You know, I used to cook all the time at home.
That makes two of us.
You must be really happy here.
Pretty close.
You can stay here as long as you like.
Thank you.
You don't have to do this.
I want to do this.
You own this place?
I own it.
It's great.
I'm looking for somebody to manage it.
Think you can handle it?
I'm not looking for an employee.
I'm looking for a partner.
You show me you can run this place.
A year from now, I give you a third of it.
You mean that?
I don't see things I don't mean.
Hello.
Hi, it's me.
Where are you?
I've been calling that apartment for days.
I'm living in Palm Springs now.
Got a great house with a pool and everything.
How can you afford that?
I've got a roommate.
This guy Mel.
Living with a boy?
He's not a boy.
It's not like we're living together.
We're buddies.
He's older.
How old?
He's 35.
I'm giving up the modeling and acting career.
Mel and I are partners in a boutique in the Springs.
Partners?
You're a businesswoman now.
You want to know what I'm doing?
I'm cooking dinner.
I wanted to get your recipe for deep apple pie.
Can I have it?
Yes.
Pauline?
Are you telling me the truth?
I cross my heart and hope to die.
Hurry up.
Thank you, ma'am.
Bye.
Pauline?
Are you okay?
I'm fine.
Just a nosebleed.
Dr. Pack says there's allergies.
Desert air dries up my bedbrains.
I'm closing the cupboard.
No more coke for you.
It's the desert air.
You think you're talking to some farmer in the back 40?
You burned a hole in your nose.
I don't do that much.
I'm cutting you off.
Mel, that is not fair.
It's the best I can do.
Fine.
Now, let's move the hell out of here.
And do what? Go back to Pornos?
That's what you want to do with your life?
Go ahead. Do it.
Mel?
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
I'd like to go home and visit my family for a while.
What about the shop?
I could have Janet come in for a few days.
I really need to go.
I just need to be a little girl for a while.
Here's the pool. Isn't it great?
Who's this guy?
That's Mel. He's my partner.
He's old.
He's 35. I'm 22.
Isn't the house great?
You're going to have to come visit me sometime. You'll love it.
You know, honey, I think we'd better start thinking about going home.
It could be snowing like crazy.
What's the hurry?
I have to get some dinner on.
I thought we were having leftovers.
It's Mrs. Wayne. Let's go say hello.
Don't.
What's the matter?
Pussy.
You've got to understand something.
These things you've done, they don't just disappear because you want them to.
The pictures are still around.
And even if they weren't, people don't forget so quickly.
You mean you don't?
You were embarrassed to be seen with me.
That is not true.
Yes, it is. And you know it.
I'm an embarrassment to you, to this family, to this entire town.
I'm home.
Got an early flight.
Right.
Pauline?
Are you crazy?
Look at yourself.
Look what you're doing to yourself.
Where are you getting it from?
Are you stealing from me?
No!
You're a liar, Chrissy's in LA.
She wouldn't give you sweat.
You bought it.
Where are you getting it from?
Food money.
I give you money to buy food, you stuffed up your nose.
I'm sorry, Mel.
Really, really sorry.
I just had a lot on my mind.
You have nothing on your mind, that's your problem.
Let's have a look.
Come on, let's see what's going on there.
Come on.
I'm sorry I disappointed you.
I just want to make you happy.
It's just not working out.
If you want me to leave, I understand.
All my life I dreamed of having a girl like you.
I won't let you go.
Hi.
Is this the gentleman in?
Yes.
LAPD, we have a warrant for his arrest.
I've been fighting this sentence for two years.
Sentence?
Are you telling me you're going to jail?
My appeals have all run out.
I'm going to jail for five years.
Five years?
Why didn't you tell me?
How could you do this to me?
I trusted you.
I didn't know we'd last.
I never expected this.
What am I supposed to do?
I don't know anything about books and ledgers and cash.
Do what you can.
If you run into problems, you're going to go see him or call him?
I can't go see him.
You're carrying Toby.
You should be getting your driver's license.
I just haven't gotten around to it.
Everything was starting to straighten up in my life.
Did you leave any money?
He left the checkbook.
I signed a bunch of blank checks.
I'm supposed to pay the bills as they come in.
What's so tough about that?
I just don't want to be here alone.
Will you stay with me?
Please?
Okay.
Thank you, ma'am, for coming in.
Hi.
You're never going to believe it.
What?
I'm nominated for best actress for the erotic film awards.
Go away.
I swear to God.
Danny just called me.
We have to go.
Best actor.
Yeah, isn't that a kick?
Where's Mel?
I'm sorry.
He's in L.A.
May I help you?
Can you unbounce this check?
The IRS froze my bank account.
I had to take the phone off the hook at the shop.
And then everyone started coming in.
I will not go back there, Mel.
Those people are vicious.
You've got to let the shop go.
You just sell off the stock for whatever you can get.
What about the house?
I've got mortgage and electric and phone.
I'll work out something for the house.
I don't want to lose the house.
You take care of the shop before the...
before the landlord puts a padlock on it.
I miss you.
I, uh...
I got to go now.
I love you.
Bye.
What am I gonna do?
What a lady, what a night.
Oh, I got a funny feeling when she walks.
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When will I start shooting on the 23rd?
It's a hell of a roll, Pauline.
You've been acting a year.
It's all the more reason I want you.
You've got fans out there.
People who recognize your name.
Don't turn me down so fast.
Pauline, please.
Just think it over.
Hello.
Hang on.
It's Mel.
Well, he sounds upset.
Look, I don't want to deal with it.
Hi, Mel.
Where the hell have you been all week?
I've been going crazy in here.
I've been calling the house.
I'm staying here with Nora.
Is that a secret?
I wanted to talk to myself.
I had to make plans.
What kind of plans?
I'm leaving the house and I'm moving in with Nora.
Don't leave the house.
Let her move in with you.
There's nothing for me there.
You're gone.
The business is gone.
I'm just going to go back and get my things.
And then I'm going to move in with Nora.
I'll leave the case with Janet.
I want to start a new movie in two days.
Geez, don't do that.
I have to.
I have to make a living.
Don't, Pauline.
You're past that.
I wish.
I wish I could get a bite now.
Here you go.
Good night.
Hello, Pauline. Can I come in?
Sure.
What are you doing here?
Mel called me. He wanted me to make sure you got away alright.
You drove out all the way from L.A. to make sure I got away alright?
Got away how?
He was worried about you.
He thought I was gonna rip him off.
Come on, you know better than that.
Why are you here, Phil?
To help me carry out my two suitcases?
That's all I have, you know, is two suitcases.
What am I gonna steal from him?
His microwave? I could carry that out. Maybe his pool table?
How about his rubber checkbook?
What the hell can I take out of here that won't bounce or break my back?
What a wonderful relationship, Phil.
It's the story of my life!
How could you be blush?
Didn't anybody ever tell you you were a beautiful girl before?
I don't like this boy!
Why do I have to be around you? Mind you of your responsibilities.
What are you going to do out there? You have no qualifications.
Yeah, I'm there, blue eyes, wholesome. I think we can do something.
Trust me, God won't strike you dead. You're beautiful, just go for it.
You dumb fraud! You're just gonna get sweet-talked out of your pants with every guy that comes along, aren't you?
I am talking $1,500 a day.
I deserved every penny of that money.
Will you be mad at the bunch of guys we're doing emceeing thanks to pictures of me?
I'm an embarrassment to you, to this family, to this entire town!
What are you gonna do in L.A.?
I'm gonna start a new movie in two days.
Don't worry. I'm a pest.
I wish I...
I wish I...
I wish I...
I wish I...
We've been keeping Pauline alive till we could get her.
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Where is she?
Right in there.
I'm sorry.
Who did this to you?
Pauline?
Pauline?
Pauline?
Pauline?
Pauline?
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Hi John.
Hi.
Good to see you.
How are you?
Oh, good to see you.
I'll start with the first things first.
What is that, John?
This is a model of five pounds of fat that we feed over a period of time to ourselves
and our families by cooking with excessive oils, excessive grease, excessive shortening,
and excessive butter.
Nancy, you know, on me, this goes here.
Yes.
And I guess on you, it's...
Never mind where it goes on me, John.
All right, let's go.
I'm just going to leave that fat there so we don't forget about all that excessive fat.
Why don't I show you how to cook an egg without any oil, without any fat, without any grease,
and without any shortening.
Nancy, this is healthy cooking.
Oh, listen.
Just wait until you see.
John, if you're going to cook eggs, could you do my favorite scrambled?
I'd like scrambled.
Oh, Nancy, why don't you mix some eggs in the bowl?
Oh, all right.
I'm going to put the lid on there.
And if you can relate the scrambled eggs, you go ahead and do that.
I'm going to do something over here.
Because believe me, this is something I can relate to.
I'm going to burn milk like you would not believe.
Oh, no.
Okay?
Now, Nancy, while you're mixing, let me ask you a question.
Yes.
Do you ever feed your kids grilled cheese sandwiches?
Oh, sure, all the time.
Oh, we love them.
Well, you probably know as much as I do that when you grate cheese, it gets hot, it gets
hot, it melts, it melts, it gets gooey, it gets gooey, it gets sticky.
Oh, John, that's going to be awful.
Nancy, don't worry about it.
Believe me.
Oh, you'll never get that off.
Now, I'm just going to put a spatter on there.
You'll see why in a second.
And while you're mixing, why don't you put those eggs in the pan.
Oh, sure.
And I'll pop in some porridge.
Porridge, John.
In America, we call that oatmeal, you know.
Okay, you know, porridge by any other name, it sticks the same.
Isn't that true?
I guess that's true.
John, you know what?
This is interesting.
This handle feels great.
I can really handle this easily.
And I expect it to be a little warm.
There's no heat in the handle.
Nancy, these are easy grip handles, and they've got a finger guard at the back, so you won't
feel the heat.
Oh, I really like this a lot.
That's very nice.
Okay, now, why don't I just show you my greaseless cooking?
I've cooked an egg.
I've put the lid on, and I'll tell you why.
Okay.
Because that way, I can baste the top and the bottom of the egg at the same time.
That egg is going to cook in its own natural goodness.
That's nice.
Now, don't forget the benefits of greaseless cooking.
Nancy, over one in three Americans die of heart disease.
You know, John, we hear about the excess fat in our diets all the time.
It's very dangerous.
It really is.
Well, from now on, this is what you must bear in mind.
Nancy, how you cook today is how you look and feel tomorrow.
What?
Say that again?
It's simple.
Listen.
How you cook today is how you look and feel tomorrow.
I like that, don't you?
Okay.
Now, just put that lid on there while your eggs are cooking, and just take a look at
this egg.
You're not going to believe.
Nancy, just look at that egg slide in that pan.
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, John, wait, wait.
No oil, no grease, and look.
Isn't that fabulous?
It really is.
Okay.
Nancy, we've seen your eggs.
Look at that.
Look at that.
Why don't we just check out your eggs too?
Oh, okay.
See how my scrambled eggs?
You've put what?
Two eggs in a pan?
Two eggs, yeah.
Normally, people put two eggs in a pan, so they get one egg out, because the pan likes
to kind of keep an egg for itself.
Is that true?
Well, sure.
That's why cleanup is so tough.
Let me grab this dish.
Not anymore, Nancy.
Just check this out for yourself.
Two eggs went into the pan, and guess what?
Two eggs came out the pan.
Now, to clean up, Nancy, just check out the cleanup.
This is something you're not going to believe.
Nancy, never again will you have to soak a pan overnight in the sink and hope someone
else is going to clean it up for you.
That's a good thing, because no one ever does clean it up for you, do they?
It's always us.
Nancy, the pan is clean.
Oh, God.
Look at this.
Now, the cheese.
Wait, do you know how...
Hold on, the porridge is cooking, the milk's burning, the cheese is cooking.
The cheese, please.
Look at that.
Look at that, John.
Nancy, don't worry about the cheese.
Okay, you get rid of that.
Come over here, and let's check out the cheese.
No, this is stuck forever.
Are you ready, Nancy?
Forever.
Are you ready?
Nancy, just take a look at that.
No kidding.
Didn't I tell you?
That's amazing.
Didn't I tell you that I wouldn't have any problem with the cheese?
Have you ever seen a pan so easy to clean?
I never thought you'd get that cheese off.
Never.
Just take it.
Isn't that great?
Yes.
Nancy, now then, the porridge is just about cooked.
It's just like my mother used to make.
It sticks to your ribs, but it won't stick to the pan.
I don't know.
It looks like it's gonna stick to the pan.
Nancy, why don't you lift that basket up?
Yeah, what would you like to...
Let's get rid of this porridge.
Are you ready?
Nancy?
Oh, no, John, you're not gonna...
One, two, three.
Whoa!
Did you...
And Nancy, have you ever seen anyone clean out a pan with a feather duster?
No, I never have, John.
Have you?
I never have.
Listen, this care wear is gonna take you into the 21st century.
Isn't that fabulous?
That is fabulous.
Okay, now then, do you remember...
John, smell this.
Oh, John, that's not gonna last.
This is done.
This is a goner.
This pan's done.
Look at this milk.
Just take one look at this.
No.
Look at that.
No!
Look at that.
Nancy, it's just like cleaning...
It's like peeling a banana, Nancy.
You'll never believe.
It's so easy.
Now, isn't that fabulous?
Nancy...
Yeah, I can't believe that.
Can you?
Nancy, easy cooking.
Greaseless cooking.
You can't know about it.
Nancy, it's easy to clean up.
It's tough and it's durable.
You know, you've made it obvious that it's very easy to clean up.
We love that.
But John, how durable is it?
Durable?
Nancy, watch this.
We decided to test Royal Diamond's durability against three other leading non-stick cookwares.
We took a metal abrasive pad and put a pan from each set of cookware to a true torture
test.
After only three minutes of abrasive scrubbing, let's look at how brands X, Y, and Z survive
this torture test.
You can clearly see that the non-stick surface has worn away to the metal on each of these
pans.
Yet, after 408,000 scrubs and almost one hour of abuse by this tough metal abrasive pad,
Royal Diamond's non-stick surface is still intact and no metal is showing.
That's 20 times longer than the other leading non-stick cookwares tested.
John, see, I agree.
That's impressive.
Did you see those test results?
Yes.
408,000 scrubs.
Nancy, let me ask you.
Do you believe that your family could torture these pans that much?
No, I'm sure not.
I'm sure not.
That's why we believe that Royal Diamond is the best non-stick cookware available, period.
Period.
All right.
Now, listen.
Nancy, really, their Royal Diamond cookware is not just the best non-stick cookware available,
it's the best any type of cookware available.
Oh, but John, there's so much cookware out there available.
Let's take a look.
Now, this is a cast iron skillet like my grandma used to have.
And those girls were real tough.
You know why?
Feel the weight.
Yeah, I know.
They weigh a ton, don't they?
Yeah, you need the muscles of Schwarzenegger.
They can conduct the heat relatively evenly.
But the problem is, you know, you can never get them clean.
Just take a look at this, Nancy.
I'm going to rub this around the pan.
And can you see?
Isn't that gross?
Yeah, there it is.
One guy said to me, yeah, but I like cooking with those.
I mean, they remind me of my grandmother's cooking.
I said, oh, yeah, I know why.
He said, why?
I said, it'll probably sell from my food left inside.
Nancy, stainless steel.
Now, this doesn't conduct the heat very evenly, and therefore it sticks.
A set like this can cost up to $1,000.
And can you imagine?
And food still sticks.
Doesn't compare, not even in the same league with Regal's Royal Diamond.
Now the porcelain.
Oh, looks.
It's for looking, not for cooking.
I'll tell you why.
Chips, peels, it cracks.
Now then, what about the other non-sticks that stick?
Well, they stick.
Yeah, I have a lot of sets like this I have had over the years.
They last me only about six months, John.
What tends to break up first?
What happens?
Well, you know, just like right here, all of this starts to chip off and peel off, and
you get little black flakes.
Oh, black flakes.
And you thought that was pepper, huh?
Thanks, John.
Nancy, believe me, in the industry, this is called disposable cookware.
In fact, I think I'm just going to dispose of this stuff right now.
People actually think that this is cheap.
But Nancy, when you have to replace it like crazy, it lasts what, six or seven months?
Yeah.
Let's be generous.
Up to a year.
You know, Nancy, Pennywise, pound foolish.
I see what you mean, John.
Regal Royal Diamonds Cookware is dishwasher safe.
It's made to last.
Why don't we let the people from Regal tell you why?
The problem with other nonstick cookware has been that it just doesn't last.
At Regal, we solve that problem through our specially designed arc spray process.
What this does is create minute peaks and valleys, so when you scrape a kitchen utensil
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The result of this process is a surface so durable that we are backing it up with a lifetime
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Let me show you what you're going to get.
Now, you're going to get a three-quart saucepan, remember, with a tempered glass lid.
This is the one that we did the porridge, I mean the oatmeal in.
And remember, those recipes you normally shy away from because of the cleanup, you saw
how easy the oatmeal came out.
You're never going to have that problem again.
Nancy, we're also going to give you this fabulous 10-inch stir-fry wok, again with the lid.
International cuisine at your very fingertips.
Isn't that fabulous, Nancy?
It's fabulous.
I love the lid.
It is.
And I love the way it looks.
Isn't it beautiful?
It just looks great.
And don't forget, the outside of all the pans are nonstick, and they are solid.
They're made to last.
All right.
Now, as well as that, we're going to give you this 10-inch fry pan.
Remember, this is the one where the egg was just sliding around, but don't miss the point.
Greaseless, healthy cooking.
Nancy, your kids are going to love this.
They're going to have...
I love this.
They're going to have grilled cheese sandwiches to their heart's delight.
Now, all the pans have gone heat evenly.
And Nancy, you know the problems you normally have with pancakes?
It ain't going to be a problem.
We're going to show you in the next part of the show.
All right.
We're going to show you a recipe book which is prepared with recipes from the American
Heart Association.
Oh, that's wonderful.
I've got to tell you, remember at the beginning of the show, I told you we're not talking
cookware.
Nancy, this is careware, a total nutritional system.
Careware.
Careware.
We're impressed.
I love it all.
I want to know how much.
Nancy, you get a three-quart pan.
You get a fabulous fry pan, a stir-fry wok, a griddle, and at last, a healthy recipe book.
John!
Did I say I was done?
Well, excuse me, John.
Nancy, come with me.
Now, Nancy, remember, royal diamond by regal is not just cookware.
It's actually a necessity.
Now, this is my favorite pan.
I call this my holy pan.
Oh, look at that.
This is a steamer.
This is grand.
You know, John, most of the steamers are really little.
Isn't that a nice sign?
Let me show you the steamer at work.
Look what we've done over here.
Nancy, we've actually cooked chicken, filet, potatoes, carrots, and broccoli.
Listen, what are you cooking for one or three people?
This will do the trick.
All in one pot.
Now, what we have not done is boiled all the goodness out.
Normally, people in a regular pan, they boil all the vitamins, you know, all the scrumptious
flavors, the minerals, and they toss them down the sink.
We've actually steam-sealed all the goodness into the vegetables.
Check this out.
This is broccoli we've boiled in a regular pan.
Can you see the color?
Look at the color.
Look at that.
Now, put the pan down, Nancy, because I don't want you to miss this.
That doesn't look good.
Just take a look at what we've done.
Look at that.
Isn't that amazing?
Look at the difference in the two because we used your steamer.
Nancy, I would never, ever feed my family watered-down, washed-out, devite lice food.
And I know from now on, you never will do that.
No, we don't want to.
Nancy, take a look at the lids.
These lids are tempered lids, but they've got a real special rim.
You know, it gives you a really tight seal.
John, look at this.
It almost feels as if it's like a mini pressure cooker.
And we all know the benefits of a mini pressure cooker.
But watch, it also fits for greaseless cooking that fry pan.
And it also fits the stir-fry wok pan.
And Nancy, it's also great for the Dutch oven.
Watch.
When I take this and put it on there, now you have a Dutch oven.
And just look at some of the things you can do.
Steams.
You can do cast-rolls.
Look at that.
Isn't that beautiful?
Nancy.
And you can do the macaroni cheese.
Now, see, this is one of my favorites, and it always sticks to the pan.
But not anymore.
Nancy, check out that pot roast.
Oh, look at that.
And don't forget, this cookware, you can cook a pot roast and put the Dutch oven into the
oven itself.
Wait, John, with the handles, I can put it in the oven?
Exactly.
One more thing.
Nancy, watch.
Yes.
When I put that onto the wok, now you can actually steam your Chinese vegetables.
And you know those exotic, those delicious dummies, those dim sum?
You can do those as well.
And steam rice.
Exactly.
No tell-tale rice.
And Nancy, there's more.
Because if this was to, if you were to buy this on its own, you could pay as much as
$50.
Oh, easily.
And I'm sure at $50, that would be something you would really like to have in your home.
Well, Regal have authorized and allowed me for this television offer.
Nancy, we need some room on here.
Oh, oh, here.
Why don't you put the recipe book down there?
Okay, right here.
Because we're not going to charge you $50.
We're going to include this as part of the Regal Royal Diamond Nutritional System.
And remember, Nancy, how you cook today is how you look and feel tomorrow.
This is wonderful.
Now, when we come back to What's New America, we're going to find out a whole lot more about
that great steamer and Dutch oven, find out more about nutritional cooking, and visit
one of America's finest restaurants.
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This is grated cheese.
What a sticky, gooey mess.
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This revolutionary new surface is so nonstick, you could clean it with a feather duster.
Yet it's so durable that even after 408,000 scrubs with this tough metal pad, you can
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Royal Diamond is made by Regal Swan, a trusted name in cookware for almost 50 years, and
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Welcome back to What's New America and Regal's Royal Diamond Cookware with of course John
Parkins.
Thank you Nancy, but let me make a point.
You know the most important occupation, in fact probably more important obligation, is
to feed your family, right?
No argument John.
Okay now everyone knows if you're going to do a job properly, you need the right tools
for the job.
You wouldn't give a pocket knife to a heart surgeon for open heart surgery.
Oh my God.
Oh no, you say no.
But you know that's exactly what people do when they use inferior cookware.
Royal Diamond are the tools you need to do the job right, to get the maximum of nutritional
cooking.
Let me show you.
Now remember my favorite pan?
Absolutely, the holy pan and we're steaming not boiling.
That's right.
Now just look at the mixed vegetables.
We've steam sealed the vitamins in.
The vitamins John.
The vitamins.
Check this out.
Every family's favorite, corn on the cob.
We've also done a whole chicken dinner in one cob.
Isn't that pretty?
Nancy, my favorite, stock peppers.
You can taste those later.
And have a look at this.
In our kitchen, we've got a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken,
a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken,
a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken,
a whole chicken, a whole chicken, a whole chicken.
You can taste those later.
And have a look at this.
In our Dutch oven, we did stew, we did brisket, we did pot roast.
Your favorite, macaroni and cheese.
All the sauces and flavors.
And look at this.
We told you earlier that every pan is better for even heat distribution.
The pancakes not just gooey in the center and overcooked on the outside, cooked to perfection.
How golden they are.
Chops, burgers, steaks on this fabulous stir-fry wok pan.
I mean, we've got Thai food, Japanese, Indian, Mexican, the all-American favorite, chili.
And of course, for your kids, grilled cheese sandwiches.
Nancy, you can actually treat your family to a different international dish every single
day of the week in your home.
Just think of the money we're going to save because now we're not going out to buy these
exotic dishes.
Nancy, Nancy, we save you money where we can.
Isn't that a fabulous idea?
It is a good idea.
Now, let's be sure we have this straight, John.
You've told us about the greaseless cooking and the steam cooking that is going to help
us lose weight.
It is certainly going to increase our energy.
It is good for nutrition.
It is much healthier for us, which means Royal Diamond has made this with the health of my
family and mine.
And it's made to last.
You know what?
Why don't we join Chef Perrier?
I'd like to have his view on the Royal Diamond cookware when he tried them out at the world-famous
Le Beck Fin restaurant in Philadelphia.
No fat.
Is that great?
No fat whatsoever.
And it doesn't stick.
And here, look how the chicken come out.
Look how even it is.
And then instead of 45 minutes, we keep the chicken in 30 minutes.
I love my Royal Diamond cookware in my home because it's a nonstick surface and it's easy
to clean and it's beautiful to cook anything.
A diamond is beautiful and made to last forever, but you can't cook on it.
But you can cook on Regal Swan's Royal Diamond, the technological breakthrough in cookware
that's guaranteed to last a lifetime.
Watch.
This is grated cheese.
What a sticky, gooey mess.
And you'd need dynamite to get this off ordinary cookware, but with Royal Diamond, it slides
right off like magic.
This revolutionary new surface is so nonstick, you could clean it with a feather duster.
Yet it's so durable that even after 408,000 scrubs with this tough metal pad, you can
still fry an egg on it.
That's 20 times longer than the three other sets of leading cookware tested.
Royal Diamond's nonstick surface is a breakthrough in cookware engineering because of a special
arc spray process that forms protective peaks inside the pan that makes it so tough and
durable guaranteed.
It's oven and dishwasher safe and specially designed with precision engineered concentric
rings to help food cook faster and more evenly, saving you time and money and getting delicious
results.
Royal Diamond cookware comes with tempered glass lids, allowing you to see your creations,
helping to prevent under or overcooking, and its tight fitting rim guard seals in those
natural, sumptuous flavors.
And with Royal Diamond, you'll get technologically advanced heat resistant handles and finger
guards for your comfort and safety.
You'll get this two and a half liter pan, this 25 centimeter wok for quick, nutritious
meals, this sturdy 25 centimeter gourmet pan, and this family size griddle.
Royal Diamond is made by Regal Swan, a trusted naming cookware for almost 50 years, and they
stand behind Royal Diamond with a lifetime guarantee.
Call now and you'll also receive this multipurpose four and a half liter Dutch oven and specially
designed steamer.
You'll also get this fabulous cookbook filled with mouthwatering recipes from the American
Heart Association.
Order right now and we'll throw in an added bonus, this gourmet chef's knife.
Don't miss this incredible opportunity to have your own set of Royal Diamond cookware,
10 pieces in all, complete with lifetime guarantee.
It could make a difference to you and your family's well-being for a lifetime.
Here's how to order.
Call 123222 right now and for just six payments of only $49.95, the complete Regal cookware
collection can be yours.
That's right, you can make cooking a pleasure for just six payments of only $49.95.
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My grandfather started Regal in 1945.
Now we're in over 100 countries around the world and the leaders of the cookware industry.
A lot of skill and three generations of experience have gone into developing Royal Diamond and
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John, John, I have to tell you, I am truly impressed.
Now there's a whole lot of cookware out there but I have never seen any nonstick cookware
with a lifetime guarantee.
There's no question that Royal Diamond has really made the healthy choice for my whole
family.
Nancy, it's not just the healthy choice.
Remember greaseless cooking.
You saw how the egg just slid around the pan.
Easy cleanup, it can't get any easier.
And Nancy, it's also tough and durable.
But I have to tell you, for a few pennies, you can actually have a technological breakthrough
in your home.
But Nancy, don't forget, it's an investment that you and your family deserve.
You know why?
Because how you cook today is how you look and feel tomorrow.
Yes John, thank you so much for coming and sharing it all.
And thank you for coming.
Now we'll see you next time on What's New America.
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Good morning.
Waters are still rising all along the East Coast and residents are being forced to hire
ground by the floods.
We'll have the latest today, Sunday, January 21st, 1996.
From NBC News, this is Today, live from Studio 1A in Rockefeller Plaza.
Good Sunday morning to all of you.
Welcome to Today.
I'm Jack Ford.
And I'm Elizabeth Vargas.
Boy, those flood waters are something else.
The pictures are frightening.
You know, you hear about it and in our neighborhood we had some storm drains backed up, but then
you see people being forced from their house and things being swept down the road.
The entire town of Wilkes-Barre was evacuated because of flood waters there.
It's been affecting hundreds of thousands of people all up and down the East Coast.
It scares you how powerful nature is and how helpless we are sometimes to control it.
But we'll be talking about that weather for you, giving you an update on what's going
on there.
Also, as you know, the President's State of the Union address is scheduled for Tuesday
night.
We're going to talk to some political observers about what we might expect to hear from the
President during that speech.
And we're also going to talk to the author of a controversial new book about Britain's
Queen Elizabeth.
The royals always seem to be in the news.
They do.
Also, this morning...
I wish we had a royal family.
I don't mean in the royal family.
We had a royal family here and you could have books and those types of scandals.
You know what?
I think I'm content just reading about the royals in Britain.
I guess you're right.
I guess you're right.
Also, this morning we'll get an update on those historic Palestinian elections this
weekend.
Also, a Hollywood report on the composer who created the music for the new movie Mr.
Holland's Opus and the music of guitarist John Pizzarelli.
But first this morning, this news.
As we just said, rain and melting snow from the blizzard of 96 has sent rivers over their
banks in several states, with Pennsylvania among the hardest hit.
The Susquehanna River has overrun its banks or is threatening to in other areas.
And at the Capitol in Harrisburg, flooding has become so bad that Governor Tom Ridge
and his family have had to evacuate.
Governor Ridge joins us now from slightly higher ground.
Good morning, sir.
Good morning.
How bad is the situation?
Can you tell us in a quick summary?
Well, I think there's an incredible human face on this tragedy all around Pennsylvania.
It began with an unprecedented snowstorm on January 7th, incredible conditions after that.
We've got senior citizens leaving nursing homes to Alice's patients that we've had
to move through snowstorms into out of hospitals, into safer areas.
We've had Three Rivers Stadium where we were down enjoying a victory in Pittsburgh last
Sunday.
We've got 10 feet of water on the point where the Three Rivers meet.
We've got trailer parks that are downstream.
There's a human face to this tragedy and we're waiting for the federal government to come
up and assist us.
How high have the rivers crested?
Have they already crested above flood stage and are they on their way down or are they
still going up?
What's the status there?
Well, we have 57 counties of the 67 counties in the disaster declaration.
We've had flood stages anywhere from 12 feet above flood stage down to 7 or 8 in and around
the capital city of Harrisburg.
So depending on where you are in southwestern Pennsylvania to northeastern Pennsylvania,
we've had horrible floods and horrible tragedy.
Again, we're still waiting for the federal government to recognize that it's more than
just flooding in a couple basements.
You have had many, many people evacuated from their homes.
How many of those people are on their way back and how many are being forced to stay
in shelters as of this time?
Right now we probably have 10,000 plus people in shelters.
We don't know how many thousands of families we have with friends and relatives.
We did evacuate nearly 100,000 people out of Wilkes-Barre.
Mayor Reed has 4,000 structures in Harrisburg underwater and evacuated nearly 10,000 people
there.
And out in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, again, we've got small communities along tributaries
that have evacuated.
Many of them have no longer have any homes.
I mean, it is a series of events that began on January 7th where we got, in many instances,
30 inches of snow in a day in some communities that only get 20 inches of snow in a winter.
And after that we had 5 inches of rain and then 60 degree temperatures, all this in January,
which has created horrible havoc throughout the Commonwealth.
Alright, Governor Ridge, best of luck to you and everybody in Pennsylvania.
Thank you very much.
Thanks for joining us this morning.
Moving on this morning with other news, we have PLO Chief Yasser Arafat seems to be sure
of a landslide victory as Palestinians elect their first government in parts of the West
Bank and Gaza Strip.
NBC's Martin Fletcher reports.
Israel lifted its closure on Gaza and the West Bank this morning, allowing Palestinians
to enter Israel again.
The closure was a security measure to prevent bomb attacks by Islamic militants who threatened
to disrupt the Palestinian elections.
The security measures and massive police presence worked, no major incidents.
Overnight international observers watched as Palestinians counted the votes.
About 85% of Palestinians voted, almost a million people in the first ever Palestinian
general election.
But no celebrations yet.
The final result won't be announced until later today.
Though it's already clear Yasser Arafat won his expected landslide and delivered a slap
in the face to Islamic militants who called for a boycott of the elections, which was
mostly ignored.
Arafat will only rule over about 30% of the West Bank and about 70% of the Gaza Strip.
The rest still has to be negotiated with Israel and could take years.
But Arafat's landslide victory does mean he has the support of the Palestinians to continue
the peace process with Israel.
Martin Fletcher, NBC News, Tel Aviv.
NATO officials in Bosnia have praised all sides for cooperation in implementing the
peace accord.
Prisoner releases have been slower than expected, but the program appears to be moving ahead.
Meantime, NATO has announced a decision on mass grave sites where Serb rebels allegedly
hid the bodies of thousands of Muslims and Croats.
It says it will keep watch on the areas but not formally guard them.
The music world has lost one of its greats.
Jazz saxophonist Jerry Mulligan has died at the age of 68.
Mulligan started his musical career as a teenager and worked with such greats as Gene Krupa,
Chet Baker and Duke Ellington.
Suppose you woke up one morning and found your U.S. dollars had to be traded for a new
international currency.
Well, you'd probably feel that some of your American independence had been lost.
It isn't happening here, but it is happening in Europe and not everyone is happy about
it.
So money managers are meeting trying to figure out how to convince Europeans to like the
idea of Euro dollars before they're put into circulation.
That's the news this morning and now we'll go out to Joe Witte with the weather.
Alright Eliza, we've got folks from up and down the Asian seaboard.
You ladies are from where?
Florida.
What brings you to New York in the winter time?
Shopping.
Shopping, okay.
And you're from Maine, the other end.
Maine, yes.
What brings you here?
Shopping.
I want to show you something.
Somebody from Maine, they think this is tropical weather.
Nice shoes, yes.
What brings you to town?
Antique show.
Antique show.
Big antique show in town everybody.
Let's check the weather situation.
We're in California, mountain snow as far south as Santa Barbara County where they have
winter storm warnings above 6,000 feet, 3 to 5 inches.
Good news for the skiers of Sierra, 6 to 12 inches as a Pacific storm sweeps on shore with
gusty winds along the California and Oregon coast.
Here in the east we'll have some light snow flurries around New York City, icy conditions
for parts of the Carolinas.
Warm in Florida, temperature wise finally rebounding closer to normal.
Yesterday morning 50 below, way up north in Minnesota.
Much better, 70s in Southern California.
It is now 8 after they are right here on Today.
Alright, let's check the sports situation with Jack.
Jack, the Knicks lost last night.
I know they did Joe, but there's always another game coming up for the Knicks.
There are reports, however, that the National Football League is considering now an idea
to keep the Browns in Cleveland.
The proposed plan would have Browns owner Art Modell give up the team and be awarded
an expansion franchise in Baltimore in return.
Now with a look at the rest of today's sports.
Here's Bill Crowley.
At the NHL All-Star Game in Boston, TV fans got to see the snazzy computerized visual
aids puck and the hometown fans saw Ray Bork score the winning goal in the final minute,
giving the East a 5-4 victory over the West.
In the NBA, playing without new acquisition Kenny Anderson, Charlotte went down to defeat
by Golden State, the Warriors beating the Hornets, 110 to 102.
Vancouver won its eighth game of the season with 30 losses, the Grizzlies knocking off
the New York Knicks 84-80.
College basketball number one Massachusetts stayed on top of the heap even without Marcus
Camby.
UMass got 33 points from Carmelo Travieso and beat Duquesne 93-89.
And that's today's sports.
I'm Bill Crowley.
Coming up next, we'll take a look at President Clinton's State of the Union address coming
up on Tuesday, that after these messages.
When I first came to the Boss' farm, it was a whole new world to me.
Everyone here seemed to know their place.
The Boss and his wife, the sheep dogs, the sheep, and all the other animals.
The little pig is a bit low.
He's going to sleep with us.
This is the story of a brave soul who is trying to find his destiny.
Remember, you have to dominate them.
Send them to your will.
He knew his path would not be easy.
I'm not sure if you realize how much the other animals are laughing at you.
It's not a duck that thinks it's a rooster.
It's a pig that thinks it's a dog.
You should accept what he is and be thankful for it, but now he's determined.
They're sheep.
They're inferior.
Oh, no, they're not.
To take care of business.
All a nice little pig like you need to do is ask.
His way.
Thanks very much.
It was very kind of you.
A pleasure.
What a nice little pig.
From Universal Pictures comes the story of Babe.
You look like an intelligent, sophisticated, discerning young fella.
Who, me?
The pig with the gift of gab.
La, la, la.
Nerves of steel.
Get out of here, you.
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Big butt heads.
And a heart.
May I call you Mom?
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Babe.
You saw me standing alone without a dream in my heart.
Mill showing at cinemas everywhere.
Check newspapers for details.
I'm close up this morning inside Washington.
President Clinton's State of the Union address will be delivered Tuesday evening.
The President flew to Texas this weekend where he met the shuttle astronauts and also attended
the funeral of former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan.
He'll be spending the time between now and Tuesday preparing that speech.
And for some thoughts on what he might be saying come Tuesday night, we turn to syndicated
columnist Cal Thomas and also to Democratic advisor Tony Coelho.
Gentlemen, good morning.
Morning, Jack.
Tony, let me start with you.
Give us a brief synopsis, if you will, of what you expect to hear the President saying
Tuesday night.
Well, basically, the President's going to talk about how the country is today and how
it moves in to the next century.
He's not going to dwell on the budget fight or any of these mud fights that are going
on today in Washington.
It's more a vision of the future and it's an upbeat positive vision.
And it's reminiscent really of what Ronald Reagan did when he was starting his second
term.
The country's in a good mood.
The economy is in good shape.
We're in foreign policy, we're in peace generally throughout the world.
And so he's going to give a very upbeat positive tone.
Cal, I suspect you might have a somewhat different view of what the President might be saying.
What do you expect to hear?
Well, I do, Jack.
I knew Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Reagan was a friend of mine and Bill Clinton is no Ronald Reagan.
I've been waiting for years to use that line, Tony.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity.
Tony set you up nicely for that one, didn't he?
He certainly did.
I owe you a meal for that one.
Well, I think the President will come on and take responsibility or take credit for peace
in Northern Ireland, his efforts in Bosnia and in Haiti.
I think he'll say that, look, crime is down, things are getting better, very optimistic.
It's interesting to go back and read his previous States of the Union as I did before this program.
And you saw in 1994, praise of Tip O'Neill who had just recently died, the guru of big
government liberalism.
But in 95, you saw a phrase that I don't think you'll see this time.
He said, I've made some mistakes.
This was when the Republican Congress had just come to a majority.
So I think there will be, I agree with Tony, a lot of optimism.
But more than ever, I think you're going to see the character issue overhanging a lot
of this.
You're going to have people asking themselves, well, does he really mean what he's saying?
And that remains the major question.
And I believe the character issue will be a major factor in this coming campaign.
Tony, how about that?
How big an issue is character going to be?
Well, Cal really kind of slid that in.
I don't see how that really becomes an issue for the State of the Union.
But I think that the character issue, the Republicans obviously are going to try to
make it the issue.
Obviously, that's why you have these Senate hearings.
There's really no legal offenses anywhere, but they need to have an issue.
And of course, Senator DeMato, who is the co-chair of Doe's campaign and also happens
to be Republican chair of the Senate campaign committee, is the chairman of the committee
that is trying to make this into an issue.
So they're going to try and try and try.
The problem that they have is they really don't have any candidates that are going
to spark the American people's interest.
I think that what you're going to see here is Bob Dole is going to be nominated.
He's going to become really the Walter Mondale of this campaign.
It's going to be very similar in that he'll have a tough race with Forbes.
It'll be close, but Dole will win.
He's not going to be that inspiring.
Clinton will end up winning the election in November.
We've seen an unusual request here by the Republicans.
They've asked, rather than responding Tuesday night after the president's comments, for
time from all the networks to respond on Wednesday night, a separate response.
Cal, why?
Well, they remember Bill Clinton's State of the Union last year that ran one hour and
20 minutes, and they don't want to be forced out of prime time to follow the president,
so they're not taking any chances this year at asking for Wednesday night so they can
be in prime time.
What do you think of that, Tony?
Well, this has been going on for a long time, Cal.
I remember when I was there that we always wanted to have a response at a separate date.
I started the whole effort of having actually something that you could have played before,
I mean, worked out before and then relayed in.
That didn't work either.
We experimented with everything in order to be competitive with Ronald Reagan, and we
couldn't.
The Republicans are trying to do the same thing with Bill Clinton today.
Gentlemen, a lot of stuff to talk about, and unfortunately never quite enough time.
Tony Coelho, Cal Thomas, thank you very much.
Hopefully we'll get a chance to talk with you as we launch into the primary seasons
very soon.
Gentlemen, thank you again.
Thank you, Jack.
And coming up next this morning, a Hollywood report on the movie Mr. Holland's Opus.
That after these messages.
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It was good.
It's time to dust off those treasures.
Mom, is that my Bart Simpson costume?
Oh, probably not, but I'm going to try.
And pamper yourself.
Maybe I'll go to the gas station and treat myself to a little bit of a
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the real life music man behind Mr. Holland's Opus.
In the film, the music is virtually a co-star with actor Richard Dreyfuss and the man who
wrote the music is a star in his own right.
Contributing correspondent Wendy Walsh has the story.
Mr. Holland, it has come to my attention that you are teaching the students rock and roll.
I will use anything from Beethoven to rock and roll if I think it will help teach a student
who loves music.
In the drama Mr. Holland's Opus, Oscar winner Richard Dreyfuss stars as a passionate music
teacher who gives up his dream of composing to spend 30 years inspiring young minds.
Playing music is supposed to be fun.
But while the movie is fiction, its message is alive in the man who wrote its music score,
three time Grammy winner Michael Kamen.
When it was presented to me that I might be interested in doing a film in which the hero
wants to be a great American composer, I said, are you kidding?
This movie is, I felt, really about me.
If that sounds like boasting, consider this.
With Mr. Holland, Kamen has dedicated his life to shattering the barrier between Giacchino
Rossini and rock and roll.
When Kamen isn't writing film scores for hits like Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, and Robin Hood
Prince of Thieves, he's doing albums or concerts with such artists as Luciano Pavarotti, Pink
Floyd, and Bob Dylan.
I never recognized the barrier between one form of good music and another form of good
music growing up in a household where Lead Belly and Bach were constant accompaniments
to life.
Even Richard Dreyfus, a notoriously tough critic of his coworkers, has only bravos for
Kamen.
He's not only fun, but he's smart, and he's articulate, and he's thoughtful.
I had a fabulous time.
Despite his two decades of film work, Kamen, a native New Yorker who now lives in London,
says Mr. Holland's opus posed a special challenge because music was a character in the story.
The wonderful thing about this film, since it charts the writing of the symphony, I had
to write the symphony before they shot the film.
Director Stephen Herrick.
I'm telling a story with pictures, with words.
Michael's telling a story with music, and we try to find the rhythms that sort of match
each other in telling this story.
It was kind of a hassle sometimes to be writing a scene and realize it had been chopped out
of the script, but it was a profoundly different experience to write a score prior to the shooting
of the film, to lay the fabric of the film out.
All right, let's get ready.
Another challenge was creating the illusion that Dreyfus was a veteran music maker.
We put a little camera of me conducting in front of him, and he's left-handed, so the
mirror effect was perfect.
Listen for Kamen's touch in the upcoming live-action film of 101 Dalmatians and the Robin Williams
fantasy Jack.
There's also Oscar talk about his score and song for last year's Don Juan DiMarco.
Linking all these projects, Kamen says, is a basic aim to communicate emotion.
Music, of course, is as important in children's lives and kids' lives and adults' lives as
it has ever been in the history of the planet, I think.
I'm going to drag into this gig with kicking and screaming, and now it's the only thing
I want to do.
So what would have happened to Mr. Holland if he'd achieved his dream to compose full-time?
Look no further than the very full life of Michael Kamen.
For Today, in Hollywood, I'm Wendy Walsh.
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All right, across the street.
Folks sitting outside enjoying a little breakfast, having no idea that now they know.
He does.
Hey, wait a minute.
How do they know that?
Can they see themselves?
Across the top.
The monitor.
The monitor outside.
I didn't know the monitor was that big.
That's pretty amazing.
We got some folks outside.
We saw the sign before.
It says, Mom, Dad, everybody in Halifax, we're getting married.
Is this how you guys are announcing this?
Do they know anything about that?
No.
We're announcing this right now.
Wow.
Well, I think Mom and Dad are probably surprised right now, aren't they?
Well, congratulations.
Good.
And next to you we have Bill and it looks like Bill and Avis.
Happy 50th anniversary.
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Are these your grandparents, perhaps?
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Grandparents.
Oh, that's nice.
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What's your name?
David Merkleyer.
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Thanks for being out there.
What a great grandson you are.
Hey, there's another sign out there.
Forget Matt.
Have we seen that sign yet?
Yeah.
Where is that sign?
There we go.
Send out Jack.
Wow.
Do you folks have any idea how much it cost me to get somebody to make that sign?
It's just, I don't know.
Oh, wow.
Actually, I saw him out there this morning, like painting it himself.
Actually, I did three or four of them and I tried to hand them out to people when they
were coming by, but I couldn't get anybody interested in it.
So if any of you were with us yesterday, we were talking yesterday with Jack about his
daughter Ashley's party.
Is it a birthday party?
I missed the conversation.
So this is your daughter's...
This is the big party.
This is her 14-year-old birthday party.
Boys and girls.
Boys and girls.
Boys and girls.
Boys and girls.
And it was tremendous.
You know, I got a tough time with my little girl growing up.
Right.
Most fathers do.
I'm sure all dads and their daughters do.
So her birthday was a couple of weeks ago and I had planned this and it was all set and
we called the parents of everybody saying, you know, here's where they're going to be,
here's what they're going to be doing, we'll be there.
It will be heavily supervised.
Absolutely.
I was all over this place.
And it was fun.
It started off a little shaky.
I had the girls' basketball team that Ashley plays on had a tournament yesterday.
And she lands on the wrist and blows out the wrist.
Oh, gosh.
Broke the wrist.
And, you know, it was scary.
She had hurt herself very badly and so, you know, she's taken to the hospital.
So the girls...
And I was telling you this, and as an athlete, you understand this, I love watching the girls'
sports, especially the girls' basketball, because they come out there and they bang and
they come after you.
And our girls had a horrible shooting night, but they wouldn't let go.
And they kept coming, kept coming.
And then they ended up winning by a point.
And then they just stopped.
They were in tears because of their good friend getting so badly hurt.
And then fortunately, about an hour into the party, here she comes in with her big cast
on her arm here still wearing her warm-up.
Hey, that's going to be an enormous badge of honor for the next week.
It is.
So she came in and they all picked up and it turned into a fun party.
Oh, good.
But I was downstairs about every five minutes or so saying, so do you guys want your pizza
now?
Can I get you some soda?
And then the scientist said, you don't need to make up an excuse every time you come in
there.
I know you're coming down.
It's okay.
Just come on down and be part of the woodwork.
That is so funny.
But it was fun.
But it's one of those passages that I read through as a parent.
It's just going to get more and more interesting, Jack.
Oh, great, Elizabeth, thank you.
That's what I really needed to hear that coming out.
Fatherhood, a wonderful thing.
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Welcome back to Today on This Sunday Morning. A nice crowd outside Studio 1A at 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.
Good morning, everyone. I'm Elizabeth Vargas along with Jack Ford and Joe Whitty with the Weather. Nice to have you back, Joe.
Good morning. And a nice time.
Yeah, a beautiful time.
I'd like to have a snack.
In this half hour, we're going to get the latest on a very serious subject, Yasser Arafat's victory in the Palestinian elections.
See what all of that means for the people there. There was a parliament that was also elected. 88 seats up for grabs.
Really, when you think of major developments in an area, certainly that's it for them.
Very historic.
We're also going to be taking a look at the latest in the royal family controversy over in England, a new biography of Britain's Queen Elizabeth.
We'll be talking to the author of that book, and we're going to give you a chance to hear some of the music of guitarist and singer John Pizzarelli.
We'll talk about that coming up in the next half hour.
First, let's take a look at some of the news this Sunday morning.
From Virginia to Connecticut, residents are shoveling sandbagging and seeking higher ground.
Earlier, heavy snows and rains are now causing severe flooding.
NBC's Gary Matsumoto is in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where the Susquehanna River is above flood stage.
Gary, tell us what's going on there.
Good morning, Jack. I'm standing along the eastern bank of the Susquehanna. In fact, I'm standing in the Susquehanna.
This is the Shypoke District, one of the lowest lying neighborhoods in Pennsylvania's capital.
And if you look off to my left, you can see in the distance the original banks of the river, just a few yards in front of those small trees that are now marooned in icy water.
By the time the Susquehanna gets as far south as Harrisburg, it's about a mile wide and five or six feet deep.
The river crested early this morning, just shy of 25 feet, five times its normal depth.
When the Susquehanna breached her banks, she spilled into basements and inundated streets.
Thousands of residents from Harrisburg's lowest lying districts were affected.
Some worked late into the night pumping water out of businesses, but many simply abandoned their homes to the river.
The city imposed a curfew until 7 this morning, levying a $300 fine against anyone driving the streets who didn't need to get to or from work.
Most of Harrisburg will remain high in dry because parts of the city are significantly higher than the river.
The rolling, uneven terrain form a natural barrier to the Susquehanna's murky waters.
The blizzard of 96 dumped about 41 inches of snow in the region and when it got warmer, about four inches of rain.
So when temperatures climbed into the 50s last week, this was the result. Jack?
Alright Gary, thank you, try and stay dry. That's NBC's Gary Matsumoto in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
In other news this morning, President Clinton is back in Washington after attending the funeral of Barbara Jordan and also welcoming home the Endeavor astronauts.
The President was leaving Houston's Ellington Field just as the shuttle's crew arrived.
So Mr. Clinton, as most politicians do, shook their hands and offered his congratulations.