good morning. breaking news. 26 passengers injured in turbulence during a continental airlines flight. the crew forced to make an emergency landing in miami just moments ago. closure. the remains of navy captain michae"scott" speicher are found in iraq, a moment of sadness and relief 18 years in the making. heading to court over michael jackson's money and who controls it, going before a judge today and his mother is said to be gearing up for a fight. this as a british newspaper publishes what they say is a photo of the bedroom where michael jackson died "today," photo of the bedroom where michael jackson died "today," monday, august 3rd, 2009.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> i'm meredith vieira. this morning we are told 168 people were on-board continental flight 128 when it hit turbulence. >> that flight originated out of rio de janeiro, brazil. it was headed to houston, texas when it made an emergency landing in miami. claudia de campo from wtvj in miami has the latest. claudia, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. we know that 168 people, including the crew, were here on-board. what happened was that there was turbulence and 26 passengers were injured. now 22 of those passengers are in stable condition.

four others are in serious condition. this flight arrived here at 5:45 this morning, it made an emergency landing, and now these people on the plane that were injured were taken by emergency vehicle to the local hospital and we're waiting to hear what other information there is. but we know that it was continental airlines flight 128 from rio de janeiro to houston. but it made an emergency landing here. now we know that these people that were taken to the hospital, 22 again, are in stable condition, and four serious. we understand that those were all passengers and none of the crew members were injured. but of course, this is a developing story and we'll have more information later on. from miami international airport, back to you. >> claudia, let me ask you just one question. the reason for this emergency landing, because of those serious injuries, or do you know if there was any concern for the integrity of the aircraft as well after that turbulence?

>> reporter: i understand that it was basically for treaent. so these people might be treated because four were seriously injured. i have not heard from anyone here anything other than it was for the injuries. and those people are suffering mainly from bumps and bruises and neck pain, back pain, that kind of thing that happens during turbulence. >> okay. claudia, thank you very much. we appreciate it. we'll bring in robert hager who covered aviation for nbc news for decades. bob, good morning. >> good morning. one thing i'm thinking right away, when the flight attendants come on and say we're encountering turbulence, don't be in the aisles, pay attention. >> why is it planes can suddenly experience this kind of turbulence out of nowhere? >> i think don't know exactly the flight plan of this plane, from rio to houston suggested

they might be over some ocean meaning they might be off post where the radar doesn't reach out as f and where you wouldn't get the nuances of weather front development as detailed as you would if it were over land. so it could be that the radar wasn't that sharp on saying just where there was severe turbulence. otherwise, just the fact that weather can be fickle and you don't always know what you're getting into. there are certain on-board air systems that look out ahead and are supposed to be able to warn you but sometimes it is almost unavoidable, you run into really severe stuff. >> when the pilot says when you get on-board keep your safety belt fastened at all times, that's probably the best advice. 7:04. now to the discovery of remains in iraq. it brings an 18-year search for captain michael scott speicher to an end. nbc's ron mott is at the veterans memorial wall in the

family's hometown of jacksonville, florida. ron, good morning to you. >> reporter: matt, good morning to you. the family and the community have waited nearly two decades to find out what happened to the fighter pilot. while this is certainly not the resolution they hoped and prayed for all these years, it does offer a sense of comfort and closure knowing that the search is finally over. for 18 1/2 years, it was one of the military's most perplexing mysteries -- whatever happened to captain scott speicher? a navy pilot whose plane was shot down in the skies over iraq on the first night of the gulf war. >> as of 0900 this morning washington time, there's been a single american aircraft lost. >> reporter: this weekend his fate became known. after first declaring the 33-year-old killed in action, the pentagon eventually changed his status to missing and captured. pressed by his family to keep looking for him. earlier this year, speicher was reclassified again simply as missing. the government said new information from an iraqi citizen led them to the remains which were buried in the desert

where his f-18 hornet fighter crashed. this weekend in his hometown of jacksonville, a mix of sadness and relief. >> you might recall that the family fought very hard to keep this file open, saying that it could be resolved this year, we just needed the initiative and desire to do so. >> repter: over the years, the search for scott speicher led investigators through a maze of clues and criticism that more wasn't done to find him. in 1995, the military told speicher's family his remains were found. an iraqi citizen claimed he drove him to baghdad a month after desert storm began but it wasn't until 2003 that the pentagon could check for itself. >> when a pilot goes out in harm'sway, that pilot knows for sure that if he has to eject, that there's a search and rescue mission that's coming after him.

and sadly, that did not occur in the case of scott speicher. >> reporter: senator john mccain, a decorated vietnam war p.o.w. became a voice in washington to keep the search for spoo for speicher. he wrote on his facebook page, good bless an american hero. captain scott speicher's name has been etched on the memorial for some time but finally after all these years he's able to come down, undoubtedly to a paulen hero's welcome. >> ron mott, thank you very much. president obama released a statement saying he hopes the recovery of captain speicher's remains will bring the family a needed sense of closure. orhe sreerspson for the ou. family. is that what this has meant? for all these 18 years they've held out hope that he would still be found alive. can you describe theirmosti e on onupeceiving this news?

>> overwhelming sadness is of course the first emotion that comes to people when you're searching for a loved one who you believe is alive and who turns out not to be. so i would have to describe it in that manner. they're also an appreciative family of the efforts that have come together from senator nelson, from senator pat roberts, the jacksonville firefighters and even ross perot who worked behind the scenes with us with his assets to get this done. it has been a community push and we're proud. >> cindy, even though his remains have been found, there are still being unanswered questions. i think the biggest one for the speicher family is how did he die, did he die as a result of being shot down or was he captured, taken into custody and killed later. has the pentagon said anything

to the family after examining the remains that might shed light on that? >> not directly. now we've heard from other sources that there is a discussion that he died in the crash. he didn't die in the crash. dead men don't eject. so captain speicher ejected from the plane, he was on the ground. the question is for how long. this area has been searched in 1995. it had been searched in 1996. we had searched it separately. we have to do our own investigation, we'll do it in cooperion with the navy, and then at that point we will have a final end to this story. >> and after 18 years, are plans in the works now for a proper burial for captain speicher? >> yes, sir. he will be given, of course, the proper military burial and his family will be addressing that in a separate press statement. >> cindy, thanks for your time this morning and our condolences

to the speicher family. >> thank you very much. nine minutes after the hour. now to iran where three american hikers are being detained after crossing the border from the kurdistan region of iraq. nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in istanbul, turkey with the very latest. richard, what do we know at this point? >> reporter: good morning, meredith. iranian television reported this morning that there are suspicions that the americans are linked to the american cia. however, an iranian official said at this stage no conclusions have been drawn. it was in these mountains in kurdistan where three americans went hiking last week, before, according to iranian media, they strayed over the border into iran and were arrested. kurdish officials confirmed their identities as shane bauer, sara shord and josh fattal, on a

trip reportedly to learn more about the middle east. bauer is a freelance journalist and photographer living in and specializing on the arab world. his website describes him as a fluent arabic speaker, a graduate of uc berkeley in 2007 with a degree in arabic and peace and conflict studies. bauer's facebook page says he is in a relationship with sara shord, the only woman in the group, also anon aspiring journalist. on her website, she describes herself as a teacher, writer and activist living in the middle east. josh fattal, the third member of the group, said he was also looking forward to traveling to iraq and kurdistan. apparently of arabic origin, fattal in his last posting on facebook wednesday said he was getting in touch with his roots between the tigress and euphrates valleys. fattal's mother from pennsylvania issued a statement saying my husband and i are only concerned with the health and welfare of josh, shane and sara.

residents of the neighborhood also expressed concern and support. >> nobody really knows the true story but it is scary and upsetting and i think more than anything, the hard part is that not being able to communicate with the people that are detaining them. >> reporter: the u.s. state department this weekend said we have been in touch with, and are assisting, family members of the missing three americans. the americans' detention follows weeks of protests against president ahmadinejad's election. today iran's supreme leader formally endorsed president ahmadinejad. it is the start of his inauguration process. let us get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories. ann's at news desk. good morning. good morning, everybody. al in the news this morning, two of the president's top economic advisors said on sunday taxes may have to rise for the

middle class to help cut the deficit and pay for overhauling health care. savannah guthrie joins us with me. the president's to focus this week on the economy. >> reporter: the president and his aides were out in force this weekend talking up signs of recent improvement in the economy but also cautioning that unemployment, that most stubborn part of this recession, isn't likely to get better for at least another year. we expect another report this week. as you mentioned, the treasury secretary refused to rule out a middle class tax cut. at the same time aides here say the president has no intention of doing that. he's going to travel to elkhart, indiana again this week, a town very hard hit by the recession, with double-digit unemployment. he wants to show that focus on the economy. also continuing to fight for health care and congress is about to go out of session. that fight moves out of washington, into congressmen's home districts and certainly on to the airways. a bombing in afghanistan this morning killed at least ten people and wounded a district

police chief who was the target of the attack. the taliban has claimed responsibility. a separate bombing killed three u.s. troops on sunday. tens of thousands of people turned out today in the philippines to pay tribute to former president corazan aquino, known for leading a people's revolt, she died of cancer over the weekend at the age of 76. > olympic gold medalist michael phelps wrapped up the world championships on sunday with five gold medals, including the 400 meter medley relay which the u.s. won in record time. officials in turkey are trying to figure out why a building demolition went wrong over the weekend. instead of imploding, look at that -- the building just fell, then rolled over. aye-yi-yi! narrowly missing an apartment. the remarkable thing is that no one was hurt. >> the remarkable thing is how well that building was built! >> i'm not going down, baby. >> that's construction. >> can you imagine that? wow. >> imagine the person in the

balcony in the apartment next door? >> here it comes. >> that's not good. i thought you placed the explosives. >> no, you did. >> fortunately nobody got hurt. >> it was bad weather wise this weekend. >> saturday in the northeast, spectacular. suay a, what washout. today we have awh rtrk sofong storms from chicago, st. louis, kansas city, s oklahoma. some of these storms this afternoon could be rough with a lot of wind and a lot of rain. they're starting to fire up now. as the day wears on, you get that daytime heating from the sun. they'll get even stronger rainfall amounts. we're talking about anywhere from a good morning. gray morning clouds blocking the sun over the potomac river. this is a live picture from our city camera. lower humidity moved in. it's in the low 70s in washington and the suburbs. 60s west and north. low and mid 70s in the eastern shore. highs near 90 degrees with

clouds in and out. lower humidity in place, a little more humid and hotter tomorrow and steamy on wednesday and thursday, a chance of afternoon storms each day as well as on friday. weekend looks dry. >> and that's your latest weher. now to the wildly popular cash for clunkers program. it's proved so successful it helped the first monthly sales increase in nearly two years. now the program is about to run through its first billion dollars and the white house said it will suspend if the senate does not approve an additional $2 billion. jim cramer's host of cnbc's ""mad money."" >> this will put people to work. therefore at this point in the economy, money well spent. >> when you talk about priorities, the priority is auto sales over the federal deficit? >> if you can put a beleaguered company, group, any of these companies to work -- talking

about ford, gm, chrysler, it is terrific. yes, i think it is worth adding this on to the budget deficit. it's stimulating the economy for real. >> a lot of administration folks were making the rounds yesterday on the sunday talk shows talking about how the stimulus program is working. can they take credit for what some see as an economic rebound? >> no. it hasn't gone through yet. there's still a lot of stimulus that's hung up. i think there are two reasons why we have a rebound. we do have a rebound. one is china, their stimulus has worked, they're the big engine of the world. the second is the federal reserve which has kept rates low and done a remarkable job. >> you've been a critic of ben bernanke in the past but you think he's doing the right thing. how so? >> in the last, i'd say, nine months this man has changed everything. he realized the deficit of what was a garden variety depression, flooded the country with money an made sure that we were confident that our banks were not going to go under. he's done an amazing job. it is a full turn. he is the guy i would say has saved the u.s. economy.

>> when the president says we are at the beginning of the end of the recession, you agree with that? >> yes, he's absolutely right, things have changed. they were going to be less worse, now they're getting better. part of this is because autos are better. you can't dismiss this kind of program. there is a feel-good aspect and we're in a psychological decline. it could reverse it. >> in the month ahead what are indicators you'll look at to see if this will stick? >> same as the president. you have to see unemployment numbers stop going up. people are still firing in order to be able to improve their bottom line. i don't see this improving for the next six to eight months but there is a lot that's good. housing has stabilizing. autos could stabilize. these are two huge engines of the economy. >> jim cramer, as always, thank you very much. 7:18. here's matt. now to the latest in the michael jackson case. after several delays, this morning the jacksons go to court. on the table, the custody deal and the singer's huge estate as well. nbc's jeff rossen is at the courthouse in los angeles.

jeff, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. as we've been reporting there is a custody deal in place so the judge can just push that right through today. in fact that's exactly what's expected to happen. but the big battle here today in court could be over jackson's estate. all of michael's money and his mother is gearing up for a fight. over the weekend, a jackson family dinner in hollywood. >> mama jackson, you believe in the conspiracy how michael jackson died, that it was a murder? >> reporter: michael's mother, katherine, out with joe jackson and their son, randy, who was asked about the vestigation. >> i can't talk about that. you guys know i can't. >> reporter: at 79 years old, katherine needed help finding the curb. in the custody deal up for court approval today, she's the permanent guardian of her three grandchildren, prince, paris and blanket. debbie rowe gets visitation. while katherine's quiet for tmz's cameras, she spoke out last night on fox news channel. >> all i know is that my son is

dead and i don't think he just died of natural causes or whatever. he's too young for that. but something happened. i don't know what it was and i can't say. >> reporter: now she's on the offensive in court papers saying the executors of michael's will are keeping her in the dark. a source close to the family tells nbc news katherine is now considering a lawsuit against concert promoter aeg for deeming michael healthy enough for 50 shows. today's court battle will focus on michael's money and who controls it. >> katherine jackson's the beneficiary of the will. she's going to say she wants more power but i don't believe the judge will give it to her. >> reporter: depending who you ask, jackson's estate is worth anywhere from $500 million to $2 billion. with new income still pouring in from his stake in the sony/atv music catalog which includes the beatles, john mayer and taylor swift. >> there is a lot of money paid every single quarter, reliably

so, that would have fixed michael jackson quite well for the future. >> reporter: a future that was cut short inside jackson's rented mansion in l.a. in the london tabloid news of the world, a snapshot it claims n'cksojackson's bedroom taken j a day after he died. the coroner won't confirm or deny it's authentic. investigators are still poring through several medical records from several doctors, boxes and boxes full of them. dr. conrad murray remains the target and focus of this criminal investigation, but it may be a while before we figure out exactly what killed michael jackson. toxicology results, matt, have been delayed indefinitely. >> jeff rossen in los angeles this morning, thank you very much. still ahead -- dr. nancy snyderman will be live inside an operating room while a patient receives propofol. that's the drug that may have factored into michael jackson's death. find out more ñññ ax

just ahead, the woman police in floda are accusing of sting an accident she didn't cause. and ryan ekneel and his troubled relationships with his kids after your local news.

which puts kids back in the classroom. at least seven elementary schools are on the modified schedules. these students are in class nine weeks, then a break for three weeks. the ntsb has concluded its on site testing of the tracks since the deadly accident. metro must begin replacing the circuitry in the area of the

accident. riders should continue to expect the same delays they experienced since the accident. we'll check weather and traffic when we're b

good morning. partly cloudy now, temperatures in the 60s to near 70, lower humidity moving in from the west at this hour and temperatures climbing to near 90 with lots of sunshine. tomorrow more humid and hotter. could get storms later on wednesday and thursday. how's traffic? >> a live look along i-270, had an accident at 370, that's gone. a little sluggish out in germantown. not much to worry about. south of town at the wilson bridge okay. inner loop from springfield up to i-66 right now lanes are

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just 99¢ a pint with your club card. safewajust lowered the price of summer. morning, august 3rd, 2009. we are happy that so many smiling faces got up early to be with us out on the plaza. we'll join them in just a little bit. inside studio 1a, i'm meredith vieira along with matt lauer. a woman caught in an alleged police coverup. >> a strange story. dash cam video surfaced last week of an incident back february. now on the tape you can actually hear members of the hollywood, florida police department discussing how to blame a car accident on a woman that they hit. that woman is with us exclusively. we'll hear from her in just a couple of minutes. also ahead, the inside story

of the powerful and, at times, turbulent relationship between farrah fawcett and ryan o'neal. he poke to vani"vanity fair" magazine. let's begin with that fender-bender in florida and the alleged coverup that could cost at least four police officers their jobs. nbc's mark potter is in hollywood, florida this morning. mark, good morning to you. >> reporter: here at the hollywood police department the chief says the officers involved in that incident are all under investigation after recording technology, which usually helps the police, in this case actually helped the accused. in an odd twist of events, this 23-year-old was invited to the hollywood, florida police department to give a statement against the very same officers who had arrested her months before. >> what we have here are a bunch of officers conspiring to manufacture evidence to create a

crime. >> reporter: last february she was arrested on dui charges after she stepped on her brakes and was rear-ended by a hollywood police car. she said she stopped because a cat she was carrying had jumped out of her window. >> the car was moving when this occurred? >> yes. >> reporter: after handcuffing her and putting her in the police car, several officers are next heard on their own dash camera microphone using that same cat story to try to shift blame for the auto accident away from the officer who, because he hit her from behind, could be ticketed. >> i don't want to make things up ever, at all. but if i need to bebd it a little bit to protect a cop -- >>eporter: at first officers came up with the story that the cat distracted the officer. >> literally a cat jumped out the window, at which time he thought could have been a

pedestrian? by distracted him? >> reporter: later officers talk about filing a report blaming the woman for quickly changing lanes. >> as far as i'm concerned, i'm going to word it she was in the left-hand lane, that she -- when the cat jumped out, she abruptly cut over into this lane and slammed on the brakes. >> reporter: on friday, the hollywood police chief announced that three officers and two others have been suspended. all charges against the woman have been dropped and now the officers are under investigation. defense attorneys say in additiono finding that the incident report had been falsified also say they discovered that the videotape sent to prosecutors by those officers had also been edited and the part about the officers changing their story had been left out. matt? >> mark potter in florida for us this morning, thank you very much. alex torrence-vilas is with us exclusively along with one of her lawyers, mark gold, the founder of the ticket clinic.

good morning. this is a little bit complicated. this happened in february. when were you told that this tape existed that has on it what we just heard? >> almost exactly two weeks ago is when my lawyer, larry, and i watched the tape together and discovered that. >> you're sitting there watching this tape together and you're hearing what i'm going to say is this, we're going to blame this on her. how did you feel when you heard this? >> it confirmed everything that i thought. you know? i knew that that's not what happened that night and it just confirmed everything that i was saying from the beginning. >> i want to clarify something. because when we're listening to these officers on that tape make these statements, the video we're seeing right there is of you sitting there, makes it sound as if or look as though you could hear everything they were saying. you couldn't hear any of this. >> no. i didn't know. no. >> you were not actually in your car when was rear-ended by the police officer. >> exactly. >> when that officer finally

came over to you and you were off lookin for your cat, what's the first thing you said to that officer? >> can you give me five minutes to go save my cat? >> you didn't say anything about what might have happened that caused the accident. >> didn't even know. >> this is important now. there have been reports that you told the officer that you had been drinking. did you say that to the officer? >> yes. i'm not going to lie. >> did you say how much you'd been drinking? >> i estimated. >> did they give you a breathalyzer test at the scene? >> no, not until i was taken to the station. >> and what were the results of that breathalyzer test? >> matt, i just need to jump in here for a second. what's important to know here is that officer presley, kind of the ring leader of this entire incident, was the same person that gave her the breath test results and recorded the breath tell the results. >> when it came back you were two times the legal alcohol limit, are you questioning the validity of that test? >> we have to question the

validity of this entire incident. the man whouggested he was going to create this walt disney to get officer francisco off the hook was the same then that administered the breath test. >> let me ask you a simple question. do you think based on what had you to drink that night it is possibly you were two times over the legal limit? >> no. >> you don't think so? >> no. >> basically speaking, if the breathalyzer test was accurate, then thee cops in some strange way did you a huge favor because, by their idiocy, they gave you a get out of jail free card. i mean that figuratively. >> only because we found that on the tape. >> because the charges have since been dropped. >> yes, they have. >> do you plan some sort of litigation against these officers? >> we are absolutely looking into civil litigation. it's a federal offense, violation of the constitutional rights under section 1983. absolutely we're looking into that now. >> monetary damages? >> absolutely. >> how has this impacted you?

how do you view law enforcement after this? >> i still have the utmost respect for all of them. you know? just because you have a couple bad apples doesn't mean the whole orchard is rotten. i don't know how that saying goes. but, no. i had planned on returning back to georgetown university this fall and that was delayed because i didn't know if i was convicted would i have to do probation. i can't leave the state. besides the time and the financial stress i had to go through. but more than that, my reputation and -- was, you know, you can't buy that back. you know? >> alex, we'll follow the case. see what happens to these officers in particular down in florida. thanks for joining us. >> thank you so much. >> mark, thank you. now let's get a check of the weather from mr. roker. >> thanks a lot, matt. beautiful day but, boy, you're

from alaska? >> yeah. >> dance troupe? where? a anchorage. >> very nice. well you needed anchors in philadelphia, anchors away, all the rain they got. up to three to six inches of rain in a couple of hours. flooding parts of the city. i-76 closed for just a little while. a real mess. as we take a look, show you what's happening as far as the week ahead though, temperaturewise, normal here in the east. above normal to much above normal in the mid-section of the country, below normal in the plains. precipitationwise, we expect wet weather in the eastern half of the country, also the pacific northwest, dry texas on into the southwest. here's a cutie, too. you from alaska, too? >> yes. >> what's her name? >> jillian. >> what here we've had somewhat lower humidity moving in from the west. we've got clouds coming flew now, a live picture from the sky watcher camera, sunshine breaking through. it's near 70 degrees in washington and the suburbs, 60s

farther west and north. around the region, we'll have the low humidity slowly moving in from the west and increasing sunshine as the day progresses with highs near 90. could get afternoon storms wednesday, thursday and perhaps on friday. >> and you came to new york to celebrate your 80th birthday? >> i certainly did. >> what's your name? >> rose marie. >> thank you very much. you ought to have a doctor look at that. if you want to check your weather any time of the day or night, go to the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. meredith? >> al, thank you. now to henry louis gates jr., the harvard professor whose controversial arrest led to a firestor "today's" natalie morales is here with the latest. >> after a tumultuous couple of weeks, professor gates is speaking out about the good, the bad and the ugly moments since his controversial arrest and his plans for moving forward.

speaking at the martha's vineyard book geft value on nday, professor henry louis gates jr. joked about his infamous arrest and the subsequent racial firestorm that ensued. >> i just found the analysis yet that explains the riveting fascination with this event in our society. >> reporter: it was gates' first public appearance since thursday's so-called beer summit with president obama and sergeant james crowley. a meeting that gates now says gave him nightmares. >> the night before i went to the white house i dreamed i got arrested in the white house. but it was cool. i was okay. you know? >> reporter: despite gates' light-hearted tone towards his arrest, it was clear that the incident hasn't been a laughing matter. >> a lot of death threats, lot of bomb threats. i haven't been back to my house since the day i got -- out of jail. >> reporter: with the national debate over race resurfacing since gates' arrest, he says the

discussion indicates that america has not yet moved into a post-racial era. >> issues of race and class are profound and deep. >> reporter: gates also spoke of future plans with his former adversary sergeant james crowley. >> i asked him to maybe go to a red sox game together, maybe go to a celtics game together. maybe to have dinner with our families. you know? why not? you know? i offered to get his kids into harvard. if he doesn't arrest me ever again. >> of course, we'll have to see what happens with the gates-crowley friendship but it does look like professor gates wants the incident to be the teachable moment that president obama spoke of a few weeks ago. >> nice he can laugh about it now. >> now, in hindsight. >> exactly. still ahead, propofol, the drug at the center of michael jackson investigation, and what it does to the human body. we'll into the operating room. rn o'alne opens up to

"vanity fair" about his 30-year romance with farrah fawcett and his very rocky relationship with his children. right after this.

we are back at 7:44. during the 1980s, farrah fawcett and ryan o'neal were a hollywood power couple. mefa adfa, fortune and beauty, but they also had their share of troubles. their 30-year romance is detailed in a new article. half of the cover for the september issue features farrah fawcett, the other half features michael jackson. good morning.

title of this article, i know you didn't write this, "beautiful people ugly choices." in the article you compare farrah and ryan to angelina and brad, basically they were the angelina and brad of their time but they made some bad choices in life. issues like drug abuse, infidelity and also family feuds. what toll did that take on their relationship? >> well, really, looking at their 30-year retionship, it's a story of family dysfunction on an epic scale. what one of the things that interested me about it was that, yes, they were the brad and angelina of their day, they had a child and didn't get married which was much more uncommon back then than it is now. they were rebels in a lot of ways. >> ryan referred to them as rebels. >> he says, they didn't want to do whateople expected us to do. but on another level, it's sort of the story of every prom queen and high school most popular guy football captain. their problems are sort of

quintessentially human problems, the drug addiction of many of ryan's kids, in fact multi-generational problems in his family. >> his mother was addicted to drugs. >> yes. so there's clearly a long-standing problem in his family. and, you know, bad career choices, bad relationship choices, kids turning out angry and having a lot of problems. these are things that most people can relate to. >> talk about the kids. he's very candid with you in discussing his three older children from two separate marriages. when you ask him about griffin, he says i hate him. he calls tatum a bitch. he says about patrick, he's unlikable. he wasn't pulling punches. >> shockingly candid. i have to say that many of those things were said when he said of griffin "i hate him," it was when i had to go back to ryan and ask him to respond to what griffin said about the fact that he thinks that ryan was only

paying respect to farrah in her final weeks and months because he wanted her money. so that was ryan's response to that. >> he actually refers to him as a narcissistic psychopath. >> his father, yes. but ryan is shockingly candid, but he's a very volatile guy. i mean he has had a very truculent attitude, lot of fights with people over the years, and you also have a feeling that if you ask him one day ah÷kykykd= certain question might get the opposite answer the next day. i think that farrah's funeral had a sort of brought the family together, some of the family. he barred griffin from attending, but tatum and patrick from whom he had been estranged did come to pay their respects to farrah and said kind things about him afterwards. >> the fact that he -- he talks about this in your article. it really speaks to how estranged he is from his kids. tatum was at the funeral, he didn't even recognize her. >> well, it's worse than that

actually. he tried to pick her up. he said i was a pallbearer and i had just pushed the casket into the hearse. this beautiful blonde woman came running back to me and threw his arms around me and he launches in his don juan thing, let's run off together. she pulls back and says, daddy, it's me, tatum? he says this to me, it's so sick, i tried to pick up my own daughter. later when i talked to tatum about it, she says that's our relationship in a nutshell. you make of it what you will. >> he seems really sad. i've had the opportunity to talk to him about redmond and all the in and out of rehab, think 13 times -- >> 14. >> i think he referred to him at one point at a sap. he gets mad at you when you say he's had a terrible life. you sort of roll your eyes. it one of those moments ryan really goes after you.

>> yes. he was saying that redmond had a terrible life and i kind of raised my eyebrows, because clearly redmond also, as a child of two movie stars, both of whom have a lot of money, had a very privileged life. i think people who are struggling these days, many people would say what kind of problems does that kid have? but ryan's response to that was, "you be my kid." i mean it wasn't easy growing up in that family. that family had huge numbers of problems. you know, ryan's first wife had a lot of drug and alcohol problems and he had custody of his kids at a very early age. and it's just been a long saga of, you know, just constant turmoil. >> you cover an awful lot of it in the pages of this article. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. again the article is in the september issue of "vanity fair." we'll be right back after these messages.

just ahead, we'll go into an o.r. to see pra what propofol, the aen stet that i can may have killed michael jackson, actually does to a patient. what propofol aen stet that i can may have killed michael jackson, actually does to a patient.

kind of hazy out there. definitely on the hot side and humid. 71 degrees and getting warmer out there later. we'll check in with tom kierein shortly. i'm barbara harrison. it's monday, august 3, 2009. the time 7:56. a travel alert for d.c. drivers. traffic is a mess at seventh and taylor in northwest. that intersection is closed because of a water main break. ddot is at the scene. the d.c. council approved a sales tax hike from 5.7 to 6%. the gas tax will rise to 23.5 cents a gallon and the cigarette

tax making it 2.50 a pack. the district is trying to plug a budget gap. the hikes will take effect in october. the ntsb is done testing the tracks between the fort totten and takoma metro stations where the deadly accident occurred on june 22. metro must begin replacing the circuitry in the area of the accident. the work is expected to take 30 days. riders should continue to expect the same delays they have been experiencing since the accident occurred. we'll come back with weather and traffic, too, in a moment.

good morning. becoming mostly sun we lower humidity. highs will reach near 90. tomorrow mostly sunny, more humid and maybe afternoon or evening storms wednesday and thursday. how's traffic? >> the beltway south of town loaded up getting through the work zone at van dorn street. three lanes are maintained. and we'll check out the approach to the wilson bridge now travel lanes are open, no accidents to report. pretty good shape. barbara. >> that's good news. thanks. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00" what your denst may not be telling you about your dental insurance.

we are back on a monday morning, the 3rd day of august, 2009. we have kind of a rainy end to the weekend but we're starting the week in great fashion. we have a beautiful, sunny day here in midtown manhattan, and we also have an enormous crowd gathered out here on the plaza. we're looking forward to talking to some of them. wow. wow. those are pipes, man. testing, one, two, three. ouch. i'm matt lauer, along with meredith vieira and al roker. coming up in this half hour,

so much talk since the death of michael jackson about what drugs he may or may not have been taking. one drug has come up repeatedly, that is propofol, a drug he allegedly -- we have to stress that -- used to sleep. well, what is that drug? this morning we'll actually go into an operating room. dr. nancy snyderman is at the hospital for special surgery on the upper east side here of manhattan. nancy, a patient is about to have a procedure done and they're going to use propofol. is that right? >> that's right, matt. this is dr. thomas quinn. i'm at the hospital for special surgery. this woman is scheduled to have her right shoulder operated on. she's allowed us to come in this morning to just demonstrate, show what it is like with respsible people using powerful anesthetics like propofol. she'll let us show that you in just a few minutes coming up. >> nancy, thank you very much. hospital for special surgery. also ahead, jon and kate's

marriage may be over but the show must go on. "jon and kate plus 8" returns. tonight we'll have a preview. jon has turned to lindsey lohan's father. find out what that means. a little bit later on, five ways to a better back side. baby got back. >> okay. you want to share one or two of those? >> no, i'm not. tune in and see. before we go any further, let let's go insed and say hello to ann. good morning, everybody. earlier this morning, frightening moments when strong turbulence forced a plane to make an emergency landing. kerry sanders is on the scene in miami. kerry, some of the injuries are serious? >> reporter: indeed, ann. four of the passengers were taken directly from the plane when it landed to the main

trauma hospital here. those four are listed in serious condition. all told, 158 people -- 168 people on-board this flight. it was continental flight 128 from rio de janeiro heading to houston. it was about 36,000 feet, which is a really high altitude to hit this clear air turbulence. but it was at 36,000 feet, about 60 miles north of the dominican republic when it hit that turbulence and the injuries were rather quick on-board. as you often know, if you fly on these sort of flights, the pilot suggests that if you're not ving about the cabin, to leave your seatbelt on. clear evidence here that that is good advice. the authorities are going to try and figure out what went wrong here today, what went right. meantime, the passengers who were not injured are still on-board the plane and they're going to continue on to houston. they believe it will be later this morning on the same flight. same plane. ann? >> kerry sanders on this breaking story thanks so much, kerry. we're also learning more

about the three americans who were detained in iran after crossing the border from iraq. they are two men and one woman who were on a hike in iraq's northern kurdistan region reportedly to learn more about the middle east when according to iran's media they strayed across the border into iran. an iraqi official is claiming the three are cia operatives and the state department is now involved. meantime, iran's supreme leader formally approved mahmoud ahmadinejad as president for a second term of iran. despite continuing massive protests i cuesing the government of risking the vote. ahmadinejad is to be sworn in on wednesday. the family of navy pilot michael scott speicher says learning the fate the their loved one 18 years after he disappeared has been difficult. speicher left behind a wife and two young children when he became the first american casualty of the gulf war. his plane was shot down and his remains were never found until last week when an iraqi led u.s. marines to where he had been buried.

the fate of a popular cash for clunkers program is now in the hands of the senate. the president wants to keep it running. last week the house approved another $2 billion to do so. cnbc's phil lebeau is at a ford dealership in lagrange, illinois. phil, i understand dealers are still honoring the rebates. >> reporter: they are, ann. if you're interested in trading a gats guzzs guzzler for a fuel-efficient smaller vehicle, don't wait. only for the next day or two unless the senate approves more money. that's the key. in another $2 billion is allocated, then the program will ntinue for another month or two. if that doesn't happen, the next day or two will be the end of cash for clunkers. an alarming new study out this morning find nearly 16 million children, teens and young adults, have low levels of vitamin d. vitamin d deficiency raises bone, heart disease and other ailments. researchers believe it is linked

to the fact kids spend more time inside watching tv and drinking more sodas as opposed to going outside in the sun and drinking milk, both excellent sources of vitamin d. 8:05. let's get another check of the weather from al. >> thank you, ann. some nice ladies here. where you from? >> indianapolis. >> indianapolis in the house. all right. you got everybody in there? don't forget mama. check your weather, see what's happening. houston, texas, local 2. sunny and hot today, high of 97 degrees. woo! as we look at the rest of your day, strong storms possible from iowa on into illinois, indiana, beautiful in the pacific northwest, temperatures ease in just a bit. gorgeous here in the northeast and mid-atlantic states, though showers as you get down into the southeast. plenty of sunshine throughout texas. i got brooklyn baseball cubs from yakima, good morning. around the re

after the morning clouds have broken up. the sun has broken out in the last 15 or 20 minutes, that's a live picture from the sky watcheramera looking west, virginia in the distance. 74 in washington, low to mid 70s in montgomery, fairfax and prince george's county. highs near 90 and less humid today. more humid tomorrow and hotter. then humid wednesday and thursday with a chanc of afternoon thunderstorms each of those days. as well as perhaps on friday. >> couple of nice groups here. what's your name? >> hanna. >> where you guys from? >> north carolina. >> and in. >> from connecticut. >> nice to see you guys. up next, the drug that allegedly killed michael jackson. how does propofol work and how oest dtfast does it take effect? dr. nancy snyderman steps into the operating room for a live demonstration right after this.

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this morning on "today's health," the drug that appears to be at the center of the minl investigation, propofol. nbc's chief medical editor dr. nancy snyderman is at the hospital for special surgery right here in new york. nancy, good morning to you. >> good morning, matt. i'm here with dr. tom quinn, an aen thesologist and the patient of the day, already booked for rotator cuff surgery on her right shoulder today has allowed us to go into the operati room with her. in a few minutes dr. quinn wl be putting her to sleep. we'll go through all the monitoring that is necessary when this drug propofol is used in responsible hands. it is the medication that's still swirling around the michael jackson controversy, a medication that he reportedly used as a sleep aid. it is a drug very few people had heard of until about a month ago. propofol, the generic form of diprivan, is used by aen the

anesthesiologists to put patients under for a medical procedure. it is prescription-only and not something you would expect to find in a regular doctor's office. this is propofol, sometimes called the milk of amnesia, it is a powerful sedative and its uses are intended for controlled environments like this operating room. there is no indication for using it anywhere else. that's where suzanne finds herself. she's a 22-year-old professional golfer who had come to the hospital for special surgery in new york city to have a spur removed from her right shoulder. dr. thomas quinn is an attending anesthesiologist and in church of sedating and monitoring her during surgery. >> may feel a little bit of a burning. >> reporter: propofol is given intervenously. the margin of safety of propofol. >> if you know how to handle an airway and ventilate a patient, the margin of safety is great. but at some point, like most

patients with a glass of alcohol on-board, they're going to start to snore and obstruct with enough propofol. then you need someone with some experience to handle animal airway. >> like an anesthesiologist. >> like an anesthesiologist. don't try this at home, nancy. as i start to administer this propofol, it's going to run through an i.v. line. as fast as her cardiac output will circulate that drug she'll become drowsier. take nice, deep breaths through your nose where that oxygen is flowing. you'll see us at the end of the surgery. okay? right now what we're monitoring is the oxygenation so that 99 is her oxygen saturation of her arterial blood. that 22 is her respiratory rate. okay? i'm holding her chin up a little bit just to support her respiration. >> reporter: propofol is known to markedly suppress respiratory rate. >> i am in constant attendance with them. monitoring alone isn't going to

do anything, it is the vigilance of somebody watching it and acting on those numbers. >> reporter: numbers that require years of experience and constant monitoring to interpret correctly and keep the patient safe. i'm here with dr. quinn and stella. it is time to go to sleep so she can have her surgery. dr. quinn, i'll turn it over to you. >> take a couple nice deep breaths through your nose where that oxygen is flowing. i'll start you with some medicines right now. >> the propofol. >> it is the medication's through that i.v. is going to make you much drouzi brow zier. you may feel a little sting. don't be surprised. we'll start to get that going. >> what are you feeling? feeling drowsy at all? >> very drowsy. >> very drowsy.

very drowsy. >> takes 5, 10, 15 seconds? >> normal circulation time is probably 10, 15 seconds and you're out. >> you have heart rate, oxygen, i can see her respiratory rate gets a lot slower. >> if you pan back and look at these monitors, we have something looking at her respiratory rate right here. you can see those up and down spikes were her respirations. >> she stopped breathing. >> yes. she's been preoxygenating. it's fine and probably will be for several more minutes. that's the good news. what we're doing now is allowing some co2 to build up in her system and for that to redistribute in her system. there she's going. she's starting to snore. >> you'll pull her chin up like this. >> i know you probably don't

snore, but they warned me i might snore at nighttime. people who do snore, snore more than those are aren't getting propofol. >> nancy, i want to jump in with you and the doctor. can this only be used for short surgeries? how long is it safe to keep a patient under using this drug? >> matt, it's really used in two different ways. you can u propofol alone to induce anesthesia but a lot of times it is used with other medications. that's where the trickiness comes in. doctors figure out the dose of propofol based on the body weight of a patient. if you use other medications and miss those medications, you may be more sensitive to the propofol so that margin of safety gets a lot narrower. and, i want to really drivehis home -- this is a medication that is used by nurse aness thattists. anesthesiologists.

it is not at at-home medication. if you aren't with a doctor who knows how to take care of an airway, are you in trouble here. >> what's the way the doctor, anesthesiologist, will bring stella out from the under the influence of this? is there something you administer to neutralize? >> dr. quinn, when the surgery is over will the propofol wear off normally or will you give her something to reverse the effects? >> there is no clinically used drug to let her wake up or antagonize propofol. >> you plan the dosage very carefully. >> it wears off so quickly though even after a continuous infusion that over the course of minutes, patients will start to -- she's just reacted to something in the back of her throat there and that something is airway secretions. so she still has her airway reflexes. we haven't taken them away. that's exactly where we want to be right now for her. >> but you can use this for general anesthesia where you put a tube down someone's throat and for patients like this where she

is just getting a block to her right shoulder. >> in that case, we want to make sure that her airway reflexes are still intact. >> you like this because you know she's alert -- >> absolutely. if she's coughing then she cannot aspirate material down her trachea. >> that's important, matt. because if this were in fact the drug implicated in the jackson case and he got so much that he couldn't cough and he couldn't clear his secretions, it's possible that you can choke on your own secretions, or if your respiratory rate is so low and nobody knows how to pull up your chin to open up your airway, you can stop breathing, and then your oxygen and carbon dioxide levels get turned upside down and you can just, frankly, go to sleep and die. >> that's been very educational. by the way, i think stella's awfully nice and brave to let us eavesdrop on this whole procedure. when she wakes up, nancy, please thank her for us. >> you know what, matt? i said this is the milk of amnesia. i told stella i hope she has total amnesia for being such a

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last time we saw them, they announced their separation, divorce pending. >> i think this will be a far less serious episode than the last one we saw. really the elephant in the room has been addressed now. the marriage is over, they have separated, there will be no more "are they going to interview together? will they speak to each other? will they look at each other?" they're not even going to be in the same episodes together. >> they'll never be seen together again? >> i wouldn't say never but for the time being their episodes will not show them in the same place. >> the couch is gone. >> the couch is gone. replaced by the chair. now the chair will be where they each do their interview separately. >> you think the emphasis going forward at least for the next few episodes will be on the children as opposed to on their relationship? >> in a way it will go back to what the show originally was, which was -- it was never the sort of show where the cameras just rolled 24/7 in the hopes you would catch something interesting. there was always a theme. the kids went to the zoo, the kids went to the park. so it will return to that sort

of format in that the kids will go camping and the kids will cook out. they'll only have one parent with them though when that happens. >> there's another elephant in the room, so to speak, jon's new girlfriend, haley glassman. >> well, last i heard she. will she be on the show? >> recently the president othe network tlc says they will take things on a case-by-case basis. certainly jos recent behavior would indicate there's nobody serious enough in his life she would merit being brought on to the show but if that changes in the future, we'll have to see what happens. >> i thought there wasn agreement between jon and kate that they were not going to talk to the media during this hiatus. she has kept that agreement. >> yes, she has. >> he's been out there left and right with different women and talking to the press. what is that about? >> i think -- i can't speak for jon, but i think that his interpretation of that agreement was that they won't speak about each other. certainly the last time people magazine spoke to jon, he said

"i can't talk about kate, we have an agreement." he's interpreting that agreement to mean he won't talk about kate but he'll talk about everything else. >> now we hear he has a new life tile approach, michael lohan, lindsey lohan's estranged father? >> yeah. that's an interesting choice. really, everything that jon has done in the past few weeks has seemed a little bit erratic and certainly very temporary. suddenly he was a clothing designer. now he's michael lohan's best friend. now he's back home in pennsylvania. michael lohan's nowhere to be found. it remains to be seen how many of these new changes will be permanent. >> i think a lot of people are concerned about these eight children who are absolutely adorable and they're innocent through all of this. how are they doing? >> that's will be one of the nice elements of tonight's show, people will get to see how the kids are doing, they'll see them camping out and doing the sort of things they've always loved to do. they'll get to see what kate certainly has been maintaining for quite some time, which is that they're holding up just fine. >> kate coyne, as always, thank you so much.

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8:30 now on this monday morning, august 3rd, 2009. our crowd is enjoying a sunny -- finally -- summer day in our plaza. we're happy to have them with us. coming up in this half-hour, the revealing photos. posing for the buff in public. the photographer behind this will tell us why and how he got so many young participants.

also ahead, one of the big blockbusters of the summer expected to beat g.i. joe, sienna miller talking about making the jump from the indie films to the blockbuster. >> i toll her to give you a hard time. also do you have a sweet tooth? the difficulty is obviously we don't want to eat a lot of sugar. apparently we can make desserts that will be not so bad for us. we'll have some ideas coming up. a little bit later on, octomom nadya suleman saying she's fee ang little bit guilty about having some kids at once. maybe it might have been a mistake. today we're looking at a gorgeous day in the northeast. strong storms working their way later today through the upper midwest. beautiful in the pacific northwest, sunny and hot in the

southwest. for tomorrow, we've got wet weather in the northeast, and also in the eastern great lakes. risk of strong storms into the ohio river valley. sunny and good morning. after a rather steamy weekend, tuing less humid on this monday morning. temperatures climbing into the mid 70s. it's 74 in washington, highs reaching near 90 today with lots of sunshine. then tomorrow a bit more humid but still not sweltering, highs in the low 90s. hotter weather on the way. should be hot and humid on wednesday. could have a passing thunderstorm as well as on thursday. and the weekend could have passing showers and thundershowers friday. saturday and sunday partly cloudy, highs 80s. >> and that's your latest weather. al, thanks very much. now to the king of pop art, andy warhol of the kingf pop. this was created in 1994.

good morning. this is called green michael jackson. right? the name of the portrait. >> michael jackson. >> tell us a little bit about it. >> michael jackson was painted in 1984, as you said. it was commissioned by "time" magazine to celebrate and honor the enormous success of "thriller" and michael jackson's achievements. >> at that time he was selling a million copies every week. so this still is the highest ever sold record. and this is the painting to honor that. i think that in here, in this painting, andy warhol shows his love for music, understanding of the artist and basically -- i think that michael jackson here looks his best ever. >> this is the way people want to see him. >> when you talk about an

auction, people are going to want to know what is a painting like this going to go for if you look at the history of auctions with andy warhol paintings, do you have a ballpark as to what you think this will draw? >> some are talking $10 million. it could be more. marilyn sold for $28 million. the highest price painting -- we'll know. august 18th. bidding and registration starts. bidding at www.veredart.com. >> the bidding has already started. >> the bidding has started. >> good luck with it. >> thank you so much. >> beautiful painting. >> beautiful. up next, the lovely and talented sienna

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we are back at 8:36. actress sienna miller enjoys the indie scene but is now tackle a hollywood blockbuster starring in "g.i. joe." take a look. >> congratulations, duke. you just saved paris. at least most of it. >> sienna miller, good morning. welcome back. >> thank you. >> i'm trying to imagine the conversation with your agent when he or she comes to you and says, "okay, forget the indie

films" this is a blockbuster in the true hollywood tradition. what did you think? >> i realized it was a really big movie but i kind of wanted to do something about pure entertainment and having fun, i got to learn how to fight and fire guns. i think i was quite exhausted about my own choices and i just wanted to do entertainment. >> you said i wanted to do a movie for a change that people would want to see. which is somewhat down playing what you've done in the past. >> i say a lot of things that tongue-in-cheek. it doesn't translate. independent films are what i love watching and making fundamentally, but it's also great to bring something people are genuinely excited to see. >> was it also tongue in cheek during the first month or so filming "g.i. joe" you just went to your dressing room and cried? >> it was a bit exaggerated. was intimidated. it was a crew of thousands.

there was a button on the wall you'd push and something would actually lift up. it was a very different environment. >> is there a downside to it as well? >> no. >> obviously you have everything at your disposal. you pick up the phone and things happen. is there a negative side to it? >> nothing at all. it was just huge. it felt initially intimidating. once i was there i had a great time. >> you wear black leather through most of this movie. >> yeah. >> i don't have a question there. i just wanted to say that. i don't know why. >> yes, i do. >> what was it like to get you in this get-up every day? >> it was quite uncomfortable. >> was it really? >> it was skin tight leather. >> you had a team of people -- >> i had three women kind of involved lying down and shimmying, then hopping up and down into the trousers. the last act i'm soaking wet and leather doesn't dry overnight. 5:00 a.m., wet weather was really fun. >> tu look at yourself in the black leather and brunette, what did you think about that? >> i laughed. >> you laughed?

you like yourself better as a blonde? >> it's fun. it's a really fun role. the outfit was kind of extraordinary. i wore a wig so i got to be blonde at night. >> thehing about a blockbuster, you don't have to promote it. >> they just do one generic an they just send it. >> you've already traveled around the world for this. >> right. >> you're coming to new york to broadway. >> in two weeks. >> talk to me about that. >> it's nerve-racking but it is the most exciting, exciting thing. i'm from england obviously and we have such a huge theater culture there. >> have you done a lot of theater? >> i played in a shakespeare play in london but never here. >> you get no "cut," second take. what's it going to be like -- >> it is a really depressing thing. i kill myself again. >> you just gave away the ending of the play. >> it is an amazing drama, really incredible play. >> what's it going to be like

when you see your name up -- you've got to drive over there, it is just down the block. that's a major event for most actors and actresses when they see it up on broadway. >> yeah. i'm actually going to go after "today." >> you said to somebody you were looking for some new york friends. >> are you offering that? >> i was going to say, we've got a crew, the line hasn't formed here. >> i have lots of new friends. i say a lot. >> that's your answer to everything. i talk a lot. >> i do. i say whatever comes into my head and it doesn't often translate to print. >> last time you were here we joked -- we didn't really joke because it was serious but you were trying to quit smoking. so this time you are still technically trying to quit smoking? >> have you heard me coughing? >> yeah. >> i won't make a big deal of it. >> it is a tough one. broadway is very demanding vocally. >> i know. you notice how much deeper my voice is. >> it is. >> it is just from talking for two weeks non-stop. >> good luck on broadway.

>> thank you. >> good luck with "g.i. joe." >> thank you. >> good luck with everything. >> thanks, matt. >> "gi rose rise of cobra" opens in theaters friday nationwide. why nadya 8

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do you remember janet jackson's wardrobe malfunction during the super bowl halftime show? it launched one photographer to laumpbl a seven-year project culminating in a book called "uncovered," his subjects are average women willing to bear it all. >> reporter: a few years ago this photographer set out to see how his foal low new yorkers would handle it. he enlisted female volunteers of

every shape and size to take off their tops around town. all for an art project he calls "uncovered." >> you're going to go right into the center. >> i was so freaked out. there was all these old people. >> there was this whole tab bu issue around women's bodies and the most public way to address that issue would be to photograph it publicly. walk towards me, turn around and then walk back. >> reporter: and so he did and assumed his display would shock the city. but the biggest shock -- >> people walk by and don't even see it. >> reporter: all right, some lingered. admired the view. >> the other day i was shooting

a woman and this guy said "thank you!" thank you. he gave me a big hug." >> you've got to enjoy yourself in life. that's what it's about. >> that's true. >> she's got two lovely numbers. >> reporter: other amateurs were inspired to create a little art of their own. the only hassle came from the men in blue. >> do you have a permit or anything like that? >> no. >> you're not allowed to be here. >> reporter: always polite, jordan comes armed with the documents that prove it is legal. >> yes it is, it's legal. >> the people have offered nothing to justify a law that discriminates against women -- >> reporter: a 1992 ruling in a rochester court allowed women in new york state to go topless in public. >> as men are routinely permitted to do. >> reporter: some may never exercise that right. but many seem liberated.

>> here i am, this is me. ♪ i am woman hear my roar >> y'all go, girl. that's what the hell i'm talking about. where can i sign up? >> reporter: after the subjects -- >> i like that one a lot -- they do it all for free. course, a bit of exposure. >> was that me? i'm not sure anymore. photographer jordan matter is here with us along with one of his proud subjects. remind the audience, this started as a political statement of sorts and turned into something very different. >> absolutely, yeah. it started initially with the janet jackson wardrobe malfunction. we were fauth to believe this was an extravagant thing that we were all to be ashamed of. i started photographing people in the streets of new york to see the reaction. what happened was, it soon became a liberating experience fothe women i was photographing to the point that i hadn't expected that at all. >> it really spoke to them and

their own issues with body image. i know in your book "uncovered" you were adamant you include essays written by those women. >> exactly. as an interview. the reason is because my day job is i'm a photographer of actresses and models primarily and usually they're young, skinny and really the very definition of beauty in our society. not a day goes by where one of them doesn't s to me don't shoot my arms because they're too fat or my cheeks look really puffy when i smile. i thought it was really intesting that the women we hold up as like the ideal for physical perfection in our society are not immune to this kind of self-hatred in a way that comes wh being a woman in america today. >> libby, you experienced that firsthand when jordan asked you to pose. you had no problem, you lived in this building, you were a runner. you take the picture, you think it is going to be wonderful. >> absolutely. >> when you saw it, it bothered you. >> when jordan first gave me a print, first thing i saw were these rolls of fat on my hips. i thought, oh, my god, i look terrible and horrible, nobody can see this picture.

over time as i looked at it more and more i rlized my first reaction was just wrong. i completely internalized what our culture tells us women should look like. and i thought, well, i'm so thankful now that i took part in this project, because it allowed me to -- it was a process but it allowed me to look differently at that and say, no, now when i see the picture, you say that's a strong, healthy beautiful body and i think that it's great. >> did you see that a lot, jordan? you were photographing women of all shapes and sizes, just regular gals out there. >> right. what would happen would be that women would all the time say to me, you know, i don't know if i can do this, i'm terrified. one once they did it, there was this liberation they felt. i was always the one saying, listen, you want to put your shirt back on? they'd say, no, not yet. let me enjoy this moment for a bit. >> there was one photograph that gave you pause. it is of a 9-year-old girl playing in the fountain with her brother. you had the permission of her

mom but you still ago niced over including that photo. >> it was one of the first photos i conceived and it was one of the last ones i took. i'm not naive, i know our society would see a little girl with her shirt off, some might think of it as controversial or obscene. for me i see a little girl and her brother playing in the fountain. it is exactly what i want it to be. what it represents to me is a question of at what point does a girl become a woman and learn that her body's something that needs to be covered up and something she needs to be ashamed of? the only way i can possibly see you would see that as an obscene photo if you were sexualizing her in any way. i thought of it as a joyful and innocent image. >> one of the photos is of your wife when she was pregnant with your son. >> yeah. >> jordan, thank you so much. again, the book is called "uncovered." for more logon to todayshow.com. we should mention a portion of the proceeds goes to the breast cancer research foundation. we'll be right back.

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we're back now at 8:52 with more of tom brokaw's search for american character along highway 50. tom's latest stop, the outskirts of ncinnati, ohio. >> reporter: it's been called the backbone of america. one highway that cuts through the heart of a changing nation.

and at every crossroad, a news story. u.s. highway 50 heading west from the eastern shore of maryland. we're going to take this road all the way to california in search of the american character. >> you can't really get anywhere in this town if you're not going to take route 50. >> reporter: mile 642 on the outskirts of cincinnati, ohio. ♪ >> reporter: to these three musicians, route 50 is more than just a road they grew up on. it is a song that just might pave the way to their future. >> i wrote "there's a road route 50." >> reporter: they call their style old-time depression music. they say the dreams and struggles americans face today echo that earlier time. >> some people are saying old-time music is the new punk.

♪ >> reporter: times are tougher than usual. jason, the base player, works as a machinist at an auto parts plant. >> you hear thousands of gm employees being cut from their jobs, so it's always there. >> reporter: mike is raising chickens and growing his own food. >> there's a lot to be learned by the way that people once lived and how they did things themselves. >> reporter: why do you think your generation wants to come and hear your music? >> it seems like younger people are real conscious of living sustainably and are living with our music trying to live more simply. back to basics. >> reporter: in times such as this, the music for the tillers is what it has been, and will always be, for all of us -- one way to lift our spirits. >> whatever angst you have that day, the music takes it away. >> reporter: pick up a banjo and

it helps. huh? >> yeah, that's definitely the one thing that does help. >> reporter: i feel better already. 642 miles down, 2,431 to go. >> it's funny they call it depression music because you feel better when you hear it. >> we like the music. >> with 2,431 miles to go, he's never going to see his wife meredith. getting back to highway 50 here for a starting off on the sunny side on this monday morning. a look at the jefferson memorial and the 14th street bridge. tom is going to have the forecast. for now, 8:55, 74 degrees

outside on this monday, august 3. in the news today, we're following a developing noteshihwasn wtoengwher northwest washington where crews are trying to fix a water main at seventh and taylor. ddot has blocked off roads in the area. it's unclear how long that will take. some fairfax county students are heading back to school. a number of schools are on a modified schedule. the students will be in class nine weeks and have a break for three weeks. weather and traffic are next. w7çó

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good morning on this monday morning. we've had some lower humidity moving in. there's the sky looking to the westrom our vantage point in upper northwest washington, lots of sunshine. and temperatures around the region are in the mid 70s, the dew points have dropped back a bit. we'll have highs near 90 degrees. tomorrow, a little more humid, highs low 90s, sun. wednesday and thursday partly cloudy, could get afternoon thunderstorms and more humid both of those days. toward the end of the week and the weekend humid on friday, could get showers and thundershowers, highs near 80. then over the weekend looks like we may dry out a bit. saturday and sunday, partly cloudy, morning lows, 60s, afternoon highs 80s.

jerry, how's traffic? >> we're getting to wind down a bit. that'sood news. top side of the beltway, the trip from the i-95 interchange toward new hampshire avenue on again off again delays. travel lanes are reported open at this hour. let's see how we're doing making the trip north along 395, headed for downtown good, southbound 395 leaving the 14th street bridge also moving under a light volume of traffic. tonight on "news 4 at 5:00" what your dentist may not be telling you about your dental insurance.

we're back with more of "today" on a monday morning, it is the 3rd day of august, 2009. just let's take a moment to thank a big crowd that's gathered here to start the week under sunny skies. this is a weird summer we're having here, because according to mr. roker, this is the first time in a long time where during the summer we have not gone over 90 degrees once. >> first time since they kept records in 1869. >> nobody's complaining about the heat though.

>> some people are. >> really? >> i'm happy. i'm matt lauer, along with al roker and natalie morales. more news now on the octomom. back in the headlines. >> she is back. apparently now she is openly saying that having another eight children was a big mistake. she feels guilty about it, about what's missing from their lives and the impact that will all have as they grow up. we'll get more on that and talk to a psychologist about some things she should be doing to try to better their lives. >> those comments are going to make a lot of people very angry. >> absolutely. a lot of people are already very angry. this adds fuel to the fire. >> not to mention the eight kids when they read this later on. here's a startling statistic. 80% of all auto crashes happen when the driver looks away from the road a few seconds before that happens. and of course, texting comes to mind with that. we are going to get some tips now that people are hitting the

road in greater numbers during the summer how to stay safe and focused especially on longer drives. all right. and also coming up, what's that say? >> it says how to firm up that junk in your trunk. >> i couldn't focus on that. >> you didn't want to say junk in the trunk? >> let's head inside to the news desk. nice segue. thanks so much. in the news this morning, good morning once again, everybody. at least 26 people are injured after their continental airlines plane hit some severe turbulence this morning. the flight with 168 people on-board was headed to houston from rio de janeiro when it was forced to make an emergency landing in miami. injuries range from fractured wrists and neck and back pain to bumps and bruises. an iraqi police official is claiming three americans held in iran have links to the cia. the two men and one woman were arrested last week after reportedly straying across the

border from iraq's northern kurdistan region. swiss diplomats are trying to learn mo about the arrests on behalf of the u.s. which has no direct diplomatic ties with iran. the family of u.s. navy captain michael "scott" speicher wants to find out exactly how he died. the fighter pilot was hot down 18 years ago on the first day of the first iraq warnd a his a remains were finally found last week by u.s. marines. the family wants to know if he was ive after he ejected from the plane. a bomb killed at least ten people today in western afghanistan. the taliban has claimed responsibility and has said it was targeting the local police chief who was wounded. afghanistan has seen a surge in violence ahead of this month's presidential election. in sudan, bloody clashes have left at least 160 people dead, most of them women and children. they were killed on sunday when heavily armed south sudan tribal fighters launched a raid on a rival ethnic group. a five-hour pro ses woupd

through the streets of manila today as the body of the former president corazon aquino was brought to the main cathedral. she died saturday at the age ever 76 from colon cancer. her funeral is wednesday. a study of american school children finds gym class emergen injuries needing emergency room treatment rose 150% over a ten-year period ending in 2007. researchers say the increase may have less to do with rigorous exercise and more to do with larger class size, less adult supervision, and fewer school nurses. funny people took over the top spot at the weekend box office. taking in more than $23 million. "harry potter and the half-blood prince" was second, "g-force" was third. four minutes past the hour. now back outside to matt andnd . >> my kids saw "g-force" and

said it was a 14 out of 10. i missed it. >> i'm going this weekend. you can come with us. >> i'm busy. busy. >> is this the forecast from five feet away? >> hey, we've got that 16th birthday. what's your name? >> laurel. >> where you from? >> louisville, kentucky. >> this is a good looking couple. what's your name? >> john moore. this is my 78th birthday. >> well happy bert day. one more sweet 16. what's your name? >> chelsea. >> where you from? >> new york. >> happy birthday. let's check your weather, see what's happening. we'llhow apyou, after thunderstorms from aha, kansas city, st. louis, chicago, hail, madang winds, could be rough out there. as you look, they're starting to fire up even as we speak. more rain, heavy thunderstorms, rainfall amounts generally about a half-inch but down into parts of central and southern illinois, on into missouri, about a three-inch bull's-eye right around there.

you're good morning. the humidity has dropped overnight. around the neighborhood network in montgomery village, 76, the dew point a dry 57 at this hour. elsewhere we're in the mid to upper 70s, in fairfax and prince george's counties as well as the district of columbia, southern maryland near the bay upper 70s, low 70s around the blue ridge and shenandoah valley. highs near 90 with lower humidity moving in. a little more humid tomorrow and hotter. hot and humid wednesday >> who's gloria? >> right here. >> gloria, happy 75th! you look fantastic. all right. now let's go back in to natalie. nadya suleman, the infamous octomom is in the news again, this time admitting to "us weekly" that having the octuplets was a mistake.

good morning to you both. start with this admission she's now saying that she regrets it, she recognizes it was a mistake to have the octuplets on top of her other six children. >> this is the first time she's come out and said, maybe it was a mistake that i had all these children. she says she lives her life in a coulda-woulda-mindset and never would have fathomed having okay top ple it up plets if she would have realized. it kind of behooves nadya to stay in the media. it is the way she supports her children, through tv interviews, through selling her photos. she's working on a reality show. she's just keeping the interest. >> in the interview she said, "i think it was a mistake in the terms of the well being of the octuplets and my other kids. i can't give myself to all of them 100%. i wish i could." is there any way at this point

for nadya to fix the mistake? >> you can't stuff kids back. >> what can she do to make the situation better for all the kids? >> in my opinion, the number one thing that she needs to do at this point is get real mental health care for herself. this is a woman who keeps making decisions not thinking about the consequences of what will happen as a result of those decisions. each next step that she is making, a reality tv show, i'm going to sell these pictures to the press, now i'm in a fish bowl, i can't get out. each decision starting with implanting these embryos, starting with the person who donated sperm and now apparently she doesn't want to tell the kids who that is because he didn't agree to be the dad but the kids of course want to know. each of these decisions are not thought out. she's now overwhelmed. tremendously anxious. probably depressed. but still making these decisions. she really needs to get to a professional who can help her sort through this.

figure out why she's making these decisions. >> speaking of the farther of these kids, we don't know who that person is. what is nadya saying about him? >> she's saying she' going to let her oldest son who's now 8 know who he is when he's 18. so ten years. she says her children are asking every single day who's their father and she regrets the fact that she brought them into this world without a father figure. >> they don't have any kind of relationship with this man? >> she doesn't at this point. she did have a relationship prior but she does admit in "us weekly" she used leftover donations to get pregnant and she only told him she was pregnant with octuplets several days before giving birth. since then she's not spoken to him. >> he's completely cut off this relationship since then. >> right. >> in terms of the older ones asking to see the father and her allowing that when they're older, is that something that do you think would be helpful to them? >>look, every child wants to know who their biological parents are, often when they're

adopted, you want to know who you came from. at a certain age you understand you couldn't have just come from a mother. because you look around, you see other people have two parents, you understand the biology and you want to know hot father is. it is very normal. on the other hand, the agreement with someone to ask them for a sperm donation and not say, you're going to be the parent, somebody's going to be victimized here, if you will, somebody's going to be losing out. i think ultimately hopefully she can react with this person so ultimately she can let them know that's who their father is. but it is up to him ultimately to decide whether he wants to participate. >> what's her daily life like now? >> it is a really interesting life. she says she is up until 4:00 in the morning each morning writing her memoirs, very little sleep. up again by 6:00 a.m. with her oldest kids who she gets off to school, then spends time with her octuplets and her twins. she doesn't even have time to go

grocery shopping. four nanties, 10 to 12 helpers. she's like a prisoner in her house. surrounded by security cameras. every time she goes out she is taunted. >> how is she affording all of this. you talked about selling pictures of her children. a lot of people saying it is exploitation. what else? the reality tv show. is that something, $250,000 for the season, i imagine. right? >> couple of seasons. she has a couple of other interesting plans. she's talking about -- she has a special form of sit-ups that makes her stomach incredibly flat after all those babies. she's thinking of a commercial with her babies. she has these interesting ideas going on. >> a reality show, all these other things with the children at the center of it all -- >> we have yet to see a reality show that turned out well psychologically eaking for the people involved. >> especially for kids. >> my goodness, have we not seen enough incidences of celebrity

children whose entire self-worth is based on being in front of a camera? who grow up to feel they're actually worth nothing and crash and burn. i think all i can say from a mental health standpoint is, it is a disastrous idea. i hope she doesn't do it. i understand the financial need but there has to be other ways. i'd rather advise her to go on welfare, quite honestly, than put these kids in this situation with their development and being healthy adults. i see patients who have been abused and traumatized and somehow they're like the seed that grows in the desert and they turn out okay. impossible. but this is certainly making the odds much different. >> with a family that large, too, a chance for a normal life, i can't imagine. >> it's not going to be a normal life. you can only hope that she'll stop making more decisions that put them in the spotlight that cultivate this kind of trauma growing up.

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"consumer reports" is with us. we have atatistic that's frightening to me. in a poll, 168 million people said they were feeling drowsy while they were at the wheel in the previous year. 103 million said they actually fell asleep at the wheel. that is frightening. >> it is very scary. there is a lot of things you can do to be well rested before your trip. first, get that rest the night before. don't pack your bags at midnight. do it at 8:00, get to sleep. if you're getting on the road early, be well rested. have a co-driver, sharet with your spouse, share it with a friend. swap off, don't be an ironman. another thing to really do, if you're driving for a while, if you're by yourself, go to a rest stop, set yourself an alarm, take a 15-minute cat nap. it does refresh you. caffeine's okay to have but you have a drop-off after it wears off. drink water. it keeps you hydrated, alert and you have to take a rest break to alleviate yourself. >> same thing with the

high-sugar snack, boom, then you crash. literally. >> exactly. >> another big problem we see, i know i've been a little guilty of it, you get distracted at the wheel. there are a lot of things that can cause those distractions. >> they are. one thing when you rent a car or driving your spouse's car for a big trip, you drive a sports car, she has a minivan. know where the controls are. >> or turning on the lights. >> you want to turn the headlights on, pop them on, don't worry about it. if you're driving with someone, don't eat at the seat. don't have the hamburger where it is falling into your lap. >> oh, my gosh, you got a pickle on my -- whoa! >> i had a cookie fall away, fumbling around to make sure i don't sit on chocolate chips. those are things you don't want to do. finally use a gps navigation system and use the voice. maybe it is an annoying accent, but still not looking at that gps unit, using the voice helps you keeps focused on the road.

>> what about the phone? >> the phone is a big distraction. if you have a co-driver, let that person handle it. focus on driving. even hands-free. even the radio is a distraction. even looking at the gps is a distrags. there are statistics say every two seconds you take your eyes on the wheel is a danger. texting. too much after distraction. >> you hope you don't but you break down. >> first thing is keep your wits about you. don't get frustrated or angry at the car. you'll make poor decisions. keep your family in the car. the family should definitely stay in the car. you should pull the car off to the side if you can. drive it off the shoulder but make the car visible, raise the hood, put out flares, put out warning devices, keep flashers on. >> never cross the freeway or highway. >> don't run across the highway. use your cell phone to call 911.

if you're on a bridge, walk to the little alert box. on big bridges like the golden gate, there are crews on each side. kids have to be belted securely. for safety, legal reasons. same thing with pets. keep your pets belted in as well. use a restraint, harness or the crate that the pet lives in, sleeps in at night or little mesh partitions. f if you're in an accident, the pet counsel bounbounces around injured. >> would you tell my son nicky he has to keep the shoulder strap on. >> definitely nicky, keep the shoulder strap right across your chest like that. >> thank you. appreciate that. you do have to travel, what do you keep in a car? >> keep in a small box. first we have an emergency kit

here, band-aids, light stick, tylenol, aspirin, gauze pad. something happens in the middle of nowhere you don't want to have someone who's sick or a bleeding child. give them something to take care of them until you get to a rest stop. fire extinguisher. you have emergency triangles you can put out 50 feet, 150 feet behind the vehicle. also we have flares here. remember with the flare, be aware of dry grass. it is fire. it is going to be lit for 15 or 20 minutes. cause another fire and that's a problem. >> now you have aaa and the fire department. then jumper cables? >> jumper cables here. be the person who has the jumper cables when you need the battery charged, you don't want to run around to find someone and ask for battery cables. partible chargesers are nice, $60 up to $90. >> you say keep $20 of bills and loose change. >> say you go to a gas station, you need to buy a quarter of

oil. they won't take a credit card. have some change just put aside. if you're driving, i've done it this weekend, you run out of cash. where are you going to go when you need an emergency? >> your car can be your atm. >> it could be. >> happy travels. still ahead, funny man chris catan from "snl." but first these messages. thursday, finally! dinner with the girls tonight. mmm... mexican, or italian? i really want dessert tonight. i better skip breakfast.

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good morning. sunny, near 80, highs near 90 and lots of sunshine. hotter tomorrow in the low 90s. humid with a chance of storms on wednesday and thursday. >> top side of the beltway new problem outer loop of the beltway after 29 in silver spring broken down vehicle in the roadway. it's jammed from i-95 so tough

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i know there is a lot of talk about making sure we look good in our jeans, that's why we exerci our gluteus maximus. but in fact there is a medical reason we should take care of ourself in that way. we'll learn about that coming up. we'll lunge into that. first, number one movie at the box office, starring adam sandler. is it worth a trip to the theater? gene shalit will share his thoughts. we'll go off into the kitchen for some fruity desserts. plus how to make that business that you've been dreaming about finally happen. lot to get to. first a check of the weather. >> let's see what's going on through your week ahead. looking at normal temperatures in the northeast, up into the great lakes, below normal into the plains, into california. above normal texas and central plains. precipitationwise, kind of wet along the eastern half of the country with heavy rain in the g

good morning. after a steamy weekend it's going to be less humid as the day progresses, right now our temperatures are pushing 80 degrees around the area. and it will be certainly less humid west and northf washington, steamy around the bay and the eastern shore. highs near 90 with lots of sunshine. tomorrow a little hotter and a little more humid. humid again on wednesday and thursday. steamy with a chance of afternoon storms. >> and that's your latest weather. > >>anks, al. coming up next -- five ways to a better butt. after these messages. summer's no time to put up with even occasional digestive problems. believe me, once they go away, it's amazing how good you feel. announcer: activia is clinically proven to help regulate your digestive system in two weeks. summer's a wastin'... take the activia challenge now. it works, or it's free.

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view. it is the one part of your body that you either love or hate. if you're looking to boost your caboose, fitness trainer to the stars and author of the "5 factor diet" is here with us. good morning. listen, there are reasons that we really want to make sure that we pay attention to the rear view. there are certain medical reasons why. we want to make sure our posture is good. >> it is important. a lot of us tend to propel ourselves forward so we have overdeveloped hip flexors. we kick, do a lot of martial arts movements in group fitness classes, we run, walk, go upstairs we do everything propelling ourselves forward and we neglect the muscles behind our body. when we work our gluts and hamstrings we correct that and hopefully reduce our chances of lower back injuries or any injuries. >> i understand also having to deal with a little bit of back issues that it kind of just basically creates a support that you want for your spine. what can you do -- we don't want to spend a lot of time doing

this, harvey. we want to make it really easy. are there basic exeises we can do? >> five really simple ways. we'll show you a few of them. actually, erin, start off. we'll start off right over here doing a step-up. right over here. on the block. put your right foot up on the step, step up. what's so simple about this is, you'll notice you can do this with a flight of stairs. can you do this with a milk carton or a chair. she's using something that's at least 12 inches high. as you become more fit use a higher step. you don't need to necessarily add weight but you can. >> does it work with a smaller step? do you want to use your stairs at home in. >> absolutely. the taller you are, a higher step is more difficult. two sets of 20 on each side. >> the next one doesn't require any equipment. a lunge. we've seen it many times. do a simple lunge. notice erin is looking up.

it is important her leading knee does not go past her leading heel. her body's upright. >> what if she just did one leg like ten times rather than change legs. that obvusly shakes it up and makes it a little more vulnerable to twists in ankles. is it still useful? >> absolutely. you can do all your repetitions on one leg. it is just a variation. i like to alternate left to right, left to right. >> if somebody were to hold on to a bar, they feel they may not be strong enough to do that, does that help? >> if you're a beginner do it next to a wall if there are any balance issues. two sets of 20 on each side. at least tce a week. the next exercise -- i'll walk her over, hand her over the bar. this one, she doesn't necessarily need to do with a bar. she can use a broomstick at home. one hand under, one hand over. she'll push her hips back, bring her hips forward. a dead lift.

this creates a night stretch in her ham strings, it works the glut down to the back of the knee. >> i notice she's going and bending, be careful not to reach out too far because you'll hurt your back. >> exactly. her back's always in the arched position, her head is up. at no point is she bending over. she's pushing her hips back and bringi her hips forward. this is great for where the bottom of the butt it. it is the hamstring. >> sometimes you don't feel like you're doing any exercise until the next morning. >> you've done these before. >> i've done these sorts of things before. you do really feel it later. again, two sets of 201234. >> two sets of 20. this really creeps up on you. more than anything, when you do it you feel a nice stretch but two days later it will feel like you've been bruised and sore -- in a good way. >> it doesn't have to be heavy. it is about keeping the stability. is that right? >> exactly. can you dumb bells, very lightweight. as you become more fit, put more

resistan resistance. >> a mule kick. >> hello. ima ann. how are you? nice to meet you. >> aaron, i'll have you in the mule kick position. again, simple does not require any equipment whatsoever. aaron an on all fours, bringing his knee in towards his body and keeping his heel back towards the wall behind him and the ceiling. >> i see people do this kind of thing all the time but i get the impression they're doing it incorrectly. he's very precise. there's no wobbling around. what's he thinking to go against the wall? >> to drive his heel straight through the wall behind him. >> his knee's not coming all the way up either. just per dick collar to the floor. >> underneath his hip, driving it straight back. his body's controlled, he's doing this perfectly. good job. >> one last one. >> transition from this on to your back. >> this is great for your heels up on the ball. hands down at your side, hips up

off the ground, roll the ball into you and go away. >> i've done that, that's a killer. >> great for the bottom of your butt, back of your legs. >> do we have to do all of these? or one or two if. >> what you put in is what you get out. >> harley, thank you so much. the book is "the 5 factor diet." up xt, gene shalitakes a a look at funny people. >> i got a gun in the other room. unchasable. look, scratches where bacteria can collect and grow and bacteria can cae eabad brth that's why i recommend replacing toothpaste with polident. only polident is proven to clean without scratching and kills 99.9% of odor causing bacteria don't scratch your dentures clean use polident every day

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our sister company universal pictures has the weekend's number one mov at the box office called "funny people." gene shalit says there's nothing funny about it. >> good morning and welcome to "the critic corner." speaking as a collector of really, really terrible movies, "funny people" arrives like a zircon from heaven. >> what? >> reporter: a smirk of distasteful characters are making a vanity movie about themselves that keeps n ending for 2 1/2 unendurable hours. >> kill me. >> reporter: the lead is george, a comedian of great fame. except his fame is inexplicable because he's never funny as adam sandler. george has a gopher, ira, a meddlesome writer of non-jokes. seth rogan. the director did the script and the script is insippent and sul

gar. without the letter "f" he would have no script. >> what's going on? how we doing? >> reporter: george's doctors tell him he's dying. that's bad. >> laughter is such wonderful medicine. >> you have a very scary accent. >> are you mad that you died at the end of did the kwi hard". >> reporter: no surprise, he's cured. that's worse. that means we're stuck with another hour of this ever-lasting bore. the film has foul-mouthed characters who i wish i hadn't heard. still, in this cntry there's a level of audience that will prai this movie or say at

least it's passable. >> thank you. >> reporter: well, to me "funny people" is passable. speaking colonically. >> gene has other kind words for other movies on our website at todayshow.com. delicio fruit desserts to get berry, berry excited

susan westmore land is sweetening up our kitchen with savory low-calorie desserts that showcase this season's ripest produce. good morning. we can have our dessert because we're doing this low-cal and healthy. >> we're got almonds, just a little bit of oil.

we're making a frozen fruit tart. graham crackers, a little bit of oil. some water and honey. we'll just dissolve over here. bake for ten minutes. instead of making a heavy duty cream filling, going too a double-churned low-fat ice cream. grab the sorbet. smush it down a little bit. >> this has a cream sickle flavor. >> you can use raspberry, passion fruit. whatever you like. >> you want to mix it in a bowl. >> just kind of swirl it in there. use nectarines, plums, raspberries but whatever looks good in the market. you can refreeze this. put a piece of plastic right on this and refreeze it for a day or two. when people come, get out the

fruit and do it. it is nice to have something in the freezer. >> top with extra cream or whipped cream? >> this is ice cream. put raspberries in the middle. you'll see, there it is. >> it is a refreshing dessert and calories, one slice you said was about 225. >> for a tart with that heavy duty whipped cream and custard it's like 400, 450. this is delicious. it doesn't feel like a diet thing. it is really good. the goal is to have delicious -- >> looks amazing. >> come over here. >> now this one looks like my favorite kind of dessert. i'm all about strawberry sho shortcake. >> we call this strawberry cream cake. i have like all-fruit jam, this layer. this is a trick. i took plain yogurt, drained it for a couple hours. >> any kind of yogurt? >> this is plain yogurt.

if you want to cheat, didn't have the time, this filling is yummy, use fruit yogurt. >> you use coffee filter. >> i have a half a cup of cream. >> you sweeten it? >> confectioner's sugar and vanilla. >> that's amazing. >> go ahead. >> layer that on. >> the cake, too, is actually surprisingly healthy. >> the cake is we actually use oil in this cake and subin -- the trip with baking, if you use 100% whole wheat flour. introduce it gradually. put in a third and the rest all-purpose. strawberries. basically the jam, berries. i think somebody's been eating

somberries out of this one. >> i did!eberries out of this o. >> i di berries out of this one. >> i did! start again with the next layer. that's unbelievable. >> one of these strawberry shortcakes, a classic one is probably around 600. this is just over 300. it's not low-fat dessert but nice and healthy and better for you. extra fiber. >> yeah! there they are. >> that looks fabulous. >> that is so good! you would never know it's low-fat or healthier. that's the trick of it. >> it's the trick. >> susan westmoreland, thank you. still coming up, kathie lee and hoda. chris catan.

>> he's funny. >> much more after this.

beautiful morning to start off your week, first full work week of august. got a shot of downtown d.c., meteorologist tom kierein is going to be along with the forecast. 77 degrees at 9:56. good morning. it's monday, august 3rd. crews at the intersection of seventh and taylor streets. ddot blocked off roads in the area. crews try to repair the problem. it's unclear how long the repairs will take. a fire truck was desfroyed at a volunteer fire station early this morning at station 17. now it's actually in capital heights. there wasn't much damage to the station but the truck could cost hundreds of thousands to replace. no word on what sparked the

fire. the ntsb finished testing the tracks where a deadly accident occurred on june 22. metro must begin replacing the track circuitry in the area. the work is expected to take 30 days. riders should continue the same delays since the accident occurred. time for a check on weather and traffic. let's start with tom. good morn vyea e ha>> hea down hs aroundo t region, but those have gone away and on this monday we have lower humidity moving in, there's a milky blue sky. a live view. around the network, northern montgomery county, montgomery village near 80 but the critical thing is the dew point, it's dropped into the mid 50s. that is in the comfort zone. for the rest of the day we'll have low humidity moving to the south and east, highs near 90 with lots of sunshine. and little hotter tomorrow. getting more humid, then quite humid on wednesday and thursday

with afternoon highs near 90. could get passing afternoon storms. how's traffic? >> we're struggling to recover from a problem, one which was the broken down vehicle at route 29 in maryland, on again, off again delays from new hampshire over to silver spring. no worries at the wilson bridge. 95 in the hov lanes today between lorton and newington. 66 clearing out quickly headed east to the capletal beltway. >> thanks. what your dentist may not tell

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hey, everybody. it is monday, august 3rd. we're so happy you're here with us. hope you had a great weekend. >> it is quite the birthday month for folks around here. >> i can't afford august anymore. >> your birthday is coming. >> and frank's. our daughter cassidy was planned for our birthday. as a result her birthday was

yesterday, august 2nd. sweet 16. >> i can't believe she's 16. i know she doesn't want -- >> i know i'm not supposed to talk about my children -- no, she did not want any presents. we went to nantucket, she brought her three best friends growng up. these beautiful young girls, sweet and innocent. >> what do 16-year-olds do now? >> hang out at the beach. nothing has changed since i was 16 or you were 16. she want to be at the beach, cruise the boys and look at that sort of thing. >> are they texting and doing the texting business? >> no. >> what? >> not as much as -- i'm very tough at home about all that stuff. you know that. drives me crazy when cody does it at the dinner table. he's a texter. it's funny because we've been having this -- how was your weekend, hoda woman? >> i had a great weekend. i love discovering new restaurants in new york.

>> that can take all year long. >> i went to one called barbutto in the village. it is an old garage like literally where they worked on cars. the side doors come up. it is wide open, it is industrial. they have exactly five dishes -- main dishes on the menu, one chicken dish, one meat dish, one fish, one lamb, one pork -- you know they do those dishes so well. i like having few choices. >> usually you get fish. >> i got chicken. >> living on the edge! racy! we don't want to talk about who we were with. >> no. >> but we were talking about the texting thing. i know it drives you completely and totally insane. >> it's not because it is texting. it is a wonderful thing that technology is such an advancement. i do the little texting only to find out did you arrive safely,

that kind of thing. it's not the tweeting -- i always get this wrong -- tweeting where i'm off to brunch after church. who cares? who cares? first of all, the people that you're with want you to be with them. that's my only concern. if i was sitting here tweeting instead of talking with you, you would think, and rightfully so, this is more important than you are. >> i went out for drinks on this beautiful rooftop bar, perfect new york night. it was thursday evening. there were tables of people one person on the phone and one person on the blackberry. together, sitting together, like this, and -- i was like what is going on? >> they must be married. >> but i do think -- i feel kind of torn about it because i done think anything's really that pressing. people say they have work things and bosses now expect everyone to be on a leash 24/7.

but i do think there are other times when you think to yourself, like you need to be in this moment with this person. jerry seinfeld said it would be like me sitting across from you 15 years ago, instead of us having a blackberry just going to this to you while you're talking to me. >> that's what it feels like. i've lost some friendships over it actually, at least they've been strained, shall we say. i still care about the people but i don't want to spend time because you don't get any time with them. we're becoming post-human. there is a huge article today in usa today about it. it is not that anything bad, it is all about moderation. >> it's rude. don't you think call waiting's a little rude? pretend i'm talking on the phone to you. and you said hold on a second, i have a call. i bait, and you click over and you come back to me and say, i got to take this call. >> i have done that on occasion. my child? i'm sorry. >> just regular. not talking about that. you have to tell the other

person on the phone i got to get rid of this call. >> well that's just -- boy -- >> that's what people say. >> how do you sign off on your e-mail? people go -- the problem with e-mail is there is no tone. at least with a voice message you say, love you baby, and you get it. >> i think a lot of things get mistempt misinterpreted in e-mails. you are trying to make a stern point and the person doesn't understand it because they're words. signing off, when you sign off a friend e-mail, i do with good friends i do "xo." >> you do? when you sign a 8x10 glossy you do that. what's a "good friend?" how do you sign? >> "blessings kathie lee" or "god bless khie lee." >> someone was upset because he was a boyfriend or girlfriend

and he wrote "regards." which i thought was rude or not nice. >> or else he's trying to tell you something. >> it's over? >> yeah. >> the head of the english-catholic church talks about sometimes excessive e-mail, mobile phone texting, that sff, he says from a spiritual perspective it's creating shallow friendships and undermining community and life. i've been at starbucks and people are good at texting but when they come up to place a order, they're looking down. you're like i'm up here. >> you don't go downstairs here down to the bottom. i'm always on that big staircase. other da again on thursday there was something, very tight miniskirt, really high heels, looking adorable. i didn't know her, but texting. i said are you crazy? you're going to -- then she'll sue. that's the thing. somebody will sue the building and they were the ones texting in the high heels and tight skirt. >> who was it?

>> i don't know. >> yes, you do. >> no, i didn't know her. these are two people i only met but didn't ow. sometimes "time" magazine and different magazines do this when they want to give credence to two different subjects and they wap to be fair to both. the september issue of "vanity fair" is not only farrah but michael. both when they were at the absolute peak were beautiful, too. the article about farrah is incredibly interesting. >> more disturbing than anything while she was alive. >> ryan o'neal was interviewed in this. in fairness, the writer of this article said on one day ryan o'neal says one thing and on another day he says something completely different. >> that's leslie bennett. >> in this article were were a lot of disturbing things. what stood out most was at the funeral he said he just placed the casket down and this blonde came up to him, wrapped her arms around him and was hugging him. he was like, wow.

the implication was she's really cute. he said, so, do you want to go grab a drink or get in the car? she pulled away and it was tatum o'neal she "i'm your daughter, dad." he said he didn't recognize her at the time. >> i actually had a friend who had passed away. at her memorial service the woman's husband, her -- widower asked -- came on to mysister. >> do people come on to each other at funerals? >> i wouldn't have believed it if i hadn't experienced it myself. it was like, oh, my gosh, can you wait a minute and have a little respect for the dearly departed? that tells you all you need to know abou somebody and you should run for your life i think. >> he was also saying he didn't think he should have had kids because either his kids are in jail or they should be. >> it should be that he should be, too, it's how we raise our kids. come on. >> he said -- >> some people do not have the parental genes. >> that's true. he asked when asked about the

son griffin -- no, griffin, when he said "i hate him." about griffin. griffin was banned from the funeral. >> but he said that in response to something that griffin had said about him which was request"dad only got involved with farrah in the end because of the money." we don't know what happened in the end. it is a tragedy all the way around. poor farrah is not even in grave how many weeks now? >> not long. >> is michael buried yet? we don't think so. but this week, please, lord, let it be the week that we finally get the toxicology report so that we can get on with it. with our lives. i think a huge, huge hearing today. more about custody. >> i think they're probably just waiting to make sure. you get one go at this sort of thing, get it right if you're going to charge the doctor, you have to make sure all your ducks are in a row. >> i didn't know that doctor was

also linked to james brown. >> i read that. >> he had all kinds of financial problems. this is man that's very nervous right now. >> all of this makes you want to scream. >> it makes me want to scream loudly. >> there is something called scream therapy. there is an actual gathering of loud mouths in thailand. >> the loudest screamer gets a prize. >> can we hear? >> that's the decibels. >> go again. >> he won? that's it? >> wait. >> that's better than -- she looks crazy. >> they're all so dramatic. >> she just got her at&t bill. >> look at her, she's plugging her own ears. like we should be plugging ours. >> the wier got $30,000, or that's 8800 maybe in thailand.

why do we have a toilet sitting next to us? it is not nor convenience sake. once in a while that would come in helpful. there is something -- new technology. this is for all of -- actually it is for women. because it's for the men in their life who do not do the -- see? >> look at the little lever at the bottom. you push it -- they miscalculated. that's very nice. what are you supposed to do when you -- wait. in the middle of the night would that be funny? no, they got it wrong. what it needs to do is put down this. down. that's a dangerous toilet. >> we have a lot of things for lazy people. this is for the laziest person you know. you have your tea bag in your tea cup. this penguin lowers it down.

it seeps. and then you pull it up. >> that's tough. >> you have to lift the penguin. >> i think that's more work. >> how lazy do have you to be to not be able to pull your own tea bag out. >> who has room for -- what is that -- a penguin in your kitchen? a pigeon. whatever. what's this? this is supposed to be very helpful for all you shot drinkers out there. i don't know how it works. >> there is a soft vodka. don't do it. >> i won't. >> in the bottom there is a chaser. so apparently you don't have to pour. on to a good subject, it is coming up on "everyone has a story." we want to make a phone call to carol gordon and her family from north haven, connecticut. carol wrote a beautiful story about her son david with a very

rar disease that's a neurological impairment that causes him to be developmentally delayed. he's 14 years old but wasn't supposed to live past two years. he's the size of 57-year-old and functions like a 5-year-old but he is the joy, joy, joy of this family. david participate in go-cart races. the great news is he no longer has seizures and he's doing well. let's get carol on the phone. there's david with his sister, jessica. hi, carol. >> hi! >> thank you for writing in a beautiful, beautiful story about your great son. >> hi, guys! i'm so excited. >> we're going to have you come into new york. david and i have written what i think is a terrific song. we have something brand-new this week, you get backup singers, carol. >> wow, carol! >> we are really living on the

edge here. we're very excited to honor your family sotha ynkou writing in your story. >> pack your bags, girl. you're coming down. >> oh, my god. thank you so much. i feel like i know you guys already. i'm so excited to see you. >> bring the whole family, okay? >> oh, yeah. thank you so much. >> okay. see you soon. >> okay. >> she's adorable. >> her letter was absolutely beautiful. by the way, w're still always looking for a great, great story. you know you have one so please send it in to kathie lee and hoda.com. >> there is a lot of discussion on here about technology and what you were speaking about but i think it boils down, what i'm hearing from fans, is really to etiquette. when you think about it, i'm into technology but i'm not going to plop it down at a table. >> technology isn't rude, people are who are using it. >> at the end of the day we love our facebook fans. >> that's not what you're -- >> what did you say?

>> it's all moderation. >> mary ellen said without letters andverything we're kind of losing our own existence, our permanence. >> remember what it was like to get a handwritten note in the mail? i owe you one from the gift you brought me back from dubai two w ks ago. look at him. more right after these messages.

♪ that's a very funny saturday night live alumnus chris kattan starring in a new ifc miniseries called bollywood hero. he goes to india to star in a movie. look at your moves, chris kattan. how did you learn those moves, by the way? >> those moves took me about seven years to learn. >> come on. >> no. seven weeks. >> you really went to india to shoot this? >> we shot in on location in mumbai, india. i went there for ten weeks. >> had you been before? >> no, it was an experience. >> quite the cultural shock.

>> it was. but after ten weeks you get used to it. it is very beyond. it was intense but this was such a great, great project to do. it was just so much fun. as you said, i play a heightened version of myself. i go over there to break into the movies there. >> what do they make over you? >> in reality or on the show? >> in both. >> they're nice. they like me. i smile. >> how about in the movie? >> the movie? this movie? >> he gets the girl in the movie. >> yeah, i get the girl. it is actually a miniseries. three parts on ifc thursday, friday and saturday. >> that's not the girl you get, is it? >> no, that's the grandmother. i get another woman. >> not that she isn't lovely. >> there's nothing wrong with her. something lovely came out of her once. i mean a hot child. >> some of the actors from this miniseries were in sum dog millionaire as well. >> we have the exact same crew.

>> they know what they're doing. >> camera guys, lighting, casting director. the choreographer also did twon oscar. they were winning the oscars as we were in preproduction in india. >> were you there all during that-- when was that terrible attack on the hotel? >> it was about four months prior to this. we were going to stay at the same hotel. then we obviously did not because the security level -- >> you're a very tactile person. touchy-feely. >> like i like to touch? >> yes, you do. >> thank you. good morning, everybody. >> that gets new trouble in india. >> who was the other actor who got in trouble? richard gere. >> you cannot touch somebody

physically in public. in the show i get in trouble for kissing somebody in public. but you are not to do that. >> even husbands and wives? >> nobody. you can't like, hey, baby. it's not like l.a. and new york, hey, baby, what's up, and whatever like on the street. >> you can't be a-rod and kate hudson. >> are they all over each other? >> yeah. >> that is fantastic. >> we want to wish you the very best with "bollywood hero." >> thank you. you guys look fantastic this morning on "today." >> you can catch chris and "bollywood hero" this thursday on ifc. still to come, how some of the richest andgestun entrepreneurs in the country got there on nothing but a dream and a lot of hard work. first these messages.

still to come, how to handle the words "you've got cancer." plus lessons from some of the country's youngest millionaires who made it on their own by dreaming big and getting their hands dirty. and a fashionable way to raise awareness and fun for animal rescue. some cute little pooches that you can adopt and buy the outfits online after your local news and weather. how cute. matching outfits.

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we're back on this monday with more of "today" and a few young people who are going to make you believe in your own dreams again. they're young, they're rich and talented. no we're not talking about mycy cyrus or the jonas brothers. >> talking about olivia bennett, efram taylor, these kids and many others are featured in the new book called "the richest kids in america." marcus is also one of brains behind the "chicken soup for the soul series." had a little success in the

publishing world, haven't you? >> i'm so thankful everyone reads our stuff. >> they're great books, very inspirational. >> it is great to highlight these young adults. so smart. >> i wanted to help more kids get through college than anyone. one of the kids came to my seminars, made $1.6 million. i said we could get the economy going again if we got 20% of our society as kids but they're 100% of the future. i found the richest kids which you're about to see. every one has good self-worth, good self-esteem. good work ethic -- not good, they got muscles and triceps and biceps that -- >> they're following their passion. every one of them. >> they're passion atly purposeful, turned their cray sit tift acreativity and turned into cash. >> olivia, you got ill.

>> when i was 5 i was diagnosed with leukemia. i was home for two years, had zero energy and painting was always a passion of mine. t was a therapy. it was a relief for me at that time. >> how do you go from painting a beautiful picture anyone can do to turning it into an incredible industry? >> i've been really blessed. there are so many starving o artists out there. i do what i love and get paid for it. >> one painngit, it, you got paid $50. i'm a professional. once you start going et paid for your craft. >> it builds confidence. dy local shows at 10. outdoor festivals and art fai. >> look at you now. >> publicity always helps. meeting people and making that connection. >> what do your paintings go for now? >> this is a print. i've got a full merchandise line. my originals start at $2,500 to

$30,000. >> efram, you started off wanting to play video games. your mom said we don't have video games, figure out yourself how to create them. >> my mom posed a very challenging question. i was born in mississippi, a very interesting background. it is not like i came out of an urban environment. we're in mississippi. we moved a lot and settled in the midwest. my mom posed this challenging question to make my own game. i didn't know any boundaries. that's the beautiful thing about being a kid. you think you can fly, you're super man, invincible. i read a whole bunch off books and my parents made an investment. i started programming computers and made games for my friends. >> i love his history teacher in school ended up working for you. >> yeah, something like that. the thing was i took the computer skill sets i learned early on. making video games, selling lemonade or cutting the grass. but i got to do something that i ve. ended up in high school having a

$3.4 million firm, 13 employees. my high school history teacher earneded up working for me. went from there, became the youngest african-american ever to take a company public on the stock market. >> how much are you worth? about. >> do we have to say it on tv? >> yeah. >> it's none of your business, hoda. >> it is into eight figures. i've done two public listings. working on the third. it's interesting. >> that's awesome. allison, your turn. when did you first start baking? >> well, b i have major sweet tooth so since i was young i knew i wanted to be in the kitchen, making sweets for friends and family. baking with my mom was such a passion. i knew it was something i wanted to do. it was a hobby that turned into my passi tt turned into wonderland. >> how do you make the transition from something you love into something that's lucrative? >> well, i think for me, it was just such a drive. i knew it was something i wanted

to do so i went for that goal and i -- we created all these great products, we have all these great customers that come in and great following base. it's really like the word of mouth. >> you branched out and branched out. >> we started in southern california and are now nationwide. >> you are a ceo? >> i am. >> how old are you? >> i'm 23. >> how old are you? >> just turned 27. >> 20. >> none of you are married? >> no. >> married with two kids. >> we are so proud of you all. thank you so much for sharing. >> we want every kid to be an entrepreneur because there are no jobs. i just got hired by brown university. they came in and said every kid couldn't get a job, they generally weren't wanted. i said an entrepreur takes low value, makes it high value. this book can make every kid in america high self-esteem and we

can make the economy rock. >> thank you all very much. thank you for the book. contracting words of wisdom to keep your life in check after a cancer diagnosis right after this.as

>> announcer: today's health" brought to you by kellogg's special k products. we're back with "today's health" and help to control your life after cancer. >> a diagnosis is devastating to theatient as it is to his other her loved ones especially when the person diagnosed is pregnant. 11 years ago lynette was diagnosed with breast cancer and now she is an advocate. >> you're absolutely gorgeous. >> thanks. >> the diagnosis is extremely excruciating. but i cannot imagine what it felt like to know that you were pregnant at the time. what did you think? >> how many months along? i wa>>hr t ee weeks along. it was very early in my pregnancy. it is devastating. i was 34 years old. had no family history of brbreast cancer. then i w diagnosed with cancer three weeks after discovering i was pregnant. >> doctors told you one thing basically -- that you were not

going to be able to continue your pregnancy. is that pretty much what you heard >> that's how doctors are trained. it was the right decision for them. what i quickly recognized as i was diagnosed with cancer, cancer is a disease that follows protocol and i was somebody who wanted to be treated like a human being. >> you wanted to be in on the decision making process. >> i absolutely did. >> which is a big part of this whole health care discussion that we're having now. it's so personal. >> it is very personal. if you know what your life and health goals are when you walk into that room, then every plan that's made from that point forward has to follow those life and health goals. >> i can understand where it would be intimidating. you went to doctor after doctor after doctor after doctor who wanted to terminate the pregnancy because your treatment would harm the child. were you nervous thinking, my gosh, this could happen. >> i was scared out of my mind. i went to eight medical opinions. after the sixth one i told my husband i'd had surgery and i was done. i was going to take my chances

because i didn't want to be treated like a protocol. >> not have chemo, you mean? >> not have chemo, not go through any of the other things. every place ialked into wanted to treat me like a breast. i was a living, breathing human being who walked into these place whose also happened to be pregnant. for me after that sixth medical opinion i said i'm done, no ose. myan sb whuith you? >> my husband was the most wonderful man on the planet. he stepped back and said you make your decision. he gave me his opinion and he gave me the time and pace to make my own decision. >> we're pointing out your beautiful baby frankie when he was born. gorgeous standing at aur news desk right now. when it was time for frankie to be delivered, what was going through you in terms of things you were concerned about? >> well, we went through this process over those nine months -- i did end up having chemotherapy. i found this place that was willing troo to treat me as a whole person. that was at cancer treatment

cents of america. they were wonderful! because they not only have the latest, greatest conventional treatments but they have a nutritionist, they have psycho neuro immunology, all of these things which take care of you and your quality oflife. >> you want patients to be able to speak up and that's mportant, you're a patient advocate. >> it is important to recognize there are two experts in the room. when you're in that room that doctor is an absolute expert in his or her field but you are the only expert in the room on you. and you come to that knowing what you want as an outcome. every plan has to have that outcome in mind. it has to. >> then you have to work as a team to reach those goals. >> that's righ you are a partner. >> you are incredible. lynette, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me. >> thank you for sharing your story. >> thank you, frankie. up next, why these cute little paws are dressed for a good cause.

we're back with "today's

pets" and dogs on the runway. >> we've seen the rhinestone leeches and pooches in rain booties but these dogs are dressing up for a very good cause. wendy diamond is animal fair's chief pet officer and creator of paws for style, a pet fashion show designed to raise money and awareness for animal rescue. thank you so much. >> this is lucky diamond. she's not up for adoption. all these outfits you'll see today are -- dog outfits are one of a kind, all designed to support local animal rescue. 100% of the money, all these outfits will be on ebay. 100% of the money goes to the humane society. >> you had a big fashion show last week. >> it was so much fun! we had "dancing with the stars," dancing on the runway, a ballet and amazing models. >> your first outfit was hanging on the rack downstairs. i was ready to steal it. >> here it is. this is america's next top

model. she's in nina ricci. lady's up for adoption. this is a beautiful outfit. dog outfit would be great for any summer party. it would be great for a wedding. look at the flowers. look at the nina ricci outfit. >> but that's a size 0. >> again will be on ebay. >> all the outfits you'll see today will be on ebay. >> what kind of dog is lady? >> she's a yorkie. she's a very good dog. we're not promoting dogs to be dressed up everyay, by the way. it's unhealthy. >> there should never be something heavy on them. >> a dog can get sun burned so it is good to protect them during the sun and during the cold. >> next up, elizabeth and her companion is toby.

>> this is an adorable outfit, very comfortable, very light. toby has an adorable bow tie. you go to the dog park, you want to dress your dog up. >> they could trip over that! i saw a dog are a rain coat on over half of its body. what's the point of the doggie rain coat? >> during the cold, some dogs especially lucky because she has short hair need it to keep warm. >> the dog was getting drenched though except where the little coat was. next we have sa and buttons. >> sara bradford's in carolina herrera. look how gorgeous that is. this is an adorable outfit. for summer party, like if you're having a little -- the dog can come.

this dog is absolutely up for adoption. look how adorable this dog is. the dogs are priceless. up next, amanda and dorothy. er that kind of blinged out. bring the bling. oh, hello! >> this is the designer from the fashion show on bravo. this is an element dog outfit. >> i don't think she's crazy about that. she's like, "does this make me look fat?" this is a great outfit to go out at night in. >> i wouldn't go grocery shopping in it. >> look at those shoes. swarovski crystals on the shoes. this is all, again, up on ebay. 100% of the money goes to the humane society. >> last, ruth with her yorkie

friend. >> two little yorkie friends. >> some of these are kind of small dresses. >> this is mark bauer. look at this outfit. look at all the crystals. it is absolutely beautiful. the ruffle collars that have the little diamonds on them. these are all one of a kind. honestly, it is such a great way to celebrate with ur dog and all the money goes and raises a lot of money for homeless animals. >> these two are up for adoption? >> no. no no no! >> let's bring all the models and their pooches out. again, the ones that are up for adoption are -- lady, nina ricci, and toby. >> all right. we'll be right back with more after these messages. first this is "today" on nbc.

it's sara time. >> hey, sara. >> i had an interesting e hail. clint wrote in with regard to technology. i work on an ambulance. it is funny how people have life threatening situations yet they still want to talk or text. >> while in the ambulance driving away? >> yes. >> i hate being in line with someone when they're on the phone and you're waiting for them to order something. what do you think is the most annoying things? >> i think in restaurants really loudly or on planes. remember the other guy? he was yelling! >> i think any close talking on

the phone. don't mind if someone's having a regular conversation near me but something about when you don't hear the other half -- because i like to kw everything that's going on. i'm just saying. that,the than perfect. tomorrow vanessa hutchins and a lot of other people.

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