twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. good morning. breaking news, it is official. the royal family has just announced that prince william and long-time girlfriend kate middleton are engaged. when did this happen? we have got all the details "today," tuesday, november 16, we have got all the details "today," tuesday, november 16, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-iversal television

welcome to "today" on a tuesday morning. i'm meredith viera. >> and i'm in for matt who's probably kicking himself. this has been speculated about, discussed over the course of years and we can finally say prince william and kate middleton are finally getting married. >> the actual engagement happened in october while the couple was on vacation in kenya. >> they have been on and off. but it seems like they have been on, in fact we just heard about them being together, that's what started the talk recently is that they were together at wedding recently. >> we look for sometime next year, spring or summer. >> on the plaza. >> that's right, on the plaza, we're going to let you choose their outfits.

>> nbc's jim maceda is actually at buckingham palace, jim what else can you tell us? >> reporter: i'm not exactly sure what you have already said, this has been a real rush, it's taken everybody by surprise, including the international press and we're all here scurrying trying to get into position here outside buckingham palace to figure out this very succinct announcement from clarence house. i'll take a little bit of time to repeat what has been said. this is coming from the prince of wales. he says in this short statement that he is delighted to announce the engagement of prince william, his son, obviously to ms. katharine middleton. this will take place sometime in the spring or summer of 2011. no specific date, there's been all kinds of speculation, how many spots have we done on the

speculation in the past six months or a year? but he says this will take place in london, further details will be announced in due course. here's where there's news, prince william and kate middleton actually got engaged in october. there was a very secret safari that they went on in kenya in africa. in fact it was a game reserve belonging to a former girlfriend, who is now a very close friend. they spend ten days there in the wilderness of kenya. this is a present by william to himself to mark the fact that he had graduated, got his wings from the royal air force and became officially an officer in the search and rescue field.

the statement goes on to say that prince william has now notified the queen and other family members and he also sought the permission of the middleton family, specifically mentioning mr. middleton, michael middleton, the father. following the announcement of this short statement, the couple will be living in north wales, they already have a small cottage up there where prince william who's based in north wales, manages to break away and see his fiance to be, now fiance and to be wife. now they will become husband and wife up there in north wales as william pursues a career as a search and rescue pilot, and of course the king of england. this phase of his life could last three years or so. >> any public reaction yet to

the news? >> reporter: well, we're hearing a lot of sirens, but i don't think that has anything to do with it. i think it's safe to say it's still early days meredith and early minutes in terms of the public reaction, but i don't think there's any question but that the majority of the british public who respect and love their monarchy as an institution will be anything but absolutely, utterly, they would say here delighted in this. this is really a match this many people believe will follow these things, who follow the royal family, this is the future of the institution. when you're talking about the future of the king, the queen, the throne of england, you usually hear them talking about wills and not so much about charles who will, if he does become king will be a very, one would think transitional king, taking it into the 21st century,

this whole institution is really resting on the shoulders of william and now ms. katharine of this country. back to you. it is 7:05 and for more here's ann. >> an nbc royal expert robert johnson is royal editor for news of the world. robert, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> as jim maceda just reported, there's been a lot of scurrying around even though this engagement actually happened in october. how do you think they have been able to keep it secret for so long after all the scrutiny they're under and why release it now? >> there's been a lot of quite accurate speculation, there was a rumor two weeks ago that they would be engaged before christmas. and that prince william wants a

female bodyguard to be the bodyguard for her. maybe they were a little bit too close with the information and figured it would come out sooner rather than later. they said that it would be happening before christmas. and she said, so what? so they know? it's been quite interesting actually, we know that carol middleton, kate's mother and father michael, robert, were at balmoral at the queen's estate and were shooting so we knew everything was moving along. >> and we're hearing about a wedding in the spring or summer of 2011. how big do you think it will be? how flashy? >> i think the queen is keen to be aware of the age of austerity, everyone is aware of money. but everyone does like a royal wedding. they're saying it's going to be

in london, my belief is it will probably be at westminster abby, because i don't think that where charles and diana were married is appropriate. but where the queen herself got married is appropriate. i think it will be a massive media event and there will be a lot of people wanting to catch a glimpse of the beautiful bride. >> you mentioned the queen, what do we know about her relationship with kate middleton? >> she has met kate middleton on a number of occasions. the way things work in the royal family, everything is a little bit formal. she's not staying at balmoral or at the queen's two private estates until now. but one of the reasons i believed it was going to happen before christmas is that i understood that she was going to be there this christmas with the royal family and that would be impossible unless she was

actually betrothed to prince william. the queen obviously thinks she fits the bill, she's been with william for almost eight years, but now at least she will have protection, immediately, already she will have scotland yard protection with her. >> prince william is second in line to become king, after his father, probably, if he does become king someday, is there anything that would prevent kate middleton from coming the queen? >> she'll be queen concert. there was talk if prince charles married camilla then she would only be princess concert. she will be deferred a title before the marriage. probably the duke of cambridge, so he will be prince william duke of cambridge and she will

be the duchess of cambridge and these two people are very clearly the future of the monarchy. >> given that, given that they're already under tremendous scrutiny, do you think we're going to be seeing a step up of them being followed around? we remember the images of diana being followed around by the media, what do you predict now. >> at first there will be a lot of interest from cameras and photographers wanting to chase after the royal couple. but one must remember as soon as she's engaged, unlike diana when she died who didn't have scotland yard protection, under her own direction, she'll probably be known as princess katharine when she gets married in probably july next year. she'll have a team of four armed officers guarding her. i think the photographers will be a little bit wary of taking that on. >> robert johnson this morning, thanks very much robert for your

perspective. brian williams recently had a chance to talk to prince charles and he shared some advice for his son. take a look. >> how could you possibly advise your son upon embarking on this, in an even worse media environment? >> that's the problem, isn't it? because of the constant lecturing and advice. >> he's under a microscope already, he's only a helicopter pilot. >> as we heard earlier, he's already come out saying she's delighted by the media. ann is here so natalee morales is over at the news desk. a jawbone found on an aruba beach is being tested to see if it could be that of natalee

holloway. the bone was discovered friday by tourists who turned it in. it is currently undergoing analysis at a forensic institute in the netherlands. an arms dealer is on his way to the u.s. to face terrorism charges after being extradited from a jail in thailand. he was the world's most powerful arms dealers illegally supplying arms to afghanistan. for american welders have been hospitalized after -- chinese investigators believe the welders actually started the lethal fire while improperly using their equipment. violence has erupted in haiti as the cholera death toll nears 1,000. protesters hurled rocks and bottles at u.s. troops and tried to burn down a police station. this is the first time cholera has ever hit haiti and many blame the foreign peacekeepers for bringing the disease to the

island. the number of americans in need of foot stamps skyrocketed by 5.3 million people last year and a nearly 19% increase. the report also reveals that 4.4 million house holds across the nation had trouble putting food on the table over the past year. retail sales numbers jumped last month easing industry concerns that sales would be sluggish this holiday season. the 1.2% spike was led primarily by high demand for new cars. nothing rings in the holiday season quite like this, penguins dressed as santa claus march through fake snow as a south korean amusement park. my goodness, those poor things. back over at meredith and ann. >> they have the perfect body form for them.

>> what are you doing, al? >> after you see penguins, what more can you do? hopefully i'll put a smile on lks faces as they're headed to the airport because they're going to be in for a heavy amount of delays. the delays today are going to be numerous, especially in the mid-atlantic and the northeast due to the rain. new york city, we're going to be seeing some rain delays, memphis some showers and thunderstorms delays. boston and philadelphia. the rest of the country today, rain and wind in the pacific northwest, with mountain snows, probably delays there, the risk of strong storms continues to the southeast, plenty of suns here's a pretty view. a little bit of patchy fog over the coastal hills this morning, otherwise clear skies and a nice day. should see temperatures on the coast. 60s and 70s and we will switch from the offshore wins to an onshore breeze and more low clouds appearing on the coast.

mid 70s to upper 70s inland and the trend for the end of the week is much cooler. especially to the north and 50s for the weekend. request request. that's your latest weather. ann. >> al, thank you. now that washington has president obama dealing with a lame duck session of congress. a new book says he's confronting battles inside his administration. we'll speak with the author in just a moment. kelly o'donnell has more on this at capitol hill. good morning. >> reporter: hi. so much to tell you about happening simultaneously today. returning congressman talking about the tax cuts and deliberations continuing in the ethics trial of charlie rangel, a member of congress 40 years and we're watching as new careers are just getting started. lawmaker boot camp. for more than 100 new members of congress. only two are already sworn in.

>> do you solemnly swear that you will support and defend the constitution of the united states. >> reporter: brand-new senators filling vacancies for delaware and west virginia. >> that you will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which you're about to enter, so help you god? >> i do. >> reporter: for republicans, they're getting to know you sessions needed more seats this year. >> after the '08 election, we had two freshmen republican senators. obviously, i'm pretty excited to be sitting here with 13 this year. >> reporter: sounding like he's been to a tea party, the top republican, senator mitch mcconnell reversed his own position on federal money for earmark pet projects. >> what i've concluded on the issue of congressional earmarks as the leader of my party in the senate, i have to lead first by example. >> reporter: turning to the tea party's top star, sarah palin revealed more about her presidential ambitions saying she will assess the electable contenders first.

>> won't care what the heck the media says about them but will do the right thing and shrink government so the private sector can thrive, if they're willing to do that and make the sacrifices, i'll support that. if there's nobody else, i would do it. >> reporter: in congress, one long career is on the line in a rare public trial. >> i am being denied the right to have a lawyer right now. >> reporter: claiming he can't afford new lawyers, new york democrat charles rangel was on his own, facing 13 ethics rule violations. >> count 3, a violation of the gift rule. >> reporter: counts involving the use of his office and staff for fund-raising, failure to report all his income and pay taxes. >> he firmtively stated he did not have income and documents indicate he did. >> reporter: rangel left the hearing in protest, saying he spent $2 million on lawyers and needed time to raise more money for his defense. in this kind of situation, he's

not able to get free legal help because that would be considered a violation of the gift rule as well. the committee went forward saying rangel has known this was coming a long time. they want to finish up before this congress ends. we're not talking about anything criminal here. if he is found guilty of these offenses, it could result in something like a reprimand from his colleagues. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you very much. what can president obama hope to accomplish with a lame duck congress? msnbc's political analyst is author of a new book "revival," struggle for survival inside the obama white house. welcome. first, we will get to some developments in washington. mitch mcconnell has done this about face, now supports a ban on earmarks. what does that say about the power of the tea party? has it already been unleashed in washington? >> not just the tea party, a movement offensive reform we saw in 2006 and 2008, something the president has wanted for a long time. but he also signed a giant spending bill with 9,000

earmarks. it's a chance for him to 0 undo some of the damage he's done to his own image inside the white house. >> in terms of mitch mcconnell's timing, what does it say to you? >> they're all feeling the pressure, this is an establishment that has enjoyed the earmark system and they're all feeling the heat. if they don't change now, there will be another change election in two years time and could take down not just mitch mcconnell but the rest of his gang. >> we also heard sarah palin say once again she might run for president if there's no one else to do it as she put it. whatdies the white house think about a palin candidacy? >> they are relishing it. >> they want it. >> they think she is a deeply flawed candidate and will expose all sorts of divisions inside the party. this is a fight they want to have. some don't think they will be that lucky but want to be running against her because they kind of enjoyed it last time. >> two democratic pollsters work for fox news made a stir when they suggested the president should not run for re-election

in 2012 and the mid-terms show voters do not have confidence in him and if he didn't run for mid-termite he could focus on politics versus re-election. has there been any reaction? >> it didn't go unnoticed. but one of these fox news pollsters happens to be closely aligned with the former clinton campaign and mistrust. >> that still exist, cold war between clinton and obamas? >> hillary clinton, secretary of state and the president clearly have patched up a lot of differences, working well together. but at the staff level, advisors, people who want to revisit and maybe seek vindication. >> you also write in your book about a battle going on within the white house between what you call revival lists and survivalists, what do they have? >> you have a number of people who want to revive the campaign, want to get back to what this president stood for in the

beginning, reformer, guy outside washington, for change. along the way they feel he diluted that and became an establishment figure. on the other side, survivalists, a desperate edge to them, just as idealistic edge to the other side. you have to do whatever it takes to get by, do the deals, grease the wheels, do what you can, put points on the board. on revival side, you had the communications director and survivalist side, chief advocate, rahm emanuel, former chief of staff, pete rouse and current chief of staff and the president has a foot in both camps and leads to this identity question which has been a problem for them. >> thank you so much. just ahead, a driver serving a sentence for manslaughter after he hit and killed a 14-year-old boy is now suing his victim's parents. why he blames them for the accident. first, this is "today" on nbc.

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we should see low 70s on the way to mid- to upper 70s for most inland spots. the gusty offshore winds you are seeing are going to back off. the sea breeze will pick up and lead to cooling approaching thursday. bigger changes on friday and saturday with the clouds out of the gulf. that will pump in cooler air and shwed.ektoickoffenhe weekend. time now is 7:27. more news after the break.

>>. >> two men and a woman are in custody after leading the highway patrol on an early morning chase across the bay bridge on westbound interstate 580 in oakland. officers tried to stopping the car because they thought it was stolen. the chase continued and turned back around at yerba buena island. the chp stopped the car near 23rd and east 25th street. the car turned out not to be stolen, but officers are questioning why the three were so determined to speed away. we will have another local news update in a half hour. the "today" show is back in less than a minute.

7:30 now on this tuesday morning, november 16, 2010. overnight prince william and kate middleton have set the date for their wedding sometime next year. i'm meredith viera alongside ann curry who is in for matt this morning. and coming up, much more on prince william's engage mchbmen what's sure to be the biggest wedding in decades.

imagine waking up one morning and not recognizing your own voice. it happened to two women, one mow speaks with a french accent and the other chinese. we're going to be talking about their stunning stories and also hear what their voices used to sound like. and more of our special series "today" goes viral. this morning the guys who perfected the art of auto tuning turned the spotlight on us for their newest video. we're going to check that out as well. but we begin this half hour with a driver who killed a 14-year-old girl in an accident and now serving time for manslaughter is suing his victim's parents. >> reporter: yeah, this latest development, this latest twist is truly hard to believe, isn't it? the 14-year-old boy was riding

his bike and a car swerved by and was going 80-mile-per-hour and hit and killed him. so that driver is now in prison for it. but now he's blaming the boy's parents and suing them saying they're responsible because he wasn't wearing a helmet. the tributes are still up on route 69 in the very spot where matthew kenny was killed in 2007, hit by a speeding car. at only 14 years old this middle school football star was brain dead. >> what happened is just horrible, it affected everyone in the town of prospect and we all miss him a lot. >> reporter: the pain never stops of course for parents who lose a child, but for matthew kenny's family, years later the pain just got worse. david weaving, the man driving the car that killed matthew, the man who's been convicted of manslaughter in the crash is suing the victim's family.

believe it or not, he wants money from them. >> we are outraged, it's despicable. >> reporter: weaving is sitting in prison serving a ten-year sentence. when matthew's family filed a wrongful death suit against him, he sued them right back. accusing matthew's parents of negligence, saying they're responsible for their own son's death, saying they failed as parents to ensure he was wearing a helmet. he's asking for $15,000 in damages. >> the family has lost a son, they have endured a trial and they're going to revisit it with his lawsuit and his claims saying he is the one who suffered. >> reporter: matthew's parents are livid. matthew's mother told the a.p. it drags the pain on.

>> he can say i shouldn't have been convicted, he can say there are defenses in the context of a civil lawsuit, but to say this family should pay him money because a boy was not wearing a helmet? sounds frivolous to me. >> reporter: and weaving's record isn't spotless, he's been convicted four times of dwi. >> it can't even explain how i feel that he would do something like this. the family has been through so much, they don't need anymore more to go through. >> reporter: by the way, with all those dwi convictions, the driver, david weaving shouldn't have had a driver's license in the first place, the dmv here in connecticut was supposed to revoke it, but they didn't so he was allowed back on the road. they're now reviewing all of their systems to make sure this doesn't happen again. but meanwhile, meredith, matthew's family continues in

pain and they're suing the dmv here in connecticut, saying if they had done things correctly, their son matthew would will alive today. >> now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> "today's" weather is brought to you by chevy, every model is backed by a 100,000 mile, five-year power train limited warran warranty. >> we have a fast moving storm in the pacific northwest, blowing out of canada, bringing it with windy conditions and snow. we have already got rain and snow firing up in the cascades. up to a foot of snow as we move into montana and also down through california. we are looking for anywhere from six to nine inches of snow. rest of the country, a mess along the eastern seaboard, gulf coast, may see a tornado or two. tornado warning in parts of the panhandle of florida. wet weather all the way up into

>> on a day like today, you want to keep track of your weather, go to weather.com. as police acknowledge that hope is dimming that they listen found alive nearly a week after they disappeared. we'll talk with the father of one of the missing women in just a moment. but first, nbc's peter alexander has the latest on this story.

peter, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning to you. this has been an emotionally taxing time in this community. first the joy of finding that 13-year-old sarah maynard who is safe, but now the growing concern that the other three people still missing may not be found alive. the search efforts continued late into monday night and that young girl sarah maynard is back home safely with her family. but we're also learning new details about what led investigators to the man who's charged with her kidnapping. he will make his first appearance in court later today. at a vigil monday night, this small ohio community gathered together, holding on to candles and to hope. >> it's a very tight community and it's just devastating what's happened. >> a lot of people are very scared. >> it's something you never think about happening in this little town. >> reporter: with three of the four still missing, tina herrmann, her son kodi and

sharon strong. >> the key witness in this case survived the kidnapping, 13-year-old sarah maynard, herrmann's daughter who was found tied up and gagged in the basement of matthew's homes saturday morning. >> a 13-year-old girl being held captive for four days by a total stranger, i would call her the epitome of bravery. >> reporter: authorities say the 30-year-old suspect is an ex-con having served time in prison for arson, hoffman is now behind bars again and not cooperating with detectives. >> he really was a weirdo. there's a hammock where he would sit and watch people, he's just different. >> reporter: late monday, an apparent break as searchers pulled an abandoned car from a pond near hoffman's home, they later determined that car was unrelated to this crime.

then they found suspicious items in a nearby park, but no sign of the missing three. >> people see something, clothing, something out of the ordinary, it could contain something that we need to further this investigation. >> reporter: this bizarre mission began last wednesday when herrmann's co-workers became concerned that she didn't show up for work. investigators found unusual amounts of blood in that family home. >> the investigation shows that all four of them did not leave by their own choice. >> reporter: investigators say they're reviewing surveillance tape from this walmart where hoffman's r the suspect reportedly bought a tarp. a cruel wait for this entire community and for this brave young girl. certainly one remarkable young girl, sarah maynard, investigators will return to that foundation and they're going to go back to that lake and also to the wooded areas

nearby in search of any evidence in this case. steve thompson is stephanie frank's father, good morning to you. i know you're joining us this morning because you have something important you would like to say on behalf of your daughter, it's a very tough morning, sir, as you well know. what would you like to say, go ahead? >> that we are still looking for you, hon, and we hope that we find you, tina and kody, well, everyone's behind you, the search parties have been great, communication's been okay. the sheriff's department as far as the investigation itself has been excellent. we are just hoping and praying that we find you soon. and i know that tina's parents are feeling the same way that i am. and i hope that i'm doing them

justice standing here talking and hope that all of you can feel my thoughts and prayers. >> mr. thompson, you talked about the police doing an excellent job. what have they told you and what questions do you wish they would answer? >> they told us basically what you know, we're actually getting it at the same time. i wish the communication was a little bit stronger between us. i do know that it is an investigation and they have to keep certain things to themselves. but it would be more helpful for the families if we knew a little bit more, just anything, just a comment. i know they're very busy, we don't want to take any of their time away in the investigation, the most important thing is getting our loved ones back to us. >> and on that point, police

have been saying, mr. thompson is that they don't believe this was a home invasion, they go so far as to say that matthew hoffman the suspect in this case so far may be had been known to tina and to stephanie or that he was making himself known to them. do you know anything? have you ever heard of him before from your daughter? do you know people in the community who knew this man? >> no. no, i did not know him. the first time i even seen a picture of him was just the other day. i have no idea how that connection was ever made. from all indications, what i've talked to from neighbors and so forth, the type of person that he was, i don't think either one of the girls would have been really talking with him or just hanging out with him. it's just, to me, doesn't sound possible. but who knows? i mean hopefully we'll find that answer out soon. >> we're all listening and

hoping for you, your daughter and your family. thank you mr. thompson this morning for speaking to us. >> thank you. let's now bring in criminal profiler pat brown, she's the author of "the profiler" my life hunting serial killers and psychopaths. police sound pretty pessimistic, do you think the police know more than they're letting on? >> i would guess so. i'm sure the young girl possibly told them something that they are leaning on, that leads them to believe that the other three are not alive. mostly because first of all the blood in the home which indicates that one person was severely injured and that wouldn't be the teenaged girl and that leaves two and there are witnesses to what went down. clearly most people don't leave witnesses out there. >> and you don't want police to give up too soon is, so that's another factor in the case. >> they found the teenaged girl

so there's always a possibility that perhaps the others are being kept someplace for some reason. she was kept, so we don't really know yet. >> how good are the chances that there are more suspects in this case? >> i would think it's a possibility, because it is very hard to control four people to get them all into a vehicle and an injured person as well and then there's the missing dog and to handle all of that, one person, it seems a little bit odd so one wonders whether there wasn't somebody else involved with it. who knew the family is the question, but i also agree it seems unlikely this is a complete stranger going in there and grabbing four people. >> obviously if anybody knows anything they should call investigators. pat brown, thank you so much for your perspective this morning. and coming up next, we're going to be lightening things up a little bit and get the big announcement fro yo r .ly you may have heard a lot prince william and kate middleton's engagement announced "today."

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that now was the right time? >> well, now is the right time because next year is going to be the perfect year to get married, the year after, we -- and also it's the queen's silver so she'll be on the throne for almost 60 years, that's extraordinary. so this year is the year where there is time and space for them to get married and they have been together, a real love story for over eight years. >> they got engaged, robert in kenya last month. how do you think they were able to keep it quiet even this long? >> well, actually there has been some news leaking out since kenya. i actually wrote that they would be getting engaged before christmas and i also heard that they're looking to point a female bodyguard for kate middleton which was written over the weekend. so that sort of news begins to worry them, they want to be the first to the announcement, they

don't want to be beaten to it. so obviously it was time to announce it. what a beautiful day for them to do so. beautiful blue skies here at buckingham palace. >> and they went to a wedding together, one of their friend's weddings, before they have always gone in separately and gone out separately. and they made a show out of being together. >> she wasn't actually wearing an engagement ring so obviously they wanted to keep the secrecy going for as long as possible. >> what can you tell us about kate middleton, does she have any royalty in her background? >> there was talk that she was actually related through a common ancestor, some tyrant who was the governor of the channel islands. but no, not really, her family are very ordinary, she's a middle class girl, her mother's family on that side, they were miners in the north of england, so no, she has no royal connections whatsoever. and the truth is it makes it

more interesting for a royal wedding and she's a middle class girl therefore she's a modern princess for a modern era and this is a good thing for the royal family. >> it might be a good break from the past because princess diana came out of the top drawer and that didn't work too well. >> can she hold up under the scrutiny? it's going to get even more intense. >> i think she's been so careful of the scrutiny, that's one of the reasons she hasn't taken a job and in fact there's a horrible nickname they call her here which is waity katie who says she didn't take a job because she didn't want the scrutiny of people talking about her, so she had to remain very much of a woman of mystery, a rather beautiful well-educated woman of mystery that i think the british will take to their hearts. >> in the last eight years or so, she's had to get used to what it's really like to be

close to prince william, close to the royal family, and there was a great anecdote that every time she went to a nightclub, she made sure she was completely made up when she went outside where the paparazzi were, she hadn't put a foot wrong which i think bodes well for the monarc monarchy. >> and by the way, nbc's brian williams recently talked to prince william's dad prince charge, you can catch him on his "dateline" special "the man who will be king." and two women who suddenly and uncontrollably started taking on two different accents. i don't see any hope in here. 'cause every time you buy a happy meal or a mighty kids meal some of the money goes to ronald mcdonald house charities. and now you can help ronald mcdonald house charities

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going on for sometime. police are investigating a bomb threat. they have evacuated as many as four buildings and learned that someone sent a threatening e-mail to the headquarters in washington, claiming the bombs were placed on campus. we will attempt to get you a live picture. in the traffic situation here in the bay area, the toll plaza remains to be backed up this morning. metering lights are on and reports of literally being handed to me, a tour bus on its side off the 880. the chp is on the scene and we don't know if injuries are involved. we are top of a busy morning. also want to check the morning forecast for you. that's the good news. >> as we head through the afternoon, we will see temperatures in the 70s. nice day today, but tomorrow we will cool off. showers likely on the way friday into the weekend. time is 7:57. more news after this short break. make your christmas story unforgettable!

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♪ 8:00 now on this tuesday morning, november 16, 2010. that is the viral video seasonation known as the bed intruder song. if became so popular earlier this year it made its way to the billboard charts. the guys behind it, the gregory

brothers will work their magic on our "today" show goes viral. matt is on assignment this morning. >> he'll be back tomorrow and he's missing a lot of things this morning. >> he is. >> because he's got our acapella version of "dynamite" we featured yesterday. >> and it's been viewed more than 128,000 times. >> we can actually call ourselves viral now. >> it was a lot of fun. also ahead this morning, we have got two women who suffer from this very rare condition that actually causes them to start speaking in foreign accents. in fact if you compare their accents before -- >> like madonna? >> but they can't actually control it. >> very unusual. >> and we have also got a live performance from the great

country group rascal flatts. let's get a look of today's headlines. >> what is sure to be one of the biggest royal events in decades, britain's prince william and his long-time girlfriend kate middleton are officially engaged. >> reporter: everybody expected it and yet when it happened, nobody could anticipate it. it shocked everyone, and took everyone by surprise. a very short five paragraph statement coming from clarence house saying that the prince of wales is delighted that the two are announcing the engagement of prince william and ms. katharine middleton. the wedding is going to take place sometime between the spring and summer of 2011 in london. there's been much speculation about 2012, we know now that it will happen next year. further details say the statement will be announced in due course. william and miss middleton,

katie we call her were actually engaged in a secret private holiday in kenya in october. there may be a ring, no one has yet seen it or at least confirmed that they have seen it. but all this happened in october and is being announced only now. following the marriage, the statement goes on to say the couple will be living together in north wales, just next to a military base, the raf base where he's a search and rescue pilot. >> thank you, jim. the house ethics committee deliberates for a second day today in the corruption trial of congressman charles rangel, the 20-term democrat was turned down monday when he pleaded for more time to raise money for a lawyer. meantime the legal mess caused by the flawed foreclosure paper work could go on for years. the confusion could cost banks millions in losses, destabilize

the housing market and hurt efforts to modify mortgages. a magnitude 5 earthquake hit today. now here's brian williams with a look at what's coming up on nbc "nightly news." >> coming up tonight on "nightly news" we're going to talk with the newest recipient of the medal of honor, the nation's highest military decoration, he says, however, the award belongs to others. his interesting story and more tonight when we join you for "nightly news" we'll look for it then, now back to you. the trip of a lifetime could come with a catch. two scientists say the u.s. should start colonizing mars with older astronauts who would not get a return flight home. nasa says not so fast, we want our people back. i don't think that's going to happen any time soon. 8:04 right now. let's go back outside to meredith and ann.

>> it's amazing. >> damp out here this morning. >> i don't want to blame the weatherman. >> we have got a lot of big rascal flatts fans here. did you go to the concert last night? >> yes. >> how was it? >> alet's check your weather shall we? our pick city today, montgomery, alabama, nbc news 12. showers and storms, about 73 degrees. you can see those heavy thunderstorms making their way through alabama on into georgia. that rain extends up into the eastern seaboard. windy conditions, snowy conditions as a clipper comes across the plains states bringing some snow through there. we're also expecting to see clouds around the great lakes and a risk of strong storms.

here's an update from the traffic court here 880, mallory, a tour bus on its side blocking the number two and three lanes. so far no reports of injuries but you could see the backup on 880 near mowery in themoting, this morning, causing big time slowing on the map. forecast for today, 70s for most of the bay area as we head towards the afternoon toy, another nice day today, but as we head into the weekend we're going to see big time changes, which will include much cooler temperatures and shower this is weekend. >> obviously you're big viewers of the 4,000 "today" show. coming up next, the guys who worked their magic on the bed intruder song basically work their magic on us coming up right after this. [ diane lane ] when you were 14

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more than 108,000 hits. >> this morning we're talking to viral frenzy made famous by the gregory brothers with the help of nbc's way too early host willie geist is with us. >> i got a great assignment, if you listen to popular music today, you have probably heard auto tuning, it's a production technique that alters a singer's voice. and if you have a computer you have probably seen the web phenoms who have used the computer to create viral smash hits. ♪ >> reporter: meet the gregory brothers, andrew, evan and michael and andrew's wife sarah. they're young. they're talented. they're funny.

and they're already viral superstars. ♪ oh, yeah >> reporter: it started in 2008 while they were fooling around with news clips from the presidential debate. they began to attract a following on youtube with their video series auto tune the news. >> we realized we were missing something important. imagine if you were watching the news, and someone said breaking news, they're building a center for education. no one was singing and no one was rapping. imagine if you're watching the news now and they say there's a new building they're building for education and there was a beat. i can kind of hear that. ♪ they're building a new building it's about education ♪ and all of a sudden you're

riveted. >> they even auto tuned matt with president obama. some of the greatest american innovators have had their big ideas in small spaces. edison had his last, and the gregory brothers had his two bedroom apartment in brooklyn. what would you say is the total budget for one of these productions? what goes into it? >> between zero and one dollar, usually. >> is that right? >> depending on our bagel expense. >> reporter: the gregory brothers were starting to make a name for themselves but it wasn't until this past july that they hit the viral jackpot. ♪ >> reporter: with the help of a man named antwan doddson, their song bed intruder is based on a memorable local television

interview dobson gave recounting an assault on his sister. the video made dobson a viral celebrity. to date the youtube clip has been viewed more than 2 million times and the song even landed on the billboard top 100. >> i would be a dirty liar if i told you i knew my video would be on the video charts. >> the prime minister from sweden was asked by the gregory brothers auto tuning of him. >> translator: on a funny segment. >> reporter: so what do mom and dad think about their unique road to stardom? >> if we told them we were going to be doctors they would have said great. if we told them they were going to be garbage collectors, they would have said great. >> reporter: i challenged them to take on meredith, matt, al

and ann. >> oh, boy. all right, let's welcome in the gregory brothers, andrew, michael, evan and evan's wife sarah. good morning, guys. you got this challenge to auto tune us. was there enough material to work with? >> you boys give us plenty of material. it was a little bit easier on us if you gave up on just talking and just started singing. >> acapella. >> for example this morning, you heard the news about william and kate, so exciting. you could have done it with a little bit more pizzazz like ♪ it's official the cutest couple in the world ♪ >> snappy. ♪ engaged on a secret safari >> next time we'll remember you. >> are you saying that you could -- that basically we're so boring that it's really fun to

make us more interesting? or is there something that you're looking for in particular? some kind of passion like we saw in antwan dobson, he was so emphatic, was that the key for you? >> i would say you already have it. it's like the-we asked for it, here's the gregory brothers auto tuning "today." ♪ i learned how to put on pants when i'm told ♪ ♪ and it's now we come to the view ♪ ♪ too much for me ♪ i don't know about you ♪ and everybody wanted to have a piece of you too ♪ ♪ does your faith allow you to forgive kanye west ♪ ♪ i love kanye ♪ he forgives kanye ♪ i love kanye

♪ let's get real ♪ all the things that women talk about ♪ ♪ let's talk about it ♪ let's talk about it ♪ your insecurity ♪ what's going on around the country ♪ ♪ that's what's going on around the country ♪ ♪ here's what's happening in your neck of the woods ♪ >> his beard was cut off and stuffed in a mat and made to eat it. >> i would rather be out of the country. ♪ all around the country ♪ that's what's going on around the country ♪ ♪ >> i think we have got something here. >> hopefully that's the cure for it. >> this is not around the dinner table. this is live. when you first met these young men, did they just kind of break into song over time? is this what it was like? >> it was very jarring at first, i couldn't really understand

what they were saying, because they were speaking in rhythm and using the using -- >> she kind of said earlier, i'm not here to be on television. >> too late. >> what would you mom say? >> she always broke into song. it was like living in the sound of music. >> all right, guys, thank you so much. the gregory brothers and willie geist. and coming up on "today" goes viral. the guys from okay go have 15 million hits and we join forces with them for a brand-new video. we're going to premiere it on tomorrow on "today." here's a sneak peek, we're back right after this. or ♪ we're back right after this went to summer camp with my uncle's friend's accountant. we're practically family. jason?

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we have royal expert robert johnson who's standing outside buckingham palace. good morning once again. >> good morning. >> since we last talked, i understand, robert, there's been some reporting that the wedding date may actually be sometime in april, what do we know about that? >> well, that's right, they have been very vague until now actually about when it's going to happen, spring or summer. so i think they're still working all that out. it's a long haul if it's going to be in july as a normal royal wedding would be because it's a long engagement. so my favorite actually is a spring wedding, maybe april, maybe may, because it gives less time in the engagement. six months of engagement is a very long time. >> they don't exactly have to safe up. >> no, they don't have to save up, they have got enough money.

>> they have known each other for coming up on nine years and some people have been saying that it took a while for prince william to pop this question. if that is a defensible argument, to what degree is the thinking that prince william's family history where he has played a part in how long it took him? >> well, i think that obviously this family has to play the part. isn't this marriage just a typical modern love story, the couple meet at university, they stay together for a long time, they don't marry in their own time. they'll both be 29. this is the way life goes. i think william has decided this is the girl for him. >> and the girl comes from, i think many people in america are just catching up to who she is. she comes from a regular middle

class family. what is the response to her among the british public? >> well, the british public haven't really seen a lot of kate, only when william and kate are coming out of nightclubs, they get a photograph of them or at a friend's wedding. they don't speak, don't really do anything. and she was pretty unfairly dubbed waity katie because she was just hanging around for her prince to pop the question. i think we're going to see an awful lot of her now, she's going to be the number one covergirl around the world. she's very, very intelligent. she's got a degree from the university where she met prince william. this is going to be a team of william and kate and thank goodness for that because i think it's a good news story when we have so many bad news stories. >> the queen of england, eventually.

thank you so much, robert joplin, eve palmer, thank you for joining us. it's going to be a long day for you, good luck. >> thank you. coming up, we have got rascal flatts after your local news. good morning to you. 8:36. mike is off this morning. we have a look at your morning commute on the bay bridge traffic backed up as the metering lights remain on this morning, letting up just a little bit which is good news. fantastic weather for today, tomorrow but what is in store? >> temperatures will cool off a little bit on the coast and around the peninsula today, 60s to low 70s. mid-70s inland for one more day

but the trend for the rest of the week cooler temperatures starting friday, a chance of showers, dropping from north to south for the afternoon and look at those weekend temperatures, only 50s, scattered showers in the air, cold enough to maybe see hilltop or higher peak snow around the bay area, closer to 4,000 feet. time is 8:26. more news after the short break.

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to get people started on rebuilding their homes. tonight the city planning commission will look at expediting the building permit process for profit owners. natural gas explosion as you'll recall destroyed the neighborhood and killed seven people in september. now if the commission approves the city council will then get a chance to give its final stamp next week. people could start rebuilding in january. we continue to follow developing news in vacaville, two people found dead in an apartment building. a man reportedly walked into the vacaville police department, may have turned himself in, was taken into custody. more on the developing news coming up in another half hour with a local news update.

♪ why wait another minute 8:30 now on this tuesday morning, the 16th of november, 2010. rainy day on tap for the northeast, but these folks don't mind. there's a lot of smiles on the

plaza. no rain right now at least. meanwhile meredith viera alongside ann curry and al roker. matt is on assignment this morning. >> we're going to have a live performance from one of the biggest groups in country music today. rascal flatts. >> they're so talented. and also this morning, because of the season coming up, we're going to be talking about cooking a turkey. >> we're talking about roasted chicken for the holidays. >> oh, chicken, oh, my gosh! >> so you're trying to say don't have turkey, have chicken? >> as an alternative. >> because turkeys are big. >> if you don't have a billing family. it's so co . >> the big news of the morning we have been talking about, the royal wedding, the engagement announced this morning between

prince william and kate middleton. we're actually expecting them to step out and take part in a royal photo-op. >> we're dressed for that, we're all going to be in black. and peter krause is in nbc's hit show. are you excited about the wedding? >> am i excited about it? yes, i am. >> we'll be there. >> i want to talk to you about a quote that i read from an executive producer who said about halfway through season number one, everything started to click, in terms of the writing and the direction, is that what you feel happened? >> i did feel that last season, we have had a great second season so far. last week the character i play punches another guy in a supermarket. >> explain why he did that. >> my son max hases a bergers and the gentleman calls him a retard so i take a swing at him

in the supermarket line. >> that's why the show is really become, a lot of people are talking about how relatable it is now because i think as a parent when your child is going through something like that, you might have that impulse to just deck the guy, right. >> if you're a parent or you have ever had parents, or being a parent. >> can we mention that you choose well because i understand you're dating the lovely and vivacious laura graham. >> she could be your sister. she's a fantastic actress and a wonderful person. >> and that's as far as you'll go. >> you also have a great cast on the show so it's really an incredible team to work with. >> it's a great bunch of people and it's a joy to go to work every day and we're happy that the ratings have picked up a little bit. and we have moved to mondays,

because i guess people want their "parenthood" earlier. >> you can catch a new episode of "parenthood" tonight on nbc. it hasn't changed over yet. looks like the string of beautiful weather will continue around the bay area today. mostly sunny, a bit breezy at times. lunch time should see 70s around the bay area. another warm day by november standards for today. we cool off headed into tomorrow and thursday. showers should start to show up on friday, mainly off in the north bay but you can see the showers moving through the rest of the bay area. not a complete washout for the weekend. chilly and showery with highs only in the 50s. >> and that's your latest weather. now let's say hello to aaron to thomp kins and jesse ranch. guys good to see you guys.

>> good to see you. >> tell me about this, why do you think you guys got voted off? >> there's something in the fact that we had both done very well while we were at the ranch and so there were, you know, maybe the fact that we might have been a threat on the show. >> i don't know. >> aaron, your starting weight, 468. >> yes, sir. >> made you the heaviest contestant this season. you look fantastic. >> thank you. >> what are you down to? >> i'm down to 318. >> that's amazing. good for you. that's like a person and a half. and jesse, your starting weight 369, which seems impossible looking at you right now. where are you at? >> i'm at 226 right now. >> good for both of you, you have done such a great job. do you guys have trouble keeping it off at home? >> right now, no, it's been amazing ride. >> congratulations, and you can

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back now at 8:37, a new series called curious medicine. what would you do and how would people around you react if you suddenly talked in a different accent. stephanie gosk is here with the story of two women who no longer recognize their own voices. >> this is a rare disorder, for those who experience it, it can be unnerving or worse. >> i'm from korea. >> everyone has an accent. an indicator not just of where we are from. >> i'm from enda. >> but also of who we are.

so what happens if you wake up one day and your accent has changed. >> oh, you, that's not nice. this is kate russell, 49 years old, she has lived her entire life in england, but she sounds french. >> can i have the ranch? i sound french. >> kate has foreign accent syndrome, a rare condition that develops when people suffer damage to the part of the brain that controls speech. head injuries are the most common cause, but in kate's case, it was severe migraines. ten months ago her voice became unrecognizable. this is what she used to sound like. >> hello, my name is kate. i would like to welcome you. >> reporter: when her voice changed her life changed, she lost her job and became depressed. >> you lose your identity because you don't know who you

are or are you fit anymore. >> reporter: some people think she sounds chinese. >> at first, i felt very alone and i did not feel like i belonged in this country anymore. that's how people made me feel. >> reporter: amazingly sarah and kate live just an hour from each other. we introduced them in person for the first time, but their friendship began online. >> she just knows how i feel. >> reporter: and it helps both of them overcome this isolating can be. >> how much do you speak with her? >> two times a day. >> reporter: two times a day? >> on mondays. >> reporter: they laugh more now and even say there can be some up sides. >> i can say a french word. the comments i have had is that my voice sounds better than some people. >> reporter: sarah shared the only recording of her old voice

with kay over tea. >> there's a buzz in the back of my garden. never seen them before. >> reporter: scientists say the damage could reverse itself any time, but there's no guarantee. both women say they have come to terms with it. >> i miss my old voice. but i have also come to accept this one. >> reporter: foreign accent syndrome may have changed their identities, but with a new accent has come new strengths. >> i feel like sisters now. >> reporter: the great thing about this story, ann, is these women were essentially alone, doctors can't do much to help them and a lot of people didn't believe them, and then when they found each other, their friendship really helped them. >> you're saying that not just these two kinds of accents, a german accent and other kinds of accents can merge. >> it's not an kpal accent, it's a speech impediment in the way you form your words. it may sound like a particular

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"today's" kitchen is brought to you by chili's. >> we're back at 8:44 and this morning on "today's" kitchen, back to basics, a turkey-free thanksgiving. if you're hosting a small gathering next thursday, you may want to skip the turkey and roast chicken instead. good morning to you, sir inspired by your grandma? >> we are going to make a stuffing. i have bread that i mixed with

milk. i'm putting in some mushroom sausage. you can use onions or shallots. garlic. the garlic gives a good flavor, of course. some barley and some thyme. >> and egg yokes? >> actually an entire egg. and then we mix it very quickly like that, you put some salt and pepper to give of course some flavor to it. >> now if you're going to replace your turkey with chicken, is it a special chicken? >> i recommend that you find a nice organic free range chicken, a big sized chicken. and then we are going to stuff the baby. >> you cut the kings off? >> i tell you why, because we're going to put the chicken on top of it. >> you push your stuffing down so you get in as much as possible? >> as much as you can. we'll have a little bit left

over, but it's not a big deal. >> and you're going to thread the chicken? >> can people see this? >> i'm going to do this on a cutting board. we started here, under the tail. so we're going right here, and then i'm going to go around the legs. >> why are we doing it that way? >> i do it once like this and then you're going to understand right away why, because that's where we're going to close the chicken and we're going to give a nice shape also to our chicken and also for the cooking. >> why does that add to the cook ing. because that bread is going to cook very nicely. >> and where do you stick that? underneath? >> underneath. one here and one in the back. >> stick it in the oven, what's the temp? >> 400 degrees. >> 400 degrees for? >> about an hour. >> how do you know that it's

done? >> i'll show you, when it's done, you have a little bit of droplets of -- >> it has to be clear. if it's not clear, it means the chicken is not cooked yet. then you cut the string like that. >> is this no good now? >> that's going to be good. so i'm taking the string off. and then i'm going to cut it the french way, which is slightly the different than the american way. so you separate the leg like that. and then here is the breast, you separate the breast like this, and you don't slice like we do sometimes. because it becomes too dry very fast. >> how do you slice it? >> i'm going to show you. >> i'm annoying you. >> i'll show you if you shut up. >> no, no, please ask me. so you see, then it slides like this. >> oh, my gosh, i never would

have thought about that. >> you can slice like that. >> and that keeps the moisture in? >> and it's going to be very moist and you can just fillet it. so we have some of the stuffing. >> we're running out of time here. so the side, we have a potato grrks grautin. it's very healthy. you put in the chicken here like that. and then we have some salad. use a garlic vinaigrette. and so it's a nice portion of chicken and we have some gravy that's going to go on top just to make it even more tasty and moist. >> they're weeping, it's so good, they want the food, eric. they will do whatever you want. thank you so much. great idea for somebody who doesn't have the crowd for a turkey. do it with a chicken. >> it doesn't have to be that

big either. >> no, it does not, but we like it big. thank you so much. happy thanksgiving. up next, a live performance from rascal flatts, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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>> rascal flatts burst on to the country scene 13 years ago. now the best selling country group of the decade is out with their newest album. it's called nothing like this. rascal flats, good morning to all of you three. you're like our house band and we want to congratulate you on this album and you think this is your best work so far? >> since the last record. >> there's 11 new songs on this one. we really did, we cut half of it in nashville, the other half in santa barbara. so we did something a little different, it's on big machine records, it's our new label. it's probably the best collection of songs we have gotten to date. >> and one of the songs is called why wait, it's about getting married in las vegas.

and you were inspired by the movie "the hangover" does that mean that you had to drink heavily to make that video? you're going to be playing that actually right now. i'm going to got outoff your way. >> we just wanted to say that for ten years you've been a huge part of our career. we love you here, ladies and gentlemen, why wait. ♪ what do you say girl we do something crazy ♪

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final address on the city's website. jean qwan will replace dellums in january. the "today" show returns in a minute. have a great morning. most of our viewers agreeical california's initiative process has been derailed by special interest and needs reform. henry said the first thing they can do is disclose who gave the money to support or fight the initiatives. it's usually driven by fear or greed. andrew writes, with the recent u.s. supreme court decision giving corporations cart blanche to spend infinite money, the initiative process is now ripe for hijacking. sharon lamts, we can forget about the one-person, one-vote

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out with a new album today. great bunch of guys and we're going to be hearing more from them coming up this morning. you're back out here after another morning on "today," on november 16, 2010, it started to rain, so we have gotten busy, and that's the bottom line. it is getting damp out here. however, we have got a great crowd. we welcome all of them this morning, i'm ann curry along with al roker, this morning we're talking about this big news out of london, which is the announcement that kate middleton and prince william are getting married after months of speculation, basically she's been a long time girlfriend, they're going to officially tie the knot sometime in 2011. spring or summer, possibly in april. they announced their engagement this morning. although they got engaged in october while on holiday in kenya and this morning the palace says that william went through all the proper channels getting permission from kate's father and informing the queen. we'll get a live report coming up in this half hour. all right. and we did this a little while ago, jill martin has this great segment, these steals and deals.

she's sharing some deep discounts, when we did this the first time, we got a huge response and this time we got more of the same, fabulous jeans, jewelry, everything. just for today's show. and then we head to hoe bo ken, new jersey. hoboken, to get a preview of some of the floats that will sail down broadway in macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> let's now start with the morning's top stories. good morning, ann and al, as ann mentioned, royal wedding watchers can finally block off their calendars was prince william and kate middleton are now engaged to be married. the royal nuptials are expected next year. jim maceda is at buckingham palace. we understand they are going to make an appearance for the first time together as an engaged couple, is that right? >> reporter: that's right. we are hearing the same thing and are expecting to have those pictures later on today of

prince william and soon to be, i guess, princess katharine and possibly some day queen katharine will be posing together. for the first time since that engagement in a few hours. now to give you a sense of what's happened today, everybody expected this, but when it actually was announced, it was a mad scramble here to buckingham palace. it was a very brief, four or five short paragraph statement coming from clarence house, from prince charles saying now delighted he was with the engagement. in terms of news, we understand according to the statement the wedding will happen sometime in 2011, spring or summer. it will happen in london. you mentioned the fact that there was a previous engagement that happened in october on a nice ten-day secret trip to kenya. the prince now is informing all the family members and following the marriage, the two will be living as a couple in the north part of wales, very close to the r.a.f. base where he is a search and rescue pilot and intends to

be one for some years to come. natalie? >> jim reporting outside of buckingham palace. thank you so much. the nation's highest military honor will be given today to an army staff sergeant who placed himself in the line of fire in afghanistan. he saved two comrades. he is the first living veteran who has served in a war to receive the award since vietnam. pakistani intelligence say the death toll is up to 20 in this morning's u.s. drone attack. the target was a tribal region that was a base for insurgents linked to attacks in afghanistan on u.s. and u.n. forces. >> candlelight individualles are scheduled across north carolina for zahra baker as the girl would have celebrated her 11th birthday today. police are identified her remains. nobody has been charged in her death. meanwhile the search continues today in central ohio for a missing mother, brother and family friend, though police say they likely are dead. the two women and 10-year-old boy vanished last wednesday,

along with 13-year-old sarah maynard, the teenager was found sunday bound and gagged in the basement of an ex-convict's nearby home. he has been charged with kidnapping. violence has erupted in haiti as the cholera death toll nears 1,000. protestors hurled rocks and bottles at u.n. peacekeepers and tried to burn down the police station. this is the first time cholera has hit haiti and now many locals are blaming the peacekeepers for bringing the disease to the island. the number of americans who reported using food stamps last year was up by more than 5 million. that's a 19% increase. the usda also says more than 17 million households had trouble putting food on the table over the last year. and it's a story right out of "law and order." a 16th century edition team of international scientists have opened the tomb of an astrologer. they believe he died in 1601.

scientists believe he was poisoned. they will test bone, hair and clothing samples for high levels of mercury. and spectators in mexico got a load of bull when this half ton beast decided he had had enough and leapt into the stands. one bullfighter was injured when the animal landed on him, but the bull was returned to the ring and the fight went on as planned. it is now six minutes past the hour, let's go back to al. >> i think he just finally said, i'm just getting out of here. this cannot end well for me, i'm getting out. this young lady here, what's your name, ma'am? >> lou. >> and would you share how old you are? >> do i have to? >> if you would. >> 87. >> you lack fantastic! my gosh! i'll have what she's having.wa let's check your weather and see what's going on. here's our high for the day. we have a lot of wet weather making its way up the eastern seaboard. we have tornado watches in the panhandle of florida.

heavy rain anywhere from one to two inches of rain from as far west as memphis up to buffalo and parts of new england. and you can see in the west, we have got a storm system coming onshore, a clipper will be bringing some snow to the cascades, wasatch mountain ranges, all the way down to colorado we're talking about anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow and this young lady, 80 years old today. what's your name? >> manilla. >> manilla? well we have seen some pretty beautiful weather aund the bay area this week. it should continue as we go into today at least. temperatures in the 70s for most places around the bay area today and out to the coast. 60s and 70s for one more day but things will cool off as we head into tomorrow and thursday, the sea breeze picks up, that's the opposite of the offshore winds we've been seeing, leading to cooling as you wrap up the work week. chance of showers arriving friday, cooler and unsettled for the weekend.

>> and another bit day girl. all right. and another birthday girl. all right. ann? all right, al, thank you. as you may have heard, the world is waking up this morning to the news that a royal wedding is in the works. britain's prince william is set to wed kate middleton next spring or summer. the engainment was officially announced this morning. the royal editor of the sunday express, camilla, is here with us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> i know this news has been out for several hours, gauge for us the reaction so far in britain. >> well, i would say it's been somewhat frenzied. we're down at buckingham palace surrounded by media organizations trying to get every cough and spit out of this amazing story. we have known it's been coming, it's been nine years in the making, but the day it was going to be announced was going to be a special one, not only for britain but also the world. we're seeing that now, there's a lot of excitement down at buckingham palace this morning. >> why do you think the announce is being made today given that

the engagement we understand happened back in october, the two have known each other for something like nine years, is there something about the timing today that would make it interesting? >> well, i think perhaps the timing has been timed to coincide with prince william's return from afghanistan. he was out there for remembrance sunday which is a very important occasion across the world and it went from one good news story to another. what surprised me about the timing is the fact it is an october announcement and not february. when they announce their engagement, they announce much closer to the wedding. the question is will kate end up at christmas dinner with the royals? >> what is expected in terms of the wedding? are we expecting a large, flashy wedding of the sort of diana/charles kind of caliber? >> well, by implication, you know, it's going to have to be quite a grand affair. however, obviously, we're all

living proof of austere times and there's a recession across the world. you are familiar with that, we are familiar with that over in britain. i think they will try to avoid it seeming too ostentatious. we're talking about prince william marrying kate, it's the biggest royal wedding since charles and diana, there's going to be a huge guest list with international interest. so it can't really be a quiet affair between the two of them. it's going to be a global occasion. >> people in this country don't really have a strong sense about kate middleton, what can you tell us beyond the fact that she has sort of middle-class roots? >> she is a commoner over here. nothing against her. she isn't an aristocrat. she's a bit like the girl next door, she's been described like a classic english rose, there are similarities perhaps between her and diana, they're clothes horses, they're at home on the

king's road. horses, they're at home on the king's road. but we don't know much about kate because she's remained extremely elusive, she's been very december secret, very loyal to william, she has never talked out of school so to speak. we want to hear more from kate middleton, how will she camp out her own rose. she might be like a michelle obama figure, she's not just going to be the wife of william. she might just be her own professional woman in her own rite. we'll see how she wants to handle this huge position she's now found herself in. >> beyond the kmimt excitement royal affair and a wedding, really what we're looking at is the future face of the monarchy, the young future face that will take us into the future. i'm saying that redundantly, but i think you know what i'm trying to say. >> they are the face of the

royal family. by the time that prince charles is going to take the throne, that could be ten, 15 years from now, and charles is going to be an old man. but we're all interested in the jazzier celebrity factor stars of the royal family and that is william and kate and i think as they go on in their marriage, they have children, there will be huge interest around them and really they are the future. i think even majesty the queen knows that, she knew that it was very important that william marry the right girl, she doesn't want a repeat of the charles and diana years, she doesn't want anymore divorces in the royal family. they have announced their engagement now and they're going to carry a lot of responsibility for the popularity of the royal family into the 21st century definitely. >> i'm happy that william has found happiness.

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where does the time go? can you believe it next week is thanksgiving. time to get ready. and that means of course the macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> john piper macy's day parade president, he's got a peek at this year's new floats, john good morning. >> good morning, and good morning from hoboken, i am have proud to say i am aboard america's prize float, if you

look behind me, you see that symbol of american pride, mt. rushmore, the great state of south dakota has joined us with this great float. and we have others this year, including home wood suites, we have got danny duck, mommy duck, baby duck on their roll across the country. and we're going to tip the hat to my boss robin hall. in fact we have copied his hat in a brand-new top hat float that is being sponsored by the apollo theater and we'll have the winners of the apollo amateur night contest on board. still more to come. we're going to raise the roof. in fact our elves are raising the roof. office max has all the presents wrapped up coming down the chimney and the elves are dancing away having a gate time. not to be outdone, we're looking at all of the wonderful stuff. >> got to cut you off.

more coming up, don't forget, right there, thank you, john. bye-bye. sweet n' sour filled twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. good morning once again, everybody. time is 9:26. i'm brent khcannon. mike is off today. things thinning out at the bay bridge toll plaza. not too bad getting through to the city. south bay the congestion, several areas you'll run into heavy traffic, the red chicklets and slow speeds so be aware of that. looks like a sunny day outside. we check in with rob with a peek at the forecast >> we have a cool start to the

morning, a little breezy and dry. a look at your afternoon high temperatures around the bay area, mid to upper 70s inland, perhaps still near 80 around the hilltop thanks to offshore winds for one more day. soak up the sunshine while you can. tomorrow, thursday and friday we'll cool off, chance of showers arriving midday friday. look at the highs in the 50s in the weekend. >> thanks a lot, rob. just turned 9:27. more news right after the break. ♪

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amount they have seen over the past eight years -- seven years and oftentimes protests become unruly. pact or people acting in community together will meet at united methodist church in san jose 7:00 tonight to bring justice to families who are victims of bullying and raise awareness of the damaging effects of bullying, tonight in san jose. more local news coming up in half an hour and the "today" show returns in less than a minute. another local update coming up in about a half an hour. have a great day.

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flatts, they're going to perform another number for us. >> let's see what's happening as far as today is concerned, wet and windy conditions in the pacific northwest, strong storms from atlanta to the -- sunny skies mild conditions, rain and wind in new england, showers in the midsection of the country, right around the mid mississippi river valley and the rain continues in the pacific northwest with mountain snows there, sunny and mild from texas looks like the string of beautiful weather will continue around the bay area today, mostly sunny, a bit breezy at times. lunch time shoul see some 70s around the bay area. another warm day by november standards for today but we'll start to cool off heading into tomorrow and thursday. showers should start to show up on friday. mainly off in the north bay, but you could see the showers moving through the rest of the bay area, not a complete washout for the weekend. just going to be chilly and showery, highs only in the 50s.

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juice to beta carrotine in carrot juice. >> what's your question for joy? >> when picking up fruit juice like cranberry juice, is it better to select 100% fruit juice that's more in calories. >> i always prefer 100% fruit juice because you're going to end up getting the naturally occurring ant anti-oxidants from the fruit juice you pick. when it's not 100% fruit juice, they take out some of the fruit and put in artificial sweeteners. now we have the problem, that's pure 100% fruit juice of a lot

of calories and a lot of sugar and that could be problematic for people who are trying to lose weight or who have diabetes. buy the 100% fruit juice and when you're pouring it in your glass, dilute it with about 50% water, club soda or selzer. and you'll have a sweet taste and not a lot of gunning. and sometimes it takes a little while to acclimate to a beverage that's a little less sweet. but it's so well worth trying to acclimate to that taste, it's a big service to your body. >> next question comes from merrill. what's your question for joy? >> caller: i have heard that baby carrots contain less beta

carrotine. is that true? >> that's true. they're not actually baby carrots the reason they have less is that baby carrots are carved from carrots from deliberately bred to ripen more quickly and the result is less beta carrotine. even though it has less, it still has a significant amount. beta carrotine is great for our skin, our eyes and our overall health. if you're concerned about getting enough, if you do enjoy eating the baby carrots is to cook them, baby carrots is one of the few vitamins that becomes more readily available to the body when the vegetable is heated. you can microwave it, you can steam it, you can even cook them and puree them in soups. >> watch out for that loose beta

carrotine. >> mickey writes, i heard that people who are lactose intolerant can still eat yogurt and cheese without symptoms, is that true? >> oftentimes it is true. but it's case by case because lots of people have different levels of tolerance or intolerance. lactose intolerance occurs when your body doesn't produce enough lactace. hard cheeses like swiss and cheddar hardly have any lactose at all. so most people can enjoy them, even people with a lactose intolerance. the softer cheeses tend to have more lactose so you want to be careful of that. when it comes to yogurt, yogurt has a lot of lactose, but it also has live cultures which are

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tech toys. stephanie oppenheim is here with what's good for tweens, teens and everybody in between. so you've got something, trying to get away. but technology is so much a part of everything now. but you've got crayons. >> the classics with a high-tech twist. this is crayola, i love that you don't have to spend a lot for high-tech nothing. for a box of crayons, it give you a code on the box, you can go online and download pictures of your kids and create your own coloring book. this is one we did of a rock star. >> cher. >> and we should have done it, now that you have done your writing, you could be a marathon star. and travel scrabble, i can never find all the pieces, and you find them on the floor. this is electronic scrabble, it

comes with five cubes, you put them together, three letter words and five letter words, and they know you have made a word. you can't make curse words, in case you were wondering. they come in a little box. great for taking along on the holidays. these are tech books, they have this battle bugs, the bugs the can go across, and this is a great collectible. >> the battle bugs. >> and now look, it's the fun part. you're saying how about snakes. this is a animotion from animal planet. you can terrorize your little sister with this. >> you've got radio controlled bugs. >> these are a tarantula which is the nice little legs that will go off.

this is a superbug cockroach. >> because we don't have many of those in new york. let's get a toy one. >> yes, i would say. >> you know what? maybe we could come up with an electronic rat. >> okay. this year, for you, this is web runners from hasbro, bits pretty cool. it's not as realistic as the black widow. what i like about this guy, he will not only go on the wall, he will also go on the ceiling. >> wow, that's pretty cool. >> our video cameras, last time i was here, i had the helicopter, the video cameras for every age. this is from fisher price, this is their kid talk meant from preschoolers, they can drop it, nothing will happen to it. it takes 15 minutes worth of video. so if you don't want to hand over your expensive video equipment to your 4-year-old,

this is great. this is spy ware, very undercover and you can stealthily get video. the instructions are pretty intense, but our teenaged testers loved it and on their website, you can edit the video as well. i thought we were being punked, because barbie is now digital. her camera -- >> that's a little disturbing. >> her lcd is in her back. and our testers love the fact that she is has a pink usb plug. >> now this is a hot toy everybody's talking about. >> this is kenect, for xbox 360. and this is the it game for this season. i'm not giving you any controllers whatsoever. you are the controller and we're going to play rally ball and you're over there. >> i'm over here. >> why don't you step in.

you're going to whack at the ball. and the idea is, al, you can kick, you go -- that little sensor over there that's what connects and it's actually viewing 24 parts of our body so it knows how we're moving. >> is this a game changer video game. >> absolutely, so all those wireless, all the controllers are all gone. there's 17 games that you can play with and it's a really family active game and you're off the couch and you're exercising. >> coming up next, country superstars rascal flatts, but first this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] jcp cash is on the spot savings.

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good morning, everybody. time now is 9:56, i'm brent canyon. mike is off this morning. we have a check of your morning commute, this is the bay bridge toll plaza, oh, it is the least of your concerns this morning. not so bad there right now. if you check out the bigger picture, you see a lot of slowing on 880 northbound over on the east side of the east bay there and across the bay, and into the city things are moving fairly smoothly so the toll plaza not bad but a lot of the rest of the commute is still pretty congested this morning. i want to check the morning forecast with rob. >> a pretty nice morning, breezy and dry, 70s as early as lunch time today with highs again mid to upper 70s, inland nice day around the bay area but big changes coming up for the end of hs as we move into the weekend with showers arriving later on friday. >> too bad it will be cold this weekend. saturday join nbc bay area and safeway to help us end hunger. many of us will be out at local safeways throughout the bay area

encouraging you to donate a turkey or food to bay area food banks like the salvation army or st. vincent depaul and many others that help families in need. marin county has a 50% increase. families get two bags of food a week, enough to make four meals for a family of three. >> most likely you would not imagine the person standing next to you in line at the store or gas station or even a fellow parent at your child's school, you'll be surprised that there patrol will be a great need. >> a lot of people you don't expect need help. you can help going to your local safeway this saturday, say hell throw any number of our bay area, "nbc bay area news" teams out there. laura and i will be out in the south bay this weekend. then you can buy a turkey that will help feed a family in need and make their thanksgiving a little bit brighter this year, so even if it's a little bit we'd appreciate it. more local news coming up in

half an hour. have a great morning. see you back here in a little bit. ♪ ♪

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>> at 10 until 10:00 i ran into the makeup room because i needed my notes there. i busted in and i heard a shriek and two people were in the chair. >> did you spoil the whole thing? >> no, i didn't. in a glance, i couldn't tell who was who. >> you couldn't tell who was who? >> i couldn't tell. >> whom was whom. >> i ran out of there and they screamed, what are you doing in here? >> you had explicit orders not to go in that room. >> i know. but i had to get my notes, you know what i mean? >> couldn't you send a mignon? >> they have similar outfits to what we're wearing and -- >> you'll see and you be the judge. you started an uproar yesterday about your mascara problems. >> all i said was when i take off my mascara off at night, the pillow case is always covered with mascara, no matter how long

you take trying to get stuff off. some viewers sent in some -- rosemary said use a smidge of olive oil on a cotton ball. and danielle from las vegas said try johnson & johnson's, the baby shampoo. i had both of these in my house last night but i didn't know how i would know which one worked. i thought this was to wash the pillow cases with. >> no, to clean your eye. >> i didn't do this one. >> you did this one, though. >> i put it on a cotton ball, woke up, pillow case was clean. but maybe because i was more into, like, making sure i was doing it right. sometimes at night, you're in a rush -- >> you know that 47% of people don't focus anyway, unless they're having sex. the only time people are actually focusing on what they're doing. the rest of the time -- >> their mind is elsewhere. >> their mind is elsewhere. >> is that true? that's the only activity that keeps people focused and more in the moment. we're going to discuss all of

that tomorrow. you have got a big day ahead of you tomorrow. it is sex, sex, and more sex. >> yeah. >> just what the world needs. >> it is going to be interesting. all of your most frequently thought of questions but haven't asked. >> my friend nicky haskell in los angeles said you need to get albalene cream. >> to get rid of nas kaca masca? >> she would know. >> how do you get it off your sheets and your towels. after you wash your face, it is white and beautiful, you look at the towel and you're like, wow, that's bad. >> get black towels. >> i don't like black towels. >> i don't either, but you know what the problem is? there is an ingredient in a lot of the cleansers and things we use that actually stain -- you can never get the stain out. so it is an -- i think bobbie thomas knows the name of the thing that is in -- you know, we have the accidental housewife. she'll tell us. julie will tell us. >> she talks about stains. we like all that stuff.

you're very big, very important, hoda woman in this month's issue of "o" magazine. >> i like her favorite things. >> yeah. >> i'm into those. >> yeah. apparently this month you're one of her favorite things. look at hoda wearing the dress i had on yesterday. >> i know. i know. you walked out, i was like, that looks very familiar. >> look there. >> oh, thanks. >> what does your quote say, hoda? what does it say, baby? >> you can be taken seriously by day and be sexy at night. who do you think takes you seriously here? people do not take us seriously. >> they have a lot of really great people in here. >> ten different people. >> different people. >> all beautiful. great, great. >> it was fun. >> you look nice. >> thank you, oprah. >> that hits newsstands tonight. you're going to be at book ends. >> in new jersey. if, by chance, you are living in new jersey and you are thinking what am i going to do, at 7:00 i have nothing to do, go to ridgewood, new jersey, book ends, and come buy the book. it is still on sale, allegedly. i went to a bookstore yesterday and didn't see it anywhere.

>> that's because it was sold out. sold out. if you want people to come, tell them you'll sit there barefoot and they'll look at your feet. you have the world's most beautiful feet. i know how to market these things. all right? hoda will be shoeless tonight. >> breaking news, as you probably have already heard, prince william is in fact engaged to kate middleton. >> finally. >> they have been together for many years, eight years. >> on and off for eight years. >> the wedding is scheduled for the spring or summer of 2011. >> yeah. >> and they said they got engaged last month in kenya and kept it a secret. >> good for them. you know how hard it is for them to keep anything private and to they will c themselves? good for them. >> she had a poster on her wall of one prince william before she met him. >> oh, my gosh. >> she had the poster. >> donny osmond, you snow. >> she had his poster up. people keep describing kate as a

commoner. >> in the sense that she's not royal, but she actually comes from a very wealthy family. >> her family, each of them, both parents are self-made millionaires, have some kind of party planning company. >> events. >> they did that on their own, so i think she went to college, was trying to figure out what she wanted to do, but before all that, her mom was a flight attendant, her dad was a pilot. >> we wish them lots of love. the day that he -- they both graduated from st. andrews, i was actually in edinboro. >> for fun? >> my friend sam had his 50th birthday party and is good friends with prince edward. we were there in scotland for three days and gorgeous, gorgeous place it is. but there was so much press there because of -- >> can you imagine this wedding? can you imagine how big that is going to be? what do you think? >> i think it is going to be beautiful, yeah. i hope this one has a fairy tale ending as well. >> i like her. something about her that seems real. >> i like him. >> we love them both.

>> we just want everybody to be happy. >> yes, we do. >> we'll be happy on friday. we're coming to you live, live and in person on the allure of the seas, one of the two biggest cruise ships in the world. it has not even had its maiden voyage yet. we're going to crack some champagne open on that baby. >> we are going to -- apparently there are a lot of activities to do on that cruise ship. >> we're going to do all of them except for the -- >> a lot planned for us. >> it is going to be quite the bash. >> all right. >> we have to go through security to get down there. >> if you guys have been traveling, there has been a controversy, obviously, over the tsa and how they screen passengers. you can either go through that electronic deal where supposedly there is some x-rays -- >> the whole body scan. >> they can take a picture of you so they can see you naked pretty much or your other choice is go through the patdown version. >> which is not like your old grandma's patdown. this is a -- >> they're up and around you and in it. and under it and up it. so anyway there was a weird one,

there was a 3-year-old at a chattanooga airport, little girl, who set off the alarm, and she had to be patdown. >> they took away her teddy bear and she started screaming. >> yeah. well, they did the patdown that was, i guess, aggressive or it was too much and the argument was terrorists have used kids as a mule, he haven't heard that here at all. >> in the drug world in that sort. but terrorism in america, i don't think we have seen it. >> anyway, so there was something that was said yesterday that for kids under 12 they don't do that sort of patdown business. >> she set it off twice apparently. so they had to, by law -- we have to relook at this. we really do. >> it is sensitive. you go through -- they said no tweezers on board the plane, you could buy them, you know, on the other side when you got through security. but they would let you have a sharp ball point pen, other sharp objects, just not a tweezer or i think a nail file. >> they took away the lip gloss. >> right. there is a reason to stay home, right there.

i ain't going nair witho ing an the lip gloss. >> i hear you. i hear you. look at sara over there, chewing her gum. >> hi, girl. >> chewing like a cow. >> chewing like a cow on her cudd. >> i think i learned my lesson, i'm not supposed to be chewing gum right now, amy? >> no, you're not. that's a big no. we have a lot coming up with sara later. >> yes, we do. i can't look over there, i can't look towards you, hoda, because they just walked in. >> oh, oh, oh, oh. >> what are we going to do about that. >> there are our look-alikes, don't look. they're dead ringers. >> wait a minute, isn't she -- >> she has my bracelets on. >> that kathie lee is twice as big as hoda. >> that's the way i like it. all right. coming up next, it is potter mania week as millions of muggles get ready to check out the adventures of the whole gang and we have one of the stars, emma watson is here to talk to us. and we have double trouble just ahead.

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next to the much anticipated movie, the biggest news from the world of harry potter and the deathly hallows has to bed emma watson's brand-new look. >> we watched emma as she went interest a 9-year-old school girl to an almost 21-year-old movie star and college student growing up gracefully all the way and still managing to keep moviegoers under her spell. >> need to change. >> you're amazing, you are. >> always a surprise. >> and there you are. >> look at you. >> wow. you remind me of audrey hepburn. >> oh, my goodness. that's amazing compliment, thank you. >> you look sensational. >> thank you so much. >> are you surprised by the outpouring of excitement about your new haircut? >> it has been pretty crazy. i wasn't really anticipating so

much drama about it. but, i mean, it is great. i'm loving it. >> why did you decide to do it, to cut it? >> i just had the same hair for ten years and rai really felt le my hair was so associated with that role. and when i finished, i needed something new and -- to start fresh and just needed a change. >> almost a catharsis, right? >> exactly. >> with hermione and emma. >> it is symbolic, the sheering and cutting away of everything. >> this must have been just an aemotional sort of end to such a wonderful series. i can't imagine what that day must have been like for you. >> it was very emotional. it was very emotional. lots of tears. but, you know, i'm just very excited to see what the future has in store for me. >> rupert was here, was it yesterday? he was saying the same thing. we forget that ten years you were pretty much nonstop working on those films. >> exactly. it is nice to have a breather

and, yeah. >> can you actually be a regular college student at brown or is it -- >> that's the most amazing thing about brown and why i just -- i absolutely love being there. i love my classes. i love the professors. i love the students. i'm studying history, but and they're so respectful of my privacy and i have a normal existence there and i'm grateful for that. >> you to think your life after college will include a lot more acting or do you plan on going down a different path? >> i'm trying to fit in, you know, acting around my school schedule, but school definitely comes first for the moment. and then post school i definitely want to keep making movies, but i don't want to limit myself. there are so many things i'm interested in. i want to try everything. >> you certainly do have the world ahead of you. you can do anything you want and i love the story of how when you didn't even know how wealthy you had become until you were 17 years old and your father sat you down and had the money talk. >> i was on an allowance until

pretty late in the game. so, yeah, i don't know. i think he just -- my parents never wanted the experience to be about making money. >> good for them. >> and wanted it to be about -- >> we had so many people sitting in this chair and you seem so unjaded. you seem so unaffected by all those years of sort of being a big star. what do you think kept you grounded? >> i have an amazing family. and i have really wonderful friends. and it just makes -- it makes all the difference when people around me are very honest, and i just love what i do. i'm so grateful and i'm still so excited to be part of it all. >> but you have a life. you get to do what you're loving to do professionally but you have a life to go home to. so many people lose, you know, track of that and how important that is for your overall well-being. >> i think, again, that was really my parents, they insisted i went back to school, they insisted i maintained friendships and just kind of -- >> god bless them. >> yeah. i'm lucky. >> that's what's wrong with the world, the parenting situation.

we talk about it around here all the time, how important it is, and how we just lost the art of parenting. >> oh. >> we wish you great luck with this film. it is going to be a big hit. >> i've seen it and it is fantastic. >> oh, thank you. i'm so glad you enjoyed it. >> you are dilaelightful. >> such a sweet girl. >> thank you. up next, they are back, preparing for tomorrow's spiaecl seshx ow. close your ears. >> look at these two. ♪ turn the tub around ♪ talking about nutrition

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time for guys tell all, when our man panel gathers to spill everything you ever wanted to ask a guy. first up, famed chef curtis stone is back. >> took you long enough. >> his status, still single. not that there is anything wrong with that. >> i don't know about that. next up is the very funny, he says, chuck nice who can be seen on trutv's "world's dumbest,"

married for 12 years. >> next is comedian and actor rick younger. >> "morning glory". >> look at him right here. >> steals it. >> can't have eva longoria until two weeks after she does "gma," what do we do? >> do we want an actual baby, if so -- >> so good. you nailed it. >> thank you for that. >> and andrew trees, author of "decoding love" and andrew is married with a toddler. so, welcome back, guys. it has been a while. >> we'll start with miss sara, across the street. >> i'm here with kendall from minnesota. she has a question about moms. >> so i would like to know how much does your mother's approval matter? >> wow. >> whoa! >> talk about a loaded question. >> that's very interesting because i got married in my 30s and it was, like, it took a minute for you to -- like when

you live with your parents, it is one thing. when you're older and have to take someone home to your parents, it really mattered. everybody didn't get to see my mother. you were at a different level if you got to see my mother. >> it actually meant, i hate to say, it meant more than anything. as a matter of fact, i took my wife to meet my mother and my mother after she met her told me that she wanted to tell my wife to run for her life, and to stay away from this boy, whatever you do. >> she was so great. >> she was such -- that's how i knew i was going to marry that woman. >> same thing? andrew? >> i think a mother's approval is very important. if it is not, there might be issues with the mother, issues with women. >> this is from jen from facebook. how much do age and weight really matter to men and to what degree? for example, men say they roll their eyes when their girlfriends ask, do i look fat, but i heard plenty of men making

disparaging remarks about curtis? >> if you're attracted to someone because they look good, and if you're not, you're still attracted to the human being, but i think it is important to stay in shape for each other. >> i think it is a matter of preference. i personally like curves. and, mine, of couri mean, i done who doesn't look healthy, but i want some curves on my women. and i know people who prefer bigger women, but, i mean, it might also be a cultural thing. >> but postmenopausal curves are different. >> weight and curvy there is something called the ideal ratio, the hourglass figure, and men find women more attractive, even if they're heavier it nice to have the curves. >> i break out a pair of calipers when i meet a woman to make sure she has the proper hip

to waist ratio. >> have you ever fallen in love with a girl you thought was not your sexual type? >> i'm telling you, every guy whether they admit it or not has been with a big girl. >> it is true. >> the worst part about that is when you like it. you're like, i'm going back -- >> where you going? >> you got to sneak her out to the movies. >> that's awful! >> it is the truth. >> you sneaking her out to the movies and see a friend of yours, you're like, hey, how's it going? this is my friend, cousin person. >> from bible study. from bible study. >> you are terrible! >> listen to this, talking to four guys, she asked a question, which was do we worry about weight, and age, we all just spoke about the weight. of course we're worried about the -- >> i don't care about the age. age matters nothing to a man. >> we'll be back with more right after this.

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is a look at your afternoon high temperatures around the bay area, mid to upper 70s inland, perhaps still near 80 around the hilltops thanks to offshore winds for one more day. soak up the sunshine. tomorrow and thursday and friday we'll cool off, chance of showers arriving midday friday. stick around for the weekend, highs in the 50s. >> time i 10:2ore news coming up after the break.

along the embarcadero across near battery street gavin newsom will make a few remarks at a lunch ceremony. he hopes to make san francisco the most sustainable city in the nation. the hyatt regency in san francisco will undergo a dramatic trance formation this week as part of a new tradition. the atrium lobby will feature snow, hundreds of thousands of cascading lights and 40-foot-tall christmas tree. snow will actually fall three times a day in the lobby from friday through december 31st at 1:00, 6:00 and 8:00 in the evening. san jose santana road will look more like kris plas coming up. tonight the ninth annual tree lighting happens at 7:45, video from a few years ago, always a fun event. thousands of people come out and have a good time with the family especially when the weather is nice like it should be tonight. the annual event includes santa

and holiday carollers out and about singing. thanks for joining us this morning. the "today" show continues, coming up next we'll see you back here again tomorrow morning. have a great day. we are back here on this booze day with our guys tell all discussion. you know them, we don't have to go through them. you know them. >> curtis, chuck, rick and andrew. let's go across the street to sara. >> i'm here with rafael from texas. she has a question about changing relationships, which is what chuck was talking about before, so you might want to address this. >> well, in the beginning of our relationship, my husband was a lot more focused on our relationship. and now 13 years later it is

more on work and our two beautiful girls. my question is how can we create a better balance in our relationship? >> spice it up. >> yes, spice it up. >> i said this before, and i'm a firm advocate of it, the butt naked run through. run through butt naked. >> you get into the business of life. who is picking up the kids. >> diapers and mortgages, it is not -- >> a lot of times once we feel like we got you, we get a little lax. we don't mean anything by it necessarily -- >> doesn't mean you're looking around. >> right. it just means -- we're so secure in the relationship that we're like, there she is she's there, she's not going anywhere and once in a while you got to spice it up. >> there say certain pressure that happens to a man. i have people say to me, you work hard, you're always working and i say i am scared. i am terrified. i got two kids. i got a mortgage. i'm scared to death. so, you know, other things take less of a priority. that's all there is to it. >> have you been in a relationship long enough to feel

this way, curtis? >> i'm in an amazing relationship now. >> i know. >> i've broken my single status for the first time. >> wow, congratulations. >> i think it is -- you've got to keep it interesting. at the start, you want to be interesting to that person so you got to keep it up. as soon as you drop the ball, you're no longer interested. >> you know how he keeps it interesting? get a new girlfriend. >> that's what he did in the past. >> what you always have to remember as a guy is that there is always someone looking at your woman like you used to look at her when you first saw her. >> two can play that game by. >> that's good. >> andrew? >> i think if you add new elements that brings the excitement back. try a new restaurant, try a new activity you both enjoy, travel somewhere that you haven't been to before, those kinds of things can add that element. >> here is the question from elena from facebook. why does my husband cook one dinner a year and clean the house twice a year and feel he can tell everyone that we share the chores? hello! >> you do that.

you know you do that. >> this woman is a nagger. >> a nagger. >> nagger! >> okay? >> for a second, i was like, what are you calling me? what's that got to do with anything? she asked about her marriage, and all of a sudden you take off. >> all right, so, back to the -- back to the question. >> the word chore, why is it a chore? it is not a chore to cook for somebody. it is a joy. >> throwing the garbage out, cleaning up. >> me and curtis, i'm the cook in the house, i do the cooking and the cleaning. i don't tidy up afterwards. my wife tends to do that, but -- >> but you're contributing. >> yes.

>> the guys who don't. a lot of the guys don't. >> when guys do stuff they don't usually do, they make a big deal out of it. just roll with it. >> it is called marketing and pr. you can't let him get way with it. you got to call him out on it. yeah, you know, i help out around the house. no, you don't. right in front of his friends. when is the last time you did that? when did you do that, charles? when did you do that? >> one last quick one across the street to sara. >> i'm here with kend ra from west virginia. she has a question about friends' opinions. >> i have a friend who has been dating this guy for not very long, but i've noticed he doesn't treat her very well. so as a friend, thshould i say something or back off? >> no. when she stays with him, you going to be the enemy. it is like, just, you know, friends just leave friends alone. >> she says they have only started dating for a little while. maybe she'll learn. wait. >> she'll see it. she'll see it. >> or not, if she doesn't see

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>> kimberly. >> and your name? >> lajule. >>. >> but her name is kimberly lee. >> that's crazy. i can't even take -- that's freaky. >> we hear you had quite the day in new york, right? yesterday? let's see what happened to you guys yesterday. >> i've been married for 37 years. i have two daughters. i'm a retired schoolteacher. >> my middle name is lee. kimberly lee. and my husband's name is frank. and he was also an ex-athlete. we have three beautiful daughters. >> hi, wow. you're not close to being hoda's height. >> i know i'm not as tall as hoda. i'm only 5'1", but i carry myself in a very large way. >> i am 5'10", i am taller than

kathie lee. not only do i think she's a beautiful woman, i think she's beautiful inside and i really like her values. >> you drink a lot? >> a little bit. >> you better start. start drinking, heavily. >> wow. i could get used to this. >> this is fabulous. the only thing we're missing is the wine. >> one of the big pluses of this trip was getting my hair colored. and we went to louis licari. it was fabulous. we have to work our way around the studio so that hoda and kathie lee don't see us. ♪ ain't seen nothing yet baby, just ain't seen nothing yet ♪ >> you have to get your hoda dance face on. she does this thing with her shoulders like this where she

shrugs and you got to get this face. ♪ everyone has a story ♪ you need like broadway hands and emote, emote. let's just practice once together. ♪ everyone has a story ♪ ♪ i'm coming out >> are you ready to see the city? >> yes, let's go. >> let's hit it! >> i see you on tv. >> that's diane sawyer. >> guess again. >> miss gifford. how you doing? i knew you looked familiar. >> who you to think we might be? >> hoda and kathie lee. >> you got it, okay. ♪ double vision >> well, klg, cheers to us. >> absolutely.

>> that is so kind of freaky. >> we have got the little champagne here for you. we have taken it as a compliment, ladies that people confuse us as you. >> yes, you guys look terrific. hope you guys had fun. >> she was first told 20 years ago by your mom, right -- >> my grandmother, actually. you look just like kathie lee. >> and she has a child born on cody's birthday. >> you two are connected. >> and her husband frank is an ex-athlete, played for the kansas city royals. we want to thank david meister for the dresses and jennifer miller for the jewelry and want to thank you all. >> you were so sweet. please stick around for the rest of the show. >> i want the truth out. that's better. that's the way i like it. >> i'll get up on the box and be next to you. >> there you go. there we go. >> there we go. up next, how to prep for

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today's green is universal is brought to you by ge, imagination at work. >> now to our ongoing series today goes green, and how to upcycle for your thanksgiving day holiday extravaganza. >> some fun projects as always that you can do with stuff laying around your house is danny seau, founder of dailydanny.com. >> he's so nervous because we always have our way with him. >> yes, we do. >> we enjoy it. >> i'm a glutton for punishment i guess with you two. we'll start with something really great. a hostess gift for thanksgiving. bring a bottle of wine. don't just show up with a bottom of wine, you want to wrap it. this is just newspaper. >> that is cute. >> that is cute. >> that is cute. >> start off by taking -- >> for once this is good. >> take two sheet newspaper, wrap it around with tape and ribbon and cut the strips with

scissors and then the secret, it looks floppy like this. you just curl them, so you just -- curl these. curl these and run is right against the blade of the scissor and it curls right up. look how easy is that? >> hoda -- >> this is really easy. you need to get the hang of it. >> now that you've had your wine, you're going to save those wine corks. it is a trivet for the thanksgiving table. if you have a -- >> cute. i could make about a hundred of those at my house right now. >> this is called a pipe clamp, get this at the home improvement store. put them around all the corks. >> but they're different heights. >> get them the same height. you tighten it with this and you have an instant trivet, no glue, no mess. you can use the same pipe clamps and create these beautiful lanterns for the driveway or something going up to the house.

take a typical florist vase and take your paint stirrers from the home improvement store, wrap them around and you have instant lanterns. >> that's actually -- >> you want to use rechargeable led lights for safety. i got these at lowe's, they're so simple to find. >> what happened to you? you're three for three. >> yes! >> but hold on, hold on, danny. >> there is more to go. not so soon. >> you need a centerpiece. the great thing about cooking thanksgiving dinner, all the cans are fun, tea tins, corn cans, pumpkin pie pans. >> they are daryling. >> use them with mums and you have instant centerpieces. >> all right, four for four. >> okay, good, good. now you need a place marker for the table. and take rocks from the yard, kathie lee and hoda, you stamp them with alphabet stamps. >> no. >> that's a no.

no. >> no. but redeem yourself. >> i think it is cute. okay, so, great hostess gift, take newspaper that you've been soaking like for a couple of minutes. >> in what? >> in water. and you wrap it around a dowel or a broom stick, a bunch of them, like, really, really wet, squeeze out the water, this is condensing the paper, you're making your own dura flame fire logs for the fireplace. >> that's good. >> four for five for danny. >> that's never happened. >> yes, what do you think, kathie lee and hoda? pretty good? yes, thumbs up. >> coming up next, "the hurt lock locker" star anthony mackey

>> if you've seen the "hurt locker" you know about anthony mackie, one of the stars of that

little movie that scored big at the academy awards, nine nominations, six wins including the coveted best picture. >> anthony mackie's latest film debuted at sun dance called n "night catches us". his character returns to the philadelph philadelphia neighborhood he came of age in the black power movement. and he's here with us today. recuperated from our big night out on the town. >> slow and steady. >> that videotape was astonishing. >> i know. all the stuff we usually do with a different -- >> that's the way hoda and anthony, that tape of you hoisting kathie lee up, i don't know what was happening. >> she is so hoistable. >> look at the gang's all here. >> there is rob and melissa. >> that was the gang out. >> look out. >> oh! >> you look like a rag doll. >> you know what, i didn't fight it and i must say enjoyed it.

>> that was a shot there. things got weird. >> my gosh. i've been in traction since. i didn't really care. >> the beauty of it. >> was so surprising, i've only met you once, and then saw "the hurt locker" and thought you are really -- you're a very good actor. you are nothing like the portrayals i've seen. >> that's my profession, what i do, how i eat. so you know, i figure i should be good at it. >> and drink. >> a little beverage, you know. god bless the italians. >> it's funny how many roles you play. from "hurt locker," a huge win. now the role in this movie is so different. >> well, the thing about "hurt locker" that was amazing nobody expected that. >> you didn't know your part in history at the time. >> exactly. i wanted to do it was a great script. i knew, i had never been there. >> it was dangerous. you were in jordan, one of our

few allies but you were scared. >> a lot. we were three miles from the iraqi border so sometimes it got hairy. it wasn't like an organized shoot. we were one of the first movies to shoot in jordan. >> you looked like the enemy. >> we were a bunch of guys in a military up vee. >> i like how you do your homework. you don't go in and read up. you really study them. you studied for the role in "hurt locker." >> with "hurt locker" i was shooting a mofy in north carolina and i got on line and you know, websites are interesting because there's no censoring. these guys say everything that's on their minds. you can learn a lot. i learned more than i would have if i would have went and interviewed people. >> the new movie, tell us what appealed to you. it's an independent film. took ten years in the making. what did you love about it? >> with night catches us the great thing is it's a period of time it captures. there's a lot of things misconstrued about the black panther movement. with this character i wanted to

portray that aspect, that quality of family and community. you know, that was so important in the black panther movement. it's what the movie deals with. >> you and your girl carrie washington in there. >> you picked up the phone and gave her a call. >> i need backup, help me out. >> right for it. you know you can count on hoda. >> any time. >> i mean. >> anthony and i have a bond. >> little. >> we have a little. >> i have now moshed with him. >> we have a history back in the day in new orleans. >> we got a future, too. >> oh. >> tomorrow our show's all about sex, you want to come back? >> really. >> tell us a thing or two. >> we're going to talk about it. and don't forget friday we're hopping aboard the lure of the sea. >> we're look alikes one more time. >> david meister and jennifer miller. awesome booze day.[ r b.

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