welcome back to "today" on a tuesday morning, first day of november, 011. feels like november here in the northeast. we've got temperatures in the mid-40s, a little snow falling apparently, at least hey it was a foozle, out on the plaza on a beautiful day, i'm matt lauer along with ann curry and al roker and coming up, you see this new video the fbi is releasing about this undercover russian spy ring that they

actually uncovered here in the united states. >> yes. >> it shows a woman who has received quite a bit of international attention, anna chapman, allegedly conducting a spy operation in the states. we'll tell you more about that. and later on, "today's professionals" are back, star, donny and dr. nancy here to discuss more hot topics, including the great debate over spanking -- we're not talking about donny's dates, but -- oh, no! >> busted. >> and more on kim kardashian's pending divorce. okay, and also we're going to get to jill martin's "steals and deals" on everything for women and also what's for your pets. can't wait for that. >> all right. >> meantime -- >> inside natalie is standing by at the news desk with a check of the headlines. >> good morning, everyone. more than 2 million people spent halloween without power in the northeast and outages could persist through at least thursday in some areas following this weekend's rare october

snowstorm. several new england towns asked residents to postpone trick-or-treating until the lights come back on, and in new york city, thousands of trees have been destroyed in central park as cruise scramble to clean up in time for sunday's moor on this. the death toll from the storm has now reached 21. the fbi is shedding new light on "operation ghost stories," the decade long sting that uncovered a ring of russian spies masquerading as ordinary americans, including tabloid favorite anna chap tn. michelle kosinski has the latest from london. >> the nba just released secret documents, photos, even video of the mostly hapless russian spies kicked out of the u.s. last year. it seriously does seem something like a james bond movie, a really, really bad one. june 26th, 2010. elite russian sleeper spy anna chapman is in action, at a new

york coffee shop, only she doesn't know she's talking to the fbi. about to pounce on 11 spies living among us in the u.s. they are slick, here's anna shopping while a russian government agent is outside. the fbi says they trade info remotely through a secret personal wifi. the spy ring encrypts data into pictures online. they write in invisible ink. there's something called a brush pass. this is called a dead drop, hiding stuff in weeds under a bridge. this spy spotting an empty bottle as a marker, picks up a package. hmm, now would -- >> bond, james bond. >> reporter: -- would that? if it seems kind of low-tech, guess what? for all their efforts, they never actually uncovered any secrets or anything much at all. >> it just shows me amateurish type of espionage. >> my name is anna chapman.

>> reporter: if young anna was not exactly the world's greatest spy posing as a real estate agent today she'd become very good at posing, on the cover of russian "maxim" with a gun and not much else. here she is accidentally dropping a gun in extremely tight clothing and then awkwardly making a guy lose some of his. she's been awarded a top russian state honor and her own tv show about odd mysteries. on a talk show she says she wants a lion and gets one. watch television, she says. i will reveal all secrets. she does have a knack for revealing. though the fbi is unimpressed. when the undercover agent she thinks is a spy boss assigns her an important mission, she sighs, ask's "a short task? how long will it take because i need to like explain. it's just really scary," she says. these days she seems much more

enthusiastic about uncovered, wide open fame. the spy's goal was clearly spelled out, to blend in and develop ties in policymaking circles and a few of them did seem to be getting close to some politically connected people and you know the fbi did once spot anna chapman hanging out at 30 rock so be careful around the plaza, natalie, there could be spies. >> i'm checking around the corner. all right, michelle kosinski, thanks so much. a testle of shocks at a netherland zoo, one elephant pushed neither into a ditch in the enclosure. the 45-year-old broke a tusk in the fall and was injured. on monday he was able to climb out on his own and rejoin the family. zookeepers say he is recovering well. good to hear that. five minutes past the hour. let's turn it over to al with a check of your weather. >> kind of like the makeup room with kathie lee and hoda.

>> the tusks come out, al roker. >> tusk, tusin ingtusk. wednesday, high pressure pushes in cold air, low pressure wraps in moisture so we're talking anywhere from 6 to 12 inches of snow, from casper, down to aspen. the rest of the country we have' got a low pressure system moving off the mid-atlantic coast, bringing you showers right aening lo the coast there, those will die out quickly. we've got showers from minnesota all the way back into the central plains, plenty of sunshine in the pacific northwest, sunny, a little bit cooler from texas into the southwest and finally the rain is over in southern florida. >> good morning. areas east of baltimore are starting out with clouds. it will be 58 in central maryland.

oh, yeah, time for another installment of "today's professionals." we've got interesting topics to discuss with our panel of pros, star jones, donny deutsche and dr. nancy. good to see you guys. >> hey, al. >> you were talking about kim kardashian in the last hour. why are we obsessed with kim kardashian? >> i have no idea. really, i don't understand people becoming famous and then for nothing and then we follow them. it's repugnant. >> i think the reason, i think people are taken with what i'll call vapid excess, the fact their lives is such an escapeism, if you look at reality television, it's about consumption, consumption, i don't have a care in the world and for some reason in the tough times people get obsessed with that. >> honestly, kathie lee says and her dad told her, find something you like to do and figure out a

way to get paid for it. she likes to be pretty. she likes to be famous. she's figured out how to get paid and we're the ones that pay for it. so you can't be mad at her. >> in this instance i can. we said it in the 8:00 hour, you are a role model and literally going like this to marriage. >> you think she's a role model? >> unfortunately, she is and by the way -- >> preteens and younger girls, absolutely. >> ultimate aspiration, that's the fantasy. she's pretty and goes on television. >> back in the day, people wanted to be lawyers, doctors, and executives. >> now they just want to be famous. >> and then whose thought is that? parents have to police their own children and have to be in their lives. you can't be mad at this girl for figuring out how it works for her. >> we all have a moral responsibility to that. if you believe this marriage was a sham and i'm one of those people who think this was a huge pr stunt, she took her -- >> pr stunt with a big payday. >> she took the public for a ride, she may have taken him for a ride but it's repugnant.

>> at some point the public smells it. this is going to hurt her, at the very least she was mocking her audience. she's actually mocking her audience. >> and the public will show their disdain by not buying the products that she sells. >> or watching her shows. >> then you're right. study by tu lane university found spanking children may hurt them, not just physically but emotionally in the long run, making them more aggressive. now how do we define spanking? >> hitting of any sort. >> any sort. a spank, a swat on the bottom? >> well, this is where it gets dicey. we've all done this to our kids or a swat on the fanny. the real sit if you hit your child, if you strike your child kids learn how to strike back. we know that aggression is one of those transferred learnings, this was a good study a couple of years ago. >> i think to nancy's point as a dad i would never spank my children. i will for instance if they're being rude give a little extra squeeze there. >> that's the grandma pinch. >> i think can't any reason to

spank. i don't judge other parents. >> i've given mickey a swat on the botbottom. >> when you've seen someone spank their child in public do you intercede? >> i have not. >> if i saw them really abusing but that's their parent, their thing. >> you know what? i was spankd ed as a child and m from the south and the southern way of discipline is you got a spanking. >> you had to go out and cut your own swig. >> and pull the green stuff off and that was wrong to do to a kid. nowadays honestly you figured out how to discipline a child without having to use corporal punishment. >> we're all saying spanking no. >> no. interesting topic, research personal stories show secret from a happy marriage is flirting with strangers. >> donny's a flirt. >> i've heard successfully married guys say this, half of

having an affair is knowing you still have it, the joke from "moonstruck" why do men fool around? because they don't want to die. if you contest it, i could have had it, it's enough to fill you up. for men and women that makes sense to me. >> does the lady in your life like it when you flirt with other women? >> no, and i think there are degrees of flirting. i've been with women who are flirts. >> who flirts more, men are women? >> depends on the individual. >> i think i'm a natural flirt. i enjoy just touching my friends but not being, it's not going anywhere, like i said, i don't want to do you or anything like that. >> a little massage. >> where is that restraining order savannah had? >> hr on line two. >> exactly, okay herman cain. >> is this a secret to a happy marriage, nancy? >> part of being happily married you have to keep reinventing yourself. i have a happily famous person, every time he goes to bed with his wife he believes she's a new person because it's another day in his life and i this that i

requires a certain kind of imagination. >> that's sexy. >> i do think friendly flirty keeps things alive. >> speaking of imagination, it is also i think people have to understand that after you've been with someone -- i'm going to get in trouble so much here -- you might be in bed with them and sometimes thinking about someone else and there's nothing wrong with that. that's natural. he's not even going near this. >> luckily mark victor in my ear just said move on. legal experts saying when it comes time to decide which parent gets a child in custody, weight can play a role. what do you think? >> all of the issues play a role. >> if you're not a healthy parent? >> not only if you're unhealthy but if you're not just your eating habits about you your shopping habits, if you fill your house with grunge food, sugary substances if that's the way you interact with your child a court will take that into account. "best interests of the child" is the only thing that matters. >> cony? > donny? >> it gets to the point where the kid is being poisoned.

we have worst nutritional habits than other spouses, that affecting their kind of, i think we're in a slippery slope. >> you have to say is obesity a disease, and physicians, most will say yes, but quietly they still sort of straddle with this, you could eat differently, blah, blah, blah. this is putting a medical issue in a legal environment and it is a very slippery slope. >> yes, i agree and once again we all want our kids to be healthy but i'd hate somebody for somebody to lose a day of visitation. >> what happens is people use whatever is to their advantage to get their right. this child bride and doug hutchson, she's 16, courtney st stodden. >> first can i say yuck? isn't that against the law also? >> no. 39 states as long as there's parental consent. >> then the mother needs to go somewhere, whoever said that's okay. >> the father walked her down

the aisle. >> 16 years old, now the interesting part about it though is he can't do a sex tape with his own wife now because unless you're 18 years old in the united states of america, that would be child pornography. this is a repugnant and vulgar story. >> 30 years from now she's going to look -- well, if they even get 30 years, it's not -- i think we could all be very safe putting odds on this not working. >> yuck, yuck and yuck. >> thank you very much. billion spoken, donny deutsche. star jones, dr. nancy snyderman thanks so much. if you want to weigh in on our "hot topics" head to today.com and take part. just ahead, how to make gravy, where's the lumps? >> no lumps. up next jill's "steals and deals" right after these messages. hey guys, what can i get for you?

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we've been talking about it all morning, kim kardashian filing for divorce 72 days after her made for tv wedding. what does her mom have to say about the sudden split in she'll be here tomorrow on "today" for a live interview. >> interesting. yes. >> wow. at that point you haven't had a chance to exchange the presents. >> i guess you'd have to send all that loot back but not the

money they made, the $10 million. >> $18 million i heard. coming up in the half hour, denim for all occasions. >> you can take it way beyond blue jeans. this season, denim from the play ground to the board room, we'll show you some of the latest looks that won't break the bank. there are two things we love, geana de laurentiis and gravy. >> together even better. >> although we love geana more. she'll make three terrific recipes and show you how to make them without the lumps. >> that's right. >> wow. my gravy always ends up lumpy so i need this lesson. first say hello to candy burress from bravo's "the real housewives of atlanta." good morning. >> good morning, how are you? >> i'm great. >> season four we're getting a sneak peek. looks like it's not only the housewives getting down and dirty fighting all the time, now the husbands are in on it, too. >> oh my goodness. >> tell me about the drama on set. >> it was our first big event that we taped and it was, it

went crazy. i mean it was one of those moments where you wanted to, you weren't expecting anything to happen and it just went haywire. >> then it does. febra opens up a funeral home. >> yes. >> you're opening up a toy shop. >> yes. >> you don't want to get those mixed up. >> it's a different type of toy shop. it's a fun one though. >> hmm. >> it's a kind of toy shop al likes. >> bedroom candy. >> excuse me? i go to toys "r" us, i don't know where you're going. >> that's what it i'm talking about. what did you think i was talking about? >> it's bedroom candy. >> okay, and suddenly a turn. you're going to have your own reality show. >> yes, it's "the candy factory" we're super excited about that. i'm going to get a chance to develop normal everyday people who want an opportunity to do a record and do a video and just become an artist, like kim on our show.

>> excellent. >> al, just regular everyday people audition and get that chance now. >> we look forward to seeing more of it, candy burress thank you, season four of "the real housewives of atlanta" premiere this is sunday at 9:00, 8:00 central time on bravo. now al, how about a check of the weather? >> all right, let's take a look and see what we're looking for, for november, we've got normal temperatures in the northeast, mid-atlantic states, below normal out west, gulf coast up into the plains, precipitation wise for the month looks normal throughout much of the country, although the pacific northwest looks wet and snowy, drier than normal from texas into the gulf coast and the >> good morning. areas east of baltimore starting with clouds. clearing skies into the afternoon.

>> and that's your latest weather. it's like the revolving chair. jennifer rumble, the latest contest to have the scales tipped against her on "the biggest loser: battle of the ages." good morning. >> good morning. >> you've lost a lot though even though you're not on the show any longer. you went from 330 pounds to now how much? >> i've lost a little over 100 pounds, so -- >> fabulous. >> i lost 60 pounds on the ranch and more than 40 at home. >> good for you. >> i have a long way to go still. >> explain in the last weigh-in, sonny gains five pounds. >> yes. >> you lose four, and you go home? >> i went home. i was isolated for a long time. i had a knee injury, i still have a stress fracture in my knee and it's a game, and there

are things going on, you know, in the house behind the scenes and not everybody, you know, goes with whoever lost the most weight so but it's wonderful. i'm home. >> it's a game. >> it's a game but i'm glad, i got the tools that i needed. i was there long enough to get what i needed and i went home and made it happen and this is the lifestyle, as you know as well. >> how much have you lost now? >> i've lost 105 pounds all together. >> how are you making it work for you at home? what are you doing differently now? >> i'm eating right, not sitting in front of my tv gorging on ice cream all night long. i am working out, moving my body. i'm making it important to actually exercise and make myself important and that's the key i think. >> that's it. >> put yourself first. >> thank you so much. >> good going. all right, jennifer great to see you. good luck with it. >> thank you so much. "the biggest loser: battle of the ages" airs tonight 8:00 on nbc. the latest in affordable and fashionable denim looks, right after this.

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lot for a pair of jeans. constance white is the editor in chief of "essence" magazine. good morning to you. >> good morning, natalie, how are you? >> i'm great. denim always seems to be in. what are we seeing for the trends in this fall? >> this fall, color is really big, and that is probably the biggest trend in denim and it's a big trend just for fall generally. >> the color blocking, we're seeing a lot of that still. >> it goes to show you how far denim has come where you can wear denim to work, to play, for a night out on the town. >> we're going to show you some great looks with all of those things in mind and let's have jean come on out with your everyday look with jeggings, very casual look with the poncho. >> still here. i love this poncho, which is from liz claiborne, jcpenney, you can wear this over a pair of jeans. we'r are showing it with jeggin. you can pair it with wide legged jeans for a retrolook. >> jeggings aren't necessarily

for everyone. different body types. >> different body types or more versatile, wear it with a tunic. >> it looks great and with a poncho, that swiny silhouette makes it work. >> ponchos are flattering to every body. >> they are great. thank you so much, jean, you look great. now we have shakira, she is ready for a girl's night out. >> on the town, on the weekend. >> you can grdress out that den. >> show us how it's done. >> with the electric blue jeans. >> pretty. >> and fuchsia shoes, jessica simpson shoes from macy's, and it's a really wonderful punchy look. look at this denim jacket, it's a play on a waiter's jacket, and you can wear this night on the town but also imagine this over a black dress and perfect for the office. >> yes, yes, she really can dress it up and take it out for that girl's night out. you look great, shakira, thanks so much. all right our next model is ready for the office, so denim

as you said, you can wear it in the office. >> move it into the workplace and madelyn gives us a very good example of that here over for the fall season. >> trenchcoat. >> i love this coat. this top is about $60. you can get a denim shirt anywhere, any price point. you probably have one in your closet already perhaps. >> a little more casual office look. >> casual office look but polished, pulled together which is what is -- >> tailored look. you look great, madelyn, thank you very much. now we'll go from day to night, in a look that you can take with you all day long and dress it up and we have katherine here to show us. >> here's katherine, who is giving us more of a punky look, and you know, denim is such a utility fabric and pairing it with this utility looking jacket

very hot, very punky, and in plum, which is a great fall color. >> right, and hardly looks like the real denim. it is a denim skirt but it almost looks a little bit like leather. >> you get the versatility and the comfort of denim but a more sophisticated look. >> and the leather jacket. >> leather jacket, looks like she's ready for a club or for shopping, very versatile look and with these shoes, ankle booties, bare legs but you can also add tights for the fall as the weather gets colder. >> she looks great. you look wonderful. thanks. that biker jacket is sort of the hot must have accessory for fall. >> on every runway at every price point and this one looks great on katherine. >> next we're going on date night now and camille is out here, if you're lucky enough to have a date night, camille is showing you how to pull off a great denim dress. >> a denim dress which is sexy, really beautiful and what kills me about this dress, the price.

>> where is it from? how much? >> from ashley stewart, it's $50. i can't believe it. and top it off with this beautiful fake fur jacket from calvin klein. it really elevates the whole look. i love these shoes, richle ro rachael roy. very sexy shoes, sexy look. >> nice. >> camille went out over the weekend she told me in the snow to try and get this dress, she loved it so much. >> did you find it, i hope? i think you're wearing that, wear that one out. you look great. let's bring the models back for another look. come on out here, ladies, you look fantastic. thank you, constance. great to have you here. coming up next, geana de laurentiis shares secrets for making perfect gravy no, lumps, after this. >> no lumps, baby. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there,

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demooisify it fordemoois if demystify it. you can get store bought chicken and dress it up. you want to saute garlic and onion onon onion and sprinkle about a third of a cup of water and do it in a void pan to avoid the lumps. >> a lot of people are concerned about the lumps. >> a lot of people are. give it a stir and let it dry out and then add 2 1/2 cups of chicken broth. try and use a low sodium chicken broth because you can always add salt but can't take it out. once it reduces down it gets saltier and saltier. add thyme and oregano, fresh herbs key and let this simmer down and to add a little sweetness, holiday flair i add some apple juice. you could add wine, apple cider. >> apple jacks. >> or honey nut cheerios as matt likes, whatever you like although those will cause a few

lumps. >> yes. >> you switch from a spoon to a whisk, a little salt, and then add a little pepper right at the end. if you want you can take chicken and dip it in there. >> you've got butter. >> you'll finish it with butter once this reduces. i don't want to add it until this settles. it gives it a sheen. just like this. >> nice, ooh. everybody together, ooh! >> you're not going to taste? >> yes, i am. >> otherwise just like this unless you want to taste that. >> i lo of my job. i love my job. what are we doing? >> i told you i would do it if you dared me. so the second kind of gravy is from turkey drippings, which we all do at thanksgiving. >> sure. >> i think a lot of people get stressed out about defatting it. >> yes. >> so what you want to do, if you have time put it in the fridge for 20 to 30 minutes the fat will separate and it's easy to defat with a little spoon. >> a ladle. >> a little ladle, yes, otherwise leave it at room temperature and the fat will rise to the surface as it cools.

>> if you have the time. >> correct. next you take the defatted turkey drippings. >> right. >> and add some of this, a cranberry orange glaze. >> interesting. >> so this is what i brushed on my turkey, see how it glistens? it's orange, cranberry concentrate, and you cook down until it gets nice and thick. i don't have a whisk, otherwise i would use it. oh, there we go. and you whisk it and let it cook down for about eight to ten minutes. >> right. >> and this is the turkey gravy. >> that is spectacular. this is really good. i'm going to use this finger since you sucked the other one. slightly sweet. >> oh, yes it is. i need this job. >> you got to have fun with this. you got to have fun with this. >> i really do. and then for beef -- >> that's what i do at home, my husband taste it is. >> that's right but that's your husband. >> i'm going to wash my hands. i didn't double dip. okay. so prime rib, prime rib -- i'm

never going to do the 9:00 again i can see that coming. prime rib and i love this one so here's a beef gravy. >> um-hum. >> so we start with some pan drippings and beef broth. >> right. >> stop laughing. you add a little bit of marsala. you can do dry or sweet. i kind of like the sweet personally. >> do we need the whisk again? >> yes, can you go grab it. do you only have one whisk in the house? >> we're cutting back. >> next time i'll travel with my own whisk. >> that's right. >> a little bit of fresh thyme, and i add five teaspoons of arrow root, kind of like flour but more natural. you can use corn starch if you want to as well. stir that, reduce down five, eight minutes and finish it again with -- >> butter! >> as paula deen says, the key to life. that gives it a nice glisten and over here we've got a little bit of beef with the -- here. >> thank you. >> it's a little bloody but you

know. a little tough. i can't -- there we go. >> that worked out well. giada, thank you so much. coming up, we've got creative ways, hottest fashion accessory for fall, scarves. first this is "today" on nbc.

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