our national investigative correspondent jeff rossen shows us how parents are using new tools to take control in tonight's "rossen reports." >> reporter: kids leading secret lives. on their phones. but now three smartphone apps designed to help you monitor their every move. perfect for the totolis and their two teenage kids. >> we've downloaded the apps on your kids' phones. we can monitor everything from your laptop right here. >> reporter: first net nanny. >> the cool thing is you can choose the exact websites that you want blocked on your kids' phones. >> that's great, awesome. but it goes a step further. you can block the type of website. so dating sites. nudity. pornography. tobacco. you can block those. >> super helpful. >> it goes a step further than that. suicide, for example. you can set it to warn mode so you will get a warning if your kid types "suicide" in. >> that's super helpful i think because of the cyber bullying and everything that happens in the teens' lives that's so common today. >> reporter: app number two does even more, called secure teen. this one gives you yo

rossen reports update. >> every week, jeff rossen joins us with new information about the most important stories he has been covering. jeff, good morning. >> good morning, guys. i'm super excited to launch this series because it is one of the most common questions i get. whatever happened to this story or that story. can you follow-up? we will do that. we will update you with reports with new videos and cases and what is being done now and the latest information to protect you and your families. staying on top of it all. every saturday morning at this at that ti time, we will give you the rossen report updates. the timely one. the winter danger that claims lives every year. falling through the ice. two teenagers playing near seattle on the frontal systzen the pond collapsed. they got out okay. it shows you how fast it can happen to anyone. this morning, how to get out alive if it happens to you. frantic moments on a frozen lake in utah. this woman clinging to the ice after falling in. trying to save her two dogs. rescuers pulling her to safety just in time. >> no way you should have surv

rossen reports updates. >> jeff rossen will join us with new information about the important stories he's been covering. jeff, good morning. >> hey guys, good morning to you. i'm super excited to launch this new series because it is one of the most common questions i get. whatever happened to this story or that story? can you follow-up? now we're doing just that. we're going to cases, what's being done now and the latest information to protect you and your families. staying on top of it all. every saturday morning around this time, we'll give you the rossen reports update and tell you all about it. we want to start off with a timely one. a winter danger that claims lives every year, falling through ice two teenagers playing on ice when the ice cracked under them. you can see the rescue in progress. the good news is they got out, they're okay. it shows you how fast this can happen to anyone. this morning, how to get out alive if it happens to you. >> frantic moments on a frozen lake in utah. this woman clinging to the ice after falling in trying to save her two dogs. rescuers pulling

nbc's jeff rossen shows us how to tell what's real and what's fake. >> reporter: there are new scams happening right now. in this one, hackers are targeting netflix users, sending fake e-mails that look like they came directly from the company, asking you to update your information, even your social security number. it looks so real, unsuspecting customers are handing over everything. and now, another one bubbling up. this new scam aimed at g-mail users. the e-mail looks like it came from a friend. when you click the attachment, it asks you to log back into your account. the hackers watching your key strokes and stealing your information. and for the hackers, it's easy. >> okay, so i'm creating a fake e-mail. >> reporter: right now, this one is sending e-mails, trying to trick people. luckily, this hacker is working with us. jim stickily, a cybersecurity expert. his target today, my mom and dad. yes, a personal experiment. will they open this ecard from someone they don't know. >> we're going to do exactly what the hacker does. i've told them a thousand times. i say, don't open attac

. >> reporter: jeff rossen, nbc news, boston. >>> when we come back, the growing concerns for family in the wild who become an unlikely national obsession. >>> we're back now with a disturbing home video of a bedroom dresser crashing down onto a toddler and his brother coming to his rescue. a warning, the video is difficult to watch, but it's being shared tonight by the children's parents to serve as a warning to the dangers in a home. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: twin brothers climbing on the bedroom dresser when it tumbled over. brock pinned beneath the 155 pound unit. the parents were upstairs and had no idea what was happening. after nearly two minutes he tries but can't lift the dresser and somehow the toddler manages to push it off his brother who incredibly suffered no serious injuries. >> it could be even terrifying. it could have been ugly, scary. it could have changed our whole life. >> reporter: according to the consumer product safety commission statistics, every 15 minutes someone is injured when furniture topples over. every two weeks falling furniture or

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jeff rossen is here to show us. jeff, good morning to you, sir. >> guys, good morning to you. happy saturday. these are the new photos here first published in "good house keeping." look at the mold in the toy. we all like to think there is no way to think it would happen at our house. think again. experts say there is mold in your home right now. don't fret. you can't see it, but we are revealing the hidden claplaces should check to keep your family safe. the photos are disgusting. hidden hold in a kid's teething toy. sophie the giraffe. first discovered which a mom thought the toy smelled funny and cut it open. and it is not the first time moms have discovered this kind of secret filth. take a look at the kid's sippy cup. from the outside, the cup looks clean. the child kept getting sick. they took the cup apart. and found all this buried under the drinking spout. okay. that grossness got us thinking. what hidden mold is lurking in your home or mine? today, i'm your guinea pig. this is my momenhome. i invited a certified inspector to come in. matt. >> under here, there is a p

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. >> jeff rossen is in boston trying out top workouts. jeff, i am all-ears even if matt doesn't need to be. >> welcome back, katie. happy new year to you both. did you pig out over the holidays? >> i wasn't too bad, actually. but i did eat a lot of fudge. does that count? >> a lot of fudge? that's perfect. we are going to have fun for you, katie. getting rid of it. it goes here and here. most of us regular people, it goes here and here. how do you lose that weight fast? you need to spend money and join a gym like this? who are these people that come out so early in the morning? we're trying to out three popular workouts and counting calories. personal training. jogging. spinning. >> come on. >> reporter: which workout really burns the most calories? i don't want to do it. we're recruiting help. >> okay. i think that we'll use -- >> reporter: alecia polumbo for our brand-new station in boston. she's also a mother of two, including a new baby. okay. it's a new year. what are the goals? >> six months after having a baby, i would like to lose

jeff rossen is here with the latest. jeff, good morning to you. >> this is an important one. these washing machines are in millions of homes right now. some shaking so violently, even exploding. nine home owners have been injured. the maker of the washing machine, samsung, says there is a problem and offered a fix. some say the fix is a joke. leaving them with a potential danger at home. >> this sounds like it's going to -- going to burst. >> reporter: washing machines, exploding. >> i'm totally scared. >> reporter: lids flying off. >> the blown off. it probably could have killed somebody. >> reporter: samsung launching a nationwide recall in november. millions of machines. now, consumers say, they're botching that, too. slow response times. missed appointments. and weak fixes. >> i have called numerous times. i never get calls back. >> samsung is making no effort to fix this. >> i want my $500. >> reporter: thousands more, now joining facebook groups dedicated to this. had i been in there at the time, these would have seriously hurt me. another writing, i'm scared every time

today jeff rossen is here with morning. >> good morning. most of us get so many e-mails every single day with friends, from work, e-mails from lauer, spam, and we mindlessly click on links. i'm guilty of it. so are you, i'm sure. now the scams are so sophisticated, they can send you an e-mail that looks like it directly came from your friend or work, just to trick you. they have complete access to all your private information, so could you tell what's real a this morning, just wait until you see who falls for it. there are new scams happening right now. in this one hackers are targeting netflix users, sending fake e-mails that look like they came directly from the company, asking you to update your billing address, credit card information, even your social security number. it looks so real, unsuspecting customers are handing over everything. and now another one bubbling up. this new scam aimed at gmail users. it looks like it came from a friend. when you click the attachment, it asking you to log back into your account, the hacker's watchin