slow moving, bone-chilling. the monster storm that hit the midwest inches its way east. and it is a snowy mess around the great lakes with al in the middle of it. persona non grata. bernie mad aoff will not attend his son's funeral. and look at that frosty go. most drivers go around, but not this city bus driver.

>> no! oh, my god! >> the snowman is no more. the driver is out of a job, and a lot of people are saying what h bah humbug, "today," tuesday, h bah humbug, "today," tuesday, december 14, 2010. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> and welcome to "today" on this tuesday morning, i'm meredith viera. >> and i'm matt lauer. can you say arctic blast? >> i can say freezing. >> there's a big storm in the middle of the country that's now urging its way east bringing with it a lot of rain and a lot of snow. >> the bone-chilling cold is only part of the problem. in parts of ohio, pennsylvania and new york where lake-effect snow is making a big mess of things. al is live with the forecast straight ahead. also a sad story to tell you

about, the death of richard holbrooke who served as president obama's point man in afghanistan and pakistan. he died last night from a tear in his aorta. we'll have more on his life and his passing coming up. and hollywood's biggest names are up early for the announcement of this earlier's golden globe nomination, we'll have complete coverage from los angeles. but we begin this morning with a major winter storm causing problems all across the east. let's start off with nbc's john yang, he's in michigan city, indiana for us. >> reporter: the shores of lake michigan, you may be able to see the snow blowing in off the lake. there is a lake-effect snow advisory still in effect here. this will be the third straight day of snowfall here. in some areas, there are two feet of snow already on the ground and the wind is creating drifts up to four feet high.

for drivers, it's not a winter wonderla wonderland, it's a winter whiteout. in northwestern indiana -- >> they told us to shut it down here and try to keep traffic heading that way. >> reporter: more than 100 cars and trucks were stuck on snow covered highways, drivers who were able to move found that the hard part was stopping. >> what you got to really watch for, you try and step on the brakes and you're all over the road. >> reporter: this isn't an ocean, this is lake michigan. waves 25 feet high, wind gusts up to 35 miles an hour. americans from the great lakes to florida are in the deep freeze. in chicago, officials warned of the danger bitter cold. >> all chicagoans should avoid making unnecessary trips outside. >> reporter: it's all part of the massive winter storm that stranded travelers at chicago's o'hare airport, and zraukly

deflated the deflatable roof of minnesota twin shea's stadium. outside kansas city, a man returned from a weekend trip to find that a broken water main had coated his house in ice. the mercury dipped in parts of the country not used to freezing temperatures, from virginia -- >> i don't like it. >> to georgia. >> nice and fun and cold. >> reporter: all the way to florida. here in the midwest, some try to look on the bright side. >> you can't get your cars out. it's a blessing in the end because you get that sense of community, but there's lots of snow to get through. >> reporter: roads are still closed in this area making travel dangerous, treacherous and sometimes just plain impossible. the storm has moved on from here but the snow is still hanging on. >> john yang in michigan for us

this morning. john, thanks very much, when will this arctic blast end? al has made his way to dunkirk, new york, about 300 miles northwest of here. >> reporter: schools are closed, businesses are having trouble staying open. this is about an hour south of buffalo, new york, that's lake erie behind me, the winds are howling at about 35 miles an hour. temperatures are in the low teens, windchills anywhere from zero to 5 below, and we're going to continue to get this arctic blast coming across the great lakes causing lake-effect snow on all five great lakes. snow amounts, in the syracuse area, another one to two feet, back through western new york, western pennsylvania, about five to six inches to eight inches of snow and the cold air, we're talking about bitterly cold temperatures, you can see the jet stream dips way to the south. these are departures from

normal. actual temperatures right now, you can see it is bitterly cold, 29 in orlando, the good news is in plant city where they have got all those citrus and strawberry crops, temperatures a little bit warmer, 12 in buffalo right now, windchills make it feel well below zero around much of the great lakes. single digits in atlanta. we're not going to see any moderation until tuesday. upper 40s to low 50s down into florida. and then the jet stream takes a little bit of a moderate jog to the north. that keeps the cold air banked up around the great lakes and then temperatures moderate down through the southeast. but again here in the great lakes, the windchill, the winds, and the snow a big, big factor, matt? >> i'll take it, al, thank you very much. we'll get the rest of al's forecast in just a bit. but for now, to sad news out of

washington, richard holbrooke, has died. andrea mitchell has more on holbrooke's storied career. >> nominated seven times for the nobel peace prize, richard holbrooke's crowning achievement was ending the war in bosnia. to the end he was striving to end another war in afghanistan. widely considered one of the most gifted diplomats of his generation, richard holbrooke was praised by president obama and hillary clinton monday night at a diplomatic reception, shortly before holbrooke lost his last battle. >> america is more secure and the world is a safer place because of the work of ambassador richard holbrooke. >> he's a fierce negotiator, i'm sure there are some shoulders here tonight that are still a little bit sore from his arm twisting. but he is a fiercer friend and an invaluable counselor.

>> reporter: richard holbrooke began his career as a foreign service officer. he quickly rose to the white house under linden johnson where he drafted a key war memo and wrote a chapter of the pentagon papers. holbrooke accompanied henry kissinger to the peace talks in paris. holbrooke aspired to be a great man himself. his signature achievements, ending the war in bosnia. >> this is the best alternative to continued war. >> reporter: he served as ambassador to germany and then to the united nations under bill clinton. a close advisor to john kerry, holbrooke was known to have aspired to become secretary of state had kerry been elected. instead the next democrat to occupy the white house was barack obama who offered the state department job to hillary

clinton. clinton carved out a special envoy role for holbrooke, awarding him the toughest assignment of all, afghanistan and pakistan. holbrooke at the end was at hillary clinton's side on duty at the state department. a larger than life presence who helped reshape foreign policy for generations. today the president will be meeting with his advisors for his long-awaited review of the afghanistan policy, tragically without holbrooke. holbrooke was single minded in his focus to the very end. his family said that before being given anesthesia for his emergency surgeon, he told his pakistani surgeon, quote, you've got to stop this war in afghanistan. >> it is 7:09 and once again here's matt. president obama's tax cut deal with republicans has crossed a major hurdle and could be up for a senate vote.

kelly o'donnell has the details. >> reporter: suddenly there's a lot of talk of bipartisanship around here and this new spirit of cooperation centers on a package that would keep taxes from going up in a couple of weeks but it would add to the deficit in a big way. >> are there any senators wishing to vote or wishing to change their vote? >> reporter: a supersized vote tally in the senate. >> the -- on a package of tax cuts and unemployment benefits for 2 million who are out of work. the president had so much riding on this, he popped into the briefing room before the final votes were even counted. >> this proves that both parties can in fact work together to grow our economy and look out for the american people. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell

gave the president credit for bending to give tax cuts for those with high incomes along with the middle class. >> we're telling people to keep money that's rightfully theirs so they can spend it and invest it as they please. >> reporter: the deal will add about $900 billion to the federal deficit. fear about that is also bipartisan. >> i sincerely feel that the bad choices made in the last decade will haunt us through the next decade. >> reporter: short-term the white house claims the economy needs this deal to grow. the president says he is working the phones to convince fellow democrats in the house who could vote later this week. their outspoken anger primarily over breaks for the wealthy may be starting to cool. >> this bill is giving democrats pause. but having said that, i believe this bill was necessary and compromise one inevitable. >> reporter: and democrats especially in the house are still thinking they might be able to get some changes made

before this goes on to final passage. but the top republican in the senate, he was warning last night that they should not play what he calls political games to try to make what he calls partisan changes. matt? >> kelly, thank you very much. howard dean is the chairman of the democratic national committee and former governor of vermont. governor dean, good morning, good to see you. 6 let me tell you what bernie sanders, the junior senator from your home state of vermont has called this an absolute disaster. you said it's terrible for our country in the long-term. a lot of people in the democratic party don't like it, what can you do about it? >> i'm not sure, i'll leave that to the vote counters in the house. first of all it stops $120 billion from going into the social security trust fund and instead borrows the money from china and other places. you can't shore up the social security trust fund with borrowed money if you want it to work. secondly, it punches a huge hole in the deficit which some of the

republicans agree with and i think as you pointed out, there's bipartisan opposition to this. it's probably good short-term politics. it's going to help some. it's going to help some in terms of stimulating the economy, but the long-term consequences of this are really not so great. >> when you talk about the long-term consequences, go back to that deficit, $900 billion. that is a major issue. how and when do we pay for that? >> that's the problem. what the truth of the matter, this is an inside washington deal. washington politicians like it, but they're not really telling the whole story to the american people. in order to get out of this deficit which is really bad and has been accumulating over ten years, we're going to have to limit the growth of social security, limit the growth of medicare, cut the fed and so cutting taxes now doesn't make any sense. >> you say it's an inside washington deal. let me disagree for a second. a recent poll said that six out of ten of the american people favor this deal, they like this

kind of compromise, they want to see more of this, not less of this. >> of course they do, everybody wants their taxes cut, but the long-term future of the country depends on raising revenue and cutting spending and that hasn't been done here. >> let's talk about one other item here, kind of a blow for the president's health care reform, the now law on monday. there had been talk about repealing that law by republicans, does this make that much more likely? >> actually i think the decision is not a bad decision. the first thing is that the mandate is not essential. that was principally a benefit for insurance companies. it's absolutely not essential. because we have done something like that. >> you mean telling people to buy health insurance? >> you don't have to do that in order to make universal health care. >> under mitt romney, under their mandate, there's 4% that aren't affected. this is an important point. the judge limited his desis to

this particular clause, he did not declare the bill unconstitutional, just this piece of the bill and he specifically said in his decision that this doesn't apply to the entire bill. i know the administration had a lot of heartburn over there. this may be a good thing, because this very conservative judge said that the bill as a whole could go forward. there's no chance that this is going to the supreme court without a lot of process. so is president obama's health care plan in jeopardy or not? as matt mentioned, a federal judge has now found part of it unconstitutional. pete williams has more on that. pete, good morning. >> one of the things that makes this noteworthy is that this is the first time a federal judge has ruled that the key part of the obama health care law, the requirement that all americans buy health insurance is unconstitutional. so now there's sure to be a

legal battle all the way to the supreme court. the justice department is likely to appeal the ruling which echoed a theme of tea party activists and conservatives. the government has no power to order the public to buy insurance. >> people still have the right to make a decision. whether they buy health insurance or not, they shouldn't have it imposed on him by the government. >> reporter: henry hudson said that while it gives the government the power to regulate activity, it as no authority to compel anyone to enter the stream of commerce and buy something. the obama administration argued that no one stays entirely out of the health care economy, eventually getting care from somewhere like an emergency room. and the president told nbc affiliate wfla that with more than two dozen legal challenges already in the courts, the battle is far from over. >> keep in mind, this is one ruling by one federal district

court, we have already had two federal district courts that have ruled that this is definitely constitutional. >> reporter: the judge decided not to block the mandatory insurance requirement for now because he said the law doesn't take effect for a few more years so there's time for the courts to decide who's right, meredith. >> pete williams, thank you very much. let us get a check of the rest of the morning's top stories and for that we turn to anne curry at the news desk. last night michael steele made a surprise announcement saying he will seek re-election despite recent reports that he will resign. steele has controversy for spending funds at a strip club and using 19,000 of the committee's money to redecorate his office. another cyber attack report. walgreens are warning that hackers are using customer e-mail accounts to prompt

customers for information. security experts suggest that using a different password for each of your own online accounts would make things safer. yahoo is preparing to lay off as many as 5% of its workforce beginning today, cutting as many as 700 employees. now we head over to wall street for a look at what investors are watching today. we have got trish reagan at the new york stock exchange. >> the fed is meeting today for investors will be watching that pretty carefully. no expected changes in terms of the policy. no expected changes in terms of the fed's qv 2 program in which it's quantitative easing. nevertheless, investors will watch this statement very carefully for any nuances there. the other big thing of course is you've got a slew of economic reports coming out, especially with retail sales, business inventory and also wholesale

prices so a lot to keep folks busy. if you braved the winter chill last night, you might have seen a meteor shower last night with a rainbow of falling stars in white, yellow, blue, red and green. up to 60 meteors an hour rained down on four stargazers. and a poorly placed snowman left one bus driver out of a job. cars carefully steered around a snowman in the middle of the road. moments later a bus veered to the right side of the rode and takes the snowman down. after a meeting with officials, the bus driver resigned. the group is already calling for the bus driver to be reinstated. more than one melt down there. it is now 7: 19. let's go back to matt, meredith and john. >> i think he was trying to get

the snowman out of the road so that it didn't cause a problem. i think in some ways we are rewarding the knuckle heads who put that there by showing that video. >> it has not ended. >> not here, at least. let's go back to dunkirk new york for mr. roker. >> you know who was driving that bus? >> who. >> rudolph. >> how's the weather, al? >> anyway. it's cold. you know, it's so cold it actually seemed funny. i'm sorry. but we are also talking about a real mess in the pacific northwest. they're not amused. we have got another system coming onshore, bringing a real mess from san francisco up into spokane and seattle. rain right along the coast, and in the mountains, we're talking anywhere from six to 12 inches of snow before it's all over.

>> good morning, everyone. in baltimore, a windy and cold start for us. wind chill between at 0 and 10 degrees. wins because close to 40 this afterns >> and that's your latest weather.>> and that's your late weather. and just ahead, why bernie madoff says he will not attend his son's funeral and why madoff's heart broken wife is so angry at him. we'll have the details, b3q

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street, open. inner loop of the beltway approaching 95 on the northeast side, 24 miles per hour on that stretch. out of the delays towards dulaney valley. closed between st. ann's avenue and cooks. ave due to the breaking news we have been reporting this morning. fire activity continues in the area. sought the delay is, a heavier southbound and then right around 75 to 198. but the accident. -- northbound accident. you can see the delays in both directions. inner loop and acting things towards 95. 95 x good. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the wind and the cold making major with the headlines this morning. temperatures in the upper teens

and 20s. winds are gusting close to 30 miles per hour. it decreases the wind chill at the airport. -- 80 degrees is the wind chill at the airport. -- 8 degrees is the wind chill at the airport. chance of snow showers and flurries. high temperatures into the upper 20's and low 30's. we will lose a little bit of wind on wednesday. high near 34. >> thank you for joining us. check the bottom of your screen for updated news and traffic information and the live update at 7:55.

7:30 now on a tuesday morning, it's the 14th day of december 2010. and the thermometer tells us it is 20 degrees out on the plaza, but you know what? throw that out the window because there's wind out there as well, it feels a lot colder as it does in many parts of the country on this tuesday morning. that didn't stop these folks from gathering out on our plaza. we'll get out there in a little while and say hi.

meanwhile i'm matt lauer alongside meredith viera. john boehner who is known to get emotional cried several times during an interview on 60 minutes. would his peers get a different reaction if boehner was a woman? how powerful can 140 characters be? more than 1,000 tweets are sent every second, some funny, some mundane, some can actually change the world. coming up the co-founder of twitter will reveal the most powerful tweets of 2010. let's begin this half hour with new details of the details of bernie madoff's son mark. >> reporter: according to his lawyer, bernie madoff decided not to attend the funeral out of respect for his family that shunned him.

now bernie madoff's own grandkids may pay for his mistakes. at the madoff's connecticut estate, the family gathered monday, no comment, as relatives came down the long winding driveway. as they grieve mark's suicide, apparently depressed over the criminal investigation and lawsuits against him, his father bernie madoff has made a decision behind bars, he won't attend his son's funeral, out of his daughter-in-law and his grandchildren's privacy. it's not even clear if bernie madoff would even be welcome at the funeral. mark cut ties with his father since the story broke in 2008. ruth reportedly blames their convict husband for their son's death. sk

sk . >> she claims that bernie madoff has blood on his hands, she calls him an s.o.b. and that he has totally ruined their family and the death of their son was the final straw. >> reporter: mark madoff pled poverty to friends, but in reality, he was still living a lavish life. his compound in connecticut, worth $2.3 million. his ocean front estate in nantucket seen here is worth $17 million. and the manhattan apartment where he hanged himself with a doing leash is worth $6 million. and now victims seek pay back for his admitted scam. his wife and young children as young as 2 years old may be on the hook for tens of millions. >> the victims of the bernie madoff ponzi scheme want their money back. and one of the things they have tried to do is to go after mark madoff's children seeking money they got through allegedly the bernie madoff ponzi scheme. so this litigation is going to

go on. >> reporter: and federal investigators haven't ruled out criminal charges either. officials still want to know what the sons knew about the ponzi scheme and whether they were involved. >> andrew is now the sole surviving son and if the u.s. attorney had intended to bring charges against the sons, it will all fall on andrew now. >> reporter: both mark and andrew madoff have denied any knowledge or involvement in the ponzi scheme from the very start and law enforcement sources say two years later, there's still not enough evidence to charge either one of them. by the way, the family still hasn't claimed mark's body from the medical examiner here in new york city and there's no word yet on funeral plans either. a contributing editor for "vanity fair" who has written about bernie madoff and the sons mark and an dprdrew.

you wrote a piece about mark and andrew and you talked a lot of friends and colleagues and acquaintances, what was your reaction to the news? >> i was shocked along with everybody else. i guess i would have assumed that he passed the worst of it already, that the epicenter of the story had moved on. everybody thought they were going to get indicted right off the bat, that the case against them was just so obvious and it didn't happen. and one would have thought that maybe he had reached a different kind of equilibrium in his life, but obviously that wasn't true. >> he took his life on the two-year anniversary of his father's arrest, what did you make of that? >> i don't think he was making a particular point by picking that date, i think that it was just a reminder that the case was never going to go away for him. on the second anniversary there were legal consequences because the trustee had a deadline for filing actions by the second anniversary and so there was a

flurry of activity around then and then there were the usual newspaper stories two years in, including stories about him and supposedly one of the things he was concerned about was a story in the "wall street journal." >> that came out the day that he killed himself? >> the morning of his suicide. and the story in the journal had nothing new about him and nothing incriminating about him, but it was just a reminder that he was always going to be under this shadow, he would never be able to escape it and maybe just he was finally overwhelmed by that. >> he sent out some e-mails right before he took his own wife, one to his wife stephanie who was in florida with their other child. he wrote, i love you, please send someone to take care of nick, their 3-year-old son who was sleeping in his room when he killed himself. and he wrote nobody wants to believe the truth, please take care of my family. what was the truth as he saw it? >> the truth as he saw it was

that he was entirely innocent of all of this. he said that nobody believed him. he really didn't make much of a defense in a way. he just kind of disappeared. when i tried to interview him, of course, he wouldn't talk to me. his brother wouldn't talk to me either. but his brother sort of made himself available through surrogates. he got his case out there. i think that the two madoff brothers reacted very differently to this. andy madoff, the younger brother sort of went on with his life, he had already separated himself from his father even before all of this exploded. and mark didn't do that. it all kind of coiled up within him. >> you said he had read articles about what happened. >> that was the image of him sort of huddled over his computer, finding whatever sort of story he could on this, never really getting away from it. i think that andy madoff had a little bit more perspective on things, andy had other businesses, and he had had

cancer. andy sort of knew what problems were even before all this happened. he was in a sense conditioned. >> do you think andy will reconnect with his mother ruth who has now said she blames bernie for mark's death? >> i really don't know what the dynamics are in this family. >> he said nobody believed him. did you believe him at the end? >> i sort of did believe him, the more that i learned about the case and the more that i spoke to people that knew him, the more impressed i was, even people who had grievances against him and had every reason to revent simsent him, they sti of invited them into their lives. this is not something you do to a co-conspirator.

"today's" weather is brought to you by advil, make the switch of advil now. >> and while we are talking about a lot of cold air, lake-effect snows around the great lakes, freezing conditions down in florida, out to the west, temperatures not too bad, especially for folks in the southwest where we're seeing 82 degrees in palm springs, and phoenix 78, lubbock, texas 73. 67 in denver. we're talking temps ten to 20 degrees above normal. and as we look around the rest of the country, those record lows around florida, the mess in the pacific northwest with lots of rain and mountain snow, high pressure dominating around the great lakes and so we will continue to sue >> it is going to be a windy and cold day today. wind chill running between 0 and

10 degrees. jefferson of showers and flurries otherwise. >> with this crazy weather going on all across the country, you want to make sure you check in at least once a day on the weather channel on cable or weather.com online. julian assange is expected to appear in a british court in relation to the charges he's facing in sweden. overnight assange released his first statement since his arrest last week. peter alexander has details on that. >> reporter: julian assange's hearing is expected to start a short time from now. his lawyer will ask to have bail

set for his release. his mother came all the way from australia meeting with her son behind bars and releasing this statement on his behalf saying, quote, eremain true to the ideas i have expressed. if anything this process has increased my determination that they there true and correct. and we're learning new details this morning about assange himself from what seems like an unlikely source. julian assange arrived in court this morning in the back of this prison van, his mother speaking in his defense. >> as a mother, i'm asking the world to stand up for my brave son. >> reporter: he is the mysterious hacker at the heart of an international storm. but before the scandal exploded, assange was reportedly also a single man looking for love online. the profile of the then-36-year-old going by the name harry harrison, he writes, i am danger and describes himself as passionate and often pig headed activist intellectual

seeks siren for love affair, children and occasional criminal conspiracy. that he's looking for a spirited nonconformist. he says do not write to me if you're timid, write to me if you're brave. ok cupid says it has existed for several years, last updated in december 2006, the same month wikileaks published its first document. now assange faces possible extradition to sweden where he's a wanted man, on allegations of sexual misconduct with two women he met at the stockholm wikileaks. >> all that's talked about has happened just because one apartment in this triangle was julian assange. >> reporter: an aspiring investigatedive journalist at oxford university, isabel spent three days with assange this

fall. she describes his spark and magnetic personality. >> funny, intelligent, you know, and loose and not at all like this kind of rigid media persona when you're interviewing him. >> reporter: this weekend swedish television aired a new documentary on the wikileaks affair, interviewing the controversial founder shortly before his arrest. >> i have a second message, and that is reset examples. if you engage in unjust behavior, it will be found out, it will be revealed and you will suffer the consequences. >> reporter: and if the judge sets bail at today's hearing, julian assange could actually walk out of this courtroom as a free man. the british prime minister today alerted government workers to be on the lookout in case internet activists assange supporters try to hack into government websites today.

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you've got the royal family's tweet announcing prince william and kate middleton's engagement. they tweeted, the prince of wales is delighted to announce prince william's engagement to kate middleton. >> i think all that anybody could talk about was that engagement. i think it's still going on. >> number four tweet came in the wake of the gulf oil spill. based on bp's public image problem, the tweet read, catastrophe is a strong word, let's call it a whoopsie daysy. >> it was just very interesting that a parody account became this voice of this whole thing. >> we're going to move all the way to number one, your most powerful tweet from 2010 comes from this young lady to my left. while covering the earthquake in

haiti, ann tweeted this message to the u.s. airports, find a way to let doctor s without borders into haiti. >> so many people retweeted this message out and they made sure that the u.s. air force know it. >> one tweet can get retweeted so many times that ann was able to sort of virtually wave in that doctors without borders plane and get them landed within an hour. first of all that's a big honor. congratulations. and how many billions of tweets you do expect this year? >> many, many. >> start reading now. >> thank you very much, we appreciate it. and still ahead t crying game, the double standard when it comes to men, women and tears. but first these messages. you see the big turkey for thanksgiving? ♪ [ grandma ] okay.

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>> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am lisa robinson. let's get a check on the money to meet with traffic pulse 11. -- morning commute with sarah caldwell and traffic pulse 11. >> out of about loch raven, 13 miles per hour on that area. speaking of 95, in the south the direction, watch for delays on the 895 split.

homewood avenue, st. ann's avenue, watch foreclosures this morning. take loch raven. this accident is gone but we are looking at southbound delays, volume-related from 100 to 32. if you are going to head out, 19 minutes on the outer loop north side. quick look outside shows you what is going on a par 4. -- at harford. we have an accident on the keybridge. we will let you know more about that coming up. >> windy and cold start for us this tuesday. actual temperatures are in the teens and 20s. it feels like 8 at the airport. four at hagerstown. today, when the and called for a chance for snow showers and

flurries. seven-day forecast, lose a little bit of wind tomorrow. chance for a light snow on thursday. maybe some light snow again saturday night and sunday over the weekend. >> we will see you back here in 25 minutes.

8:00 now on this tuesday morning, the 14th of december, 2010. and our friends on the plaza, huddling together for warmth, it is a bitter cold, windy morning here in manhattan. and outside on the plaza, i'm meredith viera along with matt lauer. just ahead in this half hour, the interesting fashion statement being made by kate middleton for her new engagement photos, she didn't wear clothes by her designers, she picked them out of her own close set.

>> imagine. holidays a great time to save on books. we have a light saber. she was coming after you and i saved your life. of course i gave it right back to her. talk about giving the gift of food, the holidays fast approaching. we have some great ideas, the best part about it, you don't have to make it yourself and you don't even have to mail it, the companies do that for you. >> i still have not done my shopping. >> you got to get to it. also it is a big morning in hollywood as the golden globe nominations are out, we will have complete coverage of this year's nominee. >> that woman just cut you in half with her light saber, bad news for you. let's go inside and get a check of the morning's top news stories. as you have been reporting, president obama said the nation has lost a true giant of foreign

policy. richard holbrooke, the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan died last night after a weekend surgery for a torn ao a aorta. ending the war in bosnia to his efforts to end the war in afghanistan. he was 69 years old. the last week of fall is off to a brutal start in the midwest where waist deep snow has stranded drivers and closed schools. in washington state a driver had to be be rescued from a pond swollen by heavy rain and the combination of broken water mains and freezing terms leave a family wait forgive their home to outlaw out. a suit claims that sexual assault in the military is nearly twice as common as in civilian life, but that much of it is not reported or

prostituted. the democrats health care overhaul suffered it's first major set back on monday. a federal judge ruled it is unconstitutional for the government to require americans to carry health insurance, however the judge refused to block the law from going into effect while it is being appealed in the u.s. supreme court. the compromise bill extending tax cuts and long-term unemployment benefits could win final senate approval as early as today. it passed a test vote on monday by a margin of 83-15. house democrats are still demanding changes. one of the most incredible streaks in all of sports came to an end last night when minnesota vikings quarterback brett favre did not start in 281 seasons. the new york jets assistant coach who hit a miami dolphins player sunday has been suspended without pay for the rest of the season and fined $25,000.

the nfl will not seek any further disciplinary action. and a rare appearance by former first lady nancy reagan. she unveiled the design for a new first class forever stamp marking next year's centennial of her husband, ronald reagan's birth. it is now three minutes after the hour, let's go now to al for the weather. "today's" weather is brought to you by jared, the galleria of jewelry with five times the selection of ordinary jewelry stores. and good morning, everybody. it is brutally cold here in dunkirk, new york, about 15 degrees, a windchill of 3 below and what's causing the lake-effect snow in the great lakes, right now the water temperature as the cold air comes across, it sucks up moisture and as it comes back over the land and the moisture cools, it falls in the form of snow, lake-effect snow. let's take a look and show you what we have got going on right

now. a rough day all along the great lakes, our pick city today, philadelphia, pennsylvania, only 29 degrees, variably cloudy and cold today. as we check out the rest of the country, we'll show you strong weather coming into the pacific northwest. a lot of rain, mountain snows. here in the east, we have got the lake-effect snow to deal with. gulf coast not too bad, plenty of sunshine, but record lows in florida today with temperatures dropping back down below freezing throughout much of central and northern florida, look for plenty of sunshine and warmer conditions in the sout >> it is going to be a windy and very cold day. wind chill between 0 and 10 degrees. otherwise, a chanc

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back now at 8:08. with kate middleton's flair for fashion. fashionista's everywhere are looking for inspiration. >> reporter: very few women are lucky enough to land a prince. kate middleton is at the top of that very glamorous list. what they lack in likeness, they make up for in attention to detail. her clothes, her hair, sensible and stylish. elegant and at least some of it surprisingly accessible.

for the engagement the future princess didn't turn to designers, she went to her closet. this dress was off the rack from the british store reece. kate bought it two years ago, the blouse, from a store called whistles. >> she's going for something that any girl in london or anywhere would have access. >> reporter: not like princess diana. more like michelle obama and j. crew and talbot. kate gives herred ed admirers a within reach. the new york salon sees a steady stream of wannabes. >> her style is simple, she's classy and beautiful. so i was going for a look like that. >> reporter: to be fair, it may not be as easy for everybody. >> i've got a little length in the back. >> reporter: those looking to

buy the kate middleton look are very good for business. knock off of the ring hasold out everywhere and the british brand lucky enough to get a nod in these photos are -- >> i can definitely see people going and seeking those items. >> reporter: at reece, the dress will go on sale again in january, but kate wears a lot of their clothes, quite a bit for the copy kate to choose from. >> she's a good customer, how she wears her coats, her dresses. she comes into our stores and she even knows some of our staff personally. >> reporter: and now so do i. for someone who's going to be a kate middleton wannabe, they might want to buy that coat? >> i think so. >> reporter: i got the coat, i need to work on the hair a little bit. but i figure by april, i'm going to be a dead ringer. >> you don't have to take after

anybody, you are one of a kind, stephanie gosk. i however wou-- first of all, w grade do you give kate for the clothing she has selected and the hair cut. >> it's got to be an a-plus. the idea that sh girl went into her wardrobe, the shirt that she wore was two years old and that's going to come out again, they're going to call it the kate shirt from whistle's. and if you can't get it in the store, you can get it online. this is a chance we're all going to be able to have that kate look. but the idea that she dip into the mall store brands, but also has that princessy moment, is fabulous, modern and absolutely right because the public is lapping this up. >> what about her hairstyle? >> i think her hair is classic

and beautiful, i think it's hard to look classic and beautiful, it's supershiny and just very natural looking and modern. >> she also looks great in an up do as well. >> do you think she's going to make the mark on fashion that diana did? >> we're desperate for someone back in eveningland to make a m. we loved it the first time, and we're going to love it again. and i think everyone's a little bit nervous that she's going to be turning into this iconic figure and there's going to be a huge amount of pressure. but she can do it that in a michelle obama way. >> when you say michelle obama, that's exactly who i thought of, who went to the j. crew look and the talbots instead of doing the high end. >> she wears fabulous clothes too. but fashion doesn't stop and end on the high streets. it's both ends and what makes a great closet. >> and i think it's more of who

she is. >> i think she's just more from that middle class and she's not flashy and again, she's superclassic and approachable. and i think that's what appeals to so many people is that, i mean look at her in that white coat. she's just so elegant and eagle. and i think that's very hard to pull off and be modern. >> and it's not just the clothes and the hair that people are copying, it's the ring as well, that was originally diana's so it's been copied for years. >> when that ring was given to princess diana it was $100,000. >> is it more attainable for the average person? >> definitely. and i think that's why so many people are coming in wanting to look like her and i think women have looked like that for a long time. it's just that classic, long layered flowing hair, that has

the round brush at the bottom, it just very approachable. it's not too trendy, yet i think it's hard to pull off that look and look interesting. >> it's hard to pull it off if you're my age, but if you're in your 20s. i don't know about the older women. >> i would go a little bit shorter, but just the framing around the face, you can be pretty much any age. >> i'm getting the white dress. and up next, hasty mail order gift ideas that will get there in time for christmas, believe it or not. but first these messages. ♪ express yourself

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happy holidays do we have time for this? we have 11 days to go until christmas, can you still order and get them delivered? >> one of the best things about food is it's usually shipped overnight. some of these you might need 48 hours' notice, but until then you're fine. >> let's start with the savory items. >> delicious, delicious. these are salamis made the old-fashioned way. these are especially good. they're located in the ferry building in san francisco. unbelievable flavors. >> are they exp they're aged, they're delicious. they have been smoking meets for 50 years. it's absolutely incredible. it's made with corn cob and maple and absolutely delicious. >> i love chicken pot pies, you found a good brand?

>> chicken pot pies, these are all organic, two women got together started this company. it's a great thing to send to a family. >> what is this bacon jam? >> this is delicious. >> you really think so? >> it's really, really good. i suggest you try it. it's very good quality bacon, it's cooked and it's then thrown in with spices and onions. you would put it on a hamburger, with eggs. use it instead of bacon for a blt. >> baked goods. >> this is the one stop shop. they're very famous for their coffee cake. i also like for their -- these cakes come in wooden boxes, very sturdy, everything's packaged really well. i also like their spanish

elephant ears, they're doused in olive oil and very good. >> and for people with food allergies, you've got some things there are gluten free? >> gluten free, dairy free, you name it. you need to give them 48 hours' notice for them to ship it. they do loaves. everything baked good that if you can't eat wheat or eggs, you can get it from here. >> the pecan pie is from the gooden company. but they're known for barbecue. >> their pecan pie, they have been sending it to people since the '80s. >> for popcorn lovers, you've got 479-degree popcorn. >> this is a cordon blue graduate who said that 479 degrees is the best temperature to make popcorn. it also comes in carmel that come in sea salt and they have

nice messages wrapped around them. >> for health lovers, you've got your mix your own granola. >> 75 different things that you can add. we have got one for you. >> and finally pickles by mail order and sometimes pickles and bloody mary mix. >> fabulous company, two brothers, they do everything the way their great grandmother did. and the root, which is a really cool drink from the 1700s. >> you can order them now and get them to people in time for the holidays. thank you very much. there is a new wrinkle in the debate over whether it's okay for men to try, especially powerful men in public forums. this after john boehner the next house speaker teared up during a "60 minutes" interview. >> outgoing speaker of the house nancy pelosi says she doesn't cry over politics, but she can't say the same about the surprisingly emotional man who's

replacing her. >> reporter: john boehner, soon to be the most powerful figure in the house of representatives often cries over pending legislation. >> put it at the top of our list. it's provided for the safety and security of the american people. >> reporter: and he told "60 minutes" even the thought of talking to school children gets him all emotional. >> making sure that these kids have a shot at the american dream, like i did. it's important. >> reporter: on abc's "the view" they had a field day with it. >> they call him the weeper of the house. >> this guy has an emotional problem, that any time we talk about anything that's not raise taxes, he crews. >> reporter: he gets away with i it--they might have said what some said when hillary clinton

appeared to cry at a difficult moment during the new hampshire primary in 2008. but the te-- that the tears shod she was too weak for the tough stuff. but others said it humanized here, she won new hampshire. of course her husband's frequent emoating during his presidency was seen as humanizing him and george bush's supporters saw his public tears the same way. so the song "don't cry" may be pretty much out of date. what matters now for men is why they're tearing up and when. >> you get a sense of a person's general sincerity is going to determine how you read some of their tears. your sense of whether the circumstance warrants it. >> reporter: crying publicly might have sounded dour in the election campaign.

>> i have sinned against you, my lord. >> reporter: but manly tears are no longer shocking, whether it's glenn beck regularly opening up the water works on fox news, and remember that reality show bachelor jason mesnick constantly crying over which love interest to choose. and more politicians than you can count, giving vent to their not feminine side, but human side. president obama has also been known to shed a public tear, most notably after his grandmother died at the end of the campaign. it seems like in this new era, it is all right to cry, at least for the man. >> are you going to show a little bit of tears? >> absolutely. just ahead, the golden globe nominations 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. >> still dealing with a lot of problems out there. on the northeast side, that is where the biggest problems are on the inner loop around belair road. that is the latest coming in. perring parkway and taylor, another crashed in parksville. we have this clochard that

remains in effect and the city and home what avenue and st. ann's avenue -- at home what avenue and st. ann's avenue. 20 minutes on the outer loop north east side. 17 opposite that on the inner loop. 13 minutes on inner loop from 795 towards 83. at harford, jammed conditions in both directions. much of the inner loop delay coming towards us is due to the problem at belair road. live view of the accident scene at belair road. hopefully they can get that out of there shortly. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the big story and the weather department, windy and cold. wind gusts between 30 and 40 miles per hour. actual temperatures in the low

20s. it feels like it is eight at the airport right now. five in westminster and parkton. that is what you want to dress for. windy and cold is our forecast. high temperatures between 28 and 33. in the light snow towards the end up the week on tuesday. >> we will have another update at 8:55.

8:30 now on a tuesday morning, it's the 14th day of december, 2010. and it's cold outside. that's ann curry, that's ricky duvet, the very funny man.

>> we have collected $18 million in gifts this year. so thanks to everyone here. >> the golden globes are all the talk of hollywood this morning. we're going to have coverage of the nominations. also coming up this morning, we're going to be talking about our steals and deals, and we have got some ideas about hot fashions for as much as 85% off. >> that sounds good. and we have got a question for you, will it be aida, patrick or freed rick. anybody's guess as to who's going to come out first. the host joins us this morning from burbank. allison, good morning. nice to see you. >> good morning, everyone. you look chilly. >> a little brisk here. that's right.

we know fredo and patrick are already finalists because they have lost the highest percentage of weight. 43, fredo is 12 to 16 years older than the remaining contestants. how is that going to work out? >> i know, i think fredo, if anyone can overcome it, it's fredo, he's certainly had his eye on the prize from day one and he knew how to play the game and work hard and get him all the way to the end. no question, no vote, he is in the finals and he did it himself. he busted his butt and he's not doing it for the money, he's doing it because he wants to win that bad. >> he was the heaviest contesta contestant, will that work to his advantage. >> he ee's young, he's fightingr it. he has been doing this for his family. he said from the beginning, his beautiful kids need him to be healthy so he has a lot of reasons to fight to win this.

and i think he has a good chance to win. >> aida is another one of finalists and why do bob and jillian call her basically a machine and a terminator? >> she's aida the terminator and she actually earned what title. she's just been working so hard in the gym every single day since she got on the show. so if anybody can overcome fredo and patrick, it will definitely will aida. >> and if the audience believes that -- >> i got to be honest, i don't think elizabeth has the numbers to compete against fredo or patrick, but if america chooses her, it's going to be a sweep for her. she was brought to the show by jillian and certainly proved herself and overcame some amazing obstacles and i think she's a great motivation to a lot of women out there. but i'm pretty sure one of those guys will take it.

>> it's been a great season. allison, thanks for getting up early, we appreciate it. >> fun to talk to you as always. >> let me remind people the live two-hour finale the tonight, 9:00, 8:00 central time. the winner will join us here in new york tomorrow morning on "today." where is al? >> dunkirk, new york. with another check of the weather. hey, al, it must be so cold there because it's code cold here. >> it's pretty brutal, we're about a 50-mile drive southwest of buffalo and the lake-effect snow a big deal here. let's take a look and show you what's happening for today. we have got those lake-effect snows around the great lakes, a lot of wet weather in the pacific northwest. record lows down in florida. birmingham and atlanta both setting record lows of 14 degrees overnight. and then for tomorrow, temperatures moderate a little bit, but not a lot. it's still going to be an icy

mess in the mid mississippi river valley, wet weather in the pacific northwest. >> it is going to be a windy and cold day today. wind chill running between 0 and 10 degrees. jefferson of showers and flurries otherwise. >> and with this wild weather happening all across the country, you'll want to check in with the weather channel on cable and weather.com online. when we come back, this morning's golden globe nominations, but first, this is "today" on nbc.

and that is the scene out in hollywood this morning with the award season getting underway with the golden globe nominations. >> this is a big morning for all the week out in hollywood, television, movies things like that. let's just go over some of the possible movies that we could be hearing about in the next couple of minutes. >> you're going to be hearing about social network. >> true grit. >> i think it's brilliant, i think collin ferth is brilliant. >> the story about aaron ralston who got stuck and had to amputate. there's a lot of people waiting to see what's going to happen. let us get out there. >> good morning, everyone. and welcome to the nomination announcement for the 68th annual

golden globe awards. and to reveal these nominations, please welcome blair underwood, josh duhamel and katie holmes. blair, you're up first. >> thank you, phillip. best performance by an actor in a miniseries or a motion picture made for television. idruth elba. dennis quade, a special relationship and edgar ramirez carlos. best performance by an actress in a miniseries or a motion picture made for television. pillars of the effort. claire danes, temple brandon. judy dench.

best performance by an actress in a motion picture, comedy or musical. annette bening, the kids are all rig right, ann hathaway, jilly ann more the kids are all right. best performance by an actor in a motion picture comedy or musical. johnny dep. alice in wonderland. johnny depp. the tourist. jake gyllenhaal, love and other drugs and kevin stacy spacey, c jack. >> best performance by an actor in a supporting role in a motion picture. christian bale, the fighter. michael douglas, wall street money never sleeps. andrew garfield, the social

network, jeremy renner, the town. geoffrey rush, the king speech. best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture. amy adams, the fighter. helena barnum, the king's speech. black swan. jackie weaver, animal kingdom. best performance by an actor in a television series drama. brian kranston, breaking bad. michael c. hall, dexter. john ham mad men. best director motion picture.

black swan, david fisher, the social network. tom hooper, the king's speech. christopher nowlan insemgs. david o. russell the fighter. best most picture comedy or musical, alice in wonder land. burlesque. the kids are all right. red. the tourists. >> best television series drama. boardwalk empire. dexter. the good wife. madmen, the walking dead.

best performance by an actress in a motion picture drama. halle berry, francke and alice. nicole kidman, jennifer lawrence. natalee portman, michelle williams blue valentine. best performance by an actor in a motion picture drama. jesse izenberg, the social network. james franko. 127 hours. ry mark wallburg, the fighter. best motion picture drama. black swan. the fighter. inception.

the king's speech. the social network. thank you. >> let's give a big thank you to blair, josh and katie. don't forget to join us sunday january 16 for the 68th annual golden globe awards live coast to coast on nbc. thank you. >> ricky will host, good morning to you. >> i was mentioned right at the end. >> better late an never. >> didn't hear my name until right at the end. >> they save the best for last. >> you kept saying throughout the whole thing- >> you have nothing. >> you don't know anything about it.

>> i saw one of the films, inception, it was amassing. >> in your world. >> i have seen all the tv shows and they'll all great. i love dexter. >> boardwalk empire. >> that one was amazing. >> you should know from your people. >> my people? what, the royal family? they're my people, all right. >> this is not an easy thing to host. >> the show? >> this is easy. your show. the golden globes. >> i'm telling people off because your cappuccino was cold. >> yes, he has. >> i saw a different side of you. >> get it right, all right? but, no, you've got an incredibly eclectic room there, and you've got to hold it all together. >> now they're my people. >> what is the trick to doing

it? because you did it so well. >> i just don't think you have to worry about it. at first i started thinking, oh, this is on television, it seemed like 250 million people. if you're doing it and you're having fun. i'm all over this show. >> you got into it last year, you wanted people to understand that not only did you star in the office back in the uk, you're an executive producer of that show in this country and you don't give yourself credit for that. >> whatever that means. >> i did the letterman show last year. and they were like ricky, ricky. and one guy said who's that? they said he did steve correll's role in the english remake of "the office." >> use know james franco who's been nominated, he's on location

in our old stomping grounds. hey, james, congratulations. james? >> hello? >> hey, congratulations. >> thank you, thank you. i just heard. >> who called you? >> my friend barry, he's a text message friend. we send each other photos of fat animals. >> okay. more than we need to know, actually. >> you're nominated for your role, you basically dominate the screen in 127 hours, the story of aaron ralston who got in a very difficult position, had to amputate his arm. i know you saw it as a real emotional transformation?

>> yes. i mean you would think that that movie would be the slowest and most static kind of theirivet n around, but it's an incredible movie going experience in one of the most dynamic movies out there. >> it's getting an enormous amount of response and your role in particular and the job you do with this character, so congratulations, james, thanks for getting up early, say hi to the folks in providence. >> thank you. >> thanks, james. you got to see that movie now, you winced a little. >> is it a comedy or a musical? >> oh, gosh. >> you're going to get to do the golden globes again, but you'll never come back here. >> break a leg, richard. >> you can catch the 68th annual golden globes live coast to

coast on sunday, january 16. at 8:00 p.m., eastern, 5:00 p.m. pacific here on nbc. back in a moment, this is "today" on next.

31 years later, the cohn brothers have remade the film with jeff bridges in the lead role. bridges plays a u.s. marshall who helps a young mwoman track down her father's killer. not only are you following in the footsteps of an icon. you're taking on an iconic role, are you mad? >> the first introduction the cohn brothers gave me was that they were going back to charles porter's book and that was a

relief. so i started it completely fresh and just went from the book. >> the book is beautifully written. >> uh-huh. >> and how does it differ from the movie they grew up watching? >> well, it may be a little darker, a little funnier, you know. and of course, in the hands of the cohn brothers, they give it their own special touch. >> you played with the big lebowski. >> it a very relaxed kind of atmosphere. >> how are you handling and i would imagine pretty well all of the attention you're getting right now at this stage of your career. and i didn't mean you didn't get attention at an earlier stage, but they did. things have exploded with you with the oscar. you've got true grit opening

this week, tron next week. couldn't be more different kinds of roles. >> and winning the oscar for that music movie gave me kind of -- flamed my own interest in music and just get through kind of the basic tracks. >> is it better getting this kind of response at this stage in your career than perhaps it might have been at a much younger age? >> probably so, yeah. >> why? >> well, you know, when you lose too early, maybe it could peak too early. it's nice peaking right now. >> most people would think that after you won the oscar, the scripts just come flooding in. is that the case? are there enough roles for mature actors these days? >> i think there are, but i haven't noticed a big flood of scripts necessarily. but it has raised by profile a bit. i'm able to pay some attention to the no kids hungry campaign, that i'm the national

spokesperson for, we're trying to end hunger here in our country by 2015. >> jeff bridges, always good to see you. true grit opens next week and we're going to catch up with the co-star matt damon on thursday. we're back on nbc.

still ahead on a chilly tuesday morning.

we're going to talk about some diet tips to help you through the holiday season. and our special series steals and deals, but first your local news. -- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news today in baltimore. >> good morning. i am mindy basara to continue to follow breaking news out of east baltimore. fire crews are on the scene of it to a two-alarm fire that killed six people. it happened around 5:00 this morning. the home was fully engulfed in flames. it spread to three other homes. victims were found inside one of the homes. it is unclear if there were working smoke detectors.

>> now let's take a look at the forecast with tony pann. >> a cold start this tuesday. between 0 and 10 degrees, and the winds will gust over 30 mi. per hour. when the and called is our forecast. a chance for a few snow showers and flurries. upper 20's and low 30's. it will feel much colder for most of the dead. touch of light snow on thursday. saturday night and send it over the weekend. >> we will have another weather update at 9:25.