we need jerry mcnerney. protecting local schools from devastating cuts. he's a moderate, endorsed by the stockton record, the independent, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. good morning. weather bomb, that's what forecasters are calling that powerful storm system that swept through the midwest and parts of good morning. weather bomb. that's what forecasters are calling that powerful storm system that swept through the midwest and parts of the south. at least 24 reports of tornadoes including one twist that forced work to run for safe any indiana. a threat of more severe weather today. al's tracking the storm. angry season, bitterness heats up on the campaign trail. next stops, ugly words. >> obviously -- >> and in california's gubernatorial race, candidates unable to agree on pulling their negative ads. six days to go until

election day. charlie sheen undergoes a psychiatric evaluation after he allegedly trashes a new york city hotel room in an alcohol-fueled rage. his young daughters just across the hall. we'll hear from his ex-wife, denise richards, today, wednesday, october 27th, 2010. ptions paid fo nbc-universal television and good morning, welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm meredith viera. and believe it or not, weather and good morning. welcome to "today" on a wednesday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> weather bomb is a scientific term. >> it looked like a bomb went off in some places. roofs ripped off homes, trees knocked down. hundreds of flights canceled. tornadoes reported from north carolina to wisconsin. latest on the damage and where the storm is headed.

>> bullying has been in the news a lot because of tragic consequences it can bring. a new survey of seasons, the largest yet, is vealing how bad things have become. we'll talk about the results of surt have a and get results for parents coming up. >> former jetblue flight attendant steven slater will open up about the on-the-job meltdown. what triggered him to curse out a passenger and deploy the emergency slide on the aircraft? it was premeditated? does he have any regrets? he'll share his side of the story, coming up. >> reporter: massive storm pounded a large section of the country with strong winds, torrential rain and tornadoes. julie martin is in illinois. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, meredith. that twister tore through the farm field behind me, injuring at least two people. but it was one of 300 severe weather reports associated with the unusual system that brought with it low pressure readings equivalent to a category 3

hurricane. the powerful storm blew through the midwest early tuesday, at least two dozen tornadoes reportedly touched down. this is what's left behind here in peotone, illinois, south of chicago. >> the barn blew down and that was it. >> reporter: justin and jesse schrader just left for school when hit by a blast of wind. >> it was like a blom. he came flying through to the glass door and flew five or six feet. >> reporter: a tree branch nearly crushed this compact car. its owner seriously injured. near indianapolis, major damage to homes and businesses. >> a tornado watch remains in effect for northwestern indiana. >> reporter: warnings went out moments before a tornado hit indiana. this surveillance video shows the roof of a storage shed ripped apart in a matter of

seconds. inside the main building, workers ran for safety as 90-mile-an-hour winds came barreling through. high winds also blew this barn off its foundation in racine county, wisconsin, thousands lost power with utility poles nearly knocked to the ground. for travelers, more bad news. hundreds of flights were canceled, and those who were able to fly into chicago described heroing landings. >> i thought i was going to die, i could tell you that much. >> reporter: seriously? >> i did, really. >> reporter: and thousands here across the great lakes region are feeling those high winds, once again today. power crews also bracing for the worst. meredith? >> people wondering whether that weather system is headed. al's upstairs with the details. good morning. >> here's the system. lowest pressure ever recorded in minnesota at 95.52 millie bars

and when we talk about a bomb, talk about low pressure dropping rapidly so what they call bombs out. the type pressure grading created the winds. winds continue as the system slowly moves to the east. look at this, we have high wind warnings, wind watches, wind advisories from bismarck to detroit to chicago. airport delays, milwaukee, minneapolis, detroit, chicago, all airport hubs so that's going to be a mess. as the cold front associated with the system pushes into warm air, we've got the risk of strong storms from tuscaloosa to atlantic city possibility of tornadoes with the system. we have tornado watches from birmingham, alabama to norfolk, virginia and in fact, atlanta included in this area as well, so we're watching strong storms. rainfall amounts generally 1 to 2 inches generally but some areas may pick up 3 to 4 inches before this is all over. >> thanks so much. we'll get your local forecast in a couple of minutes. but first, the countdown to

the midterm election six days to go and candidates in the closest races are facing off for the final time. nbc's kelly o'donnell's in seattle. >> reporter: everywhere we go, voters tell us they are tired of the negative ads. campaigns are trying to walk the fine line, getting in their best opponent attacks and still having time to turn nor positive and appear optimistic before tuesday. well, as you'll see in some of the biggest races, they're not there yet. >> that's an interesting issue. >> reporter: an unusual turn in florida's final senate debate. all three candidates not the republican party, including the republican marco rubio, a tea party favorite. >> now i think the republican party is to blame for much of what's happened in washington. >> reporter: with nbc's david gregory moderating, another hit from charlie christ who fled the gop to run as an independent. >> everybody on planet

understands the republican party has gone hard write rite. >> reporter: taking thunder from meek who trails rubio and crist. >> the ideology rubio and crist embraced is the ideology that got us into the place in the first place. >> reporter: new fallout after this. a scuffle outside the kentucky senate debate monday. a volunteer for republican rand paul has apologized for stepping on the head of a protester, from the liberal group moveon.org. paul's campaign called it incredibly unfortunate. the woman says she wants legal action. >> it's very important that people be held responsible for this sort of behavior. >> reporter: in california's race for governor -- >> jerry brown, a lifetime in politics, a legacy of failure. >> reporter: could there be a fragile truce in the air war? >> meg whitman didn't tell the truth about not voting or about how long she lived in california. >> reporter: well, maybe. together at a forum, moderated

by matt lauer, republican meg whitman and democrat jerry brown were asked to go positive. >> would either of you or both of you be willing to make a pledge that you would end the negativity? >> reporter: neither brown nor whitman jumped at the suggestion. >> if she takes her negative ads, as reasonably defined i'll take mine off, no question. >> i will take down any ads that could even be remotely construed as a personal attack, but i don't think we can take down the ads that talk about where governor brown stands on the issues. i just think it's not right thing to do. >> reporter: well, matt, you planted the seed, at least. and in california today, there's some other important news. michelle obama and jill biden campaigning for senator barbara boxer. boxer's opponent, carly fiorina, spent the night in the hospital. her campaign says she's being treated for an infection that relates to surgery she had in

july, breast reconstruction surgery, after her cancer. her campaign says she's doing pretty well and hope she can be back on the trail by the end of the week. matt? >> kelly o'donnell in seattle, washington, this morning. thanks very much. it's eight minutes after the hour. thank you. nevada's home to one of the most high stakes races, senate majority leader harry reid in a dead heat with sharron angle. both are taking different approaches to getting out the vote. lee cowan's in las vegas. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. most republicans say nothing would be sweeter than to oust the senate majority lead somewhere that's why the races here in nevada are closely watched because it distills everything that the midterms are all about, anger over incumbency, rise of tea party candidates. ask voters here in nevada, few are on the fence about what to do. >> what does that mean for the average person? >> you're quoting him out of context. >> out of context? when he was running in his campaign.

>> reporter: inside the it's a grind coffee house in henderson, nevada, the only thing hotter than their coffee is the plateful of verbal politics. >> it isn't regulation. it isn't tax. >> sure it is. >> of course it's not. >> reporter: frank and bill are long time friends, but breakfast these days presents its challenges. and no wonder. the political chasm here in the silver state between supports of tea party favorite sharron angle and democratic senator harry reid has become a nail biter. >> the question about this election is whether the republicans manage to find the one person in state who could lose to harry reid. >> reporter: after a string of puzzling, if not controversial statements angle has become a lightning rod. check out this outburst from joy bay hard. >> she's going to hell. >> reporter: but reid has not been better like this characterization of him on "saturday night live." >> i'll pretend to support president to get something for the state. >> he's very devious.

>> reporter: it's come down to their end games, angles playing it safe. rallies are invite-only affairs where she avoids local media like the plague. >> our friend, harry reid. >> reporter: in contrast, harry reid hasn't met a camera he didn't like. senate majority leader's out jeff day making a public but desperate push. >> it's hypocrisy. >> reporter: one thing they don't have in common is the veracity of their tv ads. >> but you failed. >> reporter: angle portrays reid as liberal of all liberals responsible for nevada's disastrous economy. >> we need to phase medicare and social security. >> reporter: reid portrays angle as conservative of all conservatives arguing positions on things like social security are so extreme, he's called her flat-out dangerous. early voting is under way and every indication is the race remains as tight as ever. which leaves frank and bill a few more friendly days of staying just shy of a food

fight. >> we can sit down and disagree, but when we leave, we always leave with a smile and we're still friends. >> reporter: so meredith, it's the washington insider versus the tea party outsider with two views of government that are about as different as they can be. >> you got it, lee cowan. david gregory's moderator of "meet the press." good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning. >> let's start in nevada. right now angle has a slight lead over harry reid. unemployment rate in nevada, highest in the country. is this going to come down to jobs and the economy? >> reporter: there's no question. the environment clearly favors anybody but harry reid. he is the leader of the democrats in the senate. he is washington. he is the insider. but you see what lee cowan's talking about this in report. harry reid is trying to take down his opponent, tying her to the tea party, carrying out attacks on everything that she said that's controversial. that's the way he prevails and other democrats prevail in tight races by making this a choice

and not a referendum on washington and the president. >> you are in florida where you moderated the senate debate last night. rubio has a substantial lead over charlie crist running as independent and democrat kendrick meek. did he seal the deal? anything that would put him over the top? >> reporter: i think they played it safe mostly. he's coasting now. really focusing on turnout, staying disciplines on his message. in a state like florida he talks about social security in a way na is going to rock the boat. he's talking about putting the raising of the retirement age on the table as a way to deal with social security's financial problems in the future. something that his opponents attacked him for and they're not willing to do. if rubio becomes senate opens up a discussion if this is a time, in a sense, to cut benefits over time by raising retirement age. >> were you surprised, david,

all three candidates went after the republican party? >> reporter: well, i -- a little bit. a little bit. i think from a conservative like marco rubio, part of his position, and frankly the tea party as well, is to say that the republicans got it wrong. i mean this movement represents a break from the bush years and the bush republican party. it's, frankly, a more conservative republican party when it comes to taxes and spending. the question is whether they're going to get more specific and marco rubio was not specific where they're going to cut the federal budget that's move forward. they're saying a lot of things around the table. this is the big test for republicans if they get power in washington, which is where they're going to cut? >> reid is going negative against angle. yesterday matt say down with jerry brown, a republican, meg whitman, both running for governor in california and asked if they would do away with negative ads from this point forward and brown said yes, he would, whitman did not agree been what does that say about

the negativity in that campaign and across the country, for that matter? >> reporter: talk about political strategy here. look at latest poll, the former governor, jerry brown, has a net positive rating, favorable ratings are higher than anybody else's running for statewide office in california. if you're meg whitman, as a political matter, you've got to erase some of the numbers, bring that number down, drive up unfavorerable ratings. she has to get disateched democrats or people undecided to consider voting for her as a republican. that's what she feels she has to do. voters say, this awful, i hate the tone of this debate that we're in, unfortunately negative ads still work and that's why politician dozen it about. they hate it but respond to it, is what you're saying? >> reporter: exactly. >> david gregory, thank you very much. let us now get a check of the rest of the top stories. ann's at newsdesk. good morning. good morning, everybody. also in the news, hundreds of people are still missing this morning in indonesia where a

ten-foot tsunami triggered by a magnitude 7.7 earthquake monday pounded remote islands, washing away villages. more than 270 people killed. bad weather slowed emergency response until today when planes and hospitals arrived bringing food and medicine. at the same time, a volano in indonesia, mouth merapi, erupted killing 30 people. both events are on the pacific ring of fire and officials are on high alert. the outbreak of cholera in haiti has killed more than 300 people, thousands are sick, and on tuesday protesters in st. mark threw rocks at one cholera treatment center fearing the clinic would bring more disease to their town. 25 people in arizona are recovering from carbon monoxide poisoning after they got sick tuesday in an office building in flagstaff. officials are investigating but can't explain why this happened. overseas marks are lower this morning, but melissa lee at new york stock exchange.

investors looking ahead to a big meeting of the fed next week. >> that's right. question is how big a second round of bond purchased by the federal reserve, how big will it be? investors anticipating between $500 billion and $1 trillion in bond purchases. this policy of purchasing back bonds is quantitative easing designed to spur economic growth. today the "wall street journal" is reporting the fed will only announce several hundred billion dollars worth of bond purchases a measured approach. today we're seeing an unraveling of the trade in anticipation of a very big program, dollar weakness as well as bond strength. >> thanks. and the giants and the texas rangers are getting ready for game one of the world series tonight. san francisco has home-field advantage because of the national league victory in the summer's all-star game. it is now being told to expect more coffins than usual at the games as we're now looking at the leadup to halloween. >> mr. roker, you've got a lot

to talk about with this weather system. >> you can get an idea of the scope of this system, and you can see the low pressure area over canada bringing windy conditions, rain, snow throughout minnesota on into the dakotas where they may even have blizzard conditions, afternoon thunderstorms and showers and strong winds in northern california, we also have the risk of strong storms stretching from southeast alabama all the way up to southern new jersey. the high winds continue around the great lakes making for a lot of airline delays, the only really calm places, western places into the southwes good morning. chilly start, some patches of frost around the bay area. as we head towards the afternoon, we should see a pretty nice day. increasing clouds and with those clouds a chance of seeing some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday. we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we

saw at least last weekend, but it's going to require an umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably lingering showers and then we dry out as we head towards halloween evening. >> and that raes's your latest weather. the so-called hiccup girl has been charged with murder. now both her attorney and the victim's family are speaking out. nbc's mark potter has details. mark, good morning to you. >> reporter: and good morning to you, matt. with the grand jury scheduled to hear this case tomorrow, the defense is starting to position itself, this as the victim's family is mourning its loss. in a radio interview, jennifer mee's attorney says she is cooperating with police and is distraught over the incident in which 22-year-old shannon griffin was killed in an armied robbery. >> i spent a great deal of time with her at the jail and i can tell you that she was indeed very, very upset, remorseful and

this is not something that she takes lightly. >> reporter: police say mee lured the victim to a house, where he was then robbed at gunpoint by two men. during a scuffle he was shot multiple times and died. police say they do not believe mee was involved in the shooting, but because of her alleged involvement in the robbery, under florida law, she is charged with first-degree murder. mee gained national attention three years ago when she suffered uncontrollable hiccups and appeared on "today." her attorney says she may actually have been suffering for tour rhett's syndrome and other problems. >> i can say the hiccups in jennifer's case are actually the symptoms of a much more serious neurological disorder and we're going to be fully investigating that and see how that does relate to the case. >> and just smiles from ear to ear. >> reporter: meanwhile the victim's family is in mourning.

shannon griffin lived with his family and worked hard at walmart, kept to himself and was never in trouble. >> never arrested for anything, not even a traffic ticket, my man, 22 years old. >> reporter: bowlen says give fun was at this computer when he met jennifer mee on this social net working site. he was thrilled he had found a girl to date and he was going to meet her. >> the next thing we know, it's 4:00 in the morning when we get a call saying shannon griffin is dead. >> reporter: and bowlen says he hopes this incident will make parents have more control of their children. he also hopes that people remember the victim. >> mark potter in st. petersburg this morning. coming up, charlie sheen taken for a psychiatric

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over to the city for the giants. chilly start to the morning with patchy frost across the north bay. it will be warming pretty well around lunchtime but one item to watch, obviously the chance of showers dropping into the north bay. later in the afternoon highs in the 60s. rain chances increase thursday into friday and kick off the weekend and drier by >> thankro s, eve. >> thanks, rob. more news coming up after the break.

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bay area today. game one of the world series is tonight at at&t park. now, the first pitch is scheduled for 4:57 on the dot. it is cliff lee for the rangers. he's undefeated in ten post-season starts. he faces the giants' ace tim lincec lincecum. you can go to nbcbayarea.com for all your giants coverage. we'll have post-game highlights tonight right after the game and you can get information on players like brian wilson. we take a look at his life as a secret ninja. more local news coming up in half an hour and the "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. b.

7:30 on wednesday morning, october 27, 2010. a messy morning here in the northeast. these folks get gold stars for sticking with us in rockefeller plaza about. inside studio 1a i'm meredith vieira alongside matt lauer. new trouble for tv's highest-paid actor. >> charlie sheen release from a hospital after allegedly went into a drunken rage and trashed his hotel room in new york city. his spokesperson has a different

explanation. we'll get details. disturbed bullying problem in our schools. 50% of teens, 50%, admit to bullying a classmate almost just as many report being the victim of a bully. more on that and advice for parents coming up. >> and later on, remember steven slater, the flight attendant who became a folk here roaf sorts a few months back when he pull the emergency chute on a jetblue flight? was he drunk? does he want to work again as a flight attendant? we'll hear from steven slater just ahead. the alleged alcohol-fueled rampage that landed charlie sheen in the hospital for a psychiatric evaluation. nbc's jeff rossen outside the plaza hotel here in new york with details. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, meredith. good morning. police say it was a pretty ugly seen on the 18th floor at the plaza. they say charlie sheen was out of control, on a rampage, drunk, yelling, throwing furniture around the room, breaking tvs,

mirrors and they say he wasn't alone, either. there was a naked, young woman in the room with him who got so scared by his tirade she locked herself in the bathroom and called for help. >> reporter: when he arrived in new york city, charlie sheen looked happy and relaxed. >> girl power. >> here on a family trip with his ex-wife denise richards and their two young daughters, hitting all of the spots together. the mary poppins musical, the american girl store, and to cap it all off, a stay at the famed plaza hotel. early tuesday morning, denise and two little girls slept inside this opulent suite while police sources say just across the hall in another room sheen was drunk, naked, and out of control with a naked woman, believed to be a prostitute. new images posted on tmz's website reportedly show the inside of sheen's trashed hotel room. >> he basically went crazy in the room. there were curtains pulled down,

furniture overturned, chandeliered damaged, blood all over the place from cut glass. he was a mess. >> reporter: police say sheen racked up at least $20,000 in damages, and was taken to the psych ward at this local hospital. he was later released. >> i'm really in admiration you're showing up. >> reporter: denise richards spoke it out on the lifestyle show "lx new york." >> i want to keep what happened last night private. >> how your kids doing? >> my kids are great they don't flow what happened and thank god our girls are young enough, they're 5 and 6, and i do my best to protect them from certain things. >> he and i still good, no matter what. >> reporter: for charlie sheen, there's a lot at stake here. >> if i don't make it you need to know about my will. >> reporter: he's the highest-paid actor on television for his role on "2 1/2 men" reportedly making $2 million an episode and still on probation for an incident with his current wife, brook mule. >> my husband had me with, with, with a knife and i feared for my

life and he threatened me. >> reporter: just months ago, sheen pled guilty to misdemeanor assault, sentenced to rehab. >> what why r. you going to do next? >> reporter: instead, he came to new york and some experts say, may have let his addiction get the best of him. >> the sad reality is that if charlie continues on the path he's on and continues to attempt to work as aopposed to take time off and focus on treatment, he will likely die. >> reporter: very strong words from dr. drew, who said he's worried about charlie sheen. we should mention, after all of this, no one pressed charges. sheen was never arrested by police. his publicist released a statement to nbc telling us, what we are able to determine is that charlie had an adverse allergic reaction to some medication and was taken to the hospital. charlie sheen is already back in los angeles this morning, getting right back to work. meredith, on friday he's shooting a movie and next week back on the set of his hit tv

show. >> jeff rossen, thank you. dan abrams nbc's chief analyst, dr. julie holland a psychiatrist, drug expert and author of "weekends at bellevue." dan, it's reported that charlie sheen found in this room, trashed in this hotel room, naked or partially naked, drunk, there's an unidentified woman in the room who seem to be frightened and they believe that she is a member of an escort service. he doesn't get arrested for anything. instead allowed to go to the hospital. i guess he's given the choice and goes to the hospital. sounds like that he's getting special treatment. >> i'm not sure that's the case, meaning you're allows to be naked, you're allowed to be drunk and with a naked woman in your hotel room. the question becomes, what's the possible crime here? >> he trashed the hotel room. >> that's right. you need -- >> supposedly. >> what you'd need is the hotel or this woman saying, here's what he did that we believe is criminal and we're ready to testify about it. because without that, you simply don't have a case. meaning you have a civil action which is you better pay us back

for everything you did to the hotel room but without anything more more than that, it would be tough to figure out how they would get any conviction. >> right now nobody's pressing charges at all? >> as far as we know. that could change. but as of right now it doesn't seem that they are. just because the police have not sort of formally moved forward doesn't mean that nothing could happen in the future. >> as jeff mentioned, he's still on probation stemming from the assault of his current wife back in december. one condition was no use of alcohol in excess. yet police said when they found him he appeared to be intoxicated, severely intoxicated. doesn't that violate the conditions of his parole? >> if he was drunk, technically it would. eight days left on his parole from aspin. but the authorities have made it clear they're not going to investigate what is in effect a probation violation, meaning, their position is we don't have resources in new york to look into exactly how much did he drink and did he violate the exact terms and the exact language of his probation says,

alcohol in excess. and if he was drunk, then that certainly would be alcohol in excess. >> julie, let me talk to you about this statement released by his representative saying that charlie sheen suffered from an adverse reaction to prescription medication. you know a lot about drugs. what kind of medication would cause someone to go on a rampage like that? >> well, i have to say alcohol alone can cause someone to go on a rampage like that. alcohol mixed with stimulants, seems like he was aggressive, agitat agitated, a lot of energy, alcohol with cocaine, speed, prescription stimulants. if you take antidepressants you can get drunk more easily but that's a slowed down, slurred speech, passed out kind of drunk. seemed agitated and paranoid. he thought his cell phone and wallet had been stolen. >> were missing. >> that's behavior you can see with a combination of alcohol and stimulants or alcohol and cocaine. >> his ex-wife, in the hotel room across from his reported

told police he had been taking cocaine and had done that in the past. do you believe he needs to try rehab again? >> he needs long-term behavioral changes and rehab is a good start. may he has tried abstinence based therapy and he's still using again. >> i found it interesting what dr. drew said in jeff's piece, he believes the actor needs to get treatment and stop working or else he'll likely die pop do you agree? >> a few things. we have seen a lot of celebrities die of polydrug overdoses. if he's mixing alcohol and cocaine, it's an issue for stokes and heart attacks. other people are at risk. a history of being aggressive with women in his life and he may be driving drunk. other people could be at risk besides himself. >> he needs a wake-up call. the legal avenues may not have provide the wake-up call that he needs and with this in sort of continuing problems that he's having it done seem that there's been a fundamental change in

behavior because whatever he was on or not on bottom line is something happened in that hotel room that led him to throw things around for the police to be called, et cetera. ity in particular the most important point is treatment towards women. >> it doesn't appear his job is going to provide him with a wake-up call. when he reports to work, he's on time, he knows his lines and he's a huge moneymaker for the network. >> $1.8 million an episode. >> he's bad boy charlie, people like that. >> we're going to have a live interview with charlie sheen's ex-wife denise richards in our fourth hour. let's get a collect of the weather from al. >> thanks a lot. we've got everything going on, the thunderstorms in the east. we've got high winds in the west. and we've got snow to talk about through colorado. there you go. we're talking in central colorado in the -- just north of denver, talking anywhere from 3 to 6 inches of snow. they're looking at a lot of snow

today, blizzarder warning through theakotas into northern minnesota. afternoon temperatures we expe t to see temperatures in the 30s and 40s, and 20s into the plains states. we've got 50s in the pacific northwest. 80s and 90s through southern texas, as that frontal system makes its way into the southeast, a risk of strong storms from alabama to southern new jersey. afternoon showers and thunderstorms through northern california with strong winds. a cute monkey here. who is this? >> cooper from good morning. chilly starts and patches of frost around the bay area. as he head towards the afternoon, should see a nice day. increasing clouds and with those clouds a chance of showers in the far north bay. spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday. we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend, but it's going to require an umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably some lingering showers and then we

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does your breakfast make you amazing? we're back at 7:43 with steven slater speaking out. he is the jetblue flight attendant that cursed out passengers over the intercom. he avoided jail time by agreeing to undergo counseling for at least a year. i spoke to slater following his sentence and i began by asking him if he was surprised that so people at first applauded what he did? >> i think a lot of people were saying it's about time. they might not have necessarily agreed with the vehicle for this statement, but a lot of people sort of had a sense of, well, it's about time. >> we'll go back and talk more about that day in detail in a second. but when you look back, do you have regrets about that day, or did that reaction, that surprise reaction of, hey, good for you

pal, you touched a nerve. >> at the end of the day, would i have chosen to make the same decisions again, probably not. >> any of them? would you have not shown up for work that day or would you have just not done certain things that day? >> it was definitely time to go and i shouldn't have allowed myself to get to a point where i had become so frustrated. >> you were on that plane and according to your first version of the story, there was an obnoxious passenger, she was putting something in the overhead compartment, it fell on your head and you got on the loud speaker and grabbed a beer and out you went. >> there were a number of different versions. it started in pittsburgh, the injury happened on the ground in pittsburgh during the boarding process. and it's one of those perfect

storms, the airline industry that has created this monster, where we're charging you to check your bags and all of a sudden we're not going to police what's coming on board the airplane. so the initial insult if you will happens in pittsburgh. >> so did it happen on that plane? >> it happened on board. >> did it happen with a bag coming down from the overhead compartment and a rude passenger? >> it all started in pittsburgh and the decision that i made which was probably not the best one at the time. i should have said, time out, i'm going to have somebody take a look at this and i'll be back. >> federal investigators have gone through the passengers, they have talked to everybody, no one says they remember this, they don't remember that passenger doing this, they don't remember the altercation in the aisle way of that plane. >> it was not nearly as spectacular as it's been made out to be. it was not a huge event or i would have left right then and there. >> those who disagree with you say the gash happened before you

ever got on that plane, they say you had been drinking before you ever got on that plane. were you drunk before you boarded that plane? >> i was not drunk. >> had you been drinking? >> i had been out, i had been out the night before, i was sleep deprived, it was a rough night and it was probably not the best professional appearance. >> were you abrasive to passengers on that plane before that passenger in your opinion was rude to you? >> no, unfortunately, this whole thing started during the boarding process and that set a very bad tone. >> i want to ask you about your state of mind going in, you said you had been thinking about something like this for 20 years. so was it premeditated? was this action -- were you just simply waiting for the opportunity to do this? >> let me clarify this, because that was something that was taktake grossly out of context. it was said have you ever thought about -- for 20 years we have practiced this move. i have thought about what it would be like if we ever had to

do so. it turned into steven slater premeditated this for 20 years. >> you didn't go in that day saying today' my day, this is when it's all going to come down. >> i would have called you all first and said there's going to be something going on at jfk get yourselves down there? >> i know you've been through a lot in your personal life. your dad passed away of lou gehrig's disease. you've been helping to care for your mom who's quite ill. you are hiv positive. how would you describe your emotional state at that time of your career back in august? >> i will say that i was stressed out and i was burned out, and something had to give, it didn't necessarily need to give the way it did, but it certainly needed to give. >> you've got to undergo counseling and substance abuse treatment for a year. and you've got to pay restitution to jetblue in of $10,000. are you someone who considers

yourself to be clinically depressed? >> no. >> so you're going along with the kounszing just because -- >> i'm going along with the counseling because it's a wonderful opportunity to handle some of these life stress issues we have just discussed. it give mess a vehicle to turn some things around. >> are you an alcoholic. >> i am a recovering alcoholic, yes. >> daily battle. >> one day at a time. >> you have said that you would like to fly again. >> i would like to return to what it was not what it is. and i have come to a place of acceptance that what was is no longer available today. and i have come to terms with that. i had a fantastic, fantastic time. i embraced being a flight attendant, i loved being a flight attendant, unfortunatel today's industry is not where i need to be. >> for those who said good for you, atta boy, i'm frustrated too. did they rally around the right

cause or did they rally around perhaps a not quite true version of the events? >> it's been challenging in that what we have seen has been very much a media created 3-dimensional story. there's a lot of symbolism in it. i'm thankful that people did get a laugh. i didn't obviously do this for comic relief. but i think it was a moment for people to pause and take a breath and say, you know what? i get this. >> former flight attendant steven enerat. coming up five simple ways to boost your brain's health. ♪ do not attempt at home. ♪ always wear your seat belt. ♪ and please drive responsibly. [ male announcer ] it's the most fun you can legally have. the powerful mercedes-benz c-class.

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good morning. the time is 7:56. time for another check of the morning commute. >> we'll take you to 880 where there's big slowing southbound down into fremont and the dumbarton bridge. also around whipple road reports of a couple of wild turkeys running around the road. there may be more activity causing more slowing as we may have to run a traffic break for those animals. 880 north coming include oakland things slowing down around the coliseum right around high street. nice sunshiny view but it is crisp and clear. the sunol grade, the southbound side coming through the east bay shows typical slowing through pleasanton. once the express lane takes over you have a smoother driver.

pretty clear view here but rob is tracking that cooler weather all day today. rob has his forecast. chilly start to the morning with some patchy frost across the north bay. it will be warming pretty well around lunchtime but one item to watch, obviously, the chance of showers in the north bay. later in the afternoon highs in the 60s. rain chances thursday into friday and kick off the weekend and drier by halloween eve. > t time is 7:. nreafmos thewr e tesbreak. br

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a subject we have been talking about a lot, bullying. the largest survey of high school students has revealed some startling facts. about 50% say they have teased or in some way bullied someone in the past year, nearly half have been victims of bullying. david ozmond is the nephew of donnie and marie osmond speaks out about his battle with multiple sclerosis. >> talk about a lot of bravery and courage. the question now is will the most decorated olympian add to his collection? apollo ono, "no regrets." let's go inside, ann's standing by at the news desk

with all the headlines. >> we are seeing you guys, good morning once again this morning. officials say that more than 270 people were killed and several hundred are still missing. airplanes landing with food and relief supplies landed on the island overwhelmed by the disaster. at the same time a volcano erupted in indonesia and is blamed for at least 30 deaths. experts say the volcano is calmer today, but they remain on the highest alert levels. a huge storm system with damaging winds is heading east today after ravaging part of the midwest and the south. at least two dozen tornadoes were reported on tuesday including one in indiana that was reported by a security camera. rooftops and trees were no match for the storm and about 200,000 customers lost electricity.

snow is still falling this morning in the mountains of colorado, a storm on tuesday dumped more than a foot of snow stalling traffic and disrupting air travel. the cholera outbreak in haiti fearing that it would bring more of the disease to their area. the outbreak has claimed more than 300 lives and has sickened 3,000 people so far. and with less than a week to go until the midterm elections, president obama again focuses on young voters today with the tapings today with a segment on "the daily show with jon stewart." and charlie crist defended his last-minute decision to leave the republican party saying it had turned too much to the right. and california republican candidate carly fiorina spent

the night in the hospital. she was treated for an infection related to her breast cancer surgery last year. those are some of the top stories at three minutes past the hour. let's go back outside with meredith and matt. >> the rain has stopped for a while, but i think it's going to start again, let's ask al. >> we're going to see off and on showers throughout the day. you picked a great day to skip school. where are you guys from. >> buffalo. >> you guys are together? you're sisters? >> yes. >> remember, mom and dad said it was okay to skip school so you can play that card later. let's check your weather, lacrosse, wisconsin where they got strong storms yesterday, high winwarnings with gusts of up to w60-mile-per-hour. 46 degrees for a high today.owtl fuu ercan see that powerful low spinning up in canada bringing

in cold air and snow in the plains states, the dakotas and northern minnesota. strong winds and rain in the pacific northwest. we have also got a risk of strong storms from southern new jersey all the way down to alabama. sunny skies from nor northern t and oklahoma on into the southwest. that's what's going well, good morning. a chilly start. some patches of frost around the bay area as we head toward the afrnoon and should see a nice day though, increasing clouds, and with those clouds a chance of seeing some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend but it's going to require an umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably some lingering showers and then we dry out as we head toward halloween evening. >> that's your latest weather. t weather. coming up, just how bad has

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attitudes and their conduct shows bullying is a disturbing part of their lives. more than 43,300 teenagers 15 to 18 years old from public and private schools were surveyed. half of them admitted they had bullied, teased or taunt eed someone at least once. 47% say they were bullied, teased or taunted at least once over the past year. >> people get called names and you usually get over it. but today the ability to label people to call them names and reveal their privacy, and kids can't escape, there's no refuge. >> reporter: and now there's concerns that bullying may become a matter of life and death. several teenagers took their own lives because of bullying, shocking deaths that many say could have been prevented. tuesday the department of education took an unprecedented step sending out a ten-page letter to 15,000 school districts and 5,000 colleges and

universities on how to combat bullying. it reminds schools they could violate civil rights statutes if they fail to adequately address racial, religious, sexual and gender-based harassment. t because of technology, the harassment continues long after the school day ends. >> they have social media and they can post things not just for their peer group to see, but for the world at large. >> reporter: and because kids can't escape it, the government now re-enforces that schools should no longer accept bullying as simply a part of growing up. >> psychologist susan lipkins is an expert in combat and violence. good morning to both of you. susan, let me start with you, the numbers startled me that

they were so high. 50% have admitted to teasing or bullying, nearly 50% have been bullied. you don't find them that startling? >> i think these are normal numbers and that's exactly what we're seeing from nurse si schools all the way to high school, we see bullying at this kind of level. >> the kid comes up to your kid at the school parking lot or at the playground, knocks the backpack off, demands the lunch money, this is a more subtle version, but you say perhaps even more damaging? >> it is more damaging, especially the cyber bullying, the ostracized kid, it's constant, 24/7. >> so many of the victims of bullying say that they don't tell anybody in power or even their parents until they have ea reached almost the breaking point? >> it's very sad. you got to remember, bullying is based on a power differential so somebody strong or feeling

strong is going to prey on somebody weak. that person is already weak, so they already feel inadequate, they're not comfortable telling somebody until they're at the end of their rope or they do something desperate to show us how they feel. but they don't feel comfortable because they're already starting from a power differential of being weak. >> doctor, is it possible to spot the kinds of kids who are likely to become the victims of bullies? >> it's often easier to spot those kinds of kids. and one of the things i always tell parents s really look at te moti the emotional level -- translates itself down into the schoolyard where they find a weaker person to prey on. these are oftentimes kids that are bullied at home. >> and what about spotting potential bullies? >> i would like to comment on that. i think that a lot of parents

want their kids to be good kids and they don't give them the right and the duty to protect their space and defend themselves. in terms of the bullies, anybody can be a bully. there is no prototype, and we see a lot of victims do eventually become bullies themselves. the bullies are often jocks, they have influential, they have that power and they use it. >> i find the numbers just incredible and it's a sad commentary when you look at what this is all about. up next, donnie and marie osmond's nephew opens up about his battle with multiple sclerosis. [ female announcer ] we can't live in a bubble.

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we're definitely going to her house. [ male announcer ] this halloween, snickers satisfies. back at 8:18, this morning on "today's" health, multiple sclerosis. 400,000 americans suffer from the disease that attacks the nervous system. now the disease has a any voice, david osmond, nephew of donnie and marie. on stage, he's the young edgy osmond grabbing attention. offstage, he's a man in love with his wife and a beautiful baby. but this is david osmond just four years ago. >> i felt this overwhelming crushing feeling in my toes and it's hard to describe. fast forward a few months, that crushing feeling is moving all the way up my leggings and then before too long it was in my

chest, it was in my hands. i see him eventually walking with a cane and eventually in a wheelchair. i thought, this isn't happening, it can't happen. >> reporter: at 26 and partially paralyzed, david was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. >> i was sitting at my parents' house in the kitchen, in my chair and i looked over at my brother, my younger brother who had his child on the floor and he was wrestling and i didn't think i would ever have that. and i thought, why me? >> reporter: this family, a mainstay in showbiz for 50 years could not believe ms was striking them a second time. david's dad, allen, one of the original osmond brothers has had the disease 23 years. >> yes, i still have m.s., but it didn't have me.

and i think that has been a real strong point that i have tried to pass on to david. >> reporter: david's own immune system was attacking his nerves, his ability to move. he was scared, but realized his survival required a positive attitude. >> i have to keep going. i have to be able to now provide for my fiance who i proposed to in that state and by some crazy reason she said yes, despite the fact that people who cared about her said are you sure you want to marry a cripple? she said yes, in sickness and in health. ♪ how could it be that you wanted me ♪ >> reporter: just before he married, david turned to a powerful steroid. >> and i've been walking since my wedding day. >> reporter: amazingly, david continues to improve without it. david believes he is now in remission, but knows his disease

could flare up again and he still feels residual pain in his legs. >> i have that constant crushing pain all the time, every second of every day. right now. >> reporter: but david remain the ultimate optimist, he says his life is much better with a switch to all natural food and supplements. >> it seems crazy, but it is one of the greatest things that's ever happened to me because i feel like it's given me this fresh perspective on life. >> reporter: david says his wife valerie, their little girl and his famous family gives him the strength he needs to live with m.s. >> i value my life so much more. having it, very quickly music was taken away from me. and now to be able to pick up a guitar, i have so much i want to say, so much to rejoice about.

>> david osmond's story has really inspired a lot of people. you can find out more about david and m.s. on our website todayshow.com. i want to switch gears right now and say hello to edward burns, 50 years after making it big with the indy film "the brothers m brothers mcmullen" is going back to his roots. you made this for $25,000? that's meredith's bar bill at the club. >> don't go there. >> yeah, we wanted to go back and see if we could re-create the mcmullen model, given how much fun we had making that film, but also the extent of working with at the time all these unknown young actors, there was an enthusiasm on set that i hadn't been able to recapture.

so we set up a challenge. we shot the film in ten days, $25,000, all unknown actors, they did their own hair, their own makeup, they wore their own clothes. just for good measure, we went back to my parents house and shot a few scenes there. there's something about their youthful exuberance that really works. >> you're in the film, you play uncle terry, but you play a pivotal role in his life? >> he made a deal with his fiance if by the time they got married, he didn't get a raise, he would return to new york and take a job that her father has set up. he comes into my bar, i hear that he's giving up his job that he loves, and i have set up a few -- >> do i continue with my dreams or i do give up my dreams for a job that pays the bills?

and is that why you call this film one of your most personal? >> yes, a few years ago, my agent said i should look at a -- with that, would come a substantial paycheck. and i almost said yes to the job. but then the other day, i realized i love my smaller personal, you know, character driven films, why give up that dream if you will for the paycheck. from that experience inspires the writing of the screen play. >> this is a movie that you have chosen to distribute in a more unconventional way. >> it's called the pioneer now. >> what we have seen with independent films, in the last couple of years, at of distribution companies have close down. i don't live anywhere -- how can

we distribute our films directly to the audience that stills loves them. we're going i-tunes, tonight when people see this interview, they can click on the remote on demand film. >> we'll be back after your local news.

good morning, everybody. time now is 8:26. i'm brent cannon. this time the commute over the san mateo bridge. >> as an alternate. the san mateo bridge is also slow aproching the toll plaza off 880. typical slowly in all directions over toward 92. westbound on your right to the peninsula you see those hills. clear view. we'll show you the map with some slowing southbound and northbound but mostly southbound approaching 92 about 50 miles per hour over the bridge itself. caltrain a great option up the peninsula to the ballpark a clear sail right outside the ballpark. rob has a look at your forecast. good morning.

chilly start. patches of frost around the bay area as we head toward the afternoon. should see a nice day though, increasing clouds and with those clouds a chance of seeing some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend but it is going to require an umbrella for saturday and sunday morning probably lingering showers and then we dry out as we head toward halloween evening. >>an, rob. time now is 8:27. more news after the break.

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california is dealing with the largest health epidemic since 1950. more than 6200 californians have been infected with whooping cough. ten people have died. all of them were babies younger than 3 months. the highly contagious illness has symptoms similar to the common cold but it has a persistent cough that lasts several weeks. the babies who died were too young to be fully immunized. doctors are urging parents to make sure they get booster shots. more local news in a half hour and the "today" show returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. we'll see you back here in a little bit.

8:30 now on this wednesday morning, the 27th of october, 2010. a stormy morning here in the northeast, but we have got some party folks hanging out in rockefeller plaza, as i make my

way over this wet pavement here. just ahead in this half hour, one of our favorite athletes, apollo anton ono is here. >> it's kind of traditional, on the half hour. >> it's not 8:30ish. >> anywhere in the general vicinity of 8:30. >> i was talking to this gentleman about one of the reasons he wrote the book, you have seen him, they see the image, they know i'm talking about apollo. he really wants to inspire people, and that's part of the reason why he wrote the book. >> that takes the place of what i was going to say. >> she's late and then she steals your lines. that's an inspiration. >> what does al have coming up in this half hour? >> you want to do mine? also ahead, that rampage that actor charlie sheen went on in

that hotel that led to his psychological evaluation. we'll have an interview with denise richards in our fourth hour. it's also time to buy pumpkins and carve pumpkins and make things with pumpkins. >> and pumpkins are used for jack-o-lanterns and costumes. we want you to come on friday and dress up in your best costume and join us as we celebrate this friday on today. >> that will be fun. it's a secret, you can't tell anybody. >> nope, nope, nope. >> but you can tell us the weather. >> nope, that's a secret too. let's show you what's going on, we will show you for today, saturday we have got snows in the pacific northwest.

the eastern thirds of the country we have the pacific looking good. sunny and warm through the south, showers and warmarm thro good morning. chilly start. some patches of frost around the bay area as we head towards the afternoon. should see a pretty nice day though, increasing clouds, and with those clouds a chance of seeing some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend but it's going to require an umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably lingering showers and then we dry out as we head towards halloween evening. >> and if you want to keep track of your weather all day long, you can always check on your weather channel on cable or weather.com online.

meanwhile the world series begins tonight with the texas r taking on the new york giants. hall of famer pitcher fergie jenkins is here. does it make you guys think about when you were playing? >> i got close a couple of times. but it would have been nice to have that in your living room. >> for me too. 84 and 89, the earthquake world series. that would have been great, but unfortunately, we fell short. >> here we go again, and what's interesting this year, the first four games being dedicated to a different charitable initiative. and being a ballplayer and a cancer survivor, you -- you can't stand up -- some $30 million already.

its great to see major league baseball continue with this. >> you lost your mom to cancer, so this must have a real personal connection for you as well? >> the first game being dedicated to cancer research, my mother died very young at the age of 52. >> on the spot, who do you think wins tonight. >> the giants. >> the rangers have got some pretty good younging men going. >> i'm shocked because you both predicted those outcomes. thank you. coming up, the olympic great nsp uo anton on bout about nsp uo anton on bout about david harmer wrote an education plan titled

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decorated u.s. olympian of all time. apollo ono has a record setting career medals to eight. apollo, good morning to you. let's start with the title, "zero regrets" is that your motto? >> the title of the book, the reason why i chose it, it's not saying that i have zero regrets in my life, it's more about the pursuit of trying to reach zero regrets. as seemingly impossible as it may be, it's about carrying a struggle forward every single day, no matter how life plays out for you, if you get knocked down, get back up, there's no guarantees in life, but in order for us to push on every single day, we have to give like we have no regrets. >> and vancouver is a very good example for that. >> a very good example.

in preparation for vancouver, i had to change my mind and my body and be a totally different person. i had to take it to basically an entirely new level. that's the way that i had to do it. >> what did you do exactly? what did you have to change? >> everything from my diet to the way i was training, to my sleep patterns, i had to train my body to be somebody different. i lost 25 pounds from my first olympic games until these past games when i was 140, but i was much, much stronger. it was a battle of will and triumph and people saying no, you can't do them. and believing in your heart that anything is in possible. >> so no matter what happens, you'll have no regrets in the sense that you trieded your best? >> my life has been four years of training dedicated to a race that lasts 40 seconds. it's kind of insane in a sense. and i had to take that mentality and say how can i make sure that i'm going to satisfied with my career, win, lose or draw.

there's no guarantees that i'm going to win for my country and stand on the podium. what is truly important to me. >> and what did you determine? >> it's not about always the medal chase. obviously that's a goal of mine, i'm a die-hard competitor. but the goal along the way is what i truly enjoy. when we reach our destination, when we reach back among our memories, it's that journey of time when i was training, it's at the lowest times of my career, how did i overcome that and coming out on top and overcoming them and the opportunities to become a better person than you were yesterday. >> the first line from chapter one is i know almost nothing about my mother. and you go on to find out her name, at least. >> geri lee.

>> the book goes much beyond my training. obviously my relationship with my father. but also about the fact they didn't have a mom in my life. and how it shaped me as a person. >> how did it shape you as a person? >> as i grow older, i have a growing curiosity about my other half and my dad did a wonderful job raising me and i wouldn't change it for the world. but there's a growing curiosity about my mother half. but in a household, like many american households, we were a single parent household, and our bond was strengthened because he was the only one i had in my life and vice versa. the in fact that i didn't have a mom -- my relationship with my dad is that much stronger. >> you were crazy as an adolescent. you were hanging out with a very bad crowd. >> i was hanging out with

definitely the wrong crowd. and if it wasn't for my father and my sport, i probably would have turned out to be a statistic. i would be dead, i would be in jail, i wouldn't have gone on the right path. but luckily, i had a great dad in my life. that's what inspires me to give back to those kids in middle school. we created this program called the ask, listen, learn program. and i go around to different middle schools and i talk to them about being inspired, about never giving up. it doesn't matter how you start, it's about how you finish. a lot of times in life, we don't know the type of cards we're going to be dealt. but we have to play with the hands we're dealt. and i have to teach these kids about staying positive, staying active and doing the right things in life. not everyone had a yuki ono like i did in my life. that's the whole motive of the book is to get people inspired and live with passion. because life is too short to

just go through the motions. >> apollo ono, thank you very much. up next, see this electionu as an unhappy choice between a longtime politician with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. well, let me tell you my story. my husband and i came here as newlyweds. we raised our family here and the california dream came true for me in ways i could never have imagined.

now i'm running for governor to restore the california dream for everyone. i'm not a career politician or a hollywood star. i'm from silicon valley, where i created thousands of jobs at ebay. as governor, i'll do something that's been missing from california politics for far too long. i'll treat you like grownups, tell it to you straight, and offer a practical plan forward. these are scary times and i know that cleaning up sacramento won't be easy. our problems are tough, but so am i. if you want more of the same from sacramento, then vote for my opponent. but if you want to get california moving again, i'm ready. are you?

"today" celebrates halloween is brought to you by snickers. snickers celebrates halloween. this morning tasty pumpkin desserts and we're not just talking about pie. the author of united cakes of america, recipes celebrating every state. >> i always like to make things from scratch. i like to make sure that i'm in control of all of the

ingredients and that way i know what's going on. >> so what are the ingredients? >> a little butter and sugar and graham crackers that are crushed up nice and finely. and ginger and cloves. we're going to put this in the pan. it's got a little moisture to it. we're going to get it in there and use a flat bottom and use it nice and even all on the bottom. >> and the thing i notice a -- i don'ting like to do that because you have to wrap it with foil, it takes a lot of time. and it's just not something that's necessary at my bakery. >> you say it's really important to use a high quality cream cheese? not a store brand? >> i tried to use butter and cream cheese and it's just not quite enough for what we want. we want to make sure that we use

high quality ingredients and get the flavor and the texture. and i don't want to mix with a lot of speed, i don't want to go too fast, otherwise i'll bring in too much air. so we do it nice and slow. i'll put my eggs in there. then put the pumpkin in there. >> fresh pumpkin or canned? >> i use canned. i put it on a drain and get some of that water out of the pumpkin so i can add density to the cheese cake. more rum and a little bit of vanilla in there. we'll put it into the pumpkin. it takes time to make this. it is a bit of an afternoon project. >> what are the spices? >> spices, we have some cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, cloves and alspice. make sure they get blended in

nice and well. >> this is heavy cream? >> this goes in last, and this is one of the things that after the pumpkin is all in there, i want a nice, rich texture to the cake. >> that's what it looks like when you get it all together. >> this is our batter. >> we have prebaked the crust and we'll pour it in slowly and once that's in here, okay, once all that gets in, you're going to put that in a bigger pan fill it with water. >> water helps to insulate things. we want to make sure that a nice water bath and put this all into the oven. >> how long do you cook it at what temperature? >> like 90 minutes, like around 300, 325, depending on your oven. >> and then you prop the door open and let it cool gradually. >> for about an hour with it in the oven. >> go for it. nice, hu? >> you need the flavor, you need all the spices. >> that is definitely good.

gordon brown, thank you.

can a beer be considered gourmet? breweries are considered more

popular than ever. and willie geist had the job of investigating the growing team. >> i took one for the team here. i notice the whole cast shows up when it's time to taste beer. breweries are pushing the boundaries of what can actually be used to make beer. i visited an extreme brewer for a look at his latest concoctions. you'll find a brave new world of american beer. although still a relative blip on the radar next to the big names, sales of more exotic craft beers are booming. >> consumers really appreciate the fact that the beer is local. >> reporter: today there are more than 1,600 craft brewery across the country. sam is one of the leaders of this beer inlightenment. in 1995, he started dog fish bread. >> i raised a little over

$20,000. my orthodontist, a dude i broke stone walls for, my dad put in a little money. >> reporter: now sam operates one of the fastest growing breweries in america. >> we are fearless in putting what are relatively exotic ingredients in our beers. >> reporter: ingredients like let lemon grass, maple syrup, making him somewhat of a mad scientist experimenting with flavors until he hits it. i met sam at dog fish headquarters in milton, delaware. >> at dog fish, we have done a good job of not being synonymous with one thing. >> reporter: it all starts here in the lab, where sam and his team are concocting the latest ale, a beer based on a 9,000-year-old chinese recipe. >> this is the oldest beer in the history of civilization. this is what we think was used instead of hops 9,000 years ago.

that's sweet, isn't it? >> reporter: our next stop, the brew house and an opportunity to make my first batch of beer. >> you are making dog fish beer. i'll buy you lunch for helping me. ♪ i think i'll have myself a beer ♪ >> reporter: i just made beer. >> you just made beer. >> reporter: well not quite. >> it takes four weeks on average from the day it's brewed to the day it's packaged. >> reporter: all this hard work was making me thirsty. for our official beer tasting, sam took me to his corporate conference room, a tree house where dog fish actually holds it's meetings. so we're having a treoe o tree meeting.

and with that, the beer began to flow. >> this is our best selling beer, the 60 minute ipa. this is the bitterest beer that we have. >> reporter: you don't taste beer the way you taste wine, you don't take a little sip and spit it out like they do at the wineries. >> we take enough pride the our beverage to actually ingest it. >> reporter: before long i was an old pro. >> that's the beer, that's the live. >> reporter: sam's a great character, we should point out the discovery channel has been following him for a new series called brew masters. >> let's start tasting, what's up first? >> here's one of the beers that was featured in the package.

it's really kind of cool and herbal with lots of complexity. and when we talk about pairings, this is one that i wouldn't pair with anything, to tell you the truth. because it's really kind of malt forward and herbal by itself. so i would just taste it by itself. >> and this is a 9,000-year-old recipe. the oldest fermented drink recipe known to man. >> this is brewed by a brewery in upstate new york. it's a farmhouse ale, it is golden, it's got a nice, white, fluffy head. >> so does matt. >> give me five years. >> it's got some coreande. it's better with cheese than any beer and any wine that i could possibly think of. absolutely incredible with food. this is an old recipe up bynorth

absolutely incredible with food. this is an old recipe up bynorth north coast, this is imperial state budget cuts are crippling my classroom, so i can't believe the sacramento politicians cut a backroom deal that will give our state's wealthiest corporations a new billion dollar tax give-away, a new handout that can only mean larger class sizes and even more teacher layoffs. but passing prop 24 can change all that. prop 24 repeals the unfair corporate give-away and puts our priorities first. vote yes on prop 24, because it's time to give our schools a break, not the big corporations. good morning everybody. an update on your morning commute, reports of a light rail accident. >> exactly. parkmore and ray streets. the police department is on scene so there may be minor disruptions to your light rail service but no major injuries

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motors and toyota of course and they both left. another update in a half hour. the "today" show returns in about a minute. have a great morning. we'll see you back here in a minute.

we're back now with more on "today" on a wednesday morning. it is the 27th day of october, 20 10. one of the days where the weather can't make up its mind. it rains for a little while, stops. it says warm on the calendar but it's spring out here. 70 degrees. i want to thank these people for stopping by and sticking around. i'm matt lauer along with al roker and natalie morales. let's get right to it. forget our complaining at the weather. the people in the midwest have had some 24 hours.

>> this low pressure system, basically that you get from a category 3 storm. 80 mile an hour winds toppling power lines, droestroying homes flipping cars like toys. more than two dozen tornadoes yesterday. this storm is making its way to the east. we have tornado watches up to the southeast until this afternoon. we'll tell where it's headed. >> thanks. also coming up, of course, all talking about charlie sheen and his troubles. the highest paid star on television makes a reported $1.8 million an episode was hospitalized in new york tuesday after he reportedly trashed his hotel room at the plaza hotel in an alleged alcohol-fueled incident. his rep say it was because of an adverse allergic reaction to medication that sheen was taking. we're going to talk to one of the tv experts in a little bit to see how much more can he continue to have this kind of behavior and people continue to watch and support him.

>> all right. we've got a lot to get to. let's go inside. ann has all the headlines inside. good morning. in the news today for the first time relief workers were able to reach indonesia's remote island where it set off a ten-foot tsunami on monday. more than 270 people were killed. at least 400 others are still missing today. officials say entire villages were leveled by the quake and then came the wall of water. people in much of the midwest are assessing the damage from bad weather on tuesday, including reports of at least 24 tornadoes in 7 states. the weather channel's julie martin now joins us with more on this story. julie, good morning. >> good morning, ann. two injured here yesterday as a tornado ripped through the field behind me. this one of almost 300 severe weather reports associated with this unusual october storm system which, by the way, brought with it low pressure readings equivalent to a category 3 hurricane. the powerful storm blew through

the midwest early tuesday. at least two dozen tornadoes reportedly touched down. this is what's left behind here in illinois, south of chicago. >> the bar blew down, and that was it. it just blew down. >> reporter: justin and jesse schrader had just left for school when they were hit by a blast of wind. >> it was like a bomb. he came through to me through the glass door. >> reporter: in lake villa, illinois, a tree branch nearly crashed this compact car. its owner seriously injured. near indianapolis, major damage to homes and businesses. >> a tornado watch remains in effect for -- >> reporter: warnings want out just moments before a tornado hit indiana. this surveillance video shows the roof of a storage shed ripped apart in a matter of seconds. inside the main building, workers ran for safety as

90-mile-an-hour winds came barreling through. high winds also blew this barn off its foundation in wisconsin. thousands of people lost power with utility poles nearly knocked to the ground. for travelers, more bad news. hundreds of flights were canceled and those who were able to fly into chicago described harrowing landings. >> i thought i was going to die. i can tell you that much. >> no, seriously. >> i did, really. >> reporter: and, ann, thousands across the great lakes region will be experiencing high winds once again today. power crews are bracing to more outages. ann? >> julie martin, thank you for your reporting this morning on this story. carly fiorina was hospitalized for infection during her reconstructive surgery following breast cancer last year. her campaign says she will be

back on the trail later in the week. and a man in washington is grateful to be alive saved by his co-workers not once but twice. herb swift was operating heavy equipment last july when he suffered a heart attack. co-workers found him slumped in the seat and per for the record cpr to revive him. he recovered and went back to work only to have a second heart attack operating the same machine. and once again, his co-workers did cpr and saved him. his advice now -- >> enjoy life. be thankful. >> and he also says everyone should learn cpr. glad to see him okay. let's go back outside to matt and al. >> just me. but, wow, what a lucky guy, ann. mr. roker is just over here with a check of the weather. al? >> that's right, matt. we've got a real cutie here. who is this? >> this is natalie. >> how old is natalie? >> natalie is almost 13 weeks old. >> what a beauty. god bless you.

thanks so much for sharing this little one with us. let's check your weather and show you what's going on for today. and as we said, we've got this intense low pressure system, those bands around it. that's the pressure gradient. lowest pressure recorded in northern minnesota. that's causing strong winds. we've got hi wind warnings, high wind watches, blizzard watches from bismarck to milwaukee, detroit, omaha. especially in the midwest, airport delays. tutuscaloosa to atlanta city, possibility of tornadoes from good morning. chilly starts and patches of frost around the bay area. as we head toward the afternoon should be a pretty nice day, increasing clouds and with those a chance of some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend but it's going to require an

umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably some lingering showers and then we dry out as we head toward halloween evening. >> and that's your latest weather. charlie sheen is out of a new york hospital this morning after he allegedly went on a drunk rage in his hotel room on thursday with his two young daughters just across the hall. je >> reporter: it was a pretty ugly scene on the 18th floor of the plaza hotel. he was drunk they say when he walked in and incoherent, throwing furniture around the room, breaking tvs, breaking mirrors. there was a young woman 22 years old who was so scared by his tirade that she locked herself

in the bathroom and called for help. when he arrived in new york city, charlie sheen looked happy and relaxed. here on a family trip with his ex-wife accident niece richards and their two young daughters, hitting all the spots together. the mary poppins musical, and to cap it all off, a stay at the famed plaza hotel. early thursday morning, denise and their two little girls slept inside this up lent sweet whe where -- tmz's website reportedly show the inside of sheen's trashed hotel room. >> he basically went crazy in the room. there were curtained pulled down, furniture overturned, blood all over the place from cut glass, he was a mess. >> reporter: police say sheen wrapped up at least $20,000 in

damages and was taken to the psych ward of this local hospital. denise richards spoke about it tuesday on the lifestyle show l.x. new york. >> i want to keep what happened last night private. >> how are your kids doing? >> my kids are great, they don't know what happened. and thank god our girls are young enough, they're 5 and 6 and i do my best to protect them from certain things. he and i, still good, no matter what. >> reporter: for charlie sheen, there's a lot of the stake here. >> if i don't make it, you need to know about my will. >>. >> reporter: he's the highest paid actor on television, reportedly making nearly $2 million an episode. and he's still on probation for an episode with his current white brooke mueller. >> my husband had a knife and i'm in fear for my life and he threatened me. >> reporter: he pled guilty to misdemeanor assault and sentenced to rehab. instead, he came to new york and

some experts say may have let his addiction get the best of him. >> the sad reality is that if charlie continues on the path he is on and continues to attempt to work instead of take time off and focus on treatment, he will likely die. >> reporter: even after all of this, no one pressed any charges, not the woman in the room, not the hotel, but sheen's publicist did release a statement to nbc news. quote, what we are able to determine is that charlie had an adverse allergic reaction to some medication and was take on the the hospital. charlie sheen is already back in los angeles this morning and he's getting right back to work, not missing a beat. he has a small cameo in a movie he ee's shooting on friday and n he's back to the set of "2 1/2 men" next week. >> this latest episode, all right among a very, very long list, including alleged abuse

and violence against women, he's admitted to prostitutes during the whole heidi fleiss thing, his stints at rehab. he was just 80 days from completing his probation from that incident with his third wife. could this be the last straw for charlie sheen, bonnie? >> i would like to say yes, it should be the last straw, it's outrageous, but it seems that as long as he keeps making money, and his show, "2 1/2 men" is still the most popular show on television. and until he has his good side and his sober side still, because he's not always out of control. >> you're talking about making money, we're talking about $1.8 million an episode and "2 1/2 men" is a family show. how much longer can a network like cbs continue to support him given all of the bad boy behavior? >> i think it's going to be tough, but i do think that the

dollars are going to outweigh anything else. >> and the ratings, right? >> and the ratings, exactly. and until he -- you know, one of these women that he's involved with actually does followthrough and presses charges, or he does something that is even more terrible, and let's just hope that doesn't happen. >> why do you think that he seems to be getting a pass here? whereas if this was anybody else who had this kind of behavior, he would be arrested, he would be off at jail and in multiple stints at rehab. it seems like he continues to have this kind of behavior and yet he seems to get that pass. >> i think one of the differences between him and mel gibson is that none of these incidences have been caught on videotape or have been on audiotape that the world can hear. and so while we hear the description of what goes on, it's not the same as people seeing it or hearing it for themselves as we have now multiple times with mel gibson.

>> and another interesting point you were saying to me during the break, that had he thrown out some racial slurs and had that been taped or recorded, then perhaps hollywood would look at this very differently, right? >> i agree. >> what does that say about hollywood? >> if he had made racial slurs, if he had said something anti-semitic, there would be a different reaction. and again, if it was caught on tape and we could all hear it. that makes a difference. >> starting back in 1990, where allegedly a gun went off then at the time hitting his girlfriend kelly preston in the arm and he said it was an accident, but come on, i mean who has a gun around their girlfriend and then now with a third wife with the knife to the throat. i mean it's like how many more times can you put women in harm's way like that and still get away with this? part of me is a little bit outraged that there is this

continual support for somebody who engages in that behavior. >> what happens is that the women become enablers too that none of them end up pressing charges or they end up taking settlements. denise richards, she went to the hospital, she had her two little girls and she went on tv all day yesterday and said that their relationship is good. and that she -- >> she said we had an interesting night here last night or however she described it. >> that's right. but she told howard stern if things were hunky doorry between them. so the women that he's involved with become enablers and if they accept the behavior in the end, then it's easier for his audiences to accept the behavior. >> denise richards also on l.x. tv said they were here on a family trip, they went to mary poppins, and this was all about the time with the kids and yet this is happening in the room right across from his young

girls. what happens with that? >> it's going to be very difficult for them growing up. we spoke to some experts at hollywood life.com yesterday and they told us that this will be damaging when they become older and they are aware, they're going to be embarrassed by his behavior, they're going to be humiliated, and it can also really hurt their self-esteem. they will have trouble trusting other men. they will take on more responsibilities over the years because they feel they need to parent him because he is out of control. >> let's hope he gets the help he needs in the meantime way before they grow up. >> let's hope. though he's been such a repeated offender. >> bonnie fuller, thanks for your perspective as always. >> we're going to hear from charlie sheen's ex-wife dene richards. all of the answers to your financial questions in today's money 911 right after this. great news!

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we have got kelly from texas. what's your question. >> my question is how do my husband and i budget? we get paid on friday, and literally are negative in our accounts by monday which leaves us how to afford gas and food for the rest of the week until we get paid again. my husband works two jobs, i work, and our car payments have fallen behind, our mortgage has fallen behind. so how do we budget? >> kelly, i want you to look really closely at what happens to you next weekend. the problem that many people have, they get lost on the weekend, they go to the mall and they discover oh, my gosh, we have to feed the kids and there goes $40 or $50. this weekend you're going to plan what you're going to do and you're going to track

everything. track every penny. >> set up an online alert system, so that if you spend more than $50, $100, you'll get a text message or a phone call. >> don't spend any money over the weekend. >> that will do too. just stay in. don't go out. amy from california is on the phone. she's worried about her debt. >> i'm just trying to find out what's the best type of account for my father to invest in. in order for him to get the best return in a short amount of time. he should be retiring in about ten years and he currently has some money that he can invest and i have also convinced him to set aside about $200 a month. because he before now he really didn't have a plan for his retirement. >> david, what do you think? >> good for you as a daughter being on top of it. is your dad working right now. >> he's a small business owner. >> here's what your dad needs to do. makes sure he goes to "today"

come and watches this on video. the first thing dad needs to do is open up a self employed retirement account or an ira account. i want him to save it automatically into a deductible retirement account so he's getting the tax deduction. if you're ten years away from retirement and you've got nothing in savings, you've got to save more a month. >> how much? >> at least 15% of his gross income. >> figure out how much money you're going to need for rermtd and then save to reach that. >> and save, don't worry about the investment returns. so many people are worried about how i can get the biggest return, save more. >> let's go to a viewer with anonymous email. i'm currently collecting unemployment and my benefit ends january 2011.

if the government does not continue the extension, i will not be able to afford my rent or anything else for that matter. >> it's a scary situation that's going to become scarier for millions of people. right now state unemployment benefits last 26 weeks, with the federal extension, you might get 29 weeks, that's going to end november 30. the first thing you need to do is make the emergency call to 211. it will link you to a bunch of different agencies that can help you with an emergency cash assistance program that will help you pay that rent. you also want to go to modestneeds.org. they have self sufficiency grants to help you bridge that gap to when you get that first paycheck. in terms of utilities, there's low income programs for that. also a food stamp program and angel food ministry, you can get a whole week's worth of groceries for $20 or $30.

this is a situation so many people are going to be in. but you're going to have to make choices that you didn't think about before, moving in with friends or relatives. >> thank you so much, jean, david and sharon. for those of you on the east coast, we're going to continue to give out advice online. log on to todayshow.com to ask your question. coming up next, the five things you can do now to boost your brain power for the future. it's not too late for me. but first, these messages. access your own money.o tdd# 1-800-345-2550 it'd be like every atm in the world was your atm. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the schwab bank high yield investor checking(tm) account. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 zero atm fees. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 a great interest rate. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 no minimums. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 the biggest thing in checking since checks. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 open an account at 1-800-4schwab or schwab.com.

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chilly start. some patches of frost around the bay area as we head toward the afternoon. should see a pretty nice day though, increasing clouds and with those clouds a chance of seeing some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend but it's going to require an umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably some lingering showers and then we dry out as we head towards halloweecc en >> ththanks. 9:27 right now. more news after this. th

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to aerobic exercises they can reduce their risk of alzheimer's. >> this new study says an hour a day four times a week actually helps you focus more because you bring more oxygen to the brain. everyone wants more time in the day, and if you focus and get your work done sooner and get out to do the fun things that you want to do, that's like being given more time in the day. >> the body is amazing, even people who have damaged their bodies over the years, we have found through research that's repair. let's talk about the other major tip. and that is what we eat. and you found that the mediterranean diet seems to be the best one for promoting brain health. >> self talked about this study at columbia that shows that the mediterranean diet can reduce

your risk of alzheimer's 40%. that's fish, whole grains, veggies, all the healthy stuff and a glass of red wine doesn't hurt. so eat like a greek and reduce your risk of alzheimer's. >> when you're talking about wine, what is is moderation? >> the european style glass of red wine. and everything in moderation is good. and it's never too late to get a fresh start and eat a healthy diet. >> fish, olive oil, those are good things. number three on your list is traveling and exploring. if that's true, then my brain's going to sing forever. because i do too much of that. but why do traveling and exploring help us so much? >> get out of your comfort zone, you're going to learn and learning grows brain power, so we know that the more you challenge your brain, the better and more robust it becomes.

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an instant glam to any space. i love how these look all together. >> another easy, you say totally change a space. >> i have this in my own home. it could be in your entryway, it could be in your bedroom, it could be anywhere. it looks so glamorous, it's so functional. >> it can fit anywhere. it's so inexpensive. it's just a constant go to. >> and the lamps? >> a lamp is a great add light and look. >> $50, look at it, and it would be really fun as pairs in the living room or again on a desk, in an entryway. >> $50 is amazing. >> it's great, i turn to it again and again, i love it. >> starting off with the head board. you say invest in the head board. >> this doesn't even cost a lot. but i think it's so important, people forget that in a bedroom, you need to add a little bit of height, a little bit of wow. >> it helps decorate the wall.

break it up a bit. >> i love this one. equally important are the bed spreads. i always turn to anthropology, because they have that wow factor. this has great color. this could be for an adult, a child, for a teenager. pair them together. >> and it's an easy change. >> it's an easy change. >> let's move over to our living room section. you don't want a huge coffee table. this is one that kind of -- >> pottery barn, i love this coffee table. if you have a leather sofa, it pairs really well with leather. this pier 1 rug i have used in so many places. i have this rug also. i have so many people that say where did you get this rug?

but it's nothing. >> looks great. and also creative ends tables. >> i love this crate and barrel end table. or if you have a sofa, put two in front and it can be it's own coffee table. it has a great kind of exotic look. >> and then another thing is stools. >> the z-gallery stools. >> and add an extra seating area. >> i put books on that, people can sit on it. you can get a cluster of them. they're easy and inexpensive. >> they're good for indoors or out. >> and here we have got the baskets. you've always got to have the places to stash things. >> firewood, magazines, children's toys. invest in nice looking organizational materials or otherwise it gets cluttered. >> some great ideas. thank you. just ten, but they're worth it.

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though. >> so we're making one-pot meals. >> this is the new book, it comes out today. >> where are those book signings at? >> i'm going to be at borders at 7:00 p.m. tonight in new york city, i'll be in new jersey at sam's club in edison friday at 11:30. that's onions, garlic and fermented black beans. i just need a little bit of that peeled. stir fry this. the whole idea of this book, al, one pot. so i first blanched the pasta in it. and in the same water, i did the broccoli. give me three slices minced up. and this is ground pork. that's perfect. throw that in here. so now we have the same pot. that's good. there you go. this cooks, this takes about six

minutes to come all together. and this is what we have here. so here's the ground pork cooked all the way. it's important to cook it all the way through. a little bit of white wine, because you want to burn off the alcohol. then in this same pot, we have this blanched broccoli, thank you, best segment, ever, al. >> yes. >> it's one for the record books. >> and then a little bit of the pasta water, save that. >> all right. >> and this dish is done. so the whole idea is simple, easy, one pot. and by the way, $20 gives you a meal for four people. >> for my family too. >> and all the pork gets caught into the ear and then a touch of pepper. >> what have i got back here. >> come on back, we have here another great vegetarian one pot. this is a vegetarian piea. check this out. everything done in this one pot.

>> what goes into this. >> you got sweet potatoes and rice and lemon grass. and this is so healthy for you. give this a little try. and look how beautiful. >> i would add a little ginger to that. >> it smells so good in here. >> hi, ladies. >> we want some lemon grass and stuff. >> try that. >> and go on here. this is a grazed orange lamb shank, you cook that for three hours. it just falls right off the bone. and the whole idea, again, in one pot. simple, easy, affordable. >> that is fantastic. >> and that will do it. >> the book drops today. >> the book drops today. >> ming, thanks so much. >> coming up, charlie sheen's ex-wife denise richards is going to talk about what's going on with them. >> and we'll also have the

o a vegan lifestyle. >> pay no attention to this giant lamb shackle, vegans.

good morning everybody. checking in yet, another new accident to talk about.

>> very slow right now. this is 580 either eastbound or westbound at 24. both directions are slow so i couldn't really get any help from the sensors. there is an accident clearing from lanes there. no major injuries but it will cause some additional slowing. we see a slow drive down the east shore freeway continue to improve over the last half hour. 880 really jammed up in both directions still due to an earlier accident right around fifth. if you're heading across the bay and south of oakland head over the san mateo bridge. a lot better than the drive on 880. there you go over to the peninsula or late other than catch kale train heading up because caltrain ends by at&t park. here's rob with a look at your forecast. >> good morning. a chilly start. patches of frost around the bay area. this afternoon should see a pretty nice day, though, increasing clouds, and with those clouds a chance of seeing some showers in the far north bay and spreading south we think as we go into thursday and friday we'll see an unsettled start to the weekend. probably not as much rain as we saw at least last weekend but it's going to require an

umbrella for saturday. sunday morning probably lingering showers and then we dry out as we head toward halloween evening. >> thanks a lot. giants fever is buzzing in the bay area but it is also a big day for the warriors. they host the houston rockets in tonight's season opener. tickets are still available. doors at the oracle arena will open early at 4:45 so the giants fans can watch the world series on the jumbotron and then tip off for the warriors at 7:30. the sharks face a battle with the new jersey devils tonight at the tank. both teams off to a sluggish start. the devils have lost 4 of their last 5 games and the sharks, who had the fewest regulation home losses in the west last season, but so far they are winless at home, at hp pavilion this year. puck drops at 7:30 tonight. more local news in a half hour and the "today" show returns in about a minute. have a great morning and we'll see you back here in a bit.

ns paid for by nbc-universal television from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford a and hoda kotb. hello, everybody. it's wednesday to the rest of world, but around here it's wines day october 27th. have we got the wine to prove it. it's taking over the world here. >> that one wineglass could hold an entire bottle, which is just sad. >> we're cutting back. it's not a whole bottle here.

>> it's just a sip. >> these are on the market. santa margarita has shee. you could serve the entire party at normal people's homes. >> those are huge. >> that is 3 liters. >> what is that in american? >> it's a whole lot of vino. >> four bottles. >> there's no way a guy named rope knows the metric system. >> let me tell you about rope. rope actually makes wine. >> that's how he knows. he's a smart cookie. >> thank you. >> on the front page of the papers today if you live in new york and other places there's a picture of xharly sheen with the headline across it trashed. there are a lot of reports. >> we have denise richards on with us. >> she was scheduled.

we'll get to her as soon as she gets here. she's now denying some of the reports in the paper, so we'll be happy to hear the truth from her. >> let's talk about what's being reported and what's out there. what happened is charlie sheen, the kids, and his ex-wife went on the town in new york. >> they're all here together as she promoted her new television series. >> they went to see mary poppins and went to the american girl store. everything seemed fine, and then it seemed according to these reports things went south as the evening progressed. the girls and denise were in one hotel room -- >> they're at the plaza hotel in the eloise suite. it's adorable. >> according to the papers charlie sheen was in the a room nearby, and he was with -- an escort, i guess. >> an unidentified female, but the papers are basically alleging that it was, you know,

pretty much the pattern that he's been on for many, many, many years. >> in the night according to these reports someone called the police. there was partying. apparently they say he was drinking a lot. >> there were primal screams. >> furniture was thrown, et cetera, et cetera. at the end of the day he left the hotel room. they say it's trashed. these are pictures of it from tmz. that just looks like things askew. they say that denise was there at the time, and we're going to hear from her exactly what happened. >> we'll get the true story from her, yeah. >> it has turned into an ugly scene. when you look back at his history, it's interesting to read. 1990 xharly sheen accidentally shoots his fiancee kelly preston. in of 1989 overdoesed and da nis

richards files for divorce and cites irreconcilable differences. there's a lot going on here. >> here's the crux of the matter. he obviously has issues, right? emotional and addiction issues. what does it say about us, what does it say about cbs or their employer, whoever, that he is the highest-paid person on network television in primetime. there is a lot of money being made on "two and a half men" over at cbs, and i think this guy personally needs to get off television long enough to get his life in shape so that he doesn't die and end up like so many others who have people around them that don't tell them what they need to hear, because they're all on the payroll. as a result then somebody is found dead one day, as he almost could have been when he overdosed on heroin that time.

>> here's what charlie sheen's rep said. what we're determining is charlie had an adverse allergic reaction to some medication and was taken to the hospital. >> it could be true. i personally don't believe that's true, just because of the history. if there was nothing that had ever happened before and if i read it about you, i'd say i hope hoda is okay, because you have no history this. there aren't primal screams when you have a bad reaction to benadryl. >> they said the woman in the room with him had either locked herself in the bathroom or closet and she was scared who called a friend who called the front desk who called the police. >> a co-worker at the hotel. >> they say no charges have been filed. if you trash a hotel room, which may be the issue there, if the hotel doesn't charge you with anything and if you just pay back the damages, then it's either a civil case or nothing, not a criminal case at all. >> he's still on probation from

the case in aspen on christmas eve, i believe it was, when he was accused of battery of his wife at the time. i think they're still married, aren't they? >> yes. >> there's eight days to go left in the probation, and there's some question about whether this newest situation will affect the probation that he's on in aspen. i hope it does affect it. i hope he doesn't get a slap on the wrist and get sent back to the set to make people laugh, because there's nothing funny what's happening in his life. two little girls are here with him and denise in new york, too. you see their precious families. i know they're trying to be a family, but sometimes you need to leave the family to be a successful human being. >> i'm curious to speak with denise. she spoke a little bit, and i want to hear from her. she seems like she's standing by him. we'll see exactly what she is talking about. >> she's canceling all these things. >> she has a movie coming out. >> a tv series. >> a tv series that looks

interesting. >> ride 'em cowboy is all i can say. >> that's all you need to know. there was the jetblue flight attendant, the one who cursed out -- drink, drink. cursed out people on the p.a. and got on the chute and slid out and became a folk hero, whatever. now he's finally speaking out. i had to be reminded -- i remember who he was. >> you didn't like this story from day one, hoda woman. >> you know why? no one could corroborate what he said happened on the plane. >> and matt really took him to the mat. >> here matt did an interview with him. let's take a listen. >> federal investigators have gone through the passengers and talked to everybody. no one says they remember this. they don't remember that passenger doing this. they don't remember that altercation in the aisleway of that plane. why? >> i can tell you for one thing it was nearly as spectacular as its been made out to be. it was not a huge event, or i

would have left right then and there. >> if you remember he had a gash on his head. he said a passenger was arguing with him about a bag and it hit him in the head and it was bleeding et cetera et cetera. he has to pay back 10,000 doll to restitution to jetblue at the end of the day. >> finally justice in in world. >> i thought he would get a reality show out of it. >> it ain't over, hoda. that's what we do in our culture, we reward bad behavior. >> what are you talking about? we do. >> we do. mention somebody new in the -- >> snooki. i just gave you an upper hand. here are some -- how would you describe these? >> these are celebrities with new jobs because they've earned them and they're right for them. >> here's one you won't believe. ozzy osbourne has been named health columnist for "rolling stone" magazine. >> since it's for "rolling

stone" it makes sense. >> madonna is launching her own chain of gyms. >> they'll be global. this one bugs me a little bit. kara who was on with us, we loved her. she left -- was let go from "american idol," but as a new gig and i'm happy for her that, it's on our sister station, bravo, called something platinum. it's a songwriting competition show. what did i tell bu two years ago. >> she did pitch it. >> "everyone has a story." my idea was people stand up, they tell a board -- several songwriting teams or individuals their story. it's shown just the way we do first thursdays of every month, and each songwriter takes that same story and writes their own song to it and who comes up with the best song. i thought it was genius.

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her ex-husband charlie sheen got himself in trouble on tuesday. >> and two because the model slshg actress and mom is star inning a new tv comedy called "blue mountain state" as the rowdy ex-wife of a university football coach. welcome. >> thank you. >> i dinlt even take a sip because i thought maybe you might need a little. >> a little early. >> let's just leave it right there and see how things go. >> we're going to get to your tv show because we want to hear about it. a lot has happened and transpired overnight, and we've heard about charlie. have you talked to him today to see how he's doing? >> it's a little early in l.a. still. >> he's back in l.a. then already? >> yes. >> tell us what happened as well as you can. if you read the papers, it sounds as if he was in this hotel room, and it was a wild, out of control. he trashed this room. you were right nearby. you freaked out, started screaming, called police. >> they're saying you called 911

in the papers. >> the thing i will say is i did not call -- i wasn't screaming or freaking out, i did not call 911. other than that, the details of what went on in the room, what went on that night i prefer to keep private and personal. my daughters are very unaware of what happened, and we're really trying to protect them. this is charlie -- if he wants to discuss it, then i'll let him do it. but other than that, at the moment right now i don't want to say anything. >> it must bring up terrible memories for you, too. this is the reason you left the marriage to begin with. >> you know, i am just happy to be in new york. i had this trip planned for months to promote the show and more importantly my daughters have never been here. we had a great time. they got to see new york. we went to mary poppins and f.a.o. schwartz and all that. i'm a mom, and that's the most important thing. >> i understand why you're h hesita hesitant, and you have to

understand why we ask the question. >> i know you have a job. >> are you disappointed? we talk about patterns of behavior, and everyone gets it. are you disappointed in this latest thing when it coming to your ex? >> i have a lot of faith in my ex, and i am concerned about our xhirn a children and my concern is to keep them protected and thank god they're 5 or 6 is and can't turn on the computer and television to watch the news. that's where my priority is. is keeping them safe and secure and not know what went on. they're at an age where thank god they can't figure it out and watch what's going on. >> do they still get to see charlie a lot? how do you work that out? >> we came out here together. charlie and i and the girls flew out here together. he was with us when we saw mary poppins. we took him to the museum and shopping. we had a great time. the girls are unaware of

anything, so as far as they know they had a great time with their mom and dad in new york. >> it's easy to do that when the girls are younger. once they know how to read, you can't go in a grocery store. this is part of your future. >> grateful right now. >> tell us a little bit about -- i know you're traveling around and talking about your tv show. you play a -- how would you describe this woman? >> she's very saucy. she has a lot of different sides to her. i was excited to get back doing scripted television, and i love the show. it's spike's comedy, and it's the second season. >> would you caught her a slut, denise? >> you can call her whatever you want. she likes to have a good time. she's a very fun, colorful character to play. >> with a great wardrobe. >> exactly. >> were you thinking when this all went down, now i have to promote this television show, is this something to be the worst or is it goinged to end up

actually not being such a bad thing? >> i've been through a lot, and i've he learned to pick yourself up and move forward. i have an obligation to promote show. i want to stick with that. i'm very proud. i'm professional and i wanted to continue doing that. >> it's a five-episode arc for you? >> we'll see what happens and how people respond to the xhashgt and all of that. i love the show and think it's a fun one. >> what keeps you going? not just during times like this, although you had your share of them? where do you get your strength? >> i think my girls. when you're a mom -- >> stuff happened before you had your girl, too. >> yeah. my mom was a very -- was my rock and now that i have my daughters, i'm a strong woman and i want to be a good role model for my girls. things happen. i can't control what happens. all i can do is either dwell on it and feel a certain way or you just pick yourself up and move forward. >> is charlie going to stay part of your life as part of your children's lives?

>> charlie will always be' part of my lives. we're bonded together forever. no matter what the situation is, he's their dad. it was unfortunate what happened. i can't control what happened. all i can do is move forward and that's all i can do. >> control your own actions. >> i control my houses and the girls and they're happy, beautiful children. >> she's going to be writing all about her life in a new -- simon schuster. come back whether it comes out. you think you're the only one with a book. >> stop it. >> ints a tell-all. >> mine isn't a tell-all. it's going to be -- i've been through a lot, and a lot of women and men ask me how i got through a difficult time. i think it's important to figure out what's important in your life. >> take that high road. >> take the high road and move guard. >> we wish you all the best. >> we appreciate it very much. it's on spike tv. anton ono and the 19 days that changed his life. man: cheers, everyone.

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world hunting down hollywood lost treasures. i got to go to london and met julie and got the golden ticket in willie wonka. >> he said that's the golden ticket from willie wonka. >> how do we know? >> it came from her hands. when she was 13 years old and did willie wonka, this was presented to her. >> why would anyone give it to you? >> we're selling it for her november 6th at our auction. it's part of our show. this is superman number one. the first appearance of superman in a comic book. 100 to $200,000. >> i bet it might get more. >> let's touch this one. >> touch it. >> we went to london and met damien. this is the 5-year-old's costume he wore. >> it's halloween. >> he was the greatest guy. we met him and he's on our show.

he consigned the costume. >> how much do you get? >> 3,000 to $5,000. >> we're working with team fox to raise money for parkinson's. bob wrote and directed and produced back to the future. this is the one that bif took of the delorean and altered time. >> look at your face. you're like a kid in a candy store. >> how much is that worth? >> 3 to 5,000. >> who is buying these things? >> collectors from all over the world. >> it was a great idea for a show. >> this is a tim burton piece from "nightmare before christmas." this is the original concept sketch of sally. he's a genius. >> i'm so glad you used your passion for something that ended up being lucrative for you, too. >> the show is great because we travel everywhere. we're in basements and houses and find the most amazing things

and meet a lot of celebrities along the way. it's awesome. >> we wish you all the best. >> you can catch it tonight at 10:00/9:00 central on syfy network. apolo anton ono will talk about his new book. >> he's a sweetheart and really smells good. so clever, it makes your skin look better even after you take it off. neutrogena healthy skin liquid meup. 98% of women saw improvement in their skin's natural texture, tone, or clarity. does your makeup do that? neutrogena® cosmetics recommended most by dermatologists.

neutrogena® cosmetics good morning everybody. time now 10:26. getting the latest on the morning commute with mike. >> we have a lot more late people in oakland because of another accident over the last half hour. right around fifth, right around the site of the earlier accident about an hour and a half ago we had some really tied up. 880 in both directions still slow approaching that area. the freeway starting to clear up. a live look at the northbound side of 880 past the coliseum shows you the volume starting to move better than the last time we took a look a half hour ago. a reminder that the warriors are playing tonight so you could take b.a.r.t. to the warriors game. also a little game of course in the city so b.a.r.t. to the city, muni to the ballpark and

that is good news. b.a.r.t. is running longer trains to accommodate the large crowds expected. of course that's for giants fans. if you're a rangers fan you have to walk. now with the forecast we have rob. >> chilly start to the morning with patchy frost across the north bay. we'll be warming well around lunch time but one item to watch obviously the chance of showers dropping into the north bay later into the afternoon. highs in the 60s. rain chances increase. thursday into friday and kick off the weekend as well. then drier by halloween eve. >> thanks,ow i s 10:27.b. n ows 10:27. more news after this. between a longtime politician as an une with no plan for the future and a billionaire with no government experience. well, let me tell you my story. my husband and i came here as newlyweds. we raised our family here and the california dream came true for me in ways i could never have imagined. now i'm running for governor to restore the california dream for everyone. i'm not a career politician or a hollywood star. i'm from silicon valley, where i created thousands of jobs at ebay. as governor, i'll do something that's been missing

from california politics for far too long. i'll treat you like grownups, tell it to you straight, and offer a practical plan forward. these are scary times and i know that cleaning up sacramento won't be easy. our problems are tough, but so am i. if you want more of the same from sacramento, then vote for my opponent. but if you want to get california moving again, i'm ready. are you? she's against banning assault weapons... and that's reckless and dangerous. she's for risky new oil drilling that could threaten our jobs. fiorina's plan would mean slashing social security and medicare, which would devastate seniors. and she'd make abortion a crime. no wonder fiorina is endorsed by sarah palin. carly fiorina. just too extreme for california. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message.

giant fever is in the bay area. game one of the world series is tonight at at&t park. first pitch scheduled for 4:57 on the dot. it's cliff lee for the rangers. he is undefeated. ten postseason starts and faces the giants' ace tim lincecum. if you're still looking for tickets here is the latest from stub hub.com tickets going anywhere from $529 for third tier, left field tickets, between 1300 and $3,000 for lower box level seats. and $15,000 for seats in the field at club level. san francisco mayor gavin newsom has declared today the start of giants pride week and that will last all the way from now through the end of the world series. mayor newsom is urging local businesses to show their pride by displaying signs, flags, or other things to support the team. the giants' flag is currently flying over san francisco city hall. other city line marks are doing what they can as well. check out a nice looking shot here. the tower all lit up in orange.

so is civic center plaza and city hall. you can see orange lights at the ferry building and also i think we saw some over at alcatraz. thanks for joining us this morning. the "today" show continues. coming up next. we'll see you back here again tomorrow. we're back with more of "today" on this wines day. while think apole row ono was fast on his feet on "dancing with the stars" it was nothing compared to vancouver. >> that's when they won the bronze medal in the relay event. it was his eighth career meddle making him the most decorated winter olympian of all time. he shares everything in his new book "zero regrets: be greater

than yesterday." >> it's a wonderful title. the first sentence is i know almost nothing about my mother. you started right there. >> this book was so much more about my olympic experiences and leading up to the points and it was be me in my childhood and growing up in a single parent household. i didn't have a mom in my life. my dad raised me single-handedly. it was the first time i spoke about my personal life. this was from my heart, and i wanted the reader to understand i was pouring everything out. my soul, everything i believed in, my philosophy towards life and business. >> do you know almost nothing about your mom? >> i don't. i've done some research. the older i get, the more the growing curiosity does get stronger at the same time. the book for me was truly about trying to inspire others and just show the relationships that the reader reads the book and says i can relate to this kid

because i have the same situation with my mother, with my daughter, my family. >> i like how your dad -- it was a tough love thing with your dad, because you weren't sure what you wanted to do. >> it was very tough love. >> you were siding with the bad kids in school. your dad said enough. gu on your own? >> my dad literally sent me to a cabin we went to for years. he said look, you need to come to a decision in your life about what you wanted to do. my sport like life had no guarantees. it didn't matter. he wanted me to give myself and do it with passion. he's said and i've said that life is too short to go through the motions. that's what i believe that. the book is approximate being telling people, if you're doing something do it with passion and don't hold back. >> you went to a cabin and had an epiphany? >> at age 13 i said this is something i truly want to

pursue. thac that was the mechanism in my brain to make a change in hi life towards something positive and make a difference. if die this, i do it 100% win, lose or draw. >> you describe how you ran and ran and collapsed on this rock and said a prayer. >> that was my a-ha moment in a sense. i had a point in my life where i could have went left or right. if i chose the wrong path not for me, i probably would have been a fallen statistic unfortunately. luckily i had a great dad support me behind the scenes. it was up notice. we have to come to terms with ourselves and answer to ourselves. that was the first time i said this is it, you need to make a decision. grow up and be a man about this. i was forced to mature early. >> we love your olympic greatness, and what i love is so many people know you from one thing, it's "dancing with the stars." >> you have to wear them arnold

your neck. >> they think you're a dancer. >> the woman that lives in florida. i was flying out of orlando. oh, my god, you're that guy from the dancing show, right? >> kind of. i did the olympics. >> no, no, no. not the olympics. the dancing show. i'm from florida. thank you. i see. that's great. >> have you got it in you to teach us a little rhumba or cha-cha or something. >> we have 30 seconds. >> do kathie lee. >> salsa our ballroom or cha-c a cha-cha? >> do the cha-cha. >> i'm going to lead you, okay. >> oh, sorry. okay. >> tada apolo anton ono, everybody. awesome. >> good luck with your book. >> thank you. >> who knew it went right rit te grave. that's where she's going. help her.

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that lovely cd. jessica shaw will share some of the scary, interesting facts. you are due in six days. >> six days. >> we're glad you made it in today. >> thank you. till be a whole other horror movie if i go into labor here. >> this lovely lady is from brisbane, australia. let's take a look at this clip right here for our first question. >> wouldn't it be better if you put her some place -- >> you mean an institution? a madhouse? >> that freaks me out. what is the name of the place run by anthony perkins' character in"psycho"? >> the bates hotel. >> that's still on the universal

lot. you can still see it on the set where they shot phantom of the opera as well. >> you're kidding. back across to kath. >> this lovely family is from portland, oregon. the phrase here's johnny was popularized in which of the following horror movies, the shinning, friday the 13th, nightmare on 'em street or the exorcist? >> the shining. >> yes, yes. you would have loved my record. such a shame. >> i am creeped out that that young child knows "the shining." >> it's a funny thing because jack nicholson improvised that line. stanley kubrick almost didn't put it in the film. johnny carson loved it so much he used it as the introduction to his 1980 anniversary special. >> ladies from new jersey, let's watch another clip, okay?

>> annie, look. >> look where? >> behind the bush. >> oh, this is creeping me out. how long did it take for john carpenter to film the horror film "halloween"? >> 21 days. >> wow. a movie shot in three weeks. that's shocking. >> 21 days. this was not a big budget movie, and of course the movie is set in illinois but it was shot in southern california. so they had to paint their leaves autumn al colors and fin fake pumpkins. >> i love it. back across to kaht. >> this is a terrible day because no one has won my cd. this lovely lady is from france. let's look at this next clip, okay?

all right, which cast member from the original "scream" series is not coming back for "scream 4"? >> oh, gosh. i don't know. courteney cox. >> oh, no. it's a happy, happy thing truly. >> the correct answer is drew berrymoth berrymore. >> courteney cox is back. drew berrymore got killed. it's been ten years since the last "scream" movie. >> good luck with the baby, jessica. next time we see you, you'll be a mom. >> that's right. >> in keeping with the theme, be afraid, be very afraid. our gadget guy is here are

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time for a haul halloween today to get you ready for the wicked weekend. >> ghosts and gadgets, they all go together. our scary friend, "iron man 2," steve greenberg, author of gadget nation here with a few favorite toys. hello, steve. >> this is from disguise.com. very scary costume. >> it's quite a costume. >> it's going to take the head off just so i can breathe. >> frank would last in that for five seconds. >> we have a nice ghost measure. >> this measures electromagnetic fields, which shows -- >> anything here? >> a little activity. >> you should know about hoda. there's a whole other book to be written. >> it's 25 bucks or so on

amazon. glow sticks are good for kids to carry around for safety. this one blinks but has a built-in l.e.d. light with a whistle. all in one under $5. >> that's great. >> from life gear. >> a lot of parents are afraid to let the kids go trick-or-treating without them. >> this is called trick or tracker. you need two smart phones for it. the parent has on their screen if we can see it they have a map and a pumpkin to see where their child is in the neighborhood. the child has a thing on their phone that says where am i, i want to reach my mom, all that. it's a free app. you can download it between now and halloween. >> it's like a little gps. >> for a smart phone. >> that's terrific. >> good for them for making that. >> for this next one we need to dim the lights a little to see the full effects of it. >> this is called it's alive pumpkin light from pumpkin masters. it glows in a creepy way.

>> the pumpkin is at least smiling. >> ints a scary pumpkin. >>s in flips ultra hd. vuk a scary flip camera to record it. >> you just buy the skin. >> you buy the whole camera, 150 bucks, it has a built-in usb port. these things are amazing and great. you have customize them for yourself. they have them for halloween myself. these are the i-boo speaker docking station. these things are cute-looking and look like a ghost. they have a subwoofer built in and a remote control. really great. under 80 bucks. >> terrific. >> you got to have greasy, grimy, gopher guts. >> this is a brain mold, so you can put your mold inside here. if you want to taste it -- >> i saw your fingers were all

over it. you were poking it. i saw you. >> forget it iron man. >> let's move over to the bathroom. this is not charlie sheen's bathroom from the hotel. i'm sorry. inappropriate. i'm sorry. this is from the horror movie "bloody curtain" and they have a bloody bathroom mat. it comes like that and it's 20 bucks combined. >> this is not from ralph lauren, right? >> no. this is the bloodbath shower gel. >> that's funny. >> it hangs in the shower. >> i think it's cute, what every home needs. >> finally spiders are the classic, so i have to turn my back to everyone. this climbs on the walls and ceilings. let me turn it on. >> let me see if it really works. >> it does. i know it does. don't we want him going on up? >> why is he doing that? >> because you're on tv and that's what happens. that's a freaky one. that's kind of cool.

whaelts the remo what's the remote for? can you direct it? >> you can direct it. >> kids would love that. >> that's could you tell. >> it does tricks. it's like having sean white with his game. >> thanks a lot, steve. >> happy halloween. take care. >> i hate to say this, but the skinny bitch cookbook author is back. that's the name of it. that's not a putdown. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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we're getting saucy with a new edition to the "new york times" best selling book, skinny bitch. >> we have the same publisher. i'm a fat bitch, by the way.

these are good to the earth and great for the body. doesn't vegan get a bad wrap? >> everyone thinks you're eating less tus or a salad and raw vegetables and that's not it. today's spread will show you the episode. today we have butternut squash ravioli. it's easy and simple to cook and takes a few minutes and impress a lot of people. we'll start with butternut skau squash frozen. stick it in the food processor. >> it's seasonal right now, too. >> i'm all about seasonal foot. and butter. >> real butter? >> this is my vegan butter, but you can use whatever you want. there's vegan everything nowadays. >> like the gluten thing. gluten-free is very big right now, too. >> all right. you're going to pulse this a couple of times. that's it. >> we're done? >> all you have to do is put two

ingredients in there. then we have bread crumbs. this is just to kind of show you -- >> any kind of bread crumbs? >> i'm using panko bread crumbs. you can use whatever. this is parmesan cheese. i have the vegan version or use whatever you have at home. >> that does not look like parmesan. >> is that a cup full? >> about two-thirds cup. >> adding a little bit of salt. >> do you feel better now at that you're vegan. >> file lighter and my skin cleared up. all the sinus problems from the mucus of the dairy. >> it's true. >> this is your filling. very simple. now, here is what these adorable little things look like. these are wonton wrappers. you can get them in the grocery store or make them from scratch. >> we have about a minute. we should get down to the

cooking. >> you throw it in here and boil it in the water for like five minutes. >> fish it out. >> see look at that. >> what are you cooking this in? >> it's a sage butter sauce. when you use vegan butter there's no cholesterol and very little saturated fat. >> does it taste the same or do you have to get used to it? >> with the butter, absolutely not. for me it's the same taste. >> show us the goodies back here. >> you have also got chickpea cakes. >> this is. why doenlt you grab a fork, and we have a dessert. >> tell us about the dessert while we taste this. >> this is a coconut panicotta. this is a wonderful dessert. this is just coconut milk. colclough pez, sugar, veg began gelatin and we have to put some champagne in this. >> okay, skinny bitch.

>> we have to roll. tomorrow we'll have seal with us, one of our favorite guests. >> love him. last-minute halloween costumes and so much you won't believe. last-minute halloween costumes and so much you won't believe. have a great day, everybody. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com i was supposed to retire there. carly fiorina changed all that. [ cheri ] fiorina laid off 30,000 people. and she shipped our jobs to china. and india. i had to pack my bags and i was out the door that night. we even had to train our replacements. she didn't need 5 corporate jets. [ farrell ] one hundred million for herself. fiorina never cared about our jobs. not then and not now. [ boxer ] i'm barbara boxer and i approve this message.

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