. >> bridget is a washington post columnist and the author of "overwhelmed: work, love, and play when no one has time." >> and meredith is the editor and chief of "redbook." >> ladies, welcome. >> hello, ladies. >> it's a common theme, isn't it? >> is it about prioritizing? sometimes you open your eyes in the morning and you're like, oh, my god, i have a million things. i haven't even started my day yet. >> haven't brushed your teeth and you want to get back in bed. >> that is a part of it. there is an awful lot to do all the time. some of it is just the era that we're living in. we overwork. we work among the most hours of any advanced economy. we overdo, overparent, helicopter, hover. we spend our most amount of time with our children, so we have very little leisure time. we don't value leisure time. vacation is seen as something that's for wimps. >> people are afraid to take vacations sometimes given the economy. they end up packing their days and their holidays. >> it's true. what people forget is that actually taking time off is not only better for you physically, but mentally. c

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patrick and bridget, let's go. >> he doesn't even move. christie nominated three other people, including "tonight show" host jimmy aelon to take the challenge within 24 hours or donate $100 to the als foundation. they report raising $4 million since the ice bucket challenge. >> i think it's more fki ieffec if you do it in a suit rather than swim trunks and a t-shirt. >>> nbc 10 news today at 6:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> water rescue, heavy rain slams part of the tri-state and floodwaters take over. a live update coming up from cumberland county. >>> more breaking news in missouri. there's been another police involved shooting. it happened near where protests have been going on since saturday's deadly shooting of an unarmed by police. this is nbc 10 news today. i'm tracy davidson. >> i'm vai sikahema. it's wednesday, hump day, august 13th, 2014. let's get our first alert forecast from meteorologist brittney shipp. >> good morning. millville picked up close to 9. >>s of rainfall yesterday. overcast skies, not as m

patrick and bridget, let's go. >> and there you have it. he's now -- yes, he's now cold. the governor nominated three other people including "tonight show" host jimmy fallon. we'll have to see how fallon responds. the foundation has reported raising $4 million since july 29th through the ice bucket challenge. >> he didn't even seem to flinch when it was dumped on him. >> i want to question the temperature of that water there. >>> you're watching nbc 10 news today at 5:00 a.m. starts right now. >>> nbc 10 breaking news. >> we continue to follow the breaking news overnight after flooding hit the area, heavy rains forcing some people to evacuate their homes. >> and our first alert weather radar is tracking that system that dumped all the rain on our area. this morning, the rain is moving out. >> police, members of the philadelphia police force are in mourning after an off-duty officer was killed. good morning. welcome to nbc 10 news today. i'm chris cato. >> i'm tracy davidson. a bucks county road is back open after a tree came crashing down last night during the heavy rains

patrick and bridget, let's go. >> christie nominated three other people including "the tonight show" host jimmy fallon to take the challenge within 24 hours or donate $100 to the als foundation. >>> the foundation reports raising $4 million from the ice bucket challenge since july 29 th 29th. >>> before lunch you need to hear about this. recall of chicken nuggets, recalling them due to potential contamination. the company says boxes of its applegate natural chicken nuggets may contain pieces of plastic. it has a sale by date of february 5th, 2015. if you have this chicken, take it back to the store where you bought it. get a full refund. applegate naturals chicken nuggets. you need to be aware of that. >>> well, today is the first day of school for students at one west philadelphia charter school. nbc 10 was there this morning as students headed inside the global leadership academy. the school year started off with a unity circle as kids from k through 8th grade gathered together to sing songs before getting to in the classroom. most kids in philadelphia return to school september 8t

. >> since i love my two youngest children so much, patrick and bridget, will be the ones who will take care of the challenge for me. patrick and bridgette, let's go. >> is he wearing like tube socks in this. >> does he just have a really bad tan. you cannot see in this shot unfortunately but, anyway, the governor nominated new jersey senator corry booker, mark zuckerberg and tonight's show host jimmy fallon to complete the challenge next week i'm speaking slowly hoping that the video will pan down again so we can see governor's legs. maybe we shouldn't see his legs. >>> granddaughter of aubrey hepp burn makes her model debut on the harper's bizarre. >> she's very pretty. >> emma ferris channeling her ledgendry grand mother in her first photo shoot. that is her on the left and aubrey hepp burn on the right. while she passed away before emma was born you can see the family resemblance there both just beautiful woman. >> aubrey hepburn died in 1993. >>> courtney, kim and cloudy kardashian are refusing to film for the next season of their family's reality show after some family members wer