good morning. breaking news, it is official. the royal family has just announced that prince william and long-time girlfriend kate middleton are engaged. when did this happen? we have got all the details "today," tuesday, november 16, we have got all the details "today," tuesday, november 16, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

>> after you see penguins, what more can you do? hopefully i'll put a smile on folks faces as they're headed to the airport because they're going to be in for a heavy amount of delays. the delays today are going to be numerous, especially in the mid-atlantic and the northeast due to the rain. new york city, we're going to be seeing some rain delays, memphis some showers and thunderstorms delays. boston and philadelphia. the rest of the country today, rain and wind in the pacific northwest, with mountain snows, probably delays there, the risk of strong storms continues to >> good morning. we do have some rain here at home. give yourself as much extra time as you can and take an umbrella. the rain will be with us off and on through the evening. it will stay cool.

>> and that's your latest weather. ann? now to washington as president obama begins dealing with a lame duck session of congress. a new book says he's confronting battles inside his administration. we'll speak with the author in just a moment. but first, nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill with more on this. kelly, good morning. >> reporter: there is so much to tell you about happening simultaneously today. returning members of congress are having meetings about policy like those tax cuts. charlie rangel has been a member of congress for 40 years and we're watching as new careers are just getting started. lawmaker boot camp. for more than 100 new members of congress. but only two are already sworn in. >> do you solemnly swear that

you will support and defend the constitution of the united states? >> reporter: brand-new senators who are filling vacancies for delaware and west virginia. for republicans, they're getting to know you sessions needed more seats this year. >> at the '08 election we had two freshman republican senators, obviously i'm excited to be sitting here with 13 this year. >> sounding like he's been to a tea party, the top republican, senator mitch mcconnell gave his own position on pet projects. >> on congressional earmarks, as a leader of my party in the senate, i have to lead first by example. >> reporter: turning to the tea party's top star, sarah palin, revealed more about her presidential ambitions, saying she'll assess the electable contenders first. >> i don't care what the heck the media says about them but

we'll do the right thing and shrink government so the private sector can thrive. if there's others out there who want to make the sacrifices, i will support them, if there aren't, i will do it. >> reporter: one long and shining career is on the line in a rare public trial. >> i would like to have a lawyer right now. >> reporter: claiming he can't afford new lawyers, new york democrat charles rangel was on his own, facing 13 ethics rule violations. >> count three, a violation of the gift rule. >> reporter: counts involving the use of his office and staff for fundraising, failure to report all his income and pay some taxes. >> he affirmatively stated that she did not have income and the documents indicate that he did. >> reporter: rangel left the hearing in protest saying he spent $2 million on lawyers and needed time to raise more money for his defense. and in this kind of situation, he's not able to get free legal

help because that would be considered a violation of the gift rule as well. now the committee went forward saying rangel has known this was coming for a long time, they want to finish up before this congress ends and we're not talking about anything criminal here if he is found guilty of these offenses, it could mean something like a reprimand from his colleagues. what can president obama hope to accomplish with a lame duck congress? richard wolfe is author of new book "survival" the struggle for survival inside the white house. i want to talk about some of these developments in washington. as kelly just pointed out. mitch mcconnell has done this about face, supports the ban on earmarks, what does that say about the power of the tea party? has it already been unleashed in washington? >> it's not the tea party, it's a movement, it's a sense of reform that we saw in 2006 and 2008 and it's something the president has wanted for a long time.

but he also passed a giant senate bill with over 2,000 earmarks. so it's time for him to undo what he has done in the white house. >> they're all feeling the pressure, this is an establishment that has enjoyed the earmark system. if they don't change now, there will be another change in election two years from now. >> we also heard sarah palin say she might run for president if there's no one else to do it. what does the white house feel about a palin candidacy? >> they love it. they think she is a deeply flawed candidate, she will expose all sorts of divisions inside the party. this is a fight they want to have. they definitely want to be running against her because they kind of enjoyed it last time. >> two democratic pollsters also work for fox news and they stirred things up when they said the president should not run for re-election in 2012, they argued

if he didn't run, he could focus totally on policy instead of politics. has the white house had any reaction to that? >> that's not advice they're looking for right now. this is a very competitive president. it didn't go unnoticed that one of these fox news pollsters happens to be closely aligned with the former clinton campaign. so there's some resentment there. two of them, hillary and the president, secretary of state and the president clearly have patched up a lot of their differences, they're working well together. but the staff level, the advisors, these are people who want to revisit and maybe seek vindication. >> and there's also a battle going on between the revivalist and the survivalists. >> on the survivalist side, you have people who want to revitalize the campaign.

they feel that long the way he's diluted that and he's an establishment figure. on the other side is survivalists. the survivalists think they've got to do whatever it takes to get by. do the deals, grease the wheels and do what you k on the revival side, you have people like david plouf who ran the campaign. on the survivalist side, rahm emanuel, former chief of staff, pete rouse, the current chief of staff. >> thank you so much. just ahead, a driver serving a sentence for manslaughter after he hit and killed 14-year-old boy is now suing his victim's parents. why he blames them for the accident. but first, this is "today" on nbc. [ older brother ] hey, that's the last crescent.

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road, an accident but another one at westbound 32. annetephen's church road, arundel county, and have this spots on the outer loop. 11 miles per hour on average approaching 795. brookside 23 miles per hour on out -- north side at 23 miles per hour on average. 19 minutes on the outer loop northeast side. a eight-minute ride on the inner loop from seven and a 95 towards the j.f.x. we will give you a live view in a couple of spots until you what it is like at old court. the rain is not helping matters this morning. we will switch to a live view of traffic in and 95 at joppa road. there is your delay, starting their although it towards the 895 split. 20 as a check on the forecast. is it going to veto any time

soon? >> ran all the way through this evening. couple of breaks on the eastern suburbs. all this will fill in as we head through the morning. rain likely, high temperatures in the mid-fifties. seven-day forecast, range of end tomorrow morning and this kind of chili at the -- it is kind of chili at the end of the week. >> check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information. we will have another live update for you at 7:55.

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

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

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

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

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

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

>> we are off to a wet start this tuesday morning. it looks like the rain will be with us all day today. obviously, take an umbrella and give yourself extra >> on a day like today, you want to keep track of your weather, go to weather.com. as police acknowledge that hope is dimming that they listen found alive nearly a week after they disappeared. we'll talk with the father of one of the missing women in just a moment. but first, nbc's peter alexander has the latest on this story. peter, good morning. >> reporter: ann, good morning to you. this has been an emotionally

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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>> well, now is the right time because next year is going to be the perfect year to get married, the year after, we -- and also it's the queen's silver so she'll be on the throne for almost 60 years, that's extraordinary. so this year is the year where there is time and space for them to get married and they have been together, a real love story for over eight years. >> they got engaged, robert in kenya last month. how do you think they were able to keep it quiet even this long? >> well, actually there has been some news leaking out since kenya. i actually wrote that they would be getting engaged before christmas and i also heard that they're looking to point a female bodyguard for kate middleton which was written over the weekend. so that sort of news begins to worry them, they want to be the first to the announcement, they don't want to be beaten to it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

this tuesday. to yourself as much extra time as you can read the rent will be with us off and on all through the night. >> obviously you're big viewers of the 4,000 "today" show. coming up next, the guys who worked their magic on the bed intruder song basically work their magic on us coming up right after this. [ diane lane ] when you were 14

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go to capitalone.com. i wonder what it could be?! what's in your wallet? back now at 8:10 with more of our special series "today" goes viral where we re-create some of the most clever and popular videos on the internet. >> monday we are dynamite and our acapella video has received more than 108,000 hits.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

for joining us. it's going to be a long day for you, good luck. >> thank you. coming up, we have got rascal flatts after your local news. >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara. let's get a final check on the morning commute with sarah caldwell. >> really busy out there. problems abound the area. the latest on the inner loop approaching greenspring ave. delays stretch back to the west side inner loop. heavy delays on the j.f.x. southbound from the beltway all the way down to 28th street. northbound 83 approaching timonium road, watch for an

accident southbound delays from padonia down. all those delays you can see about the the area, most of them related to the weather. two miles per hour, towards the 895 split, 6 miles per hour on the northeast outer loop. 34 but you are going to travel on the outer loop west side. let's give you a live view in a couple of spots. delays in both directions on the northwest corner of the beltway. greenspring, going away from us, inner loop traffic. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. tony has a check of the forecast. >> moderate to heavy rain and some spots. basically, this is going to stay with us through this morning.

rain is what we will call it. but now we are in the upper hoof 40's. chilly at the end of the week on thursday and friday with high temperatures only in the upper 40's and low 50s. it gets better over the weekend. >> we will have another update at 8:55. to where to get the car fixed. auto service plus is the one auto repair shop that's out to earn women's respect and trust. >> auto service plus. service you can trust. go to autoserviceplus.biz for a location near you.

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meanwhile meredith viera alongside ann curry and al roker. matt is on assignment this morning. >> we're going to have a live performance from one of the biggest groups in country music today. rascal flatts. >> they're so talented. and also this morning, because of the season coming up, we're going to be talking about cooking a turkey. >> we're talking about roasted chicken for the holidays. >> oh, chicken, oh, my gosh! >> so you're trying to say don't have turkey, have chicken? >> as an alternative. >> because turkeys are big. >> if you don't have a billing family. it's so co . >> the big news of the morning we have been talking about, the royal wedding, the engagement announced this morning between prince william and kate

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

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

because i guess people want their "parenthood" earlier. >> you can catch a new episode of "parenthood" tonight on nbc. it hasn't changed over yet. >> we are off to a wet start this tuesday morning. it looks like the rain will be with us all day today. obviously, take an umbrella and give yourself extra >> and that's your latest weather. now let's say hello to aaron to thomp kins and jesse ranch. guys good to see you guys. >> good to see you.

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

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

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

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

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

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

sausage. you can use onions or shallots. garlic. the garlic gives a good flavor, of course. some barley and some thyme. >> and egg yokes? >> actually an entire egg. and then we mix it very quickly like that, you put some salt and pepper to give of course some flavor to it. >> now if you're going to replace your turkey with chicken, is it a special chicken? >> i recommend that you find a nice organic free range chicken, a big sized chicken. and then we are going to stuff the baby. >> you cut the kings off? >> i tell you why, because we're going to put the chicken on top of it. >> you push your stuffing down so you get in as much as possible? >> as much as you can. we'll have a little bit left over, but it's not a big deal.

>> and you're going to thread the chicken? >> can people see this? >> i'm going to do this on a cutting board. we started here, under the tail. so we're going right here, and then i'm going to go around the legs. >> why are we doing it that way? >> i do it once like this and then you're going to understand right away why, because that's where we're going to close the chicken and we're going to give a nice shape also to our chicken and also for the cooking. >> why does that add to the cook ing. because that bread is going to cook very nicely. >> and where do you stick that? underneath? >> underneath. one here and one in the back. >> stick it in the oven, what's the temp? >> 400 degrees. >> 400 degrees for? >> about an hour. >> how do you know that it's done? >> i'll show you, when it's

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

>> you can slice like that. >> and that keeps the moisture in? >> and it's going to be very moist and you can just fillet it. so we have some of the stuffing. >> we're running out of time here. so the side, we have a potato grrks grautin. it's very healthy. you put in the chicken here like that. and then we have some salad. use a garlic vinaigrette. and so it's a nice portion of chicken and we have some gravy that's going to go on top just to make it even more tasty and moist. >> they're weeping, it's so good, they want the food, eric. they will do whatever you want. thank you so much. great idea for somebody who doesn't have the crowd for a turkey. do it with a chicken. >> it doesn't have to be that big either. >> no, it does not, but we like

it big. thank you so much. happy thanksgiving. up next, a live performance from rascal flatts, but first this is "today" on nbc.

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

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

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