Hard to believe that a major news organization can get something this incorrect! The two pictures are screen grabs from the video clip. The use of Mars starts right around the 50 second mark.
Click here to watch the video clip on the Today Show web site.

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   Click here to go to the Qué tal in the Current Skies web site for more observing information for this month.