. before the jury even set foot in the courtroom on saturday morning, defense attorney jose buyess and prosecutor jeff ashton were at it again. this time openly sparring over an expert witness testimony and surprise powerpoint. the powerpoint has specifchlm amounts for specific items for the trunk. that s just the one i found quickly, sir. reporter: accused murderer casey anthony stared emotionless as the prosecutor ranted that the defense again broke florida s court rules attempting to bring in last-minute testimony. the judge announced he would review the defense expert s report on the odor, but then mr. mason? reporter: defense attorney cheney mason requested a sidebar on what he called an entirely different subject. 40 minutes later court mysteriously adjourned and the judge sealed the transcript from that off-microphone conversation. as both sides concur that a legal issue has arisen reporter: among the last testimony the jury hear came friday from casey s brother who said he was excluded from celebrating caylee s birth. and there was cindy anthony s vivid testimony with pictures showing her granddauger caylee opening the sliding glass door to the backyard all by herself. and then photos of the backyard pool where the defense argues caylee accidentally drowned. how many times have you advised law enforcement that you thought caylee had drowned in the pool? reporter: that question went unanswered. the prosecution objected, but the jury heard the question and to the defense, that s what they hope to plant the seed of reasonable doubt. natalie? kerry sanders there in orlando, florida, for us watching the trial. thanks. a new study in the journal pediatrics advises parents to turn off the tv if their preschoolers are having trouble getting to sleep. researchers found that sleep problems are more common in 3 to 5 year-olds that watch television after 7:00 p.m. in addition, watching shows with violence, including children s cartoons, led to increased insomnia and nightmares. new zealand s wayward penguin now has a fighting chance after doctors performed an endoes scopepy and remound six pounds of sand and sticks in its stomach. penguin was found on a beach last week 2,000 miles from its antarctic home had been eating sand apparently mistaking it for snow. the poor guy! it was a big weekend for cars 2. taking in $68 million at the box office. bad teacher was second with $31 million. green lantern came in third. a royal visit to wimbledon today in england where the duke and duchess of cambridge, better known as will and kate, attended the wimbledon tennis tournament. from where else, the royal box. six minutes past the hour. let s turn it over to al roker for abox. it s six minutes past the hour, let s turn it over to al roker for the weather. thank you for that introduction. thank you so much natalie. as we check weather, show you what s going on today, a risk of strong storms. you can see them firing up from iowa, illinois and indiana. these storms could have embedded isolated tornadoes. look for wet weather in the pacific northwest later this afternoon and this evening. heat continues in the southwest with temperatures well above 100 degrees. east coast looking good with plenty of sunshine and temperatures well in the 80s of that s what s going on around the country, heres what s happening in your neck of the woods. sunshine breaking out now. temperatures declined, 76 at reagan national. later today climbing 10 degrees into the mid-80s. there s a possibility of a few scattered afternoon and evening storms. earlier perhaps out of the mountains. then tomorrow more humid, into the upper 80s and partly sunny and scattered afternoon and evening storms likely. wednesday and thursday lower humidity moves in with sunshine each day. getting a little more humid friday, quite steamy over the this morning on today s money, financial family pressure. money magazine says nearly two-thirds of readers admit to having money problems with their loved ones. how do you overcome those problems and keep the peace? good to see you both. good morning. amanda, you polled over 1,500 readers and 30% of them said the family member they had the most financial friction with is their spouse. absolutely. the finger pointing went to the husband and wife, your partner, your co-ceo, so to speak. that s not all that surprising. in theory, you are supposed to make all of your financial decisions with this other person. so robi, how do you start working on smoothing over this kind of friction or solving it and then working on it? i think the key is not to be overly reactive. that s what can happen when there s finger pointing and blaming and to really think about what your intention is. what is the goal for you as a couple to financially get on the same page. then figure out a way to do that. we found three questions we think are fairly representative. we want to see how you guys help us with these. first comes from lakewood, colorado my husband spends money on toys he never uses, $350 on a ski pass or top of the line golf clubs he s played with twice. if he used the things he buys, i d be okay with it, but he doesn t. how can i get him to stop? so some of this is fantasy driven, you say. right. right. so sometimes people buy because they want to live a certain kind of life or they re trying to re-invent or recreate themselves, and during that moment when you re buying, it s almost like you re telling yourself, i can be anyone i want to be, i can have whatever i want to have, and there are no restrictions. the problem is, if you re spending on lots of things that you never use? then you re wasting money and the key is you want to stop the impulse so take a moment, ask yourself a couple of questions. will i really use this? do i need this? do i have a space in my life for this? and then if there s some kind of spending addiction, you want to ask what s my feeling state? and if you find that you re depressed or you re not going to use it or you have no space for it, they be that sometimes can help you to not buy in that moment. amanda, what does a spouse do? exactly as robi said. you really want to rein in that impulse spending without making him feel deprived. so one financial planner a couple that i spoke with, a husband and wife who are both financial planners came up with a concept of fun money which fan stands for for unanswered needs. there s no guilt. we ve got this one about siblings asking for money. how should i handle frequent requests for sibling for small loans knowing the loan will never be repaid? i always look at these as loans. figure you re never going to get the money back. you re exactly right. any time you do loan money, think of it as a gift. do not loan money that you can not afford to give away. but really oftentimes people will feel compelled to help a sibling in need. if you are going to do it, we would just recommend set ground rules up front. state exactly how much money you are going to loan and state what your intentions are for further assistance down the road. you may not be doing somebody a favor if they you might be enabling them. you have to remember in the unconscious, a loan feels like a gift. and some people are better able to make that distinction than others. this last one from j.d. in michigan all of our children is adults. one is always asking for financial help. others manage on their own. can we take this extra help into account when we divide our estate. absolutely, yes! yes. because really, children can fight indefinitely if they feel a parent is giving more money to one person over the other. so it is fair for a parent to say, listen, i m giving you this money now, and then later i might not have as much for you because there s a limited amount we have to split up. robi rudd wiludwig, amanda g thank you. amanda knox back in a courtroom this morning. we ll head to italy for the latest. up next, america s messiest home. we ll meet the family that never cleaned their house for 17 years. they killed mr. clean! right after these messages. -hey, mom. -what s for dinner? 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we still have a little bit of a situation going on outer loop of the american legion bridge. the left lane is still blocked. once you get past that hiccup, seems to be smooth sailing as you head down the road. courtney thanks to you. sam. hey. pleasure to meet you. pleasure meeting you. it s beautiful building you ve got. star ship enterprise in here. that is shia la beouf co-starring with patrick dempsey in the latest transformer series. the latest summer sci-fi flick. coming up in this half-hour, a new wrirnle lwrinkle in aman appe appeal. the man convicted of her roommate s murder took the stand. we ll get the latest. we all know we re supposed to dress our age but what about age appropriate hair? from your 30s to your 50s, al roker s very concerned about this. some of the hottest hair trends might not look right at every stage of your life. how to find the right look. my hair is age appropriate for a guy about 80. in today s kitchen, we re doing some indoor grilling for your next summer barbecue, we ll show you quick and easy recipes and you don t need a backyard. a check of the weather for us. we ll show you what s lookin weather for us. absolutely. looking ahead for the week, rain on the west coast, where it s cool. below normal temperatures mississippi river valley, warm throughout much of the rest of the country. midweek the heat continues in the plains back down through the gulf. cooler out west with showers in the pacific northwest. in the latter part of the week heats up again the eastern half of the country, western third as well. showers in the plains and plenty of sunshine in between. that s what s going on around the country. here is what s happening in your neck of the woods. good morning, sunshine breaking out now. temperatures hitting mid-70s, later today mid and upper 80s, clouds in and out. might get an afternoon or evening thundershower. about a 30% chance of that now. then tomorrow turning more humid, late tonight through the day wednesday, partly sunny up around 90. some likely afternoon and evening storms tomorrow. after that lower humidity moves in wednesday, thursday, and friday. sunny each day with highs in the 80s. near and that s your latest weather. well, since you see him here, let s bring in the host of the new nbc show. darren, this is a reality show but it is sort of a survivor meets the bachelor. is it a dating game? it is a dating show. we start ten single men and ten single men into the middle of the costa rican jungle, a bit like romancing the stone. the idea is hopefully they fall in love but even if they don t and can t stand each other, that also makes great television. were there any love connections made? yeah. we were actually genuinely surprised at the amount of love connections that were made. a lot of them are now on facebook or twitter. i talk to them and they re meeting up in private but they don t want to ruin the show. it mimics the actual relationship that kind of tests whether you re meant for each other? guys, if you want to test your girlfriend s love for you, throw her into a river full of crocodiles and if she takes a bite for you, she s the one! and if things aren t working out, it s no big loss either. absolutely! it is a win-win situation there. i understand you came up against some fun stuff while in costa rica. yeah. i came head-to-head with a local drug barron. he had a machete and handgun just in case one of those dangerous items wasn t enough. good times in costa rica. i just can t deal with the semi-automatic weapons. a machete, i can give a shot. if you re on twitter or i ll be loading up videos from behind the scenes and things that are too hot an steamy for nbc prime time. at darren mcmullen. coming up next, switching gears here, convicted american amanda knox heads back to court in her appeal. but did today s testimony hurt her chances of being free? 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here with great looks from your 30s to your 50s, stylist to the stars, louis licari. wimbledon is on today. but i had to do you the honors since hoda and kathie lee are preempted for wimbledon. we talk a lot about wearing appropriate fashions for your age. but hair is your number one fashion accessory. if you have your hair right can you wear a t-shirt from the gap and blue jeans and you look a-okay. let s get to some of our looks. start off first with amy. 33 years old. this was her look beforehand. she s got lots of hair. lots of hair. this is a common thing, left over from her 20s. hair all one length. old highlights looking a little bit ashy. by the time you re in your 30s are you ready for a little bit of style. okay. so what how do you style her? let s look at amy after. here she is. number one. wow. we still left her hair long because she s 30. she wants long hair. yeah. but layers. long layers around the face. that s the biggest trend for women of this age group. another trend just of course, warm up the hair color. i love the color. yeah. if you notice, this is a warm color, it is borderline red but it is natural looking. it looks like it comes from her head, not like from a bot it will of color. it looks like a perfect match for her skin tone. notice as it goes toward the ends, it is a little bit belonger. she s ready for anything. your 30s is a very busy time in life. think about it. your career, you re totally into it. most likely or often you have a family and children. you want low maintenance. low maintenance. this is easy. but keeps her youthful still. you look great. nicely done here. thank you. let s take a look at our second lady, we ve got jill here. jill is, as you see there, she s got washed out hair color. jill has a really has a real common problem where when you start to go a little bit gray, that often people think the answer is to go very light. the tip is make your hair golder, warmer and just a little bit lighter than your natural color. this will enhance your skin color. look at her today. 20 years younger! it all work. this is also bobs are great for this period of time. it is not your traditional boring bob. we have piecy ends, movement, and a little edge. swept bang which really works for a couple of reasons. number one, it looks very fashionable, gives her style. i mean 40! you re young, fabulous, you re 40. and what it does if you start to have any sort of like the slightest wrinkle, it will cover it up. how do you know if your hair color is washed out or getting washed out? if you have to wear more makeup to make your new hair color work you re using the wrong color. when her hair was very pale, she kept it blonde because she thought you had to go lighter with age, which she had to put on more makeup to make it work. by putting color in your hair you look great. you put color in your complexion. jill, you look amazing. let s talk about our third lady, evelyn. she s 55 years old. you kind of let her natural gray grow out. a lot of people do. if you choose to, it s great. i would suggest that you shape it up and trim it. but windchill what hair color can do. can we see jill after? here she is. now this is great. this is, again, we returned jill i mean evelyn. i m so sorry. evelyn not to her natural color. it is a little lighter than it was. but remember, hair color, layers and bangs are your best friend and the biggest trend in when you re in your 50s. this gives you fullness but even more important it gives you movement. helmet hair is gone. this is what looks young. this is what looks vital. forget young. you want to look vital, you want to look fresh. movement an layers are the way to go. you re glowing. it really gave you a glow as well. keep your hair full. you end up going short with a lot of people. in some cases but obviously with being she has the youngest face. this haircut can be longer. you know? you can wear it any length. i m not so caught up with your hair has to be certain length at a certain age. just as long as it is shaped well around the face. you never want your hair to drag you down. you know? so the tip here, again, the trend here, i should say, layers, movement, fullness. they look wonderful as always. ladies, thank you so much. great job. coming up next, next summer barbecuing indoors. we ll have some easy recipes for you. but first, this is today on nbc. this morning on today s kitchen, ez asy as 1-2-3. the executive chef of miami sugar cane raw bar and grill. chef, thank you. a lot of folks feel intimidated, they don t is a backyard or grill. all you need is a great grill pan and virtually that s it. what are we starting with? we re going to do a nice asian style korean barbecued short rib. it is really easy. we have some beautiful thick cut short ribs here. we ll marinate it 24 hours overnight. you have to have your butcher cut these special? ask them to cut it against the bone. bone adds for a lot of flavor and when you are grilling, it is really nice characteristic. start with the marinade. that s basically onions, ginger, garlic, orange, asian pear an green onion. we put that in a blender with a little bit of soy sauce, some salt, a little bit of asian sesame oil, 57and a little bit sugar. pulse that just like a very simple marinade. how long will you keep the meat in that marinade? we do it about 24 hours. 36 hours is great, but as short as 12 hours. in the fridge. ginger and pear, there s enzymes in there and it breaks it down and it makes the meat very, very soft. tenderizes the meat. exactly. that s what we have here. we ve marinated this now for about 24 hours. it s really broken down. have you this really nice extra. the flavor s permeated the meat. it s just lending for a really great terrific summer barbecue. smell terrific. how long on each side? we do about three minutes on each side. we have some here we ve done already. you see the beautiful caramelization there with the soy. to go with that, we like to do mushrooms. i have some beautiful mushrooms here from washington. many different varieties but you can get them at any local high-end grocery store. king oyster, shiitake. i ve cut them all up. we like to just build upon flavor upon flavor. we put them in a bowl. add a little bit of a sauce, basically a little bit of mirren, soy, a little bit of ginger, right on the grill. can t get any easier than that. even at your grocery store now they sell the mushrooms already mixed together. it is just super easy, really fast. the grill pad at home, any night of the week. back here what we re doing is a little bit of chicken. everyone loves chicken on the barbecue. hi, natalie! we love dark meat at the restaurant. it s a lot of flavor. you have the fats and everything. little salt, pepper, little bit of oil right there on the grill. once again we hit it with more sauce. all about building flavor on flavor and making food taste great. i notice you ve got an interesting sauce here. this is paired with cauliflower. we have all these different kinds of cauliflower. cook the cauliflower on the grill for four minutes. we made this butter sauce while the cauliflower is grilling. garlic, shallot, fresh herbs, fresh flavor, you can t go wrong. thank you for nbc sports coverage of the championships at wimbledon. we are so excited. have a great day, everybody. we ll see you back here tomorrow! i m laura, and this is my cvs. i just transferred a prescription to cvs because they have care 1on1. it s where the pharmacist stops and talks to me about safety and saving money with generic prescriptions. laura, let s talk about possible side effects. it s all about me. love that. get care 1on1 and talk savings, safety, and side effects when you transfer or fill a new, ongoing prescription. i m laura, and this is my cvs. it s all mine. 9:56 is your time now. it s 77 degrees out there. the sun peeking through some clouds this morning. tom will have your forecast after the news. good morning, i m eun yang. today marks the anniversary of the death of pham. tonight family and friends will gather at a bench dedicated to pham. we ll have weather and traffic when we come back. sorry, tom, let s check the forecast. right now getting sun break out. right now upper 80s. a little more humid. late in the afternoon, a passing thundershower as well as early evening. after that, humidity moves in tonight, will be in place tomorrow. highs near 90 tuesday. afternoon storms are possible tomorrow and into tomorrow evening. then lower humidity returns on wednesday and thursday. some beautiful summer weather coming in. highs reaching mid-80s with sunshine. as we get toward the weekend, we may have a passing thunderstorm saturday and sunday but just a small chance of that. now courtney, how is the late morning traffic. still seeing congestion out there. heavy congestion from the 270 split to pelt way, looking at a 21-minute delay there. just to let you guys know, all lanes open on the outer loop of the american legion bridge. thanks, courtney. a quick programming note, no news for midday today, coming up next at 10:00, tennis, wimbledon championships from london. hope you have a great day. we ll see you tomorrow.