good morning. raising cain, the controversy surrounding herman cain heats up as the lawyer for one of his accusers speaks out. why he says that cain is being untruthful about his past behavior. in the jury's hands after an emotional and high profile trial, the fate of kuhn rcan ra murray is now in the hands of a jury. and william and kate plus one? the pregnancy rumors are spreading around the royal couple and many are wondering if the duchess of cambridge is carrying the future heir to the throne. today is saturday, november 5th,

throne. today is saturday, november 5th, 2011. captions paid for by nbc-universal television good morning, everyone. welcome back to "today" on a saturday. i'm lester holt. >> and i'm jenna wolf filling in for amy. >> we have lots to get to today. starting with gop candidate herman cain. the restaurant association acknowledged friday that a formal complaint was filed when he was ceo of the organization back in 1999. that happened as cain was making a 2000 presidential bid when he eventually had to drop. more on that just ahead. also, a disturbing story out of texas, a warning, this video is difficult to watch. it's a 15-year-old girl getting beaten by a bully at her own school as other kids stood by. the young victim now needs surgery for her injury.

we're going to talk to her about the ordeal when she and her mother join us exclusively. >> seems like there's always someone there to shoot it, but no one there to hut help. rumors are flying in the uk that the duchess of cambridge could be expecting. she's been seen making some interesting choices, let's put it that way, when it comes to food and drink. we're going to take a closer look at the buzz. people are watching this poor young lady at every -- >> at every angle. >> maybe she just wasn't thirsty. >> perhaps. a little later on, we're going to have an inside look at an institution both here in nbc and in american pop culture. saturday night live. every weekend, we're putting together our show. guess what? the folks across the street at snl are doing the same thing, plugging away at theirs behind the scenes. i got a first look behind the scenes. finding out about everything that goes into the show that's made us laugh for more than 35

years. you know, i love what i do for a living. but if there was no such thing as "today" show, that's my dream job. >> they come in and have very long days. >> they go through those things over and over and over again. >> have you done to a show? >> i was at a rehearsal a million years ago. i'll have to get back there. we're going to start this morning with the controversy very surrounding presidential candidate herman cain and new information we're learning about those sexual harassment allegations against him. mike viqueira is at the white house. >> reporter: the lawyer for one of herman cain's accusers says herman cain knows very well the specific allegations against him and there was more than one incident. with that accuser now saying that she and her husband want to put this behind her, she's not stepping forward publicly. the question comes, can the cain campaign survive? early friday, herman cain got a reducing in washington.

>> you know, i've been in washington all week and i've attracted a little bit of attention. >> but by late in the day, the lawyer for one of cain's accuser says he believes there's little doubt of gop front-runner's guilt. >> the fact that there are multiple complaints tells me that it's more likely than not that there was some sexual ra massment activity by this man at that time. >> that came as the national restaurant association was which cain ran and where the incidents allegedly took place. acknowledged in a statement that a complaint of sexual harassment was, in fact, filed in 1999 against the campaign. the association and mr. bennet's clients subsequently entered into an agreement to resolve the matter without any admission of liability. sweeney says the nra will wave a cause barring the campaign from speaking out in person. >> mr. cain knows the specific

incidents that were alleged. my client filed a written complaint in 1999 against him specifically and it had very specific incidents in it. if he chooses to not remember or not acknowledge those, that's his issue. >> don't even bother asking me all of these other questions. >> cain's accounts of the incident have varied since the story broke sunday night. by thursday, he issued a flat denial. >> shawn, this is absolutely fabrication, man. i don't know what else to say. how many more ways can i say? this stuff is totally fabricated. >> there is evidence that cain could survive politically. his campaign says it has raised $1.6 million in cash this week alone, four times the monthly average. in a statement, the cain campaign sought to turn the page, saying in part we look forward to focusing our attention on the real issues impacting this country, like fixing this broken economy and putting americans back to work through our 9-9-9 plan.

and a new poll taken at the controversy tests show cain tied with mitt romney amid the top of the field. and that poll shows 70% of voters say this scandal doesn't matter to them when they're trying to decide who to vote for in a republican primary the. >> once again, here is lester. >> more insight into the cain controversy, with us is richard wolf. >> good morning, lester. >> we've seen these sorts of things play off with politicians in the past. eventually they crash and burn. you heard the poll numbers there. that doesn't seem to be the case with cain. is that so much a judgment on him as it is the media and how we're covering this? >> it's a little bit of both, but this is a different candidate, a different environment. you have to understand who he appeals to, why his numbers are so high in the republican party. he has an ultra conservative

base who actually hate the media even more than the general population. we don't have a particularly good standing with the rest of the population, either. but with this particular block, the more he's attacked or perceived to be attacked by the media, the more he faces the persist end questions about his behavior, the more popular he gets. the more fund-raising he can do. that's important in the early states like iowa or south carolina. that's great for him. with a general population, though, with other voters, the more moderate centrist republicans who will be the key to winning the nomination in the bigger states, florida, california, that's where he's going to see erosion. >> right. every potential candidacy starts with the conversation, are there any skeletons in the closet? nbc has learned at the time of a settlement between the national restaurant association and cain's accuser, he was dropping his first presidential candidacy. it was a fledgeling candidacy, just $20,000 in the bank. but could there be a tipping point in this candidacy with these act ewe sagsz?

>> we >> the trouble for him is the problem with this dribbling out, the more people, the more first hand accounts that come out, the less he can talk about jobs or his 9-9-9 plan which has been very effective in terms of consistency of messaging. that means his actual overall numbers against the president, if he were to get the nomination, have stood up pretty well. when those start to decline because he's not hitting the major subjects voters know about, that's when you'll see places like california saying maybe he's not the giet to go head to head with the candidate and that's when the erosion comes through. but there's a time delay. >> what no one is talking about is this is a guy that has bucked all the odds here as the tied front-runner. there's perry and romney. everyone speaks about them as being the eventual front-runners in all of this, but yet, here contain continues to stand at the front of the pack.

what does that say about this race in its entirety? >> i think what it says is about the volatility and the surprises that this electorate has given us, not just in this cycle, but in 2010 and 2008. for a long, long time, people did not want to accept that someone named barack obama could ever win the nomination, never mind the presidency. and whatever the differences are, and they are enormous, you have an electricat using for something new, something that doesn't sound like a typical politician. and him toughing this out may reinforce the idea that he's not your average politician. >> richard wolf, thanks for coming on this morning. >> thanks, lester. >> lester, thank you. now to the economy. new job numbers show unemployment dropped just a tick to 9% last month. joining us with more insight into what this means is nbc's steve liesman. good morning. >> good morning. >> so the number is 80,000 jobs. it's up a little bit in the last couple of months, but are you

surprised by that number? >> no. it was around what was expected. they were looking for 100,000, most of the economists on wall street. they got 80. the important thing about this number is it's tepid job growth, not enough to bring down the unemployment rate. but the one good sign, one of the good signs inside the report was they went back and revised upward august and september. they added an additional 102,000 jobs. punish plus, the private sector is not doing too badly. we created about the 200,000 private jobs in september. one of the real places where we're losing jobs is government jobs as state and local government lay off workers. >> one, the long-term unemployment numbers fell. two, on the flip side, more people reported leaving their jobs. >> leaving their jobs is a counter intuitive indicator. people hang on to their jobs,

they will not leave their jobs voluntarily. we had an uptick that some see as a good sign that people are more confident in the job market. the long-term unemployed, unemployed for 27 weeks or longer, it may be the single most important number in this economy right now. >> so big pictures. are any of these numbers enough to give us light at the end of all this? >> let's take a step back. at the end of august and into the september, these numbers and the revisions tell us there's no recession. big picture, though, as job growth still remains very weak. has to be in the 100 to 150,000 range in order to meaningfully bring down the unemployment range. >> we'll have to wait and see on that. steve liesman, thank you, as always. we're going to turn to the

new headlines with craig melvin. >> we just learned moments ago that andy rooney has died. the long time commentator on "60 minutes" was 90 years old. rooney had just retired from the show. to greece now, prime minister george papandreou survived a vote of confidence in parliament today. he now hopes to secure continued rescue funds for the country. nbc's michelle kosinski is live in athens. >> good morning, greg. papandreou narrowly survived that vote overnight, he ended up with a three-person majority, but only after offering to form a coalition government that could see him sipg down as prime minister. this means that the european bailout of greece will likely move forward as planned. the specter of greece defaulting, running out of cash was already start to go rattle world markets.

some saw this as a second global recession. some big questions remain here. will the opposition continue to press for snap elections? that could delay a bailout. also, will greece be able to continue to implement these austerity measures? >> michelle kosinski in athens, thank you. british police are open involving a huge crash involving at least 20 cars and six trucks. the collision happened friday in southwest england. several people were killed, more than 40 hurt, some seriously. the cause of the collision was not immediately known. nearly two dozen people got sick at a football game friday night in texas. barnett stadium in houston was evacuated after students mostly band members complained of nausea and dizziness. the cause of that is also under investigation this morning. jury deliberations will resume monday in los angeles in the involuntary man absoluter

trial again trial. seven men and five women have not asked the judge any questions, so there are no indications of its progress just yet. we will have more on the case in our next hour. gabrielle giffords and her husband, former astronaut mark kelly, have written a book now with her recovery from last january's near fatal gunshot to the head. gabby, a story of courage and hope, is about the congresswoman's slow and agonizing efforts to relearn how to walk and talk. that book will be released november 15th. that's the news for now. back to lester, jenna and bill. >> so difficult to hear about andy rooney. >> and we just saw him a couple of weeks ago. >> we're going to have more on his life here in just a couple of moments. we do want to get a check of the weather. bill. >> yeah. last weekend we have a huge storm in the east. it was the first snow to deal

with in any of the mountainous areas near california. the stormy is now moving you up through the rockies. it's not a big event there, but will be windy, too. you can see the clouds and the moisture, rain in phoenix. now that wet weather will pass into northern areas of arizona and four corners of the region. in the next storm, also reloading coming into the pacific northwest, that will move down into southern california with mor >> good morning. i had to show you this beautiful picture. this is what sunrise looked like this morning. beautiful clear skies. the stars were out. good sunshine today. high surf at associati miserable storm we dealt with

last week. that's your weekend forecast. lester. >> thanks, bill. long time cbs correspondent and commentator andy rooney has died at the age of 92. mike taibbi has more on the life of this television legend. >> part thank you note to his fans and typically part curmudgely request should those same fans see him in a restaurant. >> regrettably, we don't have the rest of that report. we'll try to bring it to you later on. we want to take a break now. this is "today" on nbc.

and we regret that problem a moment ago. we now have the story on the life of cbs correspondent andy rooney who died at the age of

92. >> reporter: andy rooney's signoff on "60 minutes" on october 2nd was part thank you note to his fans and typically part kermudgedly request to his fans if they should see him in a restaurant. just let me eat my dinner. >> he had a subsequent career as a radio and syndicated columnist. his views on "60 minutes" made him an iconic star. he was unique in the term mament of television stars. >> i don't think of myself as a television personality. i'm a write whore reads what he's written. >> it made him appointment tv. millions tuned in each week to see him as more than 1,000 essays were collected and 15 books. oo long the way, people go got to know an original, the plates of many families rumpeled and

staples irrational. but moved, too, when people proved to be kind and brave. >> they made up for a lot of liars, cheats and terribles among us. >> and as a writer who regularly put his own views on display, he learned a lot about himself, too. >> but i do care. i care a lot. >> he entered world war ii as a picifist. but he came to believe that some wars are necessary. >> the germans had been wrong in starting it and i decided i had been wrong in objecting to the war. >> and when his essays outraged xh, comments of homosexuals, he apologized and meant it and carried on. >> i know i've been terribly wrong sometimes, but i think i've been right more often than i've been wrong. >> a voice for the thoughts of every man, silenced as he knew it would be. >> i wish i could do this

forever. i can't, though. >> reporter: but a voice at memorable as that ticking clos clock, the through few minutes for a few decades, his. mike taibbi, nbc, new york. >> we're going to really miss him. >> i used to always, always fast forwarded to the end of 60 minutes. i watched, get my andy rooney fix in and then you watch the show. >> a huge, huge, huge loss. now we're going to switch gears and turn to a story of redemption for two men in illinois. they spent nearly two decades behind bars in illinois for a crime they didn't commit. but today, they're free men start to go live the lives they missed out on for so long. pete williams has their story. >> first, it was robert taylor walking out of a state prison in illinois and greeted by his father. it came 19 years after he was arrested for a brutal crime that prosecutors now concede he did not commit. >> with a family like mine, they

refused to allow me to give up. >> that wasn't going to happen. >> then not teaching me how to give up, i'm a fighter, here a fighter. >> and then another man convicted of a crime, james harden, released the same afternoon. >> i've been sitting for nearly 20 years, so let me move. >> his brother, jonathan barr, was to be freed as well. they were teenagers when they were arrested in 1991 and accused of a raping and murdering a 14-year-old girl. even though none of their dna matched evidence from the crime scene. the case began to collapse earlier this year when a judge agreed to have crime scene dna retested. it turned out to match the dna of a convicted rapist, a man who was 33 at the time of the murder and lived about a mile from where the body was found. he's now in jail on other charges. while harden and barr were in

prison, they missed out on high school and any chance at college. >> they missed the best years of their lives. meanwhile, the real perpetrator is at liberty out there creating more serious violent crimes. >> defense lawyer says about one-fourth of those wrongly convicted gave false confessions and teenagers are pressured into admitting something to make the interrogation stop. >> can you even imagine what that's like? >> you don't get that kind of time back. >> spending all those years, knowing you're innocent. >> and everyone around you saying, i didn't do it, i didn't do it. you look at that and it makes you think about when you're ever called for jury duty and the huge responsibility that you have in a case. we see these cases all the time. you look at that and realize the

weight on their shoulders. >> but it's amazing to think how much of this has been overturned. >> thank goodness we have the advent of science. still ahead on "today" justin bieber is speaking out. the latest, just ahead.

>> good morning, everyone. i'm lisa robinson. maryland state police investigating a crash that

killed two children last night in prince george's county. three vehicles co-collided in the carpool lane on east 50 and martin luther king jr. highway. the kids were traveling with an adult in a honda car. the drivers of the cars were taken to area hospitals. the children's names and ages have not been released. >> police say a teen may have been taking part in a gang initiation when he broke into someone's home and shot the man inside. he entered the home through a dog door. back on october 20. when the home owner came downstairs, carter shot him in the chest, demanded the car keys, ask drove off. >> the man accused of killing a baltimore county -- larry, jew yeenhorton fled to alabama last month after the death of ryan jackson. he's accused of killing him with

a hachet and dumping his body in the city. >> stay with us. we'll check your

>> now let's take a look at the insta-weather plus forecast with john collins. >> good morning. nice morning with clear skies. the sun is up now and radar, clean sweep around us. the storm that went through here yesterday wasn't very stormy. we just saw clouds. all the rain was to our south. that is all out over the atlantic ocean now. kind of stalling. everything in the atmosphere has

stalled, but we're in good shape. what stalled over us is clear skies. that will provide great weather for the next couple days. let's look at the current conditions outside right now. 38 degrees. that's the low so far at b.w.i. marshall. 357%. dry atmosphere. northeast winds cutting to 21 miles per hour. it will still be breezy for a while. small graft advisories out on the bay today, but the winds eventually diminish. here's that storm system off shore. that means the high pressure that is over us has stalled. that means the storms out in the mountains are stalled as well. that means we don't change the weather much over the next couple days. today sunny, a little on the chilly side. 51-56 the high. northeast winds at 5 to 10 miles per hour, and change the clocks. set them back one hour so we're on time sunday. we go back to standard time. 53 today. next week highs will be in the 60's. the nearest rain chance is wednesday night. >> thanks, john. thank you for joining us.

we'll see you back here in 25 minutes. and we're back on this saturday morning, november 5th, 2011. a nice early november day here in the big apple. we've got a great crowd with us out on the plaza. we're going to head outside and say hello in just a few minutes. back inside studio 1a, i'm jenna wolf. lep lester holt is sitting right next to me. coming up, it's a story we've been reporting far too much on lately. teen bullying. and now shocking video has emerged of one high school student being bullied and beaten. >> these things are hard to watch. in this case, the family, the victims says the girl has been pulleyed in school for some

time. coming up, we're going to talk to her and her mom in an exclusive interview. then, awaiting the verdict in the trial on against dr. conrad murray. the jury got the case friday morning and the fate of michael jackson's doctor is in their hands. we will have the latest on that coming up. then we're going to switch gears, live from new york, it's saturday night. not quite. it will be in a few hours. but snl is in its 37th year. we're going to take you behind the scenes from the set and the writing and rewrite and show you how it's all done. >> none of it has teleprompters. it's all cue cards. do you know how many cue cards they go through in the course of a show. >> i can't imagine. >> we'll leave it at that. >> i thought you were going to tell me. >> not yet. then, what will i talk about for the actual piece? we're going to begin with the controversy very surrounding

tee heart tloeb justin bieber. he's been accused in a paternity suit of fathering a child. he says the allegations are not true. stephanie gofk has the latest. >> more details are ee messaging about the alleged encounter and about the young woman, maria yeater making the claims. >> very excited. the best day ever? >> yes. >> it's the best day ever! >> on any other day, being on the "today" show might be the best day ever, but not on these days when justin bieber was walking around talking to fans the. three days ago, a 20-year-old woman in california filed a paternity suit, claiming bieber was the father of her 3-month-old baby, conceived, she said, backstage at a concert in l.a., a charge that bieber

vehement denied. now the website tmz reports that the young woman previously accused a former boyfriend of being the father, as well. >> i'd just like to say basically that none of those allegations are true. and i know that i'm going to be a target, but i'm never going to be a victim, you know? i think it's just crazy because every night after the show, i'm gone right from the stage right to my car, so it's crazy that some people want to make up such falgz false allegations. but set the record straight, none of it is true. >> do you know this woman? her name is maria yeater. >> never met the woman. >> as soon as the news broke, bieber and his team issued a denial. >> he's been comfortably speaking publicly about this which says a lot. >> what the canadian krooner really wanted to talk about the is his brand new album, "under the mistletoe." all of the proceeds will go to charity, including the food bank that helped his family in

ontario, canada, long before bieber fever became an epidemic. >> it's great for me. i'm able to give back, going back to the food bank that i actually got food from, it fooems feels amazing. >> already the album has shot up to number five on the i tunes biggest hits. >> like i said before, there will be goods and bads about this business. i want to just focus on what's real. my fans are real. >> there's very little doubt that they are. >> we contacted yeater's response to bieber's denials, but received no response from them. a court hearing has been scheduled for december 16th. jenna. >> stephanie gosk, thank you. time now for a check of the weather. bill, good morning. >> good morning to you, jenna, on one of the last dark mornings out here. once we set the clocks back, it will be brighter tomorrow morning. you guys left your guys in the dust. where did you leave them?

>> chesapeake, virginia. >> you have the credit cards, right? >> yeah, we have the credit cards. >> a lot of people are in new york for the marathons. the morning will be chilly, but not too hot. highs in the 50 degrees range. and the forecast, most areas of the country look east from the rockies. we have a little bit of damp weather moving onshore in the west, but it's not as big of a storm as the one you just >> good morning. clear skies. lots of sun all weekend long. a great forecast. informed lots of sunshine until evening, of course. high temperatures in the low today. full blown winter for you.

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country. thousands are victimized it, including a 15-year-old girl in an attack that was recorded on video. first, here is nbc's janet shamblian. >> from the look of her, two black eyes and a broken nose, you would think patti fabian had been mugged in a dark haalley. >> i was alone, so i felt helpless. >> but the vicious attack happened in a place that's supposed to be a safe haven for young people, on the campus of her very own high school. other students watched the beating and recorded it. >> they just don't feel like they should have gone that far, to put identity youtube. >> it happened near dallas, but it could have happened almost anywhere. youtube is full of similar teen on teen fights. >> we'll continue looking at things and making sure that

we're doing everything that we can to maintain the environment is as safe as possible. >> but patti's mom is skeptical, saying her daughter has been pulleyed on campus for the past year. >> i don't think she's been protected, they're still bothering her and calling her names. i don't feel the school can protect her at all. >> the student who patti says attacked her has been suspended and police have charged her with misdemeanor assault. in texas, that could mean up to a year in jail. >> we take this very seriously. that's why we filed the charges that day. >> patti is struggling emotionally now and not sure they can go back to school. >> i'm a bit afraid, just for the fact that i don't know if they'll do it again and i don't want anything else to happen to me. >> a fear that may never leave after a texas teen is bullied. for "today," janet shamblian, nbc news, houston. and with us now, grace and patti fabian.

patti, how are you doing? obviously, you suffered some pretty serious injuries. >> right now i'm doing fine. i have a broken nose, so it's very tall cat when i touch it. >> how are you doing emotionally? >> i feel like i want to cry sometimes and i just don't feel right going back to school. i'm just scared. >> help us put that horrible video into context. you're at school. what preceded this? tell us how that all took place. >> well, they have been trying to come up to me for a while, just trying to fight me. they really didn't have a reason why. it was one girl telling them to fight me and finally they just listened to her and decided to come up. >> and she attacks you. and you didn't fight back. grace, that was your advice, right? >> yes. she had told me a while back that they were doing that to her. and i told her, no matter what, you walk away and let them call you, push you. >> hold the moral high ground? >> yeah. and i thought eventually it will

just die down. once a person backs away one or two times, that's enough to say, that's it, you know? >> i can't imagine what it's like to be a parent and having to watch that video of your child. >> i feel very guilty. i wasn't there to protect her. the school didn't protect her. >> you had talked to the school because there was a pattern of harassment. you had spoken to the school and what was the reaction? >> they said they were going to take care of it. and it really didn't get taken care of. he tried, i guess, but it got worse. and that's when patti said, you know what, mom? just let it go. it gets worse. because if it wasn't a group of girls, it would be another group and it just kept on. >> has it gotten worse since this video came out and have you received more or less harassment? >> yeah. they haven't said it directly to me, but they talk about me saying i made the school look back and i should have just let it go. like i took it way out of

control. >> you know, i see this when i talk to you and there's a bigger issue here. these tapes come out, no one is in there rush to go help you that i can see. instead, someone is shooting this. is this someone who was with the attacker and -- >> yeah. that they're all they are friends. >> that whole group was there. it wasn't just one person, it was several people with their phone cam ss ras. when did you find out that the tape was out there? >> when we cot goc from the emergency room. some friends of ours came out and told us that the video was on youtube and i couldn't believe it. >> you were both brave to come on and talk on national tv. patti, you weren't crazy about going public here. >> i told her when you all called us and she was like, no, mom, i don't want to do it. and i was like, but you know now you're just not speaking for yourself. we've gotten so many e-mails from parents and kids and nobody

helped. >> this is a broken record. there's so many stories like this. and now this is a door that's legion locked for you. all these e-mails of you guys. something hasn't changed. and it hasn't changed any. what more has to happen for them to make a change? >> hopefully we can prevent this from hachg to another person. this is certainly well worth it. we're going to take a break and be back with more after these messages.

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you can always feel the energy here at 30 rock. tonight, after a break, the cast is back. and i was given a rare opportunity to stop by for a sneak peek at what goes into the making of the legendary comedy. >> live from new york, it's "saturday night"! >> actually, let's back up. it's thursday afternoon in famed studio 8h. set pieces are on their way in, lights are being hung. the first order of the day here, shooting the weekly promo. >> three, two -- >> hey, i'm charlie dan hosting snl this week with maroon five. >> hey, i'm charlie -- this is when we take our shirts off, right? >> no inspect is just a promo.

>> you see, these do two versions. that was the keeper. this version hit the cutting room floor. >> get ready, because we're going to occupy wall street. >> something like that. >> well, yeah. >> this week's host is first timer charlie day from the sitcom it's always sunny in philadelphia. >> saturday night live. obviously, maybe that's what we are. >> but it's not his first time working with snl cast member jason sedakus. the two costarred in the the hit movie, heart of the boston. >> it must feel comforting that you have your friends with you. i'm sure they can't hold your hand the entire time. >> and i feel like it would screw me up if he held me hand everywhere. i've been trying to soak it in. it's a dream come true to be here. you walk down the halls and there's pictures of et much everyone who made you laugh in the last 37 years.

>> musical guests maroon five, veterans at this point. this is their third time here. but they say it's still a -- >> we're huge fans of the show. it is flattering to be a part of it. it's a cultural institution. every time that we've been here, i definitely kind of geek out, you know, when i see kristin -- >> don't embarrass people. >> i'm going to try not to, but i probably definitely will. >> watching the cast rehearse is a rare privilege here. something camera crews don't often get to stick around for. each sketch is rehearsed about five times. and changes are made right up to the moment the skit airs, if it airs. so just how many sketches actually make it? >> half and half. >> is it, really? >> it's bad. it's bad luck to assume anything is going to get on. >> it's also bad luck to lean over the lowest railings in the

whole world. >> it's a loose tooth. >> and it's probably a safe bet we'll see this guy. i understand that before anyone goes home with mitt romney, they're going to take one last lap around the bar to see if there's anyone better than me. >> is there one show that sticks out, whether you were in it or not in the history of this? >> yeah. i like "lost." >> he's a freakasaurus. >> with that, we leave these guys to finish rehearsing what they do best, making up laughs. >> freaky! >> they have a little hiatus. they have a little political fodder that they can make fun of. >> what folks don't know because we're all in the same building, i punch up their studio on my monitor if my office and it's always fun to see what gets on and how often it changes for the final show. >> cue cards, they go through about 1,000 cue cards in the show. we go through like 10,000, just

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>> good morning, everyone. i'm jennifer franciotti. it is 7:55. here's a look at some of our top stories for you. more than a dozen people are

homeless this morning after a three-alarm fire at a townhouse in perry hall. the fire broke out shortly after 8:00 last night at the gardens at perry hall farms on haven farms road. it took about 100 firefighters to bring it under control. there were no reported injuries. 15 adults, two children were displaced as a result of that fire, and this morning, a cause remains under investigation. >> a trip on the busch river announced some children on board may have been treated for hypothermia. sky team 11 was over the scene 12:30. crews tell us two dozen people were on a canoe when it capsized. the whole ordeal -- two kids and one adult were taken to upper chesapeake. there is no word on their condition. >> 37-year-old larry eugene horton fled to alabama last month after the death of ryan jackson. horton is accused of killing jackson with a hatchet and

dumping his body in the city. he's being held at the baltimore county detention center without bail. >> there is no verdict yet in the state bribery case of currie. he's accused of taking $45,000 in bribes from a local grocer in exchange for using his influence in annapolis. he was a paid consultant for shoppers food warehouse. if convicted the p.g. county democrat facerss more than 20 years in prison. >> stay with u

>> good morning. the sun is out this morning. stormy weather just off the atlantic coast. this storm will stay off shore. kind of stalled. that's good news. this area of high pressure which is giving us good weather now will be with us. that means the storms out west hold off. so it's a great outlook. today, sunny, a little on the chilly side for this time of year. 51 to 56 the temperature range. northeast winds at 5 5 to 10. sunset at 6:01 daylight time. tonight is the night we set the clocks back one hour. we go back to standard time. so set your clock bk. 2:00 a.m. becomes 1:00 a.m. sunset will be earlier by an hour. seven-day forecast tomorrow. 57 the high in the 60's next week. next best rain chance wednesday night, thursday, and friday. >> thank you, john. thank you for joining us. we'll have another update for you in 25 minutes. see you then.

welcome back to "today" on a fresh november morning. the crowd, 37 degrees, that's more than brisk, that's cold. our thanks to all the folks joining us out here outside studio 1a. i'm lester holt alongside jenna wolf filling in for amy who is on assignment today. in the tv world, legendary cbs news commentator andy rooney has passed away. >> rooney was a face on our screens and at the end of "60 minutes" for so long. he had just retired from the show at the beginning of october. he had been in the hospital. he had some minor surgery. he ended up dying from xlim

complication peps we're going to get more on his life and career in just a moment. >> then in los angeles, we are essentially on jury watch. the trial of dr. conrad murray, he's been accused of michael jackson's death. we're going to bring out a couple of legal experts who have been following this case to help us sort out what the jury is up with here. then we're going to check royalty, as well. first it was, are they engaged? then it was, when is the wedding date? now it is is she pregnant? kate middleton made some -- let's call them interesting choses as to what she's been eating and drinking lately. we're going to find out more from london, just ahead. then we've got a fun story. somebody dropped their sign. >> i've got it. >> i'm good. >> that keeps happening. i always see that out of the periphery.

where did you get those glasses? i just noticed those. what were we talking about? oh, i know. talking about the story of the sportscaster in canada who enters a multi million dollar lottery, and he finds out because his fellow news casters call him on his day off from the air saying he just won a couple million bucks. >> as if you would ever give me your cell phone number. you always give me your work number where you're never at. first, a check of the headlines with craig. hey, craig. >> jenna, good morning to you guys. we start with that sad news you just mentioned there. andy rooney died friday night. he was, perhaps, america's most famous curmudgeon. millions tuned into his weekly commentaries at the end of the broadcast of "60 minute." he retired just a month ago. shortly after had some surgery

which led to calculations. andy rooney was 92. accusations continue to mount against herman cain. but so do donations to his campaign. wee get the latest from nbc white house correspondent mike viquei viqueira. >> a lawyer that appeared before cameras yesterday says herman cain knows very well the specific allegations. he was once the head of the national restaurant association in the 1990s and indeed, that association yesterday put out a statement confirming that there was an agreement between the association and one of the accusers back in 1999. the accuser, however, is done speaking publicly. she will not appear in public. she says she and her husband want to turn the page and move on with their lives. meanwhile, herman cain, as you pointed out, craig, over the course of the week has raised $1.6 million for his campaign. >> mike viqueira, thank you.

and the labor department says hiring slowed in october b. just 80,000 jobs were added to payroll, but the unemployment rate edged down 9%. that's a six-month low. meanwhile, job gains in prior two months were stronger than previously thought, pointing some some improvement in the still weak labor market. some jet blue passengers were getting their money back during last week's freak fall snowstorm. hundreds of passengers were stranded for as long as seven hours on the tarmac at connecticut's bradley international airport. jetblue is giving them a refund on that ticket and giving them round trip tickets for future flights. and it is beginning to feel a lot like christmas in the nation's capital. the national park service holding an online lottery for free tickets to attend the national tree lighting ceremony on the eclipse in washington, d.c. if you'd like to go, visit the nationaltree.org before 10:00 eastern monday morning. that's the news. back outside to jenna.

>> never too early for those lights, right, craig? >> never too early, right? >> never at all. i made the decision not to wear pants today and i am freezing. let's see just how cold it is with d.a.r.e. bill karins over there who decided to wear pants. hey, bill, good choice. >> good morning. i didn't have any on initially, but the crowd made me put them on. good morning. it's your birthday, but we're not going to say how old. she says the age that shall not be spoken. very creative. we wish you a happy birthday. >> the worst of the weather is going to be out there, the east coast settled down nicely after the big storm last weekend. nothing too dramatically in this weekend. showers and storms likely in te >> good morning. i had to show you this beautiful picture. this is what sunrise looked like

this morning. beautiful clear skies. the stars were out. good sunshine today. high surf at association florida. pretty knight nice weather in miami today, 78 and sunshine. that's your weekend forecast. lester. >> bill, thanks. now to the trial of conrad murray, the fate of michael jackson's doctor went to the jury on friday. after eight hours of deliberation, no verdict was reached. it's now a weekend of waiting before they start again on monday. kristin dahlgren has the latest. >> besides the los angeles krout courthouse, crowds gathered to wait for a verdict. fans of michael jackson and supporters of conrad murray clashing at times. emotions running high.

dr. can rad murray responsible for the superstar's death. >> you've heard from, i believe, 49 witnesses. you've been presented with 330 plus exhibits. >> the prosecution tried to present murray at careless and degreedy. do you really believe it was the anticipation that conrad murray is going to be paid $150,000 a month and michael's sleep, that can rad puree has left him there complaining and is simply on the phone elsewhere, or is it more reasonable that michael jackson is being infused and is, in fact, asleep, and can rad murray has been going about his business of telephone calls, e-mails, text messages. >> they were quick to bring up jackson's three children. >> they do not have a father because of the actions of conrad murray. >> for the defense, it was a very different closing. >> they want you to convict dr.

murray for the actions of michael jackson. they just don't want to tell you that. >> hoping the jury of seven men and five women find jackson gave himself the fatal dose. >> at one point do you draw the line about dr. murray's responsibility for a grownup? this is not a reality show. it's reality. and the decisions you make, is it making good tv is how it affects real human beings and people that love you. so i hope that you do the right thing and find dr. murray not guilty. >> reporter: so far, there has been no word at all from the jury, not even any questions, leaving some to wonder what the timing may tell us. >> this jury is struggling with coming to a verdict. in long cases where the jury goes past friday afternoon, that's generally indicative. the jury has been there for a while. the prospect of coming back on a

monday morning is never something that's welcome. >> fwu jury will be back on monday morning to continue deliberations as many now wait to hear what they decide. for "today," kristin dahlgren, nbc news, los angeles. here with more inside msnbc's martin bashir. su sonny, how difficult a question is it before the jury right now? >> it's a pretty difficult question because they need to determine causation. they need to determine whether or not michael jackson killed himself or whether or not the defense is possible. we heard so much evidence of addiction and there are people on this jury, it's a very unique jury, by the way, that have had addiction in their families. they've had addiction kill their loved ones. and so i think they're really struggling with those theories. >> the prosecution offered a lot of evidence against him, but at the same time, did they ever really get us inside that room? do we really know what happened in there? >> i think so. i mean, i have to tell you, even

if -- i'm a former federal prosecutor, but even when i take my federal prosecutor hat off, i think the evidence was significant that dr. murray did things that were so beyond the pale. such extreme deviations from the standard of care. every single doctor that i've spoken to, every single doctor that testified said you just don't do this. this is simply something that is not done. >> and, martin, let me get your thoughts on the fine line that the defense had to walk here. they had to take a man, who is already a tragic figure in the minds of many people, michael jackson, and basically say he did this to himself. was that a -- did they walk that line carefully enough is in the? and could it come back to bite them? >> i think they did. if you remember, the defense attorney said, anybody has to say it, somebody has to say it. if it wasn't michael jackson who wasn't the subject of these proeths proceedings, then can rad murray wouldn't be here. the fact that this case had even

been brought. but the prosecution then exchanged that he was the doctor who was, in effect, conducting a scientific experiment in a brchl. something that not a single anesthesiologist anywhere in the world would have perpetrated, propofol in a bedroom without any resuscitation equipment and failing to monitor the patient at all times. >> and then there's the tapes. and the tapes, i mean, this goes on for the narrative of the pitiful figure, michael jackson, who is being record perhaps without his knowledge, but how does that play to a jury to hear michael's slurring these words and barely able to talk? >> i think it gives the impression that here was a man who was desperately under pressure. he was preparing for 50 separate shows. and one of the defense arguments has been that that pressure that came from the constant promoter was overwhelming for michael jackson and that was why he took medication. what i knew of him, we traveled

from las vegas to berlin to los angeles. he wasn't preparing for a concert. he was very relaxed. i never saw any drugs. therefore, it's hard for me to imagine how he would be raekding with the prospect of 50 shows. having said that, there is the tussle in the spotlight. is there about michael jackson, the alleged drug addict, or is this a case about conrad murray, a disreputable doctor? ultimately, it's about murray. that's where the focus is. >> and sonny, the jury has not asked for any readbacks or any questions of the judge. what is your instinct as a prosecutor? on a friday, they say we're coming back monday. >> typically, a verdict that comes back quickly is for the benefit of the prosecution. so when the jury is digging in and they're willing to come back after a weekend, that's trouble for a prosecutor. but this is a very unique jury.

you've got nine people that have prior to jury experience. you have a biochemist on that jury. you have a paralegal on that jury. you have a professor on that jury. they've ordered in highlighters. they didn't have for evidence, you this they've ordered in highlighters. >> there's a lot of science here, propofol, loreazapam. >> and they are clearly focused in on the evidence. they're digging in and digging in. but we want them to do that. there is a man's life that hangs in the balance. we're talking about a potential conviction of four years in prison and the death of michael jackson. so we want them to work hard. >> we're going to have to end it here. thank you both for coming on and talking to us. still to come on "today," why the rumors on the british throne could be on the way. [ mom ] alright guys, play with your toys after dinner. looks beautiful, honey. [ rattling ] jason... really buddy, wow. samantha jane. ♪

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protest paste, one given to starving children in africa. three royals indulged, but kate declined. >> william had some, passed it to kate who sort of gave her this look and she passed it on. >> the snack contains peanuts, a food pregnant women are discouraged to eat. >> reports say that kate does not have a nut allergy. once that happened, the tabloids and internet went baby wild. then there's this. while at a sate james' palace recession, rumors began to circulate when it was reported kate declined champagne and drank water instead. >> there was definitely a clear liquid. we think it's water. and as well as the peanut incident, speculation has gone wild that a baby is on the way.

well many say not too read too much into this. >> rumors about the royal household are not uncommon. and due to a recent change in the laws, for now over 300 years, a first born princess would be first heir to the throne, even if she had a younger brother. >> speculation is always there. >> bookies are slashing odds for a royal baby announcement in the coming months. some are closing the books altogether. but for now, all eye less stay on kate for an official announcement of the next heir to the thrown, whenever that may be. for "today," kevin bell, nbc news, london. for now, kate's baby buzz, we turn to nbc royal contributor robert johnson. good morning. >> good morning, jenna. >> are we making too big a deal about this? she doesn't even peanut paste, perhaps she doesn't drink

champagne and, boom, we've got her pregnant already. are we making too much about this snm. >> it's six months since they were married. i think everyone is wanting this baby, really, and i think the change in the laws of succession, the fact she's not eating peanut paste, everyone is looking for the signs. i think the big sign will come when they decide to get a bigger property, when there's whispers that that may happen at some stage. >> because they need a bigger space. but you mentioned the laws of succession. that is a pretty big coincidence that this week that comes out and all of a sudden we are hearing rumors of baby talk. no? >> well, one thing is for sure, prince william's main job as heir to the throne is to make sure the line is secure. he's married to the love of his life. it's going to happen.

i think the question is when. i think the queen's diamond jubilee is hugely significant. perhaps after all the celebrations in the summer, then they're maybe away to the scottish hills and babies may be on their minds. >> does it palace say anything about this? >> the royal families tend to do their own announcements, birth, death, marriages, that's what they do. they want to try to keep it to themselves. i think, obviously, that there's a very big year next year. i personally think they'll play their parts in that, traveling on behalf of the queen, and perhaps 2013 we'll be looking for a baby to actually be born with an announcement at the back end of next year. that's my feeling. but, you know, they are a young, inlove couple, and who knows. >> indeed, you are correct. robert johnson, thank you so

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>> good morning. i'm jennifer franciotti. it is 8:25. here is a look at some of our top stories. more than a dozen people are homeless this morning after a

three-alarm fire at a town home in perry hall. it broke out at the gardens at perry hall farms on haven farm road. it took about 100 firefighters from baltimore county to bring it under control. 15 adults and two children were displaced because of the fire, and the cause remains under investigation. >> maryland state police investigating a crash that killed two children last night in prince george's county. three vehicles collided in the carpool lanes of eastbound route 50 of martin luther king jr. highway. the driver of that vehicle as well as adults in the other two vehicles were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries. the children's names and ages are not being released. >> some children on board of a canoe accident may have been treated for hypothermia. about two dozen people were on a

canoe when it capsized. the whole ordeal took an hour and a half. two adults and children were taken to upper chesapeake medical center. no word on their condition. >> 37-year-old larry jew -- larry eugene horton fled to alabama after allegedly killing ryan jackson with a hatchet. he's being held without bail.

>> good morning.

the sun is out this morning. stormy weather over the atlantic stays there. it guarantees this high pressure over us stays in place, and the storms out farther west in the rocky mountains will stay in place, too. here is a good weekend's worth of weather silting over us now. l it will sit into next weekend as well. today sunny skies. a little on the chilly side of what would be considered normal. northeast winds at 5 to 10. sunset this evening at 6:01 daylight time. tomorrow standard time. the sunsets at 5:00 or so. set the clocks back one hour tonight. annapolis 42 degrees right now. 32 in westminster. temperatures rise into the low 50's for highs during the day today and then will be in the upper 50's on sunday into the 60's monday and all of next week as a matter of fact for highs. rain chances kick in wednesday night, thursday, and friday. >> thank you, john. thanks for joining us. "11 news saturday morning" continues in 25 minutes.

we're back on this saturday morning, november 5th, 2011. we've got a cool, fall day here in new york. our thanks to them for joining us this morning. we're filling in for amy who is on assignment, alongside lester holt this morning. we are once against talking kardashians. >> we are not dressing up kardashians. kim kardashian's marriage to kris humphries lasted just 72 days. she returned from a trip to australia where she was confronted about her impending divorce. does she make millions? up next, we'll hear from kris

jenner about the break-up. then, imagine winning the lottery, having no idea and finding out from a phone call. a sports anchor in vancouver found out live on tv that he won millions of dollars. another anchor kaud him up to tell him about the news. what if i won, you found out and you kal me and i never show up for work again. then, todd eldridge will be here. he's at the rink warming up. he's going to be skating to a beatles classic. tell us about his nbc skating special. we can't wait for that. but first, we have another skater in the house. apolo anton own know is here, eight-time olympic medalist in short track speed indicating.

i couldn't believe this. you're running the new york city marathon. >> i was challenged to run it by subway, and i've never done this. >> have you ever done a marathon? >> my first marathon ever. the kicker is, if i finish under four hours, subway will donate $25,200 towards the special olympics. it's xiemed. thousands of people. >> and this isn't the kind of thing that you you go out and you run a couple miles and you're ready for the marathon. i'm sure there's a huge difference. >> completely different. the most common misconception is people say, apollo, you're an almost athlete. this should be easy for you. i spent over 15 years of my life preparing for a race that literally is 45 seconds long and i'm on skates. >> 40 seconds of a race and there will be apolo. >> i'll have the fastest 40

meters in the marathon. >> quickly, are we going to see you in 2014 back on skates? >> you will see me on 2012 in london. i'll be doing some great things with nbc at the olympic games. i'll be doing some amazing things in russia. 2014, i have nod made the decision whether i'll have my skates with me or not, but i'll be there, either way. >> great to see you. good luck. i can't wait to follow your progress. >> we are going to get another check of the weather with bill karins. good morning, bill. >> good morning, everyone. the new york city weather looks good here. gorgeous. not bad out there on cape cod. what part of cade cop are you from? >> sandwich. >> there's a north, east, south and west, too, right? >> yes. >> i know my cape cod. we are looking at the rockies in some snow and rain out there. we're watching a beautiful weather on the eastern seaboards. not bad for november. cold mornings, nice, sunny afternoons. the west coast is where we have more unsettled weather over the weekend. tomorrow, it moves down some

showers for the big cities of r >> good morning. clear skies. lots of sun all weekend long. a great forecast. informed lots of sunshine until evening, of course. high temperatures in the low . we're holding on to a little bit of warmth. what a game we have four this sunday night. might as well call it the black and blue game. we're talking about two of the hardest hitting teams, best defensive teams in the league. we're looking at the baltimore ravens and the pittsburgh steelers. what a rivalry this is. and, of course, this will probably determine which team ends up the winner of the

division. back to you, jenna. back now with the woman who coined the term mama-jer. kris jenner is now both mom and manager to her children under the brand name they carded kardashian. she takes us from her early childhood to today in her first book. good morning, kris. >> good morning. >> i don't know if it's good luck or bad luck that you came the same week your daughter announced she's filinging for divorce. how is she doing? how is kim doing? >> she's -- you know, she's trying to hold up. she's really sad and very devastated about having to make a decision like that, as anybody would be. >> you're her mother. you're also her manager. you know everything about your daughter. suit to nuts, how surprised were you at this? >> shocked. i was very surprised. >> really shocked? >> really, really shocked. >> so what happened? 72 days. we all watched a lot of their relationship unfold in a good way on camera. >> yeah.

>> so what went wrong so quickly? >> well, i think that's for kim to explain. you know, i'm not here to be her personal voice, because i don't really know, to be honest with you. obviously, she had -- she told me she had prayed about it and thought about it and gave it a lot of consideration and had to make a difficult decision. she did what she had to do. >> can understand the backlash that's coming as a result of all this? what they're saying, it's a scam? you have to understand at least where that comes from. >> yeah. it comes from irresponsible people who are writing silly on york post and things like that. that's where it comes from. i mean, the fans have been more than generous and loving and supportive and this outpouring of love for kim. which is really getting her through. but i think when people write things that are totally untrue and just outright lies and printing it so that people -- you know, people believe sometimes that if it's written down and it's printed, that that's the truth. >> you know, you do this reality

show. >> uh-huh. >> cameras are there all the time. >> yes. >> you have to understand that you guys are pretty much fair game for the good and the bad. >> we are an open book, yes. >> and you're okay with that? >> you know, you have to take the good with the bad, of course. we knew what we were signing up for. i'm not an idiot. i know if you're going to put your family out there and we live life very truthly -- >> let's keep with that private life. now you've written a book and a lot of that private life is spelled out there for everywhere. why write it now? >> over the last five or six years, i've gotten hundreds of thousands of e-mails and letters asking questions about our lives and people are very curious, and i thought, this would be a great time to write a memoir and address all those questions so in interviews like this i'm not answering the same questions about where i came from and my life story. >> one of the things i was most surprised with is your relationship and how close you were with o.j. and nicole simpson. >> she was one of my dear friends. she and i shared a lot of really

amazing times and the birth of our kids and, you know, i am close with her mom and her sisters and she's an amazing -- she was an amazing friend and a remarkable mother. >> how much of a rift did it cause in your family that robert was part of this defense team representing o.j. simpson? >> well, it was extremely confusing for our kids, you know, to have one parent more or less on one side and another parent on another. so that was tough and it was really challenging for my relationship with robert kardashian. i have to end the interview with our halloween spoof. we tried very hard to do right by the kardashians this past halloween sunday. you watched it. >> i did. you were the best chloe. >> take a look. did we do well by you? >> bruce. he looks like bruce. >> and there you are, selling selling my stuff. >> you nailed me. >> and there we go. >> there's baby nathan. oh, my god, look at you guys.

you nailed the outfit, the mannerisms with the hair and the shoes. >> and there's kim. >> there's kim. we rehearsed and rehearsed and rehearsed. they were sticklers for us to get this right, sticklers. this is how good you were. the next time we need to be two places at the same time, i'm going to call you. >> awesome. i love it. so we pass. we're never doing another halloween set again. we're done. >> you nailed it. >> kris jenner, thank you so much for sharing your time and your stories with us. we wish kim the best, as well. cupcake to a taste test s against new kellogg's fiber plus caramel pecan crunch. really? 35% of your daily fiber. chocolate lava cupcake. [ indistinct conversations ] mmm. that's great cereal. mmm. this is fiber cereal? it's great cereal, but...cupcake. ♪

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what's in your wallet? sorry i'll clean this up. shouldn't have made it rain. for one tv station, the news of the day clug included what happened to a sportscaster. he struck gold. first, here is the story. >> less than three minutes to have your dollar go twice as far to help the children -- >> call it a father's mission. >> so, please, pick up the phone. >> barry delay's daughter, eden, was just 4 years old when she was diagnosed with lieu keep where a. barry and see wife took her to the local hospital and after 2 1/2 years of treatment, she was cancer free. >> we always love to give back to them. we've always supported them. >> for years, barry worked on telethons for the hospital and bought one of the dream lottery tickets with a $2 million price.

before this week's drawing, barry had a special feeling. >> i knew the draw was coming up today and i kind of thought maybe i might get this call. >> the drawing was held on live tv on barry's tv stations. at first, the announcers got the winning name half wrong. >> that's barry delaney. >> but thinking it might be their barry, his anchor colleagues asked for a clarification. >> let's just take one more look. i think it's barry deley, i think. >> barry deley. >> yeah. >> barry's coworkers had figured it out. barry had won, and on live tv, they tracked him down on the phone. >> you know what? i'm buying groceries. >> and when told he had won millions, barry was understandably shocked. >> are you serious? you know people are going to think this is kind of fishy, don't you? >> so what are barry and katie going to do with their new found fortune? >> the prudent thing would be to -- >> to go to vegas right away. >> put it all on red. yeah. >> but daughter, eden, has other

plans. >> my dad said i can get a cat and i was really happy. >> i think you're going to have your kitty cat. they said charity begins at home and that's one lesson barry's family will accept without delay. joining us now are barry and her daughter, eden. thanks to both of you for coming up on. >> thanks so much to you. >> so, barely, you're grocery shopping. it's your day off. i don't know about you, but when i see the cell phone ring and it's my day off, i assume my day is about to come to an end, they need me for something. what were your thoughts? >> well, it's kind of -- a squire who is my the boss here, that's a call i get to set up my schedule so i thought he was going to tell me i had the late show wednesday, it would be a ten second conversation and i would pick up more apples. that's what i thought it would be. obviously, it turned out to be a bit more. >> did they tell you you're on live tv right now? >> yeah. that's always a good thing to do. we often talk differently if we

know we're on tv or not. so squire made sure right away i knew i was on tv. when he said we bikd barry deley for the lottery, i knew because i've gone through that fantasy many times in my head. it was a fleeting moment and you snap back to reality. but it still hasn't sunk in. it's been almost five days now. and it's so exciting and people have been so kind and beautiful with their congratulations to our families. so it's very humbling and thank you. >> let me bring eden into the association. this lottery was in partnership with the british columbia children's hospital. a very big part of your life. that's where you were treated in 2004. what does it mean to have the hospital, the connection with winning this prize in your life? >> i just think it feels good to give back to bc children's

hospital because they took care of me there and my dad is going to donate some money to bc children's hospital still. >> well, i know you guys have been big, big supporters of the hospital, barry. i know you have the choice of $2 million in cash or i guess a $2.5 million house -- four homes valued at over $2 million. have you made the decision? >> well, we think it's down to a couple, but it's -- you know, it's not like let's make a deal where there's a donkey behind curtain three. you really can't make a wrong decision. my wife is actually out of town. she flew to europe, of all things, the day, like four hours after we won. so she's coming back monday and we're going to go tour a couple of houses that we think could fit our family. so that's really exciting. >> well, listen, it's a great story. glad it worked out. and i know the folks at the hospital are gratified for the your continued support. barry and eden deley, thanks for coming on this morning. great talking to you. >> thanks so much.

>> bye. up next, todd eldridge. but first, this is today on nbc.

coming up this sunday on nbc, you'll have a chance to see a whole group of skating blej yebsd take to the ice in a tribute to the booelths. tell me a little bit about this and how this is different from some of the other shows that you've been in recently. >> well, it's a great show. it's unique. not only do we skate to live music, but it's the beatles music. that makes it fun. brie boytarian boytano is in it. it's fun. >> while you're here and you have the rink all to yourself, will you sort of do what you do best for us? >> i will try my best and hopefully you guys will enjoy it. >> i'm going to let you get ready and we will tell our folks

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and that's going to do it for us on saturday morning. bill karins, thank you. >> bill cosby, we'll see you then. i'll see you back here tonight

for nbc nightly news. have a great day, everybody. thanks for watching. >> good morning, everyone. welcome to "11 news saturday morning." i'm jennifer franciotti. >> and i'm lisa robinson. a driver that struck three people in the occupy d.c. protest will not face criminal charges. the three were hit as they protested in the middle of the street. the driver will not be quharged because the driver had a green light. the three either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle. they were transported to area hospitals with non-life-threat ening injuries. >> a trip on the river became an

accident. some children on board treated for hypothermia. 24 people were on the crew when it capsized. two kids and one adult were taken to upper chesapeake medical center. no word on their conditions. >> no word on the federal bribery case of state senator currie. he's accused of taking $45,000 in bribes in exchange for using his influence in annapolis. he was chairman of the budget and teags committee while working as a paid consultant for shoppers food warehouse. if convicted, he faces more than 20 years in prison. >> up next, dr. kim ham beyond answers your pet questions. plus, why you need to protect your pet from fleas and ticks even when the weather cools down. >> it is cooling down and heating up with this county condo complex that left over a dozen people homeless. >> and whether it is time for

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