good morning. presidential pressure. did bill clinton urge fellow candidate meek to end his bid in florida to help charlie crist pull off a win? meek says no. the former president seems to be telling a much different story. was the possibility raised in any way? we will ask representative meek. anna nicole's boyfriend and psychiatrist convicted of her doctor acquitted on all charges. this morning he is speaking out in an exclusive live interview. trick-or-treat? we are hosting a halloween bash

on the plaza. the question, what are we going to be? you will find out "today," friday, october 29th, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome. i'm meredith vieira. >> i'm ann curry. matt is on assignment interviewing george w. bush. likely excuse. >> it will get scare yea round he round-scary around here in the morning. >> why do they do this every year? >> that one has floating hair. >> move that out of the way. >> matt has something to do with it. >> al roker is on the side laughing it up. >> in your face, al.

anyway, we are not going toll you what we will be. we will say it is going to be star-studded. matt is not here. he will be in costume. >> also we have some serious things to get to. including alarming new details on a potential cause of the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. halliburton now admits a critical test was not performed on the seemecement to seal the l well before it exploded. we will begin with the countdown to the midterm elections. four days left, things are getting interesting on the campaign trail. especially in florida's senate race. we are going to talk to kendrick meek in a moment. good morning, savannah. >> reporter: this florida race got more fascinating. a three-way race. charlie crist, once a republican, running as an independent, is trying to catch him. the democrat kendrick meek lags far behind in the polls. crist wants meek out so he can get democratic votes.

and he enlisted high-powered help. former president bill clinton. a clinton official tells me this morning clinton never told meek to get out of the race and meek never agreed to. >> no one has called me and said hey, you need to get out of the race. >> reporter: intrigue in the florida senate race. bill clinton tried to persuade democratic congressman kendrick meek to drop out of the running in the three-way race to the florida senate seat. the story says meek agreed twice. but late thursday, meek denied it. >> all i have to say is that the press reports that are out there are -- or press report out there from politico are inaccurate at best. >> reporter: a spokesman for clinton tells nbc news that the former president tried to convince meek that if he got out of the race, independent charlie crist might win. and republican tea party candidate marco rubio, ahead in the polls, might lose. that says the clinton spokesman is different than flat-out trying to get meek to drop out.

>> hello. >> reporter: in pennsylvania thursday, the former president was on the campaign trail taking on sarah palin. >> she got her big laugh when she said how is that hopi changey stuff working for you? >> what i want to you think about is something more way important. how does that trickle-thing down work for you? >> reporter: palin was in alaska for rally senate candidate joe miller. trying to salvage momentum in his struggling campaign. >> we are going to take this government back and put it back on the side of we the people. >> reporter: joining by video tea party favorite senator jim demint and michele bachmann. miller's opponent, murkowski issued a statement -- they can criticize me for not the party line but i will never quit putting alaska first. there is no love lost between mur could you and i palin. ever since palin beat murkowski's father, frank, in

the governor's race four years ago. >> i will not seek re-election as governor. >> reporter: appearing on "entertainment tonight," wouldn't rule out a bid for the president in 2012. also this weekend, comedy central hosts jon stewart and stephen colbert will be in washington for rallies. stewart calls his the rally to restore sanity. colbert in character called his the march to keep fear alive. tens of thousands of people are expected. the organizers say it is not political. mostly music and comedy. >> thank you very much. did bill clinton float the idea of democrat kendrick meek dropping out of florida's senate race? congressman meek is with us now. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning, meredith. >> let us set the record straight. did bill clinton ever ask you explicitly or implicitly to drop out of the race for senator? >> no, ma'am. when he came down here and he had two rallies for me here, one in orlando where i am now and one in st. petersburg, we talked about the reports of the -- of

the week before. and i told him that i'm not interested in getting out of the race. he said okay. we talked about it. and that was that. i never once told him i was getting out. he never once asked me inform get out. >> what do you mean you talked about the reports the week before, what reports are you referring to? >> there are reports pushed out there by the charlie crist campaign and i was considering getting out of the race. as soon as i won the democratic nomination, his campaign started on that. and i -- i never once said that i was going to get out. never once seriously considered getting out of the race. i'm too businessining to win the race. >> and yet, a spokesperson for former president clinton said last night clinton tried to convince you if you did quit and independent governor charlie crist would be able to beat tea party favorite marco rubio. even if he didn't explicitly ask you to get out, was than that the message? >> that was not the message. the bottom line is that we had some smart voters down here if florida. and they are going to vote for the candidate of their choice. >> again, trying to get that

record straight. did clinton ever discuss with you the possibility of dropping out? >> no. he -- what he said -- he has been in the position before when he was down in the polls. and he said he lost a few campaigns. he said that he won quite a few. he still made it to the president is. that's not what i'm running for. i'm running to be the next united states senator. we talk all the time. he is one of the biggs supporters i have in this particular campaign. he's done over 11 events for me. and so we were talking before we went on stage and, you know, as you know bill clinton, he loves to talk politics. he never once kind of painted a scenario of me getting out and helping charlie crist. >> he does love to talk politics. i know last night on msnbc he talked about you specifically. i want to play aults bit of what he said and we will discuss it on the other side. >> absolutely. >> trying to decide what to do and i talked to him and -- i told him that we went through everything. we talked about it a couple of times. and i say in the end, you know, he has do what he thought was right. hay has to do what he felt best

about it. felt right about. >> sounds like he is suggesting you were considering dropping out. you were going through the scenarios with him. >> no. what he -- his suggestion was was, you know, kendrick, you are in the race. the people of the state of florida are going to have to vote the way they would like to vote. and the real issue here is that never once said you need to drop out. i never once said i'm going to drop out. what do you think? or -- i'm not going to drop out, what do you think? >> what do you think -- who do you think is behind the rumors? >> i can tell threw's very -- you know, that's -- that will be -- that's a very good question, meredith. i don't know. i'm just a guy down here running for the united states senate. >> you may not know you about you must have your suspicion, congressman meek, as to is behind the rumors if they are not true. >> i can tell you -- well, charlie crist has said that he called the clinton people, that he called the white house. i me, i didn't do -- i didn't make the phone calls. >> yet the latest polls shows

you with 15% of the vote. so -- do you really believe that you have a chance to win this thing? >> let me say this, meredith. i don't really believe i'm at 15%. i mean, that's just the bottom line. i was down by 10% before the democratic primary. i won it by 26 points. i'm just saying let the people of the state of florida vote. let them vote, let their voice be heard. the bottom line is that i am in this race. i'm a reat in this race. and i came on the "today" show to let everyone know that i am in this race for all the right reasons. i'm the only pro choice candidate in this race, the only anti-oil drilling candidate in this race off the coast of florida. i'm supported by the veterans. bottom line is -- you know, i don't have the prerogative to sit here and say i'm going to get out race. >> if for some reason marco rubio wins the race and you are perceived to be the spoiler by your own party are you worried this could destroy your political career going forward or severely damage it? >> let me tell you what will

destroy my political career. you know, if there's -- you know, a question of my political career. the bottom line is quitting in the middle of a race. i don't do that. and i will not do that to the people in the state of practice. the people have an opportunity to voice both to the candidate of their choice. many, i garduarantee you, will e for me. i find myself in a position to win this democrat -- race for the united states senate. and i'm going to con to work hard to win it. >> all right, congressman kendrick meek, we will leave it at that. thank you for your time this morning and good luck to you. >> thank you. meredith, thanks. to another race getting a lot of attention. the battle for the senate in delaware pinning democrat chris coons to his leading in the polls and against republican christine o'donnell. kelly o'donnell caught up with both candidates and joins us now. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. you know, there's urgency in this race that's different because the winner becomes a senator right after the

election. not waiting until january because he or she will serve out the remainder of joe biden's former senate term. the democrat is shaking hands trying to not make headlines. while the tea party favorite says that she's trying to stir up support and close a big gap. on a 48-state bus tour -- the republican party's chairman, michael steele, stopped in delaware to help senate candidate christine o'donnell. on behalf of the national committee is a resounding yes, yes, yes. >> reporter: many republican leaders have ignored o'donnell who is far behind in polls. have you felt written off by some people? >> i wouldn't say that it is necessarily written off. but -- but this campaign is unconventional. and conventional wisdom says we can't win. >> reporter: the democratic candidate favored in the race is chris coons. >> i'm cautiously optimistic.

a county government executive getting used to the demands of running against his tea party favorite in a tough race. >> i get up every morning and get a spatula and, you know, get my mother and wife off the ceiling because there's always one new ad with one new set of -- >> reporter: hard on families. >> difficult. >> reporter: o'donnell told the christian broadcasting movement prayer could help him win. >> the day we saw a spike in the polls was the day that people had a prayer meeting for me that morning for this campaign. >> reporter: also says she would not legislate based on her religious views. why talk about prayer and the polls in the same sentence? >> well, i always ask people to pray for us. you know. i ask people to pray that vot s voters' eyes be hop. >> reporter: issues on ending the bush tax cuts for wealthier families, coons long agreed with president obama but changed.

now your position is they can be extended for some indefinite period of time? >> yes. i don't think raising taxes in a deep recession is a good idea. >> reporter: if harry reid prevails in his race and is back as majority leader, democrats hold the majority, would you support harry reid for majority leader? >> yes. >> reporter: even though he called you his -- >> we are familiar with folks in national politics who say things they don't mean. >> reporter: o'donnell says the constitution would guide her as a senator but knowledge come under attack after debate performances. >> i'm sorry i didn't bring macon s-- my constitution with me. fortunately senators don't have to memorize the constitution. >> reporter: o'donnell defended her responses saying she was trying to answer precisely. her campaign often attracted national buzz like the fight over whether a local radio interview could be videotaped. why would being on video be a

problem? they describe an incident where you were snapping fingers or something? were you embarrassed by that? >> i didn't have makeup on. i simply didn't have makeup on. i wanted to know if i could whip out my lipstick. you will see my hair is up. >> reporter: more vanity? >> i won't say that. or i won't admit that. >> reporter: o'donnell's campaign decided to respond to an anonymous internet posting that's gotten attention on the web. a alleging a personal encounter with o'donnell, anonymous. they call it an example of sexism and sleaze directed against female candidates. even the national organization for women supporting o'donnell's opponent also came out and condemned the anonymous report. >> kelly o'donnell this morning. thanks. david gregory, moderator of "meet the press," nbc's political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd are both here to break down the final push midterm finish lines. good morning. >> good morning. >> don't be shy, judgment in here. four days to go. where exactly are both sides as

we are now heading to the finish line? >> you have a lot of norg the republican side. democrats trying for a split decision here which is to hold on to the senate and mitigate loss necessary the house. drive up turnout and president will state he won where he can have an impact on races. trying to help out in some of the house races down the stretch because they know that's going to be the big story. >> are the dems going to lose the house? >> definitely looks like they are losing the house. what the strategy is trying to hold the losses to a minimum. i talked to a few democrats that say losing 45, they need 39 republicans to get control. they lost 45 seats, democrats would say hey, that could have been a lot worse. i had some republicans tell me they have been more shocked if they only got in the 40s than if they got 70 seats. one thing democrats are trying to do in the senate is try to save the senate and this morning they are going up with ads for the first time in alaska. they are looking for any way possible to sort of steal a senate seat to cost the republicans their ten seats. >> let's take a look at some of those senate seats.

kendra meeks, what do you make of this? is there any information the white house is involved in this? >> i think the white house is aware some of this is going on. they weren't particularly driving it. there is a question about whether this certainly at this point would make any difference. a lot of early voting that's gone on in florida. that's heavily towards republicans. in this case marco rubio who is the leader. charlie crist at some point, the governor could have benefitted if this happened some time ago. ape there was a deal that was being discussed about him caucusing with democrats. i asked him about that. he said you know, he wouldn't caucus with anybody. it would depend who was offering him the bert deal. a lot in the works here. not clear that it would have made a huge impact. >> christine o'donnell if she does not win in delaware, the senate seat, does she have a future? >> probably somebody would give her a tv show or something like that. quickly interesting on the bill clinton thing, this is the second time the white house dispatched him. there was a lot of understand

when they tried to get sestak in pennsylvania to get out of the way for arlen specter. this is not the year to pull an inside deal. voters don't like that. >> i have to ask you about the news sarah palin made about running in 2012. the timing of it is interesting. she keeps giving hints. where are you on this? do you agree or disagree, is sarah palin a serious contender? >> she absolutely is. she is doing things to maintain her power within the republican party. she will rock the boat here. she will not be an established candidate which i think raises the question of whether she is a third party candidate at some point. she has a constituency. >> chuck? >> she got something on the line this election. if her candidate doesn't win in alaska lisa murkowski stood up to her and beats her back. it could empower other republicans to say why are we acting so scared of sarah palin? >> i can tell you right now, the

rest of the republican field the men are scared. >> too soon to tell. >> four days to find out how this will break down, both of you. thank you so much. >> chuck and david. let's get at the time rest of the morning's top stories. natalie morales covering for me at the news desk. good morning. >> good morning. we begin with new developments, cause of the explosion that tore parts of deepwater horizon rig last april killing 11 men and triggering the worst environmental disaster in u.s. history. the presidential commission looking into the disaster has new evidence suggesting bp and halliburton knew months before the accident that the cement mixture they were using to seal the well wasn't holding. nbc's tom costello has more. good morning to you. >> reporter: there are a lot of players in this. halliburton is important because it was responsible for the cement used to seal the well. now there's evidence that both bp and halliburton knew there were problems before the explosion. at the heart of the investigation, into what caused the massive explosion onboard

the deepwater horizon rig that killed 11 men and triggered massive environmental disaster, is cement. cement used to seal the well at the bottom of the ocean from explosive gases. now the presidential commission investigating the disaster uncovered company documents which suggest both bp and the cement provider halliburton knew the cement wasn't holding. two months before the disaster. >> it is clear that bp and halliburton were more interested in their own bottom line than they were in what was going on at the bottom of the well. >> reporter: investigators now report in february two months before the accident, halliburton conducted two tests that showed its cement mixture wasn't stable. on march 8, halliburton notified bp about one of the tests but bp did not act. then in april, just seven days before the explosion, halliburton conducted another test using a slightly different

mixture. again, the cement wasn't stable. investigators say halliburton never told bp. then halliburton changed the testing protocols and got one good test. those results were reported to bp after the explosion. >> the cement is the very first line of defense against flow of oil and gas to the surface. >> reporter: to determine whether the cement was a contributing cause of the explosion the presidential commission asked chevron to test halliburton's cement mixture. those tests shown in these photos and detailed letter reporting its findings chevron says that it conducted nine separate tests. yet, quote, we were unable to generate stable foam cement with any of the tests. >> it looks like they didn't take the time to really think through what might be the consequences of what they were doing. >> reporter: this morning halliburton released a statement in which it acknowledges it did not -- skipped a critical test as it relates to the cement and the well. it does not believe the cement

was the cause of the incident. that cement that chevron tested it says is not the same as the cement used. nither is the cement halliburton tested in february that failed. it insists it was bp that failed to conduct a proper test and followed the proper procedures to ensure the cement and the well were safe. meanwhile, bp says no comment. >> tom costello following that for us in washington. the tsa is changing the way passengers will be screened at airports. passengers that choose not go through full body scanlers receive a thorough patdown. a memorial for lucas ransom, friends and family released hundreds of balloons into the air. then headed with their surfboards out into the pacific. san francisco took another giant leap in its bid for a world series championship. the giants beat the rangers 9-0 last night. they now lead the series 2 games

to 0. al, you received that thorough patdown the other day. how thorough from the tsa? >> all i'm saying is i'm going back and forth. i don't even fly and i'm going. >> you had a cigarette afterwards. >> okay. let's check your weather and see what's going on. i feel very safe. tropical storm, 265 miles south. moving northwest at 18. not going to be a problem. a little bit of a problem for bermuda. again, it is going to be a minimal tropical storm. rest of the country, more rain, heavy rain and winds in the pacific northwest. plenty of sunshine in the ohio river valley. into texas, sunny skies up and down the eastern seaboard. that's what's going o here's a look at a slick commute across the golden gate bridge and that's the boundary on the north bay and not so much

on the south bay. oakland not so much with the lane and some of it heavy at times and about an inch or two as the rain continues to fly. the seven-day forecast with showers to kickoff the weekend and sunday the showers will likely hang out in the far north bay. drying out to finish off the weekend and warmer next week. >> that's your latest weather. meredith? coming we are going to talk to the doctor in an exclusive interview.

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far. look at this. much more after your local news. >> good friday morning. mike has ray look at the morning commute. >> the wet roads may be an issue. here's the gelden gate bridge. clearly evidence of the rain. the north bay has not reported flooding and right around the 580, typical spots. san mateo bridge moves nicely and 280 had flooding around 101. off in the mist on the peninsula side, the flow is clear, but the peninsula side is not so clear. >> we were watching rain in the

north bay north of the golden gate bridge. you can see it over san rafael. san francisco up towards the golden gate bridge where the rain is not so much over the bridges right now, but the action continues to slide off to the south and east through the afternoon. a slight chance of a thundershower and showers kickoff and we dry out towards halloween. more news after the break.

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protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. 7:30 now on your friday morning, october 29, 2010. it's already halloween heren in rockefeller plaza. you never get tired of these folks. >> i'm meredith viera. alongside ann curry who's in for matt this morning. coming up the verdict from the drug trial connected to anna

nicole smith's death, her lawyer was convicted of conspiracy, and her doctor was acquitted. mortgage rates are enticingly low, in fact they're the lowest since the 1950s. but this is something you need if you want to take advantage of those low rates and unfortunately, that's the thing a lot of americans don't have. let's begin with those verdicts in the drug conspiracy case tied to anna nicole smith's death. >> as you said, there were three people that were on trial and none of them were actually accused of killing anna nicole smith but what prosecutors wanted was of giving drugs to a known addict. prosecutors have painted anna nicole smith's death -- her

doctor was accused of enabling her drug use, finaling the playboy play mate anything that came in a bottle. but the doctor argued the prescriptions had nothing to do with her celebrity, and everything to do with her legitimate medical condition, chronic pain and grief over the loss of her son daniel and the jury agreed. >> this is really a victory, not just for me to be acquitted but it is a victory for patients everywhere in our nation who suffer chronic pain. >> he escaped conviction, but not so for anna nicole's next door neighbor and psychiatrist and howard k. stern, anna nicole's longtime friend and lawyer. while the two were acquitted of the most serious charges, both were found guilty of conspiracy, using fake names to obtain per prescriptions. >> this was done to protect anna nicole's privacy and nothing

more than that. >> reporter: but in 13 days of deliberations, the jury decided anna nicole wasn't an addict but a patient. but to the judge who nearly lost it back in 2007 deciding what to do with anna nicole's body after her death. >> custody of the remains of anna nicole smith -- >> reporter: he now says thursday's verdict sends a very clear message. >> these people have been convicted of felonies, it's not a running a red light traffic ticket, this is a felony that will have permanent damage on their careers and their future. >> all three of them are expected to be sentenced at the beginning of nest next year, they could face three years in state prison, but the judge has the ability to reduce it from a felony to a misdemeanor and many

people think he may do that. >> good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> doctor, if i can start with you, can you describe your emotions yesterday after you were acquitted on all charges? >> just exhilarated, shell shocked, it's been a long ordeal of almost four years so just absolute joy and relief, i suppose, after this ordeal. >> the prosecution tried to make the case that you and your co-defendants conspired to unlawfully provide controlled substances to an addict. why do you think the jury found you not guilty? >> well, i think the jury had all the evidence to look at which there was a lot of and really saw that there was legitimate need and that anna nicole smith suffered from chronic pain and several other medical conditions and required

treatment and i think the jury was able to go through all the papers and the records and see that she indeed was a woman who suffered from several medical conditions. >> so you were simply doing your duty as her doctor? >> yes. i mean as a doctor who takes over a practice of many patients, the good duty would be to take care of all patients in the same manner. that you would for anybody in the community. >> during the case, the trial, the prosecution brought up your relationship with anna nicole smith and whether it was a proper one or not and they read from your diary, actually, they showed photos of you two at the gay pride parade and in your journal, making out with my patient, blurring the lines, can she ruin me? they argued the doctor shouldn't

have that kind of a relationship with a patient. and there are articles that suggest that you knew it was wrong? >> that's a page taken out of a personal journal of 800 pages and that was one afternoon at a charity event that certainly, you know, was taken out of context, again, and blown out of proportion. at one time they did socialize with her. it was hardly a relationship. what it was was a professional relationship with a patient and a doctor. it just happened to be that she was a public figure and the subject of a lot of tabloid fodder. so that became sort of the jumping off point for all the rest of the circus like atmosphere around her life. >> i have to ask you, the criminal charges have been dropped against your client, he could still face action by the

california medical board, did he cross the line? could he be in trouble here. >> certainly there may be an investigation or a further investigation by the medical board. we're hoping that the medical board will look at these verdicts and understand the evidence in the criminal matter and forego any further proceedings, but time will fell, but really don't know what steps the medical board will take or not take. >> over the past few years, you have really had your reputation dragged through the mud, where do you go to get it back? >> well, i go to my patients and the good work and the loyalty of my patients and the community at studio city that i work in, i have still a large practice of patients that are loyal and come to me for their everyday medical problems, i still continue to do the work of pain management, cancer pain and noncancer pain.

and so certainly, just move forward and continue to -- my local reputation is very good. so i just want to move forward. >> dr. sandeep kapur, thank you for joining us this morning. now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> "today's" weather is brought to you by advil, make advil your number one choice. and we got a big week to talk about, saturday, we have got sunshine throughout much of the country, a few showers in new england, a lot of wet weather from california into the pacific northwest. then on halloween day, rain and snow showers in new england, rain in the pacific northwest, some clouds in the mid mississippi and ohio river valleys. halloween night, partly cloudy skies in the midsection of the country, showers in the northwest, clear and cool in the no

here's a view of the bay bridge with cloudy skies and not much rain, but the rain really extends to the north bay north of san francisco. the radar let's take you into the north bay. santa rosa into san ra rafael and into san francisco. off the coast, the band will slowly approach as you go through the rest of the morning. an afternoon thundershower south of san jose. we kick it off with scattered showers and trend drier through halloween sunday. >> don't forget, you can keep track of your weather all day long on the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. and sunday night is the bigst night, it's halloween football night in america. who's scary? will ben roethlisberger scare the saints when they fly into the indiana superdome? somebody open up that dome

first. clear skies, temperatures upper 60s to low 70s. it's a spooky sunday night football night in america. you. you. >> i don't even have an answer to that. i'm scared, al, thank you very much. >> up next, why you should fake a hard look at your credit score if you want to take advantage of those record low mortgage rates. but first these messages. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] every day thousands of people are switching from tylenol® to advil. to learn more and get your special offer, go to takeadvil.com. take action. take advil®.

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back now at 7:43, interest rates and your credit score, with mortgage rates at historic lows, refinancing may sound like an attractive option for some homeowners. but to qualify, you better have great credit. jean chatzky, historic lows, they have not been this low since the 1950s. what are the numbers right now, 4.21 on the 30-year fixed. >> if you go to a 15-year fixed, mid to high threes. >> are they going to go any lower? or is this the time? >> you and i were talking about this before, i wish i had a crystal ball, i don't know. but what i can tell you, if it makes sense for you to refinance, if you're going to save money, you do it, and if

they go lower, you do it again. >> but there's a big but, you need to actual qualify, and it's harder now than it used to be. >> you need a harder credit score. the lenders learned their lesson because a lot of people bit off more than they could chew in terms of how much they borrowed. so you need a credit score of 720 to qualify for the best rates. >> so you're saying the banks are penalizing us by requiring us to have a 720. >> or above. >> and the old score was, 680 or above. >> you really need to be working on your credit score and cognizant of what it takes to get a great story. >> what do we do. >> you want to make sure you pay every single bill on time. one or two late pays can kill you. you want to be using 10 to 20%

of the credit available to you. you do not want to be out shopping for new credit. you got to say no to all those credit cards in the mall. and you don't want to close old credit cards. >> how long do you have to have this squeaky clean financial credit history. >> it will take a couple of months to move your credit score up. and you can track it on websites like credit score.com. >> you go to those credit scores, you can look at your own credit score. it's not a credit score, if you want to look at the fico score, but you can do a pretty good job at credit.com. >> and those people who may be listening say you know what? rates have gone down so low, we're in a recovery. is there stuff that's coming up that might actually push the interest rates even lower? >> so the fed is going to go out and buy an awful lot of

securities starting next week, that could in fact push rates lower, but the market has already baked a lot of that news into rates, and if they don't buy as many as the market would like to see, it could push rates higher. >> and you have said before don't be greedy. >> if it's going to save you money, because you're going to be in the house long enough to make back the cost of refinancing, you do the deal. and coming up just ahead, what else, halloween mania on the plaza with our big costume reveals. but first, these messages. it's scary, with a little haunted help from your nearby walgreens. hurry in today for savings on fun costumes, spooky décor like creepy spiders and tombstones and all the best treats, including kit kat bars, reese's peanut butter cups and hershey's chocolate bars. right now at walgreens, get $5 off any costume priced $14.99 or higher. walgreens. there's a way to find halloween spirit nearby.

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near a rock and mineral museum. >> i was someplace i shouldn't have been and i stumbled across something i didn't expect and it created quite a lot of havoc. >> he says he was surprised when police showed up with a canine unit. >> i heard the dog and thought, my god, i think that might be a police dog, and then it bit me and that's no fun. >> according to police, he was trying to burglarize the museum that was home to valuable gold nuggets. >> a lot of them are one piece items that you would never be able to get again. it's really hard to put a price on any of those things. >> reporter: it all started earlier in the week when a caretaker found a hole behind a bathroom and called police. police suspected someone was trying to access the museum so they set up surveillance equipment and they were alerted to a break-in the next day. that's when officials say they found him all dressed up trying to blend in with the brush. >> he was arrested in the suit and he was placed in the police

car so he was wearing it all the way? >> gregory says it was a big mixup and that he was trying to -- wasn't trying to steal anything and his clothes were just for fun. >> that was a halloween costume my children bought for me. >> he appeared in court where he pled not guilty to burglary and criminal mischief charges this time wearing a regular outfit. and while this odd costume helped get him into trouble, he says this might not be the end of mossman. >> when all of this is behind us, maybe i can take a creative writing course and start writing crime novels using the moss man picture as the book cover. >> hey, reality is much crazier than -- speaking of crazy outfits, the big moment almost here, coming up, we're going to reveal our halloween costumes and have a few star studded surprises. >> as we mentioned, while matt is not here, he does have a vital role in the festivities. e

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>> good morning, everyone. let's check out the wet commute. >> friday light, but wet. allow the regular time to get to work even though we have a short drive, less than a half hour down through berkeley and emeryville. they turned on about the regular time and keeping a lighter flow of traffic for a safer drive there as well. slow into and out of the tunnel in the eastbound direction, but the rest of the bay looking good and slowing into the walnut creek interchange through oakland. sunol grade looking lighter and friday light, but there is a new disabled vehicle on castlewood and you might see distraction there. the road is dry, but what do you see? >> around the east bay around

sunol, a lot of rain coming down on the 101 into petaluma and san rafael. the rain pulling back off the west. the system is pivoting around offshore and this will start to swing through later this afternoon. temperatures with the clouds on the increase mostly in the 60s and 50s across the north bay. showers to kickoff the weekendr. iniesdrr g rnfor sunday. time is 7:57 andfoore news after the break. a

>> two down, two to go. the giants are halfway to a world series win. today they leave for texas to continue the quest. the giants win in game two was remarkable. they not only beat the rangers, they humiliated them. matt cain's pitching was amazing. the giants exploded for seven runs and they won 9-0. they play tomorrow just before 4:00. they will play on sunday at 5:20. madison baumgartner and tommy hunter. if the giants don't sweep, we will get ready for a rematch of lincecum and lee.

. 8:00 now on this friday afternoon, we're throwing an early bash in rockefeller plaza, and we have got our share of ghosts and gob plalins getting the spirit of things. matt is on assignment, that little devil. >> oh, the nerve. >> you have to hand it to the crowd, there's a lot of creativity out there.

>> we're going to pick those final is coming up for our annual costume contest. >> from the looks of things out there, it's going to be really be tough for us to decide, but we have got a fund display and we're still trying to figure it out. >> we're going to have some great last-minute costume ideas and some halloween tricks. >> good morning to you guys this morning, good morning to everyone, candidates in midterm elections face a final and furious weekend of campaigning, this morning the democrat in florida's three-way senate race kendrick meek--defeating republican marco rubio. and in the alaska senate race, sarah palin rallied last night with republican tea party favorite joe miller.

he's trying to unseat another republican incumbent lisa murkowski who's running as a write in. a jury in florida has convicted a karate instructor of following a brutal home invasion, mark potter is in miami. >> reporter: after announcing the verdict last night, the jury returns to the courthouse today to recommend a sentence, either life in prison or the death penalty. >> all rise. >> reporter: after four days of trial and five hours of deliberations, the jury reached its verdict against leonard patrick gonzalez jr. crowding the courtroom, the relatives of the late byrd and melanie billings who had 14 children, four of their own and ten they adopted, many with special needs. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder as charged in the indictment. as to the charge in count two,

melanie billings, we find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder as charged in the indictment. >> reporter: authorities say gonzalez led a group of seven men dressed in black and wearing masks during an armed raid on the billings home last year near pensacola, florida. prosecutors say the home invasion started as a robbery but ended in murder. they blame gonzalez for shooting the billings multiple times while some of their children were in the house. >> there is no doubt leonard patrick gonzalez is the man who had his hand on the gun, his finger on the trigger, and fired the shots killing mr. and mrs. billings on july 9 of 2009. >> reporter: during the trial, two men who took part in the raid testified against gonzalez having pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. gonzalez falsely promised the

raid would net a lot of money hidden in a vault. >> would you describe how much money he was talking about. >> yes, sir. >> how much? >> $13 million. >> and frederick thornton said it was gonzalez who shot byrd and melanie billings. >> i heard about three shots coming from inside the house. >> did you come back inside the house? >> yes, sir. >> who was pointing that gun. >> the defendant. >> reporter: now the defense attorney accused those witnesses of lying to get a reduced prison sentence, he will now fight to keep gonzalez alive as the prosecutors argue for the death penalty. >> mark potter in miami this morning. there is new insight today into the possible cause of the deadly explosion of the deepwater horizon rig in the gulf of mexico. the investigation found the cement to seal the bp well against explosive gases was unstable and both companies knew this before the disaster. halliburton admitted on that it

news the cement was defective. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> let's show you what's happening as far as your forecast i concerned. our pick city happens to be arkansas, sunny, mild, 66 degrees, and our forecast for today, we have got more rain coming into northern california into the pacific northwest, showers working their way into interior new york state, on into new england. we have got plenty of sunshine thanks to a big area of high pressure. it is going to be a wet one in the northwest, plenty of warmth and sunshine in the southwest live picture at the golden gate bridge, the rain slacked off for the present. radar view of the rain just offshore of the peninsula, still falling across the north bhaf moderate rainfall total on the marin county coast line, into

san francisco, rain over san bruno, majority of the rain from the south bay to later on this even, see that line swing by to the south later on, maybe a slight chance of thunder, that cooler air aloft. saturday showers, dryer for sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> get in your final guesses because it is time to reveal your halloween costumes right after this. [ male announcer ] in the event of a collision, the smartest thing you could do is cut the fuel supply, unlock the doors, and turn on the hazard lights. ♪ or better yet, get a car that automatically does it for you. ♪ ♪

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>> what are you watching? >> this a clip from "megamind". >> let the showdown begin. >> how many times do you wish you had "megamind in your life? >> i think tina fey is in this. >> wow, that was really exciting. >> i've got to catch a flight. >> i'll walk out with you. have a good trip. >> thanks very much. is meredith still here? >> she left a whil >> matt! help me, matt! >> is that a cry for help? >> matt, it's roxane richey, you've got to help me. i've been kidnapped and tied to the train tracks. >> megamind, megamind! can you hear me now?

i'll call you on a land line. >> please, hurry! >> dean kaine! are you here to fight for truth, justice, and american way? >> no, matt, i'm just making a phone call. >> matt! >> just a second. >> come on, matt! >> i said just a second. >> matt, hurry up in there. >> just a second. >> matt! matt! >> just a second. oh. i said just a second. >> you look different. >> that's the cape. >> yeah, you're not as tall either. >> neither are you. >> i think we have somebody we need to rescue. >> very good. >> let's fly. >> actually, i don't fly. >> all right. let's run very fast.

>> help me! somebody save me! >> roxane richey, i'm here to save you. >> oh, my goodness. >> i'll get the train, don't worry! >> oh, these were barely on. you probably could have done that yourself. >> well, i thought it would be cooler to call a superhero anyway. >> yes! roxane richey, i am superman. able to bend steel with my bare hands, change the course of mighty rivers, but who disguises clark kent, a mild-mannered reporter for a newspaper, with the never-ending battle for truth, justice, and the american way. >> yeah, right. but no everyone can have a megamind. >> that's true. very true. well, wait a minute, i'm hearing something. i'm hearing, let's go to the newsreel right now. >> i can't hear anything. >> i don't hear anything at all. ♪ >> today, the mystery ends.

for decades, the world has wondered what happened to america's first lady of aviation, amelia earhart, who dared to fly around the world. >> if the flight's successful, i hope it will increase women's interest in flying. >> on july 7th, 1937, amelia earhart asked far coast guard report near holland island. it's the last-known contact with the legendary pilot. but today, more than 70 years since she disappeared over the pacific, amelia earhart has been found, and you won't believe where. rockefeller plaza! >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken the train! but that's okay, because i'm now everywhere. a lot has changed. i hear a lot of noise happening over there. what's that?

>> whoa! whoa! come on, new york, you know the words to this is song. sing it with me! ♪ ♪ baby, baby, baby >> but wait, there's more! are you ready, little monsters star, the monster of all monsters! ♪

♪ oh, ♪ >> superman! >> you know, lady gaga, i think me flight would have been a lot easier had i had you on my ipod. >> well, i wish you had been here. >> well done! >> i love it! nicely done. >> thank you! >> really fun. that was fun, you guys. >> that was crazy. >> look who i get to work with. >> look who i got to work with. >> i know, exactly. >> well done.

so we're going to be choosing actually some of our winners, because we've got a lot of costume winners out there and i think we've got a couple we're going to be choosing in just a few moments. and we're going to do that. >> so how'd you come up with lady gaga? >> um, it was suggested and i thought it would be fun. and the costume -- the costumes great. >> she actually wore -- the grammys? >> your natural hair today. >> hello megamind. >> this is just what i wear normally, yeah. around the house. >> al and i saw "megamind" yesterday. loved it. >> when i saw natalie, i thought oh, my god, they have you here. >> i'm being the bieber today. >> are you going to maintain that hair style? >> yes. >> you have to do that with your head to make it happen.

>> how about you? >> chances are against it. >> normally you have to put a compression thing to put the size of your brain in your head. >> exactly. >> ego. >> you told me something interesting about lady gaga and the costumes. my daughter is going to be lady gaga and she has licensed costumes for herself for kids and adults, hair, sunglasses, costumes. it's amazing. >> really. >> are you enjoying this? >> try wearing tights in this kind of weather. >> you notice how al always manages to wear spandex? >> he's wearing ladies boots, rights? >> i am. >> are you missing matt right now? >> yeah. he flew the coop. >> we're going to pick our winners from our audience. that's all coming up. great costumes. we'll be right back.

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we think will be great. let's bring on our first one. this one's great. >> john. >> watch out for lady gaga. how did you come up with this idea. >> i just wanted to do something a little different. i usually do actors and pop culture. so i wanted to mix it up. >> how long did it take you to make this? >> a couple of weeks, i have a little bit of time on our hands. >> you're one of our finalists, you're going to be joined by ben snow, we have got wilma, betty, pebbles and bam bam and they are jill and evan walters and wilma and betty. good job you guys. fantastic. >> oh, my gosh, you got up really early this morning.

where are you guys from. >> we're from brooklyn. >> and no problems getting this in her hair? >> it took a little work. >> oh, that's okay. you know what? i think that's what pebbles would normally say anyway. welcome, you have a great costume this morning. and we do have ben franklin, i wasn't kidding. hudson is 9 years old. you want to meet lady gaga ben franklin? >> where did you come one this idea. >> i was thinking and i thought i just want to be ben franklin. >> are you a big fan of ben franklin? >> i like history. >> and your last finalist? >> john smith.

>> john smith is from york, pennsylvania. >> that's his dad. >> there you go. >> and that looks like that's actually a real mask, but it's painted on, you did a great job. >> and i bet when you walk down the street, nobody knows anything, it's new york city. >> it's new york city. >> great costumes. >> and we have got several more finalists coming up. and a lot more halloween fun. so stay tuned. because there are prizes by the way for those people who win.>>. i love that you love history. that is so fun. this weekend on "today," mysteries of the smithsonian reveal an exclusive glimpse at what's hidden under lock and key. and tricks and treats galore, a halloween party live this weekend on "today."

good morning to you. it's 8:26. i'm laura garcia-cannon with mike, i think you whisper eed caldecott to me. >> disabled vehicle in the tunnel. should move quickly east, but only one way taking you this way, slow from the warren freeway, that portion of the maze. northbound 880 around oak and another one maybe further north, couple of disabled vehicles there causing some slowing from san leandro close to the cole see yum.

san mateo bridge, commute is clear but skies are not necessarily. >> dry conditions around the south bay this morning, take tout north bay santa rosa south as you approach the gold i can get bridge where the rain has been hanging out. less so ob sleesly, san francisco, the system pivots offshore and swing through later today, bring more clouds in south bay and by this evening, see scattered showers and slight chance of a late day thunder shower to the south. showers kick off the weekend but turning drier for halloween sunday. time is 8:27. more news after the break. [ male announcer ] build your better breakfast at subway

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south bay commute about to get greener. san c santa clara revealing new buses starting monday, fleet of 90 bus will replace older worn out buses and expected to reduce greenhouse gases by 15%. paying for the fleet through a federal grant and from prop 1b. we'll have another update in about half an hour. today returns in about two minutes. david harmer wrote an education plan titled "abolish the public schools." he even called our schools "insidious" and "socialism." as families struggle to raise their kids, to provide a good education, harmer bragged, "we can design a plan to dismantle them." david harmer is just too radical. we need jerry mcnerney.

protecting local schools from devastating cuts. endorsed for his "independence" by the contra costa times, stockton record, and our local teachers. i'm jerry mcnerney, and i approved this message. . dean cane! are you here to fight for truth and justice and the american way? >> matt, i'm just making a phone call. >> matt, matt? >> just a second. >> oh. >> i said just a second. >> you look different.

>> it's the cape. >> i'm here to save you. >> thank goodness. >> i'll get the train, don't worry. >> you probably could have done that yourself. >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken a train. ♪ >> hello! >> that was scary. it is halloween for us. we hope you enjoyed our costumes. we're glad these folks decided to come out and support us. happy halloween, i'm lady gaga along with amelia earhart and superman and megamind and roxie. >> we're dressed like characters from "megamind" in case you

think we've gone insane. >> well, you have but that's not the point. >> are you going to tell us about the movie later and more costumes. >> we have more costume finalists. >> in a minute, not now. >> we've got pumpkin carving. >> we do? >> safe for the entire family. >> can we carve your head? >> it is not my costume, feel free to do whatever you want to. >> we can do whatever we want to? >> oh, okay. be afraid, be very afraid because we're going to go in search of real vampires in the real trans sill vein ya. we have more finalists from the costume contest. this is a finalist i picked. i really like it. he's from peewee's play house.

>> mike is 32 years old, completely appropriate for him to be dressed for halloween from rockland county new york. your brother -- this is your brother. >> so this costume was his idea? >> yeah it was his idea. he is the creative one. >> he just happened to have this handy? >> he keeps them all because they are always legendary. >> is this going to be tense between the two of you because you're finalists. >> whatever happens, happens. if he wins, good for him. >> i get the prize either way. >> you have a great voice, by the way. >> thanks. >> sound like one of our audio guys. we have the monopoly board game, allison, who is the mom and julia moeser. mr. money bags. >> very nice! >> wow! >> you guys have been here -- mom, you've been here the last nine years and only missed one

year. >> only one year. we try to come every year. you guys are a lot of fun. >> you like being the guy from the monopoly game. >> yeah. >> very nicely done. you are from fairfax? >> yeah. >> you made the whole outfit. that's amazing. >> a lot of support from everybody at work. thank you to everybody at sun dog. >> now that your mom is behind bars, you can do whatever you want. you know that. >> she has the get out of jail free card, very nice. >> finally wild thing from the movie "major league." be careful where you're walking. we don't want anything to happen. you're from new jersey. can't really say much, can you? now, how did you make this? what is this made out of? >> old patio light. >> very nice. >> very impressive. these are our finalists of the

congratulations. >> technically, it's kind of a charlie sheen reference. >> it is a charlie sheen reference. >> it is. let's check on the weather. >> we're going to get the wi let's show you a beautiful view here looking out over the bay area. sonoma and all points east, dry and partly cloudy skies, not the same story for the north bay right now, that's where the north bay -- coastal hill, lets up around san francisco and rotating offshore, popcorn lk dsh like clouds offshore, cold, unstable air aloft. 60s around most of the bay area. upper 50s in the north bay. seven day forecast fwlis showers to kick off the weekend, dry by sunday. >> and that's your latest weather. >> are you having halloween fun? >> i'm having a great time. we'll have more and talk to will and tina about their new movie. this is "today" on nbc.

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>> will ferrell and tina fey, thank you so much for being here today. >> thanks for having us. first of all for the big reveal, how do you think it went? >> the word on the street is we nailed it, yeah. >> let's talk about the movie, because you're supposed to be a villain, but you're really a nice guy. i think that's probably what attracted you to it? >> i'm actually a horrible villain. i'm just a guy who's really seeking acceptance and has found -- is just evil by default. and of course, in the end, i reveal that it's better to be the good guy. so i kind of go through a transformation. >> and your character is a strong woman, but she's kind of vulnerable. and when you saw her

good day from our good day. we are following a chain of events doe me s do mestically a oversea, no one is quite sure what this adds up to, it involves several aircraft from the united parcel service, u.p.s., cargo planes. we go quickly to our justice koefrnt pete williams in our washington newsroom. piecing this together so far, tellous viewers what we think we have here. what we have here, brian, is a series of searches being carried out in the u.s. out of what officials call an abundance of caution, not because there is a belief that there are suspicious or dangerous packages on the planes but the concern there may be, this following the discovery of a suspicious package that

originated in yemen and arrived on a cargo flight to the united kingdom. it's not 100% confirmed that the package found in the uk is pan explosive device but enough concern that they are checking cargo originated in yemen, whether the flight did or not or they're carrying cargo handled by the same shipper involved in getting the package from yemen to the uk. so that's why you're seeing all these searches and all this concern on flights to the u.s., not because anything dangerous has been found here, or not because of the confirmation of any kind of attempted attack on these flights but because of the discovery of a package, they want to make sure this same system, this same route isn't being used to get something into the u.s. >> so, pete, just to repeat what we know, this involves newark

international, this involves philadelphia international airport and we should go ahoead and say that a couple news organizations are talk about a u.p.s. truck spotted or detained at new york's queens boro bridge. a truck. >> all three of those things. if any trucks or planes that carry that cargo or were operated by the same shipper, that's the critical connection here at this point. and nothing suspicious found so far according to what i've been told in the u.s. but they're being searched, if they had any connection with yemen or the shipper. >> and pete, this raises questions, especially those of us in the news media who have just become attuned to the potential weapons of those who would do harm to civilians, to use cargo aircraft, potentially, as a delivery system of harm or

explosives, in the kind of heinous business of discussion of soft targets, of human casualties, it's not at all like a passenger plane. there is main malcra minimal cr board. >> right. i don't think anybody has any idea why that package was shipped to the uk. whether that was an attempt to threaten the cargo flight into the uk or an attempt to get into the uk a device that could be used. in other words, was first of all, we need to know that device sent to the uk, whether it was a bomb or not. secondly, if it was, why was it sent there? was it intended to blow up on the flight and be, cause that kind of terror concern or someone actually using the cargo service to deliver a package that would be picked up and used for some other purpose in the uk. and of course, all this against a background of a summer of

increased terror concern in europe because of a stream of threat information about attempted al qaeda plots either in the uk or france or elsewhere in europe. so it's far too soon to say this is a threat to the u.s., but it would appear to be, if it turns out to a package a threat to the uk and that's why you see the additional concern. >> the plane we're looking at, that's philadelphia international airport, where it's been taken over to an area. the pilots usually call the penalty box where they wait their turn to take off, but in this case, kind of an isolated in quarantine with a minimum number of vehicles around it. this shot from a helicopter using a long lens. reuters news agency said the aircraft in question headed into chicago and the control room will correct me if i'm wrong, no explosive was found, the upside,

as we aircraft, landing above the idle u.p.s. aircraft, the upside here, i guess, if we're looking for good news, tend we'll realize that part of the system worked, that detection methods, remember after 9/11, we were saying that while we were hyper sensitive about screening passengers, 80, 90%, the luggage, cargo in the hold beneath an average aircraft was unscreened, upside might be that the decks methods have improved and in some cases did their job. >> without question. the other part of this is how quickly this word spread in terms of getting the alarm out to the other, the other cargo services and hear in the u.s. i wouldn't be surprised if at the end of the day, no explosive devices are found on any of these flights to the u.s.

that's strictly my guess but there is nothing to indication there were any our shipments other than this single one but it is interesting, a, it was detected and b word was spread so quickly and this coordinated response. >> east midland airport this started life as an air field during the war effort in world war ii, two-hour drive outside of london, another potentially suspicious package is being checked out, investigators are looking at it. as you say, any one thing triggers investigators to think like investigators, all right, where else could we have a problem, probably led to the stop of a cargo truck or two in various locations around the country. >> yes. i would think that as the day goes on here, we'll probably see more planes searched, potentially more trucks searched. any that had a connection either

to packages original ate eted f yemen or from the same shipping channels. >> pete williams, in washington, abelo among our team of producers and journalists, checking out this story. we'll stay on this and come back on the air if anything is proven either way. but it appears because of a suspicious, in this case, a attorney cartridge that appeared to have been tampered with, a number of u.p.s. aircraft have been quarantined, stopped, boarded and checked, along with at least one u.p.s. vehicle in a number of cities do mestically and several overseas. we'll stay on this story, continuous coverage on cable on nsnbc and on the web at nbc.com. we'll come back on the wear

substantial developments. for now, for pete williams in washington, i'm brian williams, nbc news, new york.

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probably could have done that yourself. >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken the train. ♪ here's brian williams. >> good day once again from our studios in new york, back on the air to update you on a situation of disparate parts in the united states and overseas, several u.p.s. large cargo jets that are on tarmacs, park and checked after suspicions came up today that perhaps parts of something, perhaps packages, had been

tampered with and was this part of a larger scheme? let's go to our justice correspondent, pete williams, in our washington newsroom. pete, lay out what we believe we have here at this hour. >> reporter: there is a lot that we don't know here, but what we do know is this, the precipitating event that got this all going was a package, a toner cartridge for a copier machine that was tampered with that was discovered had been shipped from yemen to the uk and at a distribution center in the east midlands distribution outside london. it was found, the initial thought was it was an explosive device. that immediately triggered concern last night and this plan was put into effect to search any cargo flights that came to the u.s. carrying packages from yemen or using the same shipping route as the package that was shipped to the uk.

now, subsequent checking of that initial package of the uk seemed to allay fears somewhat but that seems to have changed again in the past several minutes and we still don't have a definitive understanding here of whether, in fact, the original package was some kind of hazardous device, was some kind of a bomb. it had wires coming out, it had powder in it, we're told, that's what a attorney cartridge carries is powder, we're still waiting to get a definitive word on what that thing was, so you have two things happening. you have now as a result of that out of an abundance of caution, searching all kinds of packages and karg gocargo flights followt route or original ated from yemen. we have conflicting reports, it's early on in the process in the u.s. about whether suspicious backages have been found here or merely packages

that came from yemen or shipped by the same shipper. lots of checking. nothing definitive here yet. we don't know whether this was an attempt to attack the u.s., whether this was an attempt to attack the uk, but we do know that it's gotten an enormous response here in the u.s. to try to make sure that nothing ha hazardous gets in here and nothing happens to these planes. it would appear a large number of planes involved that none of the devices were intended to go off in flight. if there is more than one device, that's another thing we don't know. there is only one confirmed suspicious device and that's the one that was sent to the uk but there have been multiple reports about suspicious packages being found in the u.s. we just don't know whether in fact those are suspicious because they came from yemen or because of the nature of the packages themselves. >> all of this would make it worth our while to just talk

about yemen, our chief foreign correspondent richard engle is prepared to do that, having been there himself. richard, if yemen turns out to be the kind of initial or focal point of this investigation, what is it we should know about that country? >> reporter: people are very concerned because of the yemen connection. the group al qaeda in the arabian peninsula is based in yemen. one of the most active al qaeda cells all over the world, has expressed a desire to reach out beyond yemen, beyond the arabian peninsula and carry out attacks in the united states. the christmas day attempted bombing was traced back to yemen to this organization al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. what is also key to understand about this group and militant groups in general right now is that they are starting to consider even failed attacks or failed attempts as successes,

precisely because of what we saw right now. this may be the objective, that to see how security forces react, to create a sechbs panic, to ground flights to a halt. i spoke to security officials in new york, times square bombing, didn't cause a lot of damage, cost the city a lot of money, caused people to be very concerned. if you watch these you can learn something about response time. we saw that in iraq all of the time, they put fake ieds in the road to see how u.s. troops would react. >> richard engle here in new york. we want to talk to roger cressy, veteran foreign security official in the white house among other places. roger is a terrorism analyst for nbc news these days. roger, here we have, we have no confirmed connection to al qaeda or any other bad guys, what we know we have is a potentially suspicious toner cartridge, as

pete williams turned out, they contain powder, that's what they do, so the abundance of caution means a lot of aircraft and some vehicles are being checked. roger, what questions would you be asking right now? what do you want to know? >> brian, the first question is, if this is a suspicious device, what was the objective of it? it wasn't to go off in a plane, it was to arrive here in the united states and other people here are waiting for this device. one element is are their individuals inside the united states that the fbi should be looking for? second part of it is, because as richard said, al qaeda and the arabian peninsula could be a primary group of concern on this, they have expressed the desire to attack the homeland repeatedly. are there other elements that has not been uncovered? multd multiple planes at work, other individuals? the other part is european alert we talked about a couple weeks ago, is there a european element

that goes just beyond the device in london? other potential cargo planes or other planes in european routes that have to be looked at as well. so we have searches going on, aircraft parked and boarded with an abundance of caution, the phrase you keep hearing today after one suspicious package has triggered fears of perhaps a wider attempt to export others from yemen through european routes on to the united states. we will remain on this story. fact gathering will come on the air with any major developments, continuing coverage on cable on msnbc. for my colleagues here, i'm brian williams, nbc news, new york. n williams, nbc news, new york. >> this has been an nbc news special report. anchors. >> do it. >> no, it's --

>> matt shot his part early, but really all of the planning starts far in advance. >> fantastic. >> it's brian's ninth halloween show as costume designer so he's well aware that success depends on a lot of team work, sprinkled with a little luck. >> we work a lot in the way that they do on "saturday night live" so everyone has a team and they're able to make that change as quick as possible. we have a hair, makeup and wardrobe person who's doing a change. >> natalee' been a boy once before and she's always a believer in nailing her character. >> i have been practicing the moves everywhere i go. >> so you're type a even for halloween? she's still working on it.

>> some expert training helped meredith embrace her inner diva. >> you look sexy when you're doing it, do you feel sexy? >> oh, my god, yeah. >> ann's big reveal posed a special challenge for production designer's team. >> you've got ann as ameala earhart. how does that start with you. >> we had to find a plane. but the trouble with a plane is that it doesn't fit on the plaza. but we're going to retouch it so that all the navy logo is gone, we're going to age the photo and she's going to stand in front of it. that will be the opening reveal shot for her. >> reporter: at 8:00 p.m. yesterday, the crew started setting up and worked all through the night. making sure every last prop, piece of hair and swab of makeup is in place for show time.

another year, another success. all thanks to the hardest working team in morning television. >> we want to mention that brian is right here. we want to bring you brian. great job. in fact he was stitching, how many hours did you sleep would you say in the last three days. >> sleep? what's that? >> how many hair and makeup and costumes did you work on? >> just in this? >> there's probably, i think there's probably 25 to 30 pete. >> how maand how many years hav been doing this? >> nine years. >> so for you, this is kind of like your side job, right? >> yeah, but i always have a good time coming over here. >> do you have a favorite, like every year. >> every year is my favorite.

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>> good morning on "today" celebrates halloween. so you thought you didn't want to dress up and then all of a sudden you change your mind and now you need a costume. no problem. we're going to show you some great last-minute costumes, courtesy of the elizabeth mahue. good morning, good to see you. or should i sacral police. >> easy costume. i took a shirt out of my closet. a skirt i already had, and a white apron. it's really about going to your closet, finding things and not spending a lot of money. >> does it make more sense to have an idea of what you want to be and go into the closet and see what you have and move from there? >> a lot of these start with either black leggings, white t-shirts, black t-shirts, things that you already have. go and look for those basics and see the few things you can do just to upgrade them.

>> let's continue the alice in wonder land theme. >> we have got carlos as the mat hatter. and then we have natalee as the little white rabbit. and then we have aiden as the che chesshire cat. a lot of this is made with the makeup and we give you a one-on-one tutor ral on how to do that. just attach some little ears on the top. you're good to go. the white rabbit, you can take a pillowcase and put out a piece of red felt. rabbit ears you can get almost anywhere. and carlos went into his own closet. found a crazy striped shirt. if you have a fun vest, even a vest that you have maybe from a three piece suit or from your, you know, like tuxedo. >> and how about the hat? >> and you can take a regular

hat and with cardboard, make a bigger brim, wrap some fun ribbon as we did around the neck. so he's comfortable and warm and al of it is going to makeup too. >> you guys are late for a very important date. so hop away. >> hop away, hop on off. thanks, guys. >> i love another do it yourself costume. we have got salt and pepper. >> i did this costume for my daughter and her friend and we have charlotte and ava do this. i literally went and bought a dollar garment bag, made a little hole and filled it up with peanuts. and then the called deron for the head, and a shoelace. and it makes a really nice pair for friends. it starts with a white t-shirt,

white leggings, black t-shirt, black leggings. >> and the goeltd fish. >> this is jasmine and jasmine and her mom, we took an orange sweatshirt and just covered it with the glue gun -- by using a glue gun and cupcake holders and then glued those on. and then you cut a ping-pong ball in half. and then she's wearing orange leggings and orange socks and she's good to go. she's been swimming around for a while now so she's a little tired. >> so we go from the goldfish to the other end, sushi. >> this is isabella and all we did was take two white pillows, wrap it around her front and these are garbage bags that make the seaweed wrap and led little balloons that we blew up and put her hair up and put some chop

sticks in it a. >> let's bring all of our costumes out again. >> really easy, not a lot of time and not a lot of money. >> happy halloween. >> happy halloween. >> and we have got much more ahead, including hoda and kathie lee's costumes when we continue after these messages. i love my curves.

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good morning to you. we continue to follow developing news involving the investigation into suspicious package as board several u.p.s. planes at airports in uk. because of that, cargo flights in u.s. are being checked. we called bay area airports sfo san jose international say none of their cargo planes are being searched. we're waiting to a call from oakland international. time to get you updated to the morning commute, problems on the peninsula? >> 101, we had a big accident earlier in the hour, cleared some lanes, southbound side of university avenue, 101, things

moving fwhert both directions as the lanes clear. other side of the water, 880 and that is moving nicely. nimitz freeway, suddenly cleared up, going past the coliseum. don't expect it to be this clear now, no incidents reported but one of those phrases saying it's quiet, too quiet on the east bay and peninsula with the tie-ups. >> nothing weather there to cause issues except north bay, rain flying north of the golden gate bridge. showers lurking offshore of san francisco. afternoon, showers swing inland across the bay area. might have an isolated thunder showers, cool air move as lost. upper 50s to low 60s across the north bay. some showers to cook off the weekend and we dry out through halloween sunday. time now is 9:27. mo nteews afs r the break.

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san francisco mayor newsom to stump for votes to become lieutenant governor, joining young democrats at a get out the vote rally. uc berkeley one of the campuses he's to visit leading up to the tuesday election. rubbing elbows with top silicon valley executives, at the leadership group annual lunch at noon. 1300 executives expected at the soldout event. governor schwarzenegger will receive a lifetime achievement award and take part in a question and answer session. i'll have more in about a half hour. "the today show" returns in less than a minute. have a great morning. they can't believe the sacramento politicians will give our state's wealthiest corporations a new billion dollar tax giveaway. lobbyists have the ear of people who are just thinking about wealth. when you cut the budget,

then you cut these students' opportunities. passing prop 24 can change all that. prop 24 repeals the unfair corporate giveaway and puts our priorities first. vote yes on prop 24 because it's time to give our schools a break. ♪ now i'm a believer ♪ not a trace of doubt in my mind ♪ >> now that's a man who needs no introducti introduction, he is the legendary neil diamond. he's going to be here for a live performance, which is why we're showing this video. he's going to be here monday here on "today" and it's always a lot of fun. we love neil diamond.

>> we do, we love neil diamond. and we have got lester and dana with what's coming up this weekend. >> it's a dog eat dog, especially on halloween. it can be dangerous also for your pet, especially if they start chewing their costume. we're going to show you how to keep them safe and secure. >> it's a dog eat dog world and i'm wearing milk bone underwear. how about some of the ghoulish ghost cakes or brains made out of mellon. we're going to show you how to make up some spectacular treats. >> if somebody invites you to a party and they say oh, it's casual. >> and you're the losers of the bunch. >> and you guys are going to have a big holiday.

>> come see us this weekend. but dress in normal clothes. >> here's what's coming up this weekend on "today." three days to go, the final sprint before the midterm elections, will the republicans control congress or can the president help keep his party in power? we'll have the latest from the campaign trail. and also the florida home invasion that left the parents of 13 special needs kids dead. we're going to bring you the emotional testimony from the courtroom. >> wow. >> are you done now? okay so it's my turn now. access granted. we're going to take you inside the smithsonian institute, and show you the prized possessions that are actually not on display. it's really interesting. and then a holiday surprise, how can you forget. we honestly thought we couldn't top that, but then halloween fell on a sunday. >> that's not the one and only

time i wear that dress. but that's a different story. >> all that and more this weekend on "today." >> we look forward to it. it's going to be fun to see what you guys have. we're not going to give it away. and now we want to talk to you about the weather. we're going to have a super weekend? >> some area also have a little bit of kryptonite. show you what's happening on saturday, rain in the pacific northwest, mountain snows out west. showers in northern new england, sunshine on the gulf coast, halloween day on sunday, rain and snow showers up in northern new england, a wet northwest. rest of the country looking pretty good. halloween night, clear and spooky in the northeast. mounta golden gate bridge, some showers a mile or two off to the west. radar view, you see rain pushes into marin county across the north bay and showers to the west of the golden gate bridge. this system has cool air alaufrt

that will follow that rain band inland later on this evening but increasing clouds, temperatures fairly cool, mostly 60s around the bay area. showers will kick off your saturday, then start to dry out saturday night. sunday, halloween, looks dry and warmer early next week. >> that's your latest weather. and don't forget, sunday is halloween night, but it's also the biggest night of the week, that's because it's sunday night, halloween night, football night in america. spooky ben roethlisberger takes his scary steelers in to see the saints down in the dome in louisiana. outdoor weather, sunny, its clear, it's mild, temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. i'm thinking of when superman went around the world and turned things backwards. but sunday night, football night in america. >> what's with the glasses?

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own outfit for your dog. >> it's always an important reminder, because a lot of trick-or-treaters come to the door. you don't want them to think that their costumes are chew toys, right? >> not every dog wants to get dressed up. let's say you're wearing the taco. toby is an adorable dog, ten years old, so really great for anyone who's senior, older, toby is in a taco, with of course hot sauce and available for adoption at the humane society of new york. you don't want your dog to think his costume is a toy. >> let's bring out some other dogs here. we have joey as the love bug. >> this is an adorable little dog. what's also important is dogs

should never, never, never have candy. it's okay to give them pumpkin. but you should never give them candy, especially chocolate, toxic. and you should think about how the costume fits around them. a lot of them get fussey about wearing things around their head or eyes. >> and you want them to be comfortable. and we have sasha, a pit bull who's dressed as a pumpkin. >> pumpkins are okay for a dog to have, not pumpkin pie. but pumpkin is really great for the digestive tract. if your dog has a problem with diarrhea or anything, it's great to give them pumpkin. >> and let's bring on out mumbai, who's a clown. look at this outfit. >> the poor thing is stepping on his hair.

that's probably what not to do. >> but what's really important during trick or treating time is that they're put away in a separate room so they're not freaked out by all the people coming to the door. all the people with masks on. >> put them upstairs safely so they don't hear all the noise. >> and then we have dan dan, look at this outfit. >> we actually brought our tenth annual halloween petacular. do not put your dogs in a costume if they can't see. >> and what's also really important, all of the local shelters around the country are having amazing little fund-raisers with their animals in costume to raise money for animal rescue. >> and you've got a fire safety

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happy halloween in advance. i love that you focus so much on kids and getting them in the kitchen. >> it's really important and what better time than halloween. and you can't just do any old food for halloween, it has to be gruesome and it has to have that wow factor. >> you focus on healthy things to eat. >> when it comes to halloween, you can let your hair down and kind of go all out. >> we have cupcakes. >> we actually made the cupcake, some chocolate chips and grated orange zest. i'm going to spread some chocolate icing. >> i normally have the staff doing this for me. >> you're going to have to do it yourself "todatoday. once you've done that, is you can choose your sprinkles. so i'm going to take some of these colored ones. and you dip it in like this.

and then you take hockey sticks and they look like this. you break this off. >> what age is this best for, you got kids of all ages that want to get in the kitchen. >> cupcakes, any age. >> i cut some in half and some i leave whole. these make perfect legs. i am always looking for food that makes body parts. >> that's a good criteria. >> and these are like traffic lights and you stick them in. >> kids of any age will be able to do this, you're not turning on the oven or anything like that. they're fun. >> and you said four on each side? >> it's hard because it's cold outside.

>> okay, so you stick them in here, like this. either side. and then you have to be careful that they don't run off. because once they get legs they become mobile of course. >> this is adorable. my spider was in an accident. >> then you take some eyes, whatever you like. i'm going to have some white eyes here. >> and these eyes are made of --? >> these are just licorice. >> and the best part of my costume is this. >> you look adorable. >> so that's your spider. >> that's a friendly looking spider. >> what do you have here. >> we move on to ghost cakes. these are quite simple. i've made my sponge in a popover pan. then i take a little bit of water and you take an eye.

>> this is adorable. i love this. >> and before we run out of time. i want to move down to -- >> this is the finished product here. >> that is so cute. >> and really ghoulish. >> so what you do is you take all the skin off your mellon with your vegetable peeler, so you're left with the white part of the mellon, and then you trace with a toothpick with squiggly lines. and then you cut through and you then see the pink of the mellon coming through, so it makes a great centerpiece and it's great as a punch bowl. this is cranberry juice and some 7 up. and you can even make eyeballs out of grapes and raisins. and then you take them and freeze them so it looks like floating eyeballs in your punch. >> coming up, yet another reveal, hoda and kathie lee after this.

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it's a lot of fun and there's still more to come. >> in case you missed any of our hijinx, here's a look back at the fun we had this morning. >> i can bend steel with my bare hands. >> i knew i should have taken the train. >> are you ready? >> matt? hurry up in there. >> dean cane. >> oh, geez.

you know what? they do that every year. >> it is halloween for us, i hope you enjoyeded those costumes. ♪ >> we're from rock land county, new york. >> are you having halloween fun? >> i'm having a great time. >> action! >> i'm just a guy.

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good morning, it's 9:56. still some problems with the commute. >> late accident, late in the

morning commute at least, highway 4, westbound commute direction, just as things were clearing up, we have an accident at lone tree way and it's pretty much at the tail end of -- or start of the slowdown toward horizon lane, another slowdown around pittsburg bay point as they transition. highway 4, slow in the commute direction. south bound 101 jammed, though lanes are cleared, an hour we had this much slowing through menloe park. 101, hasn't been a big problem, starting to clear up. >> roadway on the golden gate bridge dried out, rain heading into the north bay. into san francisco, one reason why the golden gate bridge is dry. rain off to the west. san mateo coastline, next hour or two, moisture rotates into central california. cool air aloft offshore may trigger an afternoon thunder shower. we'll see temperatures in 60s. tomorrow showers early, clearing as we head through halloween sunday.

a warning about a real life boogie man giving parents and kids and prehalloween scare in the south bay. a man in a white pickup truck tried to lure girls off highway 9. one of the girl's parents said eight kids were playing outside a classroom trailer after lunchtime yesterday, that's when a man in a truck drove up, pointed at three girl and told them he'd give them $100 each if they went with him. he drove off after parent and teachers heard the commotion and yelled at him. >> we think we're safe here and i don't think we're safe anywhere. we need to educate our children and definitely be diligent about chasing away somebody who could be i danger to our children. >> police are still looking for a suspect, 40s, bushy salt and pepper hair and multicolored tattoo that extends from his upper arm almost to his wrist. more local news in half

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>> oh! get in here! get in here! get in. get in. ♪ get in. get moving. get moving. get moving. get moving. >> yeah. >> this is so -- >> lucy! you have some explaining to do. >> who's that? oh, ricky. >> we're just trying to have some fun. co >> come on, lucy. what is this? >> hold on. oh, come on, ethel. >> wait a second. wait a second.

♪ >> that was lame. >> okay. happy halloween, everybody. >> first of all, let me just say one thing, that was cold. >> really cold. >> look at -- look at shawn. okay. >> don't you love a burly peasant when they clean you up. >> oh, thank you, shawn. >> thank you, a little higher and faster, please. circles. >> i want everyone for a second to look at kathie lee in black and white. you look just -- come on. i was -- >> that bad? >> right boot on the left foot. >> that's why they're called peasants. >> we had fun already on this halloween meaning so far. we got to watch the earlier hours do their reveals.

sorry, shawn. sorry. i don't think that boot is going to fit. and they were hilarious. matt was out of town. so watch. >> matt? matt? >> just a second. >> oh. >> i said just a second. >> i'm here to save you. >> i'll get the train. >> all right. >> man, that was a long flight. i knew i should have taken the train. ♪ baby, baby, baby ♪ gaga, oh la la >> all right, that's a -- trying to get her boots on. all right, come on, lucy. >> it is just going to have to

be this way. >> we want to point out no thth were in fact real grapes. >> they were. all of a sudden the temperature went a little downhill here. >> here is some interesting "i love lucy" facts, ethel in real life was younger than lucy. but on the program, she was told she had to be 16 years older and ten pounds heavier. >> right. >> it was in her contract, she would not lose weight. >> are you serious? >> uh-huh. in my contract too. did you know fred and ethel were later offered their own show, spin-off. >> what happened? >> vivian vance refused to do it. she wasn't very fond of fred. and she didn't want to spend one more day in her life with him. a lot of marriages are like that, hoda. >> there are a lot of marriages. they had a special address, on the east side, and if you actually found that specific address, you would have been in the east river. >> exactly. >> and the rent would have been

$150 a month, for six years. little ricky was born the same year i was born. >> what year? >> '88. 1988 and he grew up to be, remember, desi, the boy band. but fun stuff, and what else is going on with that? there was -- >> well, here's the thing. we chose these costumes, looking for a duo. the most popular halloween costume of the year is -- >> got to be gaga. >> lady gaga. meredith this morning was off the charts. >> she was adorable. >> come on. watch that again. >> look at her legs. >> yes. >> she kept saying that she was feeling a draft from that dress. but i love that she played the whole thing to the hilt. didn't she? she played it to the hilt. >> absolutely. i thought natalie did bieber almost frighteningly well.

>> she was in character three or four days ago. >> she's going to learn the little dance, she did it beautifully. >> if you want to turn yourself into a zombie, they have an app for everything, there is an app called make zombie.com. you take a picture with this app and then you turn the people into zombies. >> the way you -- >> look at you. >> i think i look rather nice. i look like that in the morning anyway, before they get a hold of me here. >> okay. let's see what the other one is. >> let's see you, hoda. >> that's gross. that's just gross. how come mine are always worse? that's my question. >> it is what you start with, you know what i mean? >> i want to point out too, i know we can't really see but we have a great crowd with us today. >> we do. we never get a crowd. >> they're hearty and they stayed and we love them. >> they never see us out on the plaza, remember? we're banned from the plaza usually. >> we got a lot of sweet treats on our little table. >> yes, we do. what are they? >> that is an eyeball. what's that? this is the eyeball, all right.

and, you know, that's what it is. it is an eyeball. they have a lot of cool -- this one is the cone. we're calling it the cone. we have a lot of great sweet treats, but the number one candy on halloween to give away is, does anyone know? >> candy corn? >> no. a snickers bar. that is the number one candy. >> if i could have one piece of candy in the entire world -- >> what would it be? >> reese's pe nanut buttercups e the best. >> we have selected from among all the people in the plaza -- >> three finalists. >> we'll whittle it down in a minute. before we go to any of that -- >> it's time for. >> it's bobbie time. it is always bobbie time. >> you look adorable. >> tell us about your costume. >> eemi'm a comic girl, the roy liechtenstein with a little

ca-pow and a little bam. >> of course a little bam for bobbie on the back side. >> i had help from a pro, mac senior artist chantal miller helped me. anyone can have makeup like this if you go to a mac store. make an appointment and they'll put the professional look on you. >> it takes a while, though. leave some time. >> about an hour to do this with the dots. you can also be inspired by makeup, i love the idea of going to sephora, they have beauty in a box tricks. at your local drugstore, there are bewitching beauties, the idea is makeup sometimes is most important part of an outfit. even if you don't have a lot of dollars or even too many, you know, minutes, you just go in and be inspired and transform yourself. >> i like the curls. bobbie has curls like nobody i know. >> i was scared when she drew the cleavage on that this would be the focal point. >> you don't need a cleavage line. >> yes, indeed. nice job, nice job. >> thank you.

>> we're going to find -- where our three finalists? this way or this way? our first finalist, stay here, elizabeth wilson and her niece lila from new jersey, a tube of toothpaste and a pumpkin princess. >> how adorable. >> it looks like you made yours in no time. >> no time is right. >> i love your daughter. she looks adoorable. >> that's a store-bought one, right? yours is homemade. >> next up is the smith family. we have beth -- oh, my gosh, look at everybody, describe your costumes. hold on. stay right there. tell us about your costumes. >> i'm fay ray. i thought it was appropriate for new york. >> genius. >> that is brilliant. >> i'm sure you've heard of toddlers and tiaras, this is zombies and tiaras, my daughter lilly and this is my daughter madeleine, a chick from the '80s. remember the '80s? >> or could be lourdes.

>> you look great. thanks, hon. let's bring out our bunion family from "toy story," lamont, lachika, tell us about your costumes. >> we're the "toy story" family. i'm barbie, this is buzz light-year, micah is woody and lamont, dad, is the green army guy. >> no mr. potato head? >> i'm the boss of these people. >> what did he say? >> don't repeat it. all right, hello, okay. so -- we have a draw. we have a draw. it is a three-way draw. it was a smackdown, every family come on out, yes, come on out, come out here, we are doing -- it is a -- >> no, ethel. >> everyone wins $100. it was supposed to be $100, $75 and $50. >> ethel is feeling generous

today. >> everyone is going to win. kat is going to pay the difference. >> how to youmado you make a sw little old lady swear like a sailor? you get another sweet face little old lady to yell bingo. >> do you like that? >> i had to clean it up for little woody. >> it was really, really good. we have a lot coming up. we have creepy animals. >> creepy animals, the stars of inanormal, whatever it is, 2. a he coming up in a minute. so stick around for this halloween edition of "today." [ female announcer ] nutri-grain -- one good decision... ♪ ...can lead to another. ♪ ♪ ...made with real fruit

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back. >> she's starring in "paranormal activity 2," which, by the way, happened to be number one in the box office last weekend. the biggest opening for a horror film ever. >> ever. >> 40 million. >> that's pretty crazy. i'm so thankful. i'm proud of the cast and the director and everybody because they just, you know, stayed true to the original. it turned out well. i'm so happy. >> like the angelina jolie of horror now. >> i'll use that. >> it is such a low budget deal. i remember -- how much did the first one cost to make? >> $15,000. >> nothing. >> do you know how much the pilot of "i love lucy" cast to make? >> no. >> $19,000. >> see. you have to do inflation, so -- >> exactly, exactly. >> i love that you shot this thing initially with, like, dv cams and whatever. did you do the same for the second? >> the second one still has the handy cam so it is very sound footage style. we have surveillance, you know, throughout the house. the family experiences break-ins. there is surveillance cameras so it amps it up a little bit. still stays true to the original.

>> there is no script. so -- >> improv. there is an outline, they know where it is going to go, but we improv. but we do improv within the scenes and then if something isn't working, we let it evolve into something that works better and kip, our director was great at being really generous about allowing us to have input. it was really a lot of fun. >> what do you think makes this different from other horror movies. the fact that it does so well and costs so little, there is a secret that you have. >> i can't look at you. >> i think it is imagination. anything you can think of in your own mind is scarier than what we can show you. build up the suspense and dread and let your own imagination kick in. >> you made like $500 for first one. hope you did better this time. >> did a little better on this one. everybody is generous and surprisingly enough it is a family atmosphere. so -- >> you need to learn a new term. it is called back end. you want back end. you want stuff that is going to come from it. >> i'll keep that in mind. when i go to the bargaining

table for my next movie. >> how is this one different from the first one? because a lot of people saw the first one, haven't yet seen this one. >> the second one, you know, it has a larger cast, a bigger family, a baby and a dog, which are you know, always get to the heart. >> are they hard it work with? >> they were such divas. no, they were fun, so cute, stole the show. the first one and the second chapter really kind of intertwine in interesting ways, so i think it is going to be really interesting for people who haven't seen it yet to experience that. >> well, good luck with this one. >> and do you have your next role all picked out already? >> i've got some things i'm up for and a couple of projects i'm trying to get off the table. >> we wish you all the best. >> thank you so much. >> nice to see you. >> you too. what's up next? >> we have last minute halloween party tips and we know you need them after this. >> couple of days left. new the e to go. man: cheers, everyone. i guess i did okay. i knew they'd love him. introducing olive garden's two new sacchetti dishes. stuffed pasta pouches filled with four italian cheeses.

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>> it is not too late to plan a party. be sure you put on the ricardos and mertzes on the list. carley roney from thenest.com is here to show you how to put on the halloween bash. >> you look good. love your outfit. >> i'm a flapper. we're taking halloween up a notch. this is a grown-up halloween party we're throwing here. >> good. the little nose pickers get everything. >> they're already asleep by this time. what we're doing is we went with a super -- our engine black over, we went with a different color pallet, black and purple and green touches, little neon. and the overall theme here in terms of decor is get out all the black stuff in your house. see all the black, lacquer, candles. >> probably be surprised how much black you already have in your house, right? >> it is not about spending a ton of money. >> how did you transform the candles? >> these are standard black candles and dripping green candles over them, easy to do. >> gross. >> the food has to be spooky, of course. these are just baby back ribs but it is all how you put them

together, hoda, right? this is the heart with a knife put in the middle. >> with ketchup squirted on. >> disgusting. >> that's great. >> these are yummy mummies, m t meatballs on a stick wrapped in linguine in could haffins and dm in marinara sauce. and aren't they fantastic. >> that's a cookie? >> what is this stuff that they're in? >> either dirt or chocolate, you go. >> it is not dirt. >> you don't know. >> oh, rats, ethel. >> these are little, like, lots of candles, lots of spooky skeletons, now at the bar, because we know it is about drinking -- >> finally. >> this is this fantastic crystal head vodka, dan aykroyd's vodka, you have to have some of that around. >> he's such a goofy boy. >> these are goblets. get this crystal gel, it is sugar, put it around the

outside, from crate and barrel, it makes it spooky to drink out of. these are called brain hemorrhages. >> what is that? >> peach schnaaps with baileys and a little grenadine. >> just do a shot with me. come on, for old time's sake. >> it's halloween. >> oh, my gosh. >> you're the loser because it's great. >> is it really? >> this one is for you, then. oh, no. >> they glue everything down. >> are they all glued down? >> they're called candy corn cordials. >> just unstick it. just pull that baby up. >> it's not going to happen. >> yes, it is. >> it's stuck. >> you're right. >> we'll drink them later, ladies. >> oh, lucy. >> you stick it in there with egg white on top and this is my death punch. >> death punch. >> it is like a classic punch, but then is it has lime soda, then we have frozen berries because they're, like, scabs

sticking in the bottom. >> can't beat a good scab. >> and pop rocks, that's why it is bubbling and dry ice. >> pop rocks? have you ever tried it? will they pop it up? >> see, it makes it all pop. that's what the bubbling is coming from. isn't that perfect? >> that's really cool. >> and you need a tombstone, a focal centerpiece for the whole thing. >> you actually, like, do this at home? >> i love this stuff. halloween is my favorite holiday. >> you're a deeply religious person, aren't you? okay. >> thank you, hon. we have a lot coming up including our plaza ambush makeover. >> are we doing that again? >> yes. >> hey! meet katie.

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early. i was enjoying it. >> so louis and jill hit the plaza, tell me what you saw out there. >> it was really hard, number one, because half the people were in uniform, half of them were not. they all needed makeovers. we saw two people from seattle, up with of them with raley grunge look and we wanted to make them look from seattle to new york. >> ken and barbie finally do it. >> we're bride and groom and look at the rock he gave me. >> i knew he would be generous. david's bridal dress and the bouquet. >> this is it. >> this is it. >> the real thing. >> we always knew it. we always knew it. it will last. our first woman, mindy wolenka from sumner, washington, married to her husband peter for 21 years, has two kids, had the same look for 20 years. when we ambushed her on the plaza, she said she was ready for a change. >> well, i feel totally ridiculous doing this in this outfit, but this is all about mindy and lucy and let's start

with mindy. i know you really want this for your friend, tell us why. >> i know, mindy and i have known each other for 20 years. she has always had long hair. i think this would be a great opportunity for her for a change. she's predictable so we don't know what's going to happen. >> right. we don't like predictable and we certainly don't know what's going to happen. are you ready for a big change? >> oh, yes, definitely. >> all right, so, mindy is going to come out and her friend, who is going to be up next will react to her later. >> a second ambush. >> first this is mindy's before shot. all right. mindy, let's see the new you. oh, my god! oh, no! no, no. mindy, ready to see yourself? >> yes. >> okay, spin around. >> oh, my god. >> hello. turn around this way. don't look at your friend. hold on. leslie, hide her. okay. come here, come here, come here. tell us about the hair, louis. >> all right, this is simply from grunge to chic.

it says it all. i lightened it. i softened it. i added the most minimal highlights around her face. she had white frosty highlights, white frosty highlights, major hair faux pas. >> look into the camera there. >> and we had her haircut. >> beautiful. >> beautiful haircut. and with the slightest blow dry, which is a quick blow dry, all by vanessa. >> got that great halloween costume, halloween costume, but halloween colors. >> we wanted to be in theme. everybody should have one pop of color to their wardrobe. this is a great yellow jacket, tj maxx for 80% off. >> what do you think? >> i love it. >> i bet you're dieing to see your friend too. stand right over there and jim will help you turn your back to your friend so you can't see her. >> all right. our second lady is lucy delseed, 41 from seattle. her daily routine is showering and getting her hair out of her

face. that's what she does. she was excited with the opportunity of getting a glam new look. let's listen to her. >> well, now it is lucy's turn. and i love the way she talks about her birthday. >> well, i'm actually celebrating the second anniversary of my 39th birthday so -- >> 41 for all your math geniuses out there. i know you really want this for lucy. tell me why. >> yes. lucy is just a great person. and we would like to get her a new york look and get her made over and just give her a great new look. it would be wonderful. >> she's single so we would like to get her in this dress i'm wearing, right? >> of course. >> are you ready to go? >> i am ready. i'm ready. i'm excited. i'm looking forward for the change. >> all right. so let's take a look at lucy before. and now let's bring lucy delseed out. >> wow! wow! you look so good. >> lucy. >> you got to see yourself. you don't see yourself yet, but turn around.

>> oh, my god. >> you look very chic. >> turn around. okay. >> lucy -- >> everybody ready? >> lucy and meindy, ready? go. >> look at your hair. >> look at your hair! >> she should stay in the dark range, we made it a little lighter and brighter, we put in highlights. her hair and makeup works together. >> she's got that cougar thing happening on the top here. >> that outfit is cute. >> little animal print from talbot's, a great button down. everybody should have a patent belt to complete the outfit, also from talbot's, and i think you're going to need this now. >> oh, she caught the bouquet. >> you look so good. >> a fantastic job.

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>> julie cscar deena is in antarctica checking out the penguins, today we have angie with us. you're a jellyfish, right? >> i am. i'm a jellyfish. everyone is used to the animals and stuff at seaworld, but we have a great entertainment department too and they loned me this costume. >> nothing bothers a jellyfish. >> we all have an owl. mine is puny and that's the way i like it. >> mine is giving me the eye. one eye open. >> you're holding them without gloves. we bought special gloves for you. >> no one told me about gloves. i would have worn the gloves, trust me. look at mine. >> it is halloween time, all about creepy creatures. everyone associates owls with spooky and the nighttime. >> this is a very sweet owl. >> i don't know if he is or not. >> these are both screech owls, found in canada, central america. and i have a great horned owl. >> a little creeped out.

>> this is sweet. >> in some cultures owls are considered to be good luck. but in other cultures they're considered to be omens of approaching death. a spooky animal. the great big wide eyes, ability to turn their head 270 degrees. yes. and they're out hunting at night. >> let's bring in our next manual. can i give you this one? >> got it? >> see you, sweetheart. >> okay. >> what's next? >> on this table here, we have some of our creepy creatures. hold this one, hoda. here we have a couple of different tarantulas. >> now there is all kinds of tarantulas? >> there are over 800 species of tarantulas and they give everyone the creeps because of their long legs, hairy bodies. >> you can't see their eyes, you know? >> they're all venomous, but to us they're not that harmful, nothing more than a painful bite. to their prey, a completely different story. >> are you not afraid of them? >> like i said, they're not

really harmful to us. can you see his -- >> ew. >> they'll inject a convenient no venom into their prey and then they liquefy their food and suck it through their mouth. >> if a tarantula bit me, i would be fine. >> it is a painful bite, like a bee sting. they give the appearance of a creepy creature. next to you have -- >> some sort of a toad. >> this is a cane toad. don't let it fool you. it looks like a harmless animal but don't let its size fool you. these are very dangerous amphibians. they secrete toxins from their shoulders and their back, it affects the cardiovascular system. >> hard to see it because they're so camouflaged in the thing. >> it causes profuse salvation and twitching. and it can cause death for some

including dogs. these are all creepy creatures but they all have an important part of the environment. >> the ecosystem. >> they control -- the owls help control the rodent population, this helps control the insect population. >> the next one. >> the next one, this one you can certainly -- >> is that an aardvark. >> an armadillo. this is a hairy armadillo. >> i've seen those on the road. >> i've been to armadillo, but -- >> there is 20 different varieties of armadillos all found mainly in central and south america. we have one native here to north america. these are definitely a creepy creature because of the way they eat. they have noses that can get insecs eight inches below the ground and a long sticky tongue that they'll eat over 40,000 ants at one feeding. >> does he like reese's peanut buttercups? >> besides ants, he'll eat decaying carcasses. they're often found in graveyards found digging around

the original grave diggers right here. >> let's bring in the last one. >> we should move in front of the table for the next one. >> watch for the toad. what is it? >> toad is give you the evil eye. >> oh, no, indeed. >> oh, my goodness. >> no, indeed. >> you can do it, hoda. you can do it. >> this is the end? >> yes. >> i don't like this sort of thing. >> okay. >> where are you go? >> our creepy creature segment. you've got it, hoda. >> i'm on the tail, this is where they squeeze you. kill you. >> this is only half grown. wait until it is full size. 20 feet long, 200 pounds, no creepy creature segment is complete without a snake. they're referred to in literature as the devil, a serpent. >> they started the whole thing. >> they're so mystical the way they move, they'll move without legs and their eyes, they have no eyelids, so the eyes are wide open and their tongue is out smelling the entire environment. but, again, great to have out there because it helps control

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donny deutsch is here and he's got some explaining to do. >> he tells us all the things women need to know. >> he has no idea what he's talking about but he's very cute. >> we love him, a lot. he showed up as -- >> dr. love. >> what else? >> what else, baby, he's got the cure. >> we're going to go to -- >> first of all, i got all kinds of thoughts going on in my head. >> get in line, baby. >> ricky is back there and ricky's on the train, of course. what kind of questions do you have for dr. love. >> samantha wants to know, my husband recently changed the type of underwears he wore, should i be worried he's cheating on me? >> why would a man -- not doing it for themselves, out of

nowhere, change his underwear, start grooming if he's not doing it for you all of a sudden. yes. that's a concern. >> 99% of the time. men don't act that way. >> is he doing it for another woman or a man? >> we don't know. that's a bad sign. >> all right, go ahead, ricky. >> kelly wants to know i'm divorced and have gone out with a really nice man several times, he's sweet, my friends keep saying i should give him a chance but i'm not attracted to him. can you make yourself attracted to someone if you're not initially attracted? >> great question. give it another shot or two. but probably not. having said that, he'll say something, as women go through later stage in their lives, their needs are different. so you have to examine what is most important to you as far as companionship, but if that button is not there, it ain't going to be there. we all know that. we all know that. >> somebody very close to me, there was nothing there, he called her two weeks later, they went out and it's love now. >> most of the time, though, i'm not saying the first second, but after a date or two, if you're not feeling it, it is hard to

turn that on. frankly for men, it is very hard to do that. >> you never have dated someone -- >> it is not that it has to be love at first sight, but if you're not attracted to someone, it is hard to flip the switch. >> okay, dr. love. what else? >> jill wants to know, i recently found out my best friend's husband is cheating on her. i'm just distraught over it. do i tell her? >> no. no. let me tell you something -- >> yes. >> you inject yourself -- let me tell you what you do. you inject yourself, you probably will get shot. it will come to the surface -- >> collateral damage. you get shot. >> you do not want to be a factor in somebody's marriage. what you do is go to the guy and you say, look, either i'm going to tell her or you're going to tell her or cut it out or you start whispering in your girlfriend's ear, maybe you should start thinking about other people, maybe he's not a good guy. don't be a factor in somebody else's marriage. >> would you want to know? >> i wouldn't think you were a good friend to me unless you tell me. >> that's what girls think. >> don't inject yourself in somebody else's marriage.

lucy. >> sorry, eh. >> you're wrong. i'm telling you. the woman will end up getting shot and blamed. don't do it. don't do it. step away from the girlfriend. >> that's all we have. >> too bad. >> this is worth sticking around for. usually the end of the show we peter out. but not today. we're going to -- >> history when we come back.

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this is an nbc news special report. good day once again from our new york studios. officials around the world are trying to figure out the mean, the intent of one or more suspicious tampered with packages, specifically toner cartridges at least one, that has been tampered with at here's where the investigation is taking place. a lot of them u u.p.s. aircraft and vessels from chicago, newark, philadelphia, east midlands airport in the uk and dubai to yemen, our justice

correspondent pete williams has been following this story all day in the washington newsroom. what do we have here? >> we don't know whether the package at the center of this in the uk was a explosive device but now out of caution, any package out of yemen, about a dozen, that came to the fruz any shipper whatsoever has been stopped in the u.s. and thoroughly searched. over the 12 or 14 hours or so nothing hazardous has been found in the u.s. but still not known whether the package that came from yemen that were tampered with were explosives, were intended to look like explosives. the two interest serpted were addressed to jewish facilities in the chicago area, a synagogue and a community center. >> former security official, roger, are questions fairly being asked about people like al qaeda even though this might have been nothing, could have been a dry run? >> a dry run is a spern possibility.