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thankfully, no one was hurt, but they won't be skating there today, thursday, january 26th, they won't be skating there today, thursday, january 26th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and welcome today on this thursday morning. i'm ann curry. >> i'm matt lauer. let's go back to this picture of arizona governor jan brewer and president obama on that tarmac in arizona. not exactly the kind of picture you expect to see what a governor greets a president. we'll have more on what happened between the two of them coming up in just a couple of minutes. >> i know, intrig...

that. also, we have today's professionals in the house. we've got star jones, donny deutsch and dr. nancy snyderman ready to weigh in on all the topics. and we'll talk about mommy stress. why do moms feel like they reach the boiling point? we have seven strategy force how to cope, including getting more exercise and how to reach out to family and friends for support. >> hopefully it will work for dads, too. >> absolutely. and also, timeless style. that's right. women of a certain age are just as beautiful and they can also be just as fashionable. we're going to look at betty whit...

and a good morning to you. happy independence day. i'm josh elliott here today with elizabeth vargas as robin and george are enjoying the holiday with their families. let's face it perhaps a measure of slslp. >> let's hope so. we all celebrate our nation's birthday. lots of news. we begin with that breaking news off the coast of baja, california. a tourist boat has capsized. dozen of people have been thrown into the water. bianna is here with the latest. >> reporter: 44 tourists were onboard. most of them americans. the boat was operated by baja fishing. the boat was found 87 mil...

the two-time national book award nominee and berkeley professor emeritus is best done for his outspoken social commentary. his work includes mumbo jumbo, flight to canada and reckless eyeball. his most recent nonfiction is "mixing it up." >> host: in your book "writin' is fightin'," you write this, if i had to compare my writing style with anyone, it would probably be with that of larry holmes. i don't miss my words, nor do i pull any punches, though i delivered. >> guest: it's pretty long uest:hor. i think larry holmes wouldn't object to the reference low blow. i think he probably h...

>> guest: that's a long metaphor. i think that's what larry holmes objects to the reference of low blows. he hits above the waist most of the time, but, yeah, a number of people compared writing to fighting, and sphaft, i got the -- as a matter of fact, i got the term -- although i get the credit for it, the term comes from mohamed ali, and i'm writing about him right now that i started in 2003, so when he wrote a book called "the greatest" where it was ghosted by another person, someone said how are you going to write a book? he said writing is fighting, so that's where i got the te...