we are expecting a news conference this morning at 8:15 from the city of oakland. we'll bring you my other developments. 25ll have a local news update at 7:.so nalsour to tbc n bay area for the latest. good morning. chilling words. video emerges of former penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky talking about kids. >> i enjoy being around children, and i enjoy their enthusiasm. i just have a good time with them. >> as at least one alleged victim prepares to sue the university. we'll talk to that young man's attorney. standing by her man. herman cain's wife speaks out for the first time about these sexual harassment allegations against her husband. and inside michael's mansion, an exclusive look at the home where the pop star spent his final days, the message on the mirror, the love note from his kids, and the room that was off limits to everyone but him. we'll go inside.

"today," monday, november 14th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television and good morning. welcome to "today" on a monday morning. i'm matt lauer. >> and i'm ann curry. good morning, everybody. how is it after traveling what 30,000 miles you're sitting here and looking as good as you do. >> looks can be deceiving. i wish i could tell you i'm fine. i'm shattered. i'm kind of teetering from one side to the other but it will get better as the week goes on, by thursday of next week i'll be fine. >> we'll hold your hand through it and a lot of coffee runners ready at the becking. >> we'll look at the fun we had along the way on our journey including some behind the scenes stories we didn't get to share with you last week. we have serious topics ahead including this penn state child

abuse scandal. >> that's right, pennsylvania's governor is urging any other potential victims to come forward and the attorney for one young man who says he was molested says he plans to file a civil suit against penn state. we'll talk to that attorney in just a couple of minutes. >> matt, just ahead we'll be talking about our website almost exploding last week after the duggars announced they're expecting their 20th child. why did they touch such a nerve? we'll get into that this morning. and we're going to catch up with actress diane keaton, one of my favorites. she's out with a memoir, talking about dating woody allen, her battle with bulimia and how her mom inspired her. >> love her. can't wait it to hear about that. we'll begin with the penn state child abuse scandal. we'll be talking with the attorney for one of the alleged victims in a moment. first, peter alexander is at penn state with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. it was an emotionally exhausting weekend at penn state university

but the investigation into child abuse presses forward with pennsylvania's governor encouraging any other alleged victims of former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky to come forward and contact authorities. as penn state students head back to class this morning, this tight-knit community is still reeling from horrific charges of child sexual abuse, and an alleged university coverup. late sunday night, president obama spoke out from hawaii. >> what happened at penn state indicates that at a certain point, folks start thinking about systems and institutions and don't think about individuals. evil can thrive in the world just by good people standing by and doing nothing. >> reporter: these are the penn state locker room showers where then graduate assistant mike mcqueary told a grand jury he witnessed former defensive coordinator jerry sandusky sexually abusing a boy in 2002.

pennsylvania governor tom corbett, attorney general in 2009, began an investigation into sandusky. said on "meet the press" sunday mcqueary should have done more. >> he met the minimum obligation of reporting it up, but did not, in my opinion, meet a moral obligation that all of us would have. >> reporter: prosecutors wanted sandusky to have bail at half a million but the judge is a volunteer for sandusky's children's charity, the second mile. judge dutchcot is a volunteer for his charity, the second mile. saturday's football game, the first since 1965, without legendary coach joe paterno at the helm was at times somber.

nearly 100,000 fans fell silent to honor the victims of sexual abuse. players taking a knee before the game began. after penn state's heart freaking loss the emotional message from his son, jay, on espn. >> dad, i wish you were here. we love you. ♪ >> reporter: all weekend the penn state faithful paid visit to paterno's state college home, leaving behind mementos for the man to stepped out of the public eye. nbc news attempted to contact judge dutchcot but she's been unavailable for comment. frmer penn state vice president gary schultz and importantlier athletic director tim curley are scheduled to make their first appearances in court thursday. they all deny the allegations against >> peter alexander, thank you them. very much. nbc news uncovered some

videotape of jerry sandusky talking about his relationship with children and given the charges against him, it's rather startling. nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isikoff has more on this. michael, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. years before he was charged with sex abuse, jerry sandusky talked about his great passion with children. they're words that take on a very different meaning today. >> how did it all start? basically because i'm a frustrated playground director i guess. >> reporter: that's jerry sandusky in an nbc news interview in 1987. in light of the sex abuse charges filed against him it's a disturbing look at the man at the center of the penn state scandal. >> i enjoy being around children. i enjoy their enthusiasm. i just have a good time with them. >> reporter: at the time of the nbc profile, sandusky was a pioneering defensive coach under the legendary joe paterno. he turned down head coaching

jobs with other schools to continue his work with the second mile, the charity to help troubled kids. >> sometimes they don't understand what you want to do. but they want to be disciplined. kids are growing up awfully fast today. >> reporter: now sandusky is charged with 40 counts of child sex abuse over a 13-year period. out on a $100,000 bond and denies any wrongdoing. >> it isn't what happens to you that's important, it's how you react to it. >> reporter: a decade after the nbc news profile, police first investigated sandusky for allegedly showering with and touching a young boy in the penn state locker room. a grand jury report says that investigators from local and university police listened in as the boy's mother confronted him. >> "i was wrong" sandusky told her, "i wish i were dead," but no charges were filed. a year later sandusky at age 55 announced he was retiring from coaching to work more on the second mile charity.

lou prado, a penn state sports historian who has known sandusky for years thought that was strange. >> surprised, everybody was surprised but it seemed natural he'd want to spend more time with the kids because he had this great camp, wanted to expand it and raise more money. >> one of the things would be the trust that would be developed. what we're trying to be is what we think to be is a true friend. >> reporter: but now the charges he sexually abused eight young boys, all of whom he met through the second mile charity, there is outrage over the damage sandusky is alleged to have done to the children and penn state university. >> what i think of him now? i can't tell you what i'd like to do to him, if i could get him. he's ruined penn state. >> reporter: the circumstances surrounding sandusky's retirement and what penn state officials may have known about his conduct over the years is now a central focus of the

investigation. >> ann? >> michael isikoff, thank you. >> ben andreozzi represents one of the alleged victims and jeff deon, good morning to both of you gentlemen. >> good morning, ann. >> i know there's a limited amount you can say about your client but what can you tell us about him in terms of how old your krint is and what his story is? >> ann, i can't release personal information that would actually give the public an opportunity to identify who he is, but i can tell you the emotions and give you an idea of what he's going through right now. and i think it's important to understand that him, and i assume as well as many of the other victims, they've got a real complex emotional response to what's going on right now. it's important to understand that these folks were involved in the penn state football community. they were on the sidelines of football games. they were spending significant amounts of time traveling with

the team and/or in the locker room with the team and getting to know members of that football team, so to say that he's torn apart, i think would be an emotion that would explain where he's at right now. >> what are his emotions then watching these allegations devastating penn state? are you suggesting that, because he's tied in to having watched and being connected to the football program through these experiences that he has a deeper level of emotions that may be hard for us to fathom? >> ann, that's exactly what i'm saying. i think the general public may think that an abused victim in his position would automatically have feelings of negative towards the university and while i think he's very disappointed in the way that members of the university community handled his situation, or the situation involving the coverup, it's not -- it's a complex issue. we understand he has a variety of thoughts that are

going through his head right now, in light of the situation. he was interwoven into this penn state football community. >> are you suggesting he feels not only the pain of this, but also some guilt? >> i think that's fair to say, ann. if you look at sexual assault victims, it's very difficult for them to come forward and i think it's fair to say that the victims could be thinking to themselves right now, as a result of myself coming forward, look at what's happened to this football program. >> is he at all comforted by the fact that the nation is so outraged that he and other boys were not protected, at least according to these allegations? >> ann, i think it's fair to say that sexual assault victims in general are comforted by the movement that we've seen. i can tell you right now, ann, though, there are negative responses as well, so it's really a complicated issue. i know that he does appreciate the fact that the general public

is concerned for him. >> jeff, does this case, as you look at it, fit the pattern of a predator, as has been alleged in the case of jerry sandusky? >> absolutely, ann. predators often seek out and sometimes create organizations that will give them access to children, particularly children that would be vulnerable to specialized attention from an adult that they look up to, and that's why organizations need to be absolutely vigilant about who is in their midst. >> do we have any sense that all of these boys, ben, have access now to counseling or is that still -- and have they been able to get together and would that possibly help their healing? >> you know, ann, i don't think that i can speak for all the victims, but i can say that the people that have come forward to me, that we have been strongly recommending that they get in some trauma therapy, and that's encouraged, that they do that,

you know, immediately, and fortunately there have been organizations throughout the country who have reached out and agreed to provide free counseling for these victims. >> well, that's indicative of how many americans feel, ben, that they want these kids to be okay. ben andreozzi and jeff deon thank you for being with us this morning. tonight on "rock center" with brian williams, bob costas will be speaking with the scandal. once again here is matt. let's turn to the race for the president and those allegations against republican front-runner herman cain. now his wife rarely seen on the campaign trail is leaping to his defense. nbc's kelly o'donnell has that story. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, matt. it's been two weeks since herman cain's presidential campaign has been rocked by those allegations of sexual harassment, going back to the 1990s and for two weeks, cain has been fighting back on his own, insisting he's done nothing wrong and now for the

first time, cain's wife, gloria, is fighting back by his side. >> this is my family. >> reporter: gloria cain has been nearly invisible during her husband's run for the white house. >> because this thing is going to move so fast, you may not see her much so you better look quick. >> reporter: mentioned on the trail. >> i can tell you one thing about my wife of 43 years, she is 200% behind me. >> reporter: but unlike other candidates' wives -- >> she's going to serve, i'm going to shake hands. >> reporter: gloria cain has not been stumping for her husband. >> my wife and i, we have a family life, and she is maintaining the calmness and the tranquility of that family life, so when i do get a day off of the campaign trail, i can go home and enjoy my family. >> reporter: the reluctant campaigner is now stepping forward to defend her husband against sexual harassment allegations. in an interview with greta van sustern will air tonight on fox

news. >> to hear such graphic allegations. >> he put his hand on my leg. >> and know that that would have been something that was totally disrespectful of her as a woman, and i know that's not the person he is. he totally respects women. >> reporter: two other women filed claims and received cash settlements, from the national restaurant association where cain served as president. gloria says the claims do not match the husband she knows. "i'm thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said." cain has repeatedly denied any inappropriate behavior. >> the charges and the accusations i absolutely reject. >> reporter: fighting back yet acknowledging the strain on wife gloria. >> she can get angry like anybody else. >> reporter: is she angry about this. >> oh, yes. she'll tell you right now she's angry about it.

>> reporter: the family still finds time to laugh at themselves. your mother said your father talks too much. >> he has a lot to say. >> we're immune to it. that's what it is. >> reporter: and long before cain's campaign was hit by these allegations, he had said he was running an unconventional campaign, so despite the fact we're accustomed to getting to know candidates' families throughout the process he says it was always his plan to keep his family able to have private lives and rarely appearing on the campaign trail. gloria is doing something important for cain, acting as a character witness. >> kelly o'donnell in washington this morning, thank you very much. let's get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories with natalie morales. >> good morning, ann, welcome back, matt. good morning, everyone. as the global economy is on edge with uncertainty,

several major world leaders are supporting a u.s.-backed plan to create a pacific free trade bloc. from the apec summit in hawaii, president obama said no option was off the table in preventing iran from building a nuclear weapon but the president had harsh words for china as well saying the nation must grow up when it comes to trade and currency practices. following the gop presidential debate this weekend, president obama denounced waterboarding as torture. herman cain and michele bachmann said they'd reinstate the controversial practice to interrogate terror suspects. trouble for anti-wall street protesters in several u.s. cities this morning, in portland, oregon, police drove hundreds of demonstrators from their encampments and arrested dozens of others. in oakland, california, authorities are warning protesters a similar crackdown will come soon. in denver, officers and protesters sparred on sunday, prompting arrests and several minor injuries. some important health news for you this morning. the number of adults with diabetes worldwide has doubled

since 1980 and now the international diabetes federation is forecasting that the number will double again by 2030, meaning that one in ten adults would be struggling with diabetes and most would have type ii, which is the kind linked to weight gain and a sedentary lifestyle. some amazing pictures to show you from the snowy steps of kazhakstan where a team of american and russian astronauts blasted off on a mission to the international space station. the nasa astronauts hitched a ride on the russian soyuz space capsule and the first trip to the station in the post space shuttle era. very cool. justin timberlake is a man of his words. he promised to take chelsea desantis to the marine ball, backed by buff marines asking justin timberlake to be her date. there they are, the singer and actor posted he was proud to be there and enjoyed the chance to be among his heroes or as one marine who attended the ball put

it "we all brought sexy back." justin timberlake is the lucky one there. it's 7:18. back to matt, ann and al. he said he was so moved by the experience. very cool. >> good for her. that's a nice story. natalie, thank you very much. mr. roker is here, a little warmer. it's ticked up a bit. >> natalie didn't you want to finish your second day guess? >> i'm going with -- >> she was still talking over the weekend. i got texts about it. >> madrid. how's that? >> longest guess in the history. >> i worked out every detail of that clue. you got to give me credit. >> and yet still wrong. >> so close, but yet so far. >> anyway, good to see you, my friend. a great job. >> thank you. we've got a frontal system that stretches from canada to texas and there's rain all along this system. warm air ahead of it, cold air behind it. the rain is starting to fire up in west texas, rainfall amounts anywhere from about a half an inch to an inch and as we travel along the front you'll see

heavier rain into little rock and indianapolis, cleveland, pittsburgh, the risk of strong storms there and moving all the way up into maine anywhere from a quarter to half an inch of rain before it's all over. that's what's going on in the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. good monday morning to you. we have thick patches of fog out there. take it easy. future cast show you by 10:00 a.m. a lot of sunshine over the greater bay area. highs today are comfortable. 64 degrees in livermore. 63 in fremont. 63 degrees in san jose. meanwhile, 60 for san francisco. in the next few days nice and mild. the rain moves in friday to saturday. snow levels falling to 2,500 feet. have a fantastic monday. ? that's your latest weather. ann? >> al, thanks. it's the end of an era. ville vee yo berlusconi, best known for his wild parties is out of a job today. richardeningle is in rome with a

look back. richard, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, ann. european markets are reacting cautiously but positively to italy's political changes, after an embarrassing exit for mr. berlusconi. silvio berlusconi was once untouchable, a self-made man he started out selling vacuum cleaners and as a cruise ship crooner. but the man from milan struck his fortune founding a media empire and now worth about $9 billion. colorful, and vain, he wore a bandana to cover new hair plugs, he's seen to many italians to have a midas touch and a controversial playboy spirit. >> translator: sometimes i see a beautiful girl, i say better to like girls than to be gay. >> reporter: berlusconi is to have hosted bunga bunga sex parties, a phrase he borrowed

from moammar gadhafi. with each scandal, italian politics became more of a laughing stock to other european leaders. >> berlusconi was money, sex, showing off. people are tired of this. >> reporter: what brought berlusconi down wasn't his scandals, it was the economy. italy's slow growth, huge debt and at times ridiculous politics spooked international creditors. interest rates for italy to borrow money soared to unsustainable levels last week. so italians said arriverderci, silvio. thousands toasted with spumanti, calling berlusconi a baffoon. the new prime minister designate

couldn't be more different, march yoe monti, a sober economist with gray hair, his own. >> a man very restrained, very shy, economy, with wife been together for all-time. >> reporter: monti promised to end the economic crisis with urgency and scruples. >> it means there is another italy, which is not just an italy with prostitutes, money, corruption and lack of international credibility. >> reporter: berlusconi is not done with politics efforts but will double his efforts to reform the italian political system. >> richard engel, thanks. coming up an an exclusive tour inside michael jackson's home including the motivational messages he wrote to himself on his private bedroom mirror and what his kids wrote for him but first this is "today" on nbc.

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still ahead, 19 kids, more on the way. why does america have a developing news we're covering right now. police have taken over the occupy oakland encampment in downtown oakland. she joins us live with the latest. >> right now there are two police leans out here. police are still in riot gear from san jose, sunny veil, pletty much all over the bay area. near the plaza, near the encampment, another line of police officers there. they moved in and arrested up to

three dozen people. they pretty much flattened this morning. and everything kind of quieting down. only a handful of demonstrators out here. we understand some city officials may be coming out to take a look at it for themselves. of course, the occupy oakland demonstrators got three notices over the weekend that it was time to leave. at this point much quieter out here. just a lot of police and demonstrators. as far as the encampment, it's pretty much over. i'm christie smith. back to you in san jose. >> 7:27. want to see if it affects the morning commute with mike. >> if you're heading to downtown oakland, 14th and broadway itself. the offramp will take you into

all the bad con jengs in the places around the ogawa plaza. this affects the rail through the area. 12th street station is closed for access or departure. so you'll have to travel thu the area. trains are operating on time. 19th is the closest alternate to get on our off in the downtown area. we do have slowing after the second of two accidents over the last hour and a half. it's also slow on 283. >> thank you very much. for the latest updates check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. look, every day we're using more and more energy.

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♪ happy to greet you at 7:30 on this monday morning, november 14th, 2001. the rockefeller christmas tree surrounded by scaffolding but it will be shining bright very soon. we are glad we have people on the plaza this morning. inside studio 1a i'm ann curry alongside matt lauer. how are you holding up? >> okay, i'm fine. >> coming up an exclusive tour inside the michael jackson

mansion where michael jackson spent his final days including the bedroom only he was allowed inside and still remaining an inspirational message he wrote on a mirror himself. the duggars announced here they're expecting their 20th child. we received a huge reaction to this, both positive and negative. it nearly crashed our website. coming up, why people in this country have such strong emotions about that family right there. >> also this morning, have camera will travel, we'll look back at matt's spectacular where in the world is matt lauer, spanned five days, 30,000 miles and countless time zones. we're excited to see what's going on behind the scenes to make you get that on television. >> fun little stories we never got to. let us begin this half hour with the search for a missing 2-year-old boy out in washington state. now police say they're considering filing charges against that boy's mother as they investigate whether his disappearance might be somehow tied to a television show, "law

& order." nbc's miguel almaguer has more. >> reporter: investigators are growing more desperate. for a week search teams have scoured the streets of bellevue, washington, where sky metalwala vanished, just as baffling is his mother's story and lack of frustration. she told detectives when her car ran out of gas she left sky behind asleep inside the unlocked car as she and her 4-year-old daughter went looking for help. she says when she returned an hour later, sky was gone. but investigators seized her car and said her story doesn't add up. >> we test drove it, the vehicle operated just fine. >> reporter: sky's mother is in the middle of divorcing sky's

father, solomon metalwala, who is actively involved in sky's search, blamed his estranged wife even though police have not named her as a suspect. >> i do believe julia is responsible. if she can cooperate we can find where is our son. >> reporter: her lawyer tells nbc news she won't comment on the active investigation but the mother could now face criminal charges for leaving her son behind. >> that's certainly something we're considering but strategically that's not a decision that we've made yet. >> reporter: yet another bizarre twist in this case, bellevue police say they're intrigued by an episode of "law & order svu" that aired before sky vanished. in the drama, a mother tries to cover up her baby's death by saying her son was stolen from her car. >> that is julia's favorite show. >> reporter: police have now scoured her pardon me, a park where sky often played, even a city dump nearby, but today

there is no sign of the little boy, only suspicion over his disappearance. police say so far sky's mother refused to take a polygraph test and that her story is "falling apart." again she has not been named a suspect. multiple agencies, including the fbi, are working this case, matt. they say they're following several new tips. >> miguel almaguer in los angeles for us, thank you very much. let's get a check of the weather from al. >> thanks very much, matt. we have a nice crowd out here, a little cloudy but things will be okay today. more rain moving into the northeast later. let's show you what's happening, the week ahead we've got much above normal conditions for the eastern two-thirds of the country, but it's going to be wet from new england back into texas, a little snowy in the pacific northwest. midweek chilly weather makes its way into the center of the country, stays warm along the coast but wet and the latter part of the week we're talking about more chilly weather in the east, the warm weather starts to come into the mid section of the

country and going to be wet and snowy in the pacific northwest and cooler as well. this young lady from the birth place of spam, where is that? >> austin, minnesota. >> yes. ♪ spam, good morning to you. well, we still have some patchy fog out there. san jose is looking good to start out. it's chilly. grab a jacket. 60 in san francisco. 65 in santa cruz.fremont. enjoy the stretch of weather we have at the beginning of the week. clouds increase ahead of a coal system that brings in rain late friday. cold showers continue into saturday. and we're talking about snow levels at 2500 feet. have a fantastic monday. >> got a sweet 16. what is your name? ? taylor. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> check your weather any time of the day or not, if you have a good chance of spam whether to the weather channel on cable or

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his final months in guard of secrecy. jeff, good morning. >> good morning to you. we've seen the famous crime scene photos, snapshots of michael's final moments but that's it, until now. this morning you're about to see what no one has ever seen before. i got full access to michael's mansion and there are cameras captured everything from his inner sanctum, literally offlimits to everyone but him, to love notes from michael's children. welcome to 100 north carolwood in the heart of los angeles, where michael jackson spent his final months, and in true jackson style, the grounds are gorgeous, eclipsed only by the beauty inside. >> how are you, welcome? >> good to see you. thank you for having me. >> come on in. >> reporter: showing us around, darren julian and martin nolan from the auction house preparing to sell everything in here. the decor is majestic. michael lived in this mansion. ♪ why, why

>> reporter: as he was rehearsing for his upcoming tour and as you look around, michael's fingerprints are everywhere. as soon as you got to the top of the stairs you're greeted in this beautiful, giant foyer, with high ceilings and of course a piano. michael loved his music. he has a huge collection of pianos here and at neverland. but the real interesting section of this house right through these doors, this is michael jackson's private bedroom, and when i say private, i mean ultraprivate. michael's children weren't even allowed here, not his assistants, not his security guards, no one. this was for michael only. this was his bed and michael jackson didn't enjoy sleeping in a king. this is a california queen. something else that jumped out at me, a sittingia irin the bedroom and for somebody huge in the entertainment industry, no huge glad screen tv for michael jackson. this was his television set, a fairly standard model. but the real prize in the auction, when they started selling off michael's items, may

be this armoire. you can see that michael actually hand wrote something on the mirror, so every time he looked at himself, he would see this. train, perfection, march-april, full out, underlined, may, and a little stick figure that he drew on the bottom. michael was so desperate for this comeback and tour he wanted to see that motivational message every time he looked at the mirror. how much money would the mirror go for? >> we estimate it $6,000 to $8,000 if you owned it. because it's michael jackson's and because of what he wrote here he desperately wanted to make a comeback this was a constant reminder to him. >> how much will it go for then in. >> $40,000, $50,000. >> that's part of the point, this is michael's inner sanctum. >> anything in here will sell for more money because these were a part of his private life no one else got to see. >> how much of this is for sale? >> everything in the house movable is for sale. >> reporter: right through here

is michael's personal bathroom, part of the master suite that is so private only michael was allowed in here, so big it can fit a tub and a chaise lounge in the middle. something interesting through here in his shower by the way is enclosed in double sided glass is this shower bench. if you look up close, michael drew these stick figures on every piece of wood on the shower bench and this is for sale, too. right through here, as you go out the other side, this is michael's, well i guess this would be his closet. it would be an apartment in new york city for most people and we're told in his final days, this room was literally stacked with his belongings, every closet was filled, every tabletop was filled with stuff. michael loved accumulating stuff, and he kept a lot of it right in here. of all the rooms in the house, this one has the most meaning. it's been called the medication room. this is where michael jackson

intent his final moments, in fact, it's in this very bed where michael jackson spent his final moments and this bed is going up for auction soon. this is how we're used to seeing the medication room from crime scene photos. pillows everywhere, pillows thrown around, there's even a doll in the middle of the bed. dr. conrad murray administered the propofol right here at michael's bedside. of course this say piece of history now. >> like his inner sanctum anything in the room is going to have nor value but the bed we estimate 3,000 to 5,000, what the value is with the bed and it's historical significance in this room, it's going to be far greater. >> reporter: do you expect to get perhaps the most money of this particular item? >> we anticipate it being one of the top selling items. >> just down the hall more bedrooms, lavish and spacious. it's believed michael's children, prince, paris and blanket, slept here.

in fact you can see the kids everywhere, prince carved his name into this candle. and this is the kitchen, where the family spent much of their time during the day. >> a kitchen that's very similar to what they lived in at neverland, a home that was filled with love, and that's represented here on the chalkboard. "i love daddy. smile, it's free." >> the kids wrote that. the chalkboard is up for auction, too. also downstairs a living room, a formal dining room and just like neverland ranch, this mansion has a fully functional movie theater complete with velvet seats. michael didn't own this home. he rented it, fully furnished. the homeowner, no relation to the jackson family, wants to remain anonymous. she and the auction house will share profits when the items sell. when you step outside it is beautiful here. >> michael liked private surroundings that are immaculate. >> reporter: this is immaculate,

his own private oasis, greenery his protection from the outside, the pool, the poolhouse all part of michael's life in the final months but even this mansion suited for a king couldn't cure this king's pain. ♪ gonna make a change for once in my life ♪ >> 600 items will go up for auction december 17th in los angeles and by the way the owner has put the house on the market itself for upwards of $20 million. ann? >> thank you so much for your reporting. we'll have some of those items from that mansion live in our studio next month before they hit the auction block. coming up next, we'll relive the fun of matt's where in the world adventure and get some behind the scenes stories heesel first these messages. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day

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>> how many hours would you sleep? >> for hours at spurts, you stop and get fuel but you never get a full night sleep. adrenalin plays a big role. >> a bit. >> that first day, i mean -- namibia is beautiful. you've got to see the place, the place we got to spend the most time in because it was the weekend, skiing off the dune i don't know if you get a sense for how tall, 300 feet tall and it's just in the middle of nowhere, for as far as the eye can see there are the dunes that stretch out. this is the skeleton coast in a helicopter and you're going down the ocean, next thing you see the shipwreck in the middle of the sand, 600 yards from the nearest water. >> you didn't see any helicopter wrecks, did you? >> no, i didn't. lots of whale bones and jackals that inhabit that wreck there. it's just surreal. like something, remember "planet of the apes" and the statue of liberty at the end? >> they blew it all up! and then you guys had to switch

gears. >> it was unexpected, supposed to be there thursday and went there tuesday because of weather in switzerland. >> it would have been a cool show if you had to do that from that day. >> keep in mind the video of tuesday in switzerland was an eng camera. we couldn't get a signal up, couldn't put the dish up so they couldn't get the dish up. these were the flamenco dancers. >> that open of that show -- here is the video. >> that's what it was like on tuesday when we were supposed to be there. >> two days later -- >> we got to go. >> we have to talk about this old spice. that was insane. you had us howling back here when you started changing your clothes. that was so crazy. >> in barbados. >> i mentioned this offcam camera, you were going to do what the old spice guy did. >> no, shirtless, no. somebody said they knew this was a spoof because there's no way i'd ever wear that shirt on the air. >> or that mustache.

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good morning to you. it's 7:56. i'm laura garcia-cannon. police have torn down the occupy oakland encampment and are now standing guard at frank ogawa plaza. this was the scene this morning as officers worked their way through the campground. police went from tent to tent, checking to see if protesters were inside before tear lg them down. most protesters wut mo the street. city leaders are preparing to hold a news conference at this hour. we'll have a crew there to bring you the latest. also the latest when it come os the forecast. checking in with meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. we'll see a fairly nice day. later on 60, 65 in concord. 63 in fremont. high pressure continuing so keep our weather nice and fair.

the stretch of fair weather lasts through thursday. by frad more rain moves into the mix. mike has been busy all morning long. let's check the drive now. >> we're focusing on occupy oakland. first the ogawa plaza and the intersection of 14th and broadway to be avoided. yul use the 19th. that one is the closest. the area off of the freeway. this is okay. but i would avoid the area until things clear up there. slow on the general approach to the bay bridge. then eastbound 80 we found out all lanes have reopened after an earlier alert blocking two of four lanes for 20 to 25 minutes. slst the slowing to the bridge. back to you. >> for the latest traffic and news updates. check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. i'll have another update in half

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we're back at 8:00 on a monday morning. the 14th day of november, 2011, 54 degrees out on the plaza, the crowd is loud and we'll take it. we've got an enormous monday morning crowd. something must be going on in new york city. out on the plaza i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker. coming up in this half hour we'll be talking about the duggar family. >> last week they announced they're expecting their 20th child. when they made that announcement our website almost crashed from the reaction, some positive, some negative.

we'll get into why this has hit such a nerve. also ahead, diane keaton is joining us in the studio this morning. she has written a new memoir, all about her life, her career, her loves, how her mother inspired her, and how having a family has changed her. i love diane keaton. i can't wait to talk to her about that. >> we have a real icon in you're studio. if you thought your job was filled with snakes and backbiters, you ain't seen nothing yet. check out these folks, part of the hip reality show "swamp wars" that's what they've got to deal with every day. >> it occurred to me we've been talking about and next week justin bieber in concert, the day before thanksgiving. for example, on monday, we've rascal flatts with natasha bedingfield and carole king and justin bieber. the day before thanksgiving.

if you're in the new york area check out one or all of the shows. >> but today you're here. >> so glad to be back. let us go inside, natalie is at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning again, matt, ann and al. good morning, everyone. the governor of pennsylvania is urging any more alleged victims of a former penn state football coach to step forward and contact authorities. former defensive coach jerry sandusky is charged with molesting eight boys he met through his second mile youth charity. it's been revealed the judge who released sandusky last week without making him post bail or wear an ankle monitor is a volunteer with the charity. on this program today the attorney for one of the alleged victims confirmed is he filing a civil suit against penn state. herman cain's wife is speaking out for the first time about the sexual harassment accusations against her husband. gloria cain told fox news she can't believe claims he harassed women when he led the national restaurant association in the

1990s. she says her husband totally respects women and would have to have a split personality to do the things alleged. we head to wall street and cnbc's melissa francis is at the new york stock exchange. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. we have new leaders in italy and greece tackling debt issues. they are temporary, so they can go in and make the hard decisions without being beholden to special interests and lobbyists. we'll see if they can do it. overnight italy issued new debt, meaning they borrowed money. they had to pay a record rate to that, government bonds dragging. >> melissa francis, thank you. chelsea clinton is joining nbc news as a special correspondent. the daughter of former president bill clinton and secretary of state hillary rodman clinton will work on stories for nbc's popular "making a difference" series. we welcome her today. now "what's trending on

today" what has you talking on online, justin timberlake is one of the top searches on google after saturday's marine corps ball. the sexy singer and actor escorted kelsey desantis. she invited him in a youtube video. he wrote he was extremely moved spending time with so many heroes. this video that takes you around the world in five minutes is hot the on facebook. the time lapse nasa video from the international space station even captures last month's aurora borealis glowing over the horizon. michael j. fox went back to the past with a party rockin' version of "johnny b. good" in his park inson's fund-raiser in new york. fox has been battling parkinson's for a decade. he was re-creating his character marty mcguy introduces 1950s teens to a guitar classic that had not been written yet.

he's fantastic. 8:05, back out to al with a check of your weather. >> thanks, nat. today is world diabetes day. you got a message. >> we're here to raise awareness for diabetes, we're with novartis. the leader in diabetes care. get checked out and know the signs. >> let's check your weather and see what is happening. pick city of the day is charleston, west virginia. wsad, news channel 3. cloudy, warm, 75 degrees and as we check it out for the rest of the country, we've got a front stretching from texas up into canada, rain from upstate new york through ohio, back down to texas, risk of strong storms in the upper ohio river valley, mountain snows in the pacific northwest, rain in new england, showers in southern florida, slight risk of strong storms into central and southern texas and a good looking group here. where are you from? >> grand rapids, michigan. >> all righty. somebody picked it up, that's all that matters. that's what's going on in the country.

good morning to you. taking a live look at the golden gate bridge. nice, clear sky overhead here. we have thick fog lingering in the north bay. watch out for reduced visibilities from santa rosa to novato. the sun will be out in full force across the bay area. your highs, rather comfortable in the mid 60s. we head through the midsection of your week, rain arrives thursday into friday. snow level falling to 2,500 feet. have a fantastic monday. and that's your latest weather. >> thank you very much. when we come back, and baby makes 20, why americans have such strong feelings about the duggar family, in both directions. but first these messages. [ female announcer ] what's so great about jcp cash?

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last week the duggar family which stars in the tlc show "19 kids and counting" came to reveal yes you guessed it, number 20 is on the way and mara schiavocampo tells us the reaction. >> it led to more hits on the "today" show page, leaving so many comments they almost crashed the site. >> good morning, everybody. >> good morning. >> reporter: it all started with this. >> we are expecting our 20th child. >> michelle and jim bob duggar of tlc's "19 kids and counting" announcing on the "today" show last week she's pregnant again with baby number 20. >> we are due in april, and just thrilled. >> reporter: the news made headlines, instantly becoming a hot topic. >> i think it's a little outrageous to be honest. >> it's great. children are a blessing. >> reporter: viewers flooded the

today.com website, not just to read the story but to discuss it. >> it was the biggest story we've ever had on "today moms." we got more than 3 million hits and 15,000 people commented. the commenting was so fast and furious at one point we had to shut down the comments so it wouldn't crash the system. >> reporter: one viewer wrote "i home for hur kids' sake she goes through an early menopause." while negative outweighed the positive, defenders spoke out just as strongly one writing "the duggars have done better with their 19 than most do with their one or two." >> people take this story personally and look at the duggars and look at their own families and compare them and that really arouses some very strong passion especially in moms. >> reporter: a big concern for many, michelle's health. she's 45 and suffered from pre-eclampsia during her last pregnancy and in 2009 baby josie was delivered prematurely. the duggars says josie is a

thriving toddler and the doctor has given them the green light for another pregnancy. >> we always have the motto in our house there's always room for one more. >> are you excited, jordan? >> reporter: one family's big announcement getting an equally big reaction. >> commenters on today.com suggested baby names, jewel e, starting with a "j" just like all the other duggar children. >> thank you. the author of "scream free parenting" and hariette cole, of hariette cole media. why has the story caught a nerve. >> the shear volume of children is an extreme. >> unusual. >> the other thing is, this is a loving family and you look and see for many people who have one child or two or even three and have a lot of difficulty managing, and you see this family having loving children that seem to be very well behaved. how do they do it?

i think that's a big question and that's part of the curiosity. >> fascination, maybe some incredulity but maybe do you think some jealousy? because these kids are well fed, well dressed, well behaved and apparently the parents can afford to raise them. >> i think jealousy, envy. you look and you see that she gets to spend time with her kids, home schooling her kids so a lot of mothers who are out in the workforce are not spending that much time with their kids and she seems to have it all together. >> there's one daughter, 17-year-old ginger duggar, said that a lot of times people think we don't have enough time alone with our parents but our parents take time to spend with each one of us individually. is there any research that indicates whether it is possible to actually be enough of a parent to, when there are so many siblings? >> right. one of the myths about parenting now is that we have to devote our whole lives around our kids, right? and so we only have one or two and we're supposed to post every facebook photo or every note they play on their piano

recital. they can't do and that's good for our kids. it doesn't give them the impression the world revolves around them. they act self-centered and narcissistic. families a lot of the research shows they are healthier, they need to wake themselves up in the morning. >> healthy, more resilient, many independent and self-sufficient. there are negatives, too. i know most people i know who are in families where there are lots and lots of kids will say the older kids kind of help raise the younger kids. >> isn't that normal, though? it used to be that many -- >> older kids are just kids. >> so they have to -- they shouldn't be the parent, but in large families, where we used to have tons of large families especially in the south, it was traditional to have maybe not 20 but 10, 11, 12, the older kids would help out. >> one of the things i coach parents on, look, don't expect

your oldest kids to take care of the kids as if they're a parent, but so if you're expecting to babysit them, pay them like a babysitter. >> it's a great idea. i bet the parents with the kids may not think so. >> from the duggar it is seems they put their marriage before their kids. >> you can see that. >> they love each other. the kids are doing well. it's an amazing story. >> hariette cole and hal i'm sure this is not the last we'll hear about this. coming up next we have screen legend diane keaton in the house, talking about her life, her loves, her amazingg a that's right, coming up, right after this. [ male announcer ] humana and walmart have teamed up

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♪ don't tell me what to say that's just horrible. i hate you for this. >> but is her role as daughter, sister and mother that truly define her. her new memoir called "then again." good morning. >> how are you? i saw that clip with al pacino and all i can think about is that wig. i've never seen so much hair on my head. it felt like ten pounds. it was the worst experience. >> you write about al pacino. >> oh my god was he beautiful. >> i love you. i really do. >> i'm here. you like older women? >> i just love you. >> i appreciate you. i want you to know that. >> i have always thought of you as a very private person. you're not the one who makes the tabloid headlines. you keep things close to the vest. >> right. >> was it hard to sit down and write it? >> no, no, no, it was not hard

because basically it was like a giant collage. i had a lot of information. i had my mother's words. she wrote 85 journals over the course of her adult life so really it was an editing job and then i wrote journals, too, we were kind of kindred spirits in many ways and then i had my father's words and my grandmother hall was quite a character. >> let's make sure people understand, you wrote this memoir but realized early on it had to tell the story of your mom. >> it had to tell the story the way our life was kind of lived, bits and pieces saved here and there, so i put it all together and compared our two lives and kind of the same dreams. we kind of shared the same dreams, except my story is the story of a girl whose dreams came true because of her mother, dorothy, dorothy hall. >> who passed away in 2008 of alzheimer's. >> she did. >> mom lingers because she tried to save hur family's history through her words because it took decades before i recognized that her most alluring trait was her complexity. >> yes, oh she was fabulous and you know what she was, too, this

great listener. i think about how the times i just rushed to get home from school so that i could sit across from her at the kitchen counter and she would hear my sob stories and she was just highly evolved in that regard because she kind of taught me to think by just letting me roam through thoughts and it was kind of a precursor to, you know, analysis later. >> you write a lot about your life. you write a lot about your career, and i think it might surprise people with all your iconic roles, you look and you say something's got to give? maybe one of your favorite movies? >> there's no question about it. figure it out, pretend you're a woman. pretend you're 57. >> right. >> and you know, it's kind of over in terms of romantic comedy. okay, so then guess what? it happens, and then guess what? it's jack nicholson. >> and jack nicholson you write during the kiss, everything that came out of his mouth gave me the rush of a first time love over and over again. >> it did. >> it wasn't the script.

it was jack and jack can't be explained. did he pay to you write that? that's a resume item right there. >> no, no, no, you don't understand. you're not a girl. you get this thing, movies where you get to kiss men. it couldn't be more heaven, because of course, he has to follow the script when he's looking at you, and pretend like he loves you, even though he doesn't, then you pretend you love him but for me it frequently became that i would love them, all of the guys i got to kiss, but jack nicholson especially because there's just nobody kind of like him, and especially you know, jack nicholson probably in normal life wouldn't be wanting to kiss me at age 57. you no he what i'm saying? i think you underestimate yourself. >> you think so? >> i do. you write about woody allen and al pacino. on warren beatty, taught you a lot and encouraged you. "once warren chose to shine his light on you there was no going back. within his gaze i was the most captivating person in the world. he fed on every nuance of my

lop-sided face and saw beauty." >> that's what it felt like. it was exciting. with a warren when i was a kid i worked at the broadway theater and sold hotdogs. i remember seeing "splendor in the grass" and it was like no, i'd never seen anything like that. when i say "thing" it was like he was so die for, can you imagine? i talked to my mother about everything but i never mentioned warren beatty. i never went to that world. >> she would not have approved? >> she would not. >> because of his reputation? >> no, because it was too embarrassing to be aware of the fact that i had a crush on like a movie star and i didn't want her to know that i had those kind of kissing feelings, if you get my drift. >> several times in the book you write about being scared. >> i'm scared now. i'm terrified. >> there's no reason. when you talked how your life changed after annie hall what was scary? >> i wanted to retreat. i always felt safe in my family,

safe with my mom and dad, and this was like a whole big world, and my dream had come true and i don't think that i felt that i was vipable of handling it. it was too much. good morning to you. it's 8:26 right now. i'm laura garcia-cannon. occupy oakland campus has been taken over by police for a second time. officers started arriving just before 5:00 this morning. most protesters began leaving, gathering out on the street, singing and marching in a circumstancircle as officers fenced them in. a handful of protesters remained inside the camp. 25 people have been arrested. officers went in to start pulling down the tents. a news conference is going on right now with the oakland city leaders. we'll bring you the latest information there. let's check the morning commute with mike inouye. >> with all that activity within the intersection of 14 and

broadway, avoid that, as well as a couple of blocks in each direction. broadway from 12 to 17 and 14th between franklin, avoid that entire area around frank ogawa plaza. b.a.r.t. station there is closed. no major delays reported for that line. upper deck, bay bridge, an accident is causing slowing. back to you. >> thank you very much, mike. for the latest news and traffic updates check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook. ♪

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8:30 now on this monday morning, the 14th day of november, 2011. the crowds are building in rockefeller plaza. and guess what? we have a christmas tree in place, surrounded by scaffolding. folks are hard at work but they're getting it done. that's been terrific. coming up, we're going to give you the parents' guide to raising teenagers. we're going to show you from an

expert how to help them spread their wings without crashing into a plate glass window. >> that's a good idea. also ahead we're going to take you behind the scenes of the hugely popular show "swamp wars." >> ooh, yuck. >> that's a tease? >> that's crazy. plus the amazing sandra lee is here, going to reveal how to throw a great party that's not going to break the bank. >> there's nothing she's made ever here that i didn't like eating. that's a good sign. >> that's always good. yes it is. we're going to help you reduce your stress when it comes to money. >> before we get to that you want to give us a check of the weather? >> i certainly will. that's why i'm here. let us show you as we look ahead to today, a risk of strong storms in the upper mississippi river valley, back through texas along the front, rain, mountain snows pacific northwest into the western plains. sunny and windy through southern california.

tomorrow the risk of strong storms in the lower gulf, wet weather into the mid-atlantic states and the northeast, snow showers around the western great lakes. sunny and warm in florida, mountain snows, central rockies, sunny and mild southwest into southern california. that's what's going on in the country. here's what's happening -- a hug there from ann. good monday morning to you. well, we're done with the rain, at least for now. high pressure will do its job to keep our skies nice and clear, at least through thursday. we'll end up in the 60s at the coast. we will see fog each morning. 63 in san jose, 60 in san francisco today. we have rain in that forecast, it arrives friday into saturday, snow falling to 2,500 feet. have a fantastic monday. >> don't forget to check your weather any time of the day or night on the weather channel on cable or weather.com. don't forget to check in with uncle willie scott.

we'll do that right now. oh, uncle willie. >> we love the sweet smell of autumn in the air. happy birthday interest good old sm smucker's. and here is madeline griffin, thomasville, georgia, 104. loves southern cooking, me, too, and loves visiting her friends. this time of the year, ooh, i love it all. turnip greens. and this is laura triest, and she is from annapolis, maryland, one of the nicest towns in the whole world, i mean, annapolis state capital of the great state of maryland, and has worked for the cia and also sails the chesapeake bay. what a way to go. and florence hardin, santa barbara, california, 100 years old today, lives independently and loves to play bridge twice a week. drinks a little gin

occasionally, yes, don't mind if i do. jack reingold, great beer, of boynton beach, florida, 100 years old today, avid sports fan, very, very active with all kinds of things in this life, and he says honesty and integrity, that's the ticket. and here, mabel feddersen of germantown, wisconsin, good cheese and sausage. loves to paint, do two houses in an hour and a half. secret to longevity she says is always trying to help people, and keeping on the good side of things. how about that? finally, an anniversary, 80 years they've been married, nile and alice duvall of miamisburg, ohio, 80 years they've been married. secret to longevity in marriage, sharing lots of laughs, and i believe in that.

it's a laughing if you don't laugh when you're married you'll fold up. that's all there is. back to washington. good laugh. >> thanks a lot. by the way you missed one, aunt trudie is 100 years old today. happy birthday. up next scenes from "swamp wars" but first this is "today" on nbc. cenes from "swamp wars" but first this is "today" on nbc. [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam,

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when we last saw nbc's kerry sanders he was drinking a martini in a tuxedo high in the swiss alps for "where in the world." today he's pretty much in the polar opposite place, deep in the florida everglades for behind-the-scenes look at the most popular show on animal planet called "swamp wars."

you are really down to sea level. kerry, good morning. >> reporter: it's good to be back down at sea level. i'm also slightly nervous because of what you see on "swamp wars." so much of reality tv is a real event that then is glammed up with hollywood tricks but on "swamp wars" what you see is really what you get. it's real, it's raw, and the drama is high tension as it's man versus predator. "swamp wars." >> there we go. don't want you going in there. >> reporter: follows the lives of miami-dade's venom one unit. >> it's a wild place, south florida. >> reporter: a unique team of seven firefighters called in when civilization -- >> almost bit me but i man. >> reporter: -- and nature clashes. >> little ones i can handle, but ones like that no. >> reporter: happens up to 20 times a day here for good reason. why are you calling it "swamp wars"? >> people think of miami as south beach. the reality is this was miami. miami was built in a swamp.

>> reporter: and as miami continues to grow, people are living right up against the everglades. as we skim through this river of grass, lieutenant scott mullen explains how their everyday work turned into a tv show. it began simply enough with a home video. >> oh, okay. >> don't let him bite you. george, give me your glove. dude! give me your glove. >> people here the stories, oh, you're just talking and that never could have happened. you didn't catch that. i started carrying a camera with me to take proof that it actually happened. >> reporter: the newest battle these days? >> this is the one i dug out from under the shed. a tegu lizard, like the monitor lizard of central south america. >> reporter: it's presumed a one-time owner set two free and now the tegu population has multiplied beyond anyone's expectation.

lieutenant lisa woods knows all too well these lizards like to hide. >> belly crawl through here. >> reporter: this encounter -- >> ooh, i see him. >> reporter: under a resident's mobile home. >> they scratch with their claws and bite with their mouth. >> reporter: you're not afraid as you're crawling under there? >> no. i was afraid he would get away. that's what i was afraid of. >> reporter: but the rest of america was afraid watching you in there. >> apparently so. i get a lot of comments about that. >> reporter: tegu captures to date, 119. and then there are the snakes, diamond head rattlers. where did you find him to begin with? >> in somebody's yard. >> reporter: burmese pythons like the tegus, were pets released into the wild, that are now an epidemic. >> not too big. >> reporter: the miami-dade fire department now houses the largest anti-venom bank in the world. >> north american bit by water moccasins, copperheads, black widows, scorpions, king cobra,

malaysian, australian, french, peruvian, costa ricans, we have the world covered. >> reporter: the team gets frantic calls. more than 1,000 a year for life-saving anti-venom. >> it's liquid gold. >> reporter: the best advice? >> the main thing we like to say is don't do what we do. >> reporter: but with their supervision. >> go for it. >> can't be hesitant. he who hesitates is lost. >> reporter: i gave "swamp wars" a try. got it. and you can see the snake there did not like being captured, snapping at the camera. this is that seven-foot python here which appears menacing until you look at this. this is a 16-foot python that was captured out here in the last month inside a 76-bound deer. so one of the stars of "swamp wars" lieutenant scott mullen does that mean people should be afraid especially for children >> no, they're not a primary food source for the animals, not

something we look at. >> reporter: matt, clearly they're on to something and i don't know, the alps are looking pretty safe right now. >> that's crazy. kerry, thank you very much. be careful over there. the new season of "swamp wars" can be seen on animal planet sunday night at 9:00, 8:00 central. tomorrow kerry goes behind the scenes of the hit "storage wars" about people who battle over abandoned storage units trying to find hidden treasure. up next, another battle, trying to raise a teenager. we'll have advice for parents. first this is "today" on nbc. b trying to raise a teenager. [ female announcer ] this is not a prescription. this is norma. who is inundated with all the information concerning the medicare part d changes this year. so she scheduled an appointment

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this morning on "parenting today," raising teenagers. how do you let them grow up and find their way in life? keeping them safe, all at the same time. we asked a group of teens how they thought their parents were doing.

>> my mom says her top three fears are me learning to drive, choking and me being abducted and somehow, she ties everything into those three issues. >> sometimes they'll be really strict, don't want me driving. >> my mom doesn't let me drive and i'm not going to like go drive to like some desolate location and hang out there by myself. i'm going to go see my friends. i have to do the check-in constantly. >> my parents are like oh, call me when you get here or text me once you see this. >> i was recently at a dance and i forgot to call my parents, i turned around and my dad was standing behind me. i was mortified. >> whenever i want to sleep over a friend's house they have to speak with those parents first, which as a 16-year-old, it kind of feels like they should be doing that to my 13-year-old brother and not me. >> my mom still likes to think i'm her little kid.

she wants me to text her when i get to school. one day i didn't text her, she calls the school going crazy making sure i got there. >> i understand it's for safety but i feel they should trust me enough that i say i'm going over this person's house, that i'm actually going to do it. >> when parents say they understand or they know where you're coming from, i don't believe it. >> my parents want me to talk to them like they're my friends but you can't because they won't take it and don't want to hear it. >> parents need to realize while they were teens once, they're not now, so their situations and our situations are not direct comparisons. >> as much as parents think they're helping us, sometimes they're really not. sometimes they make it worse, and they don't really realize. i think sometimes backing off is the best thing. >> wendy mogul is a psychologist and author of "the blessing of a b minus" using jewish teachings to raise resilient teenagers.

good morning to you. >> good morning. my daughter turned 13, can i go to the store by myself? when can i do it? i said kind of never. you tell me what's wrong with what those parents have been saying to their kids? >> if you never let her go to the store by herself, when she goes off to college she's going to be dazzled and dazed because the only person in charge of her will be the 19-year-old resident adviser in the dorm and that's kind of scary. so we want them to get a little experience with independence. >> okay, point well taken and that actually is the practical advice but what is the dynamic that makes this so difficult between teenagers and their parents. >> one is that we feel a tiny bit betrayed. >> as parents. >> because they were so loving and tender. >> and cute. >> and looked great because we picked out all the outfits, and then they get just bigger and lumpier, and they're not quite as forthcoming as they were earlier.

>> they get cranky. >> they get cranky, as they should. >> as they should. >> because we are getting on their nerves, because they believe that they should be in charge of everything, and we kind of believe they should be in charge of nothing. >> you actually add to that a very interesting point. you say that teens actually "kick at authority unconsciously trying to make parents less attractive so it will be easier to leave them." there is a sense that they know something that we don't know, which is that they need to get ready and getting rid of us to some degree is part of that process. >> and we are in the habit of trying to keep them alive. so take the example of driving, where the parent sits in the car and we're just constantly trying to hit that imaginary brake. we are thinking about when they were toddlers and we didn't want them to run out into the street. >> but there's all kinds of statistics, webbndy, stats that told us kids until they're 21 don't really have the reaction times as adults, so that is why driving is actually more

dangerous. you get all these statistics about child abductions, and what happens to our young people when they don't have, you know, parental advice, so, guidance, so of course we're going to be more nervous. shouldn't we be? >> what's happened to parents is that our intelligence and our creative imagination have turned into paranoia, because news like abductions are national news in seconds. so we imagine these children in peril the minute they're out of our sight. >> the bottom line is, if you want to have a resilient child, what do you do then when you're in that panic mode, about something they're about to do? what's your best advice to parents? >> so, for example, the only way they can learn to drive is by practicing a lot, and you kind of use a barometer and judge them, instance by instance, to see if they're home when they said they would be home, if they remember to fill up the car with gas. >> and praise them when they do

that? >> and praise them and appreciate it and put the oxygen mask on yourself before you put it on the child. >> oh, wendy mogul you let me have a big breath and a lot of parents i think as well. thank you so much. >> thank you so much, ann. >> great advice. coming up next, sandra lee, she's in the house with some great ideas for throwing an easy and affordable cocktail party. but first, this is "today" on nbc.

this morning on "today's kitchen" affordable, easy entertainment step by step, ask hostess extraordinaire sandra lee, creating elegant cocktail parties does not have to take a lot of time or money. the new book is called "money saving meals." nice to see you. if i give up money and make everything cost less am i going to sacrifice taste, quality, is it going to be less healthy? >> in fact, it can be more healthy because you have complete control over the ingredients and how much salt and sugar you put in. when you're saving money you have to invest more time, "money savings meals" on the food network. semihomemade is you're buying your time you're investing money in the . convenience of items that are made already. >> people, we're going to give the cost of these things afterwards and it's almost pennies what you're spending. >> per serving on this

particular dish, which is, by the way, my beautiful baby potatoes, crispy, stuffed with sour cream and bacon and chives. so these are par boiled, eight minutes on that. >> is this the only potato? >> new potatoes, you can use any small potatoes, red. whatever you have, is the first rule of saving money. in this book you'll save upwards of about 77% on the show 35 to 50. my goal was 25%. >> you scooped them out and made the mixture, sour cream, bacon, a little bit of mustard and chives. you'll put them in there. where do these go in the oven? >> no, you scoop these out, put them in the oven for 15 minutes, 400 degrees, got salt and a little bit of rose mary and pepper. you make your mixture, put it into the bowl, scoop it in and you're done. these are a great first course with chicken sliders, spicy barbecue mayonnaise on this.

>> making these for about $1.23 per portion. >> look at how much food. that's two apiece. mayonnaise, your favorite barbecue sauce. hot sauce will heat this up and again some mustard. these are pantry basics. >> you also buy thighs on the bone. you save money there, and thighs are about the most flavorful part of the chicken. >> and least expensive as well. so skin on, bone in, you saute onions with garlic, drop them skin side down. this is about 30% the cost of breasts, bone in and skin on. then just some herbs going there, a half a cup of water in there, simmer this for an hour, you pull it. >> which is investing your time, takes a little extra time to do that. >> pulled pork sliders. here is the deal with this. >> pulled chicken sliders. >> sorry. there is your mayonnaise. this is a head of cabbage. i've reserved one cup for my chicken tacos with cucumber salsa.

in a bowl you'll add a little bit of vinegar. i like apple vinegar, a little bit of sugar and some crushed red pepper, whiz that together, you want this to combine, and then you drizzle that over the top. >> that's the whole sauce for the coleslaw? >> toss it and that's it. get some heat on there. >> from here to here we spent about $6. >> mmm. great. >> and this is a whole meal. >> behind us i want to show some of these guys. >> hello, glad to see you. come on, let's go eat something. look at these! >> i'll eat myself there. >> how come you always show up for the cocktails? >> we're not dumb. >> cucumber cups stuffed with shrimp cocktail. you have a little bit of cilantro, shrimp and lemon juice, $1.25 per person, a sparkling spritzer bar with

vanilla vodka you made yourself. a little bit of sparkling water, some persecco or sparkling white wine. these are simple syrups, three cups of water, three cups of sugar, simmer it down. in each one is a separate combination of flavor. >> i got soaked by that. we're back after your local news. sandra, thank you. y that. we're back after your local news. sandra, thank you. 8:56 right now. good morning to you. i'm laura garcia-cannon. the occupy oakland camp, no more this morning. we've got a look at frank ogawa plaza early this morning. just as police were finishing to pull down more than 100 tents there. officers moved in just before 5:00 and started fencing protesters in. several people were arrested,

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i'm suzanne shaw. it was two years ago when nbc bay area first took a stand for statewide pension reform. now, finally, governor brown has a plan. he wants to raise the retirement age for most workers to 67, have them pay into social security and 401(k)s and contribute more to their state pension. critics called the plan either too tough or not tough enough, yet san francisco, a strong labor town, voted almost 70% in favor of pension reform last week. so, you know it's time for change. no one should lose his fair share of the pension pie, but we support bold changes, abuses, spiking, double dipping and overly generous guarantees are destroying the state's ability to pay for education and

services. urge your elected officials to support meaningful pension reform. we have the links at nbceditorials.com. we're back with more of "today" on a monday morning. it is the 14th day of november, 2011. when we first came outside about an hour and a half ago, the clouds had rolled in. now it's a beautiful sunny day here in new york city. temperatures still in the 50s so not too bad. out on the plaza, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry, al roker and savannah guthrie. >> hi. >> last we saw savannah at least i did. >> we were in africa. >> having dinner in a french restaurant, don't get the wrong impression, in namibia. it was good to have you on that trip. >> it was fun to be there. >> it was good. it was fun.

coming up in half hour, more on the sexual abuse scandal at penn state university. we're going to hear from jerry sandusky, the former coach at penn state, in his own words. this is a tape taken about ten years ago, and recorded about ten years ago, talking about his relationship with children. we're going to hear more about that, even as one of the alleged victims in this scandal prepares to sue the college. so we're going to be talking more about that. a little bit later on we're going to take a look inside the home that michael jackson spent his final days in. we were granted exclusive access inside the rented mansion. we'll show you what inspirational messages he wrote to himself on his mirror and show you the message his kids left for him. also ahead millions of americans we know are under severe financial stress and a new polls finds that more than half of americans are dipping into their retirement savings, their college savings just to pay the bills. we'll have some advice coming up on how you can cut down on some

of the financial anxiety and also good tips. >> on that point with thanksgiving coming up, how do you make sure you save some money as you throw a batch for your family, want to have friends over, we have advice from party planner colin cowell, he has ideas and obviously using some ideas to create a more modern table setting in some cases so we'll look at that. >> lots to get to. let's go inside, natalie morales with a look at the headlines. >> good morning, once against. nbc has uncovered video of the coach at the center of the penn state child sex abuse accusations at the time that he was working with kids at the second mile program he founded. nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isikoff has more. good morning, michael. >> reporter: good morning, natalie. years before he was charged with sex abuse, jerry sandusky spoke with great passion about his work with children. they're words that take on a

very different meaning today. >> how did it all senator basically because i'm a frustrated playground director i guess. >> reporter: that's jerry sandussky in an nbc news interview in 1987. in light of the sex abuse charges filed against him it's a disturbing look at the man at the center of the penn state scandal. >> i enjoy being around children. i enjoy their enthusiasm and i just have a good time with them. >> reporter: at the time of the nbc news profile, sandusky was a pioneering defensive coach under the legendary joe paterno. he turned down head coaching jobs with other schools to continue his work with the second mile to continue with his charity to help troubled kids. >> everybody needs people to care for them. sometimes they don't want it. sometimes they don't understand what you're trying to do but they want to be disciplined. kids are growing up awfully fast today. >> reporter: now sandusky is charged with 40 counts of sex abuse over a 13-year period, out on a $100,000 bond and denies any wrongdoing. >> it isn't what happens to you

that's important, it's how you react to it. >> reporter: a decade after the nbc news profile, police first investigated sandusky for allegedly showering with and touching a young boy in the penn state locker room. a grand jury report says that investigators from local and university police listened in as the boy's mother confronted him. >> "i was wrong" sandusky told her, "i wish i were dead," but no charges were filed. a year later sandusky at age 55 announced he was retiring from coaching to work more on the second mile charity. lou prado, a penn state sports historian who has known sandusky for years thought that was strange. >> surprised, everybody was surprised but it seemed natural he'd want to spend more time with the kids because he had this great camp, wanted to expand it and raise more money. >> one of the biggest things would be the trust that would be developed. what we're trying to be is what we think to be is a true friend.

>> reporter: but now the charges he sexually abused eight young boys, all of whom he met through the second mile charity, there is outrage over the damage sandusky is alleged to have done to the children and penn state university. >> what i think of him now? i can't tell you what i'd like to do to him, if i could get him. he's ruined penn state. >> reporter: the circumstances surrounding sandusky's surprise retirement and what penn state officials may have known about his alleged conduct, is now a central focus of the investigation. natley? >> still much more to the story. michael isikoff thanks so much outside penn state, thanks. president obama is attending a campaign fund-raiser in hawaii tonight. on sunday at an asia-pacific economic sumity he urged members of a congressional super committee to leave their opinions deadlocked on deficit cutting and said it may took a new congress to pass his $450

billion jobs bill. the wife of gop presidential hopeful herman cain is speaking out for the first time after several women have come forward accusing him of sexual harassment. gloria cain says she doesn't believe the allegations against her husband and said he "totally respects women." some important health news for you this morning. the number of aduts with diabetes worldwide has doubled since 1908 and the international diabetes federation is forecasting that that number will double again by 2030, meaning one in ten adults will be struggling with diabetes, and most would have type ii, the kind linked to weight gain and a sedentary lifestyle. the ancient greek gods ruled the box office "immortals" at number one with $32 million, "jack and jill" opened at number two and "puss in boots" got bumped down to number three. action junkies are enjoying an early holiday present. damien walters released his

annual show reel on youtube, three minutes of high flying, car hopping, spine-wrenching acrobatics. don't try any of this at home, all the warning. damien is a professional stuntman, enjoying a little drink at the end of all of that. it's seven minutes past the hour. back outside to matt and check your weather. >> "day's" weather is brought to you by soma intimates. >> i could do that stuff, i really could. here is a cutie, who is this? >> gala thomas holden ii. >> oh and already a born broadcaster. you'd probably make a lot more sense with that than i. got to, it's a little dirty, i don't want you getting sick. there you go, what a cutie. let's check your weather and see what's happening. we will show you, we've got this front stretching from texas all the way to canada, and it's bringing rain all along it. we've got some strong storms

there, going to be firing up later today from texas and rainfall amounts about a half inch to a quarter inch of rain, and then as we move along the front, you'll see in the mid section of the country, down through arkansas, anywhere from one to three inches of rain, heavy rain, pittsburgh, indianapolis, cleveland and more rain all the way up into new good morning to you. well, high pressure will warm us up for the first part of the week, gradually, by about three degrees all the way through wednesday. late friday, area of low pressure brings more rain to the bay area. 63 in fremont. as we head through wednesday, the warmest of the week, about 68 degrees inland. 62 at the coast. the rain moves in friday to saturday. snow levels down to 2,500 feet hope you have a fantastic monday. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? al, thanks.

this morning on "tooled's money" avoiding financial stress. it's been three years since the recession hit, and according to a recent survey, millions of americans are still worried about their financial security, even if the recession is technically over. "money" magazine covers the topic in its current issue and donna rosatta say senior writer and gail saltz, an nbc contributor. people are under tremendous strain and stress about their finances. >> i see it in my practice and people talking to me in life. everybody is really worried about money and it's interesting, people who are really struggling and have serious concerns, they're worried about are they going to be able to afford health insurance. will they have a job in will they have, really it's about loss, the life that they expected to have, the way they expected to be able to raise their family, what they expected to provide for the next generation. it may not be there and they're really feeling it, even people who have money are anxious, that it will disappear. >> leads me to donna.

underscoring all of this is uncertainty. people aren't wrong. that's what i made the point about the recession being technically over, for so many people it does not feel that way. >> mun magazine did a survey with "time" magazine. more than half people feel like the recession is still going on, even though it ended and almost half of people feel like their personal financial security is worse today than it was in 2008, in the height of the recession. >> we'll get to the tips in a minute. gail, i imagine this can lead to real depression. >> it can lead to depression and anxiety and also lead to health problems, because when you are constantly stressed or what we call chronic stress, your body and your brain are bathed in cortisol, which is the hormone released when you're stressed and it can raise your blood pressure. it has effects on your immune system, on your whole cardiovascular system so it can be a real problem. >> let's focus on things people can do and alleviate some anxiety. the first one, focus on automatic savings. explain. >> that's right. we're saying stop budgeting and

that might seem counter intuitive. financial experts say you really need to know what's going on with your money. it's stressful to do a detailed budget. focus on how much you need to save, take that money out of your paycheck directly or from your bank account and whatever is left over is yours to spend. >> you're saying don't do the line by line budget because that exacerbates the anxiety. that's pretty controversial. >> i would play devil's advocate. it's fine to automatically take out the money you need for bills but you shhave regular meetings with your partner. because it would be easy to stick your head in the sand and not look to what do we need to do in terms of next week and the future with our money. >> but that's kind of generalized angst that i think everyone is worried about here. i love your next tip, donna, worry on purpose. >> that's right. as gail was saying we're not saying you shouldn't be spending any time on your finances, but you need to, everyone is so worried it can lead to insomnia.

>> constantly worried like this dull anxiety. >> exactly. set a schedule, set aside some time every day to worry about your finances. >> i love that. >> sit down, whether it's with your spouse or your family and put down a to do list, what are your biggest concerns. if you address that, you can move on and won't wake up at 3:00 in the morning. >> that's a cognitive behavioral technique used in therapy in other arenas. when you make that list over and over again and specify, you actually diminish, you would find week to week you diminish your anxiety about it. >> time to get to the last two tips, give to others. seems paradoxical but it creates a good feeling. >> it's true. if you don't have a big paycheck to give to somebody else, give your time and that takes the focus off yourself and you also understand that a lot of people are in the same situation or perhaps worse off and you're going to feel better. >> we're out of time. the last one, communicate with your spouse. >> couple, the number one source for arguing, have a weekly meeting, not in the bed room. >> good advice. gail and donna, thank you so

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his rented los angeles mansion where he spent his final days. nbc's jeff rossen was allowed exclusive access. good to see you. >> good morning. really a fascinating behind the scenes look of how michael jackson lived. we've seen the crime scene photos, snapshots of michael's final moments, but that's it, until now. this morning you're about to see what no one has ever seen before. i got full access to michael's mansion and our are cameras captured everything from his inner sanctum, literally off limits to everyone but him, to love notes from michael's children. welcome to 100 north carolwood in the heart of los angeles, where michael jackson spent his final months, and in true jackson style, the grounds are gorgeous, eclipsed only by the beauty inside. >> how are you? welcome. >> good to see you. zblood to. >> good to see you as well. >> reporter: thank you for having me. >> come on in. >> reporter: showing us around, darren julian and martin nolan from julian's auction house preparing to sell everything in here.

the decor is majestic. michael lived in this mansion. ♪ why, why >> reporter: as he was rehearsing for his upcoming tour and as you look around, michael's fingerprints are everywhere. as soon as you get to the top of the stairs you're greeted in this beautiful, giant foyer, with high ceilings and of course a piano. michael loved his music. he has a huge collection of pianos here and at neverland. but the real interesting section of this house right through these doors, this is michael jackson's private bedroom, and when i say "private," i mean ultra private. michael's children weren't even allowed here, not his assistants, not his security guards, no one. this was for michael only. this was his bed and michael jackson didn't enjoy sleeping in a king. this is a california queen. something else that jumped out at me, he has a sitting area in the bedroom, as well, and for somebody who was so huge in the entertainment industry, no huge flat-screen tv for michael jackson. this was his television set, a fairly standard model. but the real prize in the

auction, when they start selling off michael's items, may be this armoire. you can see that michael actually hand wrote something on the mirror, so every time he looked at himself, he would see this. train, perfection, march-april, full out, underlined, may, and a little stick figure that he drew on the bottom. michael was so desperate many say for this comeback and tour he wanted to see that motivational message every time he looked at the mirror. by the way, how much money would the mirror go for? >> we estimate it $6,000 to $8,000 opinion that's if you or i owned it. because it's michael jackson's and because of what he wrote here, he desperately wanted to make a comeback this was a constant reminder to him. >> how much will it go for then >> $40,000, $50,000. >> that's part of the point, this is michael's inner sanctum. everything goes for for money? >> that's exactly right. anything in here will sell for more money because these were a part of his private life that no one else got to see. >> how much of this is for sale? >> everything in the house movable is for sale. >> reporter: right through here

is michael's personal bathroom, and again, this is all part of the master suite that is so private only michael was allowed in here, so big it can fit a tub and a chaise lounge in the middle. there's something interesting through here in his shower by the way, enclosed in double sided glass is this shower bench. if you look up close, michael drew these stick figures on every piece of wood on the shower bench, and this is for sale, too. right through here, as you go out the other side, this is michael's -- well, i guess this would be his closet. it would be an apartment in new york city for most people and we're told in his final days, this room was literally stacked with his belongings. every closet was filled, every tabletop was filled with stuff. michael loved accumulating stuff, and he kept a lot of it right in here. of all the rooms in the house, this one has the most meaning.

it's been called the meditation room. this is where michael jackson intent his final moments. in fact, it's in this very bed where michael jackson spent his final moments, and this bed is going up for auction soon. this is how we're used to seeing the medication room from crime scene photos taken just after michael died, and it was a mess, pill bottles everywhere, pillows thrown around, there's even a doll in the middle of the bed. dr. conrad murray administered the propofol right here at michael's bedside. of course, this is a piece of history. >> like his inner sanctum, anything in the room is going to have nor value, but the bed we conservatively estimate $3,000 to $5,000, what the value is of a bed, but because of its historical significance in this room, it's going to be far great per. >> reporter: do you expect to get perhaps the most money of this particular item? >> we anticipate it being one of the top selling items. >> just down the hall, more bedrooms, lavish and spacious. it's believed michael's

children, prince, paris and blanket, slept here. in fact, you can see the kids everywhere. prince carved his name into this candle. and this is the kitchen, where the family spent much of their time during the day. >> a kitchen that's very similar to what they lived in at neverland, a home that was filled with love, and that's represented here on the chalkboard. "i love daddy. smile, it's free." >> the kids wrote that. the chalkboard, with that message, is up for auction, too. also downstairs a living room, a formal dining room, and just like neverland ranch, this mansion has a fully functional movie theater complete with velvet seats. michael didn't own this home. he rented it, fully furnished. the homeowner, no relation to the jackson family, wants to remain anonymous. she and the auction house will share profits when the items sell. wow, when you step outside it is beautiful here. >> michael liked private surroundings that were immaculate.

>> reporter: and this is immaculate, his own private oasis, greenery, his protection from the outside, the pool, the poolhouse, all part of michael's life in the final months. but even this mansion suited for a king couldn't cure this king's pain. ♪ gonna make a change for once in my life ♪ >> in all, 600 items will go up for auction december 17th and the owner has put the house up on the market for $20 million. the items and the mansion are for sale, too. >> seems somewhat sad. >> it is sad. and actually, conrad murray was in trial as we were shooting that. very interesting. >> thanks for that look, jeff. we'll have some of the items from michael jackson's home live in our studio in december before they hit the auction block. still to come, entertaining on a budget. our good buddy shows us how to

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reports in three other projects, not the bridge. >> the original work on the bay bridge before he was kaus caught falsifying data. we went back and reviewed all the work that that technician has done since 2004 and reviewed all the tests done on the bay bridge to ensure that the magnitude of the problem we were dealing with was limited to those three structures, and it was. >> an expert we have been talking to says there are redundancies so if if there were mistakes made, the bridge is safe.

we're kicking off today with some blue skies over the bay area. nice weather today, all the way through thursday, matter of fact. high pressure is keeping our skies clear and temps in the 60s. sunshine each and every afternoon after we get rid of the foggy start. 65 in concord, 63 in san jose. the rain moves in thursday into friday. let's check your drive with mike. 101 still sticky at points

for the lower bay shore. willow on the northbound side, the scene of an accident. the southbound side, that's the scene of distraction coming down the other side of the bay shore freeway. looking at the b.a.r.t. system. oakland city center station has reopened. couple of exits on to or out of ogawa plaza are closed still. 880, oakland past the coliseum still slow in the northbound side. in the middle, the reconfiguration that happened over the weekend. back to you. >> mike, thank you very much. thank you for join iing us. we will be back in another half hour for a local news update. the "today" show continues on nbc.

♪ this is the wow! factor. >> i'm not intimidated by any buyer. >> winner takes all. >> it's called "storage wars" and all about the men and women who go head to head every week to score big and muscle each other out when buying abandoned storage lockers. we'll go behind the scenes of the hit reality show tomorrow on "today." >> that is fascinating. >> that is. coming up, normally it's a thanksgiving feast that has all of your family and friends talking but we'll throw a party for your guests a lot less, a party you'll never forget because colin cowell will be there and do it for you. no, i wish he would. he has gorgeous eye-catching

table settings as always, they're easy and affordable, things at your craft store you can put to good use. >> hopefully the holidays aren't going to bust our diets. joy will talk to us about whether you can strength train and not bulk up too much, also talk about the difference between sea salt and table salt. >> i wonder. >> curious to know. >> that's right. one comes from the sea -- anyway, and the other comes from your table. first we bring in four-time oscar nominee, kenneth braa, writes, directs and of course acts. >> hello, hi. >> brand new fantastic movie "my week with marilyn." so good to see you. you play sir laurence olivier. was that somewhat a lot of pressure on you? here you are playing this legendary actor/director. >> well, it was fun is what it was. it was a little scary to begin with will you like michelle williams who plays marilyn

mond monroe, you have to get the sound and physical things right. there are so many things to research, documentaries and stuff, you have an amazing amount of research material. it ended up being more fun than scary. >> you have been compared with sir lawrenurence olivier. what access did you have to understanding that relationship between him and marilyn at the time of the filming of this movie? >> the thing clear, she was the greatest movie star in the world at the height, she stopped at heath row airport, arrived at gridlock and he was the most famous actor in the world, she didn't show up at the time, didn't show up for three days at a time, he didn't care for that. she's so sexy and funny and michelle captures all of that. he's maybe not his best but admired what he did enormously. after the picture he did a great

performance, and she made "some like it hot." the film they produced while this was happening wasn't great but the back stage story is electrifying. >> we have to go but real quick you're known to be a famious director. who were you at taking direction? was it difficult? >> of course i think i'm brilliant at taking direction. you have to ask the director. we had a wonderful director, it was wonderful to work with michelle williams who puts you so at ease you feel you have another director there >> captivating. wonderful to have you here. >> "my week with marilyn" opens in select cities november 23rd. >> thank you. appreciate it. >> now for a check of the weather. >> all righty. >> announcer: "today's green is universal" is brought to you by glad trash bags, now stronger with less plastic waste. >> thank you, dennis. all right, and we are back with our good buddies, nbc's chief environmental correspondent anne thompson and brought us coffee. >> beware of correspondents

bringing gifts. >> mug save trees, company wide effort to make people aware and you can see it most notably with the green peacock on your screen, you see this across all of nbc's programming this week. >> why focus on coffee? we throw out the paper cups a lot. >> right, if we all went to reusable mugs instead of paper cups we would save 9 million trees a year, enough energy to power 77,000 homes and $55.7 billion gallons of water. >> the nbc universal message is always seen across the platforms of nbc. >> you'll see it on "late night with jimmy fallon" on "community" "whitney," "up all night" and news on telemundo. >> get rid of the mugs, no, keep the mugs, get rid of the cups.

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those showers will continue all the way through saturday. snow levels, 2,500 feet. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, we were throwing the mugs out here, so it got dangerous, he threatened to throw this. jill bauer has your answers to all of your diet dilemmas after this. [ male announcer ] what if we could keep enough plastic waste to cover all of manhattan out of landfills each year? the equivalent of 140 million trash bags, gone. by using new glad trash bags, designed with reinforcing bands to be stronger with less plastic waste, we can. ♪ it's a small change that can make a big difference. ♪

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to let the cold air out, food will remain safe for about four hours, and the safety temperature is 40 degrees or lower. and it's really great to keep a thermometer in the refrigerator. when the power comes back on you can check the thermometer and red flag is 45 degrees fahrenheit or above. that's the point you unfortunately start tossing things that have potentially spoiled. the freezer is a better story, if it's packed and you keep the door closed it will last for about two days. if it's half filled it lasts for about one day. i realize this is a lot of information to memorize. a great website, homefoodsafety.org, it's smart, user friendly and answers all of the questions. >> if the food starts to fight you, you know it's time to throw it out. >> when in doubt, throw it out. >> throw it out. brandy in jackson, michigan, joining us via the phone. good morning. >> caller: good morning, al. hi joy. my question is, i just had a

baby girl five months ago, and she's going to be the last one. i wanted to know how to get back into shape without looking like a body builder. >> so brandi, you really don't have to be overly concerned about becoming too bulky and that's because as women, we produce way less of the hormone testosterone and testosterone is responsible for really making men bulky, so unless you're going out of your way to deliberately become a body builder, just by doing 10 to 15 minutes a day of a strength training exercise and only three to four times a week, you are going to develop tone, taut, fabulous muscles. i can relate, i did exactly the same thing, started after my third child, and i definitely feel the difference. you could pick up a dvd, or you could peruse the website and find an all over body workout. i'll toss out mine on twitter and facebook. you have a ton of options. >> brandi, congratulations. >> caller: thank you. >> adam from peoria, illinois,

are crackers with sea salt healthier than ones with regular salt? >> no. not necessarily, and i love this question, because companies now are putting sea salt in a lot of their products because they tend to have a healthier more natural reputation, but it's the amount of salt you need to worry about, not the type of salt, because all salt, sea salt, kosher salt and regular, all table salt has stowed yum and sodium is the culprit for driving up our blood pressure and making us feel bloated and heavy and bleh. pick up the box of crackers or chips or any other snack food, look at the sodium, and the one with the least amount wins. and generally you want 180 milligrams or less. >> joy bauer thanks so much. >> thank you, al. coming up next, colin cowey, three different looks for your thanksgiving table, right after these messages. of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis... ...could mean living with joint damage.

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♪ we're having a party this morning on "today's home" creative ideas for your thanksgiving table. celebrity planner and lifestyle guru colin cowey is here to make this a moment to remember on a budget. >> good morning, natalie, how are you? >> i'm great and always awed by the beautiful settings you have here for us and all of this pretty quickly and sensibly. >> everything we see is in the stores now. it's a great job of merchandising for this time of the year, thanksgiving, christmas my favorite time to set tables. we started to do it cleaner, modern and fresh. >> i like the brown, white and yellow theme. >> it's clean and modern. i love the centerpieces over here with the two hurricanes, and when you take flowers and put a lot of flowers in a small face, looks abundant and elegant. this is the time of year you put

sauces and the gravy boat and the cranberry sauce is all part of the decor of the table. >> you like to personalize your table and know where they're sitting. >> exactly. this is a pumpkin left over from thanksgiving, spray painted it white. >> you always encourage us to think outside of the box. that's what i love. all of the stuff from crate & barrel. what's great, this is reusable. >> you could use this from december through to december. >> very organic looking. >> this is table runners and placemats. >> vinyl, makes it easy. let's move over to this elegant berry red look. this looks more traditional thanksgiving. >> and the foundation i found at the gallery and from an organic point of view i wanted to do

work with apples. it is our place cardholder and candle holder as well. >> great idea. beautiful. >> the candle sticks become tomorrow's apple pie. >> i love the cups here with the nuts on the table. >> nuts and cranberries. all very indicative of fall. i love the burgundy napkin over here. >> you found that with the menu between each of the settings here. why do you like to include the menu? >> it's a well-informed gesture, to have it coming. >> if you don't like what's on the menu, get out. >> or load up on the fun. i like the idea of a stem at each place setting and i like tall candles, votive candles. looks glamorous. >> very elegant. i love the berries and the ties here with the red. gorgeous, beautiful. let's move over to the glam look, signature colin cowie.

you've done this again, making us think how to use things that we might have around or find different uses. >> this is actually, i like the idea, pick one color and work with a lot of it, layering it on. >> i willer with lots of gold. >> these are actually you know the vendors on the street, this is jewelry. >> right. >> i bought a couple of these, they were a couple of dollars each. this becomes a napkin ring and the fun thing is your guests, almost like therapy, sit and play with it all night long. imagine if people get to take them home. nature always provides, we took a a leaf and spray painted it gold. it develops energy. the amber glasses, one big scented candle on the table, orchid blossoms and good to go. >> the gold touches everywhere. >> one color, gold continues to

be a big trend, i love that, shiny gold together with matt gol e goals. if you have thanksgiving the weekend before, pull out all of your china and napkins and count that you've got enough of everything so you're not running around the day of. >> chairs is my problem. >> and then i like to set the table the day before, so you got nothing left to do other than concentrate for the food the day of the actual thanksgiving. >> great idea. i'm hosting this year so i'm getting inspired looking at the table. come on over, colin cowie you're invited to my house if you don't mind cooking too. coming up a woman who lost over 150 pounds, the amazing before and after but first this is "today" on nbc.

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is the perfect choice for holiday gatherings. martinelli's is non-alcoholic, festive like champagne, and tastes great! martinelli's: since 1868. very good morning to everyone. the time is 9:56. i'm jon kelley. the iraq war veteran seriously injured during a police raid on the occupy oakland encampment is

makes his first statement. scott olsen says, quote, i'm feeling a lot better with a long road in front of me. thank you for your support. it has meant the world to me. you'll be hearing more from me in the near future and soon enough we'll see you in the streets. he suffered a fractured skull during the clash with police and demonstrators. this shows him being carried away with that gash in his head. he had been hospitalized. since then, olsen has been released from the hospital. that took place last week. for a check on your monday forecast, let's say good morning to meteorologist christina loren. good morning. >> good morning to you, jon. good morning to you at home. cold night ahead. we'll gradually warm up each and every day through wednesday. by friday, cold showers arrive and snow levels could come down to 2,500 feet. it's a cold system we're watching for. 61 in redwood city, 60 in san francisco, 65 in concord and 63

for san jose. there are the showers i told you about thursday into friday. cold weather sets in saturday and sunday. highs only in the 50s. let's check your drive right now with mike inouye. the peninsula is starting to calm down now, both directions around menlo park. both directions with speeds into the 40s instead of 20s and 30s like they were half an hour ago. smooth drive around the maze and approaching the bay bridge. metering lights are still on. still slow from university of berkeley to the bridge itself. downtown oakland, the activity for occupy is still there. avoid 14th and broadway. 12th street station has reopened for b.a.r.t., though. 880, jon, is moving much more smoothly than half an hour ago. >> thank you, mike, very much. check out nbc bay area morning news on facebook for more updates. another local news update in one half hour from right now.

captions paid for by nbc-universal television hey, everybody. so glad you're here with us today on fun day monday, november 14th. it's a little nippy outside. >> while we were gone, the christmas tree popped up. hello. >> it still feels like august to me. this is crazy. this is way too fast. it's all in the scaffolding as you can see. it will be unveiled -- ♪ take a look at the 5 and 10 >> it's always you.

no matter what happens. this spruce is from miflinville, pennsylvania. the lighting is going to happen on the 30th of november. we just finished halloween. thanksgiving is still coming. >> i know. >> when you walk down a lot of the streets, you see christmas. already in the windows and in the rest of it. >> i'm not usually crazy about that. i'm going to make an exception today because it's my favorite thing. since you mention the christmas decorations, tonight at lord and taylor on fifth avenue here in new york, i'm going to there at 5:30 for the unveiling of the christmas windows and there signing this book "the three gifts. in. ? all the profits go to child help which battles child abuse. i'll be there at 6:00 at lord and taylors. if you want to watch it all around the world, you can watch it -- they don't have it for me.

i'll try to get it for you during the show. they'll simulcast it. >> nordstrom put signs up that said we like to wait for the holidays. this is at nordstrom, "we won't be decking our halls until friday november 27." i can't read it that closely. but they want to wait with for one holiday at a time. >> i agree with that usually, but -- by the way, this is one of the very first ones, love to hanna, aunt kathie lee. >> thank you. >> she gets one of the very first ones. lordandtaylor.com. >> we came back from the wizarding world of harry potter. >> they crimped our style. they were fantastic except one thing. >> no alcohol. >> these three girls came with signs that said, "more wine, less butter beer." and they made them throw that

away. >> occupy universal orlando. it was so funny. >> after that i went to jay to the chris everet pro celebrity tennis tournament. it raises money for children with drug addiction. i'm in the pink sitting. across from me were monica seles and john lovett. i did much better when i did that. >> i hear she was giving you a rough time. chris everet -- what was she saying to you? >> she was trying to give me pointers and she was demeaning me. i was fine with it. there was a great cause. there was a big black tie gala. >> did you run into my friends? their daughter goes there oh, jay. handsome jay. >> we did self-portraits because we are vain. that's what we do. there is a man who watches our show religiously.

we never met him. he asked if he could meet for breakfast. vito showed up in a jacket and tie with his daughter and her daughter. >> i hear he was asking for me. >> he wanted you. ♪ i want you pussycat >> i couldn't possibly do that. no. >> she does it for vito. >> that's for you, vito. >> vito, we love you. >> >> i'm always afraid he's got a pacemaker. i could do it for him. >> you could less than an hour ago jimmy fallon was on your friend regis' show. >> it's regis' big week and a lot of pals will be dropping by. >> he sang a song. listen. >> i worked up a little song to

tribute to you. hope you enjoy it. ♪ reg only just begun ♪ in showbiz ♪ why do you have to leave ♪ you're only 63 what's that? he's 80? good lord. ♪ reg only just began ♪ started as a page on nbc ♪ from joey bishop and to kathie lee ♪ ♪ now she's with hoda drinking chardonnay ♪ ♪ they like to drink it every day ♪ ♪ together ♪ they drink whatever

>> he said every day. i'm glad he didn't say all day. there you go. does he have a cold or is he very white now? >> here is a question for you. can you keep a secret? they did a study. they found out women, on average, keep a secret. >> they can do it. >> for 32 minutes. >> 32 minutes. how do they know this, hoda? >> i don't know. here is the thing -- >> a company called simple did it. >> if you tell me a secret and say please don't tell anybody, i might tell jay because i know jay wouldn't say anything and i feel good i told jay. would you tell frank if i told you something? >> if you said please don't tell anybody this, i would have to not tell anybody. anybody means anybody. >> what if it's a small secret? >> i have kept some secrets for about 30 years and probably a few of them will go to my grave with me because i feel like you

can't have friendships. but if i found out a secret and i thought it was killing the person or harming the person, then i would have to do something about it. >> i think there are degrees of secrets. >> you think there are degrees to everything, lying, cheating, yes, you do. >> no. >> it's all relative. situational ethics. >> i've got to talk about these. my favorite things. these are called brad's raw kale chips. if you have no energy, i'm just saying this because i didn't. i was feeling rundown and icky. if your system isn't moving the way you like it to move, trust me when i tell you this is the cure. it's kind of expensive. it's $7 for a bag. >> when you have that issue -- >> it's so worth it. it's the best thing ever. what you do, they're not -- i can't eat them alone. i think you have to dunk them in hummus or something. anyway, they'll kale chips.

>> you've been talking about them for weeks. >> you're not going to like the taste. when you dunk them -- i'm telling you, you heat the whole bag with hummus -- >> are you saying homeless? >> hummus. >> in egyptian? >> in arabic. brad happens to be standing outside. he's right there. >> he's such good friends he's on the back of the thing. >> i was reading his tweets. he's like, we're at the lincoln tunnel. we are coming to the show. brad's here. >> i can see this with hummus. >> there are two servings per container, 20% fiber in one. >> you must have really stepped up. i'm telling you, you've been going on about this for weeks. how big was your problem? >> that's rude! i've got energy, too. >> sara, what's yours? >> this is a body butter.

it's one of those things -- first of all you get it at sephora for $18. >> your friend brad was in the the only person tweeting this morning. ron howard, one of my favorite people on the planet, for a very personal reason. >> what is it? >> he inspired my son years ago. he was so kind and set cody on his life path. >> his daughter bryce is here, too, who is expecting a baby. >> last time we saw her she was signature here with us about to get on a plane and go down to mississippi and shoot "the help." which ended up being one of the biggest movies of the year. >> "the help" was awesome. she was in "50/50." i couldn't stand her. >> i couldn't stand her in "the help." she has the most gorgeous skin. maybe she is kidding brad's kale

chips. >> we would like to say something. our head senior producer tammy fuller, it was her birthday friday. >> she wasn't feeling well. >> so we got you a little cake. >> come on over, tammy. >> look at what jerry's done for you. he put on the "today show" hat. >> he was in vegas over the weekend. >> tammy, happy birthday. we love you. >> fan of the week, sara. >> fan of the week. one of my favorite times of the week. drum roll, please. our winner this week is stephanie crosson from virginia beach, virginia. stephanie loves everything about the show. if she had to pick a favorite it would be i-hoda play list. stephanie finds all of sara's segments extremely entertaining. i did not write that, thank you,

stephanie. always cracks up in webtastic. her husband is in the u.s. marine corps. they lived in three different cities. >> did she photo shop herself in all the pictures? >> i think she wasn't there and that might be a photo shop. i don't think you did, from the outsign of her head. you helped her stay sane throughout all these moves. stephanie was so creative with her entry photos, we are sending you to costa ranch resort near san antonio, texas. i'm not awake yet. >> ron howard is sitting over there. >> i think that's why. two nights there with all meals included for two, airfare will be included. a lot can be at the ranch. accommodations are provided by the ranch. >> all righty. >> we have a great show. ron howard and bryce, they're in the house. >> first time together.

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on to become -- you must be so sick of this. ron howard, oscar-winning actor, director and >> reporter: father of a successful and beautiful actress. >> ron and bryce have become behind the scenes to "way to find me." one sister's recurring flashback to her childhood when she tried to visit her mother in heaven. take a look. >> welcome, madam director. >> well, well, well. >> there are lots of surprises with you. first of all, congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> from the back of the dressing

room i didn't know who it was. you made a left turn. >> i had to bring a doctor's note to get on the plane yesterday. >> when are you due? >> very early next year, possibly later this year. we'll see. >> are you having a good pregnancy, it looks like? your skin could not look more gorgeous. >> thank you. >> your mom has gorgeous skin, cheryl. and yours isn't bad. hard to find yours. >> she is a good-looking woman cheryl and she takes good care of herself. >> are you excited to be a grandfather again? >> oh, yeah. and she's really something to be proud of. she has so much going on in her life and she is a great mom on top of everything else. it's remarkable. >> when did you notice how talented she was as an actress? you were doing school plays and things? >> yeah. >> she didn't take the school plays all that seriously. when she was really small, i would sit back and think, she didn't even learn the lyrics. she would mouth them and i

thought, those are not the lyrics. she is just faking it. then somewhere around 7th, 8th grade it started to click. through school plays and everything she could do as a student, summer theater programs and she just became very ambitious about it and really dedicated. you could see quickly after that that if she wanted to do it professionally, this is something she could do. >> we loved you in "the help" and loved you in "50/50." and when there was another film, i didn't realize you were behind the scenes directing. >> i directed a short film five years ago called "orchids" also when i was pregnant. i guess this is the thing that i do. >> it's when you can't act. >> exactly. >> you find a way to still be creative. want to kale chips? >> i didn't know in 20 minutes i could feel that many emotions. i was sitting on my couch watching it on the computer with tears coming down.

you felt this movie. >> there was a contest. it was a really interesting creative idea. it was sort of an exercise. it was a way to engage the consumer base in a way. over 96,000 people submitted photographs for eight different story categories. like setting and theme and character, things like that. i was then to choose one. we got it narrowed down from other people. i was to choose one from each category. from that we were going to build a short film. what is interesting about it is that the exercise, i think, worked. and the film bryce made is very personal. it's magical, but it's so visual. i think that's largely inspired by how unique and remarkably these photographs were. i'd say as a creative exercise it was a success. >> it was amazing. typically it takes a long time to develop an idea and develop a project. the contest took place in late

may. it's been pretty fast. i think the reason why it's worked out, fingers crossed it worked out, why the story worked out is because we had these photographs and because we were so inspired by these collaborators, who we haven't met yet. >> how can people see this film? all i could think of while i was watching it. >> we are premiering it tomorrow. >> natural history tv. >> then it will go into a theater for a little bit. then online for a brief period in december. >> to be oscar-worthy something. it could be. >> brian is going to be producing now. that guy cannot stay out of trouble. >> to be honest, he's been asked if he wanted that job before. it's a huge responsibility. he's never felt like he wanted to make that kind of commitment. under these circumstances, he

was really compelled. he's getting all kinds of support. he is going to do a great job. ryan is going to do a great show. >> great to see you both both. >> good luck with everything. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> up next what beauty experts mean when they travel, what they pack. let's see what they pack. >> what makes them experts to begin with. >> who the heck do they think they are? [ female announcer ] dance cooking? bring it. [ mom ] my husband --

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"teen vogue" beauty editor is here to tell you what they pack when they hit the road. >> hydrate, that's the first thing before you get on the plane. >> hydrating is the most important thing. wash your face. any cherms you go on or any bacteria on your face, once you're on an airplane, you're baking it into your skin. airplanes have 0% humidity. make sure you moisturize. if you don't, when you come off the plane, morphine lines and you'll look a little extra hagga haggard. >> these are from elemis. they are great oil capsules. it's perfect for travel. i put them in a bag and take them with me. it smells like a balm. >> it smells like a spa. smells like kale. >> your favorite. >> you're supposed to have three ounce. >> i love these plastic jars.

it's the perfect size. they are see-through and reusable. >> these are great little towelettes to remove make-up. they smell amazing. >> kale. >> lavender. >> i use these to wipe down everything, the tv screen, the arm rest. they probably don't wipe those down. >> more germs. >> this one is moisturizing. it's great. >> you can dry yourself up badly. >> while talking about make-up, pack only the essentials, double-duty products. always ask for samples. a lot of make-up counters will give you samples. >> with the purchase. >> exactly. this great little roller ball which beauty editors travel with all the time. it feels great. it's an eye depuffer.

>> smells great. >> it wakes you up. perfume is the worse to travel with. it's heavy and huge. i love this sephora atomizer. >> you take yours. >> you can do it yourself. >> we have to run. the dry shampoo is great and the mini blow dryer. >> we'll have you back with everything else. >> get ready to zumba! [ male announcer ] at p.f. chang's

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officers started arriving 5:00 this morning. many protesters left the camp, gathered in the street, singing and marching in a circle as officers fenced them in. a handful of protesters stayed inside the camp. police were able to arrest them peacefully. officers then started pulling down all the tents there. a press conference with oakland city leaders did happen this morning. we had a crew there. we will bring you all the latest information, coming up at 11:00 on the news then. christina and mike will be along with a c on your local weather and traffic right after this break. ♪ [ female announcer ] we know you've got a lot on your plate at thanksgiving. which is why safeway has everything you need to get it all done. right now, get a safeway frozen turkey up to 12 lbs, for just $5 each. cook your thanksgiving turkey perfectly with our free chef assistant app. it's foolproof. safeway. ingredients for life.

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back to you. >> thanks, mike. bay area news at 11:00 am, coming up in half an hour from now. we'll have complete coverage at the police raid at the occupy oakland camp. c we are back with more of "today" on this monday november 14th. we are taking you back to 1971 when women could barely get a credit card without a man's signature and jobs listing were s separated by what sex you were. >> listen to what some say feminine means to them. >> feminism means you're an independent woman who can take care of yourself. >> demanding equal rights in the work place or in everyday life.

>> the definition of feminism is men and women have equal rights. >> i don't see feminism as really strong movement today. >> it's not even totally meaningful to me in the sense that i take it for granted equal rights of women. >> interesting observations. here with us are gloria steinem and the author of "new york times" magazine cover story of founding of "ms." >> great to have all of you here today. >> 40 years. that was a stunner reading the note and realizing where "ms." magazine began. it was just sort of an insert, wasn't it? >> "new york" magazine. that sold out to everybody's shock, especially ours. >> what did you think the reaction was going to be? >> i think we were all very worried about damaging the huge women's movement by having an

unsuccessful magazine. so the fact -- >> better than failure. >> we were just very nervous because we cared so much. >> we put everything in it. we thought we better put something in it about housewives, about welfare, marriage contracts, discrimination in the work place. >> because you might not have another chance? >> it wasn't out there now you look at everything and you can't believe there was a time like that, right? >> one of these young ladies did say, i take it all for granted now. do you see that as a good thing or a bad thing? >> i think it's great to know your history. i didn't. gratitude never radicalized anybody. i did not walk around saying thank you for the vote. you get mad on your own behalf. if i had a choice, i would choose moving forward, not being grateful. >> abigail, must have been interesting writing this article and going back in time and bringing everything together. what did you learn from all of

this? >> it was interesting because i was living it. i was one of the "ms." kids. i remember visiting gloria at her desk when i was 7 years old and my mom's milky way bars. those were the highlights. i was struck by how bad it was. it's just what you were saying, hoda. i don't have the real recollection of how discrimination was so bald-faced and unapologetic in the sexism. reading the clips and looking at the media and the reaction and resistance for a magazine like this was an eye-opener for me. >> do you think there are big issues out there? i know there are. what would you say the number one, number two issues are out there for women? >> i think reproductive freedom is the number one reason. the desire to control reproduction. the ability to have or not have children without government interference to make that decision for ourselves is the

biggest determinant of whether we are healthy or not, educated or not, whether we can work or not. that comes first in a big way. >> you are how old? >> 31. >> you learned about the ms. movement in history. >> yes. i learned about it in modern history class and my life was forever changed. i understand feminism as an intergenerational movement that is thriving and in full force today. the trailblazers here paved the way for us to be more visible and powerful in the media and there is nothing we can't do together. >> what a wonderful spokeswoman you are for the new generation. >> you go, girl. >> feminism can have a positive feeling. some people think there is a negative tone to that word. >> it said do you know the women's movement doesn't have a sense of humor and the person said, no, but i can hum it.

we do have a sense of houlor. >> there's been a huge effort to demonize. rush limbaugh calls me a feminazi. more women consider themselves feminists than republicans despite all the demonizing. >> when you look back at the title, this cover, there is you with a cigarette. >> you were smoking a long time ago. >> even then i didn't inhale. >> oh, we heard that before. >> it made me feel like a writer to have a cigarette, puffing away and not inhaling, which made me sick. >> ladies, thanks so much for coming. happy birthday for the 40th anniversary. >> thank you so much. >> up next, how one woman's healthy habits kept her from dropping her excess weight. ♪ hey, uh what's up with your naked toilet paper?

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we are back with another installment of "look at me now joy fit club." >> she's made quite a change in her life. take a look. >> hi, i'm linda. i am 43 years old. i was a healthy size as a child and didn't start gaining weight until college. i gained my freshman 15 and kept on going. by my senior year, i was about 50 pounds overweight. i simply didn't pay attention to my portion sizes. i always wanted to be a tv news reporter, but my professor told me my look wasn't professional enough for television. it was the first time i realized that my size could make my dreams impossible. i dropped out of college only six hours short of a degree and ate myself to 300 plus pounds through daily, unhealthy choices. my philosophy was always,

tomorrow i start to diet. one weekend it became clear to me the man i married couldn't pretend to find me attractive any more. it was like my weight was a third person lying in our bed between us. i became a calorie detective. i read labels and pulled up online menus for restaurants before going out to eat. my plan was a slow one and it required a lot of prayer. it took me 20 months to reach my weight loss goal of 145 pounds. there is no doubt our past struggles and failures have power. my advice for anyone struggling with obesity is to decide today what to do with that power. >> before we meet linda, joy bauer is here to tell us what kept linda from losing the weight. >> we say this every single week, this is one of the most unbelievable transformations you'll see. she is such a love.

>> what a cruel thing. >> for that professor to say that. >> horrible. words are powerful. she wasn't new to dieting, but like a lot of people, she assumed certain words mean "diet friendly" and "healthy" like salad. one of the things she would regularly get at applebee's is the oriental chicken salad. it is saturated with dressing and has the fried noodles. now she investigated. she used her smarts and resources and she orders the chicken caesar salad grilled and gets the dressing on the side and it's half the calories. wait until you see her. >> here is linda's before picture. all right, linda, let's see the in you. >> oh, my god! >> are you joking? are you kidding? >> wow! >> it's not the same person.

>> your husband must be flipped out, right? >> he is. he's a big fan. >> it was about 20 months. a good week would maybe be a pound and a half, two pounds. >> did you exercise or was it just portion sizes? >> in the beginning it was too overwhelming to do the food and exercise. after about three months when i was having success on the scale, i started to walk my dog around the neighborhood, started really slow. >> look at you. what are you doing? >> she doesn't need the kale chips. >> you look so amazing. congratulations. >> god bless. >> all right. guess what we are doing next? >> sandy lee is stirring up desserts. >> we just had a diet! >> it's the holidays. what makes a dollop of daisy so creamy and delicious? care and dedication.

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♪ >> time to get in today's kitchen and we are getting saucy with sandra lee, sandy to us. if if you've got a sweet tooth, we've got the recipe. >> you're in charge of desserts for thanksgiving, but you're no betty crocker, sandy is here with recipes from her brand-new book called "easy entertaining" while also writing "money saving meals and round two recipes." >> you're always multitasking. do you do one thing at a time? >> no. i always get ideas four at a time. >> let's talk about the difference between this book and the other books out there entertaining, everybody gets stressed out because nobody feels like they are doing it well. by the time your guests get there, you're not having a good time. >> also, you're so stressed out, you forgot to have the cocktail. >> never happens in my house. >> we are going to do a dessert

and cocktail party. this is one of the hottest theme parties you can have. set up a beautiful display or a buffet. guests can serve themselves. i'm going to show you how. you know what a slow cooker is? >> like a crock pot? >> very good. you obviously never used one. >> she knows what it is. >> you know what bisquick is? you can use bisquick or make your own baking mix, which is about half the price, which i have in money saving meals. >> that's about 2 cups? >> yes. this is maple syrup. heavy cream goes in here. start wisking. >> i'll whisk. >> you put vanilla and an egg. that's the deal. when you whisk that up -- >> what are we making? >> this in here, just a little bit of baking mix or powdered sugar, heavy cream. also pumpkin pie spice. and more syrup. the pumpkin pie spice,

confectioner's sugar, heavy cream, syrup. >> you have men following you around the kitchen going, if you make it, i will clean it. >> sorry. >> how much do you do this? >> that is perfect. you put these in the muffin tins. put nuts in there. all you have to do is take this. ice it or dunk it. >> that's so much better. >> you're saving time. >> pull it up slowly, wrap it around. >> beautiful. >> it's perfect every time, on top. >> if you make any mistakes. >> this is perfect hot chocolate. six cups of evaporated milk. it's a great substitute and gives you nice thick mix in your hot chocolate. that is bailey's irish cream. >> oh, my lord. >> what is this? >> coconut rum. >> of course it is. >> it's the captain.

>> have you ever gained a pound in your life? excuse me for fondling your midriff. >> i was 50 pounds heavier in high school. you were saying this earlier, it's portion control. >> this is sandy's spiced wine. i made it just for you. red wine is in here, brown sugar, great beautiful flavor goes in there. some citrus you want to put in there. >> that is delicious. >> keep this in a slow cooker, that in a slow cooker and this is your spiced coffee cake. in the slow cooker, this is pound cake with bisquick or baking mix. you've got an agriculture, apple sauce. it's ridiculous. >> that's good. that's delicious. >> in your slow cooker, take a metal piece of aluminum foil, wrap it up, turn it around and you have a base. put this on top and put a little bit of water in the bottom,

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it's probably the exercise trend since you threw on your leg warmers and made it burn with richard simmons. >> we are talking zumba. look who is here! beto who brought us to show zumba moves for wii. >> how is this different than the first one? >> many, many good things. last year the first game was good, but this year it was amazing things, new music,

new -- >> what's great about this game is zumba is collaborating with these fantastic artists so the songs are even better and more infectious. these are songs you're going to hear on the radio and you can do them now in the comfort of your own home. >> i think a lot of people love zumba, but can't get to class. you have to have a wii system, right? >> exactly. people have a good time. that is the most important thing. >> you don't feel like you're working out, you're having fun. >> when we teach a class in the game. >> we have these packs on. >> aeroready. >> is this all you have to have? >> yes. >> show us what to do. >> you can get this game tomorrow. ready to shake it? >> depends on what you want to shake. >> ready? >> look at betto. >> clap your hands.

>> have we started? >> here we go. >> what are we doing? are you in the back? >> i don't know. >> shake it, ladies. >> i don't know what we're doing, but i like it. >> the next move is popping up. okay? >> i like it. >> camera one. >> all right, gang. >> this will be available nationwide tomorrow november 15th. >> we'll fill you in on all the buzz. have an awesome fun day monday. bye-bye. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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