good morning. sidelined. the assistant football coach who allegedly saw jerry sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy. uld from wo pulled from working tomorrow's game as he's received threats as joe paternoeaches out to a top criminal defense attorney. today, exclusive this morning, michael jackson's doctor goes on the record about the morning the pop star passed away. >> do you feel guilty that he died? >> and conrad murray will talk about whether he was involved in a coverup. and what a week. ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪

he's traveled the globe to spectacular destinations. did he save the best for last? he's about to unlock the secret to that question. where in the world is matt lauer? "today," friday, november 11th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> and welcome to "today" on this friday morning. i'm ann curry. we'll get to the latest on the penn state scandal and michael jackson's doctor in a moment. but first today is friday, a special day not only because it is 11/11/11, it is the very last day at least for this year we have to ask that burning question, where in the world is matt lauer? ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ ♪ show me a sign, give me a clue ♪ ♪ drop me a hint and tell me something new ♪ ♪ it's a global mystery

♪ mystery ♪ you've got to watch and see ♪ where in the world, where in the world is matt lauer ♪ >> ann, natalie and al we have made it today, five of where in the world is matt lauer, the fifth day and the tenth year of this series, so i want to do something a little bit differently, if you're all on board with that. i want to take the clue and talk about it a little later. are you okay with that? >> sure, yeah, okay. >> so play along with me then. if we're not going to do the clue now, ann and natalie, look at roker. now look back at me. now back at roker. sadly, he is not me, but if he were me, he might be a lumberjack somewhere in the canadian rockies, but al roker is not me. look down. look back up. you're on a yacht in monte carlo

with the man your man could be if he were on where in the world is matt lauer. your man is not close to me. look down. now look back up. what's in your hand? what's in my hand? it's an autographed picture of me. look again. it's an autographed picture of roker, the man your man could be if he were on where in the world. but he's not here. as a matter of fact -- >> oh, my lord! >> -- he's nowhere to be seen but if roker was me he might be in a tropical paradise and he could be throwing a beach party just for you. ♪ >> clearly matt is losing it. i'm so glad this thing is coming to an end. he's lost his mind. >> barbados. >> how beautiful. >> look at the dancers, listen to the music. look at roker, look back at me. i'm on a horse for day five of

where in the world is matt lauer. the beautiful island nation of barbados. >> that is so great and after the week you've had it's great to see you surrounded. you've got beach, and sand under your feet, will you when you get off that horse, surrounded in a land of coconuts, not just the ones worn by women. it's wonderful you're having a nice time. >> we decided we'd blow off a little steam on day five. making tracks for party of epic proportions. there was no clue in that. i'm just in the mood to have a party and barbados is the perfect location for that so we're going to show you around this island. we've got some great guests joining us. we'll sample the food and the drinks and i may take a dip in a few seconds as we wrap up the week on where in the world. guys, back to you. >> you're a man who deserves a party, matt. we all could use it as well. we'll be watching for that. thanks so much, matt.

we'll get back to him in just a moment. first we'll make a big turn and talk about this serious story that's leading our news this morning, this widening child sex scandal at penn state university. now the assistant football coach who allegedly witnessed jerry sandusky sexually assaulting a young boy is caught up in the firestorm as well. nbc's ron mott is live at state college with more. good morning. >> reporter: assistant coach mike mcqueary is set to be a key witness in the case against a former assistant. because emotions are raw and volatile the university is keeping him away from the stadium for tomorrow's big game. right now, mike mcqueary is in the eye of the storm. the penn state scandal cost football coaching legend joe paterno his job and other high ranking officials theirs. mcqueary still holds one but he's been sidelined. in a statement "due to multiple

threats made against assistant coach mike mcqueary the university decided it would be in the best interests of all for mcqueary not to be in attendance for the game." >> a lot of students cannot understand that, because it seems as though they both committed the same crime of negligence. >> reporter: according to the grand jury, mcqueary saw former assistant jerry sandusky allegedly sexually assault a young boy in a campus shower nearly a decade ago. mcqueary told paterno who notified his boss, the athletic director. both, along with sandusky, deny allegations against them. at paterno's home on thursday no, sign of the famed coach who has rallied students throughout the week. pattern know has reportedly contacted a prominent criminal defense attorney. some students are waiting to get

his take on the controversy. >> everybody wants to take his side, but until we can get all the facts and we want to hear from him, we want to hear what he has to say. >> reporter: governor tom corbett, the state's attorney general in 2009 when the current investigation into abuses began said there's plenty of regret to go around. >> any pennsylvanian who has any knowledge of this case feels a sense of regret and a sorrow to also see careers end, but we must keep in mind that when it comes to the safety of children, there can be no margin for error, no hesitation to act. >> i think it's going to be an absolute clean sweep of this football staff. it's hard to fathom that coaches who have been here 33 years, 34 years and another coach 24 years had no inkling of what jerry s n sandusky had been doing for over a decade and it doesn't stop

with joe paterno. >> reporter: in contrast to some of the roundiness we saw on campus wednesday night penn state students organized a candlelight vigil tonight to refocus some of the attention on the victims of the alleged sexual abuse. >> ron mott, a story that is still developing. thank you for reporting this morning. now we'll take a turn and talk about politics and the fallout from texas governor's oops moment at the cnbc debate wednesday night. chuck todd has more on this. good morning to you. >> good morning, ann. the campaign to become the chief conservative challenger to mitt romney has turned simply into a game of survival, as rick perry and herman cain are spending more time apologizing and everything mia culpas than focusing on making the case against romney. >> i would do away with the education -- >> what do you do when everybody is talking about this? >> commerce and, let's see, i can't, the third one i can't,

sorry. oops. >> reporter: you do this? >> here to present tonight's top ten list, top ten rick perry, come on out, rick. number six. >> hey, listen, you try concentrating with mitt romney smiling at you. that is one handsome dude. >> reporter: capping off a day of doing this. >> that i stepped in it last night. people make mistakes when they debate. i readily admit i may not be the best debater. style over substance certainly happened. i had a brain freeze as you said. >> reporter: and your wife comes out and says this. >> everybody forgets something every now and then but he remembered our anniversary last week. >> reporter: even before the debate it's been a stunning reversal of fortune for the former republican front-runner whose support steadily declined after performances. >> was it before. liberty or die, victory or death, bring it. >> reporter: some republicans say perry's campaign is all but

over. >> everyone always gets a mulligan or two when playing golf but after a while when you take too many of them people come to the conclusion you're just not a very good golfer. >> reporter: perry's gaffe even overshadowed for a day the allegations of sexual harassment toward herman cain who remains defiant. >> over the last couple of weeks, i've been through hell. now here's the good news. it didn't kill me or slow us down one bit. >> reporter: but cain still had to do his own damage control after this reference to former house speaker nancy pelosi. >> princess nancy sent it to committee and it stay there. >> reporter: on thursday he grudgingly apologized. >> i apologize for calling her princess pelosi if that's the biggest story for the day, a poll jis. >> reporter: why do you apologize? is it insensitive to call her

that? >> so you all will stop asking me about that. >> for perry, this is the last debate he's committed to even though there are five on the calendar next month. >> chuck todd who has a very interesting job. thank you for keeping tabs on all of this. let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories from natalie morales at the news desk. >> good morning ann and everyone. occupy wall street protests turned deadly last night in two cities. police are not sure if a shooting was related to demonstrations and in burlington, vermont, a 35-year-old war veteran apparently shot himself in a tent where protesters are camped out. police responded by trying to shut down the protesters' camp, meeting resistance from demonstrators. it was an up day finally for wall street thursday but eurozone fears linger this morning. cnbc's courtney reagan is at the new york stock exchange. what are we expecting today? >> stock markets are going to

focus on what's going on in italy today on what could be an otherwise quiet day for trading and economic data. italy's senate is voting on budget cuts that could lead to silvio berlusconi's stepping down. >> the stock market is open today but the bond market is closed due to the holiday. shocking footage from a deadly boat accident in key west on wednesday a racing catamaran went airborne. it flipped over and crashed. two of the racers died in that crash. new jersey police say they busted a drunk school bus driver with help from the children on the bus. some of the 25 students on the bus called and texted their parents to alert them. one middle schooler sexed

"mommy, i think our bus driver is drunk and she's not driving right." police say the 46-year-old driver had a blood alcohol level of 0.25%, five times the legal limit for operating a commercial vehicle. she's been released on bail. one 12-year-old on board said kids were yelling "i don't want to die today." how scary is that. he's done it before. he's doing it again. billy crystal will host this season's academy awards, it will be his ninth time taking the stage. the 63-year-old comedian is stepping in, now that eddie murphy has dropped out. crystal hasn't hosted since 2004 and said he's doing it again so "the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking his name" when he picks up his prescriptions. i highly doubt that. we'll be so happy to have him back. it's been a long time. >> he's a perfect choice because he's kind of that blend of just nice humor but also serving

humor. >> you're hoping he always does with the best pictures. >> cannot wait. go brian and billy. talk about the weather this morning. >> as we check things out we'll show you for today we're basically looking at a double barrel low pressure system coming into the west coast, subtropical moisture means some heavy rain from central on into southern california, anywhere from one to two inches of rain, from los angeles down into san diego, more rain in the pacific northwest as well. the rest of the country, snow showers and wet weather in the northwest and i should say into new england with some windy conditions. we've got plenty of sunshine in the mid section of the country and some lake-effect snow for northeastern ohio, western pennsylvania and western new york as well. that's what's going on in the countr good morning to you, we have a lot of rain, just about to move on shore at the coastline. so make sure you're ready for it. plan on giving yourself extra time to get to work this morning. especially if you work in the

city of san francisco. showers will continue on and off throughout the day, especially off the coast. but we are going to see probably one-tenth of an inch and clearing early on inland. that means you can hit 65 in concord. the bank of the west seven day showses you staying dry over the weekend. >> on this 11/11/11, a big thank you and debt of gratitude to all of our veterans on this day, all of them and their families, for serving our country. >> thank you so much this morning. now we talk about the glamour glamour couple of the year, william and kate, the duke and duchess of cambridge. soon we learn they're about to spend some time apart. michelle kosinski is at buckingham palace with more. >> reporter: duty calls for prince william. he found out he will be deployed nearly 8,000 miles away to the falkland islands in the south atlantic. it will be for more than a month, starting february, and kate cannot join him.

♪ it's almost hard to remember them not together, because together they shine. last night, kate, in a gleaming one-shouldered silver gown, she likes the silver lately, cinched at her yes, still tiny waist. they joined to help raise money for fallen soldiers. william himself has lost friends in battle. >> the national arboretum has become the iconic focal point for the remembrance of the nation's heroes. >> reporter: william's service come february will bring him all the way down here, the falklands. not exactly a tropical paradise, where william will live in a sparse room on base, was warned, there's no atm or shoe repair here. and at last there won't be a walmart like brother harry had near his training in california,

procuring royal necessities like pizza and beer. >> you are clear. >> reporter: lieutenant william wales will face some tough rescue training in trying conditions. >> the locals say you can have four seasons in a day and that is quite true. i've seen that, so you could wake up to lovely sunshine and it could be snowing four hours later. >> reporter: in really important matters, what about kate? the newlyweds not yet even moved into their 20-room apartment in their palace will be able to celebrate the holidays together, catherine's birthday in january when she hits the big 3-0, but then it's six long weeks apart. >> it is the first time that william and kate have been apart for such a long time and maybe she'll have to focus more attention really on her royal duties and what she's going to be doing in the future. >> reporter: the timing of will's expected deployment so far away is kind of quashing the questionably founded rumors that kate might be expecting. but it shows right now as a

military man his first duty must be to his country. kate will have to wait at home. what's interesting about this is that next year will be the 30th anniversary of britain's war with argentina over the falkland islands which britain won but argentina considers the islands its own. some concern the prince being sent there now could hurt relations between the two countries. >> thank you so much. now let's go back to matt to see what he's up to on day five of his where in the world tour. >> all right, ann, thank you very much. i am back here on barbados. thank you very much. which is a beautiful island. thank you so much. and i'm here at the stunning sandy lane resort, which is world renowned. thank you so much. i appreciate it. by the way, barbados is not technically a caribbean island. it's part of the lesser

antilles. they have an expression life didn't begin on barbados but it was perfected here. the people celebrate four basic seasons, christmas, cricket, cropover and carnival. cropover is a festival that lasts about five books. the island is 21 miles by 14 miles, about a quarter of a million people call this home. while it may not be big in size, it is not short on indulgence. if peace of mind came in pictures, it might look something like this. for 70 miles, the sands that ring this tropical island make up some of the best beaches on the planet. fall into the 80-degree ocean. doesn't get better than this. one of the most popular attractions here, the sea turtles. they're friendly, swimming right alongside divers and snorkelers,

guiding them through an underwater adventure. the east side of the island faces the rugged atlantic, a surfer's dream. >> the water's warm, the waves are perfect. it's a perfect place to come with your family and have a vacation. >> reporter: once you brave the elements how about some pampering? the resorts catered to a-list celebrities like simon cowell, the beckhams and superstar rihanna was born and raised in barbados, she's now an ambassador for tourism in her homeland. with summer-like temperatures year round, the entire island is a tropical garden. among the rich foliage the barbados green monkey. these tiny creatures roam free and wait patiently for tourists to offer up some lunch.

people who live here call themselves bejian, full of pride in the island's rich history. foundeded as a british colony in 1627, a bit of old england remains but barbados has been an independent nation for 45 years. labors from around the world make up the unique island cuisine. >> we draw on food and produce from most continents in the word. shiso and caviar. it's very important to us whatever we do is truly unique and special. perfect, beautiful, sauce please. >> reporter: on weekends the small fishing village of oystens comes alive with a fish free. >> fish cuckoo, our national fish here. >> reporter: when night falls things really heat up. >> they know how to party. they know how to drink. they know how to have a good time. >> i love barbados.

>> reporter: the dance floor is full of smiles, a place to let loose and party in paradise. ♪ as i said, ann, natalie and al, we were looking for a beautiful place to kick back and relax and maybe party a little bit at the end of this week of long travel and boy, we could not have picked a better place than barbados. we'll show you around quite a bit as we continue this morning, guys. back to you. >> you have done such a great job all this week, we were all wishing for you a tropical island. we were guessing that's what you meant when you talked about tracks, we thought tracks in the sand but how did you pull off that amazing, we're still talking about that, amazing reveal this morning? >> we almost pulled it off. al, we both love that old spice commercial so i thought we'd do some kind of variation on that. the worst part about this was right before the show, got to be 90 degrees and 90% humidity and

wearing the borsch shorts, the cap, during it one of the guys out here dan was supposed to throw a bucket of water on me as the captain. >> we saw the water. >> he missed me completely. >> there was some water. >> anyway. >> it just didn't get on your face but it was on your suit. >> did you finally get the mustache taken off? >> you know, i thought when i pulled it, it came off. afterward they were like no, no, you had half a mustache on. we'll see you more in a couple of minutes. >> all right, sounds really great and more of day five of matt's where in the world and much more. but first, this is "today" on nbc. ♪

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capital one aadventure card. >> did those guys see them in. >> no, they're not talking. >> we're going to have much more coming up from barbados. great water sports around here and a very familiar face will be joining us from the water in a moment. and also coming upe good morning to you. 7:26 right now. occupy oakland day at this plaza may be numbered after a man was shot just steps for the encampment. protesters say the victim was not part of the occupy camp. they have seen him volunteers there a few times. in the meantime major quan once again called on protesters to leave. >> i really spent every waking hour working on a solution, a peaceful solution, if we can, to close the encampment, and ohio

to honor the spirit of the 99%. >> occupiers say several fights broke out yesterday, but they are stressing the shooting is not connected to the occupy movement. 7:26. want to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning. a live look at san francisco. you can see storm clouds rolling in. the deep ban of moisture is starting to push onshore. san francisco, the west side of the peninsula getting slammed. up wards of half an inch in cities along the peninsula. on and off showers in the forecast for the first part of the day. they start to lighten up a little bit this evening. 64 in san jose. by saturday a nice clear sky overhead. let's check the drive and see how the showers are working. >> because it's a friday before a holiday, not too bad.

we had a slow moving caravan of equipment earlier. in the last half hour we had an accident involving a big rig. that's the focus. slow past the coliseum. clearing north of high street to downtown. so just pack your patience. the south bay shows a general slowing 101 past 680. it's clear by the time we get to the airport. for the latest traffic and news updates, check us out on facebook.

♪ 7:30 now on this tgif, friday morning, november 11th, 2011, and it is one lucky day for matt, who has found himself on the beach for the last day of his boondoggle. >> that's right, i'm at sandy lane in barbados. they get something like 300 sunny days here. we're getting a couple clouds, we could get a drizzle in a couple of minutes but a beautiful spot to end our week. did i mention water sports? if you look at behind me the young lady in the middle is

giada de laurentiis. she's learning a little or i don't know, flirting with the instructors. >> boy you know me well. i'm great in paradise. can't be better than this. >> you have beautiful form. we'll see giada on land in just a second. the people here call themselves bejians. there are 1,600 rum shops here, you get the picture, we're going to be showing you around as i mention in just a minute, ann. back to you. >> all right, can't wait, matt. and we've also got much more from new york as well including adam sandler live in the house coming this up morning and hoda and kathie lee from the wizarding world of harry potter at universal studio. we begin with our interview with conrad murray, the doctor convicted in the death of michael jackson, currently awaiting sentencing. before the verdict he sat down

with our own savannah guthrie for a candid interview. >> good morning to you ann. only two people know what happened inside michael jackson's bedroom in his final hours. dr. mur ray agreed to tell us hs side of the story and answer some questions in the case, why he didn't call 911 right away and how long he was really out of the room the morning jackson died. june 25th, 2009, michael jackson returns home after a long night of rehearsals to what had become a nightly ritual, dr. conrad murray waiting to give the exhausted entertainer what he wants more than anything, sleep. do you feel guilty that he died? >> i don't feel guilty, because i did not do anything wrong. i am very, very sorry for the loss of michael. michael is a personal friend. it's heartfelt. it's been painful. >> reporter: murray admits for two months every night he gave

jackson the powerful anesthetic propofol, nicknamed milk of amnesia. he said he tried to wean jackson off the drug in the final days but on june 25th when nothing else was working murray says jackson demanded his milk and the doctor gave in. you said that you gave him 25 milligrams. you watched him and then you left for two minutes. >> okay. how long as far as all of that you've heard would the effect of 25 milligrams of propofol last. >> how could you be sure? wasn't it reckless to leave? >> no. >> reporter: murray contends he gave the singer so little pro foe follow the effects of it were long gone before jackson stepped away but jackson's autopsy showed he died with much more in his system than murray admits giving. >> 10:20 phone call. >> reporter: murray originally called police he left jackson's room for only two and a half minutes to use the restroom but cell phone records show murray

was also on his iphone talking and e-mailing for more than 40 minutes, and in our interview, dr. murray made a key admission. he stepped away during that time and was gone from the room far longer than the two minutes he has acknowledged. how could you really be monitoring michael jackson at the same time you're making calls, you're texting, e-mailing, were you distracted? >> no, i was not. i looked at a man all night deprived of sleep, who was so desperate for sleep and finally is getting some sleep, am i going to sit over him, sit around him, tug on his feet, do anything unusual to wake him up, no. >> you walked out of the room to talk on the phone. >> absolutely. i wanted him to rest. >> you said you were talking on the phone but you could see him. >> i could not see him from where i was talking. >> but you could hear him. >> i would think if he got up and called for me i would hear him. >> if he stopped breathing, could you hear that? >> no, i cannot but he was not on an infusion that would cause him to stop breathing and that's the reason they talk about i was

not supposed to be monitoring him at that time because there was no need for monitoring. >> so you don't regret leaving the room? >> i regret that michael has passed. >> reporter: so how does dr. murray explain what happened? at trial, his defense argued jackson secretly swallowed several anti-anxiety pills while murray was out of the room and then injected himself with one final dose of propofol, a lethal combination. is it your theory he woke up and somehow in the two minutes you were gone injected himself, gave himself lidocaine so he wouldn't feel the burn? is that your theory? >> well, something happened when i was not in that room as to how it happened and the mechanisms, i don't know that. >> let's say he did take this propofol himself. don't you bear some responsibility? the propofol is in that room because you prescribed it to

him. >> this is the situation. it's difficult to think that i met michael with a situation where he was absolutely having use of that substance long before i got there. >> but own your portion of it. were you right to leave him in a situation where he had the opportunity to inject himself? >> well, i'm going to say that was not a foreseeable situation. if mr. jackson -- >> it wasn't? >> no, no. had i known what i knew today in retrospect, if mr. jackson was an addict and he had shared that information with me, addicts may behave in a way that is unreasonable and you may consider it. >> reporter: you yourself just said he was a desperate man. >> desperate for sleep. >> reporter: and you left him alone with propofol. >> he was asleep. >> reporter: murray came back to the bedroom to find jackson wasn't breathing. why didn't you call 911 right

away? >> no one is allowed to come upstairs except for mr. jackson. his security are not allowed to enter the house. >> you called his body guard. couldn't you have said call 911 and meet him at the gate? >> call 911 would still require him to call me back. i don't think he would do that and i was not about to leave a full explanation on the phone. >> reporter: murray did eventually tell a jackson security guard to call 911 and the paramedics were there in less than five minutes. why didn't you tell the paramedics when they came that he had taken propofol? >> that's a very sad reason, because it was inconsequential. 25 milligrams and the effects gone means nothing. >> wait a minute, why not let them be the judge of that. why not supply the best information you have? >> paramedics depend on me. >> you told them about the other drugs but you didn't tell them about the propofol. >> because it had no effect, it was not an issue. >> please be seated. >> just before paramedics arrived the security guard

testified dr. murray asked him to put empty vials and bottles into a bag. if you add all of this up, you don't call 911 for 20 minutes, you don't tell the paramedics or the e.r. docs about the propofol but you mention other drugs. the body guard says you're in the room telling people to clean up the vials. it sounds like you knew you had done something wrong and you were trying to cover your tracks. >> well, if that's the way it appears to you, i think, unfortunately, you have the wrong perception. >> nbc news confirming legendary singer michael jackson has in fact died of cardiac arrest. >> reporter: experts have said that if you hadn't delayed, if you had actually called 911 right away, there's a chance michael jackson would still be alive. >> i think experts can say whatever they want without a full deck but who knows, by the time i discovered him, had he

not died. >> despite his conviction on involuntary manslaughter charges, dr. murray insists he did not give a lethal amount of propofol to jackson and that he did everything he could to save jackson. murray will be in court november 29th to find whether he will spend up to four years in prison. >> see more tonight "michael jackson and the doctor" 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc and monday here on "today" an exclusive tour inside the house where michael spent his final days. for now let's get a check of the weather from al. >> all right, ann, thanks so much. of course we made a lot about the fact that it's 11/11/11, and all these kids are turning 11 today. our spokesperson, what is your name? >> abby. >> where are you from? >> ohio. >> have you been waiting for this day? >> yes. >> wouldn't it be special at 11:00, 11 minutes past 11, it

will be 11/11/11 :11. let's check your weather, or you can check your weather. i'm not going to check your get a check of this weather. we have a lot of green on the radar. steady showers moving over the peninsula right now. expected to last for quite some time. take a look as i widen out for you. you can see how much rain is on the way. potential flooding on the peninsula. we'll see the rain pump lg through for three or four hours. get yourself plenty of time the get to work. the highs won't be that warm except for fairfield and livermore. we're expecting more sunshine. all the rain will really impact the coastline. by tomorrow 65 inland. 55 at the the coast and dry. nd on this 11/11/11 weekend, what better time to tell you about the best night of the week, sunday night football night in america. two teams, 5-3.

one, only one can be 6-3 after this is over. metlife stadium, the new england patriots coming in for the jets. cloudy, breezy, cool, temperatures 50 to 54. oh, you're gonna want to watch this one on sunday night, football night in america. ann? >> all right, al, thank you so much. coming up next, we'll take you baaing to the fun in barbados, more of where in the world is matt lauer after this.

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in barbados and we wanted to take a second to remind you how we got here. we left the top of europe yesterday after the show, we jumped on a chopper, flew down into the valley below. from there another chopper 68 miles to zurich where we got on our plane and flew some 1,850 miles to santa maria in the azores, picked up some fuel and flew another 2,700 to barbados, getting here at about 1:00 in the morning. so if you are keeping track and add that to what we've done so far, we've traveled 29,778 miles, and we are not finished yet. i want to talk about calypso, traditional part of the culture. alison hynes, great to see you. >> pleasure to meet you matt. >> let's take a little bit of a walk. here's something i've never done before. tell me about calypso. what makes a great calypso?

>> calypso or soca as we know good lines, good party song and makes people happy. that's the great thing about it. >> you have a festival called cro cropopa. is soca is a big part of that? >> it is like the foundation of cropover. >> a lot of costumes, a lot of them traditional. >> yes. >> what should i know about those? >> a lot of beads and feathers, you can see the women and the guys are looking beautiful. we also have traditional characters. >> who are the traditional characters? >> shaggy bears. which we're coming up on. >> right here? >> yeah. they represent the spirits, comes from our ancestry, so they represent the spirits and here we have what we call mother sally. as you can see -- >> what does mother sally represent? >> she's very well endowed, she represents utility -- fertility. this is part of it. >> there's another part of it.

you know a lot about this and it's called wokking it up. it is actually a dance move. >> yes, it is. >> i have one little issue here, as i was leaving europe yesterday, i had a bit of a snowshoeing accident, my doctor told me to wokking it up for three days. >> no, no, no i've heard that before. >> i'm going to step aside and you're going to teach giada. >> no. >> no, you teach him. >> both of us, all right? we'll both do it. this is going to be wokking it up, care of alison hynes. >> we'll do a sway. first of all. >> put your hands on your hips. >> so just do -- ♪ that's right. there you go. >> come on, matt. >> this has got to get more complicated than this. >> now we go around. around matt. >> oh the whole circle. oh, there's that snowshoe injury again.

>> come on. >> go ahead. >> this is serious business here. i've been practicing for days to get this right. >> alison hynes, you have a new album out? >> "caribbean queen" it's available on itunes. you can get that. >> great to have you here. giada, way to go. we're going to have much more from where in the world after these messages. go giada! i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that's what they do with great grains cereal. see the seam on the wheat grain? same as on the flake. because great grains steams and bakes the actual whole grain. now check out the other guy's flake. hello, no seam. because it's more processed. now, which do you suppose has better nutrition for you? mmm. great grains. the whole whole grain cereal.

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are you ready for this? it's thanksgiving, just 13 days away from now, but around here that means it's time for a very special delivery in rockefeller center, and as usual, al is right in the middle of the action. hey, al. >> hey, ann. this is our official start of the holidays in a sense. here it comes, the rockefeller center christmas tree from mifflinville, pennsylvania, a 74-foot norway spruce. this bad boy weighs ten tons, and they are going to put this thing up in rockefeller center. we like the tree on the 30th. ann? >> sounds great, al. she looks beautiful so far. she'll be unveiled later. from christmas to calypso, we go back to matt in barbados. >> that's right, some calypso

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most of the rain will stay confined to the immediate coastline. but hey, that means potential flooding on your way home from work, on your way to work. give yourself plenty of time. >> because it's a friday before a va -- well, including a vacation day for many, it's a lighter volume. this accident had things really tied up for the last half hour. we're just seeing traffic move a little bit better from the coliseum. 98 past the coliseum. past highs where the real focus is here. the clouds are hanging out here. no major delays for the north bay. a smooth drive into the city. a veterans day parade may keep things tied up on market street. starts about now is when closures may kick off. >> folking getting in line for that. for the latest traffic and news updates, check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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♪ ♪ now when it comes to broadcast ♪ you is the man no one can surpass ♪ you are the master of tv, morning show time i guarantee ♪ ♪ let me tell you matt lauer you don't need no teleprompter ♪

♪ when it come to this kind of thing, you is the man, matt ♪ ♪ you is the king ♪ you're went to malaysia, i know now you're right in barbados ♪ matt lauer on nbc, as sweet as sweet could be ♪ ♪ matt lauer and nbc, matt lauer and nbc, this is really as it should be ♪ ♪ matt lauer and nbc, the greatest combination on tv ♪ >> wow! >> you wrote that song just in the last couple of days, right? >> yes, i wrote it for you, matt, because we love you here in this country, and we thank you for coming. we know you've come in the past, but my god, sandy lane, woohoo!

>> thank you so much. i really appreciate that. >> mighty gabby, and giada de laurenti laurentiis, day five of where in the world is matt lauer, it's barbados and it's great here. we're going to have a little fun with food and drink. >> oh, yeah, that's what it's all about in barbados. we'll make a barbadian national fish. >> and a drink called monkey in a tree. do you know what that is? >> i have no idea. >> don't tell him. it's a surprise. >> a lot coming up. back to ann and al in new york and i now have my own theme song. >> you deserve that and more. by the way, matt, it's 43 degrees here in new york city so we're shivering here, happy to see new that warm sand. coming up in this half hour we've got a special treat because adam sandler is here, he's right here on our plaza saying hi to all the fans. cheers and screams seeing him,

so happy. a new movie called "jack and jill." >> that's right and we'll get the story behind that magnificent norway spruce i got to ride in here from pennsylvania, we'll have the story of the family who donated it. >> get the holiday started and also get the news started, throwing to natalie morales, who is inside with all the top stories. >> good morning again, ann and al and good morning, everyone. a penn state coach at the center of the football sex abuse scandal will skip saturday's final home game because of threats. receivers coach mike mcqueary testified before a grand jury he saw former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky molesting a boy in the shower nearly a decade ago. he informed head coach paterno then but did not go to the police. the scandal led to the arrest of sandusky and two school officials and forced paterno to step down this week after a legendary career spanning six decades. the attorney for one of the

women who filed a sexual harassment against herman cain said some of the accusers wish to remain private. cain who denies all accusations told supporters thursday he's been through hell the last couple of weeks but it hasn't slowed his bid for the republican presidential nomination. >> today is the first birthday of lisa irwin, the missouri baby missing for more than a month. investigators say they still have leads, but have looked every place they can. on thursday a child specialist working with kansas city police reinterviewed lisa's 5 and 8-year-old half brothers who were home when she disappeared. now for a look at what is trending today, today's date is a trending topic on twitter as you'd expect, 11/11/11 is popular with lottery players and couples taking a gamble on marriage. they're lining up in las vegas for licenses so they can tie the knot on this distinctive date. this youtube video proves you don't lead lullabies to

soothe a crying baby when you have the notorious b.i.g. ♪ >> it's working there. call her a biggy baby. where in the world is already going viral thanks to our own version of the commercials with the old spice guys. take a look at matt lauer. >> he might be a lumber jack somewhere in the canadian rocky its, but al roker is not me. look down. look back up. >> whoa! >> where are you? you're on a yacht in monte carlo with the man your man could be if he were on where in the world. but your man is not me. >> cue the water guy. and then off goes the sailor suit, then there he is on the beach in barbados, nice way to end the journey on the horse, nonetheless, to end a journey of

30,000 miles. there he goes. it was the best, i think. al roker, hard to top that. >> you know, good thing they didn't lose count of the layers he was wearing. >> yes. >> that could have been embarrassing. >> yes, it could have. >> you brought stones candy from oswego? >> for al roker, turtles. >> the best candy shop in the world, stone's candy in oswego. let's check your weather. atlanta, 11 alive they've got a great event going on 10:00 a.m. today at the georgia dome, kindness, honoring kindness and our veterans starts at 10:00 a.m. in the georgia dome. wet weather making its way out of new england, some heavy rain the,ut b then we've also got another powerful storm system making its way into central and southern california, with heavy rain there, high wind and surf. look for plenty of sunshine through the southeast, on into the mid-atlantic states, the upper ohio river valley looking pretty good, some snow showers in the western great lakes and

the eastern great lakes seeing some lake-effect snow. that's what's going on in the country. good morning to you. still staying pretty dry in san jose. storm clouds are rolling in. take a look at what's impacting the peninsula right now. a lot of rain is coming down. we have moderate cells pushing onshore. yellow moving over san francisco. this will last for a while. at least for two or three hours. that could potentially lead to localized flooding. take it very easy on your way to work. we'll likely start to see this action wind its way down on your way home from work. pretty wet conditions out there. 63 in fremont. 64 in san jose today. thank you so much. coming up next, matt is about to really get the party started with not only some good food but some rum, as he winds up his where in the world adventure right after this.ut [ male announcer ] now at subway, get a free 6-inch sandwich of your choice

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welcome back to day five of where in the world, for this year. every time we take the show on the road we like to sample the local cuisine. what did you find, giada? >> i had the pleasure of tasting the finest rumz s in the world on the planet and i got my first cooking class, kind of felt like being in the room with my grandmother. the cuisine of barbados is just as unique as it's made. madelyn foster is head chef at brown sugar, one of the best places for authentic bejian food. this is the classic flying fish. madelyn showed me how to make the national dish of barbados. cuckoo and flying fish. is there a seasoning on it? >> inside. >> i want to try. can i try it? >> not yet. >> why not? >> no, i have to crush the

lumps. >> i cook for a living too, you know. finally she let me take over. i can tell she's stressed out. you want it back? >> yes. >> okay, go. let's taste it. >> beautiful. >> beautiful. mwah! but no bejian meal is complete without a tropical cocktail. barbados is home to mount gay rum, the oldest rum in the world established in 1703. inside the factory every bottle is sanitized, filled with rum, capped and labeled and boxed up to be shipped around the world. >> this is all going home, all going home. >> we got a chance to sample mount gay rum with some friends. at the end of the day, good food and cold cocktails are the perfect way to celebrate this tropical paradise. >> to barbados! what i learned from hanging out with everybody here is that the

people are so warm and hospitable, that makes it fantastic. >> ovi is a sous chef here. you're going to show us the cuckoo dish. >> we have the cuckoo and the cornmeal and. >> you see the okra? that's just with water. >> consistency to it. >> okra cooked in water. >> i'm going to step around. go ahead, giada. >> the whole trick is the stirring. >> is the stirring. the paddle and we stir. have to have strong hands. >> yes. you got to break up the lumps. it's similar to polenta, that's what i compare it to. he slowly adds the cooked okra with water and melted butter. he uses the flat paddle which is also one of the tricks. >> press it against the side. >> to get rid of the lumps. if you don't cook it just right it becomes lumpy and dry.

>> okay. >> so moving on, we have -- >> flying fish. >> these little guys. >> what happens if we can't find flying fish back in the states? >> you can use bass, herring. >> snapper. >> good. >> those fly out of the water by the way. >> i know, i've seen them. >> maybe somebody else hasn't. >> sorry. >> you take the fillets and this is the secret. tell them the secret. >> secret is the season. >> what's that? >> this is loads of herbs. >> beijian seasonings. >> herbs, garlic, dry herbs. >> this is the difference between jamaican jerk and beijian cuisine. he rubs it over there and cooks it in a ragu. just like that. nice tomato and onion. go for it. >> while you're doing that, plate that, let's move on to jamal bowen, the reigning barbados mixmaster champion. congratulations. what are you going to make for us? >> monkey in a tree.

>> great, take it away. >> we have malibu here, coconut rum and some mango rum as well. >> i had several of these in the last few days and they're pretty darned good. >> i almost had to stop with giada. a little bit of pineapple juice, pineapple liquor. this is a popular cocktail at the hotel. ♪ go jamal, go, go jamal go >> hurry, jamal, i want to taste it. >> i don't want you taking the monkey off. >> i understand there's another drink? >> a giada special. i'll scoot over here. what do you think? >> it's good. >> it's good, right? i know, that will put you in a good mood in about five seconds. >> put you in a coma in about five seconds. >> that's the point. lime juice, freshman goe that i

like to freeze, a little bit of mint simple syrup and here we go, jamal, a nice amount of white rum. >> i'm not even trying that, jamal. >> why not? >> i'm jet lagged, i'll be out cold. >> jamal and i will drink it, that's all right. jamal, make your special drink. >> sure. >> okay, you know what? i don't think i should mix this. i think it's too fool. let's drink to matt lauer. >> we'll have much more in barbados including the gifts. no more clues, we're done. first these messages. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.

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what, why are you making a face? tell me you don't feel this. >> i didn't feel it. maybe if you did it harder. a little harder. >> no, jill, stop it. he's kidding. >> what? >> ooh! >> i'm fine, gabby. he didn't 100% connect. >> feel that, daddy? >> i actually did feel something there, pride in my son. >> you know what it's like. >> must have been fun to write this. >> that was. >> what is it about dressing up as a woman that really you enjoy the most? is it the spanx, the bra? >> spanx works, gets you feeling right. i didn't know about spanx until the movie and a lot of women said hey, spanx, rock 'n' roll. >> they can be comforting. >> takes you in and gives you a little bit more of a -- yeah, but it was fun. i enjoyed being the lady for a

bit. i actually didn't enjoy it. i didn't like it at all. >> but when you say that i got to tell you, we dug in our "snl" "saturday night live" archives pen this is not the first time. >> yes. >> we found that gap girl lucy braun, another one of the beautiful -- >> i didn't know she had a last name. >> did you have any takeaways from spending time as a woman, what it means to be a woman, deep thoughts? >> maybe i should go with a lower skirt. that's what i came away with. there's one shot in the movie that gets a nice big laugh and i never understood why and then i saw it the other day on the big screen. i was like oh that's what they were laughing at. i have big weird soccer thighs hanging out. >> muscular thighs. you don't have the dainty part. >> it was not dainty. >> you play this role as jill because jill is jack's annoying twin sister. she's also endearing. >> she's very nice. >> loveable. >> jack's a little bit moody. jill is a nice lady, she's lonely.

they live different ends of the country, she doesn't have many friends and when she sees her brother she wants to do a lot of things with him and his life's busy, he has a nice family and he's just like all right quit smothering me. >> she won't leave after thanksgiving visit and on top of that she catches the eye of none other than al pacino. >> makes sense to me. pacino is going through a little bit of a crisis in his own life. >> can you do me a favor and not hold me like this? >> this is the funniest part, how do you convince al pacino, godfather of venice, do a romantic with jill, aka you. they kind of get in it. >> there's, we never go too far for many reasons. the pg of it all and so we didn't want to get you know. >> you wanted to maintain a little bit of a separation. >> he didn't like smelling my

cologne, but anyways, he was, i don't know, great actor, great man man, one of the funniest guys. i'm sure people realize but a lot of people, don't realize he started as a standup comedian. >> i didn't know that. >> i didn't know that either until i hung out with the man. >> the thing i love is that you don't hold back. when you're going to do one of these things you just throw yourself into this thing. >> i try. >> that's scary to do that. >> yeah. >> i was reading earlier, this is because in many ways you were really trying to make your dad laugh when you were very little. >> that's true. >> is that the connection in. >> that's true. i think the whole family but yeah you wanted to make stan the man happy in my household. he worked hard, he was a great man, he made us all happy so you wanted to return the favor. >> thank you for making us ppy, great years. >> i'll take it. >> we're back with much more after this .

good morning to you. it's 8:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. pg&e says it has capped and repaired a leaking gas pipeline in san francisco. the crews finished up the work last night. distribution line was cut while pg&e was digging a hole across from the embarcadero b.a.r.t. station. crews showed up just after 7:00 to seal off the streets just as a precaution. the line was bled and the leak was capped. only four customers were affected, fg & e says. something to keep our eye on. now a look at the morning commute with mike. we'll take a look at the

south bay. a little bit of slowing, 101, right on top of highway 27, guadalupe, by the airport. south bay looking good. rain is coming. prepare for that. live look out there shows you what things are like as you come across the bay area here. you cannot clearly make out the peninsula from the east bay. clouds coming in, moisture building in and rain hitting as you get toward san francisco. golden gate bridge been hit a little bit. slick roads through the north bay. use caution, but it's a lighter volume of traffic. >> for the latest traffic news updates check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. another update in half an hour.

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♪ :30 now on this friday morning, 11/11/11, matt is being a beach bum this morning as he wraps up his day five tour of the world in stunning barbados, and somewhere on the beach i think is where he is. i'm ann curry along with al

roker and natalie morales. matt, where are you? >> ann, actually we have moved. giada and i moved to the pool area here at sandy lane, pretty cushy stuff. come up in a second we'll hand out the gifts which i know is one of your favorite parts but the beijian people have a way with words. they've got expressions that i think we could all learn from, and they've become part of the language around here. one of your favorites is? >> coconuts don't grow on a pumpkin vine which basically means your kids are going to grow up to be just like you. >> the other one i like is every pig got a saturday, which means your day will come, whether you want it to or not. and speaking of that your day has come right now, because it's time for the gifts, the last gifts of the week and as you can see we're going traditional, we're going beijian here and calypso. so what we're giving you is -- >> a headdress for natalie? >> this is a traditional calypso

headdress with a "today" show slant and we've even got a more macho one for al. >> oh, yeah. >> to look like you joined a chorus line. >> you should try this one, if it's macho enough for al it's macho enough for you. >> i'll save that so it doesn't get spoiled. this might be al's. >> we can all use our showgirl hands. >> yes. >> exactly. ooh, careful. so that just about does it. when we come back we'll be telling you if you've been captivated by barbados and thinking of planning a trip there, neila motamed will have much more. >> matt and giada are not the only ones on the road. hoda and kathie lee have hit the road n a nice warm locale as well, although they're bundled up this morning. they got their wizard on, in orlando, florida, universal

studios. hey guys. >> hi you guys. >> hey. >> wizarding world of harry potter. >> check out our crowd by the way. >> we're going to take you on a great adventure throughout the park. kathie lee and i did some ridiculous things as you can imagine. >> our wizardry is on the rotten side. >> we've been trying to make them disappear. >> a lot of people would like us to just disappear. i've got the wand, not working. >> not working. >> little spiked butter beer. >> yeah, we'll be tasting some butter beer. >> we look forward to that and you know you have a huge crowd there. have a lot of fun with that. >> let's get a quick check of the weather, we've got three different climates. >> as we look ahead to the weekend, for tomorrow, we've got some nice weather along the eastern seaboard, although a

little bit cool, out west is the best. rain in southern california, rain in the pacific northwest, with mountain snows there. snows in the rockies, sunday, sunday, we're looking at rain moving into the ohio river valley, lake-effect snow as well. sunny and cool along the east coast, showers down in southern florida. that's what's good morning to you. we have heavy rain in parts of the bay area. take a look at the band of moisture, right now dividing the bay area in half. the peninsula getting hit very hard. you see this yellow here, moderate rain coming over san francisco. take a look at this batch of red, orange and yell o this is slated to slam into santa cruz, pescadero the next half hour. not that warm throughout the day today. 59 degrees in san francisco, 61 in redwood city. we clear out just in time for the weekend. >> and that's your latest weather. don't forget we told you weeks ago to enter where in the world will today send you sweepstakes?

you get a chance to win one of five locations matt visited this week, brought to you by capital one venture card. it's time now to meet our winner. his name is harry symer, a retired service technician from three lakes, wisconsin, coming to us live via skype. harry, congratulations. >> congratulations, harry. >> thanks! >> so are you excited? >> oh, man, you can't believe how excited i am. >> now you get to choose which one of matt's locations you now get to go yourself. so which location do you choose, harry, from wisconsin? >> hands down, we're going to barbados. >> smart man. >> wisconsin, find some warm tropical sunshine. harry it's your birthday today, too. could it get any better than this in. >> best birthday present i ever had. >> that's so nice. >> who are you going to take with you? >> i'm taking my significant other, connie, along.

>> good for connie. >> we see some kids in the back ground. you get to take them too? >> this is connie with her son, dawson. >> terrific. >> congratulations to your family. it's so great. >> before you saw barbados, harry, of the other four, which place were you thinking about? >> i was leaning toward kuala lumpur. >> that's fantastic. >> i think you made a great choice being on the beach with your significant other surrounded by people with feathers in their hair, and dancing and apparently a lot of nice alcohol and food. i think you're going to have a great time so we wish you well and thanks for playing our game, harry from wisconsin. >> well, thank you. >> start packing your bags, harry. we've got much more still is. including how to plan your own barbados getaway, that's coming up, but first this is "today" on nbc.

where in the world is matt lauer is brought to you by the capital one venture card. >> i couldn't find him. >> why don't you use this? ? oh, yeah. >> we are back here on the beautiful island of barbados. if we have tempted you to plan your own trip to this gorgeous place, well, neila motamed is the features editor for "travel & leisure" magazine. this is one of your favorite destinations, why? >> i love the hospital of the people. you absolutely see that at a place like sandy lane. this is one of the top resorts on the island so you came to the right place. >> right. >> the kind of resort this is, they pick you up by bentley when you do an airport transfer, a valley unpacks your clothes when you get here, thank you so much for doing that, by the way, and if you have sunglasses that are smudged on the beach, they'll take care of that for you. >> this is on the higher end. >> absolutely. >> what about some places that are a little bit more affordable? >> i love the place on the south

coast, little arches and you can stay there as little as $200 a night, a great value especially because air fare is reasonable getting here right now and what i love about it is it feels like the malfi coast. you can have beautiful sunset drinks on rooftop. >> we've come here in november, coming into the high season. what about traveling here at other times of the year? >> i love this slot between thanksgiving and christmas, a great time to come here, much more reasonable. once christmas sets in it's high season and then after april 15th you're going to get hurricane season in late june. >> because we're in the lesser antilles, they're not as prone. we're on the eastern side, takes longer to get here for some people. what about direct flights? >> from new york, miami, dallas ft. worth, there are direct flights. jetblue does a great job of getting here affordably.

>> food is a big deal. we sampled cuisine, cuckoo with flying fish. >> you're like a local now, matt. >> been here all of six hours. >> i love coming here for the food. what's great about barbados, whether you go to a roadside stand like cuz's outside of bridgetown get a flying marlin sandwich, which everyone is obsessed with, if you're a cab driver, kid coming home from school you stop by cuz's and get the flying marlin sandwich and topped with a fried egg, and only $5. >> i've been here a couple of times in the past, you can try food from local restaurants. you don't have to go to the tourist places here because all the food here is delicious. >> what i also love though is that they have a certain amount of culinary expertise that is being showcased in high-end restaurants as well which sometimes in the caribbean you don't see done that well. for example a restaurant like lone star, an amazing beachside view, gorgeous, gorgeous, and

then a place that everybody loves, it's a big deal restaurant is said to be the reason why barbados is on the culinary map, called the cliff. >> we also talked a little bit about rum, and this is a big week coming up for barbados, the annual food, wine and rum festival. >> absolutely. >> and from what i understand you're hosting it for the second time? >> i'm so thrilled. >> about the rum part? >> well honestly, if you think about three things, food, wine and rum, what could go wrong? i'm going to be down here again for the second time, back in a week and the festival is from the 18th through the 21st, and tom coliccio, ming sai and paul yellin, rum chef will be with me and lots of fun activities and everyone should go to foodwinerum.com to get their tickets and more information. >> you're double dipping. i like that. what a great time to be here. nilou, thank you for lending your expertise. we'll wrap it up from day five of where in the world is matt lauer, even as the drizzle starts, but first, this is

"today" on nbc.

this morning on "leonard's look" a "today" tradition, we stand before the beautiful norway spruce. >> mike leonard went to the source as he does every year to get the story behind this magnificent tree. ♪ >> reporter: there it once stood on a corner lot in the tiny pennsylvania town of milinville. a 74-foot norway spruce destined for fame but grounded by the reality of its humble beginnings. >> when we moved here my husband wanted to cut this tree down. he said "it's the ugliest tree i've ever seen." >> reporter: instead of cutting

it down nancy's deceased husband doyle had the tree pruned and trimmed. it has become the most gazed upon tree from the world. you can't see it from here. >> you can't see anything from here because the way our house is situated i never hardly see out that way. >> reporter: so you won't miss it? >> no, i won't miss it. >> reporter: so much for the sentimental angle of my yearly story on the rockefeller christmas tree, a tree always found in somebody's yard, somebody who wouldn't norm amelie be on television. you're famous now. >> oh, i'm famous. >> like one of the kardashians. do you no he who they are? >> no. >> reporter: you could be the only person in america who doesn't. in some places the mere presence of a tv camera draws attention seekers out of the woodwork. this, apparently, is not one of those places. m mifflinville residents are

aren't the type to make waves by airing their dirty laundry in public. clean laundry, yes. >> small town, everybody knows everybody. >> reporter: as for moments in the town's history? >> i really can't think of anything. >> reporter: noteworthy, well-known people? >> not that i know of. >> reporter: then, last march, everything changed. >> i had just gotten home from making eggs at our church, and my doorbell rang, and the fellas said "that's the most beautiful norway spruce tree i'd ever seen." i said i didn't know what it was. he handed me a card from rockefeller center. >> reporter: nancy's daughter, deborah, was shocked upon hearing of the stranger's visit because, well -- >> my granddaughters and my daughter-in-law and myself always go into manhattan for christmas and we stood last year at rockefeller center and said oh, look how pretty that tree is. and i said, wouldn't that tree in nanny's yard be the perfect

rockefeller center christmas tree? we all agreed. i came home, googled it for about 20 minutes and couldn't find where you, you know, submit your tree, and just left it go. >> reporter: as luck would have it, quiet little 34mifflinville isn't perfectly quiet. one of the motorists motoring by happened to be the gardner. >> can you imagine him seeing it from the interstate? >> reporter: i know. >> that's really something. >> reporter: and so are you, nancy. for "today," mike leonard, nbc news, mifflinville, pennsylvania. >> and this tree gets lit on november 30th. >> so will i. normally here on nbc, lit live, baby. >> much more coming up from new york and barbados, but first this is "today" on nbc.

♪ we're back here getting set to wrap up day five of where in the world is matt lauer from barbados. before we take off, a couple of really important thank yous. there are some people like mary alice o'rourke and evan cluff, mike noseworthy and michael

trabb, traveled with me every single mile on this trip and they have for year after year after year. thank you so much to them, to the producers who have met me at all these locations over the ten years, some 51 locations and spent so much time away from their families to do such a great job from all of these destinations. i can't tell you how much i appreciate that, and the technical staff. think of what they put up with, for example the curveball the weather threw us on tuesday at the top of europe on the top of that mountain, the types of conditions they deal with on a regular basis, and in 51 locations in ten years they have never said no, not one time, working with you folks will be the experience, the memory i take away from this more than ever. so thank you very much. so guys, in new york, we're going to hop on some inner tubes. i've traveled a lot of waves over the years but i don't think i've ever traveled on an inner tube. and we're planning to see you monday morning back in studio

1a. >> watch out, richard branson is behind you. >> oh, matt! >> you want to start? do you really want to start? >> here we go. >> yeah! >> you don't want to take on matt. well done, matt. >> uh-oh. >> come on, giada! you can do it. >> we'll see you monday in new york. > good, geeia do get back in. >> oh, that's a nice shot. just saw a lotta giada. >> we forgot to hook mine up. oh, great. >> she won in the end. >> i knew i forgot something. >> you're missing out. we're back after this. ♪ >> i promise you won't be disappointed as we spend the

morning in namibia. it is a full on fiesta. welcome to kuala lumpur, malaysia. i am standing on the top of the youngfrau in the swiss alps. we could be throwing a beach party from the beautiful island nation of barbados. >> namibia is the jewel of africa. >> it is said that in namibia your adventure begins where the road ends. i kind of want to say pull up, pull up. this is all that remains of the edward bolan, deteriorating in the elements. >> which way are you going? >> this way. >> have a safe trip. ♪ this is madrid, sprawling and splendid. it's a little like i took off from namibia and landed in the middle of an episode of "glee."

we like to eat a little, then we like to drink a little and eat a little more and maybe do a little more drinking. look who we have here. peter alexander. >> wow! >> i like it here. i will tell you that. malaysia is a country of infinite contrasts. >> this is actually where the habitat of the orangutans are. >> they nickname this -- >> the stinky fruit. >> smell a cross between wild seal and sweat. this is like a rickshaw they sent to "pimp my ride." this is called a trickshaw. see you tomorrow from parts unknown. high and mighty, vast and timeless, the swiss alps have been called the visible throne of god. i'm going to show you some videotape of tuesday, what we would have been experiencing, had we come that day.

it was a whiteout. look out below. >> beautiful! >> get down low, that's it. >> how are you? >> 2008 set a speed record, summoning the giant peak in two hours, 47 minutes an amazing feat for a climb that takes three days on average. ♪ >> this is "today" on nbc. >> if peace of mind came in pictures, it might look something like this. for 70 miles, the sands that ring this tropical island make up some of the best beaches on the planet. fall into the 80-degree ocean. it doesn't get better than this.

the young lady in the middle is our own giada de laurentiis. ♪ >> that's right. there you go. >> come on, matt. >> it's got to get more complicated than this. >> now we're going to go around. around, matt. good morning to you. it's 8:56 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. a lot of expectant mothers hoping their baby's birthdays will be today. it's 11-11-11. good samaritan hospital says they have nearly four times as many moms scheduled to deliver their babies today.

an 11th birth date influences their intellect, insight, meaning they will achieve success later in life. let's check the meteorologist with christina loren. give yourself plenty of time to reach your destination this morning. plenty of rain getting ready to smack san jose the next 40 minutes. right now, we're going to send it back to the "today" show.

wh what's in your hand? what's in my hand? it's an autographed picture of me. look again. it's an autographed picture of roker, the man your man could be if he were on where in the world, but he's not here. as a matter of fact -- >> oh, my lord. >> he's nowhere to be seen. but if roker was me, he might be in a tropical paradise, and he could be throwing a beach party just -- >> back now with more of "today" on this friday morning, the 11th day of november, 2011. that was the scene on barbados earlier this morning when matt as you just saw revealed his

location on the fifth and final stop of his whirlwind "where in the world" adventure tour and looks like a good time was had by all and it's a great start for the weekend not only for him but for all of us. meantime, here in new york city, i'm ann curry along with savannah guthrie and al roker. and by the way, we should take a moment and mention to all the people who are possibly in our plaza, but also, all around the country who have served our nation, that we want to wish you a warm veterans day. we cheer you. we love you, and we are grateful to you so thank you. >> and to their families. >> that's rightment that's right. exactly right. because families serve being a military brat myself, families serve along onside their parents, mothers or fathers. coming up in this half hour you're going to be doing a little house hunting. >> that's right. our real estate guru barbara corchran will show you exactly

how far our money goes these days as we check out homes everywhere, from classic brick tudor in seattle to a woodlands retreat in the adirondacks, new york. got some great houses. you two ladies have social graces. >> that's nice to hear, thank you. that's a compliment. >> you'll do the correct thing i know. what if you're seated next to somebody who is rude on the plane or your teenager get involved with something? we'll get a lesson in etiquette from an expert and he is going to put savannah and natalie to the test. >> okay. >> if it weird that i feel nervous about this? i don't want to fail the social test. >> you would not. what else is coming up? also ahead are you really hungry? dieters say they feel hungry all the time, that's why they can't lose the weight they want to. perhaps you're hungry for something else like fun or companionship. we'll examine some of the habits and why people feel like maybe it's not so much about being hungry but more about the emotional things and a lot of us eat for reasons other than hunger. i think we can all relate to that. >> i'm a comfort eater.

>> sure, absolutely. i'd like to tuck in with a pot roast right now. >> i feel like ice cream is the answer. no? >> to everything, i know the secret to life. before we get to that, we'll now talk about the news and natalie is at the news desk for all of that. hey, natalie. >> good morning again, ann, all and savannah. good morning, everyone. a penn state coach at the center of the football sex abuse scandal will skip saturday's final home game because of threats. nbc's ron mott has the latest now from state college, pennsylvania. ron, good morning. >> reporter: hey, natalie. good morning to you. assistant coach mike mcqueary is a key witness in this case against a former assistant, and because emotions are raw and potentially volatile, the university is keeping him away from tomorrow's big game. right now, mike mcqueary is in the eye of the storm. the penn state scandal has cost football coaching legend joe paterno his job and several other high profile university officials theirs. mcqueary still holds one but he's been sidelined this weekend.

in a statement thursday night, the university said, "due to multiple threats made against assistant coach mike mcqueary the university has decided it would be in the best interests of all for mcqueary not to be in attendance at saturday's nebraska game." according to the grand jury, mcqueary saw former assistant jerry sandusky allegedly assault a young boy in a campus shower a decade ago. mcqueary told paterno who in turn notified his boss, the athletic director. paterno hasn't been charged but his boss and another school official have been charged with failing to report the crime and perjury, both along with sandusky, deny the allegations against them. >> be the best! >> reporter: paterno has reportedly contacted a prominent criminal defense attorney. governor tom corbett, the state's attorney general in 2009 when the current investigation into sandusky's alleged abuses began, said there's plenty of regret to go around. >> every pennsylvanian who has

any knowledge of this case feels a sense of regret and a sorrow to also see careers end, but we must keep in mind that when it comes to the safety of children, there can be no margin for error, no hesitation to act. >> reporter: in contrast to some of the rowdiness we saw on campus wednesday night, students organized a prayer vigil and candlelight vigil for tonight, trying to shift some of the focus back on to the victims of the alleged sexual abuse. natalie? >> ron mott, thank you. last night on the eve of this veterans day the senate unanimously passed the first small piece of president obama's jobs package. it gives tax credits to companies that hire disabled veterans and improves counseling and training programs for veterans and troops about to leave the military. dr. conrad murray is in a los angeles county jail this morning awaiting sentencing after being found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of michael jackson.

before that verdict, though, murray made a key admission in an exclusive interview with savannah guthrie telling her he stepped away from a sleeping michael jackson just before he died and was gone for far longer than he had previously acknowledged. >> how could you really be monitoring michael jackson at the same time you're making calls, you're texting, you're e-mailing? were you distracted? >> no, i was not. when i looked at a man who was all night deprived of sleep, he was so desperate for sleep, and finally is getting some sleep, am i going to set over him, sit around him, tug on his feet, do anything unusual to wake him up? no. >> so you walked out of the room to talk on the phone? >> absolutely. i wanted him to rest. >> you said you were talking on the phone but you could see him? >> i could not see him from where i was talking. >> but you could hear him? >> i would think if he got up and he called for me, i would hear him. >> if he stopped breathing, could you hear that? >> no, i cannot, but he was not on an infusion that would cause him to stop breathing and that's

the reason they talk about i was not supposed to be monitoring him at that time because there was no need for monitoring. >> so you don't regret leaving the room? >> i regret that michael has passed. >> do you feel guilty that he died? >> i don't feel guilty because i did not do anything wrong. i am very, very sorry for the loss of michael. michael is a personal friend. it's heartfelt. it's been painful. >> and you can catch our exclusive look inside michael jackson's bedroom monday on "today" and also see more about dr. murray on a special documentary tonight at 10:00 eastern on msnbc. president obama taking part in veterans day observances. he traveled to arlington national cemetery with first lady obama. he placed a wreath on the tomb of the unknowns before addressing a gathering. this afternoon he flies to san

diego to attend the first-ever carrier classic, a college basketball game between michigan state and north carolina aboard the "uss carl vincent" and then a nine-day trip to hawaii, indonesia and australia. he's done it before and doing it again. billy crystal will host the academy awards for the ninth time. he's stepping in now that eddie murphy stepped out. crystal hosted since 2004 and said he is doing it again so that, quote, the young woman in the pharmacy will stop asking his name when he picked up his prescription. it is 9:08. let's go back outside to al with a check of your weather. >> okay. actually, i came back inside. >> inside. >> thas all right. getting ready for barbara. let's show you what's happening as far as today is concerned. we have a big storm system in the west coast. a lot of subtropical moisture

wrapping around that. rain in central to southern california, one to two inches of rain, mountain snows through the rockies, pacific northwest with wet weather, as well. lake-effect snow here in the east. western new york, western p.a. northeastern ohio. look for sunshine along the gulf. temperatures on the chilly side in the central u.s. good morning to you. it's been raining in the peninsula the past two hours. there is more on the way. take a look at the severe line that has to pass away before all is said and done. south end of the peninsula, santa cruz going to get hit pretty hard as we enter 10:00 am into 11:00 am. after that, showery and spotty. not all day long. by saturday, completely clear. ♪ she's a brick house

time for "today's real estate." what can you get for $400,000? our brick house contributor barbara corkran is here with great buys. good to see you. >> good morning, al. >> let's get started. we'll go to a beautiful five-bedroom, three-bath house, this is driftwood, a small town in texas. i love the name. >> it's a good name and it only has 1,600 texans living there. you don't picture towns like this and look at this house. a texas-style roof. i hope it's in good shape. i don't know but the house itself is 3,900 square feet and that lawn out front should be green and the driveways should be steam cleaned to improve the curb appeal. the entry is built to impress your friends. i think that is beautiful, the way they have arranged that, with soaring ceilings and plenty of windows. there's a kitchen that i think is a little bit of a disappointment. >> i'd expect more out of a house like that. >> it's a nice-sized kitchen but

the cabinets are wrong. picture that with fresh white cabinets and that decreases the value of the house by so much actually so they should really improve that kitchen. let's move out of the kitchen to the rest of the house, which is a knockout. the dining room is beautiful with wood floors and a semicircle of arched windows, there are also three big bedrooms that come with this house. and one, the master bedroom, comes complete with its own separate sitting area, so it's a nice size house with a good price of only $350,000. >> let's go southwestern, we're going to head to a one-bedroom cottage in sante fe with a hot tub. >> so different out there. >> perfect for an artist or writer that doesn't need a lot of space, it's a tiny house. if you love southwestern style, you're going to love this house. take a look inside, the houses there are like nowhere else on earth. that is actually called an outdoor living room, and there's three of them there, so there's lovely alcoves where you can sit outside. it's not so much out there about the inside of the house, it's as

much about the outside of the house. it's an adobe home with three courtyards and gardens. that yellow windowed kitchen has hardwood floors and a big old chopping block. feels friendly like i could make myself at home there. the ceiling reads like a short ceiling. it's not, it's because the style of the ceiling brings it down with the beams there. the living room has old-fashioned windows, a traditional beehive fireplace. in the corner, beautiful tile work on the front, typical of the area. and the cozy bedroom has vega ceilings and its own beehive fireplace in the corner of the room. the gardens are filled with native plants, and, of course, a funky old hot tub that's plunked down in the middle of the backyard. >> get in the hot tub. if you want to -- first of all to new hampshire, francestown,

storybook four-bedroom home for $375,000. >> storybook cape. it looks like you're supposed to be happily ever after there. the kitchen and open dining room, wait until you see this, has a knockout high cathedral ceiling with exposed beams. giant fireplace with original cooking arm, the friendliest kitchen. i love a kitchen like that. soapstone counters and cabinets handmade by a local artist. beautiful, and comfortable kitchen. the living room has hardwood floors, a wall of six over six windows, built-in book shelves. and look at the detail in the fireplace, distinguished for a house that reads informally. you can also see the extra-wide floorboards in the parlor, throughout the house, a good shot of it right there. many of the windows have still their original panes from way back when. and yet there's another elaborate fireplace in the parlor with the original tin ceiling above it. you have to peek under it a

little bit, but the house is charming end to end. >> one last stop, the adirondacks, one-bedroom house in ohio, new york. >> ohio, new york, kind of a whacky name, but listen to the name of the street, called teacup street. that sounds friendly. this house, you have to appreciate, comes with 100 acres of land, with streams and woodlands and animals crawling around, all that kind of good stuff. so you get not only a gorgeous house but you get that, too. it's solar powered and has lots of outbuildings. the inside of the house is entirely knotty pine and i just love this full length sun porch that runs the whole length of the house. just feels so peaceful. i think you have to live out there every day of the week. the distinguished windowed kitchen has wood counters and painted cabinets, small but very workable and also a little bit sophisticated. there's a simple open dining area adjacent to the kitchen, and just about the right size, like an alcove, feels like a little private restaurant. i love it. i can just imagine curling up with a good book next to an

old-fashioned stove that's part of that. why wouldn't you hang out there? and the 100 acres come with reclaimed pasture wetland, two streams populated by native brook trout if you like to fish. >> or gal. barbara, thanks so much. >> thank you so much, al. >> you have a great weekend. coming up, from a crowded plane to your co-workers' friending on facebook, we have advice on minding your ps and qs in awkward situations. later, how to tell if you're hungry or bored or it's all in your head. we've got the answer for you but first these messages.

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ever wonder if it would be okay to defriend your mother-in-law or co-worker on facebook, present company exclud excluded? >> social cues, philip galanis of "the new york times." >> his new books "social qs." >> nice to see you three. >> what is it about social etiquette that makes it a hot button issue? >> what makes "social qs," the book so fun because we're living in a new world, exploding in ways it never used to when we were kids so the idea of your mother-in-law and facebook and your elementary school friend and all those together we didn't used to deal with that. >> sometimes people say you get it wrong. >> oh, yeah. they let me know.

>> you'll get it right with us. >> let's get to the questions, my mother-in-law recently sent a facebook message to a friend of mine whom she never met after seeing a picture of her holding a cigarette in one of my photo albums saying smoking is very dangerous and the color of that sweater doesn't flatter. i've had it but my husband thinks i'm overreacting." is she overreact being her mother-in-law? >> well, you know, it's difficult because you have to live with that relationship. it's your mother-in-law, so there's "different." there's a way to go about it. >> the mother-in-law clearly crossed the line, she doesn't know this person but what you do about it, i would ignore it and stew. >> let me tell you because i think we've got a middle ground between these two. obviously when your wife or girlfriend says, i've had it, you know attention must be paid. >> yes. >> let the biological relation, the son in this case, go to his mom and set ground rules. mom, you message me and my wife as much as you want but our friends, they're off limits to

you. >> middle ground, very good. >> you're good at this. >> that's why he's got a book, for god's sakes. next my 13-year-old son just started dating. i think he comes on strong, calling and texting then calling again to see if she's gotten the text. i suspect the girls find all this communication annoying and i'd like to tell him to take it slower. but my wife thinks we should stay out of it. how about you? >> if josh was dating what would you do? >> he has to learn in his own way in his own time that sometimes you're going to get rejected so if the girls don't like it, then whatever, but at the same time, the girls who see it's a lot of effort this poor kid is putting into the relationships so i give them bonus points for that. >> i am a non-parent but i think i would, my instinct would be to say something to the child and say you know what? sometimes it's a little much and maybe we should just say hello and show you're interested but you don't want to -- >> as a non-parent i can tell

you, if you did do that there would be a lot of slamming doors in your house. i think once you establish that the kid isn't harassing these girls, and it doesn't seem like he is. >> it's cute. >> let him work out his romantic mojo on his own. >> did you get my tweet? >> so cute. it's adorable. >> let him figure it out. >> let him figure it out. >> i'm a tall girl with long legs. this is sent in by savannah. when i sit on airplanes my knees almost touch the seat in front of me. the last time i flew the guy r reclined his seat and his head was practically in my lap. i asked him politely to keep his seat upright but he refused. what could i have done? >> savannah? >> i wouldn't want to cause a scene so i would just suffer. maybe an e-mail a friend. >> if i had that problem which i wish i did, i would pay more for

the extra leg room. >> i'd say something. >> i find that if the words, you use the words in a loud voice, air sickness bag, the people in front of you will just move right up front. you know something, i think this is the problem of this is strangers in tight spaces. so you've done what you can do. you've asked the guy politely. maybe an air stewardess could find something for you somewhere else on the plane. tangling with this guy more is going to raise your heart pressure. he's not going to do anything. >> he has the right to recline. >> baaaah-d man. >> a good sheep imitation. >> philip galanes thank you so much. >> thank you. >> the book is "social qs: how to survive the quirks, quandryes and quagmires of today." we've got olympic ice dancing silver medalists live on our rock center.

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good morning, everyone. the time now is 9:26. i'm jon kelley. video between protesters and police is going viral. they say they are confronting them even when they are not protesting. two u.c. berkeley say they were stopped while crossing campus. he says he was carrying signs back to the law school. >> i looked and said, no, you have no right to stop me. i'm going to keep going to class. that's when the six of them surrounded me and one of the officers put my arm behind my back and twisted my wrist.

>> police did later allow him to go. another student says police stopped her and demanded i.d. because she was carrying a bullhorn. campus police say they stop people because nonstudents are not allowed to have amplification devices or carry large signs.int, stunt point, s police are overstepping their bounds.

welcome back. parts of the bay area have seen steady rainfall the past couple of hours. there is more on the way. let me zoom in for you and show you where the heaviest downpours are coming in right now. we're starting to see really moderate, heavy rainfall pushing onshore. redwood city, about 15 minute out for heavy rainfall. that goes for san bruno, half moon bay as well. all this activity is headed to the north toward 280. count on a slow drive as you head out there this morning. let's check on that drive with mike. friday, vacation day for a

lot of folks. a lot of volume overall, highway 4 showing that. we have had speeds still in the 50s through pittsburg and bay point. that's in the east bay. crossing the bay, san mateo bridge shows some of that rain christina is talking about, causing issue for visibility. golden gate bridge has seen some rain. as christina told you, it will hit that peninsula hard. be prepared for slowing along 101 and 280 between san mateo and san francisco the next few minutes, jon. back to you. >> thank you for keeping it right here. we'll have another local news p update for you in one half hour from right now.

♪ you know i'm bad, i'm bad >> he was the king of pop. of course millions of fans around the world who were heart broken when he was gone too soon and monday on "today" we're going to take you inside michael jackson's home where he spent his final days for an exclusive tour. coming up in this half hour, a common complaint of many dieters, always feeling hungry. experts say actually sometimes it's all in your head, it's not that you really crave food, but comfort. we're going to help you figure out the difference to help you lose weight. >> all right. and it is that time of year, the rock center tree is here.

it's getting ready to be hoisted up over the skating rink. speaking of the rink, we'll head down to the famous rockefeller rink where meryl davis and charlie white of going to be here and dazzle us with fancy footwork and choreography too. >> hold it, hold it. >> i got it, i got it, i got it. >> i think this is going to go on forever. >> good morning, you guys. this weekend we'll be covering the penn state sex abuse scandal. the shocking charges have led to legendary football coach joe paterno's firing. that triggered near riots on campus. now all eyes are on tomorrow's final game of the season at home with a new coach. then we're going to make a turn to a completely different story, "west side story." the singing, the dancing. we'll celebrate the film's golden anniversary with rita moreno and other stories sharing their memories of the hollywood musical. and then practice pax pmake

perfect. lester and i had a bet to see who could learn a skill later in life. i took up the guitar, lester took up italian. we started from scratch. we did this for two years. >> wow. >> yes, we did a two-year experiment. and this weekend we're both going to come out and play guitar, speak a little italian and see who kind of rocked it. those stories and more this weekend on "today." >> you know, savannah plays the guitar so you should jam together. >> i would love that. >> start right about now. >> maybe we'll write a song about you, al. >> yeah, okay. what is the weather looking like, al? >> that's right. >> cold where you are. >> that's another sad song. let's check it out and show you for our weekend, for tomorrow, sunny skies throughout the eastern half of the country. the west looks like a mess. rain in southern california, the pacific northwest, mountain snows. we'll have flurries in northern new england and sunday, sunday

along the east coast sunny, mild, wet weather through the northern great lakes. more rain in the pacific northwest, showers in the southwest. sunny and mild through the gulf coast with showers in southern florida. good morning. i love, of course, that the rain will be letting up soon. take a look at what's headed your way, san francisco. we have a lot of deep moisture. let's get right to the radar. yellow and reds getting ready to move onshore. redwood city is feeling the impact here. we're going to continue to see these bands of moisture move onshore for the next couple of hours. then activity should wind down but watch out for areas of ponding and puddling on the highways as it's been raining heavily in this region for the past couple of hours. >> of course we've got the best night of the week coming up. of course we're all talking about it, the only night you could be thinking about it. sunday football night in america. this is the best game of the weekend. nothing else matters, as the

patriots come in to metlife stadium to take on the jets, both teams 5-3, an epic battle. this will be one they talk about for the ages, temperatures in the 50s on sunday night football night in america. i have the vapors. >> and you're scaringing us. >> you should be. better run! >> i'm going to take the girl band and get out of here with jenna. coming up next how to tell if .itry or you just feel like it. after this. keurig has a wide variety of gourmet coffee and tea to choose from. keurig is the way to brew fresh, delicious coffee in under a minute. way to brew. so with keurig, every cup tastes like it's brewed just for you. because it is.

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dr. gail saltz. >> good morning. >> physical hunger, a lot of us grazing throughout the day probably not ever experiencing hunger like we think. what do we feel with physical hunger? >> biological hunger, true hunger is something you need for survival. we're hardwired to survive. we need calories and mostly this is protein, essential fats. it's not eating for pleasure. that's something that's learned. when you're biologically hungry we most often don't get to that point because we pre-eat, feeling fatigued, your stomach feels empty, growling, you feel a slight headache. i need to eat. these are brain signals sent to you for true hunger. we confuse the issue of i need to eat. that's biological. i want to eat is something else. >> the emotional hunger gets in the way a lot and a lot of us when it comes to struggling with diet, that is often what's happening there, we're reaching for food as a comfort.

>> i would say pretty much that's almost always at least a piece of the case that psychologically you're driven by your mood state. i feel sad. it makes me feel better and in the moment it does make you feel better. i feel anxious. i have to eat. i need to stay awake. i'm bored. i want to eat because i want to be part of socially what's going on. these are different emotional drivers of eating. they're legitimate in the moment but don't work long-term >> why does it feel when you eat something it does feel it is comforting but at the same time you feel like you're satiating some sort of hunger? >> because you are filling yourself of course. >> yes. >> and that just positively r l reinforces the idea the feel good that you get, brain chemistry is definitely involved but the satisfaction of an emotional need. now i just ate this chocolate in those ten minutes, boy, i felt less sad, i felt less anxious. >> food really does taste good when we feed that need, it is

reinforcing. the problem on the back end there's guilt and shame with this eating. if you're eating for biology you eat and move on. when you're eating to are emotional reasons you feel good in the moment and that turns into a lot of bad feelings, negative going why am i doing this? i'm a bad person and it fuels more overeating and that's a huge problem that has to stop. >> you came one strategies how to make sure you know which is which, emotional eating or because you are hungry. madelyn, keep a food and feelings journal. >> you need to connect what you're eating and when you're eating and why and connect your feelings with this because you have to take a step back and go, you know, am i upset, did i have a fight with someone? am i turning to food and just grabbing it mindlessly or has there been three or four hours between the times i'm eating and the only way you can do this is to be accountable to yourself and that's what a food log does. >> when you see it in writing and do it over a period of time you're able to see which emotion tends to trigger your eating the most, which is really helpful, because then you can cope with

that, you can find other ways to cope with that emotion and you can say to yourself, oh, here i am anxious again, that's probably going to make me feel like eating. i'm not really hungry. i'm anxious. >> part two, do a mood check, make sure you're assessing the mood at the time. >> for each people different things. if it turns out it's anxiety, you want to deal with anxiety. >> madelyn you say the thing is to avoid skipping a meal which can backfire when you skip a meal. >> right, because you need to create some structure, when you skip a meal, you send all of the biological signals awry, you don't know if you're hungry or fool. when you skip meals, food and mood are really tied so you have to do an assessment on both of these and not keep the food separately and not keep the moods separate. >> and assess if you're content. how does this help control your hunger? >> there's full like i'm overfull. there's i'm filled, and you have to sort of get in touch with that feeling, because that will help you from just going

overboard all the time, and contentment of course is also about your mood state so as i said, you want to, if you use this to fix your mood in the moment, and you've really got an ongoing mood issue, you haven't dealt with that at all. you can come up with coping skills, so maybe you're going to say when i feel anxious next time i'm going to take a bath, listen to a relaxing song, i'm going to take a walk, some other coping skills so that food doesn't have to be a reaction to that. >> find some other non-food activity. >> non-food activity but sometimes you can use food, but low calorie foods or things that satisfy that oral need, the hand-to-mouth. take a bagged salad and go hand to mouth instead of chips or herbal tea or sugarless gum. if you're an oral person you often turn to food and need to find low calorie activities to keep your mouth busy without a lot of extra calories. >> 100 to 150 calories. ladies, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> i am still hungry, though. coming up next, ice dancing

olympians meryl davis and charlie white, with a live performance, after this. ♪ ooh baby, looks like you need a little help there ♪

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♪ i like the way you move this morning on "today at the rink" we're delighted to welcome back meryl davis and charlie white, the ice dancing duo. you may remember them from the 2010 vancouver games where they won the silver medal. already this year, several first place finishes including the world championships. good morning to you. i say several wins, you've had only wins. how have you kept the momentum going? >> you know just lots of hard practice. there's no trick. you just got to put in the work. >> you guys basically have been skating together since you were little kids, right? >> we've been skating together since 8 years old so it's been a long time. >> does that help with the coordination and give you that added advantage? >> absolutely. just knowing that we can rely on each other from being together so long, it gives us an advantage. >> i know you have a big event

coming up on sunday called "fashion on ice." tell us about it. >> it's part of the pandora nbc skating series and it's paul mitchell "fashion on ice" including betsy johnson and jay mendel, a collaboration of fashion and skating. >> you'll treat us so get set, we'll get ready for an ice dancing demonstration. they are going to be doing it to "someone like you" by adele. take it away, charlie and meryl. ♪ ♪ i heard that you're settled do down, that you found a girl and you're married now ♪

♪ i heard that your dreams came true ♪ ♪ guess she gave you things i didn't give to you ♪ ♪ old friends, why are you so shy?♪ ♪ ain't like you to hold back or hide from the light ♪ ♪ i hate to turn up out of the blue, uninvited but i couldn't stay away ♪ ♪ i couldn't fight it ♪ i had hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded that for me ♪ it isn't over ♪ ♪ never mind, i'll find someone like you ♪ ♪ i wish nothing but the best for you, too ♪ ♪ don't forget me, i begged, i

remember you said ♪ ♪ sometimes it last in love, but sometimes it hurts instead ♪ ♪ nothing compares, no worries or cares ♪ ♪ regrets and mistakes, they're memories made ♪ ♪ who would have known how bittersweet this would taste?♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> meryl davis and charlie white, thank you so much. coming up next we'll check in with kathie lee and hoda live from universal orlando resort. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

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hoda and kathie lee have made their way down to florida to the wizarding world of harry potter at universal orlando. you have a huge crowd behind you. >> yes. >> you have really drawn a crowd. what do you have coming up? >> our crowd keeps building. they just keep showing up. we need more crowd control. it's been pretty crazy. >> so much i can't hear you. >> we took tha lap around universal and you'll see us, we made fools of ourselves which is not unusual. >> what else is new, that's right. >> exactly. >> we've been getting into the wizardry a little bit of the magical world of harry potter. so much influence of these books incredible. there are a couple of people back here their entire bodies are tattooed from scenes from harry potter. >> real tattoos. >> we'd show you if we could. >> they're back there somewhere if you know what i'm saying. we're not that weird, natalie. come on, we're not that weird. >> not that you're calling those

people weird. >> we have a great show coming up and i've been trying to work a little magic, we've been practicing so we want to see if this is going to work. >> yep. >> abracadabra, alakazoo, let's make kathie lee say good-bye to you. >> wow! that's amazing. you need to bring that wand home and use it a lot more often. much more harry potter-mania after your local news and weather. >> she'll be back. kathie lee will be back. don't worry.

good morning, everyone. the time is 9:56. i'm jon kelley.

california has cut a lot of money to try to get back in the black. john chung says they've fallen $1.5 billion behind revenue in the first six months and spent $7 million more than initially projected. add it all up and we are more than $3 billion in the hole. california is between $1 and $2 billion short of the there will be cuts to higher education, social services and public safety. if it's more than $2 billion short, k through 12 education will be cut and for community colleges. time right now is 9:57. let's toss it over to meteorologist christina loren. we told you the bulk of the moisture was coming. it has arrived. heavy rainfall across the bay area right now, with the heaviest over san francisco. also had a pretty active cell situated over redwood city. watch out. very dangerous driving conditions at this time. there is more on the way. we'll see about two more hours of steady rainfall.

we'll get some clearing, on and off showers after that. very light after we get through the bulk of the moisture. as we kick off your saturday, nice and clear. 65 degrees. 62 by sunday, keeping that sunshine in the mix. just have to get through these showers today. they're mostly impacting the coast, looking pretty good inland. let's check in with mike inouye. yellow, red, green areas you showed. san francisco southbound 280 at alameda, a stall there. not too much drama because of that. in the area, we do see a lot of slowing, north and southbound 101 off 280 probably due in part to that rain you're talking about coming through. folks are slowing a bit, but no reports of flooding there. toll plaza bay bridge shows a backup building over the past ten minutes. more folks heading in for that veterans day parade. market street will close. oakland, no major issues for 880 through oakland. pretty nice. >> mike, pressure that. fo r the latest traffic and news updates check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook.

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♪ >> hello, hello! >> you know what, hoda, i never did graduate college. it's only right i come back and go to hogwarts. >> should we put our hats on? >> my head never fit her. >> oh, my god. >> you know what this means? you're about ten feet tall.

finally, a hat that fits hoda. i'm going to slithering. >> i'm going to crippendorf. even if you don't know what this means, we are here at universal, which of course is a sister of nbc. how much fun have we been having at this park? >> it's fantastic. it's a little chilly this morning. yesterday we worked in the park all day long. emphasis on worked. we'll show you that in a few minutes. there are two parks. >> there are two theme parks here. we are in the harry potter one, which is fun. >> the wizarding world of harry potter. >> what we are going to shown you is sad and scary because you and i dressed up like two -- remember? we dressed in all kinds of outfits. plenty of costume changes. each one is uglier than the first. >> it was a lot of fun.

right now we are at the universal orlando resort. what is the name of the one we are not in? >> we are not in the other one. we are in the one with harry potter. >> i got on the bandwagon late because i'm slow to the party as usual. >> did you see the first one? >> i just saw the first one. i understand why people are hooked, and why when you come to the park, it's one of those things you get into. i rode the harry potter ride, the simulated ride. you know what i'm talking about? i rode it with the twins. let me tell you sox i feel badly. i crushed the fingers of, i don't know which twin, who knows the difference. >> not because you were frightened of the ride. >> that's a bad picture of me. which one isn't? i screamed when there is steam

and water that comes at you. nobody told me that. i have issues. that was the scariest part for me. >> they will be with us later. >> while we are here in orlando enjoying ourselves, matt lauer his last "where in the world" for the week. it was the best open. you nknow mustafa? the old spice commercials? this was matt's open. it was so perfect. >> ann and natalie, look at roeker. now look back at me. now back at roker, sadly, he is not me, but if he were me, he might be a lumberjack somewhere in the canadian rockies, but al roker is not me. look down. look back up. where are you? you're on a yacht in monte carlo with a man your man could be if he were on "where in the world,"

but your man is not me. in fact, your man is not close to me. look down, now look back up. what's in your hand? what's in my hand. it's an autographed picture of me. look again, it's an autographed picture of roker the man your man could be if he were "where in the world." but he's not here. as a matter of fact, he's nowhere to be seen. but if roeker was me, he might be in a tropical paradise and he could be throwing a beach party just for you.ker was me, he mige in a tropical paradise and he could be throwing a beach party just for you. back at me. i'm on a horse for day five of "where in the world is matt lauer" from the beautiful nation of barbados. >> that is so great. >> that was the best. >> celebrating ten years of this. that is the best. >> outstanding. that was hysterical.

>> i hope he gets to stay in barbados a few days. how many miles did he put on, do we know the total? >> who knows. >> it was 18,000 by the second day or something. it had to be insane. >> can i say? i think the pictures show it, but we have a tremendous crowd today. [ cheers ] >> by far the weirdest is that guy. no, no, no, that guy with the wig. look at him. can you see the guy with the blue afro? >> he's a smurf ball around the guy. this is our parent company, by the way, everybody. you should understand. we are here to celebrate a very exciting thing which is the dvd -- look at this. this is the "deathly hollows

part ii." i watched it last night. >> and? >> unbelievable. you guys have probably seen it, right? but we are going to give away a few of those as well as the day goes on. >> yes. we are very busy and important here. today is 11/11/11. it's also -- >> veterans day. we want to wish all the veterans, thank you, god bless you. we have a little tribute, i believe. >> we do. this is for our veterans. take a look. ♪ your love has always been enough for me ♪

♪ these places are getting old ♪ so i'm going home >> real quick, what was better than that? everyone's crying. we were laughing, now we are crying. we wish we could drink, but we are not allowed here. we've been banned. >> i don't know why they let us in. >> we have no idea what we are doing here, but we are good. >> it's 11/11/11. anybody born today? happy birthday. >> also our executive producer tammy fuller. >> tammy. there is supposed to be all kinds of good luck. tammy is home with the flu. i don't know if it's working for

her. happy birthday to her. >> we have a couple of twins here with us. >> hey guys, come over. [ applause ] >> what's going on? >> we popped in to show you some fun stuff. >> this here is a microphone. >> it looks like a variation on the can thing. does this work better than an iphone? >> i love my iphone. >> you put that in your ear. >> you're sitting right next to me. awesome. i can hear kathie lee. >> we could find one of these jellybeans that has ear wax.

the harry potter jellybeans with the ear wax. >> i had that, unfortunately. >> is where the tongue? do you have the tongue? >> do you have the tongue? behind me. >> you happen to have a tongue. >> these are like inflatable tongues, really. >> you guys, we have got a terrific show coming up. we've got ambush makeover, rupert joining us. a whole lot coming up. stick around.

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all right. we are here at the wizarding world of harry potter as we are celebrating the release of the dvd of the final, the eighth movie in the incredible "harry potter" series. >> guess who we have with us? the one, the only rupert. great to see you. >> they just handed me a beer. i'm not sure what i'm meant to do with it. >> it's butter beer. >> frozen is really good. >> rupert, it's ten years, eight

films and sort of the end of an era, obviously, for you. how are you adjusting to the end of this? >> i find it quite difficult, actually, after we finished. >> you said it was very emotional. >> yeah. it was. it was such a huge consistent part of my life. >> you were what age when you did the first movie? >> 3. >> 3. >> stop. >> you've only done one school play before that? >> that's shocking. >> i was fish. >> what was the fish like? >> i'm guessing a goldfish. >> i was wearing bubble wrap. >> nice. >> when you wander around the park, rupert, everyone knows you and they freak it, but not so much. >> i'm completely invisible. unless i walk around with an elf. >> you're also a very sweet guy and you played an evil guy. >> he was evil until ralph feinnes came on as voldemort.

>> in the beginning of this dvd, talk about how j.k. rowling was going to kill you off. she was in a bad mood. >> i don't know. i was kind of expecting to die. >> you were? >> yeah. i kind of had a funny feeling. i wouldn't have minded it. >> really? >> yeah. >> dumbledorf. >> you were from ireland? >> right. >> what is the name of the town you're from? you were actually writing letters back and forth to her, right? >> yeah. it was really cool. i wrote to her when i was about 11. i'm lucky she like made letter and we started writing to each other. i used to tell her i wanted to play the part of luna.

she was encouraging. >> 15,000 people. >> i love how you said, look, i came from a little town, i'm probably never going to get it. the fact she wrote you back, very telling about j.k. rowling. do you know her? do you have a relationship with her? >> yeah. >> the one who is richer than the queen, that one. >> you guys know her better than me. >> yeah. she came to the set quite regularly. >> we just have a minute. what are you up to now? >> you've already done a new film? >> yeah. i did a film in norway about world war ii. >> you're busy? >> i'm shooting a series at nbc. >> we'll see more of you. >> it should be on the beginning of next year. >> what is it called? >> "awake." i'll be back to tell you about it. >> you're on the hunt. >> yeah. i don't know, another harry potter. i'm not over it.

i'm trying to see. i just moved a few months ago. >> anybody out there that wants to put a wonderful actress to work, call you, right? >> thanks, everybody. have a wonderful weekend. fantastic here, a lot of fun for of. >> we've got a big show. we have our plaza ambush makeover. >> two lucky ladies. ♪ [ coughing ] [ tea kettle whistle ] [ punches ] [ male announcer ] beat your flu symptoms. theraflu max d contains the most powerful medine available without a prescription to fight your worst flu symptoms. theraflu max d. serious power. now the power of theraflu severe cold

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blu-ray combo $19.99. now that's kmart smart. ♪ we could not come to universal without taking the park by storm. >> that's right. although the park and our show are under the same parent company, nbc universal, their idea of working the park and our idea of working the park is a tad different. >> i think so. >> tad.

♪ we're going at it tonight ♪ there's a party on the roof top on top of the world ♪ >> welcome to universal orlando. we have stuff planned for you guys today. >> like what? >> you're going to be universal employees for the day. >> we're going to work here? >> it's going to be kind of a challenge. you guys ready to do it? ♪ sexy and i know it >> ladies, you look fantastic. >> don't say one thing. >> you're going to be greeters. the ride right over here where they will experience getting wet. >> wet? >> that's right. >> i can't go near that. >> go ahead. you're in. >> hey, don't cause my trouble. >> what do you think? >> yes. he can go. not this one. trouble with a capital "t."

>> i think you guys look horrible. that's only because i'm dressed the same way. >> whoa! >> all right, ladies. next job, there you go. >> what are we doing? >> this is not for me. >> i've never seen garbage like this. >> someone just dumped the paper towel dispenser. what about these people? >> let's go. can i have a fry? just one fry and one tiny fry. >> coming through. >> sorry, guys. >> watch it. move it or lose it. >> come on. >> this may be more your speed. >> i thought we did well. >> we are at the three broomsticks at the wizarding world of harry potter. we have thirsty guests and you're going to be serving the world famous butter beer. >> what's in butter beer? >> you're going to find out. >> is there any alcohol in it?

>> no. >> what's the point? >> who wants butter beer? ♪ 99 bottles of beer on the wall ♪ 99 bottles of beer ♪ take one down and pass it around ♪ ♪ 98 bottles of beer >> you've got foam on your mustache. they already have some. >> they need more. take one of ours. >> it's been very busy. >> i've got to tell you, i'm impressed. when it comes to drinking, you guys are pros. so you pass. >> pass. >> what's next, my friend? >> that's what we are going to find out right now. you are going to become this. >> the biggest problem is not if we can walk on the stilts, but can hoda get her helmet on? there is not a helmet in the world big enough. it's not going to end well. >> i have two people to hold my

hands, i'm serious. >> i'll hold you. >> i don't want you. i want someone on the ground. ready? stay here. >> walk like an egyptian. >> hold on to me. >> kath, be careful. kath, break it up. you're married to frank gifford. we have to get judged. >> i have an idea. we can make you part of this ensemble. ♪ everybody going to have a good time ♪ you're going to lose your mind ♪ everybody just having a good time ♪ >> what was that? >> i don't know. that was called taking it by storm, baby. >> do you know harry like we know harry? we are going to play "who knew?" >> ambush makeover. we found two lucky ladies.

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welcome back. live look at the golden gate bridge. pretty wet here. traffic is moving along nicely with those rain showers, typically coming to a crawl as we had showers coming down in the city of san francisco. that's been the case the past three hours. we've got more on the way. good news is that the heavy stuff, for the most part, has started to break up. we're getting light rain showers now from half moon bay up through san francisco. you can see moderate rain. that cell is quickly dissipating. so good on the weekend. 62 saturday, 65 sunday. back to you, jon. bay area news at 11:00 am, celebrating our servicemen. a vietnam war veteran returns to the nation where he fought more than 40 years ago. bob redell shares his personal experience. plus -- >> i have waited this long and i'm going to have a good time. >> she absolutely will. meet one woman who cannot get enough of the number 11. we'll tell you how she's planning to celebrate 11-11-11.

guess what, that's coming up at 11:00. we'll see you then. edition of today's ambush makeover. >> talk about working their magic. luis lacari and jill martin. we did a big shout out to get a lot of people out here. how was it? >> it was magical. we had the best time picking ladies and walking the park. >> okay. let's get to our first lucky lady. phillies hanson is 52-year-old

from orlando, florida. she has been growing her hair out since the sixth grade. she hasn't trusted anybody to cut it till now. now that luis is in town, she is ready. >> i am so excited. >> so am i. >> we get to chop this hair off. why are you ready right now? >> well, i've had it for 40 years about. it's just time. i have an 18-year-old daughter that says it's time, too. >> this has been an emotional four years for you. >> it has. i lost both parents to cancer and taking care of them. so it's been rough. >> well, we are so happy we can give you this gift. are you ready to be pampered? >> i am ready to be pampered. thank you so much for this opportunity. >> okay. here's the deal. phyllis is here with people. savannah, her friend olivia and carla, kitty, cindy, mary, jean and annie.

keep your blindfolds on. here is phyllis hanson before with the long hair. let's see the new you, come on out! >> take off your blind folds. >> oh, my god! >> spin around and look in that mirror. >> oh, my god! >> it's a different person. >> it's the wizardry of harry potter. show us those locks. >> look at that. >> this is phyllis before and that is phyllis after. this is harry potter magic in harry potter land. lena cut her hair, gave it shape, gave it style, still long. i lightened it up.

>> it looks so modern now. >> the softest make-up. >> what do you think? >> wonderful. >> savannah is crying. what do you think? >> beautiful. >> you've always been beautiful, but oh, my gosh! >> that outfit is sublime. >> we had so much fun shopping. we went to macy's. she said give me something michael koors. i called you out. and great sandals to walk around in the park now that everyone will recognize you. >> you look hot. >> way to go. >> our other lady is carol rogers. since the birth of her son she feels guilty buying anything for herself. she begged us to give her a sexy new look for a night out with her husband. let's see her story. >> i'm cracking up because you came with letters from your co-workers telling me why you deserve the makeover. they are telling me that you're wearing a dress, a maternity

dress and your child is 7. >> yeah, pretty much. i think it's time for a makeover. >> what are you hoping for? >> i want to leave behind the 24/7 mom, pta, and become grown-up, mature, wife. >> are you ready to be a hot mama? >> deal, ready, set, go! >> all right, we are about to go. he is so cute. that is kevin her 7 yelled son she was talking about. her son thomas and her husband kevin. let's take one last look at kara before. and let's bring nut kara. >> all right! >> all right, guys, take off the blinds. >> whoa! >> you look amazing.

>> kara, turn around and see. >> i love it! >> thomas can't get over it. luis, i love that color. >> it's so pretty. it's a natural light golden red. the real tip is the hairstyle. this is a wearable hairstyle. she can wear it curley or straight. it gives you just that little bit of glamour you're looking for. >> what do you think? >> it's fantastic. she always looks beautiful. i'm glad she never takes any time for herself, always doing stuff for the family and she got to get pampered today and i'm happy. i love it. >> all from macy's. she was just mistaken for harry potter's girlfriend, so we took a few decades off her. >> phyllis, come on out. we have a couple of things to thank you for being good sports. you're invited to universal

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hoda and i have been very busy working at the wizarding world of harry potter. >> we got exhausted so we decided it was time to send our own sara haines out to the part. >> let her do it. >> i'm at universal studios, the premiere movie and tv theme park. i want to see how much ground i can cover. my first stop, revenge of the mummy. you remember the mummy movies? the ride is equally as scary. i was not ready for this ride. cockroaches, a ride that reverses and pitch black. done. enough said. my next thrill i need buddies with me. meet the booth family from

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we are here at harry potter at universal studios here to play "who knew." kathie lee is with the crowd ready to hand out play "who knew." we are here at harry potter at universal studios here to play "who knew." kathie lee is with the crowd ready to hand out to the winners the complete dvd version of the film. and to those who don't get the answers right kathie lee's cd. how are you doing? are you ready for the games to begin? >> i am. i'm glad i'm not the person answering the questions. >> this lovely lady is from minneapolis.

she is apparently a genius in all things harry potter, right? >> right. >> let's see. where the first one? i've got too much stuff. in the movie "harry potter and the deathly hallows part ii." what do they use to escape from the gringotts? >> a dragon. >> oh, yeah. i believe that's the answer. i'm taking these things off. can't stand it. there you go, doll. you get this. give me that. >> hold on, kath. let's talk about that. he's going to answer. >> so, it is a dragon. that is the right answer. of course, dragons are hard to tame. so you wouldn't have actors on the dragon. we put them on a control rig and with visual effects put the dragon around it. the motion control rig for the dragon was much more comfortable

than the one for the quidditch, which dan radcliffe says was the most painful of all. >> i can only imagine. >> this young man is from orlando and has been watching me since he was in kindergarten. anyway, the top 15 highest worldwide grossing films of all time, how many are from the harry potter series, two, three, five or six? >> three. [ buzz ] >> you just got yourself one of those doggone good cds. >> five. it's amazing. all thanks to jo rowling, her incredible imagination and the fans. >> where are you from, sweetie? >> ft. lauderdale. >> what is harry potter author j.k. rowling's real name? >> joanne? >> wow. 11/11/11, a lucky day for you.

>> you said jo. >> it is joanne. it was j.k. rowling, because traditionally girls read books written by men but boys do not read books written by women. it's j.k. rowling, the publisher decided to do the initial. >> you're from new york, right? in the movie "harry potter and the goblet of fire," which of the following is not one of the three schools that competes in the triwizard tournament? >> ministry of magic. >> wow! you didn't even pause. there you go. >> ministry of magic is the correct answer? >> that is the correct answer. that is the correct answer. this was a really fun sequence to film.

the young dan, rupert, emma most certainly liked watching the beauxbatons. >> lovely girl from huntington beach, california. which star from the harry potter films is currently starring in a musical on broadway? >> oh, man. let's go with daniel radcliffe. >> let's go with daniel radcliffe. with a prize. definitely. >> that is a great, great show. thank you, david, so much for being with us today. that is a terrific show. it's time for us to give a shout out to three lovely people. laurie robertson, gray and mary francis. laurie won our contest. she and her two kids are with us at the wizarding world of harry potter. her husband couldn't be here, but thank you for being here with us. we've got more coming up, we've got music, some singing. [ male announcer ] if you're ready to get more from your tv service,

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i don't know if you know this professor dumbledore said music was the magic far beyond what they do at hog warts. >> so we have the hog warts frog choir. it's going to be led by warwick davis. he usually plays professor flitwick and you're the goblin. >> you played two guys. >> i did indeed. what's good about doing that, obviously one dies in the movie, i'm still around. >> it's a good thing. you want to be a working actor. >> what's it like walking around the park? when you walked out here people obviously reacted. >> it's fantastic. it's a great place to come back to. i feel at home here having worked on the set for the film the last ten years. >> explain why are the frogs singing. what's the story here? >> that's part of the frog choir. you see them in the prisoner of

azkaban. >> take it away. >> the frog choir. >> thank you very much. ♪ ♪ double entendre toil and trouble ♪ ♪ double entendre toil and trouble ♪ ♪ something wicked this way comes ♪ ♪ ♪ do-do do-do ♪ double entendre toil and trouble ♪ fire bubble ♪ toil and trouble

♪ double-double toil and trouble ♪ something wicked this way comes ♪ ♪ double, double toil and trouble ♪ fire burns ♪ something wicked this way comes ♪ ♪ double, double toil and trouble ♪ fire burning calderon trouble ♪ ♪ something wicked this way comes ♪ >> thank you, guys! thank you, guys, so much. perfect! you guys, thank you, everybody. we had so much fun here at the harry potter wizarding world. >> in universal orlando resorts. thanks to everybody for your hospitality. >> that was such fun. >> we'll see you bac

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